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The champions paid for a lacklustre first half, where they created clear openings for Jamie Vardy and Robert Huth, but surrendered the ball all too easily.
Eddie Howe's side saw 70% of the ball before the break and Marc Pugh scored for the hosts on his first league start of the season with a controlled drive from 18 yards out.
Leicester improved but ran into a stubborn home defence and goalkeeper Artur Boruc produced a key save to deny Leonardo Ulloa from six yards in the final minute.
Relive Bournemouth's hard-earned win
It means Claudio Ranieri's side set an unwanted record as their haul of one point away from home is the lowest total by a defending top-flight champion from the first eight away games of a season.
They remain 14th, four points above the bottom three, while the Cherries move to eighth.
Boruc's late save followed a key block from Steve Cook to thwart substitute Shinji Okazaki. The two interventions epitomised Bournemouth's resilience and Howe described it as a "heroic" defensive display.
His side had conceded nine goals in three games before kick-off, prompting him to call for more solid showings and that is what he got.
Good home possession early on killed any momentum Leicester hoped to carry from Saturday's thrilling victory over Manchester City.
And Bournemouth's reward for a fifth home win of 2016-17 is to be five points better off than they were at the same stage last season.
Pugh added to the positives with an excellent all-round display, showing good technique in keeping a bouncing ball on target for the winner after Benik Afobe's shot was saved.
Howe - who refused to set a target of European qualification after the win - described the match winner as "the model professional" for his patience in waiting for his chance start a league fixture.
The statistics get uglier for Leicester, who have no back-to-back wins in the league since April.
The Foxes have conceded 19 goals on the road, one more than in all 18 away games last season and have managed 21 goals in 16 games - 13 fewer than at the same stage last term.
And against Bournemouth they looked one-dimensional going forward. They mustered 12 shots but many of them arrived in a late flurry. Vardy - a hat-trick hero three days earlier - had 26 touches, the same number as Islam Slimani, who was taken off at the break and just six more than Okazaki, who replaced the Algerian.
Huth's early volley - deflected wide moments before Pugh's winner - could have significantly changed proceedings but with just 37% possession on the night and only 68% of their passes finding a team-mate, Leicester were not good enough.
Their display on the south coast was confused. They were slow from the off and limited in their reaction until it was too late.
Ranieri - who has now managed 200 games in the Premier League - will have to find answers.
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Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe: "It didn't feel anything like routine. It was dramatic playing the champions, we know their qualities and the lads did particularly well. It was a heroic defensive display. I thought we were magnificent in that respect."
Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri: "The result is too severe against us because we created more chances than Bournemouth. I wanted a little more in the first half. A little more and we can score goals, recover more second balls. The second half was much better. If we continue to fight at this level, sooner or later we will get a good result."
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Bournemouth host their south-coast rivals Southampton at 13:30 GMT on Sunday, while Leicester will look to end their dismal away run by taking points at Stoke City on Saturday (15:00).
Match ends, Bournemouth 1, Leicester City 0.
Second Half ends, Bournemouth 1, Leicester City 0.
Jack Wilshere (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Luis Hernández (Leicester City).
Substitution, Bournemouth. Tyrone Mings replaces Callum Wilson because of an injury.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Callum Wilson (Bournemouth) because of an injury.
Attempt saved. Leonardo Ulloa (Leicester City) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jamie Vardy.
Foul by Charlie Daniels (Bournemouth).
Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Harry Arter (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Leonardo Ulloa (Leicester City).
Offside, Bournemouth. Jack Wilshere tries a through ball, but Callum Wilson is caught offside.
Luis Hernández (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Callum Wilson (Bournemouth) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Luis Hernández (Leicester City).
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Steve Cook.
Attempt blocked. Shinji Okazaki (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez.
Attempt missed. Marc Pugh (Bournemouth) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Adam Smith.
Marc Pugh (Bournemouth) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Luis Hernández (Leicester City).
Wes Morgan (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Jack Wilshere (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Wes Morgan (Leicester City).
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Steve Cook.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Simon Francis.
Attempt blocked. Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Leonardo Ulloa.
Substitution, Leicester City. Leonardo Ulloa replaces Robert Huth.
Foul by Steve Cook (Bournemouth).
Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Offside, Bournemouth. Steve Cook tries a through ball, but Callum Wilson is caught offside.
Substitution, Bournemouth. Dan Gosling replaces Joshua King.
Jack Wilshere (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Daniel Amartey (Leicester City).
Hand ball by Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City).
Attempt missed. Shinji Okazaki (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Robert Huth (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Jack Wilshere.
Substitution, Leicester City. Ahmed Musa replaces Marc Albrighton.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Nathan Aké. | Bournemouth moved to the highest league position in their history as Leicester's miserable run away from home continued with defeat at Vitality Stadium. | [
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The original game was postponed on 26 November because of a frozen pitch.
The offer from the Latics is for both home and away supporters visiting SportsDirect.com Park.
Oldham, who are next to bottom of the table, three points from safety, have just exited a transfer embargo and reappointed John Sheridan as manager.
"We want as many supporters to welcome back the manager to the football club as he takes his place on the sidelines for the first time," said a club statement.
Supporters are, however, being invited to make a donation to a local charity.
Brentford were the first team to offer free entry for a league game in England when they played Peterborough in 2001. | Oldham Athletic have offered free entry to all fans for their rearranged League One fixture against Peterborough United on Tuesday, 24 January. | [
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Ellis and Langridge beat the world number five pair 21-18 19-21 21-10.
The pair performed above their world ranking of 22nd to reach Tuesday's semi-final, losing to fourth seeds Fu Haifeng and Zhang Nan of China.
Langridge said: "When we got to 14-7 in the last game, I thought: 'We might win this! We are going to win this!'"
He added: "Luckily Marcus was quite calm, which helped a lot."
In a dramatic finale, a review on the final point was required to seal the victory.
"I can't even describe how I felt after we saw that," said Ellis.
"This is an incredible feeling. After how we performed in our very first match, we knew we could compete with anybody."
Team GB have now won 52 medals in Rio.
Olympic silver medallist Gail Emms immediately tweeted her congratulations to the pair.
Find out how to get into badminton with our special guide.
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge won Great Britain's first Olympic badminton men's doubles medal, beating China's Hong Wei and Chai Biao to take bronze. | [
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As defence correspondent of the Daily Express he beat his rivals to a string of scoops.
One of his great strengths was the ability to remember minute details without having to make a single note.
After his retirement he published a series of books alleging Britain's security services had been penetrated by spies at the top level.
Harry Chapman Pincher, son of an Army officer, was born in India on 29 March 1914.
He went to Darlington Grammar School and London University, and graduated in zoology and botany.
Ironically while at university, some fellow students tried to sign him up to the Soviet cause.
"I said to one: 'In the event of a successful revolution, how would the new England be governed?'
"He said: 'To start with it would be governed from Moscow.'
"So I said: 'Well, bugger that.'"
Pincher worked as a teacher before joining the Royal Armoured Corps in 1940. He moved to the Rocket Division of the Ministry of Supply in 1943.
After the war he secured a job with the Daily Express as defence, science and medical editor.
One of his best contacts, the chief scientist at the Ministry of Defence in the 1950s, was keen to tell him as much as possible about Britain's atomic weapons programme.
He wanted to explain to the public why the country was spending such massive sums of money on it.
"I'm up for use any time," he said. "If someone wants to come and tell me some news that nobody else knows and I make a lovely scoop of it, come on, use me!"
But it never worried him that he was being used by senior figures with ideas to promote or scores to settle.
His investigative methods were unorthodox. Mainly he bought people agreeable lunches and, over the claret, senior civil servants and politicians would tell him things.
His favourite lunch venue was a classy French restaurant called L'Ecu de France in Jermyn Street off Piccadilly, handy both for Fleet Street and for the civil servants and politicians in Westminster.
Only after it closed did he learn that the place had been bugged by MI5 since the 1940s. (It had also, MI5 discovered when removing its own hidden microphones, been bugged by the KGB.)
"MI5 heard every conversation that I had and they did nothing about it," he said.
"All they did was put it in the files. MI5 doesn't like to take any action; they like to know.
"'It's in the files: if we take action, they'll know we know.' That's the attitude. It's absolutely crazy."
Pincher cultivated contacts not only at the lunch table but in the countryside.
In the 1950s he took up game shooting, and met a good many useful sources while banging away in plus-fours at pheasant and grouse.
Lord Mountbatten, aloof and unapproachable as first sea lord and chief of the defence staff, turned out to be much friendlier when Pincher encountered him shooting.
"He invited me to shoot at Broadlands and even dictated a story to me once when I was travelling in his Land Rover, which went straight into the newspaper... but under my name, not his."
In 1964 he brought into the open the scandal over Ferranti's £5 million profit on Bloodhound missiles, which were the major weapon in Britain's air defences.
This was a colossal sum at the time and a subsequent inquiry saw the company refunding more than £4 million to the Treasury.
In 1971, Pincher revealed how the number of staff at the Soviet embassy had increased significantly and claimed that most of the diplomats, chauffeurs and gardeners were really spies.
This prompted Edward Heath's government to expel 105 of them, which seriously damaged the Soviet Union's espionage capability.
After his retirement, Pincher's most controversial book was Their Trade is Treachery. This revealed the head of MI5 until 1965, Sir Roger Hollis, had been investigated as a suspected Soviet spy.
There was an immense furore, which Pincher doubtless found most gratifying.
In the years since, Pincher hardened his line on Hollis, and continued researching the subject becoming convinced that Hollis actually was a Soviet mole.
Not everyone agrees. Christopher Andrew, MI5's official historian, thinks it's nonsense to suggest Hollis was a traitor.
Rupert Allason, who writes about espionage under the pen name Nigel West, is more nuanced. "Some people don't believe there was any hostile penetration of the security service.
"Personally I've seen the evidence: I know there was penetration up until at least September 1963.
"Where I part company with Harry is on the issue of candidates. He believes it was Sir Roger Hollis, I'm not convinced of that; but I am persuaded there was a mole."
One of the main sources for Pincher's book was the former MI5 agent Peter Wright, whose book Spycatcher was the subject of a long court case to try to prevent publication.
Margaret Thatcher's government was infuriated by Their Trade is Treachery; but then angering prime ministers was nothing new to Pincher.
In May 1959, Conservative Prime Minister Harold Macmillan wrote a personal minute, marked "secret", to his minister of defence.
"I do not understand," he wrote, "how the Express alone of all the newspapers has got the exact decision that we reached at the cabinet last Thursday on space. Can nothing be done to suppress or get rid of Mr Chapman Pincher?
"I am getting very concerned about how well informed he always seems to be on defence matters."
And the Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson contributed to what may have been Pincher's finest moment in 1967.
What became known as "the D notice affair" began with a "walk-in", a member of the public who turns up at a newspaper's front door with a possible scoop.
The information given to Pincher was that all private cables and Post Office telegrams were being intercepted and that some were being read by GCHQ.
Before publishing the story, Pincher checked with a contact called Lt Col Sammy Lohan, secretary of the D notice committee.
The D notice system is a voluntary one, designed to alert the news media to stories that might damage national security if published.
Lohan told Pincher his story was not covered by any D notices, and the Express went ahead and printed the scoop.
Wilson was furious and set up an inquiry to show that D notices had in fact been breached. The inquiry concluded the exact opposite, and vindicated the Express.
In his Who's Who entry, Pincher listed ferreting in Whitehall and bolting politicians as two of his recreations.
He said he didn't regret a single thing he had found out and printed.
"I always tried to meet all the top people because that's where the stories lay," he said.
"When you have access to people you have access to facts, usually secret facts." | Chapman Pincher was known as "the lone wolf of Fleet Street". | [
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The Australian defeated 11-time world champion Kelly Slater, but fell out of the semi-finals to Brazilian Adriano de Souza, who claimed his first WSL crown.
Mr de Souza paid tribute to Fanning saying "he deserved it more than me".
There has been strong support after a grieving Fanning won his Pipeline quarter-finals heat on Wednesday.
The Australian broke down in an interview after his winning heat, not long after learning of his brother's death.
He later posted on social media that it was one of the most challenging days of his life.
"I am so grateful for the incredible love and well wishes that have come my way since learning of my eldest brother's passing," Fanning said on Instagram.
"Like all my big brothers, Peter will always be a hero to me... I knew I could find the strength to take part in the final event of the season because that's what Pete would want."
It has not been disclosed how or where Peter Fanning died.
Mick Fanning came close to losing his own life in July after being forced to fight off a shark during a competition in South Africa.
Mick's mother, who is currently with him in Hawaii, said she was overwhelmed by the live televised footage of his close encounter with the shark.
"I just saw my boy going down. That was absolutely terrifying because I have lost a son before," Liz Osborne told Fairfax media.
Fanning's other brother, Sean, died in a car accident in 1998.
Immediately after clinching the Pipeline Masters title, Adriano de Souza spoke of conflicting emotions going into the final day of competition.
"I wish so much to give a hug to Mick's mum, but it's kind of scary as we are in a world title race and I didn't want to mix it up," de Souza said.
"I think Mick deserved it more than me, he's such a strong man, a three-time world champion. The strongest man I have met in my whole life." | Mick Fanning has missed out on a fourth world surf title in Hawaii after a strong performance overshadowed by the death of his brother Peter. | [
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The new offerings include news bulletins from National Public Radio, the BBC and others as well as longer video and audio podcasts and clips.
Spotify has more than 60 million regular users across 58 countries. It says about 20% pay for its premium ad-free subscription services.
Chief executive Daniel Ek said that represents more than half of the global market in "streaming dollars".
The company said it had also taken steps to match the music tracks it suggests to the various activities users engage in throughout their day.
This includes a new running mode, which matches music to the pace of the subscriber based on feedback from their smartphone's built-in sensors.
The firm said it had also created a new type of audio format that allows a song's tempo to be altered to match a runner's footsteps while keeping it in tune.
And it has commissioned new track from composers and DJs including Tiesto, who made a brief appearance at the firm's New York press conference.
"If it works, the ability of Spotify to adapt what it plays you as the day progresses is interesting," commented Andy Malt, editor of the music business news service Complete Music Update.
"Being faced with a choice of tens of millions of tracks is daunting for a lot of users when they open the app, and while that catalogue is a big sell for the engaged music fans who were streaming's early adopters, it's less appealing to mainstream users.
"The less users have to interact the more music the app can serve up to them. Adding non-music content, including podcasts and video, also has the potential to keep users within the Spotify app for longer."
One of the new pieces of audio content is BBC Minute - an "alternative" round-the-clock news service, aimed at a youth audience, already offered to other digital platforms.
Launched in April, it is a 60 second conversation of shareable news, updated every half hour.
In addition, for a year-long period, overseas Spotify users will be able to listen to around 50 speech-only podcasts from BBC stations.
"These programmes are already freely available in the UK, so we're running this trial only for overseas users," the corporation said in a statement.
"This means we can generate income for the BBC to reinvest in programmes for licence fee payers as well as reaching new audiences across the globe."
Disney, the sports network ESPN, the science-tech talks organiser TED, Conde Nast Entertainment and the US TV channels MTV and NBC are among those who have also committed to providing material.
Spotify said it would suggest video and audio shows to users based on their past use.
The announcement comes less than three weeks before Apple's developers conference, when the iPhone-maker is expected to reveal plans for a streaming music service based on its takeover of Beats Music.
Spotify is also facing new competition from Tidal, a music service relaunched by the musician Jay Z and backed by other famous stars. Jay Z said last month that it had signed up 770,000 subscribers.
The new services are initially restricted to iPhone users in the US, UK, Germany and Sweden, but will later be extended to other platforms and countries.
Streaming may well be the future of music and Spotify may be the future of streaming, as Daniel Ek claims, but the Swedish chief executive faces a twin threat.
Apple is about to launch its own music service and will be determined to win back customers lost to Spotify as downloads have stagnated.
And the music labels, which have absolute power over the streaming company, have been flexing their muscles, making it clear they could withdraw their artists.
So, by offering a new service which is about more than music Spotify hopes to take on Apple by winning over the kind of music fans who also like to snack on YouTube videos or catch up with podcasts.
Meanwhile, it will be able to show the music labels that it has other options.
But make no mistake, the stakes are high - if customers don't take to the new Spotify, plans for a stockmarket float will go on hold, perhaps forever. | Spotify has announced it is adding more non-music content to its app. | [
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Joe Anderson's plans include reducing call centre opening hours, reviewing libraries and increasing the number of "in-house" foster carers.
He also suggests opening car parks longer and introducing a premium service for bulky item collections to raise funds.
The proposals will be discussed by the city council's cabinet on 24 February.
Mr Anderson said reducing council call centre hours could save £2.9m and cutting the number of One Stop Shops - where people can get advice on council services or pay their council tax - could draw back £2.7m.
However, he said that would mean it will "take people longer to get a response to requests for some services".
His plan sets out a saving of £4.1m in children's services, which would be achieved by reducing the cost of care placements and packages by using fewer independent foster agencies.
It also includes reducing the cost of the city's economic development agency, Liverpool Vision, by £1.2m and reviewing of the city's library provision to save £1.6m - a move which could see several close.
The budget also proposes a 4.99% council tax increase - the mayor previously suggested a one-off rise of 10% but that was rejected by Liverpool residents during a public consultation.
Mr Anderson said the cuts would mean job losses, stating that there was "no doubt that some frontline council services will be significantly reduced and we will have less staff by 2020".
"These are not things that we want to do, but we have no choice, because the government isn't listening," he said.
Joe Anderson's set out his budget, which would save £90m.
Big cuts to adult social care have been minimised - for the moment at least - and the impact of paying the national living wage has turned out to be less costly than was originally budgeted for. The city has also made money through the mayor's flagship Invest To Earn programme, which is generating £3m a year.
New homes are generating an additional £8m per year in council tax revenue - an amount that could rise with the building of executive homes in south Liverpool, as the vast majority of the city's housing stock is currently in the lowest bands.
Mr Anderson says he's setting up a task force to consider the future of the city's libraries - he expects about four will have to close in order to make the savings - and there is also doubt over the future of the One Stop Shops.
But there are also areas where the council is seeking to invest, including in street cleaning, where £2m will be spent, and £1.5m has also been allocated to improve leisure facilities. | Liverpool's mayor has proposed a budget cut of £90m over the next three years, which could see about 300 jobs lost. | [
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In the Hautes Alpes, they are currently feeding beneath ski lifts on slopes that will soon be covered by a thick layer of snow.
But this year the freedom to roam has been curtailed. Somewhere in the dark, dense forests a grey wolf is on the prowl.
The wolf was hunted almost to extinction in France in the 1930s but, protected as an endangered species, it is making a surprising comeback.
Some 200 wolves have colonised the southern regions of France, divided into about 20 packs. They are believed to have crossed from Italy in the mid-1990s and they are moving ever further north.
Lionel Serres has 250 sheep on the mountainside this summer. Each night he pens them in behind electric fences. But the wolf is a cunning predator and so far it has killed 17 of his ewes, while 10 more are missing.
Sheep spooked
On the day we met, he was busy trying to recover an ewe that had been grabbed by a wolf around the neck. Its fleece was matted, thick with blood.
"We have had lots of dead and injured sheep," said Lionel. "The flock is in a pretty sorry state. Some are lame, they are stressed, and some are so frightened they have miscarried lambs."
At night the wolf will circle the pens until the sheep are spooked into jumping the electric fences.
And so costly are these losses that in recent weeks Mr Serres has been forced to hire another shepherd, who will sleep alongside the sheep at night.
He is not the only one with concerns. So angry are the farmers in this region, that on the road to Hautes Alpes, in south-eastern France, on the border with Italy, there are huge signs painted on the road - "NO to the wolf."
Two hundred wolves might not sound like a huge problem. But this year there have been almost 600 attacks in which more than 2,000 sheep have been killed. That constitutes a rise of 20% on the same period last year.
So, under pressure from farmers and faced with an increasing number of attacks, the local prefect has finally ordered a hunt for one individual wolf thought to be doing much of the damage.
Since an anti-hunting code was agreed in 2004, only four wolves have been killed in France. Under the present rules, the wolf can only be shot legally by government marksmen or by shepherds trained and licensed to defend their flocks.
Remy Saunier, the chief wolf catcher for the area, is now sending small, nightly patrols into the mountains.
'Mystical animal'
"The wolf will always take the easiest prey," he said. "If it's easy he comes back, and that's what he's done here, every other night. We have tried to scare it with lights and noise but it returns. It is only our presence in these mountains that are limiting the wolf attacks.
"Most people in France have welcomed the return of the wolf. It is a beautiful, mystical animal. But if these people woke in the morning to find their flock decimated, they might change their opinion."
Critics say there is no evidence wolf attacks are out of control and they blame some of these sheep deaths on wild dogs. Moreover, as farmers receive 130 euros (£115; $190) in compensation for every sheep killed by a wolf, critics claim there is an incentive to exaggerate the problem.
Jean-Francois Darmstaedter, the secretary general of Ferus, a French wolf protection agency, says the shepherds need to work harder to protect their sheep - though some shepherds, he points out, are wolf supporters.
"Remember there are eight million dogs in France and 200 wolves," he said.
"And I would bet there are more dog attacks in these mountains than wolf attacks. In this small region here we have a pack of 15 wolves, and something like 8,000 wild dogs. They aren't always in the mountains, but when they are, they cause a real mess."
'Heading for Paris'
Mr Darmstaedter questions why the wolf has inspired such opposition in France. In neighbouring Italy, he says, pack numbers are three or four times as big.
But then, the wolf has always provoked fear. In the 17th Century, so afraid were they of wolves, mostly rabid wolves, they were cursed in Gallic folklore by the story of Little Red Riding Hood.
At a fair in Marvejols, further to the west, wolf expert Jean-Marc Moriceau is plugging his latest book, titled Man Against the Wolf.
"The wolf is a successful predator," he said. "It can move huge distances in search of food. And we can safely assume that in 15 or 20 years' time, if no measures are put in place, then it's possible we will see one or two wolves hunting in the forests 80km to 100km [50-60 miles] south of Paris."
Some say the expanding nature of the wolf's habitat will require that more controls are implemented - in France they are calling for a "wolf parliament", in which farmers, supporters, and politicians can all have their say.
But the forests south of Paris are probably the grey wolf's limit. Western and northern France are no longer wooded or wild enough to sustain them - which means those who live in Paris, at least, can sleep easily in their beds. | In the summer months high on the French Alps the sheep graze on rich pastures. | [
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Opponents fear the development on the site in Hermitage Lane, Allington, will destroy ancient woodland and cause traffic gridlock.
Developer Croudace Homes said the number of homes had been reduced from 600 and efforts made to cut the impact on the woodland of building a new road.
The public inquiry in Maidstone is expected to last until 10 June.
Barbara Woodward, from the New Allington Action Group (NAAG), said: "People are very upset. This is our last piece of green land.
"We take our dogs for a walk in the woods, you can let them off their leads. If they build a road across the woods it will no longer be safe."
She added that the inquiry was the "last step" to protect the woodland which she said had been on the site since the 14th Century.
Councillor Fran Wilson, the Lib Dem leader of the borough council, said it would be "inappropriate" for the authority to comment at this stage.
Following the public inquiry a recommendation will be made to the Secretary of State who will make a decision on the planning application. | An public inquiry is under way into plans for up to 500 new homes in an area of open land in Kent. | [
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Three other people in the grey Ford Mondeo, an 82-year-old woman, a 77-year-old woman and a 67-year-old man, were taken to hospital with minor injuries.
The crash happened at 23:00 GMT on Wednesday on Sheffield Road at Hoyland Common.
The 85-year-old was taken to hospital where she later died. | An 85-year-old woman has died after the car she was in crashed into a wall in Barnsley. | [
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Mr McKnight, aged in his 50s, was from Hillsborough, County Down.
He was alone in the a two-seater aircraft when it crashed just off the runway at shortly before 11:30 BST.
He was taken to the Ulster Hospital in Dundonald where he was pronounced dead. An air accident investigation is continuing into the cause of the crash.
The airfield is operated by the Ulster Flying Club. | The man who died when his light aircraft crash landed at Newtownards airfield, County Down, on Tuesday has been named locally as Stephen McKnight. | [
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Prof Les Mayhew said the difference between the sexes peaked at nearly six years in the 1970s.
Life expectancy is going up all round, but the rates for men are increasing faster.
Plummeting smoking rates in men are thought to explain a lot of the change.
Prof Mayhew, a professor of statistics at Cass Business School, analysed life expectancy data in England and Wales. He was working out how long 30-year-olds could expect to live.
His findings show men languishing far behind for decades, but now starting to get closer to women. If current trends continue, Prof Mayhew predicts, both sexes could, on average, be living to the age of 87 in 2030.
He said: "What's interesting at the moment is that in the last 20 years or so, male life expectancy at 30 has jumped by about six years and if it jumps by the same amount in the next 20 years it will converge with female life expectancy."
The reason could be down to men living a healthier lifestyle. "One of the main reasons, I think, is the trend in the prevalence of smoking. Smoking took off after 1920 in the male population and at its high about 80% of males smoked.
"This was reflected in more divergence in the life expectancy, so by the time you get to about 1970 it was at its peak - the difference in life expectancy was about 5.7 years."
Other factors are thought to be safer, more office-based, jobs. Millions of men used to work in hazardous occupations such as coal mining. Healthcare has meant more men live longer as well. People with heart disease, which is more common in men, can expect to live much longer than they did a few decades ago.
By contrast, women started smoking later than men.
, but are falling fast in men.
A boy and a girl born on the same day will still not have the same life expectancies, as the study looked only at people who had already reached 30. Boys are more likely to die in their first year of life and are more likely to take up dangerous sports or be involved in fatal accidents.
It means that women could still have the edge for some time to come.
Prof David Leon, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said: "In virtually all countries in the world, women do have a slight advantage."
However, he said the gap was definitely closing in some countries.
Countries with lower levels of life expectancy, such as in sub-Saharan Africa, showed very little difference between the genders. This was due to the prevalence of infectious diseases which "are not picky about men and women", he said.
In countries that had defeated most infectious diseases, such as in Eastern Europe, "there is a much bigger difference, mostly dominated by lifestyle factors".
At one point in the 1990s, the gap between life expectancies in Russia reached 13 years. Prof Leon said it was an "absolutely massive" difference in a "very gendered society".
In his third class of countries, such as the UK, the gap in life expectancies is starting to narrow.
He said: "Men are getting a bit better behaved and women are adopting male life expectancies." | The gap between male and female life expectancy is closing and men could catch up by 2030, according to an adviser for the Office for National Statistics. | [
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Joyce Watson, Labour AM for Mid and West Wales, backs a fingerprint ID system of cashless payments to help poorer children.
She is due to launch a debate on the issue in the Senedd on Tuesday and says some pupils are going hungry to avoid being seen to claim free meals.
She says there is a mixed picture on the use of cashless payment systems.
Her office's research indicates that in Denbighshire, for example, all secondary schools use some sort of cashless system, whereas in Anglesey none do.
Most commonly, in schools where children still pay with cash for their dinners, pupils eligible for free meals are given tickets.
The AM believes this makes it easy for such children to be identified and put at risk of bullying.
She recommends rolling out a system by which children have accounts to pay for school dinners which can be topped up either by their parents or by the local authority if they qualify for school meals.
All pupils would then pay for their meals by a biometric reading of their fingerprint at the till without anyone knowing how their account was funded.
Ms Watson said: "68% is the average take up of free school meals where we have a system that identifies against a near 100% where we have a system that doesn't identify those who have free school meals and those who don't.
She claimed that in schools without a cashless system there were "an awful lot of children simply going hungry" to avoid being seen to have free meals.
"[They] can't concentrate. Their sugar levels fall and their behaviour is also adversely affected by what's happening," she said.
Ms Watson intends to use her short debate during the assembly plenary to remind fellow AMs of a government commitment to roll out such cashless systems.
She said: "[Education Minister Leighton Andrews] did commit to rolling this out by September 2012.
"I want to know that that is happening. And I really think that this archaic practice of identifying children has to stop."
Addressing security concerns, Ms Watson said pupils' fingerprints were stored securely by the company that installed the biometric technology away from the school and could not be accessed by authorities.
One disincentive to move to a biometric system may be the cost, which the AM estimates at up to £30,000 for installation and £2,000 a year for maintenance.
However, Stephen Jones, head teacher of Ysgol Glan-y-Mor in Burry Port, Carmarthenshire, said its piloting of a biometric payment system over the last four years had delivered results.
He said it had cut the time pupils queued for lunches as well as removing any stigma attached to free school meals.
"The children like it," he said.
"It's almost a fun element to having their lunch, the fingerprints.
"It's much quicker so they're happy about that.
"The offshoot, I suppose, would be that parents can actually have computerised printouts of all the food and drink that their children consume and they can keep an eye on whether they're having a healthy diet or not." | Wales should put an end to the "stigma" children face for claiming free school meals, an assembly member claims. | [
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The Seasiders struck with the first real chance after 12 minutes as Nathan Delfouneso jinked past his man and delivered a pinpoint chip into the area, where Jamille Matt turned the ball home from three yards.
Blackpool goalkeeper Sam Slocombe denied Matthew Briggs with a sensational save to push the ball behind after 17 minutes, but the visitors did equalise from the resulting corner as Kurtis Guthrie prodded in from close range after a goalmouth scramble.
Somehow, Colchester failed to re-take the lead on the stroke of half-time as Slocombe produced a brilliant save from George Elokobi's close-range effort, before Guthrie headed against the bar from two yards.
Blackpool should have clinched the win 15 minutes from time, as Tom Aldred was found unmarked from a corner, but he headed wide from eight yards.
Colchester finished the game with 10 men, after substitute Sean Murray was shown a straight red for a bad tackle on Jim McAlister in injury time.
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Match ends, Blackpool 1, Colchester United 1.
Second Half ends, Blackpool 1, Colchester United 1.
Foul by Jamille Matt (Blackpool).
Chris Porter (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Jamille Matt (Blackpool) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left.
Substitution, Blackpool. Eddie Nolan replaces Jim McAlister because of an injury.
Colin Daniel (Blackpool) is shown the yellow card.
Sean Murray (Colchester United) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
Jim McAlister (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt saved. Jim McAlister (Blackpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Colin Daniel (Blackpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Clark Robertson.
Foul by Jamille Matt (Blackpool).
Tom Eastman (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Colin Daniel (Blackpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Substitution, Colchester United. Denny Johnstone replaces Kurtis Guthrie.
Attempt blocked. Jordan Flores (Blackpool) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Colchester United. Kane Vincent-Young replaces Richard Brindley.
Will Aimson (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Matthew Briggs (Colchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Attempt blocked. Sean Murray (Colchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Tom Aldred (Blackpool) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Corner, Blackpool. Conceded by Frankie Kent.
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Jordan Flores (Blackpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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The men were believed to have been working on the northbound carriageway of the A361 at Gornhay Cross, Tiverton, when they were hit.
One was flown to Plymouth's Derriford Hospital, while a second Devon Air Ambulance flew the other man to the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.
The van driver has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving.
The condition of the two injured men, who are both in their 40s, is not known.
Devon and Cornwall Police said a third man was hurt in the incident, but he is described as the "walking wounded".
The Barnstaple-bound carriageway is expected to remain closed for several hours and diversions have been put in place. | Two road workers have been seriously hurt in an accident involving a van in mid Devon. | [
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She will play Denker, a lady's maid to Dame Maggie Smith's character, the Dowager Countess of Grantham.
Johnston, who has also appeared in Waking the Dead and Coronation Street, joins new stars Richard E Grant and Anna Chancellor, both of whom will play guests of the Granthams at Downton.
The hit period drama will return to screens this autumn.
Series four of the show, which followed the wealthy Grantham family and their servants, achieved an average of 11.9 million viewers in the UK.
The very British drama has also been a huge hit in the US, winning both Emmy Awards and Golden Globes.
More than 26 million viewers watched series four on Masterpiece on PBS, making it one of the highest rating shows on American television.
Previous high profile guest stars include Shirley Maclaine who played Martha Levinson, Lady Grantham's mother, and Oscar-nominated actor Paul Giamatti who appeared in last year's Christmas special as her "maverick, playboy" son.
Series five will also feature 24 star Rade Sherbedgia as a Russian refugee who has fled the revolution after World War 1.
Earlier this year, executive producer Gareth Neame promised it would have "all the usual highs and lows, romance, drama and comedy". | The Royle Family actress Sue Johnston is the latest star to join series five of ITV's Downton Abbey in a guest role. | [
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Owen and Karl Oyston are seeking £150,000 damages from the Back Henry Street website.
Papers were served on Thursday over six alleged defamatory comments which were made in 2014.
A club spokesman confirmed the legal action but said it would not be commenting further.
A notice published on the fans' website stated: "To clear up any rumours, on Thursday 5 February 2015, Back Henry Street was served papers from the court, relating to the Oystons' and Blackpool Football Club's intent to seek damages for six allegedly defamatory comments made on the site in 2014, limited collectively at £150,000.
"For obvious reasons, we can not go into any more detail at this time. Thank you for your continued support."
The forum has appealed to fans of the Championship side to help in its legal fight.
One of its moderators posted a message saying: "A football club exists and prospers due to the support of its fan-base and Back Henry Street will forever champion the freedom of thought and expression in discussion of Blackpool Football Club.
"It is vital we ensure that we, the real Blackpool fans, will always have this forum to discuss our club."
Last week dozens of Blackpool fans attended a court hearing in Manchester for a separate legal action brought by the Oystons against a fan.
David Ragozzino, 32, was given 21 days to respond to a claim for damages from the club.
On 30 January another fan, Stephen Sharpe, apologised to the Oystons over his online comments, withdrawing his posts after accepting they were "false, defamatory and, in some cases, threatening".
The club also has legal action pending against the former chair of the Blackpool Supporters' Trust, Tim Fielding. | The owners of Blackpool Football Club are suing a web forum for libel in the latest of a series of actions against fans making derogatory comments online. | [
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Six incidents have been reported to police between 3 and 13 February.
In all the cases, two or three men have targeted foreign national tourists in an attempt to steal money - succeeding on two occasions.
The men, who are described as southern European, claimed to be police officers before demanding to search the victims.
Police Scotland said the first incident took place at about 13:20 on 3 February in the Grassmarket, when a Chilean man was approached by a man who asked him to take his photograph.
The pair were then approached by two suspects who claimed to be police officers and then demanded to search them.
The two police impersonators then got into a silver or grey Seat hatchback and drove away and the other man walked into the Grassmarket.
Officers said the Chilean man later realised a three-figure sum of money had been stolen from him.
On 13 February, two Chinese tourists lost a four-figure sum of cash when they were targeted in a similar scam on Market Street. They were approached by two men who showed them ID and said they were undercover police officers.
Other incidents happened in Chambers Street, Castle Street, and in the Calton Hill area. There was one incident on 3 February, one on 11 February and four on 13 February.
Sgt Mark Hamilton, of Police Scotland, said: "These men are purposely targeting tourists who are visiting the city centre in a bid to steal money from them.
"Impersonating a police officer is not only inappropriate, it is illegal. We would advise that if you are stopped by someone claiming to be a Police Scotland officer, request their collar number and ask to see a warrant card.
"All our officers are happy to provide this information to the public and it should be offered readily." | Police in Edinburgh are investigating a series of thefts and attempted thefts where men have impersonated police officers. | [
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People in the South Ham area of Basingstoke complained about the noise coming from the ground between 22:00 BST on Saturday and 08:00 on Sunday.
The club has apologised, blaming a wi-fi receiver picking up the frequencies of the radio systems of taxis.
Resident Leighton Oliver has criticised the club for not acting sooner to stop the noise.
He added it could be heard three miles away.
Another resident, who did not want to be named, told BBC Radio Berkshire he was woken by a "horrible scraping noise".
"It was like someone had put a microphone beside a really badly tuned radio," he said.
"It was so loud I'd be surprised if anyone got any sleep."
Basingstoke Town FC chairman Raffi Razzak said: "It's very unusual - it seems that the wi-fi in our PA box, which has been there for years for some reason, has started to pick up the frequencies of the radio systems of taxis.
"It was coming and going when a taxi passed with [its] music on.
"We never thought for one minute it could pick up signals from outside."
He said the system would be completely turned off when not in use in the future.
A Hampshire Police spokesman said officers had checked the premises after a call from a member of the public concerned that the social club may have been broken to.
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council said its out-of-hours call centre received six calls about the noise.
"We will be speaking to the football club to clarify what exactly happened and the safeguards and procedures they have in place to ensure a situation like this doesn't happen again," a spokeswoman said. | Hundreds of people suffered a sleepless night when a football stadium's PA system played loud, distorted music. | [
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National Guard troops are now pulling out of the city. The curfew was put in place on Tuesday, after protests over Freddie Gray's death turned violent.
Six police officers are facing criminal charges over the death, which has been ruled a homicide. They deny wrongdoing.
Gray was arrested on 12 April, and died a week later from injuries sustained in the back of a police van.
Under the curfew, residents were ordered to stay home from 22:00 until 05:00, and officials had been expected to keep it in place for another day.
But on Sunday morning, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said she did not want to maintain it any longer than was necessary.
"My goal has always been to not have the curfew in place a single day longer than was necessary," the mayor wrote on her Twitter account. "I believe we have reached that point today."
Protests in Baltimore have continued since looting and arson erupted on Monday night - which prompted the deployment of the National Guard. However the demonstrations have been largely peaceful since then.
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan said the state of emergency in the city would not be lifted until the last soldier had left.
Correspondents say the charges against the officers - ranging from manslaughter to second-degree murder - have eased tensions.
The charges were announced on Friday by the city's top prosecutor Marilyn Mosby. But a lawyer for the six officers insisted they had done "nothing wrong".
Police have admitted that Gray, 25, was not secured in the van by a seatbelt and that his requests for medical attention while being transported were denied.
Gray's death is the latest in a series of killings of black men at the hands of police in the US which have sparked rioting and national debate.
What we know about Gray's death
Is Baltimore starting to heal? | Baltimore has lifted an overnight curfew imposed after riots sparked by the death of a black man in custody. | [
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The two small eels were found in a routine fish survey on the River Tud, a tributary of the Wensum in Norfolk.
Increased numbers have also been seen at the New Mills fish pass in Norwich, which was installed eight years ago.
The Environment Agency, which monitors numbers, said it was encouraging but did not "herald the recovery of the species as a whole".
Jez Wood, a specialist at the Environment Agency, said the discovery of the eels on the River Tud was important.
"Two doesn't sound like many, but these are the only small eels we've found on this stretch for years," he said.
"While this does not herald the recovery of the species as a whole, it does show the positive benefit of eel passes at barriers to migration."
The status of the European eel is regarded as "critical", and globally the population has fallen over the past 40 years, with numbers down by as much as 95%, the Environment Agency said.
Barriers to upstream migration is thought to be one of the reasons for the decline.
These reduce access to the freshwater habitat preferred by eels while they mature.
In Norfolk, the Environment Agency is creating passes at several key obstruction areas on rivers to help increase numbers.
It said numbers in Norfolk rivers rose to a record of 34,000 in 2009 after a pass was introduced at New Mills Yard, in Norwich. | Eels have been found in a stretch of river where they have not been seen for nearly 40 years. | [
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Mohammed Ali, of Prescot Road, Liverpool, is accused of attempting to possess a chemical weapon.
The father of two, 31, has denied the charge at the Old Bailey in London.
Using an online alias, Ali allegedly tried to order 500mg of the deadly toxin, the jury was told, which would have been enough to kill 1,400 people.
As "Weirdos 0000", Ali contacted a man on the black market and placed an order for the ricin, the court heard.
He went on to negotiate the deal in encrypted exchanges unaware the United States-based 'dealer' was actually an FBI agent who alerted the British authorities.
On 10 February, he took delivery of a toy car with "special batteries" at the home he shared with his wife and two young sons.
But instead of ricin, the five concealed packets contained a harmless powder and Ali was arrested.
The court has been told that the Bolton-born computer software programmer has displayed many traits of Asperger's syndrome.
Under cross-examination, defence clinical psychologist Alison Beck said: "I think that so far as I understand it, Mr Ali was motivated with pushing the boundaries of what was possible with the technology.
"The relevance of the dark net was to procure ricin and that idea was implanted in his brain having watched the series Breaking Bad."
Ali denies a charge of attempting to possess a chemical weapon between 10 January and 12 February.
The trial continues. | A man tried to buy ricin from the "dark web" after the idea was "implanted in his brain" from watching the Breaking Bad television series, a court heard. | [
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The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NAC) confirmed a one-off rule change to drop the glove size from 10oz.
"I don't believe with the new gloves he makes it out of the second round," said UFC champion McGregor, 29.
"Part of me kind of wants to show some skill and dismantle him but I do not see him absorbing the blows."
"I am ready to go to war for 12 rounds and I am also ready to put him away in seconds," he added. "There is no way in hell I am not prepared to fight in the deepest of trenches."
The move to allow lighter gloves came as a surprise as the 154lbs bout is considerably over the 147lbs limit at which 8oz gloves can be used. The lighter gloves have less padding over the knuckles and are believed to favour the heavier puncher.
Earlier in August, the NAC, who sanctioned the contest, told BBC Sport they could not recall a fight at 154lbs ever being given dispensation to make such a move.
McGregor typically uses 4oz fingerless gloves in MMA, while undefeated boxer Mayweather has used 8oz gloves in 46 of his 49 bouts.
In a lengthy conference call, McGregor took questions from journalists around the world just 10 days before he makes his boxing debut in Las Vegas against former five-weight world champion Mayweather, 40.
He revealed he has been conducting "scary" training sessions at 13,000ft in an altitude chamber and stated he feels in "absolutely amazing" condition for the T-Mobile Arena bout.
But the UFC lightweight champion believes he has been "discarded" by boxing analysts and made to feel "not welcome" in the build-up to what could be the richest fight in history.
"It's certainly motivating - the disrespect and disregard for my skillset," added McGregor. "I look at people sometimes and their mind is closed.
"Fighting is a complex game. I use it as motivation and I look forward to going in and educating the world on what martial arts is."
McGregor's future beyond his boxing debut has been queried by MMA fans who fear he may not be motivated to return to UFC after earning a reported $100m in facing Mayweather.
He addressed several potential career avenues during the conference call and contests he is still a current multiple-weight UFC champion despite vacating his featherweight belt in November.
"The current featherweight champion is Max Holloway, a man I dismantled," added McGregor.
"Everyone knows, I am the multiple world champion. I look forward to going back and continuing where I left off."
McGregor said Mayweather would get his "respect" if he followed through on comments made on a US talk show this week in which he said the pair could rematch under MMA rules.
Paulie Malignaggi - who quit as McGregor's sparring partner after reacting angrily to images appearing to show him knocked down in a session - has also raised the prospect of coming out of retirement to box the Irishman.
"Tell him to shut his mouth and join the queue," McGregor said when asked about facing the former two-weight world champion.
"He got whooped and went sprinting. There's a big list of people who want to fight me." | Conor McGregor says he will beat Floyd Mayweather Jr in two rounds after the use of 8oz gloves was approved for the contest in Las Vegas on 26 August. | [
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Shadow home secretary Diane Abbott said Mrs May, who was home secretary before becoming PM, had allowed officer numbers to fall in recent years.
The Conservatives said Ms Abbott had "dangerous" views on protecting the public.
Armed police numbers have increased, a Conservative spokesman added.
Following the London and Manchester terror attacks, security is featuring heavily in the final days of campaigning before Thursday's general election.
Labour has been targeting cuts to the Home Office's policing budget - the Conservatives have rejected the criticism and a former terrorism law watchdog said linking the cuts to terror attacks was a "completely misleading argument".
Speaking to the BBC, Ms Abbott said it was "concerning" that action was not taken when one of the London attackers - 27-year-old Khuram Butt - was known to the security services.
She said this reinforced the need for an increase in community police officers.
Latest figures show that between September 2010 and September 2016, police workforce numbers in England and Wales fell by 18,991, or 13%.
Ms Abbott said police numbers had fallen "on Theresa May's watch" despite warnings from the Police Federation and HM Inspector of Constabulary.
"So she should really consider how much of this goes back to her door and the decisions that she took," she said.
Asked how much of a connection there was between Saturday's attack and the cuts to officer numbers, she added: "She does need to explain why she thought it appropriate to watch police numbers go down by 20,000 when she had so many warnings from so many people that this was putting people at risk.
"Clearly the people responsible for these horrific terror attacks are the bloodthirsty and depraved terrorists but Theresa May has to take responsibility for letting austerity damage her ability to keep us safe."
Speaking in a special general election edition of Question Time, Lib Dem leader Tim Farron said cuts to police numbers had "not made us safer".
But Lord Carlile, the former independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, told the BBC cuts in community policing were "nothing to do with terrorism", saying "nobody in the security services is complaining about their funding"
Following the London attack, Mrs May said "things need to change" in the fight against terrorism, calling for more to be done about online extremism and for a review into whether security services needed extra powers.
Speaking to BBC Newsbeat, she defended her record, saying she had given the police extra powers to deal with terrorists and that there had been an increase in the number of people reporting suspected extremists to the authorities.
The Conservatives described Labour's criticism as "desperate stuff", saying the security services had been boosted with extra officers.
"Diane Abbott's views on keeping us safe are as dangerous as she is hopeless under pressure," a spokesman said, saying she had "voted against every piece of security legislation designed to keep us safe". | Labour has accused Theresa May of "letting austerity damage her ability to keep us safe" as it continues its attack over police cuts. | [
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The annual Roald Dahl Funny Prize is to be relaunched in 2016 as part of the author's centenary celebrations.
Set up by former children's laureate Michael Rosen in 2008, the prize is intended to reward authors and artists of humorous children's books.
A spokesman for the Dahl Literary Estate said they looked forward to making the prize "even more impactful".
The prize was created as a joint enterprise between book charity Booktrust, the Roald Dahl literary estate and Rosen.
'Robust future'
"We are delighted with the success that the Roald Dahl Funny Prize has achieved in a fairly short amount of time," said Luke Kelly of Dahl & Dahl.
"The Prize has paid tribute to many fantastically talented, inventive and mischievous storytellers."
Booktrust boss Viv Bird said the prize had been a "phenomenal triumph" but she wanted to ensure "a robust future for this unique celebration of funny books".
Last year's winners, Simon Rickerty (Monkey Nut) and Jim Smith (I Am Not A Loser), received £2,500 each. | A children's book prize inspired by Matilda author Roald Dahl has been put on hold for two years. | [
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A report commissioned by Food Standards Scotland found that in-store promotions were heavily weighted in favour of food with high levels of salt or sugar.
The Stirling University academics behind the report called for a "retail revolution" to help people choose healthier options.
However, the study was criticised by the Scottish Grocers' Federation.
It said the report failed to take account of the efforts already being made to promote healthy eating.
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) said Scottish obesity levels, currently 30%, were projected to rise to 40% by 2030.
Professor Leigh Sparks, who wrote the report, told BBC Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme that there was an imbalance in the type of food promoted in shops.
"If you look at the environment in store in retailing, then most of the promotions are pushing the products that are less healthy for consumers," he said.
"A lot of the products have been supersized as well - boxes of crisps, bags of crisps are good examples of that."
He said that manufacturers needed to make changes to the composition of their products, while retailers should provide more information for consumers and change their "balance of promotions".
"I think retailers are increasingly aware of the issue and they're looking at what they can do," he added.
"But most of the voluntary schemes that have gone on so far have not had the impact because of this overwhelming tide in terms of unhealthy promotions as well."
The report also backs the idea of a sugar tax.
FSS senior dietary adviser Dr Gillian Purdon said: "The report supports Food Standards Scotland views and recommendations for the need to extend sugar tax beyond soft drinks, to reformulate products to reduce sugar fat and salt, to resize portions, address less healthy food promotion and to provide clearer consumer information on products in both the retail and out of home sectors.
"This report will help us to develop new approaches to improve the balance of food offered and promoted by the retail sector.
"It is clear that a combination of measures will be needed overall to enable healthier eating. Regulation of promotions of high fat, salt and/or sugar food and drink within retail stores and out of home premises should be taken forward as a priority."
Previous research by FSS indicated about 50% of less healthy food choices are purchased on promotions. For healthier foods, the figure is about 30%.
The report added: "We conclude that the current context for consumer choice in-store is affecting the health and diet of consumers in Scotland.
"Voluntary and self-regulatory approaches or relying on consumers to make 'good' decisions are not having sufficient impact.
"It will thus be necessary to regulate to make the changes have real impact."
Dr John Lee, of the Scottish Grocers' Federation, which represents food retailers in Scotland, said: "This report seems to ignore the significant efforts of retailers to actively promote healthy products in-store and the efforts of manufacturers to reformulate products and reduce calories.
"Additionally, extending the sugar tax will make no real or lasting impact on diet-related problems. Improved food education and awareness should be the priority rather than constantly shifting the responsibility for population health onto retailers."
SGF said more than 200 stores were participating in its Scottish government-supported Healthy Living Programme.
The Scottish Retail Consortium said its members were committed to helping consumers make healthier choices and called for "regulation or legislation" on the issue.
Ewan MacDonald-Russell, its head of policy, said: "Fruit and vegetables are heavily price promoted and there has been a proliferation of healthy alternatives. Just as importantly, our industry has led the way on reformulating products to reduce salt, sugar and fats from products, and in producing clearer and more informative labelling.
"It's worth highlighting the number of products being promoted in total is falling in response to customer demands for simpler pricing. We will continue to engage directly with FSS and the Scottish government on this issue. However, any measures on pricing and promotions will have to be done through regulation or legislation; it's not feasible, or legal, to ask retailers to voluntarily take collective measures in this area.
"Ultimately however, the best way to help improve Scotland's health is for government to take steps to ensure the whole food and drink industry is working collectively, on a level playing field, to ensure no matter where customers shop or consume they are able to make healthy informed choices." | Supermarkets and other food retailers are fuelling Scotland's obesity epidemic, according to new research. | [
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The 19-year-old moved to Glasgow a year ago and has played in more than 40 games for the Scottish champions.
His 18-month deal ends in the summer and Roberts intends to return to City to battle for a place.
"I'll always have that belief; the more you play, the more you improve," said Roberts.
"It's been my first proper season playing men's football. I did a bit at Fulham, but I was in and out, the same at Man City, so coming here, the manager before [Ronny Deila] played me a lot and Brendan's [Rodgers] been really good with me as well.
"It's been good and I'm thoroughly enjoying it. I came here to improve, to win trophies and score goals.
"Hopefully at the end of the season I can take that back with me to City and have a good go there. It's been a great experience and I'm thankful for that."
Roberts has often found Scott Sinclair and James Forrest starting games ahead of him this season, but the winger says he has learned from working alongside Sinclair in particular.
He also insists that the camaraderie within the squad has been a significant factor as Celtic reached the Champions League group stages and have put together a run of 25 unbeaten domestic matches.
If Celtic can avoid defeat against St Johnstone on Wednesday, they will equal the record of 26 set by the Lisbon Lions in the 1966-67 season. Roberts, though, insists that the players are not giving too much thought to the record.
"The team spirit's been great since day one, when the manager came in and the boys came back for pre-season," he said.
"We've kept each other going, we've had good times, fun together, and done well on the pitch. It shows in results and if we continue to do that, it should be a very good season for us.
"It's [about] momentum, you feel good, positive and go into every game believing you can win. The more you win, the more positive you are. We're in good stead right now and we'll go into Wednesday firing and ready to go.
"We're just going out with the mentality to win every game. On Wednesday we'll show that again. We'll be buzzing to be back in the league and looking to put on a good show.
"It's more other people [looking at the record], we just focus on trying to win. We'll do all we can to do that and focus on the game." | Patrick Roberts believes his loan spell at Celtic will prepare him for the challenge of trying to break into the Manchester City first team. | [
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ViiV Healthcare, GlaxoSmithKline's HIV business, will acquire two operations specialising in late stage treatments and early phase medicines.
It is the latest acquisition in a record year for pharmaceuticals.
Global deals have reached $677.5bn, according to Dealogic, up 64% on 2014.
Healthcare companies have been forced to buy or swap assets to bolster growing areas of their businesses and shore up their defences as generic versions of previously patented medicines are released in the market.
Sales of Advair, an asthma treatment and a bestseller for GSK, are expected to decline following the introduction of a generic version in the US.
In the first nine months of the year, GSK reported that sales of Advair fell 19% to £1.2bn, whereas sales of HIV treatments rose 56% to £1.6bn.
The company had considered spinning off its 80% stake in ViiV Healthcare through a flotation that could have valued the business at £18bn.
However, it decided to hang on to the operation in May.
GSK said it would make an upfront payment of $317m to buy Bristol-Myers Squibb's late stage HIV drugs, with a further $518m dependent on sales and royalties.
The assets include Fostemsavir, which treats HIV infection and is at the final phase three development stage. That means that it can seek regulatory approval, which is expected to be filed in 2018.
It will also pay an initial $33m to acquire pre-clinical and early stage research assets and could hand over $587m if certain development and sales goals are met.
Earlier this week, AstraZeneca said it would spend $4bn to buy a 55% stake in Acerta Pharma, a US-Dutch company which is developing a leukaemia treatment that is at the phase three stage. It has an option to buy the remaining 45% in the company.
AstraZeneca, which last year saw off a £69bn takeover bid from US rival Pfizer, also announced it would acquire a number of respiratory medicines from Japan's Takeda for $575m.
This year has been marked with major deals in the pharmaceuticals sector. Last month, Pfizer announced a $160bn merger with Botox-maker Allergen while in March, GSK said it would swap its cancer drugs portfolio with Novartis' vaccines business.
Shares in GSK fell 6.5p to £13.35. | GlaxoSmithKline has ended a frenetic week for the pharmaceutical sector with a $1.4bn (£939m) takeover of HIV drug development assets from Bristol-Myers Squibb. | [
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The city centre road was made pedestrians only from June to November during the redevelopment of the Westgate Shopping Centre.
Now Oxfordshire County Council has agreed to continue the policy when the centre reopens because of the predicted increase in pedestrians.
The "experimental traffic order" still has to be signed off by the government.
The closure has also been blamed for increasing pressure on other city centre roads.
When the shopping centre is finished next year there are expected to be 11 million more people using it.
Council officers have estimated the number of pedestrians using the road will increase by 145% from 4,000 per hour up to 9,800 per hour.
They have also calculated that at present, 48 buses per hour use the road.
Officers said in their report that assurances from the bus companies "do not remove our concern over pedestrian safety".
But transport boss David Nimmo Smith said he was worried it would cause increased bus traffic in other roads such as St Aldates, which he described as an "architectural gem".
The Secretary of State for Transport will now have to approve the plan before it comes into effect. | Councillors have voted to ban buses and taxis from Queen Street in Oxford for six months because of safety concerns. | [
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Radioactive cooling water was also mistakenly discharged into a submarine reactor compartment, the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) reported.
Reporting of safety incidents at the base, which refits Britain's nuclear submarines, was "below standard".
Contractor Babcock International said safety was its "highest priority".
The ONR issued a legal notice to improve after an incident last year in which a worker was contaminated with radiation.
The ONR said the dose was "very small" but it "highlighted shortfalls" in health and safety at the yard.
Babcock has been ordered "to bring the arrangements up to an acceptable standard" before the end of January 2016.
The ONR said five other incidents broke safety rules between October and December last year.
They were:
The ONR also reported "shortfalls in the operation of the emergency monitoring vehicles" during a nuclear submarine accident exercise.
Peter Burt, researcher at the anti-nuclear weapons pressure group Nuclear Information Service, said: "This is a worrying string of events in a short time at Devonport.
"If the site operators are not able to improve performance rapidly the MoD should take steps to take the operating contract away from Babcock."
Nuclear engineering consultant John Large, who has advised the government and environmental groups on nuclear issues, said: "These are not uncommon incidents in a complex operation like Devonport.
"But the level of detail is not good enough. For instance what is the connection with the torpedo tubes and a radiological incident on the submarine?"
The ONR declined to go into any more detail on the incidents, saying the reports were intended as summaries.
Babcock said in a statement: "Improvements relating to the ONR enforcement notice and other recently reported incidents at Devonport Royal Dockyard are being addressed through a broader nuclear safety improvement programme to further enhance our current high levels of safety, in agreement with ONR."
Plymouth City Council said it "takes the safety of nuclear operations at Devonport extremely seriously, as does the site operator.
"It is protocol that we are informed immediately of any safety issues or incidents that are likely to be of concern to the wider public.
"The operator also reports on its safety performance every six months at the local liaison committee."
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) declined to comment. | Devonport naval base has been warned of legal action after a worker received a dose of radiation amid a series of safety breaches. | [
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Competitors aged 14 to 19 are hiking distances of up to 55 miles (89 km) visiting 10 nominated tors over two days.
The 56th event started at 07:00 BST, with 2,400 teenagers - many from school and youth groups from across the South West - taking part.
The first teams are expected to cross the finish line on Sunday morning.
Source: BBC/Ten Tors
The teenagers left Okehampton Camp, where Dartmoor National Park head ranger Rob Steemson said it was an "enormous challenge".
The event is organised by the Army and assisted by the Royal Navy, the Royal Air Force and the Dartmoor Rescue Group.
Each team has a GPS tracker, so safety teams can find out where each group of teenagers is. The tracker also has an emergency button if help is needed. | Thousands of teenagers are trekking across Dartmoor in the famous Ten Tors challenge. | [
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Ch Insp David Pettigrew believes the cameras would act as a deterrent to disorder and vandalism.
Glasgow City Council said the implementation of cameras had been explored but the topography of the site made it difficult.
The Glasgow Necropolis is a historic cemetery and tourist attraction.
The 37-acre Victorian cemetery, east of the city centre, contains about 3,500 monuments and sculptures.
Ch Insp Pettigrew, the officer in charge of the Necropolis area, told the BBC: "At this time of year, it is not the same as the spring and summer months. This is an area where people come to drink. They do that because it is out the way.
"That brings with it anti-social behaviours and disorder, whether deliberate or otherwise. It damages the headstones as well, so there is a clearly a disrespectful aspect to that. The headstones have been here for hundreds of years and can be loose, and if they fall over they can cause serious injury.
"Primarily, we are talking about drinking in the Necropolis. Gang activity in the east end in general is very much in the decline in recent years."
Ch Insp Pettigrew said police officers take part in regular patrols of the necropolis during the spring and summer months, supported by teams from Community Safety Glasgow, who work in close consultation with the city council.
The senior officer said the teams from Community Safety sometimes patrol the area with mobile CCTV vans but he would like to see this taken a step further.
He added: "CCTV has proven to be an effective aide to policing in many other parts of the city, so I think it would go without saying that it would be a benefit to this area also.
"The cameras themselves act as a deterrent because when people know they are here, they clearly don't have the same advantage as being able to hide behind a bush or a tree, but in the event that something happens it gives us the opportunity to find the people responsible. Quite clearly, we cannot be here 24 hours a day."
Police Scotland told the BBC they only received six reports of crime at the necropolis between April and August 2015 - four of vandalism, one breach of the peace and once incidence of drinking in a public place. Three people were reported to the procurator fiscal over these incidents.
The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis are a group of volunteers who conduct tours of the cemetery, and raise money for conservation and restoration work at the Necropolis.
Ruth Johnston, the group's chairwoman, said: "I don't think it (anti-social behaviour at the Necropolis) is any different from a large park in a very large city. We bring a lot of tourists here.
"People feel very safe coming in here, and there wouldn't be so many people coming if they didn't feel safe.
"The Glasgow Necropolis is incredibly inspiring, no matter what your interests are - history, social history, archaeology, architecture, sculpture. Some of the most famous sculptors have done work here."
Alexander "Greek" Thomson and Charles Rennie Mackintosh are among those whose work is at the Necropolis, while William Miller - the man who wrote the Wee Willie Winkie nursery rhyme - is also buried there.
A memorial for Glasgow firefighters is one of 3,500 in the cemetery, with an estimated 50,000 people buried at the site in total.
Next year, the Friends of Glasgow Necropolis hopes to raise £60,000 for the restoration of the Monteith mausoleum, and they will continue commemorations for those who died in World War One and other conflicts.
A spokesman for Glasgow City Council said: "Community Safety Glasgow currently deploy two daily security patrols, staggered day and night, to the Necropolis and random mobile CCTV patrols are also conducted in the area to deter and detect antisocial behaviour. Foot patrols are also carried out within the Necropolis to deter dog fouling.
"There are also quarterly meetings between Police Scotland, the council, Community Safety Glasgow and the Friends of the Necropolis group to discuss any issues.
"The possibility of using re-deployable CCTV in the Necropolis was also explored, but the topography of the site made it difficult in terms of radio signalling."
A spokesperson for Historic Environment Scotland, which is a statutory consultee for the Glasgow Necropolis, added: "We are aware that there has been an issue with vandalism and anti-social behaviour at Glasgow Necropolis.
"Whilst we are not aware of any recent requests to Glasgow City Council planning department regarding the potential installation of CCTV we would be happy to discuss this and other proposals for improving security within the grounds of the Necropolis with them.
"Public security measures such as CCTV are not uncommon practice within other historic sites and buildings and we would work with the applicant to discuss possible options." | A senior police officer has called for CCTV cameras to be installed at the Glasgow Necropolis to help keep the area free of antisocial behaviour. | [
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Three games were held at Newcastle United's St James' Park and a dedicated Fanzone was created at Science Central.
NewcastleGateshead Initiative said hosting the event had brought a windfall to the city and hotel occupancy reached 99% on match days.
Chief executive Sarah Stewart said the "memorable event" had been a "huge success" for the region.
Ms Stewart said: "I think it's fair to say Rugby World Cup 2015 in Newcastle has been a huge success. From the games themselves to the atmosphere inside the Fanzone, we've had a remarkable two weekends.
"We've welcomed thousands of international visitors who have all contributed to the estimated £43m of economic impact hosting the tournament has brought to Newcastle.
"I have no doubt we'll be feeling the positive effects Rugby World Cup 2015 for many years to come."
The third and final game at the stadium was held on Saturday with Scotland beating Samoa 36-33.
Northumbria Police said there had been "exceptional behaviour" from all those who attended, with very few low-level arrests throughout the event.
Ch Supt Steve Neill said: "I can't thank the fans, visitors and local people enough for their excellent behaviour and patience.
"I am exceptionally proud to have been a part of it myself.
"This is not something that happens on our doorstep every day but everyone in the region has welcomed this opportunity and reaffirmed that the North East is one of the friendliest, most vibrant and safest places to be." | The Rugby World Cup has generated about £43m for Newcastle's economy, tourism bosses say. | [
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The Japanese company posted a 9.9bn yen ($97m; £57m) deficit for the April-to-June months, compared with an 8.6bn yen profit for the same period a year earlier.
Sales were 8% lower, despite the release of a Mario Kart game in May - one of its most popular franchises.
The firm did not alter its prediction of a return to full-year profit.
It sank to a loss in its last financial year.
Nintendo said it expected the release of key titles over the coming months to boost demand before the critical Christmas shopping season.
These include new Super Smash Bros fighting games for its Wii U and 3DS consoles, as well as the action title Hyrule Warriors for the living-room machine and two Pokemon monster-collecting remakes for the handheld device.
Nintendo won praise for the innovative titles it showcased at the recent E3 video games expo in Los Angeles, where it unveiled a new open-world Legends of Zelda title and the paintball arena shooter Splatoon, both due to be released in 2015.
But one analyst suggested the releases would come too late.
"They have a relatively good games pipeline, but the big question is about its hardware," said Ed Barton, a games industry analyst at the Ovum consultancy.
"The Wii U is so far behind now, and the perception of the audience that it's a relatively under-powered console compared to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One is now pretty firmly cemented.
"Given how inaccurate some of Nintendo's forecasts have been going into their results in terms of hardware and software sales in the past, I'm not optimistic."
Nintendo originally forecast it would sell nine million Wii Us in its last financial year. In May it revealed it had sold only about 2.7 million units despite a price cut.
A further 510,000 Wii Us were sold over the most recent quarter, taking the total tally since its 2012 launch to 6.7 million consoles sold.
Nintendo did not host a conference call following the earnings release, as it normally does, meaning analysts were unable to quiz executives about the progress of previously announced plans to establish a health division and release new devices for emerging markets.
Its president, Satoru Iwata, had previously cancelled appearances at E3 and the firm's annual shareholders' meeting after doctors found a "growth" in his bile duct, requiring him to have surgery.
He wrote a letter late last month saying he had resumed work "by email and by other means" but was not yet ready to return to his regular schedule.
Documents posted online do, however, offer a couple of other insights:
The news was released after the close of the Japanese markets, but Nintendo stock traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange had fallen about 6% from its opening price by early afternoon. | Nintendo has reported a bigger first-quarter loss than expected, causing its share price to tumble. | [
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Nurseries increasingly focus on plants that can be mass produced so the big stores can sell them cheaply, he says.
"You have these vast wholesale nurseries now supplying supermarkets - and that's a diminution of choice," he told Radio 4's You and Yours.
However, the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) says supermarket sales actually help grow the market.
According to Kantar World Panel, nearly 40% of gardeners get their plants, bulbs and seeds from supermarkets.
"That's bad," says Don. "It's rather like the vast suppliers supplying food - you get lots and lots of the same thing mass produced to be as cheap as possible."
The UK garden market is worth around £5bn, with some £1.4bn spent on garden plants by UK consumers in 2013, according to the HTA, the industry body.
The Gardeners' World presenter believes consumers should shop around.
"I'm a huge fan of independent nurseries. That is where you get the expertise, it's where you will find people who have devoted their life to growing something.
"They will grow geraniums or trees and they will really know about it, so when you contact them, they can give you great help and assistance."
Martin Simmons, HTA director of operations, said: "People often make impulse purchases of plants in supermarkets and if this then encourages them to buy more plants then this is good for the industry and helps to grow the market.
"Buying a plant in a supermarket may be the first step for some consumers, particularly younger ones. If this grabs their interest they will naturally seek out garden centres and retail nurseries."
Waitrose told the BBC it took quality seriously, and that its plants were supplied by two reputable nurseries who supply only garden centres - not other supermarkets.
Inviting Monty Don for a visit to talk to buyers, Asda said it works with a network of expert growers to ensure it offered quality.
Sainsbury's said it had a longstanding relationship with suppliers, many of whom were family businesses. It added that it always worked to give customers choice and value.
The BBC first broadcast Gardeners' World in the 1960s, making it one of the longest running shows on TV. Monty Don presented it from 2003 to 2008 and returned to the helm in 2011. | Supermarket plant sales are reducing customers' choice, says Gardeners' World presenter Monty Don. | [
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Lord Forsyth of Drumlean said the SNP election result was a "revolution" and could not be overlooked.
Meanwhile, former Labour chancellor Alistair Darling said Mr Cameron had the chance of "building a constitution for the 21st century".
The SNP won 56 of the 59 Scottish seats at Westminster last week.
Mr Darling added that in his opinion the rising success of the SNP had "completely overtaken" any agreements made in the Smith Commission - which outlined increased devolution proposals in the wake of the independence referendum last year.
Lord Forsyth, a Conservative peer, told the BBC that the big advantage of giving Scotland more powers was that it would prevent SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon producing "fantasy manifestos" without raising the cash to pay for it.
He said: "I think we have to recognise what happened in Scotland last Thursday was a revolution.
"The Conservative in me was full of joy for what David Cameron had achieved but the unionist is greatly dismayed.
"We used to say if the SNP won a majority in seats in Scotland then they could have independence.
"They got 50% of the vote and 95% of the seats and the reality is you have to respond to that and I think what the government needs to do is produce a White Paper which sets out how fiscal autonomy, devo-max, call it what you will, would work in practice so people are aware of the advantages and the disadvantages."
The Conservatives have outlined in their manifesto an "English votes for English laws" proposal, which would give MPs for English seats a veto on issues which affect only England, including on income tax.
Mr Cameron promised firm proposals within 100 days of forming a government, which would be "fully implemented" by the time of the Budget in March of the following year.
But Mr Darling warned that such a law could break up the union.
He told the BBC: "...by saying that essentially English MPs will decide tax and spending, you are well on the way to breaking up the Union."
SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has previously said if there were matters that were genuinely English only, and had no impact in Scotland, there would be "a strong case" for Scottish MPs not voting on them.
"The problem is there's a lot of issues characterised as English-only issues that are anything but - matters relating to the English health service for example.
"Decisions taken on that have a direct impact on Scotland's budget," she said.
Ms Sturgeon is referring to the system used to allocate funds to devolved governments. These sums are dictated - via the Barnett formula - by the figure allocated to services such as health and education in England. | The government needs to set out how it will devolve further fiscal powers to Scotland following the rise of the SNP, a former Scottish secretary has said. | [
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The 27-year-old Scot, who is back at number four in the world after dropping down the rankings following back surgery, is to marry girlfriend Kim Sears in April.
Murray is as relaxed about that as he has been this week at the ATP event in Indian Wells, where he has progressed to the quarter-finals.
He loosened up in more ways than one as he chatted to BBC tennis correspondent Russell Fuller and BBC Scotland's Kheredine Idessane in the commentary box...
"It is three weeks on Saturday, that's all I know. Tennis players aren't normally very good with dates.
"We just know it is the Indian Wells week or the Monte Carlo week or whatever. So I know it is the weekend before Monte Carlo and the weekend after Miami.
"We will probably do the honeymoon later in the year, probably in the off-season. I am not sure where we're going to go yet, but there's a few ideas.
"I am actually not nervous about getting married because we've been together like nine-and-a-half years and we've lived together for six or seven years as well.
"So I don't think a whole lot's going to change. I kind of feel like we have been married already in terms of the way we spend our lives together and live together.
"I think I will be more nervous about starting a family because that would be more life-changing, in a good way."
"My brother Jamie's one. Ross Hutchins is also going to be a best man and hopefully a good friend in Barcelona [Peruvian Carlos Mier, who was Murray's room-mate at the Sanchez-Casal Academy].
"But I'm not sure yet if he [Mier] is going to be able to come. He's in Singapore just now and I'm going to try to get him over.
"Kim has four bridesmaids and no maid of honour and I was saying, 'imagine you had to pick one of your four best friends you've had since you were at school'.
"It is very, very difficult to choose one. She was like 'go on, pick one', but I said no.
"I didn't spend a lot of time with my brother when we were 15 to 20 really, because he was training in France and I was training in Spain.
"Carlos, he was my best friend during that time, which were very important years in my life, when I moved away from my family and friends.
"He was the guy who was always there for me. I feel like he knows me extremely well.
"My brother obviously knows me from a child - and Ross over the last six or seven years. We've become extremely close and been through a lot together as well.
"Picking one was a very difficult thing to do because I had three guys that were clearly my three best friends and I would like all them to be involved in some way."
"It looks a lot easier from up here, that's for sure. It's extremely simple. Every shot looks easy when you're watching from the commentary box, but it certainly isn't.
"The one thing I think I would do as a commentator is give more credit to the players, because I have a good idea how tricky the conditions are here. But I don't think I have the voice to be a good broadcaster." | It is a big year for Andy Murray - and not only because he is looking to add to his two Grand Slam titles. | [
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There was a certain tension in the air last night, as Mr Speaker Bercow presided at a farewell dinner for Deputy Speaker Dawn Primarolo; later today she'll probably be presiding over a short Commons debate that might decide whether the Speaker will need a farewell dinner of his own….
The ambush was brilliantly laid. Tory MPs were kept in Westminster for a party election briefing from their campaign supremo, Lynton Crosby. Labour and Lib Dem MPs were heading off to their constituencies to campaign, secure in the assumption that there was no controversial business left to vote on. So the Conservatives have the numbers and the other parties don't.
At 5.30pm on Wednesday, the Leader of the House dropped in to see the Speaker, to tell him the government was putting down a motion to change the Commons Standing Orders on the re-election of the Speaker, after a General Election.
I'd love to have been a fly on that office wall.
Under the old rules, MPs are presented with a motion that the incumbent Speaker should resume the Chair; if it is opposed, they march through the lobbies. The change would put in a secret ballot, instead. The importance of this is that open opposition to a sitting Speaker, who is then re-elected, can invite years of retribution, with offenders called late to speak, if at all and all kinds of subtle shafting beyond that.
A secret ballot, the argument goes, would allow the more timorous MPs to vote against a Speaker without fear of revenge.
The idea has been floating about for years - it was mooted by the Commons Procedure Committee back in 2011, although the committee has since changed its mind. And even when there was plenty of spare Commons time available, it was never debated. Incidentally the Committee chair, the Conservative Charles Walker, who helped drag Speaker Bercow to the Chair in 2009, was not consulted on the decision to put one of his committee's ex-recommendations to the House.
Labour are furious.
I hear they're trying to pull MPs back - and may be helped by the three urgent questions the Speaker has (spookily enough) allowed today, which will allow extra time for them to get back. Lib Dem MPs are not being whipped in support of the motion - or indeed encouraged to come back if they've headed off to their constituencies.
How will Tory MPs be whipped? Their attendance is being required on a strict three line whip - but does that extend to a whip on a House matter? Inquiring backbenchers will be seeking an answer on that point. Will ministers vote? And, of course, even if the vote is officially a free vote, the fact that the motion is signed by the Leader of the House makes it pretty official, and Conservative whips may - unofficially, of course - be encouraging colleagues into the Yes Lobby.
What will the upshot be? My guess is that the Conservative strategy has been successful and that the motion will be carried; apart from anything else there is plenty of support for the general principle of secret ballots for this kind of vote.
But the ambush by which the majority has been achieved has ruffled feathers. Rumour reaches me of a bitter exchange between the Shadow Leader of the House, Angela Eagle and Messrs Hague and Gove. And this could imply a breakdown of trust in the "usual channels" through which much Commons business is stage-managed.
Expect more venom in today's exchanges.
I'm not sure that would be a bad thing, in many ways, but it wouldn't be much fun for MPs if it meant endless late night votes and counter-ambushes. The last time relations broke down, in the 1970s, the ensuing months of grind arguably drove a number of elderly members to an early grave.
Meanwhile it might be premature to assume that a secret ballot dooms Speaker Bercow. He has some support on the Tory benches, and his survival would depend on the mathematics of the next House of Commons. But there's a deeper question: is the Speakership now becoming mired in party politics? Might we see incoming majorities defenestrating uncongenial Speakers as a matter of routine?
Certainly in a hung parliament, the rulings from the Chair could be critical - and providing a simpler way of removing a Speaker could be quite convenient for future cross party alliances or governments.
One final thought. Watch Sir Gerald Kaufman. Barring the unexpected, he will be the Father of the House in the next Commons and will preside over the Speaker (re) election process.
One of the urgent questions granted today is from him - and he's said to be furious about the Conservatives' actions. | What a week - first Clarkson, then Zayn, and now Bercow? | [
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East Kent Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 750,000 people across five different hospitals.
Experts from health regulator Monitor also identified issues with safety, leadership and "a culture of bullying".
The trust said it would "work to make improvements to the services".
It was deemed inadequate by the independent watchdog, the Care Quality Commission, in August.
The trust runs the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford; the Kent and Canterbury in Canterbury; the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (QEQM) in Margate; the Buckland in Dover; and the Royal Victoria in Folkestone.
Concerns were raised about a culture of bullying at the organisation and inspectors identified staff shortages in A&E, children's care and at night.
They found risks to patients and incidents involving patient safety were not always identified.
The inspection team also noticed that in a number of areas around the trust, buildings and equipment were "poorly maintained".
Monitor said it would be appointing an improvement director at the trust to provide support and to ensure it is making progress.
"The trust needs to urgently improve the safety of care for patients, and strengthen its management to better support frontline staff," said Paul Streat, regional director at Monitor.
"By putting the trust into special measures we can ensure they turn things around quickly.
"Senior leaders need to listen to and work with all staff to understand and tackle problems on their wards," he said.
Patients visiting the Kent and Canterbury Hospital on Tuesday said they had no confidence in the management.
Former cancer patient Ken Rogers, who quit in July as a governor, said: "I've argued with the trust over some of the performance results of what they've been doing to patients and they haven't listened."
Robert Watts, who was at the hospital with his wife and baby son, said: "You want the best. You want to be told the right things and hope that they do the best job they can.
"Sometimes they don't, they miss it. I just don't think that this hospital can do that."
The trust's chief executive, Stuart Bain, said: "We want to work with our regulator Monitor, our staff and our health partners to make improvements to the services we provide to the people of east Kent."
He said areas for improvement had already been recognised including the investment of an additional £2.9m to recruit 69 nurses where shortages existed.
An additional four general surgeons had also been recently appointed and a further three would be recruited shortly, Mr Bain added.
"In addition we identified the need to improve our appointment system some time ago and have just completed a public consultation on our outpatient services that will allow us to make improvements to the services we offer patients.
"New appointment booking systems, more flexible appointments, and an investment of £28m in improved facilities including a new hospital in Dover will start to address these issues," he said.
"The trust is committed to working with staff and health partners to produce an action plan to address the issues raised by the CQC and Monitor and to see us removed from special measures as soon as possible." | One of the largest hospital trusts in England is to be put into special measures because of "serious failures" in patient safety. | [
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10 August 2015 Last updated at 01:41 BST
New Zealand was one of the original nations involved in the TPP, which if a deal is concluded will create a "mega regional" bloc with a combined GDP of $28 trillion.
Mr Key explains why he was optimistic that an agreement will be reached.
Go to the Asia Business Report website for more programme clips. | Talks between 12 nations to agree the Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal may have failed last week, but New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key has told the BBC that he is confident the pact will be signed by the end of the year. | [
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Experts reassembled pieces of tiles found amid tons of earth from the site known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as Haram al-Sharif.
They say the tiles date from the period of the Second Temple, during the time of King Herod about 2,000 years ago.
The temple was destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD during a Jewish rebellion.
Some 600 segments of coloured stone floor have been found since archaeologists began examining the debris from the hilltop site in 2004.
The plateau where the temples stood is the most sacred site in Judaism. It is joined by the Western Wall, venerated by Jews as part of the original supporting wall of the temple compound.
Haram al-Sharif (Noble Sanctuary) is also the place where Muslims believe the Prophet Muhammad ascended to Heaven, and is the third holiest site in Islam.
The archaeologists say the tiles probably came from porticos in the temple's courtyards.
Piecing the fragments together "enables us to get an idea of the Temple's incredible splendour", said Dr Gabriel Barkay of the Temple Mount Sifting Project.
Experts say they managed to assemble seven potential designs of how the flooring could have looked like. The type of flooring is known as opus sectile, Latin for "cut work", and "considered to be far more prestigious than mosaic tiles floors", according to Frankie Snyder, from the project's team.
"The tile segments were perfectly inlaid such that one could not even insert a sharp blade between them," she said.
The Temple Mount Sifting Project was established by Israeli archaeologists in 2004 to examine debris dumped by Islamic authorities following expansion work at an underground mosque on the compound.
The project attracts thousands of visitors each year who participate in finger-tip searches of the earth and has so far turned up hundreds of ancient relics, including coins, animal bones and pieces of pottery. | Archaeologists in Jerusalem say they have for the first time reconstructed likely designs of a Biblical Jewish temple floor using original fragments. | [
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It was 1993 and Muhammad Ali was in Glasgow signing books with his friend, the photographer, Howard Bingham.
We stood in that queue for three hours or more, people of all ages chatting about Ali and what he meant to them. There was an old man there - maybe 80. Twenty-three years later and his face is as clear in the mind's eye as it was then, when we inched our way forwards and listened to his stories.
This was no braggadocio. As Ali once said, 'It ain't bragging if you can back it up'. And that Glasgow man could definitely back it up. He spoke about being at Wembley when Clay beat Henry Cooper in 1963, about being at Earls Court when Ali took apart Brian London in 1966, about being in Dublin when Ali did Al 'Blue' Lewis in 1972.
He knew it all. He spoke - quietly and not at all boastfully - about attending Ali's fight with Karl Mildenberger in Germany. None of us so-called Ali aficionados in that slowly moving line had ever heard of Karl Mildenberger.
So when Ali's people lowered the boom about his death at the weekend, one of the first thoughts was for that wee man in 1993 and what happened when we eventually got to the top of the queue and entered the bookshop, like children heading into Santa's Grotto.
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He did not ask for Ali's autograph or take his picture, he just stood away at the side and watched Ali do his thing. Then he became emotional. And Ali noticed.
Ali was exhausted - he should have been out of there hours before but he promised to stay until the last person left - and he did not have the strength to speak, but when he got up to leave he looked over at the old man, smiled as much as his illness would allow and then slowly put his up his fists, as if challenging him to a fight.
The old man did the same - and smiled back. It is funny the things you remember, but that one tender and fleeting image is impossible to forget.
No words were exchanged, but none were needed. Ali was the most eloquent man in the history of sport, but even when Parkinson's robbed him of his full voice he still moved people with the simplest gestures.
Since his death, the eulogies have come thick and fast from all corners of the world and all spheres of society. There was not a nook or cranny on this planet that his legend did not reach.
For the best part of half a century he has inspired not just great sports writing but great literature. Hugh McIlvanney, Tom Wolfe, Gay Talese, Norman Mailer, George Plimpton, Pete Hamill, Hunter S Thompson, Mark Kram, David Remnick, Thomas Hauser - all heavyweights in their own game, all with a body of work that will keep Ali's complexity and the epic sweep of his personality alive for eternity.
In looking back on his life, you have to look at the whole life, not just the best of it. Hagiography has no place in the Ali story. To accentuate the greatness at the expense of the ugliness would actually diminish what he was.
Ali was the most remarkable sportsman in history but he was also, at times, one of the most bigoted, one of the cruellest, one who preached love but delivered hate on to men like Joe Frazier, a man who tried to help Ali at his lowest ebb and got little back apart from racial hatred.
Ali became world champion in 1964 when shaking up the world in victory over Sonny Liston. He defended his title against Liston in 1965, the same year he came to Scotland to fight exhibition bouts at the Paisley Ice Rink.
Even by then he was in the grip of the Nation of Islam, a frightening mob made up, in part, of ex-cons who preached a doctrine of separation of black and white. The integration of the races was a sin and they used Ali for all he was worth to get their message out there. No better man, no bigger audience.
This was one of the many contradictions of Ali. He was, as he said, free to be who he wanted to be, but he was not free at all in that period of his life, he was being manipulated remorselessly; ideologically and financially. The Nation got into Ali's head - and his bank account - to such a degree that he was, by the mid-1960s, espousing the view that any black person who had sexual relations with a white person should be killed.
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He carried on that hateful mantra for years. You look at some of the television interviews he did with Michael Parkinson back then and you get chilled to the bone by Ali's thoughts. He came across as a Ku Klux Klan member in reverse.
The complexity of the man was profound. In 1967 - when still world champion - he appeared in front of the US Armed Forces Examining and Entrance Station in Houston. The army wanted to enlist Ali for the war in Vietnam that day. If he had taken a step forward when his name was called out he would have been on the first bus out of Houston bound for Fort Polk, Louisiana and then onwards to Vietnam.
Ali never took the step. Everybody knew he was not going to take it. The FBI had his every move under surveillance. They regarded him as a subversive.
As soon as Ali conscientiously objected to the draft - 'Man, I ain't got no quarrel with them Vietcong' - he was aware of what was coming.
The backlash was seismic. His title was stripped, his reputation trashed by white America and his life put at risk. He was not allowed to leave the country. Red Smith, one of the most influential sports columnists of the age, took out a literary blow-torch and let Ali have it. "Squealing over the possibility that the military may call him up, Cassius makes himself as sorry a spectacle as those unwashed punks who picket and demonstrate against the war," he wrote.
Ali was branded a coward and a phony. David Susskind, the famous American television presenter and political commentator, went on TV with Ali and branded him "a disgrace to his country, his race and what he laughably describes as his profession". Susskind called Ali a "simplistic fool" who ought to be jailed.
Time proved Ali right, of course. It cost him almost four years of his career and an estimated $10m, but his principled stance became a hallmark of his greatness - or one of them.
Ali said that he was prepared to die for what he believed in. Nobody doubted that there were people out there in 1960s America who would have wanted Ali dead.
Ali was suspended from boxing on April 28, 1967 and returned with a fight against Jerry Quarry on October 26, 1970. Those around him said then, and they've been saying it ever since, that the three-and-a-half years he lost would have been his peak years. Ali knew it, too. Not that it stopped him marching onwards into boxing history.
He now entered the Joe Frazier years - The Fight of the Century at Madison Square Garden in 1971, the Thrilla in Manila in 1975 and, in-between, the Rumble In The Jungle - the reclaiming of his world title against George Foreman.
Ali versus Frazier - the blood feud trilogy - has spawned books and films and every new one that comes out adds another layer to what is surely the greatest rivalry in sporting history.
What Ali did to Joe was shameful - and he was remorseful about it until the end. Joe lent Ali money and helped him get his boxing licence back. He went to the White House and asked president Richard Nixon to help Ali out. Joe did not agree with Ali's stance on Vietnam but he felt it wrong that he was banned because of it. "Not right to take away a man's pick and shovel", was his immortal line.
Ali forgot all of that. When he fought Frazier first, in 1971, he belittled him in public. He called him dumb and ignorant and ugly. He called him ape man and the gorilla. Through the force of his oratory, Ali turned black America against Frazier. He said that anybody who supported Frazier was a traitor.
"The only people rooting for Joe Frazier," said Ali, "are white people in suits, Alabama sheriffs and members of the Ku Klux Klan. I'm fighting for the little man in the ghetto."
Frazier was presented as an Uncle Tom - a grotesque distortion of his life, which was entrenched in the kind of poverty that Ali never knew. Their three fights were savage. "The closest thing to dying," as Ali put it. Frazier was prepared to die, no doubt about it.
Right to the end of his own life, in November 2011, Frazier held a grudge against Ali. He used to speak about Ali's Parkinson's and the fact that he could not talk much anymore and he would mock him. He would say that God sent him to fix Ali. "He sent me to get him. I don't think that, I know that."
Ali said sorry to Joe many times over the years. He felt guilt and tried to make amends. It never quite worked out with Frazier, not in this world at least.
As he got older Ali became all about tolerance and love. All the hard edges softened and then disappeared. He lived out his life as a fighter of another kind, not the Louisville Lip, but a crusader against racism, injustice, crime, illiteracy, poverty. Those things, you sense, were of far greater importance to him than anything he achieved in the ring, from his first professional fight against Tunney Hunsaker at the Freedom Hall in his hometown of Louisville to his last, against Trevor Berbick, 21 years later.
"This life is nothing but a fraction of a second compared to eternity," Ali once said. "You give God one good second and God will give you heaven for eternity." | The queue snaked out of the side door of the book shop, 50 yards down the street, 100 yards down one side of an alleyway, 100 yards back up the other side and down the street again. | [
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Wilder's side were confirmed champions after rivals Oxford lost to Luton Town.
"He's a very down to earth guy, he's a motivator and certainly gets us going for games," said Richards.
"That hour before the game after we've warmed up he's certainly getting in each other's ears. It's loud in the dressing room, put it that way."
Richards continued to BBC Radio Northampton: "But you can go to him and speak to him, anything about football or outside football. He's been first class for all the players this season."
In November, the club owed repayments on a £10.25m loan to the local borough council, while they faced a winding-up petition from HM Revenue & Customs and the club's bank account was frozen.
However, after a takeover from Kelvin Thomas changed the fortunes of the club off the pitch and Wilder and his team continued their fine form to win 10 matches in a row, and they are currently on a 20-game unbeaten run.
Richards himself, though, has missed the run-in because of an Achilles injury, which needed an operation.
"I've had a tendon taken out of each Achilles, apparently you don't need them, and I've had a scrape on my Achilles to take away the scar tissue," said the 33-year-old.
"It'll be another week on my crutches, I should be back jogging within five weeks and then a week before pre-season starts I should be back to full fitness.
"The idea behind getting the operation done now was to make sure I was ready for next season. Maybe I could have battled on through the last few games, but I wouldn't have done myself or the club justice." | Northampton Town striker Marc Richards has praised "first-class" manager Chris Wilder after the Cobblers won the League Two title. | [
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The Saints boss had been linked with Rangers and Aberdeen in recent months.
And the Perth club's chairman, Steve Brown, has spoken of his surprise that no other club has come in for Wright.
"I think he's worried about me coming into the last two years of my contract, that he's not going to get any compensation for me and that would panic him a bit," joked Wright, 53.
"I'm happy here. It is nice that you are linked with other jobs and so-called bigger clubs because that really means people realise the job you're doing here.
"That's the most important thing for me. I'm looking forward to this season, playing in Europe and doing well for St Johnstone."
As it turned out, Pedro Caixinha took over from Mark Warburton at Ibrox and Derek McInnes has chosen to remain at Pittodrie, despite having discussions about the Sunderland vacancy, leaving Wright in charge at McDiarmid Park.
In his four years at St Johnstone, and on a modest budget, he has guided them to the Scottish Cup, in 2014, and secured top-six finishes every season in the Premiership.
Asked if he was surprised that his record had not led to approaches from other clubs, Wright told BBC Scotland: "I'd be lying if I said I wasn't, but it's not something that keeps me awake at night.
"It's not something that, if I see someone else getting a job, puts me in a bad mood. It's just the way it is and all I can do is keep doing my job here.
"I'm quite happy for the chairman to come and extend my contract at St Johnstone if he wants, but by the look of his comments he'd rather sell me and get a few quid in.
"I just have a simple way of looking at things - do the job to the best of your ability, do it well and whatever will happen will happen."
Wright has been preparing his squad at Inverclyde Sports Centre in Largs for another crack at the Europa League, their reward for finishing fourth last term.
Having lost Danny Swanson to newly promoted Hibernian and now defender Tam Scobbie to Scottish Championship club Dundee United, Wright is looking to strengthen his squad.
He's in the process of clinching a deal to replace Swanson in time for the European signing deadline but the Scobbie departure has been a bit of a shock and it comes at a time when fellow defender Brian Easton is being treated for a groin problem.
"There is a risk Brian may miss Europe and that certainly leaves us short in terms of a left-back," said the Northern Irishman.
"I wanted Thomas {Scobbie} re-signed. I know he was more than happy to stay, but something's happened that it's fallen through so I've got to deal with that.
"It's part of management, you don't always get what you want and now we've got to move on and do the best for the club. I'm now putting all my efforts in to get a left-back to be cover for losing Thomas."
Wright drew praise for his handling of the infamous New Douglas Park brawl between Swanson and team-mate Richard Foster as they left the pitch at half-time in the match with Hamilton.
But the manager says that incident on 1 April was one of the toughest tests of his managerial career.
"I didn't see it and still haven't seen it because there's no footage of it, which is a miracle these days," he said.
"Immediately after the game, when I'm hearing what's allegedly happened, there was one thought in my head: that the two of them can go, they're out, they're sacked.
"But then it was time for calm heads and leadership from the club and myself. The lads very quickly helped the situation by admitting they were wrong, they were remorseful.
"So come the Saturday night they definitely weren't going to be sacked, but the chairman and I felt that for the image of the club we'd deal with this as severely and as quickly as we could (with a fine and reprimand).
"We were honest with the players, in terms of how we felt they had let not only themselves down, but the club and Scottish football as a whole.
"The timing of it could have derailed our season. We actually lost the game 1-0, losing a goal in the 91st minute after doing brilliantly with nine men and that was gut-wrenching for the players."
Wright feels that by beating Hearts with a weakened squad and then Inverness in Saints' next two games, it showed the benefit of "having good people and a good squad".
On Monday, St Johnstone will find out who they will face in the first qualifying round of the Europa League. | Tommy Wright is ready for a new season in charge of St Johnstone despite his chairman fearing he would leave. | [
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The Australian, whose car has a major aerodynamic update, was 0.234 seconds quicker than Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen.
Title rivals Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel were third and sixth, Hamilton 0.7secs quicker than Vettel and 0.372secs behind Ricciardo.
Hamilton, who has won five times in 10 years in Hungary, trails Vettel by one point at the mid-point of the season.
Hamilton was 0.4secs quicker than team-mate Valtteri Bottas, who was fifth behind the second Red Bull of Max Verstappen, and 0.6secs off Ricciardo, struggling with his set-up.
Vettel also appeared to be struggling. The four-time champion was a second off the pace, complained of a lack of rear grip and had a spin and a number of moments when he ran wide and off track.
He was not the only one to fall prey to the slippery surface at the Hungaroring.
Both Haas drivers crashed at the fast Turn 11, Romain Grosjean incurring only light damage, but reserve driver Antonio Giovinazzi bringing out a red flag when he buried his car in the wall, damaging the left-hand side.
And at the end of the session, Renault's Jolyon Palmer lost control at the exit of the fast uphill kink at Turn Four, bouncing over the kerbs and smashing his front wing to pieces.
Palmer finished the session in an encouraging 10th, just one place and 0.3secs behind team-mate Nico Hulkenberg on a weekend when he is under pressure. Former F1 driver Robert Kubica will test with Renault at this track next week as the team assess whether the Pole is capable of returning to the sport more than six years after a horrific rally crash left him with only partial use of his right arm.
It was not immediately clear whether Palmer had damaged the new floor that was introduced for the first time at the last race and which he was using for the first time. Plus, if he had, whether Renault had sufficient spares to fit a new one.
McLaren lived up to their promise to perform better than usual in Hungary because of the relative unimportance of engine power at the track, with Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne best of the rest in seventh and eighth places. | Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo sprung a surprise with fastest time in first practice at the Hungarian Grand Prix. | [
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The 58-year-old plans to develop a giant aircraft that would put spaceships into orbit, rather than lifting them off from a launch pad.
Other moguls are in the private space race, too, after Nasa this year ended its 30-year space shuttle programme.
Virgin Galactic is working on a commercial space venture which aims to fly passengers into sub-orbit by 2013.
Aerospace pioneer Burt Rutan is a partner on Mr Allen's project, which is called Stratolaunch Systems.
The project is the latest to be led by Silicon Valley tycoons who think they spy a gap in demand opened by the retirement of the US government's space shuttle programme.
While Nasa put rockets into space from a launch pad, the Stratolaunch plan is to launch unmanned rockets from high-flying aircraft, and eventually undertake manned missions too.
The developers said their aircraft could ferry cargo for the commercial satellite industry and the International Space Station.
The giant plane would be powered by six 747 jumbo jet engines and have a wingspan of 385ft (117m), developers said.
It would be wider than the biggest aircraft ever, legendary Hollywood tycoon Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.
The first test flights are scheduled to begin in 2016.
Mr Allen and Mr Rutan said that preliminary designs for the Stratolaunch aircraft have been put together over the course of 10 years.
Construction has begun on a hangar in California's Mojave Desert, they said.
In 2004 the duo created SpaceShipOne, a sub-orbital rocket that became the first privately financed, manned spaceship.
"When I was growing up, America's space programme was the symbol of aspiration," Mr Allen said at a news conference in Seattle.
"For me, the fascination with space never ended. I never stopped dreaming what might be possible."
Stratolaunch's plane will carry a booster rocket on its belly, to be built by a space company owned by Elon Musk of PayPal, who has already built a successful commercial rocket.
Other technology titans who have made forays into the private space industry include Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com.
British tycoon Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic aims to take passengers into sub-orbital space.
Dropping rockets into space is not a new technique, but can offer more launch flexibility and minimise weather constraints, developers said.
It can also save on rocket fuel.
Orbital Sciences Corp, an older rocket company, has used this method of launching payloads such as unmanned rockets and satellites. | Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has announced plans to launch unmanned rockets and carry cargo into space. | [
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Costco store manager Roger Cooper, 41, and ex-soldier David Cooper, 39, both deny killing Sameena Imam, 34.
Her body was found buried at an allotment in Leicester in January after allegedly been killed with chloroform.
Ms Imam had been having a two-year affair with Roger Cooper and issued him with an ultimatum to leave his partner.
Roger Cooper, of Coventry, denies murdering his colleague after driving her from Coventry to Leicester on December 24, claiming he dropped her off at a supermarket following an argument.
His brother, of Leicester, has admitted burying Ms Imam's body but denies doing anything to cause her death.
The prosecution claim Roger Cooper wanted Ms Imam out of his life as he conducted three relationships, and enlisted the help of his brother to "plan and execute" the alleged murder.
A trial at Birmingham Crown Court, which began in August, was told by a toxicologist that several metallic elements were found in the body of Ms Imam.
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The Bluebirds are seven points adrift of the Championship play-off places and have been placed under a transfer embargo.
Slade has insisted he is still the man to lead the club but Dalman says his position is under scrutiny.
"He knows the pressures; he's done this job before," Dalman said.
"Russell knows the score. I talk to him on a regular basis and he knows what's ahead.
"He has been here for a while with us and of course his position comes under scrutiny, it always has been. To say it never has been would not be true.
"The jury's out on every single one of us every time we have to deliver something."
Cardiff have been placed under a transfer embargo by the Football League following a breach of Financial Fair Play rules.
The Bluebirds have become the fourth Championship club currently under a transfer embargo, joining Bolton, Fulham and Nottingham Forest.
The embargo will be in place for the rest of the January transfer window.
Slade confirmed he had spoken with club owner Vincent Tan but said there would be no talks over a new contract for him this month.
The former Leyton Orient manager says Tan is still as committed as ever to the club and denied suggestions the Malaysian's scaling-back of club finances showed a lack of backing.
"You see bigger clubs building castles and thinking the investment they put in will give them a great chance, but it doesn't guarantee it," Slade said.
"You've got to cut your cloth accordingly. There are rules in place."
Slade continued: "You can't just go spending £5m here or there. Whatever we do it will have to be under financial constraints." | Cardiff City chairman Mehmet Dalman says the "jury is still out" on manager Russell Slade. | [
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The hashtag #KamiTidakTakut has emerged in the aftermath of Thursday's attacks.
A common meme, of a peace sign with a Jakarta landmark in its centre, was adapted from an image used on social media after the Paris attacks.
Where the Eiffel Tower stood in the Paris version, this shows Indonesia's National Monument.
It stands in the centre of Jakarta as a symbol of the country's struggle for independence. It is a famous landmark and popular meeting point in the city.
A photograph that appeared to show a satay seller continuing to work at his stall after blasts were heard was circulated widely online.
Some Twitter users wrote alongside it: "Fear is not in our dictionary."
The photograph was first uploaded to a local social media site, with a comment saying the stall was 100m away from the site of the bombs, which had happened two hours earlier.
The satay seller has since been interviewed by Indonesian media.
Another popular hashtag was #JakartaBerani, which can be translated as "Jakarta is Brave".
Soon after reports started to filter through on Thursday morning (local time) that explosions had been heard, Twitter users started to use the hashtag #PrayforJakarta. It is not a new hashtag. It had previously been used in cases of severe flooding, but was used again as people from Indonesia and around the world shared their sympathy for the city.
Aulia Masna, a technology blogger in Jakarta, said the morning's events had shown Indonesians used Twitter as much as ever for updates.
He tweeted that "everyone flocks to Twitter", and the microblogging site was not being "abandoned" by Indonesians as some had said. | People in Jakarta have responded defiantly to the attacks in their city by posting the Indonesian phrase for "We are not afraid" on Twitter. | [
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The building at Cathays Park was evacuated, with all staff and students told to leave, after a blaze broke out in a fume cupboard on Tuesday.
The main building will remain shut on Tuesday with access to most areas reopened on Wednesday.
But two chemistry labs on the first floor and the restaurant will be shut until further notice. | Parts of Cardiff University's main building will remain closed on Wednesday after a fire. | [
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The star is up for the main prize, album of the year, for her ambitious visual album, Lemonade, which tackles themes of race and female identity.
Her single Formation is also up for song and record of the year.
In all three categories, she is up against Adele - who previously won the ceremony's top three prizes in 2012.
Beyonce now has 62 Grammy nominations across her work as a solo artist and as part of Destiny's Child, making her the fourth most-nominated artist ever.
She has won 20 trophies altogether, although she has yet to clinch the album of the year prize, having been beaten to the title by Beck in 2015 - much to the disgust of Kanye West, who stormed the stage in protest.
West receives eight nominations this year for his album The Life Of Pablo - all in the rap categories.
Drake and Rihanna also have eight nominations, including three for their hit collaboration, Work.
Making Grammy history is Chicago-born musician Chance The Rapper, whose album Coloring Book is the first streaming-only record to be recognised by the Recording Academy.
He achieves seven nominations, including best new artist, without ever releasing a physical album or digital download.
Beyonce and Adele go head to head with Justin Bieber, Drake and country star Sturgill Simpson in the best album category.
If Adele wins, she will become only the second woman to receive the best album prize twice, after Taylor Swift.
Notably absent from the shortlist is David Bowie, who was tipped to win for his critically-acclaimed Blackstar album.
The record does make an appearance in the best alternative album category, as does Radiohead's A Moon Shaped Pool.
Coldplay have also fared badly, receiving just one nomination - best music video - despite selling millions of copies of their latest album, A Head Full Of Dreams.
Prince receives a posthumous nomination for his final album, Hit N Run Phase Two, in the best engineered, non-classical category, where Blackstar also makes the shortlist.
British star James Corden will host the 2017 Grammy Awards, which take place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, 12 February.
Album Of The Year
Record Of The Year
Song Of The Year
Best New Artist
Best alternative album
Best pop album
Best rap album
Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk. | Beyonce has scooped nine nominations for the 2017 Grammy Awards, extending her lead as the most-nominated woman in Grammys history. | [
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People with mobility needs have been asked to call in advance if they require help accessing Platform One.
A footbridge has been the only general way to get to the platform since last summer when anti-social behaviour led to its main entrance being closed.
Great Western Railway said funding was in place for improving the access.
This is likely to mean a new bridge but work is not expected to start until next year, according to spokesman Dan Panes.
In the meantime the platform door would be open on some occasions when possible.
"Whenever possible, we do ask people to call in advance because it does mean we are able to organise things more quickly and make sure we have enough staff in the right place," Mr Panes added.
However, Gordon Richardson - vice chair of the Bristol Equality Forum- said he thought that was "totally unacceptable today".
"If all they have to do is open a door, why should I have to tell them 24 hours in advance?," he told BBC Radio Bristol.
"Why can't they have something where perhaps you come to that door, there's an intercom and they can then open the door for you and let you in?"
Tina Keddy, a station user from the town, is also unhappy about the temporary measures.
On a recent trip to Bath with her 81-year-old mother, she said she asked a guard if there was help for the disabled "and he said 'no'".
"Mum has arthritis in her spine and in her knee. We were there in plenty of time so slowly we went up the steps, along the top, and down the other side but it was very difficult." | A temporary measure for disabled access at Weston-super-Mare railway station is "totally unacceptable", an equality forum has said. | [
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The man dialled two taxi firms from the landline in the house at Wodecroft Road, Luton, but hung up after he was asked for his phone number.
Bedfordshire Police asked anyone who recognised the man's voice to contact them.
A flat-screen television and other electrical items were stolen from the house.
The calls were made in the early hours of Saturday 25 October using a cordless telephone, which was then left on a table in the garden, police said.
The man called two Luton taxi firms which were both dealt with by the same control office.
In the first call, the suspect was asked to leave his landline number, but said he did not know it.
He was then asked to leave his mobile number and he started to, but then stopped, claiming he did not know it.
Police said he then made a second call and got through to the same controller, who explained the office handled calls for more than one taxi firm.
The force hopes the suspect, who almost revealed his mobile phone number, can be identified from the recordings, which were made automatically.
Det Con Scott Hannam said: "We are keen to identify the man as we believe he may have important information which could assist our investigation.
"I would urge anyone who recognises his voice, or for the man himself, to contact police.
"I am also keen to hear from anyone who has any information or saw a large television being carried around this area on the night in question." | Police have released recordings of a suspected burglar phoning for a taxi from the house he had just broken into. | [
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Djokovic won 6-3 7-5 in a largely commanding performance.
The 29-year-old, who has now won seven titles this year, has beaten the Japanese on nine successive occasions.
Djokovic, who was beaten in the third round at Wimbledon by Sam Querrey, will represent Serbia at the Rio Olympics.
"I don't need to explain that every athlete dreams of being a part of the Olympic Games," he said. "I'm competing in singles and doubles.
"Hopefully I'll get at least one medal." | World number one Novak Djokovic won his first title since his surprise exit from Wimbledon with a straight-sets win over Japan's Kei Nishikori in the final of the Rogers Cup in Toronto. | [
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Two-year-old Mandarin Princess, trained by Charlie McBride, was declared winner of Thursday's 13:40 race at Great Yarmouth after beating Fyre Cay.
But a scan afterwards identified the horse as three-year-old stablemate Millie's Kiss, who had been due to run in a later race at the same course.
"It's an honest error and no-one stood to gain anything by it," said McBride.
Stewards referred the matter to the British Horseracing Authority (BHA).
The result officially stands for betting purposes, but some bookmakers have said they will pay out on the horses finishing first and second.
McBride told the Racing Post he did not notice it was the wrong horse because he was "stressed and rushing" after being delayed collecting the saddle.
"I took a young girl who has been with me for two or three months to the races - she's ridden both fillies and knows them both," he said.
"After we checked them in we got some lunch and I sent her to get the two-year-old ready and I went to the weighing room to get the saddle.
"I like to weigh my horses out early but I had to wait over 20 minutes for the saddle.
"The filly was already out when I got back and as I was stressed and rushing I didn't look that closely - I just assumed it was the right horse."
The BHA described the incident as "unprecedented" since a microchipping identification system for horses was introduced in 1999.
It said: "The scan identified the horse to be Millie's Kiss, the trainer's other runner in race four.
"They (the stewards) interviewed the trainer, the stable groom, the veterinary officer and the equine welfare integrity officer responsible for the sampling unit.
"Having heard their evidence they referred the matter to the head office of the British Horseracing Authority and ordered Millie's Kiss to be withdrawn from race four."
Millie's Kiss had been due to run for Newmarket trainer McBride in the 15:15 race.
The responsibility lies with the trainer to present and run the correct horse in the race.
Stipendiary steward Tony McGlone told At The Races all horses are scanned before they are brought into their stables at the course.
"We sent the horse for routine testing as normal and the veterinary officer scanned the horse and found it to be the incorrect horse," he said.
Punter Nicholas Quinn said the controversy had left racegoers bemused.
"This looks very bad for British racing. The one thing you shouldn't have to hope for is that the right horse is in the right race," he said.
John Egan, who rode the 'winner', said he was surprised the horse was not disqualified or the race declared void.
"At the end of the day, we're all human. Mistakes happen. I feel most sorry for Charlie," he said.
John Mear, a member of the Four Winds Racing Partnership that own Millie's Kiss, said they were "shocked and upset" for the trainer.
"It's nothing untoward. He's just made a genuine mistake. He must be absolutely heartbroken," he said.
"The issue had not been established until after the result had been made official. After the weighed in has been declared on the racecourse, the result cannot be amended by the stewards.
"The responsibility lies with the trainer to present and run the correct horse in the race.
"Having said that, and while we have not seen an incident of this nature in recent times, we will of course determine what steps need to be put in place to prevent it from happening again. We sympathise with the betting operators and betting public who have potentially been affected by this incident."
BBC racing correspondent Cornelius Lysaght
Though this may read like something out of a Dick Francis novel, sources at the British Horseracing Authority are indicating this looks more like a cock-up than anything else.
Both horses are bay coloured fillies, and the BHA will seek to find out how they were confused by Charlie McBride and/or his staff; whatever, McBride is looking at a substantial fine.
All horses are microchipped so they can be checked on arrival at the track, but, after this, a second ID check, probably in the paddock before the race, is likely to be brought in. | British horse racing's governing body is to investigate after the 'wrong horse' won a race at odds of 50-1. | [
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He carded a six-under-par round of 64 to finish 21 under, one shot ahead of American Ollie Schniederjans.
Former world number one Stenson hit eight birdies in his closing round, including three in a row from the 15th.
Schniederjans also shot 64, while compatriot Webb Simpson finished four shots back in third place.
American Davis Love, at 53 seeking to become the oldest winner in US PGA Tour history, finished eight shots adrift in a tie for 10th.
Stenson, 41, said: "I don't know how many times I'm going to get as close to playing as well as I did at Troon.
"I'm just very pleased with how I closed out this week." | Sweden's Henrik Stenson won the Wyndham Championship to claim his first title since The Open at Royal Troon last year. | [
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Despite taking an early lead the Teessiders were 3-2 down at half-time.
"You can't question the attitude, commitment and effort, it was first class," Agnew told BBC Tees.
"But we were a bit naive at times defensively, not just the back four, as a team. So we all take responsibility for that and look forward to Burnley."
England defender Ben Gibson was culpable for the first two goals having failed to clear, while Hull's fourth goal came as Harry Maguire was unchallenged in the penalty area.
The defeat left Boro in 19th place after 30 games, seven points behind Hull, who are one place above the relegation zone.
Middlesbrough welcome Burnley to the Riverside on Saturday. | Middlesbrough's defensive "naivety" cost them in Wednesday's 4-2 Premier League defeat by Hull City, says head coach Steve Agnew. | [
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The 23-year-old, on loan from Chelsea, saved a penalty in normal time and one in a shoot-out when the Chairboys knocked Blackpool out of the EFL Trophy in January.
And, with four minutes left on the clock in this game, Blackman saved Brad Potts' spot-kick to preserve a point.
The first chance of the game fell to Adebayo Akinfenwa who drilled wide after 10 minutes.
Midway through the first half a speculative effort from Potts grazed Blackman's crossbar.
On the stroke of half-time Paris Cowan-Hall's low drive brought a smart save from visiting goalkeeper Dean Lyness.
Shortly after the break a Potts effort was acrobatically clawed back from the goal-line by Blackman. Blackpool claimed the ball had crossed the line but their appeals fell on deaf ears.
And Wycombe's keeper had his crowning moment in the dying stages, producing a brilliant save to deny Potts from 12 yards.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Wycombe Wanderers 0, Blackpool 0.
Second Half ends, Wycombe Wanderers 0, Blackpool 0.
Luke O'Nien (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Neil Danns (Blackpool).
Foul by Michael Harriman (Wycombe Wanderers).
Neil Danns (Blackpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Wycombe Wanderers. Sam Saunders replaces Sam Wood.
Joe Jacobson (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Jack Payne (Blackpool).
Penalty saved! Brad Potts (Blackpool) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
Penalty conceded by Max Müller (Wycombe Wanderers) after a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty Blackpool. Jamille Matt draws a foul in the penalty area.
Attempt missed. Myles Weston (Wycombe Wanderers) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Substitution, Wycombe Wanderers. Alex Jakubiak replaces Paris Cowan-Hall.
Paris Cowan-Hall (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tom Aldred (Blackpool).
Luke O'Nien (Wycombe Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Luke O'Nien (Wycombe Wanderers).
Will Aimson (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Blackpool. Neil Danns replaces Jordan Flores.
Substitution, Blackpool. Jamille Matt replaces Mark Cullen.
Attempt missed. Jack Payne (Blackpool) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Paris Cowan-Hall (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kelvin Mellor (Blackpool).
Attempt blocked. Nathan Delfouneso (Blackpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Substitution, Wycombe Wanderers. Myles Weston replaces Dayle Southwell.
Jordan Flores (Blackpool) is shown the yellow card.
Marcus Bean (Wycombe Wanderers) is shown the yellow card.
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Foul by Max Müller (Wycombe Wanderers).
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Foul by Jordan Flores (Blackpool).
Foul by Aaron Pierre (Wycombe Wanderers).
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Paris Cowan-Hall (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tom Aldred (Blackpool).
Attempt missed. Max Müller (Wycombe Wanderers) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the right. | Wycombe goalkeeper Jamal Blackman saved a penalty to thwart Blackpool for a second time this season as his side held on for a goalless draw. | [
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Sen McCain has repeatedly called for the US to provide military aid to members of the Syrian insurgency.
He becomes the highest ranking US official to travel to Syria, though McCain spokesman Brian Rogers did not give further details about the visit.
News of the trip came as US Secretary of State John Kerry met his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Paris.
The US currently provides non-lethal aid to opposition groups in Syria, where an estimated 70,000 people have been killed since violence broke out in March 2011.
Rebels call for arms
Sen McCain, the top Republican on the Senate armed services committee, is understood to have entered Syria through Turkey and was on the ground there for several hours.
He travelled with the Syrian Emergency Task Force and met General Salim Idris, chief of staff of the rebel Free Syrian Army, as well as 18 other rebel commanders, the BBC has learned.
Gen Idris called for weapons to continue their fight, as well as a no-fly zone and air strikes on government targets.
These are all steps that Arizona Sen McCain has previously urged the Obama administration to take.
Gen Idris also urged airstrikes on the forces of Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group whose forces have been fighting in Syria on behalf of President Bashar al-Assad.
Sen McCain - who was the Republican presidential candidate in 2008 - has repeatedly urged more forceful American support of Syrian rebels, calling for US cruise missiles to target Syrian government forces.
After unverified reports emerged last month that Syrian government forces had used chemical weapons on rebels, the hawkish 76-year-old senator renewed his calls for the establishment of a no-fly zone.
He has also repeatedly urged that the insurgents should be armed.
But the Obama administration has demurred, amid concerns that weapons might fall into the hands of al-Qaeda sympathisers.
Earlier this month, American Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford briefly crossed into northern Syria to meet opposition leaders - in his first visit to the country since he left in February 2012 when the US closed it mission there. | US Senator John McCain has visited Syria to meet rebels in the war-torn country, his office has told the BBC. | [
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Zanzibar, which is officially part of Tanzania but has its own government, was given unanimous approval at the Confederation of African Football's general assembly in March.
The archipelago has long hoped to become a member of the international football community and had its previous application rejected by Fifa in 2005.
"Following admission of Zanzibar into CAF, TFF has now formally submitted application for Zanzibar to become a member of FIFA.," TFF president Malinzi wrote on his official Twitter account on Sunday.
The Zanzibar Football Association (ZFA) has already fulfilled a crucial requirement which states that national associations must be affiliated to continental confederations before they can join Fifa.
Should Fifa accept Caf's 55th member association, then it will become the 212th member association of world football's governing body.
It will also be granted the right to vote on global football issues and the national team will be able to take part in the 2022 World Cup qualifying competition.
Zanzibar was previously an associate member on the continent, allowing its clubs to play in Caf competitions but its national team was excluded.
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12 July 2015 Last updated at 13:45 BST
Biologists estimate that albino deer occur once every 100,000 births, so this is really unusual.
The little one has had lots of attention from visitors already.
Take a look at how the baby deer is settling in. | A Russian zoo has seen a rare addition to its animal family, welcoming a baby albino deer. | [
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Assombalonga, 23, had three years remaining on the deal he signed on joining from Peterborough in 2014.
Forest owner Fawaz Al-Hasawi said he had turned down an offer from Premier League side Norwich for the forward.
Assombalonga, who missed much of the 2015-16 season with a serious knee injury, has scored 19 goals in 39 games for Championship side Forest.
His three goals this season have helped the club to seventh place after five games.
Meanwhile, Al Hasawi has said that the £13m received from the sale of Oliver Burke to German club RB Leipzig will be reinvested into the club.
"The money remains in the club, we could spend it in January or on a facility within the club," Al Hasawi told BBC Radio Nottingham.
"We are willing to reinvest it but I cannot go and get three or four players for the club. That is the manager's decision.
"We have to let him choose the right players for himself and respect that."
Winger Burke, 19, had netted four times in seven appearances this season and, despite his future potential, no sell-on clause was included in the Scot's transfer deal.
Al-Hasawi continued: "There is no sell-on clause for Burke as at first they offered £8m and I turned them down, then they offered £10m and I said 'no'.
"When they said £13m and we will pay it in one go without a sell-on clause, I said 'OK'.
"The money we got from the sale is good for the club, especially as they paid the money in one go. It's good business." | Nottingham Forest striker Britt Assombalonga has signed a new five-year contract. | [
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From a team that lays claim to being the first World Cup winner to a side featuring Chris Waddle's son, the qualifying rounds are full of interesting stories.
The long journey to the FA Cup final begins on Friday, with 368 teams competing in the extra preliminary round.
BBC Sport takes a look at some of the more intriguing stories surrounding those qualifying games.
With a long history and a famous tradition, the FA Cup is widely regarded as the most prestigious domestic cup competition in the world.
West Auckland Town have reached the first round proper of the competition on three previous occasions, but supporters speak most fondly about their biggest claim to fame - being the first winners of the World Cup.
The team from the small County Durham village were invited to participate in the inaugural Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy in 1909. It was one of the first international tournaments in world football and, consequently, was considered by some as the first World Cup.
West Auckland Town won the tournament, and repeated that feat two years later, beating Juventus 6-1.
"There was nothing about it in the English press at the time, but it was massive news in Italy and all over the newspapers," says the club's general manager Stuart Alderson.
"We got to keep the trophy and we had it on display until 1994, when it was stolen. We have a replica now, and people still come from all over the world to see it."
West Auckland begin their pursuit of FA Cup glory at Lancashire-based side Nelson, a team which also boasts a proud history, having been the first English side to beat Real Madrid in Spain.
They were a league side during the 1920s, rising to the old Second Division - now the Championship - in 1923, beating the likes of Leeds and Manchester United.
In preparation for their first campaign at that level, they opted for a pre-season tour of Spain, where they beat Real Oviedo 2-1 and Real Madrid 4-2.
"Everybody is well aware of the team's history in Nelson," manager Mark Fell said. "The story of beating Real Madrid has been passed from generation to generation.
"This club has a rich history and it is our job to make this generation proud of their team."
When the teams are read out for Staveley Miners Welfare's tie against Worksop Town on Friday night, there could be a very familiar name among them.
Jack Waddle, the 20-year-old son of former England winger Chris, recently signed for Worksop, the side his father played for 15 years ago.
"Jack is very much following in his father's footsteps," Worksop secretary Paul Stacey said. "He missed our first two games through injury, however I believe he is in the squad for the FA Cup game."
Chris Waddle played in two FA Cup finals at Wembley - losing one with Spurs in 1987 and another with Sheffield Wednesday in 1993.
With a World Cup winner and the son of an England winger involved, there is already an international feel to the FA Cup, but that is heightened by the inclusion of FC Romania. It is not the country, of course, but a team named after it.
Formed by Romanian Ion Vintila and his friends eight years ago, Hertfordshire-based FC Romania have progressed a great deal since playing their first competitive fixture against a team called Beating Chastards.
They shot up seven leagues in eight seasons, turned semi-professional this year and have even had a former international footballer on their books.
Claudiu Raducanu, capped twice by Romania, previously played for Espanyol in Spain and Romanian side Steaua Bucharest, for whom he scored against Southampton in the 2004-05 Uefa Cup.
He left in the summer but Vintila has not ruled out the possibility of him returning. The prospect of an FA Cup appearance may prove a tempting proposition.
"The FA Cup is the oldest competition in football, and it was always our goal to play in it," says Vintila. "We usually get around 80 to 100 people at games, but hopefully 500 will come down for this game."
FC Romania, making their FA Cup debut, play Haverhill Rovers in the extra preliminary round this weekend.
As a child, James Phillips used to dream of guiding a non-league side to FA Cup glory as he played Championship Manager on his computer. On Saturday, the 22-year-old Romsey Town boss will not only get to live out his dream, but he'll also be making history as the youngest manager in the competition's history.
"I was one of those sad people after school who was sat there for hours playing Championship Manager," Phillips told BBC Sport. "I always used to try to take a really small club up through the leagues. From a really young age that got my interest going. Now I'm doing it in real life."
Perhaps winning the award for the most unusual name, and statistic, is Billingham Synthonia - the only team in England named after an agricultural fertiliser.
The Synners most famous player is Brian Clough. The former Derby County and Nottingham Forest manager made four appearances for them, scoring three goals in the 1952-53 season before he went on national service.
On Saturday, the team named after fertiliser host Durham City. It could make for an interesting tie if they progress and are drawn against West Allotment Celtic in the preliminary round...
Never mind dreaming of a Wembley final appearance, the players at one club have their eye on another prize for doing well in the FA Cup - £15 kit bags.
Sporting Khalsa host Pegasus Juniors and, if they win to progress to the preliminary round, a bag sporting the club's emblem is all theirs.
"That's the joys of the FA Cup at grassroots level," Sporting Khalsa manager Ian Rowe told the FA.
"The pros are fortunate enough to get to the quarter finals, semi-final and final - we are just looking to win one game so I can splash the cash and buy the lads a £15 bag each."
Ellesmere Rangers have been involved in the FA Cup every year since 2008-09, but they got into this season's edition by the skin of their teeth.
The Shropshire-based team compete in the West Midlands League Premier Division - the 10th level of English football - and qualified under the FA's points per game system, which rewards those clubs who miss out on automatic qualification with a place in the competition based on their form across the previous season.
Ellesmere qualified in the final slot, effectively making them entry number 736 - the last team in the hat.
"We finished 11th last season so we didn't expect to get in this year," says club secretary John Edge. "It really is a big boost for the club because the prize money can help you through a whole season."
On 30 May, 2015, the FA Cup trophy will stand on a pedestal at a packed Wembley, but its journey begins in more humble surroundings.
The trophy will travel to Gloucestershire on Saturday, to the town of Fairford, whose team begin their FA Cup journey with a home tie against Knaphill.
"It is a huge day for the club," said committee member Chris Tanner. "Everyone at Fairford is looking forward to the game and to have the FA Cup coming to town is quite special.
"The FA Cup generates tremendous interest for clubs both in the professional game and non-league and Saturday will be no different.
"Perhaps some won't have realised the FA Cup starts in August."
The Football Association has quite a job on its hands to make sure all extra preliminary round results are accurate, and that teams do not field ineligible players.
In previous years, the home club would report results by voicemail message, which would then have to be decoded by the FA and Press Association before the result could be confirmed and later published. These days the system is set up to be more efficient.
The FA sends out an automated text message to each club 15 minutes after kick-off, which explains how the result needs to be reported by text simply by replying to the message. The result and attendance is then published automatically on receipt by The FA of the incoming text message.
In order to avoid clubs fielding ineligible players, both teams are required to complete an official team sheet, which is then inspected by a match official, prior to a tie taking place.
The above are just a few of the unique tales to come from this year's FA Cup, but we want to hear your FA Cup story.
Do you have an interesting tale to tell about your team's exploits and do you have any pictures that best sum up the magic of the cup? Tweet your stories and photos to #myfacupstory
Additional reporting by BBC Sport's Nabil Hassan. | The FA Cup final might be one of football's most glamorous occasions, but what is the competition really like in its earliest stages? | [
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Mr Vine was riding his bicycle in Kensington, west London, on 26 August when a row occurred, Hammersmith Magistrates' Court was told.
Shanique Pearson, 22, from Vauxhall, is said to have formed the shape of a weapon with her fingers and "cocked it" at Mr Vine's head.
Ms Pearson denies acting in a threatening manner.
In response to the charges she denies using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour and driving without reasonable consideration for other road users.
Ms Pearson has admitted driving an unlicensed vehicle on the day in question.
The defendant claimed Mr Vine was mistaken in what he thought he had seen and said she instead raised her middle finger at the presenter, who she thought was "a bit crazy" for following her after their initial row.
Footage of the argument, which took place in Hornton Street, west London and was filmed on Mr Vine's helmet camera, has since been viewed online millions of times, the presenter said.
The video was played in court.
After initially clashing when Mr Vine stopped his bike in front of Ms Pearson's Vauxhall Corsa, Ms Pearson drove past the Radio Two presenter, the court learned.
But the argument erupted a short while later when Ms Pearson spotted Mr Vine trying to take a photograph.
Explaining the next few moments to the court, he said: "She's gone back in the car, she's sitting at this junction. I am behind her with my cycle, the lights are red. I draw parallel to the car because I want to see inside.
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In her evidence, Ms Pearson said she had initially reacted to Mr Vine's stopping in front of her car because: "It was too quick, it kind of shocked me.
"I could have hit him [with the car] and I don't think he understood the danger of that, hence why I was so angry."
The hearing has been adjourned until 26 January. | A driver "made a gun sign" at BBC presenter Jeremy Vine during an alleged road rage incident, a court heard. | [
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The collision, which involved a silver Porsche and a grey Toyota Hilux, happened on the B976 Birse to Finzean road at 19:12 on Saturday.
The 30-year-old driver of the Porsche was airlifted to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.
The driver of the pick-up was uninjured.
Sergeant Rob Warnock, from the Aberdeenshire and Moray Road Policing Unit, said: "Inquiries into the circumstances of the incident are at an early stage and I am appealing to anyone who witnessed the incident or saw the silver Porsche or the Toyota Hilux prior to the incident to contact the police.'' | A man is being treated for life threatening injuries after his car was involved in a crash with a pick-up truck in Aberdeenshire. | [
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The giant orb, covered in detailed NASA imagery of the lunar surface, was created by Bristol-based Luke Jerram.
Titled Museum of the Moon, it has been hung temporarily in the Wills Memorial Building to welcome the university's new chancellor Sir Paul Nurse.
Mr Jerram, said: "This is an opportunity for the public to have a close encounter with the moon."
Images taken by a NASA satellite were used by the artist to create the installation.
Each centimetre of the internally-lit spherical structure represents 5km (3 miles) of the moon's surface.
Mr Jerram, who was behind Bristol's 2014 water slide and the globally successful street pianos, said it would give people the chance to "study every detail of its surface" as well as "bathe in moonlight".
"The Great Hall is such an amazing space to present the Museum of the Moon," he said.
The floating artwork, which is illuminated and accompanied by music from different composers, was created in partnership with the University of Bristol and the UK Space Agency.
The Great Hall will be open to the public to view the Museum of the Moon next weekend. | A 7m (23ft) diameter giant replica of the moon has been installed in the University of Bristol's Great Hall. | [
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The firm, which makes a vast array of consumer products including Ben & Jerry's ice-cream, Lipton tea and Dove soap, said sales fell 2.7% to €48.4bn ($56.1bn; £37.1bn).
Excluding the effect of acquisitions and unfavourable exchange rates, underlying sales rose 2.9%,
Analysts had expected a 3.1% rise.
Despite the weaker-than-expected sales, Unilever reported a 7% rise in pre-tax profit to €7.6bn for the full year.
Unilever chief executive Paul Polman said it had been a "challenging year for our industry", and warned he did not expect a "significant improvement" in market conditions in 2015.
"We expect our full-year performance to be similar to 2014 with the first quarter being softer but growth improving during the year".
Unilever said underlying sales growth in emerging markets, where it makes more than half its sales, slowed to 5.7%.
The firm has been hit hard by a combination of slowing growth in China, a recession in Brazil as well as western sanctions on Russia.
Unilever cut 1,400 jobs last year and Mr Polman said due to the "low growth environment" it would continue to cut costs and simplify the business.
The firm has recently sold a number of its products, including its Slim-Fast brand and Ragu and Bertolli pasta sauces. | Consumer goods giant Unilever has reported lower-than-expected full-year sales after demand for its products in emerging markets continued to slow. | [
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A post-mortem examination found that Mr Hunter, from Coulsdon in south London, died from a single gunshot wound at the private event in Headley, near Epsom.
Two other people were also injured in the shooting shortly after 02:30 BST on Monday.
A 36-year-old woman was shot in the leg and taken to hospital while another man was treated for minor shoulder wounds.
A man from London, 38, who was arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder remains in custody.
A woman, 30, arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender has been released on conditional bail until September, police said.
Specialist divers have been searching a village pond for the gun used in the shooting, while forensic teams are continuing a detailed examination of the address in Church Lane.
More than 400 people were at the party at the hired house.
The annual event had been organised by reggae dancehall artist Jason White and his girlfriend Summerlyn Farquharson.
He told BBC Newsbeat they used seven security staff with metal detectors to check all the guests as they arrived.
Det Ch Insp Paul Rymarz, from the Surrey and Sussex Major Crime Team, said: "This was a shocking incident where a man lost his life and we are determined to bring those responsible to justice."
He said police intended to speak to everyone who was at the party, and appealed for anyone not already contacted to come forward.
"This incident has understandably sent shockwaves through the Headley community and we are working with our Safer Neighbourhood Team colleagues to update and reassure residents," he said.
"We do not believe there is any ongoing risk to Headley residents." | A man who died during a shooting at a pool party in Surrey has been named as 34-year-old Ricardo Hunter. | [
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28 October 2015 Last updated at 14:19 GMT
Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren had to grease the station's big robot arm, re-route some cables and remove some insulation.
The spacewalk had to be delayed after Lindgren switched on the water flow in his suit too soon.
Mission Control had to make sure the suit would be safe, before they gave the all-clear.
Water is needed to cool the suit.
Kelly who's been living at the orbiting lab since March will stay until March 2016.
But early on Thursday morning this week, he will break the American record for NASA's longest single space shot.
That 215-day record - more than seven months - was set in 2007.
President Barack Obama already has sent his congratulations in a phone call last week- telling him his time in space is ``nothing to sneeze at.''
Kelly replied ''It shouldn't be a problem getting to the end with enough energy and enthusiasm to complete the job. Records are made to be broken.''
Earlier this month, Kelly broke the U.S. record for the most time in space: 383 days and counting over four missions. It will be 522 days in total by the time he returns to Earth.
The pair will do a second spacewalk on Nov 6th. | Two astronauts on board the International Space Station have taken their first spacewalk outside - to do some repairs and maintenance. | [
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Culture Minister Helen Grant told MPs their future was "unresolved" and bookmakers must take immediate action to increase protection for players.
People can wager £100 every 20 seconds on fixed-odds betting terminals.
Labour said they were "an example of David Cameron's Britain" and councils should have new powers to curb them.
But following a Commons debate, Labour's call for local authorities to be given new powers to restrict the growth of the machines was defeated by 314 to 232 votes.
There are more than 33,000 fixed-odds betting terminals in the UK.
The last Labour government relaxed the gambling laws, allowing bookmakers to start installing them.
But the party has accused the gambling industry of exploiting those changes to target poorer parts of the country,
It says fixed-odds betting terminals are acting as a magnet for crime and anti-social behaviour and local authorities should be given new powers to deal with "clusters" of shops opening together.
They would also review the number of high-speed, high-stakes fixed-odds betting terminals allowed on bookmakers' premises and would take steps to make the machines less addictive by requiring pop-ups and breaks in play.
Shadow culture minister Clive Efford said the last government had always maintained the machines should be kept under review.
The "world had changed" since they were first licensed, he said, with the online gambling industry now worth more than £2bn.
"These machines are an example of Cameron's Britain - one rule for constituents and another for big business which operate the betting shops," he said.
Another Labour MP, Brian Donohue, said fixed-odds betting terminals had been "likened to cocaine" as they were "absolutely and totally addictive".
Ministers insist that local authorities can already reject applications for new gambling premises and review existing licences.
But Ms Grant acknowledged the growth of the machines was "concerning" and she expected the industry to introduce voluntary player protection measures, such as suspensions in play and automatic alerts when stakes hit a certain level, by March.
She said the government was waiting for the findings of a study into "how [the machines] are used and the real impact on players" before deciding what further action may be needed.
"There is no green light for these machines. Their future is unresolved pending the research we have started," she told MPs.
Labour, she added, had liberalised gambling laws and accused them of "rank hypocrisy, total cynicism and outright opportunism".
"Labour bought these machines into being and they have the audacity to bring forward a motion blaming the government for any harm caused," she said.
The gambling industry insists it does not target deprived areas and has introduced a code of conduct for player protection and responsible gaming.
"Betting is a pursuit enjoyed by millions of working class people throughout Britain and we seek to reach the widest audience possible by being present on High Streets," the Association of British Bookmakers said.
"We accept there are concerns about these gaming machines and are always open to a constructive dialogue with politicians about the appropriate powers for local authorities."
It added: "The claims of widespread problem gambling on machines is just not supported by evidence. The industry continues to develop its approach to harm mitigation for the small number of gamblers who do experience problems."
MPs have previously rejected calls from Labour to reduce the maximum stake from £100 to £2 and to cut the top prize from the current £500. | Ministers have said the growth of high-stakes roulette machines on the High Street is "concerning" and they do not rule out action to restrict them. | [
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New analysis for BBC News shows that many people relying on their savings income are worse off than ever before.
Savings rates plummeted after the Bank of England slashed its base rate in the financial crisis.
Since last autumn, as the economic outlook has worsened, they have fallen again.
Tax-free Isas, fixed rate bonds and easy access accounts are all at or near their lowest points.
In research carried out for the BBC, the rate-checking firm Savings Champion recorded 1,440 savings rate cuts last year and more than 230 so far this year.
While low interest rates are welcomed by mortgage borrowers, they strike fear into those at or near retirement who had hoped that income from their nest eggs would help pay the bills.
"There's no light at the end of the tunnel," says 76-year-old Mick Bridge, one of a group of ramblers from Chesterfield who all depend on savings.
"Like most retired people, there was a plan and suddenly it's not like it was anymore. The pot's disappearing."
Fellow walker Sharon Beresford is worried that low interest rates will leave more older people needing help to pay for care.
"It's helping young people buy houses, but it's not helping me," she says, "There are a lot of us to be looked after."
The fall in rates has come across the board, with significant reductions from National Savings & Investments, Bank of Scotland, NatWest and Nationwide Building Society.
The average return from the five best easy access accounts has dropped from more than 3% in 2012 to under 1.3%.
Tax-free Isa rates are at their lowest ever. The average variable rate Isa is down to 1%, while a typical fixed-rate Isa pays 1.4%.
Another Chesterfield rambler, 63-year-old Judith Knowles, started dipping into her savings when she discovered she would have to wait for her state pension because women's pension ages were being raised. Low savings rates have forced her to dip in again.
"It's worrying," she says. "I've had letters saying the rates are going down even more."
Some rates of return are so tiny that savers can improve their situation by switching to a better offer.
First Direct pays just 0.05% to customers in its Savings Account, while Santander has an Easy Isa with an interest rate of a mere 0.1%.
Anna Bowes, director of Savings Champion, traces the problem back to a decision by the previous Coalition government to supply banks with cheap money to boost their lending.
"The competition between providers has been sucked out of the market," she explains, "They just don't need to raise money from savers any more, which has had a devastating impact."
A spokesman for the British Bankers' Association said: "These have been frustrating times for savers. The Bank of England's base rate has remained at a record low for several years.
"While this has been good news for borrowers, it has fostered a low-interest-rate environment which has not been easy for many savers to bear."
The looming EU referendum has confused the outlook for savers, with George Osborne warning borrowers that a vote to leave could lead to higher interest rates and others speculating that uncertainty could prompt the Bank of England to cut its base rate again.
Behind the scenes, senior bankers warn that very low savings rates are likely to be the "new normal", given the precarious economic situation across the world. | Interest rates for savers have fallen to new record lows, after hundreds of cuts in recent months and more than 1,000 in the past year. | [
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Her job brought her into close contact with Goebbels - one of the worst war criminals of the 20th century.
She was one of the last surviving members of staff from the Nazi hierarchy, who only spoke about her experience later in life.
In a recent documentary, she said she had known nothing of the murder of six million Jews during the Holocaust.
In "A German Life", which was released last year, she said she felt no guilt - "unless you end up blaming the entire German population".
Born in January 1911, Ms Pomsel worked as a writer for a Jewish insurance broker for a number of years during her late teenage years, before taking a similar job with a right-wing writer.
Although she claimed that she had always been apolitical, she joined the Nazi party when they took power in 1933, in order to take a government job with German national radio.
Her skill as a typist, she said, brought her to the role of Joseph Goebbels' secretary in 1942, during the war, when he was minister of "public enlightenment and propaganda".
She described Goebbels as "a good looking man ... a bit short", who was always well-groomed and well-dressed - but arrogant.
She said she was simply a secretary and knew little of the Nazi's brutal actions during the Holocaust.
"The people who today say they would have done more for those poor, persecuted Jews… I really believe that they sincerely mean it," she said in interviews for A German Life. "But they wouldn't have done it either."
But she always maintained that she did not share in the blame for the actions of her superiors.
"I wouldn't see myself as being guilty," she said. "Unless you end up blaming the entire German population for ultimately enabling that government to take control. That was all of us. Including me."
Her Jewish friend, Eva Lowenthal, disappeared in November 1943. Sixty years later, Ms Pomsel discovered she had died in the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Ms Pomsel was captured by Soviet troops at the end of World War Two - and spent the following five years in detention camps, before rejoining German broadcasting in 1950, where she worked for the next 20 years.
She would not speak openly about her time serving the senior Nazi official until a 2011 newspaper interview, and more extensively in the 2016 documentary.
She passed away in Munich a few weeks after her 106th birthday. | Brunhilde Pomsel, the former secretary to Nazi Germany's propaganda boss Joseph Goebbels, has died aged 106. | [
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Now, none of her albums are available on the music-streaming service, after the singer removed her entire back catalogue.
So far there's been no word from Swift on why she's taken the tracks down.
Spotify meanwhile has released a statement saying that the company hopes "she'll change her mind" and return to the site.
If you're really desperate for some Taylor Swift - Newsbeat has managed to find two tracks on Spotify that seem to have been left behind.
Love Story still features on a compilation called Heart Breakers and The Hunger Games soundtrack has Safe & Sound on it - but there's no guarantee they'll be on there for long.
"We love Taylor Swift, and our more than 40 million users love her even more - nearly 16 million of them have played her songs in the last 30 days, and she's on over 19 million playlists," said Spotify.
"We hope she'll change her mind and join us in building a new music economy that works for everyone."
They added, in reference to one of her hits, Stay Stay Stay: "PS - Taylor, we were both young when we first saw you, but now there's more than 40 million of us who want you to stay, stay, stay. It's a love story, baby, just say, Yes."
Representatives for Swift have yet to return a request for comment.
The 24-year-old's fifth album, 1989, was released last week and has topped the album charts in the UK.
It sold 90,000 copies, making it the fastest-selling album of the year by a female artist, but it was not put on Spotify.
Swift has been outspoken in the past about music piracy and in an article in the Wall Street Journal earlier this year, she described how the business models used by some artists have devalued music.
"Piracy, file-sharing and streaming have shrunk the numbers of paid album sales drastically, and every artist has handled this blow differently," she said.
"In recent years, you've probably read the articles about major recording artists who have decided to practically give their music away, for this promotion or that exclusive deal.
"My hope for the future, not just in the music industry, but in every young girl I meet… is that they all realize their worth and ask for it."
Spotify claims that its business model, in which revenue is shared with the "music community", helps to tackle the issue of piracy.
"We believe fans should be able to listen to music wherever and whenever they want, and that artists have an absolute right to be paid for their work and protected from piracy," it said.
"That's why we pay nearly 70% of our revenue back to the music community."
The site has compiled two playlists in response to her departure, one of which is called What to Play While Taylor's Away.
The other - A Little Playlist Poetry for Taylor Swift - features tracks whose titles when read in order say: "Hey Taylor We Wanted to Play Your Amazing Love Songs And They're Not Here Right Now."
Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube | For the last few weeks, Taylor Swift's Shake it Off has been one of the most streamed tracks on Spotify in the UK. | [
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Jamie Chapman, 28, of Tamar Drive, Smith's Wood, Solihull, is facing 15 charges and was remanded in custody at Birmingham Magistrates' Court.
Mr Chapman is due at Birmingham Crown Court on 9 December.
Police said there was no evidence to suggest any inappropriate contact between him and children at the nursery.
Officers are also liaising with previous places Mr Chapman worked at.
Read more news for Birmingham and the Black Country
A number of items of computer equipment were seized following a search of his home when he was arrested on Wednesday, the spokesman added.
Mr Chapman is charged with rape, four counts of causing or inciting a boy to engage in sexual activity, and two counts of causing or inciting the sexual exploitation of a child.
He is also accused of taking an indecent image of a child, distributing an indecent image of a child, and six counts of making an indecent photograph. | A nursery worker has appeared in court accused of rape and inciting the sexual exploitation of a child. | [
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Andrew Virco, 50, and Katharine Walker, 51, from Cambridge, died with two other Britons when the aircraft crashed into a glacier on South Island, on Saturday.
Ms Walker's daughter, Rebecca, 22, said the couple were on a "big adventure" that had been planned for some time.
"They do holidays but this was the big one... they had waited for," she said.
"New Zealand was her dream. Her and Andy had been planning it for a long time. It was what they would do for their 50th birthdays.
"It was their celebration together."
Ms Walker was head of radiotherapy at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge.
Her daughter, a university student, said: "She was everything. She had a special spin on life. She worked hard and she played hard. That's the way she lived her life.
"She affected so many people in so many good ways. The things she did at work were incredible.
"You just walked through town and everybody would be like 'hi, hi'. I couldn't go shopping without her seeing someone she knew. Cambridge is a big place but she affected so many people.
"Not having her here is just going to break so many people. It hasn't sunk in yet."
She described Mr Virco, an award-winning photographer, as "amazing".
"He took me into his world," she said. "He treated me like his daughter and you can't say much more than that. He's going to be missed."
Nigel and Helen Charlton, aged 66 and 70, from Hampshire, also died in the crash, along with Sovannmony Leang, 27, and Josephine Gibson, 29, both from New South Wales, Australia; and pilot Mitchell Gameren, 28, from Queenstown, New Zealand.
The recovery operation has been halted for the day after weather conditions at Fox Glacier deteriorated. Three bodies have been recovered.
The cause of the crash is being investigated. | A couple who died in a helicopter crash in New Zealand were on a "dream" holiday to celebrate their 50th birthdays, their family has said. | [
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Investigations are continuing into why the vehicle ploughed into Catherine Bonner's flat in Main Road, Fairlie, at about 13:45 on Thursday.
The A78 through the village is expected to remain closed until early next week.
A 55-year-old man who also lived in the flats continues to be treated for minor injuries at Inverclyde Royal Hospital.
He and the driver were rescued by the emergency services from the rubble. The 54-year-old driver has been released after treatment.
The lorry has been removed from the building and has been taken away to undergo further tests that will help establish the cause of the crash.
North Ayrshire Council said it was working with contractors and engineers to ensure that the properties affected "are made safe".
"Engineers and contractors have started work to secure the affected buildings and it is expected that a partial demolition may be required to ensure the site is made safe," the council said in a statement.
"The council has agreed that contractors can work into and through the night, if necessary.
"It is hoped that this will allow the A78 to re-open early next week."
The council said it had arranged for letters to be delivered to all 600 households in Fairlie informing them of the situation and making them aware that some noise disturbance is likely through the night while work is ongoing.
The statement added: "The council has apologised in advance for any disturbance which may be caused."
Fairlie Community Council has been campaigning for road improvements in the area.
It has argued that the route is not suitable for traffic that includes lorries heading to Hunterston power station.
Councillor John Ferguson, North Ayrshire Council's cabinet member for infrastructure, said: "While responsibility for management of the A78 trunk road lies with Transport Scotland, the council has lobbied - and will continue to lobby - for improvements to the road.
"A draft version of the North Ayrshire Local Plan, published in 2003, called on the (then) Scottish Executive to 'fully assess the need for further improvements on the trunk road network and bring forward schemes at the earliest possible date for the A78 coastal route'.
"While the specific reference to a Fairlie by-pass was removed at the request of the Scottish Executive's reporter, the council's aspiration for improvement schemes along the A78 coastal route remains." | Work will continue through the night to make safe the site of a house struck by a lorry in an accident that led to the death of a 55-year-old woman. | [
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Mr Kasyanov, a former prime minister, is a high-profile critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, in the opposition RPR-Parnas party.
Recently Mr Kadyrov called Mr Putin's critics "enemies" and "traitors".
Russian opposition politicians have described the posting as a murder threat.
The Chechen leader said Mr Kasyanov was seeking cash in Strasbourg for the opposition. "Whoever doesn't get it will get it!" he warned.
Last March Mr Kadyrov spoke out on Instagram about the assassination of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov in Moscow. That message defended one of the Chechens charged over the shooting.
A day later President Putin gave Mr Kadyrov a top award.
Mr Nemtsov was among several well-known opponents of Mr Putin murdered in the past decade.
Putin loyalist Kadyrov unleashed on Russian 'traitors'
Ramzan Kadyrov: Putin's key Chechen ally
Mr Kadyrov runs Chechnya with an iron fist - his private militia has been accused of widespread human rights abuses, including torture and assassination.
He has close ties to Mr Putin, who encouraged him to stamp out a separatist insurgency in Chechnya. Thousands of civilians died in the North Caucasus republic when Russian troops fought the rebels there in the 1990s.
The new video is the latest in a series of threatening messages from Mr Kadyrov against Kremlin critics, whom he accuses of working for the West.
It shows Mr Kasyanov talking to Vladimir Kara-Murza, a journalist who runs the pro-democracy opposition movement Open Russia. The movement was launched by exiled oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
The video was posted late on Sunday and has more than 16,000 "likes".
Mr Kasyanov says he sees it as a direct death threat and will demand a criminal investigation.
Ilya Yashin, who co-chairs RPR-Parnas with Mr Kasyanov, called the video "an open threat to murder Kasyanov".
Another opposition leader, anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny, echoed that view. On Facebook, Mr Navalny said (in Russian) "there is no longer any doubt that all such statements in recent weeks and specifically this one were approved by Putin and the Kremlin, and quite probably were inspired by them too".
The BBC's Sarah Rainsford in Moscow says they key question now is whether Mr Kadyrov is acting on his own initiative.
One theory discussed on Russian social media is that he is being used by the Kremlin to intimidate its critics - particularly as growing economic problems raise the potential for protest.
Others suggest that Mr Kadyrov is becoming a dangerous loose cannon - a regional leader who believes he is untouchable, our correspondent reports.
The phrase "Whoever doesn't get it will get it!" is the title of a thriller that Mr Kadyrov says he has filmed, starring himself as a machine gun-toting all-action hero.
Kadyrov the Instagram fan - by Stephen Ennis, BBC Monitoring:
Ramzan Kadyrov is one of Russia's most popular and controversial Instagram users. Since launching his account in 2013, he has made over 6,000 posts and amassed 1.6m followers.
He promotes himself on the site as a devout Muslim and a strong leader. One recent post featured him grappling with a crocodile.
This is not the first time he has used Instagram to lash out at the Russian opposition. In May 2015, hours after the premiere of an Open Russia film about him, he posted a clip of himself firing a machine gun, with the slogan "Whoever doesn't get it will get it soon!"
The following day Open Russia co-ordinator Vladimir Kara-Murza was taken seriously ill with poisoning.
Instagram has rapidly grown in popularity in Russia in recent years and at the end of 2015 had more than 10m active users. | Chechnya's leader Ramzan Kadyrov has posted an Instagram video showing Russian opposition politician Mikhail Kasyanov in a sniper's crosshairs. | [
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Cheesman, a three times Oxford Blue, joined the Championship side in 2012 and has made over 100 appearances.
Club captain Morgan has amassed over 200 games since joining from Newbury in 2008, and has earned representative honours for the Barbarians.
Forwards coach Alan Paver said: "Alex is one of the best back-rowers in the Championship, and Morgs is a legend."
The Pirates have already agreed new deals with prop Marlen Walker and back row Dan Lee whilst another prop, Tyler Gendall, has gone on loan to Harlequins until the end of the season.
Gendall, 22, made his Quins debut in the win at Worcester in the Anglo-Welsh Cup.
The Cornish Pirates are seventh in the Championship and two points off the play-off places ahead of Sunday's home game against London Scottish. | Forwards Chris Morgan and Alex Cheesman have signed new two-year contracts at the Cornish Pirates. | [
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This is the full statement to the inquests from his mother, Edna Murray:
Paul leapt into the air, shouting, "This has been the best day of my life".
The FA Cup semi-final tickets had finally arrived by post on his birthday on 12 April, 1989.
He was excited that both he and his dad, Tony, were going to the match, especially because it was a semi-final.
Paul Brian Murray was born in Stoke-on-Trent on 12 April, 1975.
He was a very content baby right from the start. He later attended Alexandra Infant School from the age of five and then went to Alexandra Junior School.
At school, he enjoyed all sports, but especially football and swimming. He was more keen than talented, but he always turned up on time with his kit and helped the teacher to get everything ready.
Profiles of all those who died
From the time that he was in junior school, everyone knew that his favourite team was Liverpool Football Club.
His love of the club was encouraged by his grandad, who was a Liverpudlian, and also his dad, who appreciated a good team. His favourite players were Kenny Dalglish, Ian Rush and John Barnes.
Paul was a member of the church choir where the vicar's son was also a Liverpool fan.
On prize-giving evenings at school, Paul would sit patiently, hoping against hope that he would get one of the awards, but it was never to be.
In September 1986, Paul moved to Sandon High School, where his older sister was already a student.
He was really happy when he was picked to play in the school football and basketball teams. By then he had joined the food technology class and had started to enjoy cooking at home, too.
Paul was really popular with his school friends and neighbours, young and old. After Paul died, the elderly lady who lived next door to us told us how he used to run down the hill where we lived to help carry her shopping home for her.
She also told us how he would sit on her garden wall and describe all the plants and flowers in her garden to her. The reason he would do this is because she was almost blind, and I guess this was his way of helping her to see the garden.
Unfortunately, we did not know any of this until after Paul died.
Paul also played football for a local 'lads and dads' team. He was a very popular team player and he always enjoyed playing with them and having the support of his dad there.
By the end of 1989, Paul's name was on several trophies. Both schools he attended had organised special awards in his honour and we were asked to present them to the winners.
We agreed as long as they were for the boy or girl who was most helpful, reliable, always smiling and a pleasure to have in school, someone such as Paul himself. The two trophies are still awarded to this day.
Paul often said, "I want to be famous". In a strange way, his wish was granted in a small part of Stoke-on-Trent. | A schoolboy from Stoke-on-Trent, Paul Murray travelled to the match on a Liverpool Supporters' Club coach with his father, Tony Murray, who survived | [
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The 20-year-old said she was returning home from a night out in November 2014 when she was attacked in the Meadows.
She said she passed out after being choked and woke to find a man lying on top of her. He then raped her.
Steven Davidson, 23, of Newtongrange, Midlothian, denies rape. The trial at the High Court in Edinburgh continues.
The woman told prosecution lawyer Jane Farquharson that she had been walking through the Meadows shortly before 07:00 on 15 November.
She had spent the previous evening with friends at parties and at a nightclub in Edinburgh.
She told Ms Farquharson she had taken drugs during the previous evening but that they had "worn off" at the time she was allegedly attacked.
The woman said she heard footsteps and thought it was a friend who was coming up behind her.
She said: "I thought it was just a friend who was approaching me. He was running straight behind me. He was grabbing me by the neck with his arm.
"I couldn't get any breath. At that point, I realised it was an attack."
The woman told the court she then passed out. When she regained consciousness, she said she was lying on the ground with her attacker on top of her.
She told the court: "When he started pulling my leggings down - that's when I realised what he was going to do.
"I think I shouted 'stop'. I didn't shout 'help'. It was a weird moment. I think I shouted 'please don't do this here'.
"He grabbed my neck again so I couldn't speak or breathe and that's when I started to fight against him.
"It was a struggle for life. I had this moment that I couldn't breathe. There was this moment that I started shaking myself to get some air."
The woman also told the court the alleged attack had continued consequences on her life.
"I still get scared when I hear somebody running behind me," she said.
The woman was giving evidence on the second day of proceedings against Steven Davidson, who also denies a second charge of being involved in supplying drugs at various locations in Edinburgh in November 2014. | A student who was allegedly raped in an Edinburgh park has told a court how she fought for her life after a man ran up and grabbed her from behind. | [
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Flanker Peter O'Mahony captains the side in Rotorua, with tour skipper Sam Warburton on the replacements' bench.
Maro Itoje starts at lock in an otherwise unchanged pack from the one that beat the Crusaders last Saturday.
"Even though it's a strong side we have to make sure we aren't fully showing our hand," said boss Warren Gatland.
"We need to keep the All Blacks guessing a little bit about what the final squad [for the first Test] may be."
Sexton, 31, has not started since the first match of the tour against the Provincial Barbarians, but came off the bench to good effect in the win over the Crusaders in Christchurch.
He partners fellow Irishman Conor Murray at half-back.
"Johnny needs some more rugby and he's got a bit of his mojo back, so we wanted to give him a start," Gatland added.
Farrell is among the replacements, and Gatland says there is "every chance" he will play alongside Sexton at some point in the game.
Gatland has previously played down the possibility of Farrell and Sexton operating in the same backline.
"Owen Farrell has had quite a bit of rugby and he's pretty important to us at the moment," Gatland said.
"We need to make sure he is fit for the following week, because he has been pretty crucial to us.
"He is on the bench and he can come on and we could end up with a 10/12 combination [with Sexton], or we can end up with him coming on at 10.
"At some point he will get some game time."
Maori All Blacks: J Lowe; N Milner-Skudder, M Proctor, C Ngatai, R Ioane; D McKenzie, T Kerr-Barlow; K Hames, A Dixon (capt), B May, J Wheeler, T Franklin, A Ioane, E Dixon, L Messam.
Replacements: H Elliot, C Eves, M Renata, L Price, K Pryor, B Hall, I West, R Thompson.
Lions: L Halfpenny (Wales); A Watson (England), J Davies (Wales), B Te'o (England), G North (Wales); J Sexton, C Murray (both Ireland); M Vunipola, J George (both England), T Furlong (Ireland), M Itoje, G Kruis (both England), P O'Mahony (capt, Ireland), S O'Brien (Ireland), T Faletau (Wales).
Replacements: K Owens (Wales), J McGrath (Ireland), K Sinckler (England), I Henderson (Ireland), S Warburton (Wales), G Laidlaw (Scotland), O Farrell, E Daly (both England).
Gatland says Warburton is aware of the competition he faces in the back row if he is to start the first Test against the All Blacks on 24 June.
Warburton returned from a minor ankle injury to play over an hour in the midweek defeat by the Highlanders in Dunedin.
"He is fully aware that loose-forward trio went extremely well against the Crusaders," Gatland said.
"This tour isn't about Sam Warburton, it's about putting the squad first, so if he isn't involved in the first Test he will fully understand that."
Elswehere, Ben Te'o is alongside Jonathan Davies in the midfield, with George North, Anthony Watson and Leigh Halfpenny in the back three.
Liam Williams does not feature in the matchday squad for the second successive game.
Mako Vunipola, Jamie George and Tadgh Furlong continue their combination in the front row.
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Gatland says a fixture against the Maori is one of the "unique spectacles in world rugby".
The Maori starting XV features experienced All Blacks such as scrum-half Tawera Kerr-Barlow and wing Nehe Milner-Skudder.
The potent backline also includes fly-half Damian McKenzie, Charlie Ngatai and Reiko Ioane, who scored against the Lions for the Blues and has been named in the New Zealand squad for the Test matches.
"We experienced a powerful powhiri on Monday which really resonated with the boys and it's been great to be here in Rotorua and feel all the support," said Maori head coach Colin Cooper.
"It's really lifted the team and helped bring them together as a unit. We recognise the challenge that is ahead of us on Saturday, but we're really excited as a group by the opportunity we have to represent New Zealand, Maoridom and the fans that will descend on Rotorua this weekend." | Johnny Sexton has been preferred to Owen Farrell at fly-half for Saturday's British and Irish Lions match with the Maori All Blacks. | [
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The holders won eight straight races to triumph 9-8 after being docked two points for cheating in the build-up.
Oracle surged to victory by 44 seconds to retain the Cup they won in 2010.
The Kiwis won four of the first five races, making Oracle modify their boat and call Ainslie from the warm-up crew.
The British sailing legend, 36, a four-time Olympic champion, was drafted in as tactician in place of American veteran John Kostecki and was instrumental in the US outfit's resurgence.
"It's been one of the most amazing comebacks ever, I think, almost in any sport but certainly in sailing and to be a part of that is a huge privilege," said Ainslie.
Ainslie combined superbly with Oracle's Australian skipper James Spithill and strategist Tom Slingsby, another Australian who won Laser gold at London 2012, to drag the syndicate back from the brink in the most remarkable turnaround in the event's 162-year history.
"To be perfectly honest, we had a mountain to climb," Ainslie added. "We knew we had to sort ourselves out. We had to get the boat going faster. We did that.
"The designers did a great job and we had to start sailing better. We got the momentum going and we started believing in ourselves. When you do that, you can become quite strong. "
The New Zealanders, with impressive early pace upwind and slicker boat handling, opened up a seven-point lead (six to minus one) as Oracle's crew and equipment changes took effect.
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But the US outfit, bankrolled by software billionaire Larry Ellison, were soon up to speed and won 10 of the next 12 races to lift the oldest trophy in international sport, known affectionately as the "Auld Mug".
The Kiwis, led by skipper Dean Barker, came within two minutes of glory in race 13 in uncharacteristic light winds before organisers abandoned the race because the 40-minute time limit had elapsed.
In the decider in fresh breeze and sunshine on San Francisco Bay, Team New Zealand edged a tight start and beat Oracle to the first mark. The Kiwis stayed clear around the second mark but lost the lead to the Americans early on the upwind leg.
After briefly retaking the advantage, the Kiwis then watched as Oracle stormed ahead with remarkable upwind pace and remained clear for a comfortable win.
I'm incredibly proud of our team and what they've achieved but I'm gutted we didn't get the last win we needed
"What a race," said Spithill, 34, after only the third winner-takes-all final in the event's history. "It had everything. Man, these guys just showed so much heart.
"On your own, you're nothing, but a team like this can make you look great. We were facing the barrel of a gun at 8-1 and the guys didn't even flinch. Thanks to San Francisco, this is one hell of a day."
Barker, 41, said: "It's obviously very hard to fathom. We went out there to give it our absolute best shot. We felt we didn't leave anything on the table. It's very hard to swallow. The gains they've made are phenomenal.
"I'm incredibly proud of our team and what they've achieved, but I'm gutted we didn't get the last win we needed to take the Cup back to New Zealand."
As winners, Oracle will decide on the format, venue and timing of the 35th America's Cup.
The US syndicate first won the Cup in 2010, when they beat holders Alinghi of Switzerland in a one-off match in huge multihulls following protracted legal wrangling.
Ellison and Oracle Team USA boss Russell Coutts, who won the Cup for New Zealand in 1995 and 2000 before defecting to Alinghi for 2003, devised a new concept for the 2013 competition.
They opted for revolutionary 72ft catamarans with rigid wing sails - and foiling daggerboards later pioneered by the Kiwis - which allowed the boats to reach startling speeds of more than 50mph.
Races were brought inshore to make it more accessible for fans, while cutting-edge TV production with on-screen graphics were introduced to make it more appealing for a new audience of TV viewers.
But the format was controversial and designs untested, with critics fearing for the safety of sailors.
Oracle capsized last year, but it was the death of British Olympian Andrew Simpson in a training accident in May that prompted wide-ranging safety measures, including upper wind-speed limits and personal breathing apparatus.
Critics also pointed to spiralling costs, with only three teams - Artemis Racing of Sweden, Emirates Team New Zealand and Luna Rossa Challenge of Italy - emerging to compete in the Louis Vuitton Cup challenger series for the right to take on Oracle.
Artemis were unable to mount a meaningful campaign after Simpson's death, as Team New Zealand outclassed Luna Rossa in a one-sided Louis Vuitton Cup final.
But despite Team New Zealand's early stranglehold and a number of races postponed because of unfavourable winds, the America's Cup showed that match-racing in giant catamarans can be hugely exciting and is likely to be the future of the event. | Sir Ben Ainslie's Oracle Team USA sealed one of sport's greatest comebacks when they overhauled an 8-1 deficit to beat Team New Zealand in the America's Cup decider in San Francisco. | [
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Police used tear gas on Tuesday to end three days of unrest sparked by the death of an Iranian asylum seeker.
CCTV images appear to show two detainees, one armed with a machete, lighting and throwing a petrol bomb.
Photos of the aftermath show broken windows, ransacked offices and smashed equipment.
The unrest began on Sunday after an escaped detainee was found dead. Inmates started fires and barricaded themselves inside a compound with weapons.
Meanwhile, a Border Force spokesperson confirmed that seven detainees who allegedly participated in the unrest were being transferred from Christmas Island to Australia's mainland.
"The detainees are travelling on a charter flight accompanied by security officers. Restraints are used where appropriate for the safety and security of detainees, staff and the aircraft," a statement provided to the BBC said.
Christmas Island is a remote Australian territory in the Indian Ocean, 2,650km (1,650 miles) north-west of Perth.
The facility houses asylum seekers alongside people, including New Zealand citizens, whose Australian visas have been cancelled after they committed crimes.
Australia's immigration minister Peter Dutton earlier defended housing asylum seekers with "serious criminals" at the detention centre.
Mr Dutton told the ABC that the asylum seekers held at the compound with the convicted criminals - including the New Zealand nationals - were only sent there after risk assessments.
"Some [asylum seekers] have had an extreme threat assessment worked up and that's as a result of their own behaviour," he said during a radio interview.
"That is the basis on which the [Australian] Border Force officers make a decision about whether somebody is at a high security facility or whether they are at a low-security arrangement."
He blamed the unrest on "a hardened criminal population that occupies the immigration detention centre".
He also rejected suggestions that some of the New Zealanders held at the camp had only been convicted of minor crimes such as shoplifting and traffic offences.
Under controversial policies, Australia sends all intercepted asylum seekers to Christmas Island as well as Manus Island in Papua New Guinea and Nauru in the South Pacific. | The Australian government has released pictures showing the riot at Christmas Island migrant detention centre earlier this week and its aftermath. | [
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Walter Oakley received a letter from the Russian and US leaders thanking him for his help in televising the meeting.
No agreements were signed at the summit but it was said to mark the end of the Cold War.
Mr Oakley from Low Fell, Gateshead, was holidaying when CNN asked him to help organise filming.
Newcastle auctioneers Anderson and Garland said the value is impossible to know.
Mr Oakley came across the letter again while researching a book about his family and has decided to sell it so more people can see and enjoy it.
His wife Diane said the letter has meant a lot to the family but it belongs in a collection or museum.
She said: "No matter how busy they were, they had the time to sit down and write the letter.
"He was Walt to both of them. He said they were both very nice guys, very easy to get along with. You wouldn't think they were the presidents of the two most powerful countries in the world."
Auctioneer Fred Wyrley-Birch said: "It's impossible to say how much the letter is worth because something like this has never been up for sale before to my knowledge.
"We'll start the bidding at £1,000 and see where it goes from there.
"Looking at the political situation between the US and Russia at the moment, it's a very interesting glimpse back to 27 years ago when there were increasingly friendly relations."
The letter will be auctioned during the Anderson and Garland's Fine Art sale from 22 to 24 March. | A letter sent to a TV engineer by Mikhail Gorbachev and George Bush after their 1989 summit in Malta is being auctioned. | [
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The three spacecraft are owned and operated by Surrey Satellite Technology Limited, which is based in Guildford.
Rural, coastal and urban scenes from Argentina, Italy, and Greece are featured in the sample pictures.
Surrey has leased all the time on the satellites to 21st Century Aerospace Technology Ltd of Beijing.
21AT refers to the trio as the TripleSat Constellation and will be using them primarily to survey Chinese territory.
Their data will help with urban planning, working out crop yields, pollution monitoring and doing biodiversity assessments, among many other applications.
The satellites see the Earth in a range of visible and infrared wavelengths.
They fly as a train around the globe, with a separation between each platform of 33 minutes.
And from their altitude of 651km, they can trace surface features down to one metre in a panchromatic mode (back and white), and four metres in a multispectral (colour) mode. The swath covered by an image is 24km.
The spacecraft also have the ability to swivel and look sideways, and so will often be tasked to work in unison to patch together wide mosaics, or even make stereo views of particular scenes.
The rural shot of Argentina was acquired by TripleSat-1; the view of the Acropolis and Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, Greece, was captured by TripleSat-2, and the image of the Adriatic resort city of Rimini, Italy, was taken by TripleSat-3. Look closely and you can see the neat rows of parasols on the beach.
The new constellation is the most capable yet to come out of SSTL, which actually refers to the spacecraft by its own designation of DMC3
Its decision to lease time on the satellites, as opposed to selling them or their data direct to 21AT, is a new way of working for the Guildford company.
It just so happens that on this occasion, 100% of the time has been leased by the Beijing operator. However, Surrey has a fourth platform that is almost built that could be leased to other users for periods of time.
SSTL's founder and executive chairman, Sir Martin Sweeting, said he hoped potential customers would be impressed by the capability demonstrated in the new pictures.
"The DMC3/TripleSat constellation comprises the world's highest capability-for-cost Earth observation satellites in their class, and confirms SSTL once again at the forefront of small satellite missions and innovative business models," he told BBC News.
Sir Martin was speaking here in Paris at the World Satellite Business Week conference organised by Euroconsult.
The DMC3/TripleSat satellites were launched in July by a PSLV-XL rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in India.
Jonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos | The first images acquired by a new UK-built, high-resolution, Earth-observation constellation have been publicly released. | [
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Voyage of Time, Nocturnal Animals and Les Beaux Jours d'Aranjuez will vie with 17 others for the Golden Lion.
Also included as official selections are Pablo Larrain's Kennedy biopic, Jackie, and Ana Lily Amirpour's cannibal love story, The Bad Batch.
The event opens with Damien Chazelle's musical La La Land on 31 August.
Malick's Voyage Of Time, which he has worked on for over three decades, is an exploration of life on Earth narrated across two edits by Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett.
Wenders has previously won the Golden Lion for his 1982 film The State of Things and headed the festival's jury in 2008.
Both his film and Ford's Nocturnal Animals are screen adaptations of written works - the former based on Peter Handke's play Die schönen Tage von Aranjuez and the latter being based on Austin Wright's novel Tony and Susan.
Also included in the official selections are Sicario director Daniel Villeneuve's sci-fi drama Arrival; Derek Gianfrance's story of a lighthouse keeper, The Light Between Oceans; and films from directing duos Massimo d'Anolfi and Martina Parenti and Mariano Cohn and Gaston Duprat.
British director Sam Mendes will head the jury at this year's festival.
Away from the Golden Lion competition, the festival will also debut Nick Hamm's film about the unlikely friendship between the Reverend Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness, The Journey, and Mel Gibson's Hacksaw Ridge, which tells the story of a World War Two conscientious objector.
The 73rd Venice International Film Festival will close on 10 September with a showing of Antoine Fuqua's remake of The Magnificent Seven.
Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram at bbcnewsents, or email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk. | New works from directors Terrence Malick, Wim Wenders and Tom Ford will compete for the top prize at the Venice International Film Festival. | [
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The Premier League got under way this weekend, with many teams showing off their new signings, but who impressed and who had a debut to forget?
From scoring a wonder goal to being booked after barely a minute on the pitch, BBC Sport takes a look at how some of those making their top-flight bow got on.
Dimitri Payet, signed by West Ham from Marseille in the summer, created more chances than any other player in Europe's top five leagues last season and he certainly added a creative edge to the Hammers' attack in Sunday's shock 2-0 win at Arsenal.
The 28-year-old took the free-kick that caught out Petr Cech and allowed Cheikhou Kouyate to head home the opener, and was a lively presence throughout.
Newcastle's signing of Dutch midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum from PSV was certainly one of the more impressive captures of the summer, and the 24-year-old made a strong impression on his Premier League debut.
Wijnaldum headed Newcastle ahead against Southampton on Sunday, but the hosts could not hold on as the Saints fought back to earn a 2-2 draw.
There were plenty of reasons to be impressed with Swansea's performance as they held defending champions Chelsea to a 2-2 draw, and Andre Ayew was one of them.
The Ghana forward showed cat-like instincts to pull a rebound from a Thibaut Courtois save to catch out John Terry, before calmly steering the ball home for one the opening weekend's best goals.
The same could not be said for Andre's younger brother, however.
Jordan Ayew started for Aston Villa at Premier League new boys Bournemouth, but the former Lorient striker failed to make an impression and was substituted on the hour.
His replacement, Rudy Gestede, instead caught the eye as he grabbed the Villa winner.
With fellow debutant Wijnaldum impressing, Aleksander Mitrovic was evidently keen to make an impression when he climbed off the bench in the 75th minute.
Sadly, it was not the kind of impression he would have liked as, less than a minute after coming on, he was booked for a foul on Matt Targett. Youthful naivety from the 20-year-old.
Exciting, fast and skilful. Memphis Depay certainly looked like a signing that will get Manchester United fans on their feet, but what his Premier League debut performance lacked was a goal threat.
The 21-year-old Netherlands winger had a couple of half chances, but never really looked like troubling Michel Vorm in the Tottenham goal during Saturday's 1-0 win for Louis van Gaal's side. | New season, new faces. | [
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Substitutes Cian Bolger and Ashley Hunter and Amari'i Bell all netted in the first half of extra time as Fleetwood booked their place in the second round on boss Uwe Rosler's 48th birthday.
The result was harsh on the visitors who started well although Fleetwood looked content to grind down the opposition and their patience was rewarded before the break.
Devante Cole skipped past Ryan Higgins, cutting in from the right and delivering a ball to the back post where Aaron Amadi-Holloway was lurking. The striker did not make clean contact but his deflected finish was enough to hand the League One side the lead.
The second half was all Southport and former Fleetwood forward Jamie Allen should have levelled when a defensive mistake left him unmarked five yards out, with goalkeeper Alex Cairns springing to the rescue for under-fire Fleetwood.
With four minutes remaining the visitors were rewarded for their pressure, as substitute Ashley Grimes barged through a crowded box and smashed Southport level from close range.
But Fleetwood hit back, with Hunter's curling strike forcing a fine save from Norman.
It was a brief reprieve for Steve Burr's men, Hunter drilling the resulting corner into the path of makeshift striker Bolger, who scored with a powerful header.
Hunter then sealed Fleetwood's progress two minutes later, racing clear on a slick breakaway and smashing the ball low under Norman.
Hunter was instrumental as Rosler's League One side further skewed the scoreline, stealing in from the left to tee up Bell for a deflected fourth.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Fleetwood Town 4, Southport 1.
Second Half Extra Time ends, Fleetwood Town 4, Southport 1.
Attempt saved. Devante Cole (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Attempt blocked. James Gray (Southport) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Devante Cole (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Ashley Hunter (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Jordan Lussey (Southport) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Eggert Jónsson (Fleetwood Town).
Corner, Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Magnus Norman.
Corner, Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Ross White.
Corner, Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Jordan Lussey.
Second Half Extra Time begins Fleetwood Town 4, Southport 1.
First Half Extra Time ends, Fleetwood Town 4, Southport 1.
Substitution, Southport. Ross White replaces Ryan Higgins because of an injury.
Corner, Southport. Conceded by Nathan Pond.
Attempt blocked. Ashley Grimes (Southport) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Ashley Grimes (Southport) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Devante Cole (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
Goal! Fleetwood Town 4, Southport 1. Amari'i Bell (Fleetwood Town) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ashley Hunter.
Foul by Ashley Eastham (Fleetwood Town).
James Gray (Southport) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Goal! Fleetwood Town 3, Southport 1. Ashley Hunter (Fleetwood Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kyle Dempsey.
Goal! Fleetwood Town 2, Southport 1. Cian Bolger (Fleetwood Town) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by George Glendon with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Magnus Norman.
Attempt saved. Ashley Hunter (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
Foul by Victor Nirennold (Fleetwood Town).
Neil Ashton (Southport) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Amari'i Bell (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Liam Nolan (Southport).
Attempt missed. George Glendon (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
First Half Extra Time begins Fleetwood Town 1, Southport 1.
Second Half ends, Fleetwood Town 1, Southport 1.
Corner, Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Neil Ashton.
Attempt blocked. Ashley Hunter (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Ashley Hunter (Fleetwood Town) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Kyle Dempsey (Fleetwood Town) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left.
Attempt saved. Ashley Hunter (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top right corner.
Corner, Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Ryan Higgins.
Goal! Fleetwood Town 1, Southport 1. Ashley Grimes (Southport) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Callum Howe.
Substitution, Southport. James Gray replaces Andrai Jones. | Fleetwood scored three goals in eight minutes in extra time to claim victory over Southport and end the non-league side's hopes of causing an FA Cup upset. | [
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The news comes as MPs prepare to debate stripping him of his knighthood.
One MP voiced scepticism to the BBC about the timing, arguing it made the issue "essentially cash for honours".
BHS, sold by Sir Philip last year, subsequently collapsed with 11,000 jobs lost and a £571m pension deficit.
Sir Philip has vowed several times to sort out the pension problem, telling MPs in June that his advisers were working on a "resolvable and sortable" solution.
On Monday, he told ITV that he was in a "very strong dialogue" with the pensions regulator to find a solution, but would not put a number on the level of financial support he would be willing to give.
A damning MPs' report on the High Street chain's failure, published in July, concluded Sir Philip had extracted large sums and left the business on "life support".
At the time Sir Philip described the report as "the pre-determined and inaccurate output of a biased and unfair process".
A debate in the House of Commons on Thursday will discuss whether Sir Philip's knighthood, awarded in 2006 for services to retail, should be removed.
Should they vote on the issue, any such vote would not be binding.
The issue would be for the Honours Forfeiture Committee - part of the Cabinet Office - to decide.
Sir Philip's knighthood hinges on whether he makes good on a promise to secure the future of 20,000 BHS pension scheme members.
As things stand, many of them face a cut in their pension benefits if the scheme ends up in the industry backed pension protection fund.
Despite repeated assurances, so far he has tabled no firm offer.
But, the BBC has leaned that a meeting with the pensions regulator to work through obstacles to a final deal is scheduled before the end of the week.
The decision on whether to have a vote on Thursday on his knighthood rests with the speaker of the House of Commons. It falls to him to decide whether it is worth waiting to see if Sir Philip can produce a deal before MPs vote on whether to start the process of removing his title.
MPs contacted by the BBC have expressed scepticism about this latest offer - one described it as essentially "cash for honours".
BHS pension scheme members will care more about their retirement income than this game of parliamentary poker.
Read more from Simon | Former BHS owner Sir Philip Green will meet the pensions regulator by the end of the week to try to secure a deal over the collapsed retailer's pension fund, the BBC has learned. | [
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Cornish-born Glover was meant to be back with winning partner Heather Stanning, but
Glover, 27, won the with Swann last season.
"We had a whole year together last year so hopefully it'll click into place," she told BBC Radio Cornwall.
"It's clicking into place fairly easily, we just need to get back onto the same page technically and get doing the same things."
Swann replaced Stanning last season after she
Glover and Swann won three World Cup events together last season as well as the world title in South Korea.
And with a good performance in Amsterdam, Glover says there could be some tough decisions for the Great Britain selectors as to who partners her in the coxless pair for the rest of this season.
She said: "It's going to be a quite interesting one with Heather coming back after taking a year out with the army and Polly staying here.
"There's lots of selection things about who will be in the pair out of those two.
"But I want to keep my eye on the World Championships at the end of August in Amsterdam.
"It'd be great to try and hold on to our world champion title, whoever else is in the boat with me." | Helen Glover expects her partnership with Polly Swann to develop quickly as they prepare for the European Championships in Belgrade. | [
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The 45-year-old led the Cumbrian side to seventh in the National League this season, seven points off the play-offs.
Pools defender Matthew Bates had been in caretaker charge of the side after Dave Jones left in April.
Barrow owner Paul Casson has stated Cox has a sizeable buy-out clause.
Hartlepool's relegation on the final day of the season meant they dropped out of the Football League for the first time in 96 years. | Relegated League Two side Hartlepool United have been given permission to speak to Barrow manager Paul Cox about their vacant managerial position, reports BBC Radio Cumbria. | [
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Korean firm Doosan Power Systems is to locate a research centre in Renfrew employing up to 200 people.
It also wants to build a manufacturing plant in Scotland, creating up to 500 direct jobs and 1,000 supply-side jobs.
Renfrew-based Steel Engineering aims to double its 120 staff by opening a new plant and building a mini-port for ships on the River Clyde.
By Douglas FraserBBC Scotland Business and Economy Editor
It's taken a lot of huffing and puffing, but at last the economic wind turbine is turning.
And it looks good for Clydeside that it has attracted four large multi-national firms to locate key bases there.
Mitsubishi and Scottish & Southern Energy have a joint centre for engineering excellence in Glasgow, Iberdrola has opted to put its international renewables planning centre near its ScottishPower subsidiary. Also from Spain, Gamesa has opted for Glasgow as a research base, while looking at Dundee for manufacturing and logistic support.
The biggest commitment so far is from Doosan Power Systems, a subsidiary of the vast Doosan conglomerate based in South Korea. It is new into the wind turbine business, though it's not new to green energy research, as a partner with Scottish & Southern Energy on early stages of commercialising carbon capture and storage.
The research and development centre comes first, with 500 jobs to follow in a turbine manufacturing plant. So far Scotland's only had one such plant, near Campbeltown, and it's had a troubled couple of years, with three owners. So Doosan's statement of intent is a sign that the green jobs potential and hopes may be moving towards reality.
The jobs announcements were made by both companies, who were visited by First Minister Alex Salmond.
Doosan intends to locate its research and development centre for renewables at its current site at Westway in Renfrew, creating up to 200 jobs.
The Korean firm is also in talks with the business development agency, Scottish Enterprise, to set up manufacturing and assembly facilities in Scotland - its favoured location for wind turbine development and production.
Doosan expects its offshore wind plans in Scotland to create up to 1,700 new jobs.
The firm aims to directly recruit about 700 new staff, with a further 1,000 employed in associated supply companies.
In a separate announcement, Steel Engineering, which is also based at Westway in Renfrew, said it aimed to create 120 jobs by expanding its business servicing a range of clean energy sectors, including offshore wind, wave and tidal power.
The firm is getting a £1.8m government grant towards the £3m investment.
Steel Engineering is also in talks with Skills Development Scotland about developing a training school with Anniesland College in Glasgow.
This would aim to provide training tailored to the latest fabrication techniques, and welding procedures required by the renewables industry.
Mr Salmond said both announcements were "great news for Renfrew and for the wider Scottish economy".
He described the Doosan initiatives as "another great stride forward for the renewables industry in Scotland - which is now the chosen destination for three energy engineering giants to design their next generation of turbines to service the global offshore wind industry".
The first minister added: "Scotland also plays a key role in the energy industry supply chain and Steel Engineering are an excellent example of how Scottish companies with great experience servicing the offshore oil and gas industry have been building the renewables side of their business." | Expansion plans by two engineering firms could create 820 new jobs in Scotland's renewable energy sector. | [
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The Commons opposed proposals to allow councils to extend opening hours by 317 votes to 286, as 27 Tories rebelled.
Ministers had sought to limit the rebellion by promising to trial the changes in 12 areas but said afterwards they would respect MPs' views.
Critics of the plans said they would "chip away" at Sunday's special status and put undue pressure on workers.
It is the Conservative government's second defeat in the House of Commons since it was elected last May.
The government had hoped to relax existing restrictions on Sunday trading, which limit large shops to opening for a maximum of six hours, by devolving responsibility to local councils. But their plans were thwarted by an unlikely alliance of Labour, the SNP and Conservative backbenchers.
List of Conservative MPs who voted against the government
Before the vote, ministers indicated they would seek to amend their proposals in the House of Lords if MPs approved them in principle. But while blaming the SNP for the defeat, ministers conceded afterwards the plans would not be resurrected.
"We respect the view of the House of Parliament. The Commons has spoken and given a very clear view - we have to absolutely respect that," said the planning minister Brandon Lewis.
In the biggest proposed shake-up for 20 years, ministers wanted to give the 353 councils in England and 22 in Wales the freedom to determine opening hours for large shops in their area.
During a three-hour debate, a succession of Conservative MPs spoke out against the changes - first announced by Mr Osborne in last year's Budget - and the way they were being introduced.
Analysis by the BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg
The reason the government lost by such a margin was not just because of staunch opposition from the Labour Party with its 'Keep Sunday Special' campaign, or the principled opposition from many Tory MPs who believe fervently that Sundays are indeed special and should be protected.
The government also lost because the SNP objected to their plans, even though in Scotland shops have opened for longer on Sundays for many years.
It is an embarrassing defeat for the government and particularly George Osborne, who must deliver the Budget a week today. But the SNP's involvement could have a longer term impact. Read more from Laura
Sir Gerald Howarth said the late offer of concessions had been "shambolic" and looked like they had been "delivered by lastminute.com" while Stewart Jackson said the "dead hand" of the Treasury was responsible for an "egregious and unnecessary confrontation" with Tory backbenchers.
Conservative MP David Burrowes, who tabled the successful rebel amendment, said the government had not made the economic case for such sweeping changes, which he said were opposed by businesses of all sizes, shop workers and faith groups.
Speaking after the vote, he told BBC News of his "relief", adding: "The main thing out there is relief for shop workers, families and businesses who will really be pleased today."
Labour said the government's approach had been "tawdry" and the House of Commons had spoken clearly on the "contentious issue".
The Federation of Small Businesses said the outcome was a "major win" for its members.
"Our members have been unconvinced of the economic case for relaxing Sunday trading rules and there has been no impact assessment to support the proposals," said the group's policy director, Mike Cherry.
"The current system can be seen as a great British compromise which allows families to spend time together, employees to work if they wish to, and provides much needed support for smaller retailers within their communities."
The proposed changes were not covered by new English Votes for English Laws provisions, which require the explicit consent of English and Welsh MPs for measures exclusively affecting them, because other parts of the Enterprise Bill apply to Scotland. | Plans to overhaul Sunday trading laws in England and Wales have been dropped after they were rejected by MPs. | [
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Hospital bosses made changes last August in a bid to help ambulances reach the emergency unit more quickly at the University Hospital of Wales (UHW) in Cardiff.
Barriers were installed and traffic is not allowed to drive past the unit.
The gridlock also led to people being late for appointments.
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is now planning to introduce a direct weekday park and ride service for patients, visitors and staff in a further bid to keep traffic off site.
It will start on 2 May and operate from Cardiff East park and ride at Pentwyn from 06:30 to 19:15, running every 20 minutes, which should also free up car parking by 12%.
There are also plans to introduce bus and cycle hubs at UHW.
Geoff Walsh, director of capital, estates and facilities at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, said: "The traffic management system was implemented to allow clear access for emergency vehicles onto the site which has been successful.
"It has also improved the bus access with Cardiff Bus reinstating two services following the improvement of site accessibility."
He added: "We are still looking at ways to stop people using the site as a thoroughfare." | The amount of traffic using Wales' biggest hospital as a "rat run" and causing gridlock has dropped by 7% after changes were made to the roads. | [
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Two armed men wearing masks broke into the 44-year-old victim's house in Meadowbank Terrace at about 00:50.
During the assault the men knocked the victim to the ground and hit him repeatedly with a blunt object before fleeing the property.
Police Scotland have appealed for witnesses.
The first attacker was white with a pale complexion, in his early 20s, 5ft 10ins tall and had dark hair growth on his face, brown eyes and dark unkempt hair.
He was of skinny build and was wearing a light grey cotton zip-up tracksuit with the hood up, grey gloves, white Reebok classics-style trainers with air holes and a grey scarf.
The second attacker is in his early to mid 20s, between 5ft 6ins and 5ft 8ins tall and of skinny build.
He spoke with a local accent. He was wearing an old, black, waist-length outdoor jacket with a dark scarf covering his face and his hood up. He was wearing dark gloves.
Det Insp Alan O' Brien, of Police Scotland, said "This is a particularly vicious attack on a disabled man in his own home and we would ask anyone who saw or heard anything suspicious in the Meadowbank Terrace area in the early hours of Monday morning is asked to contact police immediately.
"In addition, anyone with any information that can help us with our inquiries and assist in tracing the men responsible should also get in touch." | A disabled man has been left with serious injuries after being attacked in his own home in Edinburgh. | [
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Mark Thompson wrote in a blog that the BBC had seen "disturbing new tactics", including the targeting of family members of those working outside Iran.
Last week, the sister of a BBC Persian staff member was detained and held in solitary confinement at a Tehran jail.
Iran accused the BBC of inciting unrest after the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2009.
BBC Persian broadcast online videos and interviewed protesters, who described deaths, injuries and arbitrary arrests carried out by security forces.
In his blog, Mr Thompson wrote that for BBC Persian staff, "interference and harassment from the Iranian authorities has become a challenging fact of life".
"In recent months, we have witnessed increased levels of intimidation alongside disturbing new tactics," he added.
"This includes an attempt to put pressure on those who work for BBC Persian outside Iran, by targeting family members who still live inside the country."
Mr Thompson revealed that last week the sister of a BBC Persian member of staff was arrested and held in solitary confinement on unspecified charges at Evin Prison in the capital, Tehran.
"Although she has now been released on bail, her treatment was utterly deplorable and we condemn it in the strongest possible terms."
Human Rights Watch said that at one point, a man claiming to be the relative's interrogator at Evin telephoned the staff member in London and offered to release her in return for information about the BBC.
Mr Thompson said staff had also faced false accusations of sexual assault, drug trafficking and financial crimes.
In recent months, a number of relatives of BBC Persian staff had been detained for short periods of time by the Iranian authorities and urged to get their relatives in London to either stop working for the BBC, or to "co-operate" with Iranian intelligence officials, Mr Thompson said.
In other instances, passports of family members have been confiscated, preventing them from leaving Iran, he added.
"This has left many BBC Persian staff too afraid to return to the country, even to visit sick or elderly relatives."
He said some had also had their Facebook and email accounts hacked, and been subjected to a "consistent stream of false and slanderous accusations... in the official Iranian media, ranging from allegations of serious sexual assault, drug trafficking, and criminal financial behaviour".
Some reports claimed they had converted from Islam to Christianity or Bahai faith - potentially a capital offence in Iran as it is considered to be apostasy.
Human Rights Watch's Middle East director, Sarah Leah Whitson, said the actions of the Iranian authorities suggested they were attempting to silence reporters and the BBC, and were sending "a message that the government's long arm of repression can extend well beyond borders".
UK Middle East Minister Alistair Burt said Iranian officials' "deplorable tactics illustrate again the deteriorating human rights situation in Iran, and the desperation of the Iranian regime to silence any independent voices". | The BBC's director general has accused the Iranian authorities of intimidating those working for its Persian service. | [
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First one of the Yazidi women started crying, then one of her friends. And then one of the visitors could be heard stifling a sob.
We were listening as a group of Yazidis recounted the now horribly familiar story of how IS came to their homeland on Mount Sinjar in 2014, killing thousands and driving many thousands more into exile.
"Some of our neighbours were running away, but before reaching the mountains, Islamic State gangs captured them and took them," one of the women said.
"The men were killed, and the women and children taken.
"So many died."
None of these women wanted to give their name.
The experience of two years ago has apparently left them with a deeply ingrained sense of fear - of other people, and of the future:
"They might be able to drive Islamic State out of our area, but it would be very difficult for us to return to where we came from, because we're scared something might happen," one of the women said.
"They might come back."
The possibility of returning is on the minds of many Iraqis, as IS comes under sustained attack in Mosul and is defeated outright elsewhere.
But even Yazidis not scared to go home would find it extremely difficult because the city of Sinjar and the villages that surround it have been so thoroughly destroyed.
"From houses to roads to bridges, the area is razed to the ground," says Dara Yara, a minister in the Iraqi government, with responsibility for housing and construction.
He makes no bones about the long time it will take before they can even start proper rebuilding in the Yazidi areas.
"This kind of situation needs peace, stability. This is a long process," he says.
For now, many Yazidis languish in refugee camps, contemplating another winter under canvas.
Others have given up on the idea of returning home, and have sought asylum in Europe and North America.
It is a trend that worries Luqman Suleiman, a teacher, who also takes people round the Yazidis' most holy temple, in the town of Lalish.
"They want to go to Germany, to France, to Australia," he says.
"There is no future for the Yazidis in Kurdistan."
As far as Mr Suleiman is concerned, the problem is not a matter of houses and roads.
What will ultimately dissuade Yazidis from returning to their homes and lives on Mount Sinjar, he says, is the fact their own neighbours helped IS.
He is one of many Yazidis who insist that Sunni Muslims already living in Sinjar told IS who was Yazidi and who was not.
"The people in the villages helped Islamic State kill the men, kill all the men, and take away the girls," he says.
"How can people live again together?"
No-one is sure how many Yazidi girls were taken away by IS, but a United Nations report suggested it was between 5,000 and 7,000, and that some, perhaps many, were being held as sexual slaves across the border in Syria, but also in Mosul.
It is another thought that occupies the minds of Yazidis, as they watch Iraqi army tanks make their way through Mosul's streets.
"They are there. Recently, one member escaped, but the others - we don't know," another Yazidi woman says, another who does not want to give her name, lest there be reprisals against members of her family still inside IS-held territory.
She was speaking at a rehabilitation centre in Qadia refugee camp, run on behalf of a British charity, The Lotus Flower.
Here, Yazidi women are taught various skills, including how to sew.
The hope is that this may one day provide them with a source of income, but the manager running the project acknowledges that the main purpose is therapeutic.
"We have to help them to be busy with something," says Vian Ahmed, "rather than thinking a lot about what happened to them, about what horrible memories they have."
"Islamic State survivors tend to want to be alone.
"We are helping them to get out, which will be a benefit to them, psychologically and socially."
Of course, what would really benefit the Yazidis would be if they could get out of the refugee camps in which so many of them are living, and for those who want to, to have a chance to see again the villages in which they have lived for so many generations.
But that remains a very distant prospect, if not an impossible one. | As so-called Islamic State (IS) militants are driven out of Mosul, Paul Moss reports on the continuing plight of the Yazidis, the Iraqi religious group who the United Nations says has suffered more destruction than any other at IS hands. | [
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Specialist newsprint manufacturer Palm Paper has submitted the planning application in a bid to cut its reliance on imported energy.
Due to its size, the application will be decided by the secretary of state instead of West Norfolk Borough Council.
The plan includes a gas-fired turbine.
Palm Paper's King's Lynn mill began production in August 2009 and in January this year produced its second millionth tonne of newsprint paper.
The company said generating its own electricity and steam would help reduce its carbon footprint.
The proposed new plant would replace existing boilers.
No concerns have been raised about air quality issues but an environmental management plan is proposed.
It would prevent construction work generating dust and emissions, which would constitute a risk to health or nuisance to local people or industry. | A paper manufacturer has applied to build a new plant to generate electricity and steam for its mill in West Norfolk. | [
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Daniel Braxton was driving through Towyn, Conwy county, with his 18-year-old daughter at 07:15 BST on Tuesday.
She thought she saw a dead baby in the bus stop near the Magpie and Stump pub and screamed at her father to drive back to check, which he did.
Mr Braxton, 35, said he saw the lifeless naked baby on the ground, with her umbilical cord still attached.
"We blocked the road off and rang the emergency services," he told BBC Radio Wales.
"I had a dressing gown in the car and ran to grab that, wrapped the baby up, gave her some good hard rubs on the chest and the head.
"She took one big gulp of breath and opened her beautiful little eyes."
Mr Braxton, who is originally from Birmingham and living in nearby Pensarn, said they guessed that the baby was less than one hour old.
"To be honest, I think the fatherly instinct and the adrenaline kicked in because my daughter was hysterical and my partner was hysterical," he added.
"So it was just a case of as soon as I saw her lying there, her naked little body just left on cold concrete, I knew something had to be done."
Mr Braxton said police have told him that the baby has "stabilised and is on her way to a full recovery".
Police are concerned about the welfare of the baby's mother and have urged her to come forward.
Helen Douglas, of North Wales Police, said: "We are concerned about the health of the mother of the baby girl and are appealing for her to come forward.
"Alternatively, if anyone knows who the mother is or can provide any information which may assist in identifying her please contact North Wales Police.
"We want to ensure that the mother is provided with the medical support she needs." | A man has described how he managed to revive a lifeless newborn baby which was found in a bus shelter. | [
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Police were called to Station Road, Wood Green, at about 03:20 BST after receiving reports of a stabbing outside the Jolly Anglers public house.
Paramedics treated the man, named by police as 33-year-old Vincent Harvey, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
No arrests have been made and the Met have appealed for witnesses.
Det Ch Insp Noel McHugh said there was "a large number of people in and around the Jolly Anglers pub at the time Vincent was stabbed".
"It is vital that anyone who saw this incident, or the events leading up to the incident, get in contact with police," he said. | A murder investigation has been launched after a man was stabbed to death outside a busy north London pub. | [
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