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Currently Britain does not have a national bird, but ornithologist David Lindo believes that should change.
A shortlist of 10 birds has been chosen by online voters on his campaign's website from an original list of 60.
Mr Lindo will close the vote on the day of the general election, 7 May, and ask the new government to officially appoint the winner as national bird.
The RSPB welcomed the initiative and said the lack of a national bird for Britain was a "glaring omission".
Mr Lindo, the self-styled "Urban Birder", told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "I want to encourage the great British public to vote for the bird that best represents all that is great about this nation."
He hoped the appointment could be "the first act" of a new government, once the dust has settled from "the other election", he told the programme.
The robin has emerged as an early favourite, but Mr Lindo, who is backing the blackbird, told Today: "People consider the robin as a British bird - but [like] a lot of our native birds... some of the population move south to Iberia for the winter and are replaced by immigrants from the continent.
"So the robin you see in your back garden during winter is not necessarily British born."
And he added: "It is quite a violent bird."
A first round of polling on the campaign's website received 70,000 votes.
One of England's rarest birds, the hen harrier, is something of a surprise contender, according to Mr Lindo.
"I was expecting 10 garden birds in the list," he said, adding that the original pool of 60 candidates included favourites from literature and song such as the turtledove, nightingale and skylark - all of which have dropped out of contention.
The hen harrier, which was the subject of a recent campaign because it had been the target of illegal hunting, was down to just one breeding pair a couple of years ago and "may already be extinct", he said.
The robin is sometimes mistakenly thought of as the nation's official bird, the RSPB said, after it was given the title unofficially by some enthusiasts in the 1960s.
Northern Ireland does not have an official national bird, while the golden eagle and red kite are sometimes regarded as unofficial national symbols of Scotland and Wales respectively.
In December 2013 a petition was lodged by the RSPB for the golden eagle to be recognised as Scotland's official national symbol, but the Scottish parliament voted against the plans after it decided the RSPB needed to do more to show greater support for the proposals.
The RSPB said it welcomed Mr Lindo's initiative in getting people to discuss their favourite birds.
And it said the fact Britain did not already have an official national bird while other countries did was a "glaring omission".
Grahame Madge, spokesman for the RSPB, said: "It's opened people's eyes to birds, which is raising awareness. As an organisation we are really behind him.
"It seems most other nations have pipped us to the post in identifying a national bird, and for the UK not to have a national bird when we are a nation of bird lovers does seem to be a glaring omission."
The shortlist, in pictures:
1. Mute swan
2. Red kite
3. Hen harrier
4. Puffin
5. Barn owl
6. Kingfisher
7. Wren
8. Robin
9. Blackbird
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In a BBC interview with Juliana Liu at the World Economic Forum's conference in Dalian, China, Mr McGregor, a former journalist who has lived in the country for more than 25 years, said China's behaviour was "very worrisome" for foreign companies. "They don't know what's hitting them right now", he said.
The government is resorting to its traditional "toolbox" of coercive methods, he argues, including "shaming and ordering people to confess that they've done wrong so that your penalties can be minimised".
At the same time as offering entrepreneurs more opportunities, he argues, the Chinese government is saying: "Don't mess with us".
"They're just treating foreign companies the way they've treated their own for many years, and this is the way the Party does things", he says. "These are the tools it knows."
"What may be going on is they're telling foreign companies and they're telling private companies here: Behave yourself; remember we're the Party, we're in charge."
His comments come against the backdrop of a Chinese police investigation into alleged corruption by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), the British pharmaceutical company accused of using travel agencies to channel up to ??320m of bribes to doctors and officials.
GSK has denied any corporate involvement in the alleged wrongdoing, whilst admitting that certain individuals may have behaved inappropriately. | Jim McGregor, Greater China chairman of communications consultancy APCO Worldwide, has given a critical assessment of the way China's government is treating foreign companies as part of its anti-corruption drive. | 24066865 | [
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Mr Roache, who is secretary of the union's Yorkshire region, won 56.7% of the vote, while the only other candidate, Paul McCarthy, from the North West region, had 43.3%.
The union is the third largest in the UK with more than 600,000 members.
Current general secretary Paul Kenny announced in the summer he was standing down after almost a decade in the job.
Mr Roache has 35 years experience at the GMB and led the Leeds City Council 13-week refuse and street cleaning strike in 2009 - the longest in the union's history.
He said he was "proud and humbled" to have been elected.
"I will repay GMB members' faith in me by leading a 21st Century union that fights for our members, their families and communities, every hour of every day."
Mr Roache also paid tribute to Mr Kenny for his work "that has made GMB the envy of the union movement".
Details of the handover date have yet to be agreed.
The GMB is one of the three largest affiliates to the Labour Party and is a significant financial contributor to the party locally and nationally. | Regional official Tim Roache has been elected to become the new general secretary of the GMB union. | 34801085 | [
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Microsoft paid more than $1bn for most of AOL's patents, beating rivals reported to have included Facebook.
Facebook was sued by Yahoo for patent infringement earlier this year.
The social networking site, which is preparing for a stock market listing, also reported a drop in its first quarter profits to $205m from $233m a year earlier.
A Facebook lawyer described the deal as: "Another significant step in our ongoing process of building an intellectual property portfolio to protect Facebook's interests."
Microsoft bought 925 patents and patent applications from AOL. It is now selling 650 of those patents to Facebook as well as licences to the other 275.
"Today's agreement with Facebook enables us to recoup over half of our costs while achieving our goals from the AOL auction," said Microsoft's general counsel Brad Smith.
There has been a series of recent patent deals between technology companies as they try to defend themselves in lawsuits.
If a company successfully sues another it can demand a sales ban of its competitor's products, or force the loser to pay expensive licence fees.
Since the start of the year, Intel, Google and Facebook are among those to have bought significant numbers of patents from other technology companies.
Facebook bought a number of patents from IBM last month.
Also on Monday, Facebook reported results for the first three months of the year.
The company, which is expected to list on the stock market in the coming months, reported a drop in its net income between January and March to $205m from $233m in the same period last year.
Revenues for the quarter came in at $1.06bn, down 6% from the final three months of 2011.
Facebook said that its advertising business usually slows down in the first quarter but that the growth of the business in previous years had masked that trend.
Facebook also revealed that it has agreed to pay $200m to Instagram if its recent $1bn deal to buy the photo-sharing firm were to fall through. | Facebook is paying Microsoft $550m (£341m) for some of the patents it recently bought from AOL. | 17820851 | [
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On Thursday, an investment manager and hairdresser will challenge the right of the government to start the process of withdrawing the UK from the EU without a vote in Parliament.
Lawyers will question whether Prime Minister Theresa May is entitled to act unilaterally, using powers left over from the days of medieval monarchs.
It could end up - in theory - with Parliament being given a means to stop Brexit.
So as constitutional rows go, it is box office stuff.
Or as professor of public law at Cambridge University, Mark Elliott, puts it: "I don't rule out the possibility of the government losing the case."
Leading the fight against the government is Gina Miller, who runs an investment firm in London, SCM Private.
She argues that only Parliament can make a decision that leads to the loss of her "rights" under EU law.
She is confident she has a strong case and is undaunted by criticism.
"I do not back away from a fight," she says. "I'm very vocal about things and I'm no stranger to making enemies."
She is joined by London-based Spanish hairdresser Deir Dos Santos and the People's Challenge group, set up by Grahame Pigney and backed by a crowd-funding campaign.
Also weighing into the case against the government is the group, Fair Deal for Expats.
Around two million British citizens are believed to live and work in other EU countries.
The Brexit terms have not been decided but expats - some of whom were barred from voting in the referendum - fear potential repatriation and are worried about the impact on their jobs and homes as well as the ramifications for healthcare, their children's schooling and pensions.
Three London law firms - Mishcon de Reya, Edwin Coe and Bindmans - have agreed to take up the case. Croft Solicitors is representing the expats.
Superstar of the bar" Lord Pannick QC - also an independent member of the House of Lords - will be arguing Gina Miller's case while the government is turning to an old favourite, James Eadie QC.
Attorney General Jeremy Wright QC, the government's legal adviser, will also play a big role.
He said: "There must be no attempts to remain inside the EU, no attempts to re-join it through the back door, and no second referendum.
"We do not believe this case has legal merit. The result should be respected and the government intends to do just that."
In political terms, the UK is on course for departure from the EU. But as far as the law goes, nothing has changed.
The UK remains a fully paid-up member of the EU until it triggers Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon 2007.
The question at the heart of the row is: who should activate Article 50? The prime minister or Parliament?
During the referendum campaign, the then prime minister, David Cameron, said that in the event of a Leave vote he would activate Article 50 immediately. The government maintains that his successor Theresa May has the authority to do so, without a vote by MPs.
That right - they say - is based on the Royal Prerogative - powers once held by kings and queens to do, essentially, what they wished.
The use of prerogative powers in a modern parliamentary democracy is a curious corner of British law.
Over centuries, power in the UK has been wrested away from dictatorial monarchs and handed to elected politicians.
But government ministers have managed to cling on to a few of those regal powers, usually in international affairs.
One such prerogative is the power to make and break treaties with other countries.
The government's position is that triggering Article 50 is all about ending a treaty with other EU countries and so using prerogative powers in these circumstances is "entirely consistent with standard constitutional practice".
Critics will argue in the High Court that it is a bit more complicated than that.
They say that activating Article 50 effectively wipes out the European Communities Act 1972, passed by Parliament and allowing EU law to apply in the UK.
Lawyers opposing the government argue that the 1972 Act introduced a big constitutional change and gave British people new rights.
It would be unlawful, they conclude, for a prime minister to use the Royal Prerogative to take away rights bestowed by Parliament.
Grahame Pigney, from the People's Challenge, says the "enforced removal" of citizenship rights from 65 million people would be "completely unprecedented" in a modern democracy.
"I believe that, as Parliament has granted us these rights, it is for Parliament to decide when, how and under what circumstances they are taken away," he says.
Lawyers working for Fair Deal for Expats will be deploying similar legal arguments but using evidence to emphasise the human impact of Brexit.
The chairman of Fair Deal for Expats, John Shaw - who lives in France - has submitted a statement to the High Court saying the referendum result was a "shock".
He is currently undergoing cancer treatment in France.
He states: "If my right to access healthcare is either taken away, or compromised materially such that I am not able to rely upon it in the same way as French nationals, I would be unlikely to receive, or be able to afford, the same level of care in France."
His lawyers will tell the High Court that the rights enjoyed by British citizens "beyond these shores" are so fundamental that legislation is "required" to take them away.
But in legal papers setting out the government's case - released last week - it insists that starting the withdrawal process will not have any impact on British laws and any changes will be decided in future negotiations.
The Royal Prerogative is just one of the arguments to be aired in the High Court.
There will be heated debates about the 2015 European Union Referendum Act, which paved the way for a referendum.
In their legal papers the government states that Parliament passed that Act on the "clear understanding" that the outcome of the referendum would be "respected".
If Gina Miller wins the case - it adds - it will not be able to "give effect to the will and decision of the people".
Conservative chairman of the European Scrutiny Committee, and prominent Leave campaigner Sir Bill Cash thinks the government has a strong case, saying: "To attempt to revisit the decision by another Act of Parliament is a kind of fraud on the electorate."
But lawyers at Mishcon de Reya say the idea was to set up an "advisory" referendum - not a binding one.
They state: "Nowhere in the 2015 Act does it specify the consequences that should follow from the referendum result."
The biggest weapon in the government's armoury could be that the whole issue is not a matter for the UK courts at all.
They says it is a complex decision that must be made by ministers.
Sir Bill Cash said: "We could have a situation where judges are imposing a requirement on Parliament, via the secretary of state, to make legislation.
"That's outside the rules. The proceedings of parliament are outside the jurisdiction of the court."
Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, will hear the case - which is expected to last a couple of weeks.
Mark Elliott says it is very hard to know which way it will go.
"If the court simply applied existing case law, the government would win. The question is whether the court will go beyond existing territory and treat it as an exceptional situation. The court may develop the law."
Putting the legal arguments aside, some Brexit supporters say that the High Court case is a fig-leaf for a political campaign to keep the UK inside the EU.
Gina Miller disputes that and argues that Leavers and Remainers should back her case against "prerogative creep".
"The idea that a court case can put a halt to Brexit is nonsense and it has nothing to do with altering the timetable. What we are looking for is legal certainty."
If the court concludes that Parliament must approve Article 50, that could be a game-changer.
The majority of MPs campaigned for the UK to remain in the EU. They could, in theory, vote against the activation of Article 50.
But would they risk enormous political and social ructions by rejecting the referendum result?
Most members of the House of Lords are also opposed to Brexit. That raises the possibility of another extraordinary scenario - an unelected Lords voting against the wishes of 17.4 million people.
If the government loses its case in the British courts, they could eventually go to the European Court of Justice.
It raises the possibility of a truly strange scenario - Brexit ministers asking European judges to overturn the decision of the British courts. | Arguments over Brexit have been raging in Parliament and the country since June's Leave vote and this week they move to the High Court. | 37576654 | [
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The warning has been made by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine in its weekly update of A&E performance.
It showed nine in 10 hospitals are increasing bed numbers - but despite this they have problems seeing patients quickly enough and discharging them.
The RCEM weekly report provides a snapshot of performance.
It covers more than 40 hospital trusts - one in five of the total.
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The update suggested that just over 86% of patients were seen and dealt with in four hours - below the 95% target.
It also highlighted problems with delayed discharges - this is when hospitals cannot release patients because services or care are not available in the community. It said in some places a fifth of beds were being taken up by these patients.
And it concluded that despite the best efforts of hospitals, winter was proving difficult and there was "insufficient capacity and capability" to respond to rising demand.
Meanwhile, official data from NHS England, which also covers last week but does not include how hospitals are performing against the four-hour target, revealed visits to A&E were increasing.
There were nearly 340,000 attendances last week, up from just under 328,000 the week before.
But Dr Barbara Hakin, of NHS England, said despite the increasing pressures staff continued to "deliver a first-class service".
"We are working hard to make sure all parts of the NHS are well prepared for the busy winter period," she added.
Scotland is also providing weekly figures for its major A&E departments. It showed that up to the start of December just over 95% of patients were being seen in four hours.
The latest data available in Wales covers October and in Northern Ireland, November. Both nations are missing the four-hour A&E target.
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The economic research institute questioned 320 businesses following the vote on leaving the EU.
The survey found more than 60% of Scottish firms believe Brexit would have a "negative impact" on them.
However, the institute said there was little evidence of companies cancelling investment or recruitment outright.
The Fraser of Allander Institute, an independent research body based at the University of Strathclyde, carried out the survey between 5 July and 12 July, in the aftermath of the EU referendum.
Just over 60% of Scottish firms surveyed said they believed Brexit will have a negative impact on their business, while only 19% said it would have a positive impact. One third said the impact would be "very negative".
About 40% believe that leaving the EU could lead to a decrease in their investment and expansion plans, and 34% said that they could cut back on recruitment.
More than 70% of firms surveyed as part of the research had done no preparation for the UK exiting the EU.
Two-thirds of businesses said resolution of the uncertainty in the economy was a key issue in the negotiation of the UK's exit from the European Union, while 49% of firms cited access to the single market as a key issue.
However, the survey found little evidence of companies actually cancelling investment or recruitment plans.
A quarter of firms said they had made a decision to change their investment and recruitment plans, though the vast majority - 95% - said that decisions had been postponed rather than cancelled entirely.
Prof Graeme Roy, director of the institute, said: "This is the first hard survey evidence post-referendum of what businesses in Scotland are thinking and how they are responding to the unexpected EU referendum result.
"A clear majority believe that the impact - certainly in the short to medium term - will be negative. The survey offers some evidence that investment and recruitment plans may be being put on hold.
"Resolving the current political and economic uncertainty must now be the key priority. The longer the period of uncertainty continues, the more damaging the impact will be on the economy." | Most Scottish firms believe Brexit is bad for their prospects and the economy, according to a survey by the Fraser of Allander Institute. | 36796745 | [
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Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside Wildlife Trust said the skins of insects have been found on Winmarleigh Moss, near Garstang.
The baculovirus drives caterpillars on a "death march" to the top of plants, then when it dies the bug bursts out to seek other victims.
The trust's Dr Chris Miller said it was "gruesome - like a zombie horror film".
Dr Miller was carrying out a butterfly survey on Winmarleigh Moss when he noticed a caterpillar hanging from the end of a branch of a small bush.
He then saw another one hanging from a tall blade of grass.
"Both were dead but otherwise intact," he said.
Dr Miller also noticed "small scraps of caterpillar skin" on other branches he checked.
He said research is showing that the baculovirus affects the way the "zombie" insects respond to light, "making them climb to higher and more dangerous places and when they get there they die".
"It is really unusual seeing caterpillars high up as they can be eaten by birds.
"This is a caterpillar of the oak eggar moth which eats heather and bilberry so it is normally hidden in the undergrowth, not at the top of plants."
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But what's really in a place name?
Should Beddau in Rhondda Cynon Taf be pronounced "Bather", as many of the locals do, or "Beth-eye" according to its roots in Welsh?
A group of geographical and historical experts from around Wales say Welsh place names are particularly important, as they tend to be descriptive of the conditions at the time of naming, whereas English place-names are subject to obscure influences from Latin, German, French and Scandinavian languages.
Despite the rich source of information which they could hold, Wales does not have a national place-name body monitoring trends and derivations, as does Scotland, England and Northern Ireland.
Yet a conference this weekend, organised by The Snowdonia National Park, Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd and the Welsh Assembly Government is aiming to change that, by drawing together historians, geographers and linguists to form Wales' own place name society.
Twm Elias of Snowdonia's Plas Tan y Bwlch study centre, has helped organise the Llên Natur conference, and explained:
"It's not so much how people pronounce place-names today, it's about recording how locations have been named, written and pronounced over time."
"People who live in Beddau are welcome to call it 'Bather' or 'Beth-eye' as they choose; it's their town after all! But if we forget that the town's name comes from Beddau, the Welsh for graves, then we'd be losing an understanding of its possible roots as an ancient, pre-Christian burial site."
But whilst the true meaning of Beddau's name is not fully understood, many other historical, socio-economic, and environmental riddles have been solved through the study of how our ancestors named their lands.
Through the name of Dôl-y-Pennau in Snowdonia ( which translates into "Meadow of Heads"), members of the Llên Natur project were able to point archaeologists to the previously-undiscovered site of a massacre between feuding Welsh princes, which resulted in dozens of people being beheaded before their heads were discarded in a field in the area named in their memory.
A study of a concentration in eastern Wales, of places bearing the suffix 'Wern' or 'Gwern' has similarly lent fresh understanding to the trade links between medieval Wales and the Norman Marcher states.
Gwern derives from the Welsh for alder tree, the willow-like wood from which was used to manufacture clogs for agricultural workers.
While the trees are native throughout Wales, the frequency of Wern and Gwern in the east of the country pointed historians towards studying potential sites where they may have been grown on a commercial basis, for sale to agricultural areas over the border in Herefordshire and Shropshire.
But not all the discoveries are of a purely historical nature.
The pine marten, a small mammal once native to Wales, is now facing extinction.
However, the number of places which include 'bela' - Welsh for pine marten - in their name is testament to the frequency with which they were once found here.
Conservationists are using these places as a starting point to study satellite imagery for potential sites where pine martens may one day be re-introduced into the wild.
This weekend's conference is the culmination of years of work by Duncan Brown, a Welsh-speaker whose work for the Countryside Council for Wales led to his fascination with the links between language and environment.
But he warned: "It's sometimes dangerous to read too much into place names, or to take them too literally."
"For example, places with 'eos' suffixes derive from the Welsh for nightingale. They're no longer native to Wales, and there's some debate whether they ever were.
"Yet there are two clusters of 'eos' names in Wales, one around Carmarthenshire and Glamorganshire, and another in the north, centred around Denbighshire and northern Powys."
"The south Wales group are prefixed with terms like 'llwyn', a copse, or 'y-pant' , a hollow, which correspond with the natural habitat of nightingales."
"However, the group in the north have prefixes like 'llety'r', from the Welsh for a tavern or inn.
"So the reference to nightingale is far more likely to have originated from someone who sung there, with the voice of a nightingale."
Message of importance
The Llên Natur conference is being opened with an address by Culture Minister Alun Ffred Jones.
Mr Brown is hoping this will prove indicative of more concrete support for the project.
"It's fantastic to have Alun Ffred along to speak anyway, as it's a real recognition of the hard work everyone has put in," he said.
"Everyone knows that there's not much money to go around at the moment, but inexpensive things could make a big difference."
"We've already made a huge start on a database of place-names and their origins on the Llên Natur website, and with access to support from the assembly (government) we could go even further."
"Also, some within the group would like to see legislation brought before the assembly to prevent historic Welsh place names becoming anglicised or changed altogether to ones with no local significance."
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Dasilva, 19, is yet to play for Chelsea but impressed in 10 appearances for the Addicks at the end of last season.
The full-back captained England Under-19s to their first win at the European Championship this summer, as the Young Lions beat Portugal 2-1 in the final.
"He brings pace, talent, desire and a willingness to improve," Charlton boss Karl Robinson told the club website.
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Cunningham, 40, left his role with Saints in April and will work alongside head coach Neil Jukes at Leigh.
Owner Derek Beaumont has relinquished the head of rugby position because of his business commitments.
Leigh have won one and lost one of their two fixtures in the Qualifiers, after finishing 11th in Super League.
The Centurions have five games left this term to secure their Super League status for next season.
Beaumont said: "Keiron has substantially more experience than myself and I feel his appointment will bring in someone with a fresh pair of eyes and a different approach, as well as a different voice around the place to freshen things up.
"I still have the utmost confidence in Neil Jukes and my coaching team and their ability to achieve our goals, which I believe will be increased by Keiron's presence."
Cunningham, a former St Helens, Wales and Great Britain hooker, added: "I have not come in to take anyone's place, but to add my knowledge and experience at this stage of the season. I get on well with Neil and he is a good friend.
"Derek has brought me in to ease the burden on Neil and bring my experience to Leigh. Hopefully I will bring a new set of eyes and structures and I'm delighted to have been given this opportunity." | Former St Helens head coach Keiron Cunningham has been appointed head of rugby at Leigh Centurions for the rest of the 2017 season. | 40917330 | [
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HM Revenue & Customs wants to target businesses that have failed to register for tax, and individuals who fail to declare the money they make online.
It said this "hidden economy" could equate to £5.9bn a year in tax.
HMRC has launched a consultation on extending its powers to collect extra data from firms and individuals.
No specific firms have been named, but sellers on internet marketplaces such as online advert site Gumtree, holiday home rental site Airbnb and e-commerce giant eBay could be among those targeted.
In the consultation document published online, HMRC said data played a key role in enabling it to detect those not paying tax.
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It said those who were tax compliant "should see little or no impact".
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The team needed to finish in the top three to secure a spot at next year's Pyeongchang qualification tournament.
However, in the play-off in Japan they were comprehensively beaten 5-1 by Slovakia - a team they had only lost 1-0 to in Friday's final pool game.
Matt Clarkson grabbed a late consolation strike for GB.
GB had lost heavily to the Czech Republic and Japan in their first two pool games and those two countries will join Slovakia at next year's tournament, from which the top two finishers will qualify for the Games in South Korea.
GB were last represented in the sport at the Winter Paralympics in Turin, Italy in 2006, when double gold medal-winning sprinter Richard Whitehead was part of the squad. | Great Britain's Para ice hockey team will miss the 2018 Winter Paralympics after losing their World Championship B Pool bronze medal play-off. | 38175922 | [
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A special ship will drill more than 5000 metres down through the ocean floor to reach the super hot rocks of the planet's crust.
The team have picked an area in the Indian Ocean because the earth's crust is thinner there than in other places.
They also hope to find out if anything can survive the heat and pressure to live down there.
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Moses, 24, has not played a competitive game for Chelsea since Jose Mourinho returned as coach two years ago.
"It could be he plays a part for Chelsea this year," said Hughes, who failed in a bid to keep the player.
"He showed enough in his time with us that it made Chelsea very aware of the talent they have."
Moses scored four goals in 23 appearances while on loan at Stoke last season and there were suggestions he could be part of a deal to take Asmir Begovic to Stamford Bridge.
However, the Bosnian goalkeeper joined the Blues this week with Dutch midfielder Marco van Ginkel going to Stoke on loan, while the future of Moses was left unclear.
According to Hughes, that could be because Moses has been given another opportunity to shine at the club that he joined three seasons ago from Wigan.
"I think they would possibly like to keep him although if they go into the market again, they could change that idea," he said.
"Victor obviously came to us last year and did exceptionally well for us." | Nigeria forward Victor Moses may now be given a chance to play at Chelsea after returning from his loan deal at Stoke, says Potters manager Mark Hughes. | 33527062 | [
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The Giants got a short-handed opener through player-coach Derrick Walser but Jeff Dimmen pulled the Panthers level.
In the second period Mike Forney's powerplay breakaway goal make it 2-1 with Andy Bohmback equalising.
Mike Radja scored from an acute angle and James Desmarais made it 4-2 before Nottingham's David Ling got one back.
The teams meet again on Saturday night in the second match of their double-header.
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In his first prime-time speech on a specific policy issue, the Republican leader will address the nation at 21:00 local time (01:00 GMT).
He said he had reached a decision after reviewing war options with his national security team at Camp David.
Mr Trump once called for a full US pullout from Afghanistan.
He announced a strategic review soon after taking office in January.
So what can the president do when he addresses the nation?
Option 1: He could pull out all 8,400 US troops and let the Afghans get on with it. That could be popular at home and would be consistent with what Donald Trump has previously said. But it would leave a dangerous vacuum to be filled not just by Afghan rebels, but also by embryonic Islamic State affiliates which are taking hold in the east of the country.
Option 2: He could pull out a large number of US troops and deploy private contractors to continue the work of advising and assisting the Afghan military, in effect outsourcing the job. That's not likely to be popular with the Afghan government, and Washington would still get the blame if things did not work out.
Option 3: And this seems the more likely one. He could send more troops (up to 4,000 the best guess) to bolster the training of more Afghan security forces and perhaps add to the American special forces who are involved in the fight to expel IS related groups.
Whatever he decides, analysts will be looking for something that amounts to a strategy and not just a change in tactics and that will probably have to involve drawing other countries in the region, such as Pakistan and Russia, into the discussion.
He will deliver his first major national security address at a military base next to Arlington National Cemetery, where many of the 2,200 US troops who have died fighting over 16 years of war in Afghanistan are buried.
Mr Trump is also expected to outline a more aggressive US counter-terrorism policy for Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Earlier this year, the president empowered Defence Secretary Jim Mattis to set troop levels in Afghanistan.
General John Nicholson, the top US military commander in the country, has requested some 4,000 additional US forces.
He told Afghan troops at a training base southeast of Kabul on Sunday: "We are with you and we will stay with you."
US combat operations against the Taliban officially ended in 2014, but special forces have continued to provide support to Afghan troops.
Current US troop numbers in Afghanstan are about 8,400.
The Afghan government continues to battle insurgency groups and controls just half of the country.
Mr Trump has previously supported pulling troops out of the conflict, which began under President George W Bush in 2001 after the 9/11 attacks.
"I took over a mess, and we're going to make it a lot less messy," Mr Trump said when asked about Afghanistan earlier this month.
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"We're not winning," he told advisers in a meeting in July.
His defence secretary has argued a US military presence is necessary to fight off threats from Islamist militants.
Mr Mattis visited Afghanistan over the weekend, saying he was satisfied with the administration's new strategy.
Former White House strategic adviser Steve Bannon had called for the withdrawal of all US forces, arguing the war was unwinnable.
But he was fired by the president on Friday. | US President Donald Trump is expected to indicate later that he is sending more troops to Afghanistan, prolonging a war-weary America's longest conflict. | 41006895 | [
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He was also dealing them, and at one point faced a possible jail sentence.
Born in the Scottish new town of Cumbernauld, Ryan began experimenting with drugs when he was 12, initially because he was curious and had fallen in with likeminded friends.
"I tried everything - cocaine, Valium, ecstasy, speed, heroin... I'd go on benders for two or three days at a time, and I'd take five or 10 ecstasy tablets in one night," he says.
"From the age of 15 to 20 I took drugs every single day."
Thankfully for Ryan, everything changed when he was 20, and he has not touched drugs ever since. While the cynical may raise their eyebrows, Ryan, now 37, says he discovered God and quit overnight.
Without the drugs, he was able to get his life back, and aged 24 he launched a catering company called Regis Banqueting.
Today the 13-year-old business has blue-chip clients including mobile phone network O2, luxury carmaker Bentley, and investment bank JP Morgan.
With drugs his main interest and income at the time, Ryan left school in Cumbernauld, 13 miles north-east of Glasgow, aged 16.
Four years later he was dealing thousands of pounds worth of drugs a week, and if he continued he says it was clear that he would become a "big time gangster drug dealer".
Trying to run away from his lifestyle, Ryan decided in 2000 to go to New Zealand for a year in search of a fresh start.
But it fell apart just two weeks after he arrived, when New Zealand customs intercepted a package of 100 ecstasy pills that Ryan had posted to himself from Scotland.
Facing a jail term, he phoned a friend back in Scotland. She said that she would pray for him and suggested he do the same.
Ryan says: "I thought 'you're off your head' but I decided to try it, and I got down beside my bed and I said, 'I don't believe that there is a God, but if you're real then show me that you're real and I'll believe in you.'"
Out on bail, Ryan had to go to the police station every two days, but his appetite for drugs was undiminished.
It was only when he met two female hitchhikers that things changed. The women took him out for lunch, then to church, and allowed him to move in to their home.
"That was when I thought there was maybe something to this because why would two complete strangers do that? That was the catalyst for change."
Ryan says that discovering his faith was fast, and the change immediate. Drugs suddenly lost all appeal, and he threw all the substances that he had into the sea, and has been clean ever since.
"I know most people who have been taking drugs don't have that experience. Most people do ok for a bit then they relapse. Everyone's journey is different but that was mine."
While Ryan escaped jail time in New Zealand, his visa was revoked, and he returned to Scotland in May 2000.
He joined a church, the evangelical Freedom City Church in Cumbernauld, met his wife and got married.
To earn money he got a job working with drug and alcohol addicts, where he was able to draw on his own experience to try to help others to quit.
However, when the funding for his role ran out a few years later he found himself without work. It was then that the opportunity to start his own business came about.
His church wanted a catering company to run the cafe attached to their conference centre on an ad hoc basis, and the then-pastor suggested Ryan might fit the bill.
Despite having little to no catering experience he jumped at the chance and Regis Banqueting was formed. Ryan attended catering college alongside running the cafe and learned as he went along.
"I had to phone my mother-in-law to ask how you make steak pie," he says.
"I was young and naive. If I knew what I know now, I probably wouldn't have started it."
To help Ryan expand the business into contract catering, the Princes Trust, the UK start-up support charity led by the Prince of Wales, gave him a £5,000 loan.
While Ryan says the first three years were tough, with him taking a salary of just £6,000 in year one, over time the clients and contracts got bigger.
Cumbernauld-based Regis Banqueting now has 65 staff - 20 full-time and 40 part-time, many of whom are seasonal - and annual turnover is £1.3m.
Meanwhile, Ryan and the company have won a number of awards including the Royal Bank of Scotland's young business of the year crown, and director of the year from the Institute of Directors organisation.
Prof Eleanor Shaw, head of the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship at the University of Strathclyde, says it is Ryan's motivation and enthusiasm that helps make him such a success.
"Catering is a really difficult market to be competitive in, but he has such energy," she says. "He's very hardworking and is so motivated that it brushes off on everyone around him."
Looking back on his troubled youth, Ryan says he knows that his life might have turned out very differently.
As a result he tries to help others who face addiction and poverty, for instance by employing former addicts and ex-offenders among his staff.
He is also in the process of starting another company, alongside Regis, that will focus on creating a brand of casual dining restaurants, the first to be launched in Glasgow next year. The plan is to expand across Scotland and the UK before going international.
"I say to my wife sometimes that it's amazing how we're making more money than a doctor or lawyer - and we're making sandwiches," says Ryan.
Follow The Boss series editor Will Smale on Twitter @WillSmale1 | At his lowest point, Ryan Longmuir took drugs every day "just to feel normal". | 38220079 | [
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Ben Earl, Alex Mitchell and Josh Bayliss scored England's tries, with Max Malins adding one conversion. Asafo Aumua got three of New Zealand's 10.
Scotland took fifth place with a 24-17 victory over Australia, sealed by a last-minute try from Charlie Shiel.
Wales beat Italy 25-24 to finish seventh, while Ireland beat hosts Georgia 24-18 for ninth.
England had beaten Wales, Samoa and Australia to top Pool A, before a 24-22 victory over South Africa booked their spot in the final.
New Zealand beat Scotland, Italy and Ireland to win Pool B, defeating France 39-26 in the semi-finals.
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Alex McKechnie, then 16, was in the crowd for that first show and went on to be a regular at the club:
"I saw The Beatles a few times in the north end of Liverpool and was working in Liverpool city centre as a messenger boy in a printing works when I heard that they were on at the Cavern in a lunchtime session.
"The Cavern was in the basement of a three or four storey warehouse. The public went down one flight of stone stairs and then there were three long arches.
"At the end of one of the long arches was a little tiny stage. That's where the Beatles performed 292 times.
"I remember it being very highly charged with excitement. The music sounded even more exciting [than the previous gigs] because The Cavern was this little squashed space so the music sounded a bit louder, a bit more exciting and a bit more vital. About 20 to 30 people were there.
"The Beatles were the complete package - they didn't just have a great singer, they had two great singers. They always did harmonies right from the very first time I saw them.
"They could probably only afford two microphones, and so when one was doing the lead singing the other two were facing each other on the mic, and it was quite charismatic, it was nice to look at. They had a camaraderie about them.
"I never heard them singing one of their own songs because they were just a straight covers band at that time, as was everybody else in Liverpool.
"The standard songs that they sang - them and the other bands in Liverpool - were [by] Chuck Berry, Little Richard, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly. The sound that I very clearly remember the Beatles playing in the Cavern was a Chuck Berry riff.
"As well as doing the stock standards, the Beatles were a bit different because they were better at playing complicated chords. The Beatles were a bit more adventurous.
"It wasn't just the music and the singing, it was their lack of respect for the audience. At the Cavern for those first few gigs, they were quite irreverent to the audience and other people. They were sort of the first punk band. The Beatles were a law unto themselves on the stage.
"They were still doing that when they went to America - if someone asked them a question they didn't give a serious answer, and that's how they behaved on stage in the Cavern, and that's why I think they liked it in the Cavern.
"They were the epitome of rebellion in Liverpool because they weren't trying to imitate Cliff Richard and the Shadows doing little in time steps. They would dance out of step on purpose.
"That was their purpose in life - to upset the apple cart. They were so cheeky and so entertaining all around. They were a little bit of a voice for us against authority. I think they were rebels. We were mini rebels supporting them.
"Of course when I went back to work I used to stand gazing out of the window thinking about the Beatles and the girls at the Cavern. I couldn't really concentrate on doing any work.
"Just in a few weeks they'd gained a bigger following. When word went around, the crowd grew and people kept coming back. Once you'd seen them, not many people didn't go to see them again.
"They had big long queues, right down the length of the street and even round the corner at the bottom. But at that stage I'd dumped them.
"They started talking about going to London and making records and things like that. Betrayal.
"I wasn't the only one. I think the ones who thought that they'd discovered them were a little clique and really did give up on them when the masses found them. It was only when I heard Love Me Do on the radio that I started getting interested in them again. My wife subsequently bought all the LPs but that first era of The Beatles was over for me."
Alex McKechnie was speaking to BBC News entertainment reporter Ian Youngs.
The Cavern is celebrating the anniversary with a series of tribute events on Wednesday. A documentary about the first gig will be broadcast on ITV1 at 2240 GMT on Wednesday. | It was 50 years ago today that The Beatles played their first gig at the Cavern Club in Liverpool - the venue where the band built their reputation and where Beatlemania was born. | 12396322 | [
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John Guidetti drove home the free-kick that followed Pascali's professional foul on Stefan Scepovic.
Kilmarnock keeper Conor Brennan limited the damage with a string of saves for the Ayrshire side.
But he could not prevent Scepovic knocking in a second after the break.
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Pascali's dismissal changed the nature of the match. Before his red card on 34 minutes for pulling Scepovic back as he bore down on goal, the teams had been evenly matched.
Both sides had shown flashes of skill - a Guidetti flick here, an Alexei Eremenko dummy there - but the goalkeepers had been under-employed.
Tope Obadeyi advanced from midfield to offer some threat to Craig Gordon's goal on occasion but was stymied by the alertness of the Scotland keeper or the positioning of Virgil van Dijk and Jason Denayer in the home defence.
Van Dijk headed a corner a fraction wide and Celtic captain Scott Brown broke off from his midfield tussles with Jamie Hamill and Sammy Clingan to fire a few shots at Brennan's goal but they were bravely blocked by defenders.
And Mubarak Wakaso thumped a header straight into Brennan's arms from the corner of the six-yard box.
Gordon's only real save of the first half was to parry a 25-yard pile-driver by Eremenko.
Pascali, who had been the key figure in organising the Killie defence, was lucky when referee Willie Collum awarded him rather than Guidetti a free-kick after making a mess of ushering the ball out for a goal kick with the Swede snapping at his heels.
But the Italian offered little complaint when Collum flashed him a straight red for his panicked challenge on Scepovic.
Killie boss Allan Johnston immediately withdrew Eremenko and sent on Lee Ashcroft to partner Mark Connolly in defence but within seconds Guidetti had stroked his free-kick past the despairing Brennan.
Celtic had Killie on the back foot and the visitors had a close shave when Connolly headed an effort off the line and Brennan saved well from a Stefan Johansen crack from 18 yards.
As the Rugby Park men struggled to play in Celtic's half, so the chances came for the hosts.
Brennan palmed away an angled shot by Scepovic, relied on his post to keep out a Guidetti effort from 12 yards and was well placed, again, to block the centre-forward's effort 10 seconds later.
But the Serbia international would get the last laugh over Brennan, who was in for the injured Craig Samson.
Moments after side-footing horribly wide from 18 yards as Wakaso found space on the left, Scepovic was rewarded for his persistence when he met the winger's cross to hit the ball across Brennan and into the net.
Celtic manager Ronny Deila replaced the scorer with Leigh Griffiths and sent on Charlie Mulgrew for Johansen - but the match was over as a meaningful contest and Celtic were able to follow up Thursday's Europa League win over Astra by moving up to fourth in the Scottish Premiership, overtaking Kilmarnock in the process.
Match ends, Celtic 2, Kilmarnock 0.
Second Half ends, Celtic 2, Kilmarnock 0.
Foul by Virgil van Dijk (Celtic).
Michael Ngoo (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jason Denayer (Celtic).
Michael Ngoo (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Conor Brennan.
Attempt saved. Adam Matthews (Celtic) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Attempt missed. Charlie Mulgrew (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Foul by Jason Denayer (Celtic).
Michael Ngoo (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Leigh Griffiths (Celtic).
Mark Connolly (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Celtic. Aleksandar Tonev replaces Mubarak Wakaso.
Attempt blocked. Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Foul by Adam Matthews (Celtic).
Michael Ngoo (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Charlie Mulgrew (Celtic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Michael Ngoo (Kilmarnock).
Substitution, Kilmarnock. Michael Ngoo replaces Josh Magennis.
Attempt missed. Virgil van Dijk (Celtic) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Ross Barbour.
Substitution, Celtic. Charlie Mulgrew replaces Stefan Johansen.
Substitution, Celtic. Leigh Griffiths replaces Stefan Scepovic.
Attempt blocked. Stefan Johansen (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Stefan Scepovic (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
Attempt saved. Mubarak Wakaso (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Goal! Celtic 2, Kilmarnock 0. Stefan Scepovic (Celtic) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mubarak Wakaso.
Attempt missed. Stefan Scepovic (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
Jason Denayer (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Josh Magennis (Kilmarnock).
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Ross Barbour (Kilmarnock) is shown the yellow card.
Mubarak Wakaso (Celtic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Ross Barbour (Kilmarnock).
Stefan Johansen (Celtic) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Stefan Johansen (Celtic).
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Flower, 26, punched Hohaia to the ground two minutes into Saturday's Grand Final, then landed a second blow to his face while he lay on the ground.
Wales prop Flower was sent off as the Warriors were beaten 14-6.
The ban until 14 April takes in 10 Super League games and the World Club Series match against Brisbane Broncos.
New Zealander Hohaia had already accepted a one-game suspension for a forearm strike which came before Flower's punches.
Flower was charged with a Grade F offence - the most serious in the sport's disciplinary rules - of "violent and aggressive punching" and "punching an off-guard opponent", a charge which carries a minimum of an eight-game ban.
Wigan rugby general manager Kris Radlinski, who accompanied Flower to the hearing at the Rugby Football League in Leeds, said in a statement: "Wigan Warriors would like to go on record in saying that the RFL disciplinary committee handled a very difficult situation with professionalism and integrity.
"We fully support their assessment of Saturday night's incident involving our player, Ben Flower. We will be making no appeal.
"We would like to apologise to Lance Hohaia and his family and to the St Helens club and fans. St Helens' win on Saturday has been overshadowed by the incident and that is wrong."
In becoming the first man to be sent off in a Grand Final, Flower left his side down to 12 men for the vast majority of the match at Old Trafford, which St Helens won to end an eight-year wait for the Super League title.
Saints chairman Eamonn McManus said: "The sport of rugby league should not be judged by this event, but by how it deals with it.
"We must assist [Flower] in any way that we can and accept him back into the sport. There is a person behind the player, and I am reliably informed by all that it is a good one."
For Wigan, the defeat ended their defence of the Super League crown and the pursuit of a fourth title.
Former Wigan and Great Britain player Martin Offiah told BBC Radio 5 live: "There is a lot of emotion around what was a big occasion but sadly it was in effect ruined by this incident in which I believe both players played their part. It was a sad day for rugby league.
"The sport was on show, it's a big event and the pictures are very graphic and all the apologies in the world won't wipe these away.
"No one can condone that second punch to the head and he's apologised for that but Lance Hohaia must take some consideration for his actions."
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Lucas has had two previous spells with the National League side this season, scoring three goals in 10 appearances.
The 20-year-old made his Bristol Rovers debut in April 2014, but has yet to start a game for the League Two club.
"He has proved already that he is a handful for defences at this level and he gets goals," Wood manager Luke Garrard told the club website.
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The 122-year-old Victorian structure spanning the River Thames last underwent refurbishment in 1970.
The City of London Corporation, said work will take place on the timber decking, lifting mechanism and water proofing its brick arches.
The bridge will close for road traffic until 30 December but pedestrians can walk across on all but three weekends.
A free cross river ferry service will run when it is closed to pedestrians.
Tower Bridge will also continue to be open for river traffic and the viewing gallery along the walkways of the bridge will also remain open.
More than 21,000 vehicles and 40,000 people use the bridge everyday, owner the City of London Corporation said.
"This heavy use has had an effect on timber decking of the bridge, which was last refurbished in 1970.
"To ensure that the Bridge continues to serve as a vital river crossing we need to undertake the essential maintenance works," the corporation said.
Nearby Tooley Street is also closed eastbound until 2018 to allow Network Rail's rebuilding of London Bridge railway station.
Northbound traffic will be diverted via London Bridge and southbound via Southwark Bridge, and the works will be "disruptive", Transport for London (TfL) has said.
TfL said the diversions take people into the congestion charging zones but motorists will not be charged as long as they keep to the routes marked specifically as diversions.
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Stuart Campbell was arrested in the west of England on Friday following a complaint from a woman in south London.
She had made allegations of harassment taking place over a two-year period.
Mr Campbell, who was released on bail, said it concerned some tweets and insisted they were not threatening. He accused the media of "innuendo" designed to encourage "speculations".
The blogger, a former computer games reviewer who was born in Stirling but lives in Bath, has been a vocal campaigner for Scottish independence and launched the Wings Over Scotland blog in 2011.
On Friday he tweeted that he would be posting less frequently than usual because of "reasons totally outwith my control (don't ask)".
End of Twitter post by @WingsScotland
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said: "Police are investigating an allegation of online harassment.
"The allegation was made after a woman, aged in her 30s, attended a south London police station. The harassment is said to have taken place over the past two years."
Mr Campbell has been bailed, pending further inquiries, to a date in mid-September.
In a statement on the Wings Over Scotland website, Mr Campbell responded to a report of his arrest which appeared in The Herald newspaper.
He said that piece "has been written for maximum innuendo to allow the wildest speculations on social media - which are of course duly taking place - but the alleged events relate entirely to some tweets from our Twitter account, none of which have been deleted and all of which are still publicly visible.
"Nothing more sinister or serious than some tweets has occurred or been alleged to have occurred. None of the tweets involved are in ANY way threatening, not even in a joking sense. That's all we'll be saying on the subject at this time." | The pro-independence blogger behind the Wings Over Scotland website has been arrested for alleged online harassment. | 41009988 | [
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Humans are thought to have arrived in the New World no earlier than 25,000 years ago, so the find would push back the first evidence of settlement by more than 100,000 years.
The conclusions rest on analysis of animal bones and tools from California.
But many experts contacted by the BBC said they doubted the claims.
Thomas Deméré, Steven Holen and colleagues examined material from the Cerutti Mastodon site near San Diego. The site was originally uncovered in 1992, during highway construction work. Possible stone tools were discovered alongside the smashed up remains of a mastodon (Mammut americanum)- an extinct relative of mammoths and living elephants.
The researchers behind the latest study were unable to carry out radiocarbon dating on the remains, so they used a technique called uranium-thorium dating on several bone fragments, coming up with a date of 130,000 years.
The team members found that some of the bones and teeth bore a characteristic breakage pattern known as spiral fracturing, considered to occur when the bone is fresh. Additionally, some of the bones showed typical signs of being smashed with hard objects.
Rocks found alongside the mastodon remains show signs of wear and being struck against other surfaces, the researchers say. They conclude that these represent hammerstones and anvils - two types of stone tool used by prehistoric cultures around the world.
Dr Deméré, curator of palaeontology at the San Diego Natural History Museum, said the totality of evidence at the site had led team members to the conclusion that "humans were processing [working on or breaking up] mastodon limb bones using hammerstones and anvils and that the processing occurred at the site of burial 130,000 years ago".
Dr Steve Holen, co-director of the Center for American Paleolithic Research in South Dakota, commented: "We have conducted two experiments breaking elephant bones with large rock hammers and anvils. We produced exactly the same kind of fracture patterns as we found on the Cerutti mastodon limb bones."
He added: "We can eliminate all of the natural processes that break bones like this. These bones were not broken by carnivore chewing, or by other animals trampling on this bone... the distribution patterns of the fractured pieces of bone right around the anvils is fairly conclusive evidence because we see that experimentally also."
It's not entirely clear why early humans were processing these mastodon remains.
"We have no evidence that this is a kill or butchery site, but what we do have evidence of is that people were here breaking up the limb bones of this mastodon, removing some of the big thick pieces - probably to make tools out of - and they may also have been extracting the marrow for food," said Dr Holen.
But if the team's conclusions are correct, people could have reached the Americas from Asia via a land bridge across the Bering Strait. This bridge periodically emerged during cold periods - when ocean water was locked up as ice - and disappeared when the climate warmed again and sea levels rose.
The earliest widely accepted evidence for humans in the Americas dates to roughly 15,000 years ago. This is a field where fierce debate has raged over rolling back the ages of human occupation by one or two thousand years, let alone 100,000.
Dr Deméré and colleagues are not the first scientists to posit much earlier dates for people settling in the Americas. What distinguishes the latest work is that it has been published in one of the most prestigious peer-reviewed science journals in the world - Nature.
However, other experts remain unconvinced by the new evidence. Prof Michael R Waters, from Texas A&M University in College Station, described the new paper as "provocative".
He told BBC News the study "purports to provide evidence of human occupation of the Americas some 115,000 years before the earliest well established evidence".
Prof Waters explained: "I have no issues with the geological information - although I would like to know more about the broader geological context - and the likely age of the locality. However, I am sceptical of the evidence presented that humans interacted with the mastodon at the Cerutti Mastodon site."
"To demonstrate such early occupation of the Americas requires the presence of unequivocal stone artefacts. There are no unequivocal stone tools associated with the bones... this site is likely just an interesting paleontological locality."
Prof Tom Dillehay, from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, told BBC News the claim was not plausible.
Another authority on early American archaeology, Prof David Meltzer from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, said: "Nature is mischievous and can break bones and modify stones in a myriad of ways.
"With evidence as inherently ambiguous as the broken bones and non-descript broken stones described in the paper, it is not enough to demonstrate they could have been broken/modified by humans; one has to demonstrate they could not have been broken by nature.
"This is an equifinality problem: multiple processes can cause the same product."
Chris Stringer, from London's Natural History Museum, said that "if the results stand up to further scrutiny, this does indeed change everything we thought we knew about the earliest human occupation of the Americas," adding: "If true, the results may well mean that archaic people like the Denisovans or Neanderthals were the first colonisers of the Americas, rather than modern humans."
He explained that "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - each aspect requires the strongest scrutiny," but Prof Stringer also observed: "High and concentrated forces must have been required to smash the thickest mastodon bones, and the low energy depositional environment seemingly provides no obvious alternative to humans using the heavy cobbles found with the bones."
The dating method used by the researchers to assign an age to this material works by measuring the radioactive decay of uranium that becomes incorporated into the bones over time.
"The type of samples that are most widely dated with this technique are ones that contain uranium as a primary substitution in their structure, such as inorganic carbonates, like cave carbonates, or corals, which take in uranium as they take calcium out of seawater," Dr Warren D Sharp, an expert in isotope dating from the Berkeley Geochronology Center in California, told BBC News.
"What they've done in this paper is applied it to bone. That can be challenging because bones don't contain significant amounts of primary uranium. They acquire the uranium when they become buried - they take it up from soil porewaters."
He added: "That said, I think the dating is sound. They have done a very careful job. They have dated multiple samples and obtained similar results. The systematics of the concentrations of uranium in profiles across the bones are what you'd expect for reliable dates. And the bones that they've dated seem to be an integral part of the site, so their age should be relevant to the rest of the observations."
Prof Meltzer said the history of the material from the site meant it would be difficult to ever say with any certainty that humans broke the bones. He explained: "[The evidence] comes from a site that was excavated [approximately] 25 years ago as a salvage project during a highway expansion.
"The kinds of detailed information necessary to understand how these bones and stones came to be... is simply not available. The authors do what they can with the extant collections, but they necessarily have to rely more on generalisations about what could (or could not) account for the evidence - which gets us back to the equifinality problem."
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The 26-year-old has been without a club since leaving Blackpool at the end of last season.
He started his career with Aston Villa before joining Scottish side Hibernian in August 2011.
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Alexander Young crashed his Iveco Daily van into Andrew Nisbet's parked car on 25 November 2015.
Mr Nisbet, 58, suffered fatal injuries when he was struck by his own vehicle
Young pled guilty to a careless driving charge at Livingston Sheriff Court. The collision happened on the B7066 Whitburn Link Road near Polkemmet Country Park.
The court was told that Mr Nisbet's car was parked with its hazard warning lights flashing when the accident happened.
Young, 62, of Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, admitted failing to observe Mr Nisbet's car and colliding with it.
Police said at the time that the van driver had suffered only minor injuries in the crash.
Mr Nisbet, from Sauchie, Alloa, was married with a family.
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The strikes were expected as part of President Barack Obama's pledge to "destroy" IS, which has taken over large parts of Iraq and Syria.
IS is a radical militant group which has threatened to harm any non-muslims unless they convert to Islam.
They want to make a new country called the Islamic State. It would join parts of Iraq and Syria together.
Obama has promised to try to stop the group and the US has already launched air strikes in Iraq since August.
But this is the first time the group has been targeted in Syria and is supported by some other Middle Eastern countries such as Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby, said fighter and bomber jets and Tomahawk missiles were used in the attack.
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The Cheshire TB Eradication Group has been set up after a rise in cases of the disease in the county from 30 in 2005 to 116 in 2012.
Chester farmer Richard Fair said the county was the "final frontier" to stop the disease travelling north.
Wildlife groups have been campaigning to stop culls of badgers, which spread the disease.
The National Farmers' Union (NFU) said if trial culls in the South West successfully controlled the spread of TB they could be used in other areas where the disease was endemic, but vaccinations and other methods would also be used.
Mr Fair, who has lost five of his diary herd recently to TB, said: "Tackling the disease in Cheshire is seen as critical if the spread north is first to be stopped and then pushed back.
"It is hoped that by bringing together everyone who has an interest in stopping the spread of this disease, we may really get a handle on where the disease is and work together to stop it in its tracks."
The group's first move is to work with the University of Liverpool on a survey of TB in Cheshire's wildlife to focus badger vaccination effectively.
An NFU spokesman said: "Culls will only ever be carried out in areas where TB is endemic and will never be carried out nationwide.
"Although the problem in the county is clearly getting worse, thankfully there is no evidence of wildlife infection."
Earlier this week environment secretary Owen Patterson called the issue "the most pressing animal health problem in the UK" and set out the government's long-term plans to eradicate it.
Plans include a controversial cull of badgers, due to start this year in two areas of South West England.
The draft strategy published on Thursday said "further research into alternative population control methods (eg sett-based culling methods and non-lethal methods) is also under consideration". | Farmers and wildlife campaigners have joined together to try to stop the spread of TB in cattle in Cheshire. | 23209672 | [
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The school's headmaster said the "growing expense and luxury" forced on parents was also a major concern.
Beaulieu Convent School in Jersey also referred to "worries about alcohol and drug consumption" at the end of Year 11 event for pupils aged 15-16.
A former pupil said the prom was an important milestone and accused the school of overreacting.
Chris Beirne, headmaster, said the "significant focus and distraction" caused by the prom "does not fit into the ethos of our school".
Writing to parents Mr Beirne cited a letter from an unnamed colleague who was convinced the preparations and the event were "not positive, constructive or healthy experiences".
The colleague wrote: "The financial strain and the inevitable competition associated with this is another very unwelcome, and sometimes crushing, aspect for many parents."
The letter from the colleague also referred to "alcohol and drug consumption at after-parties" as "a considerable concern".
It said the strain of trying "to be slim, fashionable, have perfect skin" led to "unacceptable pressure".
Mr Beirne said he could no longer "safely manage the risk" associated with the event.
The independent Catholic school said it would continue to offer Year 13 leavers a celebratory mass with their families followed by a drinks reception at the school.
The £5,400-a-year convent has around 760 students aged 4-18.
Former pupil Hannah Hosegood, 20, said her prom was "a first taste of maturity" and the school should tackle individual pupils if they had concerns about drugs or alcohol.
She said: "It's really upsetting knowing those girls won't be able to experience an event you spend a fair amount of time looking forward to and remember for the rest of your life." | A girls' school has scrapped its end of year prom claiming it is too much of a "distraction" to pupils. | 34873930 | [
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As George and Amal Clooney welcome their newborn babies, social media has been full of joy.
First, all fine with the names.
Before we continue, have you read their statement?
"Ella, Alexander and Amal are all healthy, happy and doing fine. George is sedated and should recover in a few days."
Got the joke?
Next, as you would expect, some are wondering what they will look like.
Finally, some took an issue with how some media outlets reported the news - like a tweet by the Associated Press news agency which described Amal as "wife of George Clooney".
Now, if you still don't know what we're talking about... Find out here | It's Ella and Alexander, in case you haven't heard. | 40180368 | [
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The club reports that most of the squad have been able to train on Friday, and are planning for the match as normal.
"Majority of the squad are in to train this morning ahead of Saturday's match with the Dons," Motherwell tweeted.
"On that basis, the club have informed the SPFL there will be no requests made and tomorrow's game is good to go."
Motherwell were forced to postpone an under-20s game against Celtic on Tuesday after the vast majority of the squad were laid low.
"We had to shut down the club yesterday," manager Mark McGhee said on Thursday.
"If we had another three or four showing these symptoms and unable to train then it would leave me with no choice.
"I might only have nine players including the entire under-20s. I can't go into a football match with eight or nine players."
However, enough of first team squad have now recovered sufficiently to allay fears of the match being postponed. | Motherwell will not ask the SPFL to postpone Saturday's Premiership match with Aberdeen, despite the outbreak of a virus at Fir Park. | 35840104 | [
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The Paralympic discus champion, 24, beat his mark of 15.93m set last year.
Davies threw 16.14m when competing with able-bodied rivals at the British Indoor Championships in February, but that was not ratified by the IPC.
"I'm excited to build on that performance and see what I can produce this year," said Welshman Davies.
His new mark remains an unofficial world record until verified by the IPC.
"The event went well, I came to Arizona for warm-weather training and the competition fitted nicely at the end," said Davies.
"It was my first outdoor meet of the year so it was nice to PB even though I was shaking out the cobwebs.
"I don't compete much as I'm injury-prone - the plan is to get to Rio in one piece."
Davies is set to be named next month among the first phase of Great Britain track and field athletes for the Rio Paralympics.
He is aiming to compete in the shot put after his discus event was removed from the competition.
The Bridgend man, who has limited functionality of his right leg with missing bones and no muscle or ligament growth, took gold in the discus at London 2012 and bronze in the shot and is the current European and world champion in both events. | Reigning world champion Aled Davies has improved his own F42 outdoor shot put world record to 16.13m at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Arizona. | 36293897 | [
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Ece Heper, 50, was arrested on 30 December in the north-eastern town of Kars, her lawyer Sertac Celikkaleli told The Canadian Press.
Canadian officials say they are offering consular assistance, but released no further information.
Turkey's penal code states that anybody who insults the president can face up to four years in prison.
Ms Heper's friend Emrah Bayram told the BBC she was arrested for Facebook posts critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
"It's ridiculous, she's expressing her opinion," he said.
Friends say Ms Heper, who lived in Ontario and is reportedly a Canadian-Turkish citizen, has "some health issues" and they are worried about her access to medication while in detention.
Along with her lawyer, they fear it could be at least a month before her case goes to trial. They have contacted human rights organisations over her case.
Mr Erdogan has been accused of mounting a growing crackdown on freedom of speech.
Almost 2,000 cases for insulting Mr Erdogan have been opened in recent years.
They include a former Miss Turkey and a 16-year-old student.
Another man was found guilty of insulting the president and given a suspended one-year jail sentence after he shared images comparing Mr Erdogan to the fictional character Gollum. | A Canadian dual national has reportedly been detained in Turkey for allegedly insulting the country's president. | 38526545 | [
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The 25-year-old former AFC Fylde player has scored 29 goals and assisted 19 this season and moves to the League One club on a three-year deal.
Lloyd has been working for a waste disposal company alongside football.
"I believe in my ability and believe this is a level I should be playing at. I wish it was 1 July already," he told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.
"To be brutally honest it was a very easy decision to join Peterborough. Once I spoke with the gaffer about the way he wants to play, it's very similar to what I've been playing.
"I think I'll fit in really well and he thinks I'll fit in really well. Everyone knows Peterborough United's track record and what they've done for lads from non-league.
"First and foremost, this season's about working hard for the club and if the club do well, the lads will do well."
Lloyd is Posh's second signing of the summer, and the second from non-league after the arrival of Ricky Miller from National League side Dover.
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The Scottish Medicines Consortium is due to take evidence on Kadcyla on Tuesday.
Lesley Graham is one of four women who, along with charity Breast Cancer Now, have launched a petition for it to be approved.
She told BBC Scotland it offered women like her "a little glimmer of hope".
Kadcyla is used to treat a specific type of tumour - HER2-positive - when breast cancer spreads to other parts of the body.
Currently, it is not approved for use on the NHS in Scotland. The SMC is due to reconsider that this week, with its decision to be announced next month.
Last year Ms Graham, a 39-year-old mother of two from Barrhead, wrote to health secretary Shona Robison after being denied the treatment. She was later granted it after a second appeal.
Along with three other woman - Lesley Stephen, Alison Tait and Anne MacLean-Chang - she has been calling for it to be made available automatically on the NHS.
Their petition, backed by the Daily Record newspaper, now has more than 13,000 signatures.
Speaking on BBC Radio Scotland's Kaye Adams programme, she said: "If there's something out there that can help people, then it needs to be made available.
"The repercussions of someone losing their mum or their daughter are widespread. It has a rippling affect. Everyone deserves a chance at life and every child deserves a mum."
She added: "To be told that you have cancer and your life is therefore limited because of that is devastating enough.
"But to then be told there is something that can potentially buy you some time or keep you well for longer, but you can't have it, seems to me barbaric."
She described living with an incurable cancer as like "swallowing a hand-grenade and not knowing when it is going to go off".
"This treatment offers a little glimmer of hope that it will buy us time and offers hope that in the meantime maybe someone can come up with something that will keep us here in addition to that," Ms Graham said.
Breast Cancer Now said there were about 118 women in Scotland who "could benefit from this drug if it was approved tomorrow".
The charity's director Mary Allison said: "The treatment options for this type of breast cancer are relatively limited. Kadcyla is an incredibly effective drug because of the impact it has on the cancer, but also because of the quality of life people are able to have. The side effects of this compared to other chemotherapies are far less.
"This drug is available in 18 other countries in the world. It is a commonly-administered drug and one that many oncologists throughout the UK, and in Scotland, would wish to give their patients.
"It is a proven, front-line treatment for HER2 positive breast cancer."
In September last year, NHS Grampian agreed to give Kadcyla to Anne MacLean-Chang, a nurse from Elgin, after she wrote to the first minister asking for reform of drug funding.
She fought breast cancer but it later spread to her liver.
Speaking to presenter Kaye Adams ahead of the latest meeting of the SMC, she said being told there was a drug available but that she could not have it made her determined to campaign and fundraise to ensure she got the treatment.
"I felt like a bear protecting her cubs because I need to be here for my children," she said.
"Anyone can get cancer or a life-threatening disease but I don't think, in 2017, I ever imagined I would be in the situation where there was a drug available in many parts of the world but I was being told it's out there but you can't have it."
BBC health correspondent Nick Triggle wrote about the drug in 2014, spelling out how its high cost was causing a funding conundrum. | A mother campaigning for a life-extending breast cancer drug to be made available on the NHS has said it seems "barbaric" to deny women the treatment. | 39177603 | [
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Two people were rescued from the burning fishing boat Tranquility on Thursday night. No-one was injured.
Roman Repec, 35, appeared at Peterhead Sheriff Court charged with wilful fireraising.
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Slovakian Imrich Joni, 20, stabbed and strangled Gordon Bolan, 68, at a flat in Kenmure Street in Pollokshields last summer.
An earlier trial at the High Court in Edinburgh heard that Joni hid the pensioner's body in a wardrobe.
Judge Lady Scott described it as "a brutal murder" which had left Mr Bolam's family "utterly devastated".
Joni, who lived at various addresses in the south side of Glasgow, murdered Mr Bolam at a date between 29 June and 14 July 2016.
In April, he was found guilty of murder and attempting to defeat the ends of justice.
When he appeared for sentencing on Tuesday, the court heard the 20-year-old - who had denied any wrongdoing during his week long trial - had now accepted he killed Mr Bolam.
The court was told he had expressed "genuine remorse" for his actions because he could not continue living with "the lie" of denying his guilt.
His trial heard that Joni struck Mr Bolam with a knife before throttling him with a piece of fabric at an address in Kenmure Street. He then concealed his victim's remains in a bedroom wardrobe.
In a bid to cover up his crime and destroy DNA evidence, the murderer then washed upholstery, floors and other surfaces.
He also got rid of his trainers and the clothing he was wearing on the day he murdered Mr Bolam.
But Joni was caught after detectives found his DNA around Mr Bolam's property. Forensic scientists also discovered his DNA on the ligature which was placed around Mr Bolam's throat.
Defence advocate John Scott QC told the court that his client was suffering from post traumatic stress disorder caused by years of being physically abused by a family member.
Telling Joni that he was likely to be deported from the UK following his release from custody, judge Lady Scott said: "Mr Bolam was a man who struggled with ill health but nevertheless lived a normal life. He was a much-loved member of his community.
"His family have been left bereft and utterly devastated by his death.
"I accept that you have expressed genuine remorse. I also take into account that you have suffered emotional and physical abuse and that you are a young man with post traumatic stress disorder.
"This was a brutal murder. Balancing all these factors I have decided that you must serve at least 13 years before you become eligible to apply for parole." | A man who murdered a pensioner at his home in Glasgow has been ordered to spend a minimum of 13 years in jail. | 40344007 | [
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The pair were working on a new 'augmented-reality' programme called Project Sidekick that's designed to give mission control a better view of what's happening on the station.
Tim explained: "Sidekick creates a virtual-reality world on the International Space Station .... Ground control can come into our virtual world and we can use it for doing tasks together - for example the VR world can point out exactly what switches to flip or which screws to loosen, handles to turn and even guide us to storage locations."
After two hours of working on the project, they found the hidden Space Invaders game and were allowed to take a break and have some fun!
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Beate Zschaepe, 38, is accused of being part of the National Socialist Underground (NSU), which killed 10 people, most of them of Turkish origin.
She denies the murder charges. Critics say the police made serious errors.
The judge later adjourned the trial for a week after the defence team accused the judge of bias.
After entering court, Ms Zschaepe stood with folded arms and turned her back on the camera.
Her lawyers lodged a legal complaint with the judge, accusing him of bias. They complained about being searched for possible weapons or other objects on arrival, while prosecutors and police were not. The judge ordered an adjournment until 14 May to consider the complaint.
The NSU case sparked controversy as police wrongly blamed the Turkish mafia before discovering the far-right cell.
The head of Germany's domestic intelligence service was eventually forced to resign over the scandal. It also emerged that intelligence files on far-right extremists were destroyed after the cell's activities came to light.
Four male defendants are also on trial with Ms Zschaepe, facing lesser charges of having helped the NSU.
She faces life in prison if convicted.
Critics have accused authorities of turning a blind eye to the crimes of right-wing extremists, the BBC's Steve Evans reports from Munich.
Officials deny this, saying mistakes occurred because the murders were spread across different regions, each with different police and security agencies.
The killings took place over a seven-year period, and none of the victims or locations was high-profile.
Ethnic Turkish community groups and anti-racism campaigners demonstrated outside the courthouse on Monday, demanding justice. Some suspect the police of institutional racism which may have helped the neo-Nazis to act with impunity, our correspondent says.
Before the trial got under way a large crowd of journalists had gathered outside, along with dozens of people hoping to get seats in the court. About 500 police officers were deployed and nearby streets were cordoned off.
Ms Zschaepe, as a founding member of the NSU, is charged with complicity in the murders of eight ethnic Turks, a Greek immigrant and a German policewoman between 2000 and 2007.
She is also accused of involvement in 15 armed robberies, of arson, and of attempted murder via two bomb attacks.
Prosecutors say the aim of the execution-style killings was to spread fear among immigrants and prompt them to leave Germany.
Her lawyers say she is refusing to speak in court. Only the trial opening was broadcast, in line with German legal restrictions.
The four male defendants are:
The NSU cell remained undetected until Ms Zschaepe gave herself up in November 2011, after police discovered the bodies of two of her alleged accomplices.
Uwe Mundlos, 38, and Uwe Boenhardt, 34, appeared to have shot themselves after a botched bank robbery.
After their deaths, the gun used in the murders of the 10 people was discovered.
Ms Zschaepe shared a flat in Zwickau, in the old East Germany, with the two men who were found shot dead.
The arson charge against her relates to a fire which she is alleged to have started in the flat before giving herself up. She told police she was the one they were looking for.
In addition, a video emerged showing pictures of the corpses of the victims and identifying the "organisation" behind the murders as the NSU. The video had a cartoon Pink Panther totting up the number of dead.
Only then did the authorities conclude that the killings were the work of neo-Nazis.
They had previously treated some of the families of the victims as suspects in their murders.
As a result, the trial has taken on a meaning beyond the charges in court, as it is also puts the spotlight on attitudes towards the murder of members of ethnic minority groups, our correspondent says.
An earlier start date had been set for the trial, but it was delayed for weeks amid a dispute about the seat allocations, as Turkish media were not guaranteed places.
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Accompanied by the Youth Music Voices choir, Walsh and Boe will debut their version of the classic Queen track on 11 May at London's Royal Albert Hall.
The official Team GB and Paralympics GB single will go on sale the same day.
"So excited to be supporting Team GB with Alfie," said Walsh. "Bring on the gold medals!"
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Also missing is Freddie Mercury's infamous pay-off: He originally sang "Fried Chicken" instead of the title during the fade out.
The BBC's home of 2012: Latest Olympic news, sport, culture, torch relay, video and audio
Walsh, who has enjoyed massive chart success with her fellow Girls Aloud stars, is currently playing Princess Fiona in Shrek The Musical at London's Theatre Royal.
"It's a huge honour to sing One Vision for Team GB with Kimberley," said Boe, who was acclaimed for his performance in the 25th anniversary concerts of Les Miserables.
"Being a massive Queen fan, I was very excited about recording the track - I hope everyone likes it."
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He previously played under Iron boss Graham Alexander when the duo were at Fleetwood.
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Jeremy Zeid, who was standing in Hendon, said President Obama should be "locked up" by the Israelis for "leaking state secrets".
He was referring to the declassifying of documents on Israel's secret nuclear programme.
UKIP said Mr Zeid resigned last week due to health issues.
It is not clear exactly when he resigned, but he made the posts last Wednesday and Thursday.
Raymond Shamash, a surgeon originally from north-west London, was revealed as Mr Zeid's replacement after news of the Facebook posts emerged.
Mr Zeid also said Israel should "do an Eichmann" on President Obama.
Adolf Eichmann was a Nazi war criminal abducted by Israeli agents in 1960 and later hanged for his role in the murders of millions of Jews in World War Two.
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Ian Brown, 44, and Daniel Dunkley, 35, died following incidents in their cells at HMP Woodhill last July.
Their relatives claim Woodhill's governor has not complied fully with Prison Service Instructions (PSIs).
But the governor and the Secretary of State say the judicial review claim is "neither appropriate or necessary".
PSIs cover management of prisoners at risk of harm to self, others and from others, early days in custody and medical emergency response codes.
Heather Williams QC, for the families, said the claim addressed the "exceptionally high" rate of self-inflicted deaths at the Milton Keynes prison.
There were seven self-inflicted deaths last year, five in 2015 and 18 at the prison since May 2013.
"The rate of self-inflicted death at HMP Woodhill is far higher than at any other prison, at a time when the suicide rate in the prison estate as a whole is at a record high," said Ms Williams.
She said the case raised serious ongoing breaches of Article 2 of the Human Rights Act, which protects the right to life, and involved long-term failures to comply with the responsibility placed on the authorities to protect prisoners.
James Strachan QC said the governor was well aware of his obligations to comply with the requirements of the PSIs.
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No-one else was hurt in the blast, which filled part of the Terminal 3 arrivals hall with smoke.
An online microblog attributed to the man says the explosion was to protest at his ill-treatment by Chinese police.
The blog suggests his lower body was paralyzed after he was alleged to have been heavily beaten by security agents in southern China in 2005.
Mr Ji, who is alleged to have been operating an unlicensed motorbike taxi service, was also apparently dissatisfied with the way his complaints against the authorities had been dealt with.
State news agency Xinhua said he detonated the device - a package of gunpowder taken from fireworks - after being prevented from distributing leaflets.
Photos posted on China's Weibo microblogging site showed a dark-haired man waving a white package in the air before the explosion.
Later images from the airport showed the wheelchair on its side with officials treating him on the floor.
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However, Hadwin parred in for a level-par 71 and Patrick Cantlay bogeyed the last to finish second.
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Tata is making 1,050 people redundant, including 750 at its Port Talbot site.
Community organiser Rob Edwards said he was surprised by Mr Koehler's departure and what it meant for the future.
"I think it compounds the recent news about the redundancies. You start to ask questions about long-term investments," said Mr Edwards.
"There is an element of doubt, we walk a path of uncertainty," he told BBC Radio Wales's Wales at Work programme.
He added that he wasn't concerned about the short-term commitments made by the company as it tries to save £300m as part of its current survival plan.
He said the union was worried that the move weakened the voice of the European operation when it came to decisions being made by the board in future.
Workers from Tata marched through Brussels with Mr Koehler and steelworkers from across Europe demanding that the EU take action on the price of Chinese imports.
New chief executive of Tata Steel Europe, Hans Fischer, takes over on 1 March.
Koushik Chatterjee, the group executive director for finance and corporate affairs, will add responsibility for Europe to his role on the Tata Steel board in Mumbai. | Changes at the top of Tata Steel Europe raise doubts about the "long-term investment" of the company, according the steelworkers union, Community. | 35664673 | [
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After James Tavernier was penalised for a last-minute challenge on Jonny Hayes, James Maddison curled home a fantastic set-piece from 25 yards.
"The referee handled a difficult game very well," said Warburton.
"He did a really good job up to that point, but to give that one there is frustrating beyond belief."
Warburton is convinced Tavernier made an "excellent tackle" and confronted referee John Beaton on the pitch at full-time.
"I will be careful what I say about the free-kick," he added. "Everyone saw the ball move. The fourth official on the sidelines saw the ball move and made a comment. And yet a free-kick is given.
"You have got to be, I think, 100% sure in these type of games, in those areas of the park.
"Late in the game, when your players are fatigued, I thought Tav made an excellent tackle there. I don't think their player moaned about it and it is a huge decision to give."
Rangers dominated the first half as the teams met for the first time since January 2012.
However, the visitors were caught cold in the opening minute of the second period when Hayes broke clear to score.
A surging run from Rangers captain Lee Wallace was halted by Hayes, leading to a penalty converted by Andy Halliday.
Maddison's stunning strike left Rangers in the bottom half of the table, with just two wins from their seven league outings, but Warburton insists his team are moving in the right direction.
He said: "We dominated the ball first half completely but we went in at half-time frustrated it finished 0-0.
"We gave away a schoolboy goal and for three or four minutes we looked a bit rocky. We lost our composure then got the ball down, then played. We got our rewards via the penalty and I thought there was only one team in it.
"I am never happy to drop a point, never mind three. But we moved to the next level as a team and we are getting better.
"The boys are settling in and we were delighted with long periods of that game where we completely dominated." | Rangers boss Mark Warburton was furious with the award of a free-kick from which Aberdeen scored their winning goal in a 2-1 victory at Pittodrie. | 37467797 | [
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The woman, in her 70s, was making breakfast when Jason Batchelor of Maldon Road, Wallington, attacked her in her house in Purley on 11 May.
The 46-year-old told police he had "messed up" when he was arrested.
He was convicted at Croydon Crown Court of rape, attempted rape, sexual assault, actual bodily harm and intent to commit a sexual offence.
Police said Batchelor charged his way into the house after the woman slightly opened the front door when he knocked on it.
He punched her in the face, causing extensive bruising, then raped her and took cash before leaving the property.
Batchelor was arrested three days later after forensic examinations found DNA that matched his.
He told officers he was "sorry" and had "never done anything like this before" when he was held.
Det Insp Keith Ward said the "courage and bravery" the woman had shown during the "horrific ordeal" was "humbling".
"Batchelor is a dangerous offender who committed offences against the woman in her own home, a place where she has every right to feel safe and secure," he said.
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The 40-year-old 14-time major champion twice had back surgery during 15 months out before returning in December, when he tied for 15th at the 17-man Hero World Challenge.
Over the next five weeks he plays four full-field tournaments.
"That is a concern, no doubt about it, but I'm also looking forward to it. I've sat out long enough," Woods said.
"I've gone through some pretty tough lows. There were points when I didn't know whether I would swing a golf club again.
"But I do feel good about it. I just need to get out there and do it and see what happens."
Woods begins his 2017 season at the Farmers Insurance Open in San Diego, which begins on Thursday.
He will then play at the Dubai Desert Classic from 2-5 February, followed by the Genesis Open at Riviera from 16-19 February and the Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens from 23-26 February.
"I've got my body in a pretty good state where I feel I can handle that workload, but I've still got to go out there and do it," he added.
"Feeling good about it and doing it are two totally different things."
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The "black box" of the Su-24 jet was officially opened in Moscow on Friday in front of journalists and diplomats.
Nikolai Primak, head of the Russian investigation, said flight information appeared to be missing.
Data from the box could help resolve the dispute over the jet's location when it was hit.
An analysis is expected to be released next week.
The downing of the jet plunged relations between Russia and Turkey into crisis, with Moscow imposing sanctions in response.
Turkey insists that the jet, from the Russian air contingent deployed in Syria in support of President Bashar al-Assad, ignored warnings to leave its airspace.
Russia says it was shot down within Syrian airspace and President Vladimir Putin vented his anger at Turkey's government again on Thursday, accusing it of subservience to the US and of "creeping Islamisation".
What we know about how the Su-24 was downed
How Russia's sanctions could hit Turkey
The war of words as it erupted
The two countries are heavily involved in Syria but take radically different positions despite both being ostensibly opposed to the Islamic State (IS) militant group.
The Su-24 was shot down by F-16 fighters on 24 November.
Both crew members ejected but the pilot was killed, apparently by militants on the ground while the navigator was rescued.
A Russian marine sent to rescue the crew was also killed and a helicopter destroyed on the ground.
Russia has demanded an apology from Turkey and in the meantime has imposed sanctions including a ban on package holidays, which could cost Turkey billions of dollars. | The memory card in the flight recorder of a Russian fighter plane downed by Turkey on the Syrian border last month is damaged, Russian investigators say. | 35130953 | [
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The trees were part of an area known as 'Doggerland' which formed part of a much bigger area before it was flooded by the North Sea.
It was once so big that hunter-gatherers who lived in the area could have walked to Germany, in Europe, across its land.
The underwater forest was discovered by Dawn Watson and Rob Spray from Sea Search on a diving trip to study marine life.
The prehistoric forest lay undiscovered until it was exposed by the extreme storms along the east of England coast in December 2013.
Check out this underwater footage of the forest which experts believe could date back more than 10,000 years.
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Broadband suppliers will now have to show upfront and monthly costs, without separating out line rental prices, according to the changes brought in by the Advertising Standards Authority.
The rules were originally due to be implemented in May, but firms asked for more time to comply with the changes.
The ASA said customers were now much less likely to be misled.
"The effect should be a real positive difference in how consumers understand and engage with ads for broadband services," said ASA chief executive Guy Parker.
The move comes after research by the ASA, conducted with regulator Ofcom last year, found that most users could not correctly calculate bills based on the information given in a selection of broadband ads.
People were "likely to be confused and misled" by price claims in the adverts, the ASA found.
Geoff Roberts, from Northampton, told the BBC that he found broadband adverts "completely misleading".
"What was advertised up front - when you really went into it - was nothing like what they were offering. The monthly amount was not clear."
He was paying nearly £45 for his phone and broadband, but reduced that amount to £26.50 when he switched to another provider.
To comply with the new rules, broadband providers will now have to:
Digital and Culture Minister Matt Hancock welcomed the ASA's move.
"Making broadband providers show all-inclusive, upfront prices in their advertisements means consumers will be much better placed to make an informed choice when deciding on a service," he added.
Technology expert Chris Green told BBC Radio 5 live: "It's going to level the playing field, and make pricing more transparent.
"But mostly it's about providing a lot more clarity to customers."
However, there will be no change to the rules on the way providers are allowed to advertise the broadband speeds on offer.
"If a broadband company advertises a particular speed, actually only up to 10% of people need to get that speed, which a lot of people would say is quite misleading," said Steve Nowottny from Moneysavingexpert.
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The 23-year-old, who spent three years at the Spireites, has penned a two-and-a-half-year deal.
The former Ivory Coast Under-20 international made 82 league appearances for Chesterfield, scoring 10 times for the League One side.
Meanwhile, first-team coach Kevin Nugent has left the O's after the arrival of Kevin Nolan as player-boss.
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The response was carried on the Somali Memo website which is affiliated to the al-Qaeda-linked group.
On Thursday, President Farmajo offered the militants an amnesty at the same time as declaring war on the group.
The UN-backed government in Mogadishu has been fighting the militants for control of Somalia for nearly a decade.
Mr Farmajo promised that fighters who gave themselves up within 60 days would get training, employment and education.
The president's statement was made "just to please the West", an al-Shabab official is quoted as saying.
Mr Farmajo announced the amnesty at a news conference in the capital, Mogadishu, dressed in full military fatigues.
"We want to pardon the Somali youth who were misled by al-Shabab," he said.
He also announced a major shakeup in the drought-stricken country's security services.
Senior officers in Somalia's intelligence service and police force have been replaced to prepare for the escalating war against the militants.
Mr Farmajo named a new military commander, director of national security and intelligence, commander of police and a new head of prison forces.
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Five Give Up the Booze, Five Go Gluten Free, Five Go On A Strategy Away Day and Five Go Parenting will catch up with the sleuthing children as adults.
The series, written by Bruno Vincent, follows on from the success of the recent Ladybird book spoofs for adults.
The original 21 books featured Julian, George, Dick, Anne and their dog Timmy.
Their escapades, set during the '40s and '50s, saw the children having virtually adult-free outdoor holidays where they solved mysteries while drinking lashings of ginger beer. Famous titles include Five on a Treasure Island and Five Go to Smuggler's Top.
A film parody, Five Go Mad in Dorset, was also made by the Comic Strip team for Channel 4 and featured Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French and Adrian Edmondson. They went on to make another film called Five Go Mad on Mescalin.
The books have also been made into films, TV series and cartoons, as well as audiobooks, comics and video games.
Publisher Quercus said the five's grown-up adventures will "remind older readers of the unbreakable bond" between the children and "introduce newer readers to the spiffing time you can have with a few friends and a dog".
It added the series brings characters - who are "posher than us and holidayed more than us" into our "baffling adult world".
Their adult adventures will involve trying to give up alcohol, finding themselves on a puzzling "strategy away day", hunting for a good gluten-free cream tea and, "most perilous of all", preparing for parenthood.
Anne McNeil of Enid Blyton Entertainment added they were "thrilled" with the new books, adding: "We are certain Enid Blyton would have delighted in the gentle parody of her characters - characters which have helped to create a multi-million-selling global brand."
The books will be released in hardback on 3 November.
The Famous Five series is among some of Blyton's most famous books, which also include Noddy and The Faraway Tree.
In all, she produced more than 700 books, writing one a week at the peak of her powers. The British writer, who was born in 1897 and died in 1968, has sold more than 600 million books in total, which have been translated into 90 languages.
In 2008, a survey by the Costa Book Awards saw Blyton voted the "most-loved author", beating Roald Dahl, JK Rowling and Jane Austen.
Michael Joseph's Ladybird Books for Grown-Ups series, which includes the Mid-Life Crisis and The Hipster, has sold 1.74 million copies grossing £10m to date, according to The Bookseller. | A spoof series of four books called Enid Blyton for Grown-Ups, which reimagines the Famous Five as adults, is to be published. | 36369366 | [
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Celtic skipper Scott Brown has led Gordon Strachan's national team recently but fit-again Fletcher is back playing at West Bromwich Albion.
"Scott has flourished under it when Darren's been injured," Wilson told BBC Radio Scotland.
"But Darren's more the leader of the country and has been for many years."
Wilson, who won his only international cap against Northern Ireland in 2011, added: "We're lucky that we've got two inspirational players in the middle of the park that can take that role.
"It is probably the biggest honour you can receive in football, so I think it matters a great deal, especially to the players involved - Scott and Darren.
"It will be of great importance to both of them, but I don't think either of them will be too disappointed or let it affect their game if they are not selected as captain."
Wednesday's friendly against Michael O'Neill's side at Hampden comes before Scotland's next Euro 2016 qualifier versus Gibraltar on Sunday.
"This game has been well selected by both sides," said Wilson, who now plays for Dumbarton after spells at Dundee United and Celtic.
"Quite often you can have these international friendlies that sort of peter out into nothing - a kind of drab affair.
"But with two competitive teams and players that have played against each other at the highest level in England and Scotland coming against each other, it gives it that extra bit of needle that you need." | Darren Fletcher's past experience leading Scotland could win him the captaincy against Northern Ireland, says former international Mark Wilson. | 32046982 | [
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Reuben Lewis from Llanidloes was driven 45 minutes from Ysgol Cedewain, Newtown, without teachers or transport staff realising he was still on board.
BBC Wales understands he was then left alone on the parked bus in Rhayader on two separate occasions.
Powys council said there had been a "serious breakdown in communication".
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He said Reuben was left on the bus in May last year and left at school the following December.
"I was in total and utter shock that this had happened again," he said.
"I'm always happy to give someone a second chance, but now I wish I'd never given them a first chance. This beggars belief.
"It was sheer luck that it was noticed Reuben was missing on Monday because his older sister works part time as a lifeguard in the leisure centre.
"She knew her brother was meant to be at the swimming lessons and when she couldn't see him she rang her mother and we alerted the school and the police."
Mr Lewis said he had an agreement with the school to notify them before 09:00 if Reuben would not be attending, so the alarm would be raised if he was not there.
"So how could this happen again on Monday, after we were given so many reassurances?" he added.
Simon Price, owner of Simon Price Cars, said the company was contractually unable to comment while the investigation was ongoing.
A council spokesman added: "Although we have undertaken an internal review of the circumstances surrounding this incident we have advised the parents to make a formal complaint so that we can investigate all of the circumstances in the fullest detail as a matter of urgency.
"We have apologised to the parents." | An investigation is being launched after a 10-year-old deaf boy who has autism was twice left on a school minibus and driven back to the depot. | 39501970 | [
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The officer was attacked after stopping a Peugeot van in Westmorland Avenue, Cleveleys on 2 November last year, Lancashire Constabulary said.
He suffered injuries to his torso and face.
William Ashton, 39, of Briarwood Drive, Blackpool, is due to appear before Blackpool Magistrates' Court.
He has also been charged with two counts of possession of an offensive weapon and affray.
The injured officer, 47, from the Immediate Response Team based in Fleetwood, has "recovered physically" and is expected to return to work soon, police said. | A man has been charged with attempted murder after a police officer was slashed with a knife during a routine vehicle check. | 38690031 | [
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Cook's side carry a 1-0 lead into the second Test at Lord's on Thursday, after last week's 169-run victory.
But Cook said: "Australia are still probably favourites, they've only got to retain, I suppose.
"But series are not played on paper, it's what people deliver. And it's always nice to be underdogs isn't it?"
England, who are taking precautions over the fitness of all-rounder Moeen Ali before the second Test, were hammered 5-0 by Australia in the last Ashes down under in 2013-14.
But, following the departure of coach Peter Moores in May, they have undergone an overhaul both on and off the pitch.
Under the interim leadership of assistant coach Paul Farbrace, they played positively in the drawn Test series and victorious one-day series against New Zealand.
Victory in new head coach Trevor Bayliss's first match in charge gave them the early advantage in the Ashes series.
Cook is keen for his side to continue in that positive vein against an Australia side that is likely to feature a number of changes, with wicketkeeper Brad Haddin absent for personal reasons while reports suggest all-rounder Shane Watson will be dropped.
"I think it is important that we don't sit back and protect the lead," Cook told BBC Sport. "We can't do that, certainly not against Australia.
"We have made a big effort with this series not to worry about what Australia do. It is about our attitude and approach. If we can get near the standards of Cardiff we will be a tough team to beat."
England have won the past two matches between the two at Lord's, following Australia's 75-year unbeaten run at the home of cricket.
England's only injury concern is over Moeen, who has felt some soreness in his side following the first Test.
Moeen played a key role in the victory in Wales, scoring a brisk 77 at number eight in the first innings and taking five wickets in the match.
Cook told BBC Sport: "He has come through training and fingers crossed he will be fine, which is great news for us.
"He is fine but you always want to be careful and head into an Ashes Test match with people fully fit."
Uncapped Yorkshire leg-spinner Adil Rashid is on standby should Moeen fail to prove his fitness.
In the absence of Haddin, the uncapped Peter Nevill takes over as wicketkeeper.
"I am confident with Nev coming in that we have the wicketkeeper spot covered," captain Michael Clarke told BBC Sport. "He is a fighter and has had a great year back in Australia.
"He deserves his opportunity. He won his spot on form and that is why he is in the squad. I have every confidence he will walk out there and make runs."
Clarke also expects seam bowler Mitchell Starc to be fit to play, despite suffering an ankle strain that required pain-killing injections in the first Test.
Clarke said: "He took eight wickets. He bowled on one leg in the second innings and still took three wickets. He is a wicket-taker. But all our bowlers need to be more consistent."
Watson, who was lbw in both innings of the first Test for scores of 30 and 19, is reportedly set to be dropped, with Mitchell Marsh taking his place.
However, Clarke said he does not yet know the XI, adding: "Whoever is picked needs to perform, like the rest of us."
The 34-year-old added: "We were outplayed in all facets in the first Test. We have taken the positives and we come here to Lord's and start afresh.
"We have played some really good cricket over the last couple of years and the boys are full of confidence.
"We know how we can play if we are at our best and the boys just need to find that consistently over the five days. We need to bat for long periods, have really good intent with the ball and execution over long periods."
The pitch at Cardiff was slow, which many felt helped England as it negated the Australian pace attack.
Both captains expect a similar surface at Lord's, with Cook saying: "Normally a Test wicket here is a pretty good wicket. We are in England and I don't think it will be travelling through like Perth."
Clarke said: "I think it will be a little bit tacky to start and seam around early so it will be difficult to bat on. But it does look like a pretty good wicket. Generally at Lord's, once the sun comes out, it is a good wicket to bat on."
Players will also have to contest with the Lord's slope, with batsmen requiring judgement on which balls to play and leave and bowlers requiring greater discipline with their line.
Only Mitchell Johnson of the Australia bowling attack has played at Lord's before and his record is poor, conceding 200 runs in 38.4 overs (taking three wickets) in the second Test in 2009.
England's James Anderson is the record wicket-taker on the ground with 75 in 17 matches, with Stuart Broad the fourth highest (61 wickets in 14 Tests).
Unlike Cardiff, where rain threatened to affect the final day - should the game have gone that far, the forecast for Lord's is good, with BBC Weather stating Thursday will be "a dry and fine day... with bright or sunny spells developing as cloud breaks and winds staying light". It is a similar picture across the five days.
One of the net bowlers for England in the build-up to this Test is the son of India great Sachin Tendulkar, the leading Test run-scorer in history.
Arjun Tendulkar, 15, who is hoping to forge a career in the game, helped put the England batsmen through their paces during practice on Wednesday. | England captain Alastair Cook says Australia remain favourites to claim the Ashes despite his side's superb first-Test victory in Cardiff. | 33535003 | [
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The Eide Barge 33 missed the Valhall field by at least 1km (0.6 miles).
More than 300 oil workers were airlifted from the Norwegian sector of the North Sea after the high winds broke the barge's anchor.
Stormy weather in the area has seen waves topping 15m (50ft).
A man died when a huge wave hit another rig earlier in the Troll field off Norway.
The strong winds tore the barge from its moorings and sent it towards BP's Valhall platform, located in the middle of the North Sea between Norway and the UK.
The oil and gas company was forced to shut down output and evacuate staff on board. ConocoPhillips also stopped production and evacuated crew from installations in the same area.
A spokeswoman for the Rescue Coordination Centre for southern Norway told the Reuters news agency that the danger posed by the barge was now over.
"There are no other installations between the barge and the coast of Norway," Borghild Eldoen said.
"It is now up to the owners of the barge to stop it before it reaches the coast."
At one point fears about a collision increased when the barge - 110m in length and 30m wide - changed course and headed straight for Valhall, BP Norway spokesman Jan Erik Geirmo told the AFP news agency.
But in the event it floated away from the evacuated platforms.
Mr Geirmo said that a tug had been deployed to immobilise it - an operation which will be dangerous in such stormy conditions. He said the situation was now returning to normal and employees will progressively return to the platforms.
Norwegian media said the barge ran adrift on Wednesday evening some 25km (15 miles) from Valhall. | A potential major disaster in the North Sea has been narrowly averted after a large, unmanned barge went adrift in stormy high seas and came close to colliding with offshore oil platforms. | 35204070 | [
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The Ulster Gazette carries the story of a Portadown man who was stopped on his way back from a Bulgarian 'lad's holiday' with a knuckle duster, stun device, extendable baton and pepper spray.
Conor Seeley, 23, of Charlestown Road, contested eight charges against him, but a district judge found him guilty of all the offences.
He said: "When people come back from Spain they bring sombreros and donkeys, you brought back pepper spray."
A border force officer giving evidence in the case told the court that "lots" of offensive weapons are brought in from Bulgaria and flights from the area were "high profile" for that reason.
Also in the paper is "utter devastation" in Armagh following the death of 55-year-old Barry Toal in a house fire last week.
The Lord Mayor of Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Gareth Keating, said: "This is a tight-knit community and we will do what we can to support those affected by this tragedy."
In the Antrim Guardian, a former lifeguard is hailed a hero after he rescued a man from drowning in the Six Mile Water river in the town.
Graham Vaughan, 22, raced from his home through the centre of Antrim to the opposite side of the bank of the river in the early hours of last Tuesday after he heard screaming.
"I looked outside and I could see a woman on the banks and a taxi," he told the paper.
"She was shouting for help and pointing and I could see someone in the river.
"I just ran, I wasn't even thinking, I was still in my shorts."
Mr Vaughan said his lifeguard training came in handy even after the man was dragged from the water.
"Just the little things like checking for ID, talking to him and checking his eyes and pulse are important," he said.
Thankfully, the police said the man would make a full recovery from his ordeal.
Inside the paper we go from a hero to a villain as South Antrim MP Danny Kinahan recalls being just yards away from the Westminster attack last Wednesday.
Mr Kinahan told the paper he was about to go into the chamber to take part in a vote when he heard the commotion outside.
"There was a lot of screaming and shouting and shouts and 'get downs' - word spread very quickly," he said.
"Business was suspended and we were told we were in lockdown.
"We had all been aware there had been training exercises for this sort of thing so when the dreadful day finally came it swung into action."
In the Lurgan Mail is a celebration of Special Olympian Caolán McConville.
The Aghagallan lad won a silver and a bronze medal at the World Winter Games in Austria and also led Team Ireland out at the official opening ceremony.
His picture is given pride of place on the paper's front page along with his granny, Margaret.
The skier was welcomed back to his home town last Saturday by friends and family and given a "hero's welcome" as he proudly displayed his medals.
He said: "I went down the Giant Slalom and it was hard, I fell over but I picked myself up again and went really fast."
The paper also reports on the court case of a learner driver who was caught speeding when he overtook a police car.
Jason Stephen Lavery, of Brownlow Terrace in Lisburn had been driving at 98mph when he was caught with no license or insurance in October last year.
The Coleraine Times reports on a "backlash" over a book of condolences for former deputy first minister Martin McGuinness.
The book was opened in the council offices in Coleraine follwing his death last Tuesday.
TUV councillors Boyd Douglas, William Blair and Alderman Sharon McKillop said in a joint statement that the book was "an insult to victims".
"The decision of the SDLP mayor to open a book of condolences to self-confessed IRA commander McGuinness is an unnecessarily divisive act.
"It is insulting to many victims of IRA violence who have had to listen to nauseating praise of someone whose wicked terrorist organisation visited death and destruction on many families in Ulster."
But the front page of the paper has a much more positive vibe - with a declaration that the town has "a new lease of life" now that a £220k rejuvenation scheme has come to an end.
The investment involved about 70 businesses and has given a new look to some of the town's streets.
The Impartial Reporter leads with a story about a Fermanagh man who they report was detained in Boston after he outstayed his visa for five years.
The "undocumented immigrant" recently married an American and faces an anxious wait as President Trump continues to crack down on illegal immigrants.
The man's Boston-based lawyer said: "Just by his tone Mr Trump has "unleashed the dogs in the system and is taking a much harsher, blunter approach.
"It has already got more serious."
Also on the front page of the paper is local actor-turned-author, Ciarán McMenamin, who has released his first book - Skintown.
The story follows Vinny Duffy, trapped working in a takeaway as the wider world falls in to the drug-driven dawn of rave culture.
A random act of kindness leads Vinny to the most unlikely business opportunity.
The novel is described as "a supercharged debut, zinging with confidence and intelligence" in a review by novelist Joseph O'Connor.
In the Ulster Herald there's a warning about farm safety from the son of a man who died after a bull attack.
Raymond McClinchey's father Alex was 75 and on the family farm near Omagh on Tuesday when the incident happened.
Mr McClinchey said: "I just hope that this is the last death like this, but know that unfortunately it probably won't be.
"Maybe my father's death will save another life by making farmers act on the need for safety.
"Please don't take chances."
Also in the paper is an investigation which is ongoing after a major slurry spill near Omagh which forced the closure of the main A5 route on Monday.
According to the paper there are fears that the spill could pollute the area's waterways.
The Environment Agency confirmed to the paper that the slurry had entered a local stream. It is not known, however, what impact that will have. | 'Man on 11-day booze binge caught with deadly weapons at airport' - well, that'll get the weekly paper review started. | 39415834 | [
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Joel Andresier, 39, from Southampton, said the pushchair had been covered in "pretty much every bodily fluid known to science" by his three children.
At one stage the highest bid for the three-wheeler stood at more than £150,000, after the advert went viral.
He reset the price after admitting he did not expect the bidder to pay up.
In the listing's description, Mr Andresier, of Sarisbury Green, said: "This was purchased against my wishes many years ago as I never wanted any children and a buggy signified my wife's intent to have children.
"We argued much and this buggy signifies everything that ended my happy carefree low cost child free life."
It prompted six pages of questions which led the advert to exceed the number of customer enquiries allowed by the online auction site.
Mr Andresier wrote: "Looks like I have hit the eBay limit for shared responses to all your wonderful questions. It doesn't look like the last 50 or so replies from today have been added to the listing. Sorry people - looks like you have broken eBay."
On the comments pages, one user described Mr Andresier as a "marketing genius", while another did not see the funny side and said he was "pathetic".
He said he would use the proceeds from the sale to "help me recover from children".
Mr Andresier's wife Susan, 36, had said she found the listing "hilarious", and added the couple had been amazed by its popularity on social media.
'Green monster' for sale: Highlights from the eBay listing
"I have bought cars that cost less than this buggy. My dad once bought a house that cost less than this buggy.
"Anyway as you can tell I hate the buggy. I now have 3 children, and a Labrador and am forced to endure the school run where women I dont know try and discuss the price of centre parc holidays, and the benefits of the micro over the mini micro scooter. To summarize my life is over and this green albatross needs to go round some other poor sods neck.
"All of my children are now walking (often in completely the wrong direction) but someone else deserves to give this a good home. Over the years I have collected spare bits from other zombified fathers who were once full of life and I will throw these in as well." | A used buggy listed for sale by a father who joked that it signified the end of his "happy carefree life" has sold for £325. | 31024797 | [
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Australian of the Year and domestic violence campaigner Rosie Batty said on Thursday the "unsafe" camps must close.
Nearly 450 staff at Mr Turnbull's former university have also expressed concern about claims of torture by government employees and contractors.
Australia intercepts all irregular boat migrants and holds them in camps in Nauru and Papua New Guinea.
Mr Turnbull has defended the rules, a central policy of former Prime Minister Tony Abbott, by saying they are tough but save lives.
In a letter to Mr Turnbull, Ms Batty said those detained in offshore centres needed care, instead of punishment.
"The centres are, by their very design, unsafe and dangerous places. These centres cannot be patched up," she said.
The academics, meanwhile, said there was "overwhelming" evidence that "repugnant acts" including torture and abuse had been carried out the camps.
This week, the Australian Broadcasting Corp aired allegations made by a Somali woman who said she was raped by two men on Nauru - and that it took police on the Pacific island four hours to respond.
Is Australia's Cambodia solution 'an expensive joke'?
Australia's controversial asylum policy
Mr Turnbull said the rape claims raised in the report were "very alarming", but defended the government's stance on border security.
"The one thing we know is these policies, tough though they are, harsh though they are in many respects, actually do work, they save lives," Mr Turnbull said.
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The Super League side have played at the ground, which is owned by Bank of Ireland, since 1895.
As it stands, their lease will terminate at the end of December.
"The current lease and cost of repairs is crippling the club," Carter told BBC Radio Leeds.
"We made a reasonable offer of what we could afford over the next 18 months but never got a reply and Wednesday was the deadline that we had to give six months' notice.
"The ball is in their court now and it may be that we get no response and they are happy to take back ownership of the ground. I can't talk on their behalf."
The Wildcats were hoping to move to a purpose-built stadium for the start of the 2015 season but work has never started on the project.
Carter says he has spoken to several different clubs about possible groundshares for 2016.
He added: "We've already looked at alternatives because it's no good us saying we have six months to get something sorted - realistically you need to have something in place well before then.
"We've had a number of discussions with other grounds at this time, which will remain confidential." | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats chairman Michael Carter says the club could be forced to leave their Belle Vue home after serving notice to the administrators of the ground's lease. | 33286386 | [
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On Sunday, the Revolutionary Guard in Tehran held a funeral for two of its men killed in action in Syria, the latest of dozens in recent weeks.
Revolutionary Guard commanders say they are defending their own country by fighting in Syria against the kind of terrorism that may eventually reach the streets of Tehran.
Iran's support for the beleaguered Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad, has been costly in both blood and treasure.
So when the invitation came from the US to join a push for establishing a new political process with the aim of ending the war in Syria, Iran was happy to accept.
The invitation to Iran, which until recently was regarded by the US and its allies as part of the problem in Syria, could not have come without the nuclear deal reached in July.
Nearly two years of direct nuclear talks led to an understanding that there were regional issues both nations had a strong interest in resolving.
A telephone call from US President Barack Obama to King Salman succeeded in persuading Saudi Arabia to drop its objection to Iran's participation - for now.
On Friday, for the first time in four and a half years of civil war in Syria, many of the main actors were at the table.
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini called it a historic meeting.
Tehran's involvement in the talks on Syria alarmed Iranian hardliners.
They fear the nuclear agreement may have opened the floodgates to undesirable Western influences, and they see Iran's participation in the talks as another worrying sign President Hassan Rouhani is deviating from the Islamic revolutionary path.
It comes only weeks after the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, himself a hardliner, had declared there would be no negotiations with the US on any issue.
Furthermore, the hardliners discovered to their consternation the Syria talks involving top Western powers, Russia, China, Syria's neighbours, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Egypt had made modest progress.
All participants, including Iran, agreed to push forward with a political process that would:
For Iran's hardliners, even this most general outline of a possible political process is a step too far.
They criticised Foreign Minister Zarif for giving too much away and accused him of forgetting about what they regard as the central issue - the need to fight armed groups the West portrays as moderate forces.
"We did not sell out the political future of Syria at the talks," countered Hossein Amir-Abdolahian, Deputy Foreign Minister, who is Iran's point man on regional policies.
What the negotiators agreed to disagree on in Vienna, however, was the position of President Assad.
Some wanted him gone soon after a ceasefire, but Iran is adamant he should stay until elections at the end of any transitional process.
"It's the people of Syria who can decide on this," said Mr Zarif.
Iraq and Syria are Iran's only allies in the Arab world.
Syria provides Iran with vital access to southern Lebanon, where Iran is deeply committed to the Shia population and Hezbollah.
Iran's policy of ensuring the survival of President Assad has many critics at home in Tehran who argue his position is no longer tenable after he has been responsible for so much bloodshed.
New talks on Syria between the world powers are due in two weeks.
But in spite of the uneasiness at home, Tehran is not about to abandon President Assad, because it fears any new regime in Syria may not be as accommodating to Iran.
In Iran's calculation, it is vital that its ally Russia continues to back President Assad.
So as long as Russia remains on side, the Iranian hardliners need not worry about a change in direction from Tehran.
That is why many around the table in Vienna suspected Iran of engaging in the talks in order to find a solution that saves Mr Assad.
Where key players stand on Assad
If not Assad, then who?
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Glan Clwyd Hospital in Bodelwyddan had a two-star "improvement is necessary" rating in May in a report warning of major non-compliance with regulations.
Denbigh Infirmary's rating of one star was called "abysmal" by Clwyd West AM Darren Millar.
Both have now achieved four-star grades.
Control measures to combat clostridium difficile (C.diff) have also been stepped up at Glan Clwyd and Wrexham Maelor Hospital.
Three deaths between April and June in north Wales were said to be directly attributable to the infection, while it played a part in two others.
The number of cases of C.diff per 100,000 people was 51 in the Betsi Cadwaladr health board area, compared to 36 in Wales and 25 in England.
Tracey Cooper, the board's assistant director of nursing with responsibility for infection prevention, said in a report that the food-hygiene issue had been addressed immediately and a programme of unannounced kitchen inspections had started.
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City are fourth in the league following defeat at Chelsea on Wednesday, all but ending hopes of a league title in the Catalan's debut campaign in England.
"In future I will be better - definitely," said the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich coach.
"This season has been a massive lesson for me."
He added: "We have a lot of beautiful things to fight for and to qualify for the Champions League will be a huge success. But we have to be honest with ourselves. We were not good enough to compete for the Premier League [title]."
Defeat at Stamford Bridge left City just four points ahead of Arsenal and Manchester United, both of whom have a game in hand.
With the FA Cup being City's only realistic chance of winning a trophy this term, it is likely to be the worst season of Guardiola's managerial career.
The 46-year-old has never gone a single season without winning a trophy - he has won the title in six out of seven attempts and his sides have always reached the last four of the Champions League.
Guardiola has also responded to questions about a row between City and Chelsea coaching staff at Stamford Bridge following the defeat on Wednesday night.
There have been conflicting claims about the precise nature of the row, but stewards were needed to calm the situation down after Chelsea's 2-1 win.
The incident centred around a disagreement between Chelsea fitness coach Paolo Bertelli and Manchester City masseur Mark Sertori, both of whom speak Italian, as the Premier League leaders celebrated their victory.
Guardiola said: "We are so polite in our defeats and we are so polite when we win. When we win, normally we celebrate a little bit, then we go to the locker room.
Chelsea manager Antonio Conte was not involved and has played the incident down.
He said: "Respect is the most important thing in football." | Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says his first season in the Premier League has not been good enough but promised "in the future I will be better". | 39533169 | [
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Mrs May will be the first foreign leader to meet the new president after his inauguration.
A post-Brexit free trade deal is thought likely to be high on her agenda as she travels to the US for talks.
Confirmation of the meeting came as hundreds of thousands of people around the world joined women's marches to protest Mr Trump's presidency.
Mr Trump's press secretary Sean Spicer gave details of Mrs May's visit in his first briefing to journalists at the White House on Saturday.
Earlier, while visiting the CIA's headquarters, President Trump said the PM "is coming over to our country very shortly".
Nato, the European Union, defence and Russia are all likely to be discussed in the meeting.
The BBC's political correspondent Iain Watson said the "symbolism will be very important" and with Brexit negotiations about to get under way, the fact Mrs May will be meeting the new president so soon will be "politically significant".
Our correspondent said there had been a lot of effort to make sure Mrs May was one of the first leaders President Trump would meet.
In December the PM's joint chiefs of staff, Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill, travelled to the US to build links with the incoming president's team ahead of his inauguration on 20 January.
Theresa May congratulates Trump on taking office
In a statement issued after the inauguration, Mrs May said: "From our conversations to date, I know we are both committed to advancing the special relationship between our two countries and working together for the prosperity and security of people on both sides of the Atlantic.
"I look forward to discussing these issues and more when we meet in Washington."
Mrs May has promised to hold "very frank" discussions with Mr Trump.
She told the Financial Times she believed the new president recognised the importance and significance of Nato and the "importance of the co-operation we have in Europe to ensure our collective defence and collective security".
On the day after his inauguration, at least 500,000 people gathered for a rally outside the US Capitol building in Washington while organisers said an estimated 100,000 descended on central London on Saturday as similar events were staged in major cities across the US and around the world. | Prime Minister Theresa May will meet US President Donald Trump in Washington DC on Friday, the White House has said. | 38707524 | [
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Lord Keen - the UK's government's Advocate General - said triggering Article 50 would not alter the "essential structure" of devolution.
The Scottish government believes Holyrood should be consulted before talks between the UK and EU begin.
But Lord Keen said that was "fatally undermined" by powers over foreign affairs being reserved to Westminster.
He was speaking as the UK's highest court heard a second day of argument in the historic Brexit legal challenge.
The Scottish government's top law officer, Lord Advocate James Wolffe, is due to put the case for Holyrood having a say in the triggering of Article 50 later this week.
Lord Keen told the panel of 11 judges that it was plain from the legislation setting up the Scottish Parliament that it had no authority over matters of international relations, such as EU membership.
As a result, he suggested devolution arguments could not be used to "qualify or abrogate" the UK government's right to exercise powers to trigger Article 50.
He said: "I would submit these reservations are fatal to reliance on devolution legislation as giving rise to any necessary implication, or indeed any other indication, that the government cannot exercise its foreign affairs and treaty prerogative in the ordinary way."
Pressed by Supreme Court President Lord Neuberger if he was saying "the answer is the same in Scotland as it is here (in the UK as a whole), Lord Keen replied that "essentially" it was.
Lord Keen went on to argue that the Sewel convention was a "political" accord and should not be seen as a legal obstacle to the UK government exercising its powers with regard to EU exit without reference to the Scottish Parliament.
The Sewel convention was an important component of the 1998 Scottish devolution settlement, which stipulated that Westminster would not normally legislate on devolved matters in Scotland without the consent of the Scottish Parliament.
But Lord Keen said it was a political convention concerning the legislative functions of the Westminster Parliament, and was "never intended to be a justiciable legal principle".
Pressed by Lord Sumption on whether he believed that the convention's incorporation into an act of Parliament makes "no legal difference to its effect", Lord Keen replied "yes".
James Eadie QC, for the UK government, had earlier continued his attempt to persuade the Supreme Court justices to rule in its favour over its planned strategy for exiting the European Union.
He is urging the panel to overturn a ruling against the government by the High Court in London last month.
The Lord Chief Justice Lord Thomas and two other judges decided that Prime Minister Theresa May lacked power to use the royal prerogative to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty and start the two-year process of negotiating Brexit without the prior authority of Parliament.
Long before the start of the second day of the appeal on Tuesday, members of the public joined a lengthy queue in the hope of getting a place inside the court to witness the proceedings.
The case, which will finish on Thursday with a judgment likely to be delivered in January, has attracted worldwide attention. | Holyrood's consent is not needed before Brexit negotiations formally get under way, the Supreme Court has heard. | 38220918 | [
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Cwm Taf Health Board and Macmillan Cancer Support are seeking planning permission at the Llantrisant site.
The charity will pay £5m towards the unit.
With eight beds, it would provide inpatient, outpatient and day palliative care for incurable cancer and other conditions.
Macmillan's proposed contribution, which is subject to planning approval, would be its biggest single investment in Wales.
Dr Ian Back, consultant in palliative medicine at Cwm Taf University Health Board, said: "A new state-of-the-art specialist unit would provide patients with the high-quality care they need in a comfortable environment for both them and their loved ones.
"Building the new unit at Royal Glamorgan Hospital will also ensure that patients have access to specialist tests and treatment more easily without the need for unnecessary transfers between hospitals when they are often too unwell."
Palliative care for cancer patients in the county is currently provided at Pontypridd Cottage Hospital.
This means patients need to be transferred to Royal Glamorgan Hospital to access specialist tests and treatments, which the health board said can be "difficult and distressing".
Susan Morris, head of services for Macmillan Cancer Support in Wales, said: "After extensive consultation with staff and patients, the unit would be designed using Macmillan's expertise and understanding of the needs of people with cancer and their families, including a kitchen and communal areas where they can spend time together."
If the plans are approved, work is expected to start later this year with the centre potentially opening in late 2018 or early 2019. | Plans for a £6.75m specialist cancer care unit at Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Rhondda Cynon Taff have been unveiled. | 38509462 | [
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Instead of The Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother, viewers tuning in on 7 May will see "Darren", the man in charge of keeping E4 on air, sitting in the channel's control room.
It is believed to be the first time a UK channel has closed on polling day.
E4 is one of the most popular youth channels on television, reaching 8.7 million 16-34 year olds every month.
Its regular schedule will be suspended from 07:00 BST, when polls open, to 19:00 BST, when the channel will return to normal with Hollyoaks (polling closes at 22:00 BST).
Dan Brooke, Channel 4's chief marketing officer said: "Less than half of under-25s voted at the last election so we've engaged the most powerful weapon that we have at our disposal to try and boost that number - switching off their favourite TV channel for the day."
A pre-election advertising campaign, running on all of Channel 4's stations, will alert viewers to the reason for E4's absence.
The adverts will ask viewers: "How many times have you missed life-changing events because you wanted to watch your favourite show?
"May 7 is election day and Darren is going to turn E4 off so you might as well go and vote. You won't forget will you Darren?"
However, viewers will only be able to use the switch-off as an excuse to vote if they have already registered - and the deadline has already passed.
Meanwhile, Channel 4 will present an "alternative" to the election night coverage on the BBC and ITV, with a programme co-anchored by Jeremy Paxman and comedian David Mitchell.
Paxman, who left BBC Two's Newsnight last June, said: "Elections matter. But that doesn't mean the coverage has to be dull. I hope there'll be room for both insight and laughter."
David Mitchell added: "Our aim is to keep people watching much later than they intended and we will be judged by the dip in the nation's productivity on Friday 8 May."
The show will also include special election-themed episodes of Gogglebox and The Last Leg.
The BBC's coverage of the election will be anchored by David Dimbleby, while Tom Bradby presides over ITV's election show and Adam Boulton anchors Sky's coverage. | Channel 4 will shut down E4 on the day of the general election, in a bid to encourage more young people to vote. | 32419574 | [
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Electricity North West said about 680 customers in Bury and 480 in Rochdale were still cut off.
The company has reconnected more than 24,750 customers in the past two days.
Thanking people for their "goodwill", incident manager Steve Cox said the "focus today is to ensure power is restored for the remaining customers".
Further updates about this and other flooding stories on the BBC live page
Elsewhere in the area, a major clean-up is continuing following the floods on Saturday.
In Rochdale, dozens of town centre businesses were underwater, after the River Roch burst its banks, while in nearby Littleborough, about 100 properties and two care homes had to be evacuated.
Rochdale Labour MP Simon Danczuk said more needed to be done to prevent flooding, including the diverting of overseas aid funds.
"Why do we spend money in Bangladesh when it needs spending in Great Britain?" he said.
"What we need to do is to sort out the problems which are occurring here and not focus so much on developing countries. That has to be our priority."
The Environment Agency have said flood defences across the UK need a "complete rethink" following the recent flooding.
The clearing-up operation in Bury has seen a housing association praise the "instinctive community spirit" of those hit by the floods.
Irwell Valley Housing Association's Cath Mustafa said about 100 of their residents had been hit and the "resilience of everyone affected and the instinctive community spirit to pull together at such a difficult time is truly astonishing".
Central Salford suffered its worst flooding for nearly 70 years as homes in Kersal, Lower Broughton and Trinity were evacuated.
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Lord McConnell was in the African country to discuss the importance of electricity at the time.
He tweeted: "Spent the evening discussing the importance of better electricity for #Malawi. Walked out to the dark street and fell down a drain. #Ouch".
Jack McConnell served as first minister between 2001 and 2007.
He signed a co-operation agreement between Scotland and Malawi in 2005, and continues to be a regular visitor to the east African country.
It appears the Labour peer escaped injury after his stumble - but his admission sparked a flurry of responses on social media.
Twitter user @nowayjomo suggested: "Proved your point then?" while @itsjustlewis pondered: "fell down? or stumbled? Too many pints ;) but yes, funny how issues are like this are overlooked. Oan yersel". | A former Scottish first minister has fallen down a drain while walking in the dark in Malawi. | 32849064 | [
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Mr Turnbull, who was communications minister under Mr Abbott, is the fourth prime minister since 2013.
After taking the oath of office, Mr Turnbull attended his first Question Time in parliament as prime minister.
Mr Abbott on Tuesday said his removal was "tough" but promised not to undermine the new government.
In his first public comments since his removal by the Liberal party late on Monday, Mr Abbott said it had been "a tough day, but when you join the game, you accept the rules".
He said he was proud of what his government had achieved, while also taking swipes at party members who had leaked to the media and carried out "a sour, bitter character assassination".
He did not say if he would remain on the backbench or eventually resign from politics.
Mr Abbott's removal followed weeks of tumbling polls ratings and speculation about a challenge to his leadership.
In a move led by Mr Turnbull and his deputy and Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, Mr Abbott was voted out by the Liberal party by 54 votes to 44.
In his first Question Time session in parliament, Mr Turnbull paid tribute to Mr Abbott, and said these are "the most exciting times to be an Australian".
"The future is one of great opportunities and that requires confidence and leadership and it will be lost if we embrace the politics of fear and scaremongering."
He said policies would "change in the light of changed conditions", but did not signal any immediate amendments to contentious issues including same sex marriage and climate policy.
Opposition Labor leader Bill Shorten said Mr Abbott had been "a formidable fighter" in office, and praised his "generous and personal" nature.
Mr Turnbull is not expected to announce a new cabinet line-up until the end of the week.
But following his fierce criticism of Mr Abbott's economic leadership, there has been speculation that Joe Hockey might lose the Treasury portfolio.
Ms Bishop, who has retained her role as deputy, said that Mr Abbott had "done a fantastic job in winning the 2013 election" but that "a number of people felt that he hadn't met their expectations".
After surviving another leadership challenge in February, Mr Abbott had asked for six months to turn the Liberal Party's electoral hopes around, she said.
"Now seven months later the majority have decided they wanted a change of leader and that he had lost their confidence."
But she said Mr Abbot was "obviously very hurt".
Mr Turnbull said on Monday night the government would serve a full term, meaning a general election is likely in mid-2016.
The first real test of how the public has taken the news will be on Saturday in a by-election for the seat of Canning in Western Australia.
The seat is held by the Liberal Party. Opinion polling done before Monday night's ballot suggested the Liberals would retain the seat but at a reduced majority. | Malcolm Turnbull has been sworn in as Australia's new prime minister, after Tony Abbott was ousted by his party in a leadership challenge. | 34253013 | [
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Jordan Burrow tripped James Jennings in the Town box, and Parkin put the visitors ahead from the rebound after his penalty was saved by Sam Johnson.
Frear made it 2-0 before the break when he fired in Keanu Marsh-Brown's cross.
Darren Carter's shot hit the bar for Rovers in the second half, while Halifax struggled to create chances.
Forest Green assistant Jamie Day told BBC Radio Gloucestershire:
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"They were on a good run of games - 13 unbeaten - so we knew it was going to be a tough match, but I thought the boys dug in today and showed quality when needed and fully deserved the win.
"The way Cheltenham are playing as well, we need to keep winning games.
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It follows a long dispute over the future of education in the town, which would see the Tasker Milward and Sir Thomas Picton schools shut down.
They could be replaced with an English medium high school on a different site.
After a heated debate, councillors voted 28 to 22 in favour of another consultation.
A previous consultation was abandoned last November after the trustees of the Tasker Milward and Picton Charity group warned they were considering launching a judicial review.
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The measures are outlined in the Digital Economy Bill, which was published on Tuesday.
It says phone operators could be penalised if they miss coverage targets and other licence commitments made to the sector's regulator.
And it sets out how a separate watchdog could punish adult sites that fail to check their visitors' ages.
Other measures include:
If the bill is passed, Ofcom would be able to fine mobile networks a maximum £20,000 a day, up to a total sum of £2m, if they fail to hit agreed service goals.
The regulator has suggested this would give it "more flexibility in our important work to manage and ensure optimal use of spectrum".
"At the moment, when a provider breaches its licence, in most cases our only sanction is to remove the licence completely, or launch criminal proceedings," a spokesman said.
"The bill would allow Ofcom alternatively to impose financial penalties, which may in some cases be a more proportionate means of securing compliance."
The law also proposes creating a separate age-verification regulator, which will be told to publish guidelines about how sites should ensure their users are aged 18 or older.
It says this body should be able to fine pornographers up to £250,000 if they fail to comply.
Details of how this would work in practice have still to be determined.
But the bill states that the watchdog would be able to alert credit cards and other payment providers as well as other companies providing a service to the sites in cases where it cannot persuade their owners to comply.
One detail not mentioned in the bill is that the new broadband universal service obligation (USO) should set 10Mbps as the minimum download speed.
However, a factsheet issued by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport does refer to this as being its "ambition".
"Ofcom has reported that 10Mbps is the speed needed for a USO, given a typical household's use of digital services, and is adequate for demanding services like streaming high definition video content," it says.
"The speed will be specified in regulations to allow it to be updated when necessary.
"Regulations can be updated in a much shorter timescale than a new bill, which can take a year before it can be brought into force."
Assuming there are no major amendments to the bill, one industry watcher said its impact would probably be determined by how tough the two regulators were willing to be.
"No matter how the law gets written, it's how the regulators implement it and who they chase for non-compliance that determines its real-world effect," said Andrew Ferguson, from the Thinkbroadband news site.
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Our set-pieces were poor and we should have kept possession far better in open play. The midfield three who were meant to be supporting Kyle Lafferty did not get forward enough and, when he was up front on his own, he got no decent service at all.
Yes, Poland dominated the game but Northern Ireland are used to that happening and I could tell from listening to their captain Steven Davis talk after the final whistle that he also felt they should have done better with the ball at certain times.
You have got to remember these players are in the finals of a major tournament for the first time and maybe it will take them time to adapt to it.
It certainly looked as if they gave Poland a little bit too much respect, especially in the first half, but there were some positives, too - as a defensive unit, we were excellent.
For all of Poland's possession - and in the first half it was 68% - they did not batter Northern Ireland and it took them until the 29th minute to force Michael McGovern into a save.
Michael O'Neill's team were excellent at staying compact and forcing the ball into wider areas but, as I said to Gary Lineker at half-time, the 10-15 minutes after the interval were vital.
Unfortunately the Poles scored six minutes into the second half and I kind of saw it coming.
When your team has been defending and concentrating so much for the entire first 45 minutes, it is difficult to quickly get back up to the same levels again straight after the break and they just got caught cold.
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Northern Ireland are usually big on set-plays whoever they play and they would have worked on them a lot in the run-up to this game because they know they are not going to play through teams at this level.
But apart from one well-worked free-kick where the ball just ran away from Davis in front of goal, they just did not nail them in Nice.
When O'Neill brought on Conor Washington in the second half and switched to playing two up front, we carried a bit more of a threat.
You could not question the effort and application of our players and the thousands of travelling fans, and everyone back home, should be very proud of them. Even so, Poland deserved to win.
It was a disappointing result but it has not changed much about the Ukraine game from a Northern Ireland point of view.
For me, they are not as strong as Poland or Germany and it was always the easiest-looking game in Group C.
If we want to qualify out of this group, then we are going to have to win in Lyon on Thursday.
How will we do it? Well, I think O'Neill might start out by being cautious to begin with.
He will want to keep his favoured three-centre-halves intact but I think he will be tempted to go with two strikers so a 3-5-2 formation would work. That is the approach I would favour.
Yes, we have lost our first match but one win could get us to the last 16 and, with Germany to play in our final group game, the best chance of us getting that will be against Ukraine.
Neil Lennon was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan in France. | The most disappointing thing about watching Northern Ireland start Euro 2016 with a defeat to Poland was our lack of threat in the final third. | 36513629 | [
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A two-year-old black and white cat named Patch died following a suspected poisoning in Bro Dulas, Llanidloes.
Two other cats in the area were also put to sleep after they became unwell.
RSPCA chief inspector Phil Lewis said: "We don't know whether these incidents were accidental or deliberate or who may have done it."
Patch's owner said: "I am just so angry and devastated. Patch was such a quiet and loving cat."
Mr Lewis added: "We're calling on all cat owners in the Llanidloes area to be vigilant and to take their cat to a vet straight away if they suspect they have been poisoned."
Potential signs of poisoning could include vomiting, difficulty breathing, increased thirst, and appearing to be be sleepy and uncoordinated. | The RSPCA is urging cat owners to be vigilant after suspected cat poisoning deaths in Powys. | 37310968 | [
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The 47-year-old is being paid £250,000 by a betting firm, which denies the campaign is a publicity stunt.
Ginola said: "We all know that the Fifa system isn't working."
To be eligible for any election, Ginola would need the support of five football associations and must show active involvement in football for two of the past five years.
In a video message on his campaign website, the former Newcastle and Tottenham midfielder, is inviting the public and other organisations to join 'Team Ginola'.
He added: "By joining Team Ginola you are saying 'yes' to a Fifa built on democracy, transparency and equality. You are saying 'yes' to a Fifa which cares about one thing - football."
Ginola's bid has the support of pressure group ChangeFifa, which has long campaigned for new leadership at the top of the organisation.
However, when asked by journalists in London on Friday, Ginola was unable to name a single member of the Fifa executive committee and said he had not yet received endorsement for his campaign from any national association.
Meanwhile, Paddy Power communications director Rory Scott denied his betting company's support of Ginola was simply a publicity stunt.
"It is about providing David Ginola with a credible platform to launch his bid from," he told BBC Sport.
"This isn't a two-week campaign. We are in this for the long haul - we believe we will be on the ballot.
"Once we get on the ballot paper, anything is possible."
The Team Ginola campaign is attempting to raise £2.3m to fund the challenge through contributions from the sponsor and supporters.
Nominations for the presidency of world football's governing body close on 29 January.
Fifa vice-president Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein and former diplomat Jerome Champagne, who joined Fifa in 1999, are the other candidates to announce they will stand.
Blatter, 78, has been Fifa president since 1998 and is seeking a fifth term in office. | Former France international David Ginola is to stand against Sepp Blatter for the Fifa presidency. | 30843034 | [
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About 1,000 people gathered to observe a minute of silence and light candles in front of the Senedd.
There are over 2,000 French people living in south Wales registered with the French consulate in London.
Marie Brousseau-Navarro, the Honorary Consul of France in Cardiff, said messages of support had been touching.
She said: "We are united in shock and united in sorrow... And united with all the people who have marched across the world."
Saleem Kidwai, chairman of the Muslim Council of Wales was applauded by the crowd as he told them to "stand together shoulder to shoulder".
"My condemnation is absolute," he said.
"We will eventually win and truth wins over falsehood and light over darkness."
First Minister Carwyn Jones was among the many to hold up a candle for the silence, while others held up pencils. The silence was marked at the end by an applause.
Earlier, he said: "The vigil in Cardiff Bay tonight is an opportunity for the people of Wales to pay their respects to those who lost their lives in the truly abhorrent attack in Paris.
"It is also a chance to show solidarity with the people of France and all those who believe in upholding our democratic values and freedoms that are threatened by such senseless acts of terror."
Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb tweeted earlier: "Standing with the French community in Wales and in support of freedom of speech everywhere. 6pm this eve. Senedd, Cardiff. #CharlieHebdo"
In a show of unity, London landmarks have been lit in the colours of the French national flag.
And world leaders have gathered in Paris for a huge unity march involving over one million people, dwarfing Saturday's marches that saw 700,000 take to the streets.
On Saturday, Swansea City striker Bafetimbi Gomis dedicated his side's goal in the 1-1 draw with West Ham to the victims of the Paris terror attacks.
Wales' police forces and media organisations held a minute's silence to support those attacked in the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris on Wednesday.
A police officer was killed on Thursday and French forces stormed two separate hostage sites in and around Paris, killing three hostage takers, on Friday.
"We have been really moved by the hundreds of messages of support and condolences," said Ms Brousseau-Navarro.
"Most of all we appreciate the support and solidarity." | A vigil has taken place in Cardiff Bay for French citizens and others following terror acts in Paris which left 17 people dead in three days. | 30760532 | [
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Flint Community Hospital could be closed under plans by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) to reorganise its services in north Wales.
Campaigners joined a protest march from the hospital to attend the public meeting at the town hall.
In a statement BCUHB said retaining the status quo was "not an option".
The health board, which predicts a financial shortfall of £64.6m this year, revealed details of its proposed shake-up in July.
Under plans being considered Blaenau Ffestiniog community hospital could also close and minor injury accident departments may shut at other locations.
Neo-natal intensive care may also be transferred over the border to England as part of the proposed shake-up.
Shortly after the plans were made public GPs in the area revealed their concerns about the effects of proposed cuts on community services.
Mark Scriven, the health board's medical director, said there was sound reasoning behind the proposals to close Flint hospital.
"The thinking generally about the problems we're trying to address in these proposals with community hospitals is that some of them are very old, and they have poor fabric," he told BBC Radio Wales.
He said it was not just the furnishings that were not up to scratch, the physical space did not suit modern health care.
"A lot of them, and the services they provide, are underused, and certainly the minor injuries unit at Flint hospital is underused, which is important because it doesn't allow the nurses running it to maintain their experience according to their professional bodies," added Mr Scriven.
In response, Jack Reece, chairman of the Save Our Cottage Hospital Campaign, said Flint hospital was well used.
Speaking at Tuesday protest, he added: "They've closed us, they took beds away from us. We've had 18 going down to 14, going down to 12, 10.
"They're taking away our clinics from there. They have systematically dropped the services from this town."
Mr Reece described BCUHB's plans as a new version of old proposals by the Flintshire Health Board which had already been rejected by the Welsh government.
Explaining the reasons behind its proposed shake-up, BCUHB said it was clear that it could not afford to stand still.
"The status quo is not an option," the board said.
"The proposals we are now making are intended to change the way in which services are provided and where they are provided to ensure patient safety and meet quality standards.
"The proposals will allow us to attract and retain the professional clinical staff we need and control our costs when public finances are decreasing."
BCUHB said its consultation exercise would run until 28 October, and it would also take account of the views of the community health council and any views they have heard from the public before making decisions.
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The Richmond Park and North Kingston MP said he was "honoured" after winning 70% of the 9,227 votes cast using an online primary system.
He beat London Assembly Member Andrew Boff, MEP Syed Kamall and London's deputy mayor for crime and policing Stephen Greenhalgh.
Mr Goldsmith's main rival is likely to be Labour's Sadiq Khan.
Mr Khan beat former cabinet minister Tessa Jowell and a number of other current MPs to win the Labour nomination last month.
Caroline Pidgeon is the Lib Dem candidate, Sian Berry will contest the election for the Greens and UKIP has chosen its culture spokesman Peter Whittle. Former Respect MP George Galloway is also running.
Mr Goldsmith, who was the favourite for the Tory nomination, balloted his constituents earlier this year to seek permission to stand.
At the very point of his entry into the race for London mayor, Zac Goldsmith's decision revealed two big characteristics.
Only a politician with an acute sense of accountability would have sought permission to stand through a ballot of his constituency members in Richmond and North Kingston.
Only someone with his personal wealth would have been able to afford the estimated £60,000 cost of doing it.
Both characteristics could come to feature heavily in the months to come.
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He won Friday's vote comfortably, getting 6,514 votes, more than the other three candidates combined.
Syed Kamall came second with 1,477 votes ahead of Stephen Greenhalgh (864) and Andrew Boff (372).
Mr Goldsmith - who first entered Parliament in 2010 - told the BBC's Daily Politics that he hoped his environmental record would appeal to Green and Lib Dem voters and he also hoped to "reach out" to UKIP supporters frustrated with politics as usual and the UK's relationship with the EU.
Mr Goldsmith, who has confirmed he would stand down from Parliament if he became mayor, triggering a by-election, said he wanted to build on current mayor Boris Johnson's achievements.
But he said anyone who attempted to replicate Mr Johnson's style of leadership would be "deluded" as he was a "unique figure" in British politics.
"If people are in the market for a 'Boris mark two' are going to be very disappointed," he said, adding that people wanted someone who "will bend George Osborne's ear and get a good deal for London".
He also told the BBC News Channel that high-polluting vehicles should be "phased out" of the capital's streets and that his biggest priority would be housing.
Both Mr Khan and Mr Goldsmith oppose a new runway at Heathrow airport, a fact described by the British Chambers of Commerce as "depressing".
Mr Goldsmith is also promising more transport investment to prevent London "grinding to a halt" and to "protect, enhance and improve access" to green spaces.
Current mayor Boris Johnson will step down next year after two terms in office. He is also currently the MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, having been returned to Parliament in May.
Some Conservatives have called for an inquiry into the mayoral election process after only 9,227 people voted - compared with a 87,884 turnout for the Labour contest.
In an attempt to open up the contest to people who weren't Conservative members, anyone on the electoral roll was able register to vote for £1.
But one of the campaign teams told the BBC earlier this month the process "looked chaotic".
Speaking on the BBC's Daily Politics, Mr Galloway dismissed Mr Goldsmith as a "Great Gatsby figure" who could not relate to most Londoners' lives and Mr Khan as "a very boring man".
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The Grade II-listed Drummond Mill on Lumb Lane in Manningham was ravaged by a fire which started in the basement on Thursday.
The building has now been partially demolished to prevent further collapse.
Historic England said West Yorkshire's mills are "important landmarks which need to be cherished".
The organisation, which preserves and lists historic buildings, is currently part-way through a review into West Yorkshire's mills to establish best practice for future redevelopments.
Spokesperson Deborah Wall said: "The community is deeply affected and emotional about the loss of this historic building.
"It just shows how important these landmarks are to people and why the work to find ways to capture the stories of these places and to cherish them is so important."
Last month, property consultants Cushman and Wakefield began work with architects and Historic England to examine ways in which West Yorkshire's vacant textile mills could be brought back into use.
Trevor Mitchell, Historic England's planning director for Yorkshire, said: "West Yorkshire's textile mills are iconic buildings that people care deeply about.
"Some have been brilliantly and creatively converted into places to work, live or socialise.
"We are working to understand how these successful conversions have been achieved and try to find solutions for those mills that need a new purpose to become great landmarks in our region again."
Successful redevelopments include Tower Works and Marshalls in Leeds, Sunny Bank Mills in Pudsey, Lister Mills in Bradford, Salts Mill in Saltaire, Red Brick Mill in Batley, and Dean Clough in Halifax.
Yorkshire has 172 listed textile mills.
Ms Wall said the future of Drummond Mill was "totally uncertain" until Bradford Council and the fire service had determined the full extent of the damage. | A fire which destroyed a Bradford mill has "underlined the urgency" of working to preserve West Yorkshire's mills, Historic England has said. | 35470865 | [
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After Katie Zelem's first-minute opener for Liverpool, goals from Karen Carney, Fran Kirby, Drew Spence and Eniola Aluko put Chelsea 4-1 up at half-time.
Caroline Weir and Emma Lundh's second-half strikes gave the visitors hope.
But Kirby and Spence both added goals to restore the three-goal lead and keep pressure on leaders Manchester City.
Zelem, who netted twice in Liverpool's 3-2 loss at Notts County last time out, stunned the defending champions with a fine strike from range in the early stages.
But the floodgates opened after England winger Carney rounded the goalkeeper to level and the scoreline could have been bigger as Carney struck the crossbar with a free-kick late on.
Chelsea - who won 2-1 at Liverpool in their previous match - remain second, three points behind first-placed City, who have played a game more.
Emma Hayes' side face Arsenal in the Women's FA Cup Final at Wembley on Saturday, looking to defend the trophy they won for the first time last season.
Chelsea Ladies midfielder Drew Spence: "It was a bit like a basketball match, the way the goals were going in for both sides. I was pleased with my two goals.
"But we're disappointed we didn't manage the game better after coming from behind to go 4-1 in front by half-time. We've got to learn how to not concede before we turn on the gas.
"That's something for us to work on in training this week in the build up to the FA Cup final.
"We beat Arsenal 2-0 in the league recently but we can't have any complacency because of that, it's going to be a tough game."
Liverpool Ladies midfielder Caroline Weir: "Scoring three goals is fine, but if you concede six you can't expect anything out of a game.
"We made too many defensive errors and that's just not good enough against a team as good as Chelsea.
"This is a tough place to come, but it was so disappointing for us after making a great start with a brilliant goal by Katie Zelem.
"We conceded some poor goals after taking the lead, and going in at half-time 4-1 down we knew that wasn't good enough." | Chelsea Ladies won a nine-goal thriller at home to Liverpool Ladies to maintain their 100% winning start to the Women's Super League One season. | 35859374 | [
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France's National Front leader Marine Le Pen said the French must now also have the right to choose.
Dutch anti-immigration politician Geert Wilders said the Netherlands deserved a "Nexit" vote while Italy's Northern League said: "Now it's our turn".
The UK voted by 52% to 48% to leave the EU after 43 years. David Cameron has announced he will step down as PM.
Global stock markets fell heavily on the news and the value of the pound has also fallen dramatically.
The European parliament has called a special session for next Tuesday.
Analysts say EU politicians will fear a domino effect from Brexit that could threaten the whole organisation.
Ms Le Pen hailed the UK vote, placing a union jack flag on her Twitter page and tweeting: "Victory for freedom. As I've been saying for years, we must now have the same referendum in France and other EU countries."
She is the front-runner among candidates for the presidential election in 2017 but opinion polls suggest she would lose a run-off vote.
The EU worries Brexit could reverse 70 years of European integration.
In all my years watching European politics, I have never seen such a widespread sense of Euroscepticism.
Plenty of Europeans looked on with envy as Britain cast its In/Out vote. Many of the complaints about the EU raised by the Leave campaign resonated with voters across the continent.
Across Europe leading Eurosceptic politicians queued up this morning to crow about the UK referendum result.
But the mood in Brussels is deeply gloomy. The Brexit vote sends screaming alarm bells, warning that the EU in its current form isn't working.
Last Friday, Ms Le Pen had told a gathering of far-right parties in Vienna: "France has possibly 1,000 more reasons to want to leave the EU than the English."
She said the EU was responsible for high unemployment and failing to keep out "smugglers, terrorists and economic migrants".
Mr Wilders, leader of the Party for Freedom in the Netherlands, said in a statement: "We want to be in charge of our own country, our own money, our own borders, and our own immigration policy.
"As quickly as possible the Dutch need to get the opportunity to have their say about Dutch membership of the European Union."
The Netherlands faces a general election in March and some opinion polls suggest Mr Wilders is leading. A recent Dutch survey suggested 54% of the people wanted a referendum.
Mateo Salvini, the leader of Italy's anti-immigration Northern League, tweeted: "Hurrah for the courage of free citizens! Heart, brain and pride defeated lies, threats and blackmail.
"THANK YOU UK, now it's our turn."
The anti-immigration Sweden Democrats wrote on Twitter that "now we wait for swexit!"
Kristian Thulesen Dahl, leader of the populist Danish People's Party, said a referendum would be "a good democratic custom".
European Parliament President Martin Schulz denied Brexit would trigger a domino effect, saying the EU was "well-prepared".
But Beatrix von Storch, of Germany's Eurosceptic AfD party, praising "Independence Day for Great Britain", demanded that Mr Schulz and European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker resign.
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The oil firm said revenues in the year fell 27% to £1.6bn as the price of oil continued to fall in 2015.
It is the second year in a row the oil company has reported a loss. In 2014, it reported a loss of £2bn.
Tullow also warned there was a risk it could fail to comply with its financial covenants this year.
Financial covenants are agreements that companies make with their lenders to maintain a stable financial position.
Oil prices have slumped by 70% since the middle of 2014, with many of the oil majors cutting back investment on exploration and production.
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It also said it would pay no dividend in 2015.
Tullow Oil chief executive Aidan Heavey said: "Our challenge in 2016 is to be equally robust in responding to the uncertainties that remain in the sector."
He added: ". As we look ahead, we have a portfolio of world class, low cost oil assets which will produce around 100,000 barrels per day in 2017 and a major position in one of the world's newest, low cost, oil provinces in East Africa, both enabling us to create substantial value." | Oil and gas exploration firm Tullow Oil has reported a pre-tax loss of £1.3bn for the year to 31 December as low oil prices bit into revenues. | 35538968 | [
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The case had been brought by the Brazilian investment fund DIS, which formerly owned the transfer rights to the 24-year-old forward.
The company claimed it was short-changed when Neymar transferred from Brazilian club Santos to Barcelona in 2013.
Neymar and his father, who acts as his agent, have both denied any wrongdoing.
In a separate case, Barcelona was forced to pay a fine of 5.5m euros ($6.1m; £4.7m) last month because of tax irregularities in Neymar's transfer from Santos.
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At Barcelona, he forms a powerful attacking trio with Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez.
In a separate case in Barcelona this week, Messi was sentenced to 21 months in jail for tax fraud.
The Argentine football great has appealed against the court's ruling. | A Spanish court has dismissed a fraud and corruption case against football superstar Neymar and his father. | 36748425 | [
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Aberdeen's Graeme Shinnie was a notable absentee from the national coach's two separate squads named for friendlies against Czech Republic and Denmark.
"I know Gordon can only pick so many, but I wouldn't swap him for anybody," said Dons boss McInnes.
"I think he's the best left-back in the country."
Celtic's 18-year-old left-back, Kieran Tierney, was one of six players - including Aberdeen midfielder Kenny McLean - to be called into a Scotland squad for the first time.
While Tierney was named for the squad to face Denmark on 29 March, Hull City's Andrew Robertson is the natural left-back in the party to take on Czech Republic five days earlier.
Versatile pair Steven Whittaker, of Norwich City, and Charlie Mulgrew, of Celtic, are also options for that role and are included in both squads.
"I'm so disappointed that he's not in it," said McInnes of 24-year-old Shinnie, who joined Aberdeen from Inverness Caledonian Thistle last summer. "I'm really surprised that he's not in it.
"It is just the manager's preference. It is his job to pick the squad and, let's not kid ourselves, he's done the job very well.
"There is no criticism from me. I'm just disappointed for my own player but happy that Kenny's involved."
Aberdeen paid St Mirren £300,000 for McLean just over a year ago.
"I'm hoping Kenny goes and shows everybody at Scotland why we regard him so highly and why he's deserved his inclusion in the squad," said McInnes.
"The challenge for Kenny now is to continue to improve with us, as he has been with us all season, and be a regular.
"I think he's good enough to go and show that."
McInnes had also been hoping that McLean's fellow 24-year-old midfielder, Ryan Jack, would receive a first call up.
"Ryan's time will come, I firmly believe that," added the Dons manager. "He's just coming back from injury and it's maybe understandable why he's not in it.
"He's just come back two or three games ago there, but I expect him to be pushing to be in future squads." | Gordon Strachan has omitted the best left-back in Scotland from his latest national squads, says a "surprised and disappointed" Derek McInnes. | 35786821 | [
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The London-based telecoms provider said that it alerted police after carrying out a data security review.
However, a spokeswoman stressed that it had seen no evidence that the suspects had been involved with a high-profile cyber-breach last October.
Nearly 157,000 of TalkTalk customers' details, including bank account numbers, were stolen in the breach.
The unnamed suspects do not work for TalkTalk directly but are instead employed by Wipro, a local call centre provider, in Kolkata (Calcutta).
"Following the October 2015 cyber-attack, we have been conducting a forensic review to ensure that all aspects of our security are as robust as possible - including that of our suppliers," the company said.
"Acting on information supplied by TalkTalk, the local police have arrested three individuals who have breached our policies and the terms of our contract with Wipro. We are also reviewing our relationship with Wipro.
"We are determined to identify and deal effectively with these issues and we will continue to devote significant resource to keeping our customers' data safe."
News of the arrests was first reported by Channel 4 News.
The Indian company has said it has a "zero tolerance" policy on data theft.
"Wipro is working closely with the customer in the investigation and will continue to extend its full co-operation to the investigating authorities," it said.
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South Wimbledon and Queensway stations will be the first to see their staff moved from ticket offices into ticket halls and on to platforms.
Transport for London (TfL) said it would save £50m annually as it tries to save £4.2bn by 2020.
But Manuel Cortes, from the TSSA union, said London Mayor Boris Johnson was "rushing through" the closures.
Mr Cortes, leader of the Transport Salaried Staffs Association said: "Talks on the safety implications of closing over 250 stations have not even been concluded.
"The mayor doesn't seem concerned about how millions of tourists will cope with fewer staff to help them on their way."
TfL said all stations would remain staffed and 150 new ticket machines would be installed by April 2016.
It added that new visitor centres would be created at larger stations such as Victoria and King's Cross to help visitors.
Nick Brown, London Underground's chief operating officer, said more staff were being placed "where they can offer the best possible assistance" as only 3% of Tube tickets were bought at ticket offices.
He said: "This forms part of our wider vision for the Tube, which includes a 24-hour weekend service on core parts of the network."
But the changes have led to previous strikes by the Aslef and RMT unions.
Labour's London Assembly transport spokeswoman Val Shawcross said: "When he was elected, Boris Johnson promised Londoners he would protect the capital's ticket offices, but today he starts the process of dismantling each and every one of them.
"Whilst there is obviously a big role for ticket machines to play, there is no substitute for a member of staff."
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The US network claimed there were "no-go areas" in the French capital where police and non-Muslims refused to go.
Anne Hidalgo said the people of Paris had been "insulted" and the city's image had been "damaged".
The network has since apologised for making "regrettable errors" on air regarding the Muslim population.
Ms Hidalgo told CNN: "When we're insulted and when we've had an image, then I think we'll have to sue. I think we'll have to go to court, in order to have these words removed.
"The image of Paris has been prejudiced, and the honour of Paris has been prejudiced."
Her words were echoed by the deputy mayor, Patrick Klugman.
In an interview with the BBC he said Ms Hidalgo was "definitely serious" about her intention to sue Fox News.
"We have our legal advisers working on the case," he added. "We are looking under which jurisdiction to bring the case, Paris or New York."
In response to Ms Hidalgo, Fox News executive vice president Michael Clemente said: "We empathise with the citizens of France as they go through a healing process and return to everyday life.
"However, we find the mayor's comments regarding a lawsuit misplaced."
Fox has also apologised for comments by terror expert Steven Emerson, who claimed Birmingham was "totally Muslim" and ruled by Sharia law.
Fox News host Jeanine Pirro subsequently said Emerson had "made a serious factual error that we wrongly let stand unchallenged and uncorrected".
Mr Emerson said he had made an "inexcusable error".
Prime Minister David Cameron responded by calling him "a complete idiot".
In another apology over the weekend, Fox News presenter Julie Banderas said the channel had "made some regrettable errors on air regarding the Muslim population in Europe", and apologised "to any and all who may have taken offense, including the people of France and England". | The mayor of Paris has said she will sue Fox News for its inaccurate reporting about the city following the attack on the magazine Charlie Hebdo. | 30915395 | [
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"He's impressed us - he is renowned for his work-rate, physicality and passion," said coach Gavin Cattle.
Alex O'Meara and Alex Day have agreed new one-year contracts, with hooker Tom Channon signing for two more seasons.
Wing O'Meara, 24, has spent two years at the Mennaye, while scrum-half Day has played 52 games in his time at the club.
Channon joined from Bristol in 2013 and is three games short of making 100 appearances.
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We've asked BBC Sport readers to predict the top three before every race this season and, after the British Grand Prix, we got our calculators out and had a look at how many people got the top three bang on.
The vast majority of you were on the money when it came to predicting the top two. Lewis Hamilton was top of the pile for 24% of BBC Sport's predictor users with Valtteri Bottas picked to finish second more than any other driver.
However, third place caught a few of you by surprise.
Sebastian Vettel was picked more times to finish third (7.5%) than any other driver but it was his Ferrari team-mate who snatched the final place on the podium. Seven percent of BBC Sport predictor users correctly predicted Kimi Raikkonen's third-place finish.
Clearly there are some optimistic - or mischievous - McLaren fans out there as well.
Fernando Alonso, who has not won a race in four years, was backed to win the British Grand Prix by 0.3% of predictor users.
Keep fighting the good fight, McLaren fans.
Fancy channelling you inner Nostradamus? Then head here to predict the qualifying top 10 for the Hungarian Grand Prix. | When it comes to Formula 1, you lot know your onions. | 40706060 | [
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Goals from Robert Wurube and James Moga helped South Sudan complete a 4-1 overall victory in the Central Eastern Zone qualifier to set up a meeting with Uganda in the next round.
On Saturday, Malawi and Seychelles went out to Madagascar and Mauritius respectively.
The CHAN - a tournament for locally-based African players featuring in their own country's domestic leagues - will be staged in Kenya from 12 January to 4 February 2018.
Malawi were beaten 1-0 at home in the second leg of their opening Southern Zone qualifier with Madagascar winning 2-0 on aggregate.
Seychelles could only draw the second leg of their qualifier in Mahé 1-1 as Mauritius progressed 3-2 overall.
Madgascar had Rokotoarimaldla Tsilavina to thank for their victory in Lilongwe as he scored the only goal just after the break, beating advancing Malawi goal-keeper Ernest Kakhobwe.
The visitors were then the better side for most of the second half, displaying offensive and passing football.
Malawi were left to rue their three missed chances in the first half with striker Muhammad Sulumba the main culprit after his weak shot from inside the six-yard box was easily stopped by the Madagascar keeper.
The defeat to Madagascar means Malawi's new coach Ronny Van Geneugden is without a win in three games.
The result will provide food for thought for Malawi who bolstered their squad on return from Madagascar by including among others former captain Joseph Kamwendo and forwards Binwell Katinji and Ishmael Thindwa .
Madagascar will play Mozambique in the next round.
On a good day for Indian Ocean nations, Mauritius sealed their place in the next round of the CHAN qualifiers with a 1-1 draw against Seychelles at the Stad Linité in Mahé to progress 3-2 on aggregate.
On a rainy afternoon, Mauritius opened the scoring with a 14th minute goal from defender Marco Dorza.
Mauritius thought they had doubled the lead but Kevin Perticot's goal was disallowed for offside.
Seychelles then scored two minutes after the break from a penalty having also had a goal disallowed, but they could not add to their tally, with Mauritius booking their place against Angola in the next round. | South Sudan booked their place in the next round of regional qualifying for the 2018 African Nations Championship (CHAN) on Sunday, defeating Somalia 2-0 in Juba. | 39758227 | [
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The move by Flintshire council is partly aimed at increasing recycling rates to meet Welsh Government targets.
A report to the council's cabinet said if enforcement action fails, it will need to reconsider introducing three-weekly bin collections.
From June 2017, all rubbish will need to go into wheelie bins and anything else will not be collected.
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The 22-year-old was born in Edinburgh but has not been involved in the Scotland set-up before now.
Jones plays for Cape Town-based Stormers in Super Rugby and his preferred position is centre.
He comes into Vern Cotter's 27-man squad after Glasgow Warriors fly-half Finn Russell pulled out after suffering a head injury.
Jones said: "I'm delighted to get this opportunity to play for Scotland. It's a dream come true.
"I didn't go out to South Africa with the intention of becoming a professional rugby player, but, as my career progressed, it become more of a realistic goal to play for Scotland.
"The call came as a bit of a surprise, but I'm thrilled and can't wait to get to Edinburgh next month and play my part in an exciting squad."
The Scotland newcomer was educated in Somerset, but his rugby career took off on a gap-year trip to South Africa in 2012.
He stayed on and helped the University of Cape Town win the Varsity Cup in 2014, scoring in the final, before being called up for Western Province Under-21s.
Jones progressed to the senior team before being called up by the Stormers, for whom he has made 21 appearances.
Scotland play two Tests against Japan on 18 and 25 June, with BBC Scotland providing live television, online and radio coverage. | Scotland have called up South Africa-based back Huw Jones for their June tour of Japan. | 36398488 | [
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The tour players were also given an option to scrap the tournament after last month's controversy in Watford.
World number 20 Dave Gilbert was knocked out in the quarter-finals after referee Rob Spencer failed to call a time foul on China's Xiao Guodong.
Event winner Anthony McGill said "in no way on God's Earth should this be a ranking tournament".
The Scot beat Xiao in the final and claimed the £32,000 prize money.
But World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn said he was "very pleased" with the outcome of the vote.
This is the first year the Shoot Out has counted as ranking event, after existing as a non-ranking event for the previous six years.
Each match has a maximum time of 10 minutes, with players on a shot clock of 15 seconds for the first five minutes and 10 seconds for the second half of the frame.
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