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Despite that, Victorian explorer Joseph Thomson is almost unknown in his native Scotland. Thomson was born in Penpont, Dumfriesshire, in 1858, the son of a stonemason and quarry owner. He developed a love for botany and geology and studied at the University of Edinburgh. But he also had the explorer's bug, leading several expeditions to Africa in the 1870s and 1880s, including one for the Royal Geographical Society to identify a trade route through the territory of the feared Maasai warriors. "He could have been in mortal danger," said John Hastings-Thomson, the explorer's great grand-nephew, who believes he might easily have been mistaken for a white slaver and killed. I am making history as the first ever Maasai elder to visit his birthplace...It really means a lot to me as it is something that has been in my mind since I was a child. Instead, however, Thomson managed to befriend the Maasai and earn their trust, respect and protection. Warriors escorted him along the way, keeping him safe from the dangers of wild animals and other hostile tribes. Thomson had a motto: "He who goes gently goes safely; he who goes safely goes far." "I think this encapsulates his way of doing things and ensured his survival," said Mr Hastings-Thomson. "He didn't go blundering in, all-guns-blazing. He was willing to be patient and negotiate his way through." That is certainly how Thomson is remembered in Maasai-land, now part of modern Kenya. "One of the things that stands out about Joseph Thomson is his humbleness," said Ezekiel Katato, a village elder in one of the Maasai communities Thomson visited. "He went through the land and avoided at all cost confrontation with anyone along the way. "He was also very brave because he was going through a land unknown to him and to the world. He really didn't know what would happen to him the next day, or the next minute." Mr Katato relates how Thomson endeared himself to Maasai women with gifts of beads, and intrigued the warriors with his dentures! "They thought he was a magician because he had these teeth that he could remove at will and put back to his mouth," he said. "It's a story that has been passed on from generation to generation!" Mr Katato learned about, and was inspired by, Thomson as a schoolboy. So much so that he has now travelled to Scotland to trace the explorer's footsteps. Striding through the sleepy village of Penpont, the tall imposing black man in bright purple robes does look quite incongruous. But no more so than a young white Scotsman would have looked in Africa 130 years ago. "Today I am making history as the first ever Maasai elder to visit his birthplace here in Penpont," declared Mr Katato with pride. "It really means a lot to me as it is something that has been in my mind since I was a child." The main reason for his visit is to join family members and supporters to launch the Joseph Thomson Maasai Trust in Penpont on Saturday. It is being established to promote Thomson's life and legacy in Scotland and further afield and also a Thomson trail that Mr Kakato has developed along 65 miles of the 1,500-mile route the explorer followed. Mr Hastings-Thomson has already tackled it twice and said it was "an amazing experience". The aim now is to interest people, especially young people, from Scotland and elsewhere to travel to Kenya to take part in the next walk in June 2017. "I think it is very important to get young people from all over the world to join the young people of Maasai-land to walk in the footsteps of Joseph Thomson, to bring different cultures together and to use their talents and energies to work for peace and make beautiful memories," said Mr Katato. "I particularly wanted to organise this walk because of the respect I have for him (Thomson) and to promote his legacy because he is a man worth remembering in our community." He shares Mr Hastings-Thomson's sadness that Joseph Thomson is today largely forgotten in Scotland. There is a monument to him in Thornhill where he went to school and he is buried in the town's churchyard. Thomson died in 1895 at the young age of 37. His life was short, but his legacy long-lasting - at least in Africa.

An African @placeholder and a species of gazelle are named after him and his exploits inspired H Rider Haggard to write the classic adventure story King Solomon 's Mines .

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His wife Claire went into labour several hours before kick-off, but Cushing chose to be on the sidelines as Man City won 1-0 after extra time. After the win he said he did not know if his daughter had been born yet. But Cushing had time to collect the silverware and get back for the birth. Victory completed a domestic double for City, seven days after the club claimed its first Women's Super League title.

Manchester City Women boss Nick Cushing made it back in time for the birth of his third child on Sunday after @placeholder his side 's Continental Cup final win over Birmingham .

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Second-from-bottom Bluebirds travel to Burton in the Championship on Saturday having won just twice in the league. Trollope accepts responsibility, but vowed: "It's easy for things to fall apart, that's not going to happen." Striker Rickie Lambert is in contention for selection despite suffering an injury early in the 2-0 home defeat by Derby County. Trollope could also give a debut to former Aston Villa defender Joe Bennett. Cardiff came from behind to clinch a 2-1 win at Rotherham on Saturday, but Tuesday's set-back against Derby saw them drop back into the Championship relegation zone. But former Wales assistant coach Trollope believes the spirit in his squad is still good and his own experience will help them. He said tough spells as Bristol Rovers manager and as an assistant to Chris Hughton at Norwich and Birmingham have prepared him to deal with adversity. "You are made up of all your experiences, what you have seen and what you have done and certainly I have been in similar situations through my career," he said. "You learn and you evolve and learn how to act and how to turn things around in this situation, because it's easy to go the other way." The Cardiff City boss admitted the international break, which follows the game at Burton, adds to the pressure, but said he remains confident. "It is disappointing and there are some feelings you don't want to be feeling. But we are where we are, I take responsibility for that, I'm the head coach," he said. "It's my programme I have set, I have that responsibility and I also have a belief that although things have not gone our way things will turn." Lambert limped off with a hamstring injury in the first half against Derby, but could feature at Burton. Defender Joe Bennett, signed from Aston Villa during the summer transfer window, is travelling, while Lee Peltier and Freddie Gounongbe could return from injury. But there are injury doubts over Wales defender Jazz Richards and Iceland midfielder Arron Gunnarsson, while Anthony Pilkington will be assessed on Friday.

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In English, you either say "sorry" or "apologies". In Japanese, there are at least 20 different ways. One of the most casual and most frequently used words is "gomen" ごめん. You can make it more formal by saying "gomen-nasai" ごめんなさい or more friendly with "gomen-ne" ごめんね. "Warui warui" 悪い悪い or "my bad" is also a very casual way to say sorry. "Sumimasen" すみません, which can be translated as "excuse me", also works as an apology depending on how it is used. "Yurushite" 許して is to ask for forgiveness and "kanben" 勘弁 can be used to plead for mercy and both terms are used much more casually than in English. Viewpoint: Why do Japan’s apologies get disregarded? More formal ways to apologise include "moushiwake nai" 申し訳ない and "shazai" 謝罪. But I use both terms quite often in business emails not because I really feel bad but just to be polite. For example, I may begin my correspondence with "I am sorry for the delay in getting back to you" and end it with "I apologise for creating extra work for you" even if it only took me a few days to respond and even if I was merely asking them to do what's already in their job description. If I genuinely want to apologise, at least three or four different phrases would appear in one short email. I may be "too embarrassed to face you" 合わせる顔がない and "I have no excuse" 弁解の余地がない for whatever I did. For the post-war apologies, Japanese leaders have used the word "hansei" 反省 much more frequently. In the English transcript, it reads "remorse" but I would translate it as "regret" and use it, for example, for failing to be more productive on my day off. A student would be told to "hansei" for forgetting to do one's homework. Its Chinese or Korean equivalents - "fǎnshè" or "banseong" respectively - also mean "reflection on" or "reconsideration of" the past. The 1995 statement by former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama was considered landmark because it included the word "owabi" お詫び which is one of the most formal ways of apologising. He said his country had caused "tremendous damage and suffering" through its "colonial rule and aggression" and expressed "deep remorse" and stated his "heartfelt apology". Ten years later to mark 60 years since the end of the World War Two, the then Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi also used the term "owabi". Mr Koizumi's apology, however, was overshadowed by his repeated visits to the controversial Yasukuni shrine where all the war dead - including Class A war criminals - are enshrined. The current Prime Minister Shinzo Abe also included the word "owabi" in his war anniversary statement but he had indicated that he would not visit the Yasukuni shrine on Saturday.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has issued a much - @placeholder statement marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two . He gave a " heartfelt apology " , but as the BBC 's Mariko Oi explains , that is only one of the many ways you can express remorse in Japanese .

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Graphene, one-atom-thick sheets of carbon, can carry electric charges far faster than currently used materials. But it has proven difficult to make it behave as a semiconductor like silicon, or to attach "contacts" to the sheets. A study in Nature Communications solves those problems by cooking up graphene from a material called silicon carbide. Graphene was discovered in 2004 by two University of Manchester scientists - winning them the 2010 Nobel prize in physics. It has been the focus of intense research efforts to exploit its phenomenal mechanical strength and favourable electronic properties. Because sheets of it are so thin and it conducts electric charges so well, it is already being used as a crystal-clear "electrode" for solar cells, and will soon find its way into consumer products including smartphones and televisions. The greatest hope, however, is that it can be used in semiconductor applications, working with or replacing the industry's standard material of silicon. To make faster computer chips, the industry has been working relentlessly to shrink the individual transistors - and is heading for a physical limit to just how small they can go. Since charges zip through graphene hundreds of times faster than in silicon, a jump in speed could be made with no decrease in size - but efforts to integrate graphene into chips have been difficult. One problem is that while pure graphene is a particularly good conductor, it is a terrible semiconductor - the kind of material needed to make transistors. While a number of different transistors have been produced using graphene, they have required modifications to it that degrade its electrical performance. Another issue is the fact that adding metal contacts to graphene - to shuttle electric charges into and out of it - is tricky, and often results in damage. To tackle both issues, researchers at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany have enlisted the help of a somewhat lesser-known material called silicon carbide - a simple crystal made of silicon and carbon. In 2009, several members of the same team reported in Nature Materials that when wafers of the material were baked, silicon atoms were driven out of the crystal's topmost layer, leaving behind just carbon in the form of graphene. In the new work, the team joined Swedish research institute Acreo AB, using a high-energy beam of charged atoms to etch "channels" into thin silicon carbide wafers defining where different transistor parts would be. The team's crucial step was to allow a bit of hydrogen gas in during this process. This affected how the top graphene layer was chemically joined to the underlying silicon carbide: either making a given region conducting or semiconducting, depending on the etched channels. The way the hydrogen atoms fit themselves into the interface changes the nature of the chemical bonds between the two layers. Quentin Ramasse, a researcher at the SuperStem Laboratory in Daresbury, UK - whose work recently showed that holes in graphene "heal themselves" - called the work "really impressive". "That's really what they've nailed: controlling that last little bit of bonding to make one type of contact or another," Dr Ramasse told BBC News. "That's what the hold-up has been, being able to tailor that contact to suit whatever you want to use it for, and have it all in the one chip." "You read everywhere that graphene is magical for this reason and that, and it's good to be reminded that you can put it in real devices and make it scalable and actually use it for technological applications," he said. "That's a very good step forward."

The hope for the " @placeholder material " graphene to fulfil its promise in electronics has received a boost - by changing the recipe when cooking it .

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The team will present its findings at the National Cancer Research Institute conference next week. They plan to use liposomes - tiny bubbles of fat which carry materials round the body - to release toxic drugs when their temperature is raised. The "grenades" are intended to avoid side-effects by ensuring the drugs target only the tumour. Experts said such technology, which has been effective in animal experiments, was the "holy grail of nanomedicine". Cancer scientists are trying to harness the transporting abilities of these fatty spheres by getting them to carry toxic drugs to tumours. "The difficulty is, how do you release them when they reach their target?" Prof Kostas Kostarelos, from the University of Manchester, told the BBC News website. The Nanomedicine Lab in Manchester has designed liposomes that are water-tight at normal body temperature. But when the temperature increases to 42C they become leaky. "The challenge for us is to try to develop liposomes in such a way that they will be very stable at 37C and not leak any cancer drug molecules and then abruptly release them at 42C," Prof Kostarelos added. He suggests heat pads could be used to warm tumours on the body surface such as skin, head or neck cancers. Probes can heat tumours inside the body, and there is also discussion about using ultra sound to warm tumours. In early tests on mice with melanoma there was "greater uptake" of drugs in tumours using the thermal grenades. And that resulted in a "moderate improvement" in survival rates. Prof Kostarelos said similar techniques were being trialled in patients and this "is not a fantasy." Prof Charles Swanton, the chairman of the conference, said targeted liposomes were a "holy grail of nanomedicine". He added: "These studies demonstrate for the first time how they can be built to include a temperature control, which could open up a range of new treatment avenues. "This is still early work but these liposomes could be an effective way of targeting treatment towards cancer cells while leaving healthy cells unharmed." Follow James on Twitter.

Scientists have designed microscopic " grenades " that can @placeholder their cancer - killing payload in tumours .

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It is Butetown but could be Tottenham or Easterhouse - areas that are often talked about but rarely heard from. The aim is to give a platform to voices within the community. BBC Wales, 1XTRA, Radio 2 and News Online are collaborating all week with documentaries, news reports, features, comedy, spoken word and music. To catch up on any of the coverage you may miss, we will be posting updates as and when they are published and broadcast across the BBC. You can also get involved on social media #towerlives. Betty Campbell MBE, who grew up in Tiger Bay and went on to become Wales' first black head teacher. As a young black girl in post-war Britain, the road to realising a childhood dream and inspire self belief in a disinherited community was far from easy. To listen to Mrs Campbell on BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine show click here and move the time bar to 01:34:00 Tony Paris was living in the tower blocks in 1988 when he was arrested for the brutal murder of Lynette White which led to one of the UK's most infamous miscarriages of justice An interview with Mr Paris was broadcast on BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine show. To hear the full interview broadcast on his show on BBC Radio 2 on Monday, click here and move the time bar to 01:31:12 A shorter clip can be found here where Mr Paris describes hearing his father had died while still in jail #towerlives: Butetown storytelling week Dilemmas of a Hijabi girl Haifa Shamsan is a fashion designer and blogger from Butetown in Wales. She also happens to be a proud Muslim, and wears a hijab. No big deal, right? Or is it? Her headwear still seems to confuse some people, and she has to negotiate a few personal dilemmas like double chins and postmen along the way too. BBC 1Xtra: Charlie Sloth live from Butetown BBC 1Xtra: DJ Target live from Butetown on Sunday BBC 1Xtra: Mim Shaik explores Butetown through the eyes of Tiger Bay FC on Sunday Former shot putter and wheelchair sprinter, Julie Hamzah from Butetown, Cardiff, has faced setback after setback; mishap after misfortune; bad news and bad luck. But she is still going, still fighting - she never gives up. Here the full interview on BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine show here and go to 01:37:00 Rugby players from Butetown, Cardiff, are few and far between in today's game amid claims the colour of people's skin prevented them from being picked to play for Wales in the 1950s and 60s. Some in the area believe the talent is out there and more needs to be done to take advantage of it For many people in Butetown one of the most pressing issues is finding work as unemployment is double the Welsh average. Is Butetown's postcode a 'barrier to work' as some suggest? Theatre maker Gavin Porter looks to the future and discusses what could happen to tower block estates like Butetown where he was born and raised. #towerlives: 'Beauty among the concrete' High fashion Hijabi: Haifa Shamsan is part of the rapidly growing Muslim fashion industry and has set her sights on the big time Is it? Cardiff comedian Leroy Brito explores a curious dialect widely spoken in the streets of Butetown Tiger in the tower: The extraordinary events that led to their construction, a history of fortunes - both financial and social - made and lost After Tiger Bay was razed the council estate tower blocks and low-rise flats were built in its place. Here Miriam Salah (left) and Antonia Correa (right) both of whom lived on the original Loudoun Square, react to their new homes. The singer is Clara (Mingo) Graham of Sophia Street. Her father was well known as the 'Bengal Tiger' who featured in the 1930s film Sanders of the River. A look back at the Butetown Carnival which was first staged in the 1960s. It stopped in 1998 but made a come back in 2014

#towerlives is a week - long festival of storytelling and music , on air and on the @placeholder , around the council estate tower blocks of Butetown in Cardiff .

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The horsemeat scandal has shown how complex the UK's meat supply chain has become, and it also highlights how little retailers and customers alike know what is actually going into the food that we eat. Meat represents 14% of a household's weekly food purchases on average, according to a 2012 report from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). While data from Defra's Family Food report shows there has been little change in the proportion of meat people have been buying in the UK for decades, there is a marked difference in the type of meat being purchased. The quantity of ready meals and convenience meat products - including kebabs and chicken kievs - the British public bought increased by 480% from 1974 through to 2011. That stands in stark contrast to weekly household purchases of fresh cuts of meat, such as lamb, mutton, pork, beef and veal, which have all experienced noticeable drops. The Family Food report figures show chicken became a more popular meat than beef for the first time in 1988 during the BSE crisis - when the public boycotted British beef after a link was established between BSE carried by infected cattle and the human form of the disease, CJD. Purchases of ready-made burgers - which were the original focus of the horsemeat scandal - have been relatively consistent over time. Italian food passed English to become the biggest selling ready meal cuisine in 2011, with sales of £406m. The UK market for chilled and frozen ready meals is valued at £1.85bn and grew 6.6% in 2011, according to market research company Key Note. But the market was rocked after horsemeat was found in some frozen lasagne and spaghetti Bolognese products this month, including some Findus beef lasagne products which were found to contain 100% horsemeat. Price is the most important factor for shoppers when they are deciding which foods to buy, according to Defra's 2012 Food Statistics Pocketbook. More than 40% of customers said it is the most important factor, with 90% listing it in their top five. Food prices have risen by 12% in real terms since 2007 and, after years of price falls, are now back up to 1997 levels. That has resulted in those in low income households cutting back on fruit, vegetables and meat like beef, pork and lamb, Defra says. Food writer Rose Prince compared the horsemeat revelations to the BSE crisis of the 1980s and thinks the current crisis will lead to a lack of trust from the public in convenience food. "We've come to believe religiously in convenience food without thinking too much about where it comes from because we trust suppliers and retailers," she said. "What we're seeing now is as a result of the constant drive to keep food prices low."

Walk through any big supermarket or corner shop in the @placeholder and convenience foods , from microwaveable meals to pre-cooked meat , are ubiquitous .

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Over cucumber sandwiches at The Ritz with David Frost he had been offered a starring role in his new satirical TV programme, The Frost Report. Suddenly freed from his duties as Will Scarlett, it was Corbett's big break in TV and paired him up with another performer, Ronnie Barker. And why had Frost chosen Corbett? He had seen him in a show in a London nightclub with Danny La Rue. There, in one story, is one of the main reasons Ronnie Corbett was such a popular performer - acting, revue, the 1960s satire boom, music hall - he brought it all together at the right time and the right place in one five-foot-one performer. The Two Ronnies survived on the BBC because it had a breadth of comedy that gave it a startling breadth of appeal. Those '60s connections also helped - a number of those cocktail party sketches were written by Terry Jones and Michael Palin. The show's place at the heart of the Saturday night schedule meant it attracted the best writers. There's also another factor - I once met Ronnie Corbett in a lift in BBC Television Centre. He was a bit lost (something that happened to everyone at one time or another) and we went up and down more than once trying to work out where he had just come from. Meeting a childhood hero in a lift is always going to be a bit surreal, but what struck me was that he was entirely like the person I had seen on the television - he was good natured, self-deprecating and great company. Watching him in public you noticed how he seemed to arrive with a little aura of good cheer. Perhaps the height helped, but he didn't have to say much to lighten the mood and that ability to be charming and affable was perhaps a key reason why his comic partnership lasted so long. In 16 years of The Two Ronnies, Corbett could only remember one argument. Given that Ronnie Barker was a man of high standards and strong views that is an extraordinary achievement as the history of double acts is peppered with stories of partnerships that are less than friendly off-stage. It might have been different if Corbett had been fighting to get his material on the show, but they avoided that bear trap. Barker contributed his sketches under the pseudonym of Gerald Wiley to ensure it was used on merit - indeed Corbett once set about trying to find Wiley because he wanted to use one of his sketches in his stage show. Even the famous armchair monologues which just sound like Corbett's own stream of consciousness were written by Spike Mullins and One Foot in the Grave writer, David Renwick. What Ronnie Corbett brought was the skill of a great performer - utterly convincing, always funny and likeable.

It was one of the West End 's great disasters . Lionel Bart 's Robin Hood musical Twang @placeholder after just 43 performances but it was a stroke of good luck for a young Ronnie Corbett .

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There are many things about it that have attracted comment from US columnists to the blogosphere: that he oversaw such controversial and costly wars but should ultimately fall on a matter of personal behaviour; that President Barack Obama was not apparently informed until election day that Gen Petraeus was under investigation by the FBI; and that the issue is now drawing in more people, including General John Allen, who replaced Gen Petraeus as the commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan. The inquiry resulted from complaints by a woman that she had received threatening e-mails from Paula Broadwell, Gen Petraeus' biographer and for several months apparently also his lover. The FBI investigation is now moving on to issues such as whether the author had unauthorised access to classified material. Some have written of the general's vanity, suggesting he liked to be surrounded by admiring staffers, academics and indeed journalists. Having met and interviewed him several times, I can certainly confirm that he took particular care of his image (for example preferring to be filmed favouring the patch on his right shoulder - the combat one of the 101st Airborne Division, which he commanded during the 2003 invasion of Iraq), and that lately his staff tried hard to discourage challenging lines of questioning, whereas during our earlier meetings he had proven more than happy to tackle whatever we threw at him. It was during one of these later meetings with Gen Petraeus that he introduced me to Mrs Broadwell, who at that time was working on her book about him and with whom, it emerged last week, he was having an affair. I will not pretend that I had any great presentiment or intuition about what was going on, but did note that during our off-camera conversations, he and I reflected in a humorous way on the ageing process and how it played out in men. Gen Petraeus had gone through cancer treatment in 2009 and it is in this context that a friend of his, a fellow general, sought to explain to me today what had happened: "Almost everyone considered him to be immortal, but he had been shaken by the cancer business and continually deployed for five-and-a-half years." The same officer concluded that while his friend was right to offer his resignation once the extramarital affair with Ms Broadwell had come to light, that "the president shouldn't have accepted it". Some reports today suggest that the CIA director did not even himself feel it was a resigning matter, but was persuaded to write the letter by the Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper. The head of the wider US intelligence community apparently felt it would not be possible for Gen Petraeus to discipline CIA staff accused of marital indiscretions, if he had shown himself fallible in the same regard. General Stan McChrystal, Gen Petraeus' predecessor as Nato commander in Kabul, also suffered a public fall from grace in 2010, stepping down after staff members were quoted by Rolling Stone magazine being critical about the Obama administration. Some used a similar formula at the time, about the president not needing to accept a tendered resignation. Both generals had been lionised in the US press and in Congress, particularly for reversing the slide to civil war in Iraq. It is also true to say that many of the commanders, including British as well as American, whom I have spoken to in Iraq and Afghanistan were completely in awe of these two men and their abilities. As for what they achieved in their attempt to replicate the success of the Iraq surge in Afghanistan, that is a different matter, for many now consider it to have failed. That two commanders who wielded power of life and death over so many, and were widely praised as soldier-scholars, should fall on issues of PR and an affair is itself a stark measure of the degree to which personal failings that might once have been kept private can now be the decisive factors in professional ruin. And how serious are the charges that led to their fall? The FBI cleared the CIA boss of any involvement with sending threatening emails, even if he still has serious issues to address with his wife Holly Petraeus. And an inquiry into Gen McChrystal's conduct towards the Rolling Stone reporter exonerated him of any misconduct. Some once talked of Gen Petraeus - his physical fitness, charging intellect, and devotion to duty in almost super-human terms. Ultimately though he has proven himself all too fallible.

The fall of David Petraeus , director of the US Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) and the general who successfully commanded America 's troop surge in Iraq during 2007 - 8 is a modern @placeholder tale , even if it did arise from one of the most ancient human failings , marital infidelity .

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I doubt, for example, that any of Scotland's fine panto producers are this very moment picking up the phone to Phillip Hammond to offer him a comic role. Perhaps it was Mr Hammond's pre-existing reputation for dry delivery - but he appeared to feel the need to deploy a few gags. Some, including the one satirising Boris Johnson, were not at all bad. But, more generally, the presentation was relatively straitlaced. So much so, indeed, that the Chancellor was obliged to ad lib to tell Tory backbenchers that he had just announced good, if complex, news. It was time, he plainly felt, for them to cheer. So the tone was relatively straightforward, even sombre - despite the gags. And understandably so. For if Mr Hammond isn't Abanazar - hiss, boo - he isn't Wishee Washee either. He told it as it is. Or, more precisely, he told it as the OBR forecasts suggest, independently, that it will be. Higher borrowing, lower tax revenues. And above all a growth potential that is some 2.4% lower than it might have been, according to the selfsame OBR, without the Brexit vote. A referendum outcome which means that the forecasts are described as uncertain - that is, compared to the shot in the dark to which we have become accustomed of late. In summary, the outlook is for an economy which will be some £122bn worse off by 2020 than previously forecast. In the face of that, the Chancellor talked of "resilience". A capacity to cope. An ability to rise to the challenge. He was keen to stress the underlying strength of the UK economy. But he did not duck those challenges lying ahead. In essence, he was trying to pre-empt the prospect of any further weakening in the economic outlook by adding a degree of stimulus while trying, he said, to address a longer-term problem. The stimulus will come from capital investment, funded by borrowing and by tax changes. That longer-term question is the issue of relatively low UK productivity. An innovation fund will be deployed in an effort to find solutions to what Mr Hammond depicted as a systemic problem in the UK. Capital investment and, even more so, any attempt to transform the integral nature of the UK economic structure will take time to produce results in terms of growth and jobs. Perhaps, perhaps, handily coinciding with the forward uncertainty forecast by the OBR. For Scotland, ministers had been privately anxious that the entire revenue settlement for the year ahead, 2017/18, might be unpicked, with adverse consequences. That has not happened - and there will be a degree of relief at Holyrood, albeit the spending constraints remain in place. Then there is the extra money for capital investment as a Barnett consequential of the spending south of the border. It adds up to £800m - and, when announced, Tory backbenchers joined in a panto-style vocal challenge to the SNP benches. Rejoice, they appeared to be shouting, rejoice. To be clear, the capital spending allocated to the Scottish government will be welcomed by ministers. However, they note that it is spread over four years, from the current 2016/17. They argue further that, taking all the figures into account, there remains a cut of about 8% in capital spending in real terms over the extended period from the Conservatives first entering Downing Street in 2010. According to Mr Hammond, the UK has embarked upon a new chapter. But will it have a happy ending - or turn out a horror story?

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Platini, 60, was banned for eight years by the world governing body's ethics committee in December, as was 79-year-old president Sepp Blatter. Both were found guilty of breaches surrounding a £1.3m ($2m) "disloyal payment" to Platini. "I've done nothing and I'm not afraid of anything," said the Frenchman. "If I had anything to reproach myself for, I would be hiding in Siberia in shame." Blatter's appeal against his ban was heard on Tuesday. Like Platini, the Swiss denies any wrongdoing. According to news agency Reuters, Blatter arrived at 07:30 local time in order to avoid cameramen and photographers who had expected him to arrive later. The verdict could arrive later this week. "Is it Blatter who put me in this situation? Not at all, he is in the same situation as me," added Platini. "Someone pushed the button and I will try to find out who." Uefa said last month that it will not hold an election for its presidency until Platini's appeals process has been concluded. The Fifa appeals committee, which is chaired by Bermuda Football Association president Larry Mussenden, has the power to reduce, increase or overturn the ban. Media playback is not supported on this device Meanwhile, Greg Dyke has denied that the Football Association has agreed to vote for Uefa general secretary Gianni Infantino in the forthcoming election for Fifa president, to be held on 26 February. Infantino, who joined Uefa in 2000 and has been general secretary since 2009, entered the presidential race in October last year. FA chairman Dyke, speaking to the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme, said that the organisation had come under significant pressure to vote for Infantino at a recent Uefa meeting, but added that no decision has been taken. "We're going to discuss this at the FA board this week and the board will decide," he said. "I went to the meeting at Uefa and we refused. We said: 'We are not telling you.' We came under a lot of pressure. There was a lot of pressure. There were half-a-dozen European nations who said: 'We're not deciding today.'" Media playback is not supported on this device Richard Conway, the BBC's sports news correspondent, says that Infantino is confident of victory. Conway said: "I understand Infantino believes he has secured over the half of the votes from the potentially crucial Concacaf region - 35 votes in total, drawn from North America, Central America and the Caribbean. "Infantino's camp are growing in confidence and believe he has real momentum entering last two weeks of the Fifa campaign. "It is understood that he has secured support from every Fifa region to the extent he now believes he is the frontrunner."

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Rachel Webb is among 100 relatives of knife crime victims backing a campaign to have a Knife Angel sculpture on the square's Fourth Plinth. The Mayor of London's office said the Shropshire-made statue would not feature there and works had been selected up to 2022. Mrs Webb, from Derbyshire, said she was "shaken" by the decision. See more stories from across Shropshire here The 26ft (8m) sculpture made from 100,000 confiscated blades was intended as a tribute to knife crime victims and a campaign was started to install it in the central London square. However, a City Hall spokesperson said the Fourth Plinth was "the site of a rolling programme of contemporary art" and works had been chosen "by the Fourth Plinth Commissioning Group on behalf of the Mayor of London". The sculpture is currently at the British Ironwork Centre in Oswestry, Shropshire. Clive Knowles, the centre's chairman who is behind the campaign, said the petition had been signed more than 35,000 times. Mrs Webb, of Belper, whose son, Tom, 22, was killed over a comment about a woman being "fit", has said the statue could inspire young people to "de-tool". She said: "This is an epidemic and we need help and support from the mayor. "This amazing sculpture has been declined because it doesn't fit some criteria. It's bizarre." City Hall said the only way for a piece of art to be displayed was through being selected by the Fourth Plinth Commissioning Group on behalf of the mayor. It added the mayor recently launched his knife crime strategy, which "included an additional £625,000 for knife and gang crime projects".

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North Wales Police responded to a report of the incident close to the Jade Jones Pavilion at about 14:00 BST on Sunday. Det Ch Insp Arwyn Jones said members of the public detained the man until police arrived. A 50-year-old man was arrested. The child was not hurt and is "safe". "I would like to reassure the public that the child is safe with her family, and the male remains in police custody," said Det Ch Insp Jones.

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Local taxi driver unions and politicians have complained that Uber poses unfair competition by not meeting legal standards required for established taxi firms. According to Uber, 300,000 riders use its app in Denmark and it has around 2,000 drivers. The service will shut down on 18 April. In a statement the firm said: "For us to operate in Denmark again the proposed regulations need to change. We will continue to work with the government in the hope that they will update their proposed regulations and enable Danes to enjoy the benefits of modern technologies like Uber." Uber has been operating in Denmark for less than three years. The firm said it would "allocate resources" to help Uber drivers during the shutdown process. It will maintain its software division in Aarhus in northern Denmark where it employs 40 people. The firm has faced opposition from traditional taxi drivers in cities around the world. In the UK, a 2015 High Court challenge arguing that Uber should be regulated in the same way as other London taxi businesses was dismissed by a judge. But in 2016, Uber drivers won the right to be classed as workers rather than as self-employed. Earlier this month, it suspended its self-driving cars after an accident in Arizona when one of the autonomous vehicles - a Volvo SUV - ended up on its side. It has also faced negative stories about its workplace practices and a number of executives have quit, including the president Jeff Jones.

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Billboards and posters will highlight the ban, intended to protect under 18-year olds from second-hand smoke. Health Minister Mark Drakeford said the law was needed because "smoking in cars poisons children". People breaking the ban, coming into force in England on the same day, will face a £50 on-the-spot fine. Almost one child in 10 in Wales says smoking is allowed in their family car, according to recent research, although that proportion has halved since 2008. "Children are particularly at risk from second-hand smoke, which has been linked to a range of health issues, from sudden infant death syndrome, lung and ear infections and asthma," Mr Drakeford said. "This danger is heightened when they are in the confined space of a car and can't escape the fumes. "There is evidence that even with windows open, the level of toxic chemicals remains high." Jamie Matthews from Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) Wales said the ban was popular with the public. "Together with the forthcoming regulations on standardised packaging these regulations will help to denormalise smoking and discourage children from taking up the deadly habit," he said. The law does not apply to e-cigarettes or when an under-18-year old is the only person in the car. It will be enforced by police and local authorities.

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Media playback is not supported on this device Former Accies players Chris Swailes and Guillaume Beuzelin will be assistant manager and head coach respectively. Scottish defender Canning had been made interim player-coach after Neil exited. And it has now been revealed that the 33-year-old knew he already had the job on a permanent basis despite a number of high-profile applications. "I had an indication that was the way it was going to go," Canning told BBC Scotland. "The best way to do it was to do it the way it was done. Now that it's resolved we can go back to concentrating on football. Media playback is not supported on this device "Going into management was something I always wanted to do. Who knows if it's too soon or the right time or the wrong time - you'll never know until you actually go ahead and do it. "For me, it was a no-brainer to take it and we'll just see how things go." Canning, who was club captain, has overseen three consecutive defeats, with Accies losing 5-0 away to Partick Thistle on Wednesday - but it has not deterred the Hamilton board from again appointing from within. Neil was elevated from his role as captain to player-manager when Billy Reid moved on in April 2013. Frank McAvoy, who was Neil's assistant at New Douglas Park, had remained behind to assist Canning but will now also head to Carrow Road following Saturday's home game with Inverness Caledonian Thistle. Canning, who described it as "a big opportunity", will continue as a player and have some input into training, but that will be the main responsibility of Swailes and Beuzelin. Englishman Swailes played for Hamilton for two seasons after leaving Oldham Athletic in 2007 during a long playing career that included spells with Boston United, Doncaster Rovers, Ipswich Town, Bury and Rotherham United. The 44-year-old former defender ended his playing career after joining Northern Football League club Dunston UTS in 2011. Former Le Havre, Hibernian, Coventry City and Olympiakos Nicosia midfielder Beuzelin will move from Scottish Championship club Dumbarton, where he was appointed assistant manager in July. The 35-year-old Frenchman, who had a short spell with Accies in 2009, previously had coaching roles with Falkirk, Stirling University and Hibs, as well as a continuing one with South of Scotland League side Edusport Academy. Hamilton sit fifth in the Scottish Premiership - nine points behind leaders Celtic - following promotion via the play-offs in the summer.

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It ought to be. After all, this is the first Conservative budget in almost 20 years. The last was delivered by Ken Clarke in 1996. It has to deliver promises repeated for so long but yet to be delivered, like the cut to inheritance tax. It has to fulfil the Tories' stated goals of cutting spending, cutting welfare and cutting tax whilst still claiming to be the "workers' party" pursuing a One Nation "we're all in it together" philosophy. And it comes at a time when what politicians love to call "difficult decisions" will never be easier to take. After all, George Osborne no longer has to haggle with coalition partners, he faces a Labour Party which is still struggling to absorb its defeat and he is once again able to raise the spectre of Greece - "if a country's not in control of its borrowing the borrowing takes control of the country". Nevertheless, the chancellor is expected to slow the pace of planned welfare cuts so that he will take three years instead of two to reach his promised target of £12bn. I understand he will unveil proposals for £8bn of cuts by 2017/8 and a further £4bn by 2018/9. Sources are stressing that this is very unlikely to make the cuts less controversial or to stop what Mr Osborne has called the "depressingly predictable howls of protest" which he expects to greet his Budget. In the last Parliament the deepest welfare cuts the government achieved amounted to £8bn over two years and experts have pointed out that the easy routes to saving money have already been taken - for example, ending the link between benefit rises and the higher RPI rate of inflation. The main targets for welfare cuts are expected to be tax credits - in particular child tax credit - housing benefit and the elements of Employment Support Allowance which are paid to those deemed capable of work related activity (my colleagues Allegra Stratton and Michael Buchanan have examined these in depth). The chancellor may also choose to slow the pace of overall spending cuts, although the Treasury is refusing to confirm this. This would be seen as a response to criticism from the Office for Budget Responsibility after the last Budget of what they described as a "roller coaster" ride in public spending - sharp cuts for two years followed by steep rises. The OECD has also called on the government to reconsider plans to front-load spending cuts at the beginning of this Parliament. Some forecasters have suggested that the deficit could be as much as £15bn lower than it was forecast to be just three months ago when George Osborne last delivered a Budget. This would allow him a little bit of wriggle room to slow his spending cuts at the same time as pursuing tax cuts, particularly if he can also raise significant sums by increasing the tax paid by non-doms and by top-rate taxpayers on their pension contributions. Mr Osborne will, as expected, reject calls for him to cut the top rate of income tax from 45p to 40p and will instead make further progress towards the Tories' target of increasing the personal income tax allowance to £12,500 and the threshold for higher rate tax to £50,000. If he does all this and more the Budget will certainly live up to the pre-billing. Which word you add after "big" will, of course, depend on your political persuasion.

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Bavuma, 25, became the first black African to score a Test hundred for South Africa as he hit an unbeaten 102 against England in Cape Town. Hashim Amla scored a double century as the hosts declared on 627-7, with England ending day four 18 runs ahead. "I'm full of emotion, relief and I'm very satisfied," said Bavuma. Speaking to BBC Test Match Special, he added: "Luckily with the team environment we have it wasn't all about the runs I scored that enabled me to have a sense of belonging. "But I think for myself it really gives me that boost of confidence to say that I can truly play at this level." England all-rounder Ben Stokes appeared to be caught on television coverage sledging Bavuma early in the South African's innings. Bavuma told a post-match news conference that he respected "tough competitor" Stokes for congratulating him after the game on reaching his milestone. "He did come hard, but everything was in the spirit of the game," he said. "Some of things he said I couldn't really hear him, but the more he kept on speaking, it fired me a bit more to knuckle down and focus on the task in hand." Prior to this match, Bavuma had amassed just 145 runs at an average of 20.71 in six Tests since making his debut against West Indies in December 2014. Arriving at the crease under pressure as the Proteas lost three wickets for 10 runs after lunch, the diminutive batsman played with impressive fluency, driving through the covers and pulling anything short to the boundary. Bavuma, born in the Langa township in Cape Town, raced to his half century off just 52 balls before reaching three figures late in the day in front of an elated home crowd. "There was a lot of noise and I think people were probably just as jubilated or as satisfied as I was," he added. "My parents were watching and I'm sure it was also a special moment for them. I had a couple of friends that kept making noise, so I think the moment was greatly shared by the people as well as myself. "Our mindset was just to bat time, try to occupy most of the day and luckily we got into a position where we were able to shift pressure on to England. "Unfortunately we didn't get that wicket that we wanted late on but on Wednesday we hope to get a couple of wickets and get the English guys scrambling out there." The tourists dropped eight catches of varying difficulty across South Africa's marathon 211-over innings, including Bavuma on 77 when wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow failed to claim an edge behind low to his right. England assistant coach Paul Farbrace admits those mistakes have probably cost his side victory on a flat wicket but hopes they can "send out a statement" for the rest of the series on the final day on Wednesday. "We didn't expect to be in this position on day four and honestly if we'd taken our chances through the two days then we wouldn't be in this position," he added. "Our bowlers have created great opportunities, which on a flat pitch is all you can do - one or two were half-chances and that's tough but one or two others we should've caught and we're disappointed we haven't. "You don't want to highlight it to the extent you're saying 'don't drop catches' to them because obviously any tension in the body makes it harder so it's a case of lots of repetitive catching and working incredibly hard. "I'm sure our bowlers in the ice bath after the day will say it's a flat wicket but it's not it's not a terrible pitch for Test match cricket by any means because chances have been created - we've shown that if you get the ball in the right place there has been a little bit there."

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BBC Sport takes a look at the stories you may have missed from Saturday's action. Forty years ago this week a raw, no-nonsense 18-year-old centre-back by the name of Mick McCarthy was making his debut for Barnsley in a 4-0 win over Rochdale. The Ipswich Town manager had been marking that football landmark in fine style, until Saturday's 2-0 home defeat against Fulham put an end to his side's 100% start to the league season. Following an impressive playing career at club and international level with the Republic of Ireland, the Yorkshireman has been in charge for almost 900 matches in the top two tiers of English football, as well as leading his adopted country to the last 16 of the 2002 World Cup. But it is the man whose boots he used to clean who now boasts the only perfect record in the Championship. Can you spot McCarthy's fellow Championship manager below? McCarthy, 58, was a certain Neil Warnock's apprentice during his early years at the Tykes and, incredibly, between them they have managed more than one-third of the teams currently in England's second tier. Warnock's Cardiff City lead the way on their own now, with five wins from five thanks to a 2-1 success against QPR. And here's a quiz question bonus for you. Can you name the nine second-tier sides the pair have managed? Answers at the bottom of the page. After a total of 439 minutes* spanning more than four and a half league and cup games this season, Gillingham finally scored a goal on Saturday. In fact they got three. Well, Tom Eaves did to be precise, netting a hat-trick - and his first goals for the club - inside 24 second-half minutes. Eaves' efforts saw the Gills twice come from behind to earn a 3-3 draw against Southend United. Not to be outdone by Eaves, Newport County's Frank Nouble also grabbed a hat-trick - marking his home debut in style as his side beat Chesterfield 4-1. Coming through the ranks at Chelsea, the Exiles are Nouble's 13th British club, with a brief spell in China sandwiched in between. The South Wales air certainly seems to agree with him. Maybe his treble will help the much-travelled 25-year-old forward settle? *Not counting Gillingham's 0-0 draw on the final day of last season, or the 25 goalless minutes in the game before that. Every new signing dreams of scoring on their debut, but Burton Albion loanee Joe Mason took that to the next level in his side's 1-1 draw with Sheffield Wednesday. Not only did the striker equalise for the Brewers, he did so only 31 seconds after being brought on at the Pirelli Stadium. Seconds after jogging on, Mason was allowed space in the area to shoot on the turn, converting after Gary Hooper had put the visitors ahead with a close-range backheel. Mason had not scored since January. How is he going to follow up that first impression? Grimsby Town's players are either very unlucky or need to brush up on the laws of the game following their fifth red card in five matches this season. Danny Collins was guilty of two bookable offences in the Mariners' 3-2 home defeat against Wycombe after a handball in the penalty area and a bad foul on Matt Bloomfield. Early baths for Ben Davies, Sam Jones, James Berrett and Zak Mills in the four previous league and cup matches mean Collins' dismissal kept up the unwanted 100% record. Grimsby now find themselves third from bottom in League Two and will hope to move themselves back up the table before they run out of available players. Northampton Town's start to a season seemingly so full of promise has been miserable to say the least. With Matt Crooks and Matt Grimes headlining a host of summer signings, hopes were high for a positive campaign in League One. Four games in and Justin Edinburgh's side are one of only two teams in the EFL yet to register a single point. Saturday's 4-1 home loss against high-flying Peterborough United means the rock-bottom Cobblers have now lost all four league matches, conceding 10 goals and scoring two. Under-pressure boss Edinburgh told BBC Radio Northampton: "We are in this together. We will never isolate anybody. We have let ourselves down, we have let the fans down and the football club. I accept all the responsibility. "I have had to work hard in my career as a player and a manager and I am not going to give it up lightly. "If we are going to get the result that we need we certainly have to defend better than we have. We were so, so poor in the goals we gave away. I understand the frustration but the only way you get through it is by sticking together." At least the Cobblers are not alone at the foot of the third tier. Oldham Athletic's 2-1 loss to Blackpool means they also have no points but remain above Northampton on goal difference. Did you get the nine Championship clubs managed by either Mick McCarthy or Neil Warnock? They are: Cardiff, Ipswich, Wolves, Leeds, QPR, Sheffield United, Sunderland, Millwall and Burton. Neither has managed Barnsley... yet.

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Christine McGuire, 67, from Stranraer, died when her car, which was on the hard shoulder near Penrith, was struck by another vehicle on 7 January 2015. Colin McLachlan, 74, pleaded not guilty to causing her death by dangerous driving at Carlisle Crown Court. Mr McLachlan, from Kilmarnock, was granted unconditional bail ahead of a trial on 15 November.

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Surrey Heath Museum will reopen in February for its 2015 events and exhibition programme. Curator Gillian Barnes-Riding said staff had audited the collection but now wanted all the stores to be catalogued electronically. A team of 20 or so volunteers will be helping staff to complete the work at the museum in Camberley. Ms Barnes-Riding said the electronic catalogue would enable staff to find items more easily.

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He grew up there with a family so poor, they often went to bed having only drunk warm water for dinner. To earn money, he dropped out of school as a teenager to fight at local fiestas for a winning purse of 100 pesos, or less than $4 (£2.60). In a sign of how far he's come, this weekend he earned at least $100m in the "fight of the century" against American rival Floyd "Money" Mayweather Jr. The highly anticipated bout took about half a decade to organise and is the richest event in the history of boxing. Pacquiao wasn't able to defeat Mayweather. Despite his loss, the 36-year-old remains a hero in locals' eyes and there is speculation he may turn to politics and possibly run for president in the coming years. Following his sporting success, he's become so influential in the Philippines it can be said that he single-handedly boosts the economy each time he fights. Some analysts have gone so far as to claim the Philippines' currency the peso rises ahead of his matches. One media report said the peso strengthened against the US dollar in six out of 10 of his last critical fights. Whenever Pacquiao enters the ring, the South East Asian nation is famously said to come to a virtual standstill. This past weekend was no different. The normally gridlocked streets of its capital, Manila, stood mostly empty in the hours leading up to and during his match against Mayweather. Across the country, millions gathered in private homes, town halls, schools, cinemas and stadiums to watch him fight across the Pacific, cheering loudly each time he managed to land a blow on his arch rival. It is estimated that seven out of 10 people in the Philippines watched the match on Sunday. And that level of viewership translates into a lot of money. Tickets to the match at the MGM Grand Garden in Vegas officially ranged from $1,500 to $10,000. They were sold out in minutes. In the Philippines, most people would never be able to afford that. It is estimated that more than a quarter of its population live under the poverty line, or with less than $2 a day. However, many paid out of pocket to watch the Pacquiao-Mayweather match at home, a bar, hotel or casino, and a variety of businesses have cashed in. Sky Cable charged a pay-per-view rate of 2,500 pesos. Others paid 800 pesos per head to watch Sunday's fight in a cinema. Operator SM Prime Holdings said it sold 100,000 tickets for showings in 200 of its 300 cinemas. Even the Philippines' biggest power distributor Manila Electric (Meralco) benefited. It said electricity usage is about 10% higher during Pacquiao fights. On the islands of Palawan and Mindanao, residents were advised to turn off their refrigerators to save electricity ahead of the match due to intermittent power outages. Then there are the lucrative sponsorship deals. When Pacquiao first went professional, he only had one advertiser willing to pay for their logo to feature on his trunks. In Las Vegas on Sunday, they generated about $2.5m after at least six companies paid for a space on his shorts, including Philippines telecoms giant Smart Communications. It's also impossible to escape his mug in the sprawling capital of Manila; its plastered on flyers in shopping malls and in multiple sections of the daily newspapers. Brands such as Nike, Rexona and Nestle's Butterfinger Peanut Butter Cups also hawk merchandise with his name or likeness on them. Small businesses have benefited from the "Pac Man effect" as well. In a small shopping mall in Quezon City, a suburb of Manila, the Bunny Baker café has seen an increase in traffic after its owners created a life-sized cake of the boxer. "I think Pacquiao is phenomenal for the economy," co-owner Zach Yonzon said. "Whenever there is a fight, everybody goes out. If you're not watching at home, you're going outside to eat at a restaurant. "When Filipinos are happy, they spend money," he added with a smile. The biggest and simplest way Pacquiao contributes to the local economy is through taxes. As one of the world's most highly-paid athletes, Pacquiao is the Philippines' top individual taxpayer despite having been accused of under-declaring his income. He drew $42m in earnings last year, according to Forbes, a figure that will exponentially increase following his fight with Mayweather. Their bout was the richest in boxing history having generated as much as half-a-billion dollars. Pacquiao, who dropped out of high school aged 14, has also demonstrated business savvy over the years. In General Santos, known as the country's tuna capital because of its fishing industry, Pacquiao has set up a gym and hotel, where you can buy an "8 World Title" or "Pound for Pound" Pacquiao burger at its Roadhaus restaurant. The poverty that Pacquiao famously grew up in is long gone. Now he lives in large mansions and will never go hungry again. And that's why he has captured the Philippines' consciousness. His is the true Cinderella story, and millions of Filipinos still aspire to emulate his escape from grinding poverty and make their own mark on the world stage.

In the southern Philippines city of General Santos , there is a dusty little barangay , or village , where boxer Manny " Pac Man " Pacquiao recalls having @placeholder in the streets , starving and hungry .

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The boiled and peeled eggs were mainly sold to cafeterias, cafes and catering firms, the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration said in a statement. Denmark is the latest European country to discover eggs contaminated with fipronil in its food chain. The insecticide can damage people's kidneys, liver and thyroid glands if eaten in large quantities. However, the Danish food administration urged calm, saying the eggs bought by Danæg Products posed no risk to human consumption. "Samples analysed in the Netherlands show traces of fipronil in the eggs, but not as a health hazard," the agency said [in Danish]. "Because the content is illegal, Danæg Products must withdraw the eggs from their customers." Twenty tonnes is the equivalent weight of two-and-a-half African elephants. Denmark is believed to be the tenth country affected by the widening scandal, with Romania and Luxembourg among the latest to report finding contaminated products. The majority of the eggs have originated from the Netherlands, but also from Belgium and Germany. Romanian authorities said on Thursday that one tonne of liquid egg yolk contaminated with fipronil had been found in a warehouse in the west of the country. The product was imported from Germany but had not been sold to consumers, food safety officials said. It also emerged on Thursday that two managers at a Dutch company had been arrested during joint raids by Dutch and Belgian authorities. The company - named as Chickfriend by local media - allegedly used fipronil at poultry farms, prosecutors in the Netherlands said. Fipronil is banned from use in the food industry under EU rules. In a statement, the prosecutors said investigators were also focused on a Belgian supplier, and another Dutch company "that colluded with the Belgian supplier". They added: "They are suspected of putting public health in danger by supplying and using fipronil in pens containing egg-laying chickens." Chickfriend, a poultry farm cleaning company, is yet to comment. Investigators in Belgium have also carried out several raids and identified 26 people or companies as suspects, AFP news agency reports. Some 6,000 litres of "prohibited products" were seized in Belgium. In the UK, the Food Standards Agency now says about 700,000 eggs have been imported from potentially contaminated Dutch farms, up from an early estimate of 21,000, But it said it was very unlikely that there was a risk to public health. However, 11 products containing egg - including sandwiches and salads - have been withdrawn from supermarkets. The Netherlands is Europe's biggest egg producer - and one of the largest exporters of eggs and egg products in the world. Some 180 farms - which produce millions of eggs a week - have been temporarily shut down while further tests are carried out. It is thought that fipronil was added to an allowable treatment for red mites. The problem first surfaced earlier in August, when Aldi withdrew all its eggs from sale in Germany. It has since emerged Belgian officials knew about the contamination in June, but did not make the information public because of a fraud investigation. But Belgium has in turn accused the Dutch of knowing about the problem as far back as November 2016, which they deny.

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Mark Woods encouraged people on social media under #walkwithwalnut to share the last outing on a beach in Cornwall. Walnut the whippet, who was 18-years-old, has now been put down because of his ill health. Mr Woods said the reaction from people around the world who had heard about Walnut on social media had been "incredible". Writing on Facebook, Mr Woods confirmed Walnut had died. He said: "Walnut passed away this morning at 11.56am. The family and our three whippets, Monty, Nelson and Charlie were also in the room. "He went very quickly and in my arms. I am writing this post because I owe it to everyone who has supported myself, my family and most importantly Walnut. "Thank you to the hundreds of people that attended the walk this morning and to all those that had their own walks with their beloved pets at 9.30am all around the world. "I also want to thank the wonderful people of Newquay for their support which I will never forget as long as I live. God bless you all." Mr Woods said the pair been through an "awful lot together", including two marriages, three engagements and a move from London to Cornwall. He said Porth Beach, which is closed to dogs during the summer months, was Walnut's favourite beach. A Kennel Club spokesman said whippets tended to live until they were thirteen to fourteen years old, so Walnut's age was "impressive" and "certainly unusual for the breed". "The walk for Walnut is a lovely idea and will no doubt give him the send-off he deserves."

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Jack Lew was speaking at a meeting of the G20 group, which includes several of the world's largest economies. Earlier this month, the European Central Bank introduced new measures to stimulate the area's flagging economy. However it has stopped short of adopting the policies favoured by its US counterpart, the Federal Reserve. As well as launching an asset purchase programme, through which it will buy debt products from banks, the ECB cut its benchmark interest rate to 0.05%. The bank has been under pressure to kick-start the eurozone economy, as manufacturing output has slowed and inflation has fallen to just 0.3%. "Europe is going to need to solve its problems and resolve differences it has internally," Mr Lew told reporters at the meeting in Australia, "but what's clear from the US experience is that the combination of taking action to boost demand in the short run and make structural changes for the long run is an important combination, and it shouldn't become a choice between the two. "You really need to pursue both." Mr Lew also expressed concern about the political tensions between European countries, and the effect this may have on pushing through urgent policies. "The concern that I have is that if the efforts to boost demand are deferred for too long, there is a risk that the headwinds get stronger, and what I think Europe needs is more tailwinds in the economy," he cautioned.

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Clerk of the course Gary Thompson confirmed the opening four-lap Supersport race will start at 13:00 BST. However, police said part of the course between Ballacraine and Ballig is currently closed after a tree fell on top of a car. It is not believed anyone in the car was injured. The day's schedule also includes the first Sidecar race at 14:50 BST and practice sessions for TT Zero, Superstock and Lightweight machines. Most roads around the course will close to traffic at midday. The Mountain Road from Barrule Park, Ramsey to Bungalow will close at 11.15 and Bungalow to Creg Ny Baa at 11:30. The event's opening Superbike race was won by Yorkshire racer Ian Hutchinson on Sunday.

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Speaking at a preview of the first episode of his final series on the BBC show, he admitted he'd be "very sad" to say goodbye to the programme. The story - titled The Pilot - introduces the Doctor's new companion Bill Potts, played by Pearl Mackie. It sees the Doctor, Bill, and Nardole, played by Matt Lucas, battling a shape-shifting alien across time and space. Capaldi, 58, who took over the Time Lord role in 2013, announced in January that he would leave the show in the 2017 Christmas special. Speaking to an invited audience at the screening in London on Tuesday, Capaldi said: "It's an incredible thing to wake up in the morning and go 'Oh, I'm still Doctor Who!' and go and blow up some monsters - and that's how you spend your day. "When you walk around, people don't see Peter anymore - it's Doctor Who they see - and he gets many more smiles than I do. It'll be sad to say goodbye to him." Asked about who might take over his role, the Scottish actor chose his words carefully. "I'm sure whoever that person is will be wonderful," he said. "Doctor Who is a wonderful part, and they are going to make - if they haven't already done so - a wonderful choice, whether that's a man or a woman." Speculation has been mounting over who will take over the role, with Fleabag's Phoebe Waller-Bridge among the bookies' favourites. Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat said after the screening that he was surprised at the "fuss" over Bill's sexuality. Last week it was revealed that Mackie's character would be the Time Lord's first openly gay companion. "We are not expecting any kind of round of applause or pat on the back for that," Moffat said. "That is the minimum of representation you should have on television. The correct response would be: 'What took you so long?'" "It is important we don't make a big fuss of this in a children's show that communicates directly with children. "You don't want young kids who regard themselves as boring and normal and happen to fancy their own gender, we don't want them to feel as if they are some kind of special case." Addressing journalists in the audience, he added jokingly: "It is not your job to frighten children - it is my job!" Capaldi said he enjoyed the fact that the Doctor was seen "grounded" on Earth as a university lecturer in the opening episode. "I loved being at university," he said. "I love it when Doctor Who roots itself in something recognisable and normal." Doctor Who returns on BBC One on Saturday 15 April. Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.

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Five households in Dawlish have complained of the "stench of fetid sewage" and debris being flung into gardens by passing traffic. Roger Anderson said they were "fed-up" with the lack of action by South West Water, despite constant complaints. South West Water said it was working to resolve the issues "urgently". Resident Margaret Cloke said she arrived home to a pool of sewage in her garden and the smell made her feel "very nauseous". She said: "We've had a lot of problems with sewerage. We've had sewage in the lane coming out of manholes, and people are walking through it and then obviously going back indoors, or going into the shops, and the stench is absolutely awful." However, the company said there was no "quick fix" because the problems at Secmaton Lane and Secmaton Rise were complex and the site had seen "considerable new development".

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You'd be forgiven for missing the tiny dirt track that veers off toward the Westgate farm in Chisamba, which grows moringa trees. There is a humble entrance to a modest plot of land, but it houses a project with huge aspirations. "I personally think we can wipe out malnutrition in Zambia, in sub-Saharan Africa or anywhere else there is a malnutrition problem" says Steven Putter, executive director of the Imagine Rural Development Initiative, which has been planting moringa trees on this site in Zambia since 2013. Moringa has been used for centuries in Asia and Africa for its nutritional and healing properties, and in some reports it has been called "the miracle tree" and "the tree of life". The delicate green leaves and even the stems of the plant are packed with vitamins, amino acids, anti-oxidants and protein. A chance encounter introduced Steven Putter to this unassuming shrub. He was so taken with the plant's potential that he abandoned a corporate career in South Africa and moved to Zambia. He set up the project with $250,000 (£170,000) of his own funds, the help of another investor, and a $20,000 grant from the Swedish government. Putter's vision is that moringa supplements could have a revolutionary effect in Zambia where malnutrition rates are some of the worst in Africa. About 45% of Zambian children under five suffer stunted growth, says the World Health Organisation - while the children's charity, Unicef, says that thousands of children and women suffer from one or more forms of malnutrition, including low birth weight, stunting and multiple vitamin deficiencies. "I'm not saying moringa is the only plant, but it's a very good cornerstone to relieve the problems that exist now very quickly," says Steven. "Imagine if we plant 1,000 trees at every school in Zambia, that would probably cost $2m - but what is that in relation to being able to wipe out malnutrition?" Lewis Chikoti's bright green overall stands out amongst the knee-high moringa crops he is tending. He joined the project as farm foreman a year ago and now feeds his children moringa three times a day: "I have noticed such a difference in my family's health; my children are not getting sick and they just seem brighter with more energy." Most people in Zambia rely on a diet of the maize staple nshima, which is easy to grow, but is of little nutritional value. "With maize you get food security, which is good because it puts a plate of food in front of people" says Steven Putter, "but the language needs to change from 'food security' to 'nutritional security'." Moringa oil was prized in perfume manufacture in ancient Egypt, classical Greece, and the Roman empire. The drought-resistant plant is also known by names including drumstick tree and horseradish tree. It's mainly grown for its leaves in Africa, and its pods in Asia. As a food, its leaves are rich in protein, minerals and vitamins A, B and C. Moringa flowers are used to make tea, and mature seeds can be roasted and eaten like peanuts. The plant can also be used as an animal feed. Moringa seed powder has anti-bacterial properties, and can be used during water purification. Source: Feedipedia Zambia is also in desperate need of re-structuring its economy and lessening its dependence on mining. Copper mining accounts for over 70% of the country's exports, yet the lion's share of copper mines are foreign-owned and many ordinary Zambians say they are not feeling the benefits. Austen Ngwani looks after the moringa project's accounts. Originally from the Copperbelt region in the north west of the country, he feels strongly about Zambia's need to diversify. "For Zambia to develop, we need to move away from the mining sector and look to agriculture," he says. "It's the only way we can export on our own terms and strengthen our currency." Steven Putter says the numbers add up for Zambia. Moringa plants can be harvested once a month. In peak season and on the Zambian site, it requires no fertilizer. This contributes to a very high return on investment, says Mr Putter, of up to "$60,000 per hectare per year". So far the project employs 60 people tending six million plants. Moringa products such as tea or food supplements are sold within Zambia and exported to other countries including the UK, China and South Africa. Putter wants to expand the site to include animal husbandry and aquaponics - using water tanks to grow plants and breed fish. He says the results of giving moringa to animals is quite amazing. "We have seen a 15% increase in cattle growth since introducing moringa to their diet". Steven Putter's path to the "miracle tree" has not been without obstacles. It has cost him a marriage and many thousands of dead trees along the way. But his resolve is fixed. "Moringa can become a multi-million dollar export product for Zambia: it's got the water, it's got the soil, it's got the people - why not? Now it's just will and perseverance."

If you take the only road north out of Zambia 's capital Lusaka , the bustle of roadside street vendors and concrete bungalows soon fades into fields of turmeric - @placeholder bush land , dotted with the occasional mango tree .

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American chief executive Henry Engelhardt will hand over the keys in a year's time. Started in 1991, the company now employs 7,000 people, most of them in south Wales. Admiral's idea was to target motorists who found it hard to get cheaper insurance, including younger drivers, those with higher performance cars and those living in cities. Engelhardt initially looked at setting the business up in Brighton, as he wanted somewhere within two hours of London. "Cardiff - we had to get the map out to find where it was," he said. But he was impressed by the "sell" of the old South Glamorgan County Council and a £1m set-up grant by the then Welsh Development Agency to settle on the Welsh capital for his headquarters. Admiral has seen record profits every year since it became a public company. Although 2014 was an exception, it still made a £357 million profit. Engelhardt has a taste for food analogies - following on from describing the company's performance as "jacket potato" (comforting - but not exciting like a steak) in 2013, 2014 was "Baked Alaska" (hot and cold in a single bite). In reality, Admiral is facing challenging times as competition in the insurance market drives down prices and makes it tougher to make a profit. It also operates price comparison site confused.com but the UK market has become "saturated," in the words of Engelhardt, with few new customers. That is why Admiral is become increasingly focused on foreign markets such as the USA, Spain and France. The way the company does business has also attracted attention. "People who like what they do, do it better" is the company's philosophy. With that in mind, the firm has a Ministry of Fun, which organises events for staff including fancy dress days and pantomimes, while a community chest distributed £114,000 last year to charities and good causes staff were involved in outside work. The group also sponsors the Wales rugby team's shirts. Senior managers sit in open-plan offices with staff and they can email Engelhardt directly through the "Ask Henry" company intranet. Neither Engelhardt or his senior team have company cars. More seriously there is the share scheme for workers, with some long-serving staff receiving the equivalent of £30,000 in shares. In February, Admiral was placed number five in the Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work. FACTFILE - HENRY ENGELHARDT Mr Engelhardt, who owns 11.7% of the company, said he was leaving to make way for a younger management team to take the group forward. "It's a transition - I'm probably starting a downward slope and we've a lot of managers on the upward slope." "Don't bury me yet, Guys! I still have 12 months on the job and lots to accomplish in that time." His successor, co-founder David Stevens, 51, said he was ready to build on Mr Engelhardt's "formidable legacy" but is also talking with him about how he might continue to make his "unique skills" available. Engelhardt added: "I can't go cold turkey, I'll help David as best I can."

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The £2 coin, made by The Royal Mint in Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taff, was released into circulation in Hampshire on Tuesday. It will be released into wider UK circulation later in 2017. Dominique Evans' design, her first for a circulating coin, features the author's silhouette and signature. She said: "I imagined the framed silhouette in one of the houses featured in Jane Austen's books, on the wall of a corridor as guests pass by to attend a dance, perhaps in Pride and Prejudice or on the wall in the home of Emma."

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English is one of the advantages India has which are said to be propelling it to economic superpower status. There are all those Indians who speak excellent English. It's the mother tongue of the elite and effectively the official language of the central government. Then there is the growing number of parents who now aspire to give their children an education through the medium of that language. But is the craze for English an unmixed blessing? Back in the sixties the British regarded Indian English as something of a joke. The comic actor Peter Sellers had mocked it so comprehensively that I found it well nigh impossible to get the BBC to allow anyone with even the faintest Indian accent on the air. In India, we native English speakers laughed at quaint phrases like "please do the necessary and oblige", or more simply "please do the needful", and "it is suggested that the meeting be preponed", which appeared regularly in Indian official correspondence. A senior British diplomat once suggested that his PA should find some less geographically specific way of answering the telephone when he couldn't take the call than saying, "Sahib is not on his seat". Much to the diplomat's dismay a colleague told him that his PA had misunderstood the instruction and been even more specific. He'd told the colleague, "Sahib is in the lavatory." Now with Indian writers carrying off the major literary awards, and Westerners in the IT and BPO industries talking of being "bangalored" when they are replaced by English-speaking Indians, Indian English is anything but a joke. But could the very success of English in India "bangalore" India's own languages? The linguist Professor David Crystal speaking in Delhi said: "A language is dying every two weeks somewhere in the world today. Half the world's languages will no longer be spoken in another century. This is an extremely serious concern, and English has to share the blame." Others put it less politely, describing English as a killer language. But should India worry if English kills off some of its 22 officially recognised and hundreds of its not-so-official languages? Perhaps the answer is no. In his book comparing the future of India, China, and Japan, the former editor of The Economist, Bill Emmott, said India fell short of China in almost every measure except the ability to speak English. So why shouldn't India build on its one advantage? One practical reason is because, looking back over the history of India since it became independent in 1947, it is clear that any threat to Indian languages has the potential to provoke a violent backlash. Mark Tully is a writer and former BBC India correspondent. This is an edited extract from his new book, Non Stop India, published by Penguin Books, India

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Women in Football said its language expert is certain Mourinho used abusive language towards a woman, contrary to the verdict of the FA's chosen expert. "It's another example of the FA failing to tackle discrimination," it said. "We are concerned by the serious flaws in the process of such investigations." The FA studied footage from the 2-2 draw with Swansea on 8 August after a member of the public made a complaint. It said it was "satisfied the words used do not constitute discriminatory language under FA rules". Carneiro and head physio Jon Fearn were criticised by Mourinho for treating Eden Hazard with the side a man down. The club doctor, 42, had her role downgraded before she decided to leave the club. The Women in Football statement said: "Our own language expert made it abundantly clear that the abusive words used by Mr Mourinho on the touchline that day were specifically directed towards a woman, as indicated by the grammar of his sentence. "Other Portuguese speakers we contacted in gathering evidence also emphasised this point. We therefore find it extraordinary that any expert or Portuguese speaker would report otherwise." The FA said it had appointed an independent academic expert in Portuguese linguistics to analyse the footage of the incident, which included the audio recording. It said in its statement: "Both the words used, as translated and analysed by the independent expert, and the video evidence, do not support the conclusion that the words were directed at any person in particular."

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Sorry, the pop songs tell us, is the hardest word - but is it ever enough? Libyan television showed Saadi Gaddafi in his blue prison uniform the other day, clean-shaven and looking well. The authorities were keen to dispel rumours that the 40-year-old - who led a colourful life as a son of the great dictator - had been abused in prison. He told the camera: "I apologise to the Libyan people, and I apologise to the dear brothers in the Libyan government for all the harm I've caused and for disturbing the security and stability of Libya." There was no immediate indication that the "dear brothers in the Libyan government" would consider this adequate redress for the millions allegedly taken away by the former commander of Libya's Special Forces and former head of the Libyan Football Federation - but chances are they would not. What Zuma should say about Nkandla As we venture into April with all its anniversaries of history's gruesome moments - Rwanda 1994 or South Africa's removal of her apartheid yoke - how are we to understand the word "sorry" these days and more importantly does it count for anything at all? The steady stream of Africans appearing at the International Criminal Court (ICC) ignores the central theme of our African atrocities - that it is the little people, the men and women on the streets and in the hills of our villages who take the business of killing very personally. The events in the Central African Republic (CAR) have thrown up disturbing images of Christians targeting Muslims in revenge attacks. Young men have filled our news screens to happily declare that they want to kill, have killed and will kill again. African Union peacekeepers have been keeping a kind of peace where the Christians have refused to turn the other cheek and the UN has warned of the prospect of serious long-lasting conflict in the CAR. As we remember Rwanda's genocide, CAR reminds us that we have been here before - that the early warning alarms are ringing loud and clear and that sooner or later we shall hear the politicians convening truth and reconciliation commissions and the murdering Christians may have to say sorry not just in the confession box. But will it help? Collectively we all expect to hear the word sorry. A sorry from the great war-mongers of our times would not erase the wars, but it is expected. And so, as we remember the 1994 genocide, we are reminded about who has and has not apologised over the world's failure to stop the killings. In an interview over the weekend, Rwanda's President Paul Kagame mentioned "the direct role of Belgium and France" in the "political preparation for genocide" and repeated his claim that France did more than just "not having done enough to save lives during the genocide". France rejected such complicity, with a former prime minister saying the country took "the initiative to organise a humanitarian operation to prevent widespread massacres". The fall-out has been such that the French presidency at first suggested a boycott of Rwanda's 20th genocide memorial, then suggested they would be represented by their ambassador, only for that ambassador to say he had been barred from the ceremony. Apologies though, belong to the victims not to the victor - and there is a silent chapter in Rwanda's history that claims President Kagame's Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) troops killed thousands, including peacekeepers, in their pursuit of power and peace and that group of souls is too easily erased from his own narrative - accusations denied by Mr Kagame. All figures in 2013 financial terms Source: Public protector report How Zuma's home has grown Over in South Africa, where the country marks 20 years of democratic rule this month, President Jacob Zuma is about to go back to his country and ask for another term in office. And like all second-term presidents, the gloss has well and truly dimmed from his presidency and scandal after scandal hounds him. South Africans, though, always seem to be expecting Mr Zuma to apologise - for his past, his friends, his lovers, his money, his way of governance. Perhaps they have a taste for apologies following their Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which investigated human rights abuses carried out during the apartheid era and granted amnesty to those who showed remorse. Just the other week Mr Zuma was told that the millions of public money spent on security upgrades to his rural homestead in Nkandla could not be entirely justified and that he had to pay back some of the money spent on the swimming pool, the chicken enclosure and the amphitheatre. Public Protector Thuli Madonsela went further in her report on Nkandla: "The manner in which the Nkandla Project was administered and implemented gave me the impression of a toxic concoction of a lack of leadership, a lack of control and focused self-interest." But those expecting an apology from the South African president may have a long wait - he has referred the whole matter to the Special Investigation Unit, leaving the nation to tuck into his latest dilemma as they prepare to go to the polls. Apologies are very personal pleas for forgiveness between individuals. When they are expressed we expect them to be wholesome and sincere - otherwise they never really stick. If you would like to comment on Farai Sevenzo's column, please do so below.

In our series of letters from African journalists , filmmaker and columnist Farai Sevenzo considers the @placeholder of apologies , as Africa marks 20 years since the Rwandan genocide and the end of white minority rule in South Africa .

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So says Rafa from Brazil, as he and his friends dance lazily on the hill overlooking the huge main stage, where superstar DJ Avicii performs live. He is among thousands of Brazilians who made the 9,417km (5,000-mile) journey to Belgium for the Tomorrowland festival - a feast of electronic music. It's a very diverse crowd, with many people waving their national flags from all over the world: India, Australia, Russia, Germany, Chile, Canada, Spain, South Korea - pretty much anywhere. Despite being a relatively new festival Tomorrowland - staged in countryside between Brussels and Antwerp - has emerged as one of the biggest and most popular music events in the world. To mark its tenth anniversary the festival has added an extra weekend, doubling its usual capacity of 180,000 visitors. Despite the extension the 360,000 tickets were all sold out within an hour. Debby Wilmsen is a press agent for the festival, and she told me that although Tomorrowland started in 2005 with only 9,000 people attending, the festival's popularity continued to grow until they began selling out after five years. "Now we have a new festival in the US called TomorrowWorld. It's all gone very fast for us." She says the secret to their success was a word-of-mouth reputation which all began on the internet. "We do not make television or radio adverts, we don't print posters, we only use social media - so that we can have direct contact with our fans," she said. Tomorrowland's main stage has become an icon in itself, and its ambitious designs each year help to make the festival venue instantly recognisable around the world. In 2012 the stage was a huge volcano, erupting in fireworks. This year the stage is shaped like a giant water mill 140m (462ft) long and 40m high, surrounded by massive wheels and a huge round screen. Fire, smoke and confetti are blasted out from the stage, settling on the artistic "valley". The deep thumping bass follows you around the small town of Boom and the park hosting the event. The alleyways are full of happy festival-goers walking and dancing. There are 16 stages and 400 DJs, blasting out music non-stop. Whether you like electronic music or not, it is hard not to be swept up in the atmosphere. Along its eclectic, eccentric stages you'll find several lakes, a river running under a newly built bridge designed by a Belgian artist and a huge, slowly revolving wheel. As night falls the lights from the stage and the colourful street artists create a magical atmosphere. Promoting local artists and products is an important part of the festival's ambitions. "We have a lot of international guests coming here and we want to give them a touch of Belgian spirit. So we have Belgian fries, Belgian chefs cook meals in our restaurants and we have a Belgian beer cafe. We want to give visitors a holiday feeling with a real Belgian atmosphere," said Debby Wilmsen. The presence of drugs is a hard reality that all festivals must deal with, and Tomorrowland's policy is clear. "Of course we cannot control everyone, but we have police on site and we have a zero-tolerance policy. When someone is caught with drugs they are immediately expelled from the festival," she said. On the main stage the DJ asks the crowd to put their hands in the air and in seconds countless thousands of arms reach for the sky. Ronnie and Shani, two friends from Israel, can't stop smiling as they dance together. "We are so happy to be here, we almost didn't make it. Our flight got cancelled because of the war [between Israel and Hamas] and we had to buy new tickets at the last minute. The only flights we could get on were to Paris, so we rented a car and here we are," says Shani. Ronnie says "everybody is so friendly - it's nice to break away from the tense situation in our country at the moment". As the sun sets on the fields of Boom, DJ Avicii finishes his set with his best-selling hit Wake Me Up. Rafa and his Brazilian friends sip beers as the festival reaches its finale. "I would like to tell my children that I was here. It's something very unique, and I hope that in the future I'll be able send my son to Tomorrowland," Rafa says.

" This is a dream come true , I feel like I 've jumped inside my television because in Brazil my friends and I would always watch Tomorrowland 's @placeholder and we always wanted to come here . I 'm living a dream right now . "

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Eight-month-old Marley from Hitcham chewed through the tube of glue his owner was using for home improvements. At first he showed no signs of illness, but within a week needed emergency surgery to remove a solid lump of adhesive from his stomach. His owner Beverley King said her pet made a full recovery and was now "bouncing around" again. Read this and more stories from Suffolk Mrs King said her husband had been working upstairs when Marley came down with his paws covered in glue. He was taken to the vet to have the glue removed and seemed fine, she said. However he later became ill and had to be referred to a specialist veterinary centre near Newmarket, where the full extent of Marley's mishap was revealed. He underwent a one-hour operation to have the ball of glue removed by a surgical specialist. Mrs King, who slept by his side every night "just to be on the safe side", said her pet was due to have a final check up later.

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And even in an era before the collapse of trust in politicians, the word "non-political" carried a lot of weight. A similar dynamic has been at play during the European Union referendum campaign. Both sides have been keen to roll out business leaders to support their cause, believing that voters are willing to listen to people who actually make decisions on employing people and investing in the UK economy. For Remain, a series of business big-hitters have backed the UK staying in the EU, saying leaving would risk job losses and threaten economic growth. How trade and the UK's economy are affected by membership of the EU. They include Sir Roger Carr, chairman of the aerospace giant BAE, Dame Carolyn McCall, chief executive of easyJet, Bob Dudley, chief executive of BP, and Douglas Flint, the chairman of HSBC. Remain supporters insist that the weight of business opinion is on their side. And certainly nearly all the reputable polls on the issue have put business support for Remain ahead of support for Leave. Today's by the British Chambers of Commerce, one of the largest, puts "Remain" leading "Leave" among its members 54% to 37%. Leave supporters respond by saying that larger businesses tend to be more pro-EU and speak for the "establishment", smaller businesses and those that do not export to other parts of the EU are more negative and that they have some significant business voices on their side. They include Tim Martin, chairman of pub chain JD Wetherspoons, Luke Johnson, chairman of Patisserie Valerie and the man behind the success of Pizza Express, and Rocco Forte, chief executive of Rocco Forte Hotels. And one ray of sunshine for the Leave campaign from the BCC survey is that the poll lead for remain among businesses has fallen from 30% to 17%. Though it is also worth noting that 90% of those that responded to the poll said that their mind was now settled, which suggests there is not much chance of a substantial further shift before the referendum on 23rd June. The BCC survey, and today's study by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research - which is expected to claim a high economic cost if Britain leaves the EU - kicks off another week where the economy will dominate much of the EU debate. On Wednesday George Osborne appears before the Treasury Select Committee to be questioned on the Treasury report which said that the UK economy could be 6% smaller by 2030 if Britain left the EU. On Thursday the Governor of the Bank of England will appear in public for one of the last major economic reports from the Bank on the state of the UK economy before the referendum. Mark Carney is likely to strike a gloomy note after manufacturing and service growth data suggested that economic growth had fallen to as low as 0.1% in April, down from 0.4% for the first three months of the year. How much he attributes that to Brexit risk or just general economic gloom will be fascinating. The week will be rounded off by the International Monetary Fund's annual study of the British economy which is set to say that leaving the EU will carry a significant bill for Britain. Mr Osborne wants to keep the focus on the economic argument that leaving the EU is bad for Britain. For those who support Brexit, Project Fear, as they describe it, is in full voice.

In his memoirs , Tony Blair wrote that one of the reasons business support for New Labour in the 1990s was important was for the message it sent voters - if businesses agree with us , then that is a powerful , non-political endorsement of our @placeholder to you .

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The work is a portrait of Van Dyck's close friend Olivia Porter and was painted around 1637. The tax bill covered was for £2.8m but the full value of the painting has not been disclosed. Owned by the same family since the 17th Century, the portrait will now go to the Bowes Museum in County Durham. Adrian Jenkins, director of the Bowes Museum at Barnard Castle, said: "We are delighted to have the opportunity to celebrate the gift of this wonderful portrait. "It will also of course enhance the museum's permanent collection." Born in Antwerp, Van Dyck is thought of as one of the most important Flemish painters, in particular portraitists, of the 17th Century. He was heavily influenced by Rubens and the Italian artists, especially Titian, and is best remembered for his elegant representations of Charles I and his court after he settled at the English court in 1632. Olivia Porter was a lady-in-waiting at the court, who married Van Dyck's friend Endymion Porter, the king's picture agent and diplomat. The portrait of Olivia - who became the subject of more than one of the artist's portraits - is thought to have been commissioned by her husband. Its quality and vibrancy reflect the close friendship of the couple with the artist. Van Dyck chose to paint Olivia in a timeless classical costume - red with golden highlights - reminiscent of Venetian painters such as Titian. Edward Harley, chairman of the panel which advises the government on offers in lieu of tax said: "The acceptance-in-lieu scheme continues to enrich our public collections. "I am delighted that this exceptional portrait, which is one of the great Van Dycks, has been allocated to the Bowes Museum in County Durham." The painting will form part of a major exhibition, The English Rose - Feminine Beauty from Van Dyck to Sargent, which opens at the Bowes Museum in May 2016.

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Idris Elba will once again don his tweed coat for the four-part season, which has been described as "utterly heart-stopping and unmissable". The crime drama was last on screens in December 2015, although Elba reprised the role for a Sport Relief sketch last March. Filming will begin on the new series early next year. After the fourth series there had been hopes it would live on as a big screen version, but a film never materialised. Co-creator and writer Neil Cross said: "It's a question Idris and I get asked a lot. What happened to John Luther after we last saw him striding unbowed through the streets of his city, his blood red London? "It can't be over, can it? There's so much we don't know. So much unfinished business. The thing is, we've been asking ourselves the same question. "In the end, we picked up the phone to some old friends and asked if they'd like to find out what happens next. It turns out, they would. So that's what we're going to do. We're going to find out what happens next." Elba added: "Neil, the BBC and I have been talking about a further season and I am thrilled that we have been able to bring it all together. "I look forward to putting the coat back on." Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.

Luther fans , your prayers have been answered - the husky - @placeholder detective is returning for a fifth series .

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Hello raised more than $2.4m (£1.9m) for its Sense bedroom monitor via the crowdfunding site in 2014, and went on to attract a further $40.5m. Private backers included Singapore's sovereign wealth fund Temasek and Facebook Messenger chief David Marcus. Hello confirmed it would "soon be shutting down", via Medium's news site. "The past few months have been incredibly tough, especially on the team of Hello. For that I'm incredibly sorry," wrote its chief executive, James Proud. "Hello has been my whole life for five years, and I couldn't have asked for a better group of people to have travelled with." The product had been on sale for $149. Customers have been told that the company is "unsure" whether the online service that supports the hardware will continue to operate - it would need to be acquired by a third-party. But they can export their existing data. Owners have also been advised to request refunds from shops they bought the devices from. However, if they purchased the kit directly from Hello itself, they have been told there will be no way to get their money back. According to the news site Axios, Hello had held "fire-sale talks" with the fitness tracker specialist Fitbit, but failed to reach a deal. A source close to Hello said that the firm - along with some other hardware developers - had found it more difficult to raise funds in recent months. Sense comprised: The equipment produced a unique score for the previous night's sleep and aimed to wake the owner up at the best point in their sleep cycle. It had gained voice controls in November, in its last major update. Mr Proud - who was born in London - gave up plans to go to university to create the gadget and moved to California after receiving a grant from Peter Thiel, the Silicon Valley entrepreneur who co-created PayPal and now acts as an adviser to President Trump. The Briton had originally planned to create a wearable sleep-tracking gadget. But he switched focus to create a table-top device after deciding that this would make customers more likely to keep using it. "We spend a third of our day [asleep]," he told the BBC in 2014, "It's the most critical part of the day." He managed to attract money from other big name backers, including ex-Twitter chief executive Dick Costolo, Facebook's virtual reality vice-president Hugo Barra and Spotify's head of special projects, Shakil Khan. But Sense struggled against competition from bigger brands, including Withing's Aura sleep-tracking alarm clock and Fitbit's sleep-tracking wristwear. In addition, Apple acquired another rival, Beddit. "Kickstarter can give you a good basis to get your product off the ground and an awful lot of PR, but translating that into a successful commercial product is difficult," said Ben Wood, from the CCS Insight tech consultancy. "Going to the next level, finding more funding and getting backing - or a takeover offer - from a big company is often the lifeline that these companies need to keep going." The failure has not deterred another British entrepreneur currently using Kickstarter to raise funds for a new sleep-tracking device. Fares Siddiqui has already secured more than $100,000 for Circadia, and hopes to distinguish his product by selling an add-on Smart Therapy Lamp designed to "tune" users' body clocks. "The market is too saturated now with products that just do tracking, and people want to be able to do something about how they sleep," he told the BBC. "Treatment is important and [Hello] missed that key part of the loop."

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Police discovered the "laughing gas" during a raid at an address on Longley Road, Fallowfield on Friday as part of a crackdown on psychoactive substances. Insp John Picton said police seized the haul "thanks to intelligence". A woman, 51, and three men aged 58, 30 and 25 were arrested on suspicion of possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply. They were all bailed pending further inquiries, Greater Manchester Police said.

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Media playback is unsupported on your device 25 July 2014 Last updated at 20:04 BST A company based in Solva has developed new mobile phone technology to record the animal's position. The app is free and can be used in remote areas without wi-fi. Its inventor told Abigail Neal how mapping these sightings could help protect the birds.

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Media playback is not supported on this device During these Olympic Games, for example, we will witness champion gymnasts jumping with immaculate grace, distance runners sustaining a tempo that seems barely believable, badminton players who can find the line with unerring accuracy, archers who can thread an arrow into a tiny target. This is magnificent and inspirational. It will keep us captivated for the next few weeks. And yet when it comes to world-class performance, there is something that we don't see: the sacrifice that turned these people into champions in the first place. The sweat, the dedication, the waking up at 5am when your body was crying out for more sleep, the failures, the good habits, the discipline, the drive, the persistence. It is when you get to the competition venue, and face the best of the world, that you discover who has given it more behind the scenes. Who has woken up earlier? Who has trained with their heart and soul? Who has given it their all, not for the last four days, or four weeks, but the last four years? This is the hidden story of success. The true story. The problem is that the X Factor culture we live in today insinuates that success happens instantly for the super-talented. It is about overnight stardom, instant gratification. It deludes us into thinking that if we are blessed with genius, we need only step up to the line to become a superstar. In other words, the entire focus is upon the tip of the iceberg. But that is not how success really happens. Not in the real world, and certainly not in the Olympics. We need to focus more upon what is beneath the water line because only then will we have the resilience to journey towards our own potential, whether we are Olympians or anything else. If success is a sprint, then why bother to carry on when we haven't reached the top in the first few weeks? Might as well give up and try something else. If we recognise that success is a marathon, however, we are able to draw upon deeper reserves of energy and inspiration, and we have a much greater capacity to deal with the setbacks, challenges and failures that are an inevitable part of life and learning, and can sustain our motivation for far longer. This is sometimes called growth mindset - the idea that what we get out is ultimately about what we put in. Talent may be important, but it is never enough without application. Growth mindset recognises that the deepest question we face is: what are we doing beneath the waterline? That mindset has propelled many of our greatest Olympians, and has kept them going when others fell by the wayside. It is the questing spirit that is so central not just to the modern Games, but to its ancient incarnation, too. It is the spirit that keeps us watching. So, you have put the work in, you have arrived in tip-top shape, you are in the form of your life. And yet you arrive on the line, or in the call room, or on the mat, and your heart is beating faster than normal, your hands are perspiring, your vision is suddenly playing games. At this moment, there is one last quality that defines a champion. Can you deliver your best when it really matters, with the eyes of the world upon you? The pressure at the Olympic Games is unique. Mess this up and you have four more years to wait for another chance - if you get another chance. The Olympics is a test of preparation, and technique, and durability, then, but it is also - pre-eminently - a test of nerve. At the Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000, I choked. I failed to progress beyond the group stage in the men's table tennis event. The pressure was too intense, I was too worried about losing, and my fine motor skills seemed to evaporate in the metaphorical heat. It was a huge, numbing disappointment. But it taught me something else. Dealing with pressure is another aspect of performance that can be worked upon. It is not just a matter of turning up and hoping for the best, but building a set of tools and techniques that can absolutely help you to nail it when it really counts. In other words, growth mindset is not just about preparing the body, but also preparing the mind. The Olympics is the ultimate test of both. Matthew Syed is a former Olympian and author of Black Box Thinking, a book about high performance

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30 April 2015 Last updated at 17:05 BST Last year the town, which is in the Wirral, finished seventh in an online list of 13 Worst Christmas Trees in Britain. So this year local businessman Danny McLeod put up a new tree and switched on their Christmas lights eight months early. He thought he'd show the locals what Christmas could be like if the whole area helped out with the cost. Check out what some of the local residents had to say...

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Most were unaware that it was exactly one year since the Glasgow bin lorry tragedy, but there were many who had remembered. They gathered around the fair in George Square, in darkness as a mark of respect, and the floral tributes outside the Gallery of Modern Art. They stood in silence to remember those who had been affected by the tragedy. A woman stood beside the road on Queen Street sobbing heavily, comforted by a companion. Another quietly sobbed as she looked at the floral tributes outside the Gallery of Modern Art. Many more stopped for a minute as they walked past the flowers to read the messages left with them. Some of the flowers had been left by friends and relatives who were affected by the tragedy but most were placed anonymously by members of the public. They served as a reminder for many of the shoppers and and city-centre workers who may otherwise have forgotten the tragedy's first anniversary. Several times today, passers-by questioned their companions about why the flowers had been laid. Some did not know, but when the bin lorry crash was referenced usually it was followed by a respectful silence. It was an overcast day in George Square, but the scene was brightened by a big bunch of yellow flowers. They were laid by two young colleagues of Erin McQuade, who was 18 when she died in the tragedy. The pair worked with her at Cameron House. As they laid the bunch of yellow flowers outside of the Gallery of Modern Art, one said: "We picked these flowers because they were so bright and we thought it was a nice way to remember her on what is obviously a sad day. "It has really affected all of her colleagues. Although we went to her funeral, we also had a night out to our local pub as a way of remembering her. "She was genuinely the nicest person I have ever met - she was so funny." Another mourner, Jane McIntyre, said she did not know any of the victims, but she felt it was important to remember them and their families, especially because of the time of year. As she laid a bunch of roses, she said: "I came last year with my daughter to lay flowers on Boxing Day, because all I could think about on Christmas Day when I was standing cutting my sprouts was that poor woman who lost her daughter and both of her parents. "I've brought my daughter back today because I'll never, ever forget this day. It's just so sad. If that was me I don't think I'd ever be able to celebrate Christmas again." She laid her flowers next to those left by Glasgow's Lord Provost Sadie Docherty. Ms Docherty's message said: "Always in our thoughts and prayers. The Lord Provost of Glasgow, Sadie Docherty."

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Not one for fax machines and agents' fees, Slovenian club NK Domzale had a novel way of avoiding the madness of the January transfer window - using LinkedIn. The online networking service is best known for telling you an old colleague has a better job than yours and is mainly used in the UK by professionals such as lawyers and accountants. But after Domzale head coach Luka Elsner, 33, posted a message asking for an "offensive right-back" who "must have an EU passport", the top-flight club received 150 applications and signed Spanish defender Alvaro Brachi, 30, just before transfer deadline day. Jorge Mendes and his fellow agents must be quaking in their loafers. The advert, posted on 7 January, had got 232 views, 10 likes and eight comments by 2 February and had professional footballers sending in their highlights reels for Elsner to select the best man to fit into his "very offensive 3-4-3 system". NK Domzale are third in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, eight points behind leaders Olimpija while the league takes a winter break. But they lost captain Nejc Skubic to Turkish side Konyaspor at the start of the January transfer window. The club's PR officer Grega Krmavnar told BBC Sport: "NK Domzale only has a small budget, we do not have the money to buy the biggest player. "We needed a replacement and could not find one in Slovenia and had no other choice of players. LinkedIn was just an idea from our head coach Luka Elsner, so we decided it would be a good way, so Elsner decided to post it on the site on his profile." Brachi's CV includes spells with Spanish sides Real Betis and Espanyol's second teams, Anorthosis in Cyprus and then Videoton in Hungary. He has not played regularly for two seasons. "We watched footage of the best candidates and analysed them," Krmavnar said. "Brachi was the best candidate and we decided to invite him to Slovenia to train with us on a one-week trial and then signed him. "We needed a player who was out of contract or wanted a change of environment and we think have found a very quality player. "I believe we are the first club to find a player in this way." Some of the unsuccessful responses from LinkedIn

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Since 2014, the government has said key nursery workers must have at least a grade C in GCSE English and maths. But campaign group Save our Early Years said there was now evidence that this requirement was blocking staff career paths and deterring new starters. The Department for Education said it was working with the profession on a future staffing strategy. Figures from qualifications body Ofqual show about 12,500 students completed the Level 3 Early Years Educator course between July and September 2015, compared with 18,000 in the same period in the previous year - a fall of about 30%. The course, which takes between one and two years to obtain, enables students to obtain their first jobs in nurseries and work with children aged under five. But industry leaders warn the drop in the number of those completing it is evidence of an impending recruitment crisis, which is already damaging the quality of childcare on offer to parents. It also puts in jeopardy government plans to introduce 30 hours of free childcare to all three and four-year-olds from 2017, they say. Under current rules, staff are only allowed to look after a specified number of children: The government requires that there must always be at least one member of staff qualified to Level 3 on duty, which means these staff are essential to all nurseries. Julie Hyde, executive director at the childcare qualifications awarding body Cache, said if the government did not reverse its decision, there would be "no nursery staff and therefore parents would have no childcare". Liz Bayram, chief executive of the charity Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years, said nursery chains were able to move staff around to cover gaps, but sole nurseries would be hardest hit by the crisis, she added. In the association's survey of 75 Further Education college leaders, almost three quarters (72%) reported that enrolments on Level 3 courses had decreased in the latest academic year (2015-16), compared with the previous year. A separate survey of 278 private nursery owners and managers across England suggested the main reasons for nursery staff leaving their jobs were low pay and a lack of progression due mainly to the GCSE requirements. Purnima Tanuku, chief executive of the National Day Nurseries Association, which conducted the poll, said: "The serious staffing problems caused largely by these GCSE requirements can make these businesses unsustainable and force them to turn away children." June O'Sullivan provides care for 4,500 children at 38 nurseries across London. As chief executive of London Early Years Foundation, she is currently grappling with her business's recruitment and retention policy to try to fill 90 vacancies (of her 650 staff) for Level 3 nursery workers. She fears that unless the government changes the requirements, the industry will end up with more unqualified staff and nurseries will see a high turnover of staff. "People just don't understand the importance of the harmonious relationship you have to build with the children, their parents and the staff," she says. If parents can't be sure their children are in safe hands, in a place where they are loved, hugged and taught, this may affect their confidence in going out to work every day, she adds. Ultimately, there may be fewer nurseries, especially in London, if funds are eaten up paying agency costs. "Nurseries are not great profit makers. There is very little margin," she says. Former childcare minister Liz Truss introduced the GCSE requirement in 2014 in an effort to raise the quality of care. But campaigners want the new childcare minister, Caroline Dinenage, to accept equivalent or similar qualifications, such as Functional Skills, which also tests numeracy and literacy. Neil Leitch, chief executive of the Pre-school Learning Alliance, said: "It seems completely counterproductive to persist with a policy that is actively blocking qualified, passionate and able early years practitioners from entering the sector. "To say that the GCSE requirement is causing a recruitment crisis is not an exaggeration," he added. Writing in Nursery World earlier this month, Caroline Dinenage hinted at a possible shift in government thinking, saying: "Our Workforce Strategy is in development and I am looking at ways of getting the best individuals into the profession, while recognising that excellence can be measured by qualities other than exam results." A Department for Education spokeswoman said: "We want to make sure we get the best staff into the early years sector. "We are working with the profession to look at how we can develop people's talents and keep our most experienced staff. This is backed up by record investment in childcare - £6bn per year by the end of this parliament."

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When director Naji Abu Nowar and producer Rupert Lloyd collected their shared Bafta in London this month for outstanding debut, Nowar said on stage they'd been working together since they were five. In their mid-30s, they're about to head off to Hollywood with their first full-length film and clasping an Academy Award nomination. Nowar, half-Jordanian, says that at Grey Coates School back in 1980s Oxford they weren't actually working on a film. "But our love of film did become evident very quickly. I went back to Jordan when I was 10 but whenever I was back in Oxford we'd be in and out of the cinemas. Theeb is the culmination of a long process: we made our first short in 2009, called Death of a Boxer." Theeb is in Arabic with a few scenes in English. It's the first film from Jordan to be nominated for the best foreign language film Oscar. It's set during World War One. The title character, aged 12, becomes disastrously involved in a British attempt to blow up a railway line constructed through the desert by the Ottoman Empire. The story takes place in what was then the Hijaz province and the film was shot in Jordan's Wadi Rum valley. Reviews have commented on how impressive the film is on screen, which is remarkable given the budget was just under £500,000. Putting together the finance was Lloyd's job. "Initially we got seed money from the Abu Dhabi Sanad fund, which supports development. It wasn't huge but it allowed us to live in the desert for a year. We did workshops and we learnt a lot about the Bedouin way of life, which is a big part of the story," says Lloyd. "But for production funds we turned to private investors - mainly in Jordan but also from the Gulf and a little in the UK. "Things change once you have a cut of the film to show people. We went looking for post-production money and secured it from the Doha Film Institute, the Sanad fund again, Visions Sud Est in Switzerland and the King Abdullah Fund for Development in Jordan. The hardest thing was probably getting the first couple of investors." Despite the strong British connection, Theeb was nominated by Jordan as its submission to this year's Oscars. Rupert calls that a huge honour. "And to get from the 80 nominees to the final five was an incredible moment." While Lloyd was putting together the patchwork of funding, Nowar was developing the script. "We originally had our own concept - and then a screenplay for a short film, written by Bassel Khandour. But what really made the film come alive was sitting with the Bedouin in Wadi Rum and listening to their story-telling. "The Bedouin elders talked a lot of the catastrophe that befell their culture around World War One. Partly it was the coming of the railway which took away their livelihood but also they were trapped in the conflict between the great powers more generally and the drawing of new national borders. The allies, including Britain, wanted to incite an Arab revolt to undermine the Ottoman Empire. "A lot of this still relates to politics today. But we deliberately don't put up a card at the beginning of the film to tell people exactly where and when it's all taking place. Because above all Theeb is an adventure film." Critics expressed surprise at how a film set in the Middle East a century ago so strongly evokes the feel of a Hollywood western. Nowar says it was no accident. "Rupert and I decided we wanted to make a Bedouin western as long ago as 2003. It's like what Akira Kurosawa did with his samurai films: he took on the aesthetic of John Ford's cowboy films. I love the Kurosawa's work. "But the truth is if you have a concept you need to keep it a loose one. Because the choices you make during filming- and just the realities of filming somewhere like the Jordanian desert - always change things along the way." Theeb is filled with tense and gripping sequences but there's one in particular which feels like a dramatic shoot-out in a western. The director says he was aware of the parallel: "But that kind of deadly ambush is also absolutely how it would work in Bedouin culture and we held true to that." Many are assuming that the powerful Hungarian drama about the Holocaust, Son of Saul, is bound to take the foreign language Oscar. But whether Nowar and Lloyd win or not, Theeb has boosted their careers. Lloyd says the big moment was making it to the shortlist. "It helps a lot in picking up more sales in new territories. But also it's the point where suddenly people know who you are and are interested in talking to you. The incredible Bafta win has pretty much changed our lives too." Yet Nowar also admits he's ready to work on a new project. "I love Theeb massively but whatever happens in LA it will be time to move on. Rupert and I are working on English-language projects but we have another idea for Jordan as well. We want to return to the story of Theeb but 10 years later. "So we're looking to work with new partners and new companies and it's very exciting. But the one thing I know is I would never make a film without Rupert." Theeb was released in the UK last year but is now out on DVD.

Few film - makers secure an Oscar nomination with their first feature . But director Naji Abu Nowar and producer Rupert Lloyd have hit the big time with their @placeholder drama Theeb . It 's one of five films nominated at next Sunday 's Oscars for best foreign language Film . It may appear an overnight success but it comes after almost 30 years of friendship .

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"My wife grew up in Belfast during the Troubles and I started coming to Northern Ireland in 1981," he said. "We were at university together when we started dating, and her mother, two brothers and sister are all here, so we come to Northern Ireland quite a lot." As a result, he regularly visits Belfast, often giving readings at a bookshop on the city's Botanic Avenue. And those connections meant that when he began to write about the brilliant maverick Edinburgh detective John Rebus, he gave him a past in Northern Ireland before he joined the Scottish police. "It was picked up in one or two books that Rebus served time in the Parachute Regiment and served time in Northern Ireland," he said. "That gave me a wee bit of a plot in one of the earlier books, but in the first couple of books I was still getting to know him, so having created that back story for him, I've got to remember 20 or 30 years on that that is his story." The latest of more than 20 Rebus novels has just been released and Rankin is in Belfast to introduce Even Dogs in the Wild to his many Northern Ireland fans. John Rebus is nearly 70 in the book, but, though retired, he cannot let his career fighting crime go. His life has also become increasingly intertwined with his long-time nemesis, gangster 'Big' Ger Cafferty, as he investigates a threat to Cafferty's life. "They're like Cain and Abel - you never know if they'll become best friends or kill each other," he said. "Cafferty's always had a moral code, although he's a gangster, but he now sees himself as dinosaur or an old boxer who has one fight left in him and Rebus feels the same. "These guys are being sidelined by life, but they keep wanting to punch back." Readers of the series will know that the obsessive Rebus rarely takes a break, but when he does one of the few pastimes he has is listening to music, often alone late at night in his flat. And when he puts a record on, it is likely to be by a very famous Northern Ireland musician, which has led to a relationship away from the page. "Van Morrison got to know that I was a fan of his music, so he asked me to pen the introduction to his lyrics when he was bringing a book of them out last year," he said. "To promote that, he then asked if I would interview him on stage at three concerts - we did London, Dublin and then Belfast. "I interviewed him for half-an-hour on stage in Belfast - people were crying in the audience, they'd never heard Van speak for half-an-hour before," he laughs. "That was terrific, and then he invited me across for his 70th anniversary concert on Cyprus Avenue." "I got to sit and watch him in the sun at the end of August, so it was a memorable occasion." Rankin said he also enjoys reading Northern Ireland crime writers like Adrian McKinty and Colin Bateman. Rebus may now be picking up his pension, but the character still has plenty of life. "I can see one or two books in which I can write him almost like a private eye," the author said. "He can't chase crooks or stand up to the hard men anymore, so he's got to use his wit and his guile. "I quite enjoy that, the fact he has to live on his wits rather than by his physical presence."

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In an exclusive interview with the BBC, Islam Karimov Junior denied recent reports suggesting his mother had died, and accused the Uzbek security services of keeping her in isolation. Ms Karimova was once seen as a potential successor to her father. But she disappeared from public view in 2014 amid a damaging family feud. The name of Ms Karimova, whose ambitions ranged from business and politics to fashion and pop music, has also been linked to corruption allegations surrounding her sizeable commercial interests. Her son, who lives in London, told BBC Uzbek that Ms Karimova was being held in a "two-to-three room annexe" to her main property in central Tashkent. He said being held incommunicado for such a long time had affected her health. "To be isolated for two or three years without any even basic human rights that every person deserves on this earth, I'm sure that any person will need some kind of medical attention. But mentally she is sane. The reports she was in a mental hospital are false." Gulnara Karimova became the international face of Uzbekistan, running a fashion label, jewellery collection and recording pop videos. She held diplomatic posts and controlled significant business interests. The secret recordings of Gulnara Karimova How do you solve a problem like Googoosha? Uzbek leader's daughter wages Twitter war But three years ago her name became embroiled in bribery and money-laundering investigations in Switzerland and Sweden which have since widened to the United States. Not long after, a deepening rift within the presidential family burst into public view. Ms Karimova's activities were soon reined in, including her outspoken social media accounts, where she began to openly attack the Uzbek security apparatus. Her son says the powerful security service, the SNB, is responsible for locking her up and for refusing access and information about what will happen next. "I don't understand how in the 21st Century they cannot answer a simple question: Where is Gulnara?" he says. "House arrest, for what? For how long? Under whose supervision? These simple questions have to be answered." Mr Karimov Junior says he wants his mother's status to be officially recognised. "Right now there is a rumour that she is dead. But is she? Without it being official, no one can even check these things." Islam Karimov Junior says he has no direct contact with his mother, but manages to stay in touch via his sister Iman, who still is in Uzbekistan. When their grandfather, the country's long serving president - whose name Islam Karimov Junior shares - died in September, neither of the siblings or their mother attended the funeral. Their absence was unusual in a country where family bonds are of great importance. But Islam Karimov Junior says his sister and mother were prevented from going and he himself could not risk the trip back home. "I wanted to go, but I knew that if I go to the funeral I would not come back. They need all three of us there to limit our activity and our voices," he says. However, he hopes the country's next leader - presidential elections are being held on 4 December - might bring change. "The current temporary president and prime minister has a unique chance to stop this madness, to end what was caused by the SNB and to legitimise himself, because everyone is watching him, everyone is thinking 'what will he do?' "I don't think we have done anything bad towards him for him to hate my mother." So far there are few indications that things in Uzbekistan are going to change after the election which current acting President Shavkat Mirziyoyev is likely to win. The late Islam Karimov was accused of presiding over an authoritarian state, locking up political opponents and dissident Muslims in jails where torture is rife. Child and forced labour during the annual cotton harvest also drew strong international criticism. They are practices the young Karimov says must change for the country to modernise. His mother too had begun to speak out against rights abuses in Uzbekistan. But her critics say she only raised her voice when her own star was fading and she became a victim herself. Her son acknowledges the privileges he enjoyed growing up as part of the presidential family. But he says the last few years have been "hell" as well as "a huge life lesson" that has left him craving normality. "I just want to see my family, I just want to see my mother, my sister. I want to go to the movies, walk down the street, just want the simplest things."

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Places on many school sixth form or college courses depend on achieving minimum grades at GCSE - so if your marks did not meet expectations, getting good advice is crucial. Catherine Sezen of the Association of Colleges is on hand to give advice on what to do following unexpected results. YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED My son only got three C grades and all the rest of his GCSEs were Ds. The school he has been attending for the last five years have said that, as he only got three good GCSE's and they require at least five for sixth form, they cannot offer him a place to stay on. Where do we stand as he really wanted to stay there for sixth form? Catherine Hi Catherine I am sorry to hear that your son didn't quite achieve the grades that he wanted, but I am sure with there will be a course for him, perhaps at a different school or college. All schools and colleges have entry requirements which ‎they need to apply consistently to all applicants. If your son wants to stay at the same school it is worth asking if they have another option for him there. I would also suggest contacting your local FE college to discuss what they might be able to offer. College based vocational or technical courses have good career progression opportunities - or they might suggest an apprenticeship. If your son is worried about moving to a different school or college it would be good to find out why. All schools and colleges will have induction programmes to help students settle in and make friends. Catherine I've missed a large amount of my secondary education (almost 3 years) due to mental health issues and although it was a struggle, I managed to achieve 4 A*s, 1 A, 2 Bs, 1 C and a D. Unfortunately this D was in drama, the subject I want to focus on in college, and although the college didn't need any specific drama grade on entry (only an English grade at C or above and I achieved A*s in both literature and language) I can't help but feel this might affect my chances. Any advice? Kat Hi Kat, Well done on your GCSE results. You have done really well to achieve such good grades. The college would be best placed to advise on your drama grade though, if the entry requirements specified English grades (which you have exceeded), I don't think there will be a problem. Catherine I've just got my results, I got 3A*s and 8As. I thought I could have done better but they are OK. Do you think I can still get into medicine? Thanks, Musa Hi Musa First of all congratulations on an excellent set of results - well done! Each university will have its own entry requirements for medicine as for all subjects. I would suggest that your GCSE results would indicate that you have a very realistic opportunity to go on and be successful in your chosen field, but if you have a particular course or university in mind you could look at their entry requirements online to check what they would be looking for. Good luck with your further studies, Catherine I am disappointed with my results. I think exams are unfair because some people are unlucky when they take exams. I received an A for media studies - but because I only got a C in English language I am told I'm not allowed to take it at A-level. I was also told I could not take psychology, a totally new subject to me, because I have not got Bs in English and maths. Shouldn't people's work ethic be taken into account more when it comes to what courses they can apply for next and shouldn't coursework be a large part of the courses to make it fairer? Danny Hi Danny Well done on getting the A grade for media studies. I would see this as an opportunity to think hard about your next steps. Why don't you contact your school and local further education college to see what options are available to you with the grades that you have achieved? BTEC courses for example include more coursework and still provide excellent opportunities for progression into work or to higher education. I am sure you will find a course which suits you and your career aspirations. Catherine My son received GCSE D grades English and maths but has already started working on an apprenticeship scheme which is full time, five days a week. I understand that if grade A-C is not achieved in English and maths then it is the law that the child must continue in education until they are 18 to try and achieve grade A*-C. Is this true in all cases such as if they are on an apprenticeship which isn't offering day release? I am delighted to hear that your son has secured an apprenticeship. If he has achieved Ds in English and maths I think that he will need to continue studying these subjects as part of his apprenticeship. I would suggest that you contact his apprenticeship provider to check whether this will mean retaking GCSE or taking Functional Skills qualifications in English and maths which are more work related. Catherine My son is normally an A student bordering on A*. He just received his GCSE results and is heartbroken. He spent many hours studying and he got just one A in maths and Bs in every other subject. His lowest percentage was 72 so why did he fail to get As across the broad? Hi Leon First of all congratulations to your son that he has done so well in passing all his GCSEs. I appreciate, however, that he may feel disappointed if he was anticipating higher grades in many of his subjects. I would suggest in the first instance that you contact his school to get their view on his grades. It may be that they will suggest a re-marking for some of his papers. However, with the grades that he has got, your son should be able to get on to the course of his choice at school or college. I wish him well in his future studies. Catherine My son did not get the required grade A in his AQA biology - he got a B. What are his options with this result? I am not sure what to do really. Lynd Hi Lynd, It sounds as if your son may well have achieved the grades he needed in his other subjects, which is great and congratulations to him. I would suggest contacting the school to discuss his biology grade. If he was close to the required A grade you could ask for a review of marking for that subject. The school may also consider allowing him to take the A-level and monitor his progress over the first few weeks. However, do bear in mind that there may be other young people in the same situation and the school will need to be consistent in their approach. Catherine My son has achieved grade C in GCSE science. His mark equivalent is 273. He got 87A in practical and in the papers he got 98C and 88C. I want to know please where a grade B will start from as he was predicted a B and I'm wondering whether to appeal this result if it's really close to a B grade. Nasima Hi Nasima I would suggest contacting his school to ask whether they think a review of results would be a good idea. They will have an overview of his results and his work throughout the year and would be best placed to advise on a re-mark. Good luck to your son in his future plans. Catherine

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Father of two Adam Fenton, 32, from Newquay, Cornwall was found on Towan beach on 28 July. He was celebrating initial reports of his recovery after six months of chemotherapy to treat blood cancer. Family friend Tracey Sinkevicius, speaking on behalf of the family, said relatives were left "numb" and in "total shock". For more stories from across Devon and Cornwall. She said concern for Mr Fenton's partner Carly Blackman and his two daughters and step daughter prompted her to set up a fundraising page, which has raised more than £1,000. Mr Fenton, described as an "amazing, loving, man", was with his partner Carly for eight years and due to be married next year. Police said the death is being treated as unexplained, and their inquiries continue.

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They are the masters of the fearful day. I have met them in the Balkans and Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Their habitat is the failed or failing state where the most cunning and violent carve out fiefdoms. There, they remain free to terrorise and extort from defenceless civilians. They thrive best in places about which the world cares little, or at least does not care enough for the most powerful nations to send their troops to enforce a long-term peace. Welcome to the world of the warlords. We may be seeing a lot more of them if President Trump keeps his promise to scale back American support for UN peacekeeping. Currently the US supplies 28.57% of the total budget for UN deployments. There are very influential figures in the Trump administration with a visceral ideological dislike of the UN. At the very least, the new UN Secretary General, Anthony Gutteres, faces an uphill fight to persuade the US to keep paying its current share of the peacekeeping budget. It was a debate much on my mind travelling in the Central African Republic (CAR). At the moment, the UN's deeply-flawed mission (Minusca) is the only thing standing between that country and genocidal anarchy. In fighting last weekend, UN attack helicopters engaged militia who were attempting to advance on the town of Bambari. This very dilapidated, dusty town on the banks of the Ouaku River has become the first big test for UN peacekeeping in the age of Gutteres. In an arc to the north, several militias are threatening to advance on Bambari. The UN has drawn red lines, pledging to fight if the militias advance. There are thousands of frightened displaced people in and around Bambari who are depending on the international community to keep its word. But matters are complicated by the presence in Bambari of warlords like Gaetan Boade, known as "General Boade" a leader of the Christian "anti-Balaka" militia. Gen Boade has never had much faith in the blue helmets of the UN. Nor does his more genial aide de camp, "General" Tarzan, a nickname given to him by his troops. Their stronghold is on the Christian side of Bambari, across the Ouaku River among the narrow lanes of mud houses, a place whose poverty is indistinguishable from the dismal circumstances of their Muslim enemies. Gen Boade wears a crumpled, mustard-coloured cotton suit and brown, buckled shoes. He looks more like an out-of-work musician than a feared militia leader. But he is admirably frank when I ask if he is a warlord: "Yes. I have 28,000 men who are ready to protect the people." This is a substantial exaggeration but his men are regarded as a danger to the peace should they decide to fight. The young toughs who make up his militia hid their guns during our visit. But they are well armed and their leader is openly dismissive of the UN's ability to protect Christians. "If the Minusca were able to protect us they would stop the guy who commits exactions, who takes people as hostages, who kills in front of their eyes. Has Minusca really come to protect us?" Bambari is filled with weapons despite the UN declaring it a non-militarised town. Nothing displays the limits of UN power quite like the swagger of Gen Boade's enemy, the Muslim leader of the Union for Peace in Central Africa (UPC) militia, "General" Ali Darassa, and his gun-toting army. Gen Darassa lives directly opposite the UN headquarters in Bambari. Like his enemy, he stands accused of sending his men on killing sprees in the surrounding countryside. But he has no fear of arrest by the blue helmets. Nor are they about to ask his militia to hand over the weapons they brandish during our interview. Like Gen Boade, Gen Darassa describes himself as a protector of the people. I put to him that there is another view, and that is that he is a ruthless killer. I caught a faint smirk as the question was translated. His reply was delivered in a calm monotone: "If I were a ruthless killer, people could not live peacefully near me. "I know that people are fleeing the other side to settle next to me. It is because here, there is peace; there is free circulation; there is social cohesion." The latest fighting north of Bambari has come about because of an alliance between Muslim and Christian militias who want to dislodge Gen Darassa. The clashes illustrate the growing complexity of the crisis. Gen Darassa is an ethnic Peul, nomadic pastoralists who are being targeted by both Christian and Muslim militias on the basis of their ethnicity. Competition over resources, including gold, diamonds and cattle has created murderous momentum. The UN has drawn red lines in the past and failed to enforce its will. There is nobody more alert to weakness or disarray in the international community than the 21st Century warlord. He has studied the UN failures in Rwanda and Bosnia and other ruined places. He has seen the resurgence of violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the struggles of the UN-backed government in Somalia. He has concluded that until such time, if ever, that the UN uses force to stop him, he will continue to act like the real power in the land. That means being free to kill his enemies, and the civilians who belong to that religious or ethnic group, and to plunder and extort along the roads. The deputy chief of the UN mission is a former British diplomat, Diane Corner. She came to Bambari to tell Gen Boade and Gen Darassa what would happen if they started fighting. For weeks now, UN intelligence has been tracking the movement of convoys of armed men moving towards Bambari. The fear is of an outbreak of fighting in the town which would cause chaos for civilians. The warlords were summoned to a prefabricated office in the UN headquarters. They would not meet with Ms Corner together, so Gen Boade waited while Gen Darassa was told of the will of the international community. There were no photo opportunities. Ms Corner is a realist who understands the limits of a UN mission which must deal with complex regional politics, limited resources, uneven quality of troops, and a new occupant of the White House who believes in the mantra of "America First". The first thing she makes clear is that the UN had not come to negotiate with the warlords - rather to remind them that the red lines would be defended. "I reminded them that the international community was watching, and of their responsibilities towards the civilian population whose rights must be respected," she said. Ms Corner is a relatively recent recruit to the UN. She seems anxious to confront the bureaucratic and political challenges that routinely dog peacekeeping missions. The fact that UN attack helicopters were deployed at the weekend proves this. Not only in the CAR, but in trouble spots across the globe there will be warlords and beleaguered civilians watching what happens next.

A change of @placeholder towards peacekeeping under US President Donald Trump could spell disaster for places like the Central African Republic , where the presence of a UN mission is trying to keep notorious warlords in check , writes the BBC 's Fergal Keane .

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The fountain, in Victoria Square, has not been working since 2013. Installed in 1993, it was given a £300,000 refurbishment in 2010, £70,000 was spent on repairs in 2009, and about £40,000 in 2006. Birmingham City Council said it wants to make the square "as attractive as possible" until it is fixed. Planting is due to be completed in mid-July. A full feasibility study is due to begin in January 2016, to work out what is wrong with the fountain and how much repairs will cost.

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Woodman, 33, impressed in a depleted Exeter defence as City beat Cheltenham 3-1 to register their seventh away win of the season, joint best in League Two, and move up to 17th in the table. "Craig Woodman's playing like Beckenbauer, he's just unbelievable at the moment," Tisdale told BBC Devon. "I think he could have played with a broken arm he was that good." Beckenbauer famously played part of a 1970 World Cup semi-final for West Germany against Italy with his arm strapped up after dislocating his shoulder. Exeter are unbeaten in their last three games, although they have still to win at home since April and have been in the relegation places for much of the season. But Tisdale said his players' attitude has impressed him even when the going has been tough. "We've played well at home recently, we've been playing generally very well and I'm very positive about the things that could happen in the next couple of months," he added. "I've never had a group of players so committed and receptive as this group, never. "There's been no dissent, there's been no ego, they're selfless and they're committed and they'll get there in the end."

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The agreement was signed in Ottawa during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Canada. The $280m (£188m) deal is for the supply of uranium concentrate over the next five years. Canada banned the trade of nuclear materials with India in 1976. The uranium is to be sourced from the northern Saskatchewan mines of Cameco, the world's third-largest uranium producer, reports say. "Canada is providing uranium to India as a mark of its trust and confidence in India," Mr Modi told reporters. Mr Modi, who arrived in Canada on Tuesday, is the first Indian leader to visit the country in more than four decades. Canada banned the sale of uranium and nuclear hardware to India after India used Canadian technology to make its nuclear bomb. The two countries then finalised a nuclear co-operation agreement in 2012, paving the way for Canadian firms to export uranium to India. But differences over the supervision of the use of uranium in India delayed ratification of the deal. "[That agreement] really allowed us to turn the page on what had been in our judgement an unnecessarily frosty relationship for far too long," Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said. India's economy has seen rapid expansion, resulting in a surge in demand for energy. As a result, India is looking to increase its dependence on nuclear energy. It plans to generate 63,000 MW of nuclear power by 2032 - an almost 14-fold increase on current levels. It has 22 nuclear reactors and plans to build some 40 more in the next two decades.

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Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz, who is 76, will take the defence post, state television al-Ekhbariya announced. He is currently governor of Riyadh and is the half-brother of King Abdullah. Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz had already been named as crown prince and Prince Sutam bin Abdul Aziz will become Riyadh's new governor. Saudi Arabia is one of the world's biggest arms spenders, and Prince Salman is expected to continue building strong ties with Western allies. One former diplomat has described him as "intelligent, political, in touch with the conservative base, but also quite modern-minded," Reuters news agency reported. Another ex-diplomat said Prince Salman had always been "very helpful" in resolving difficulties facing Westerners in the kingdom.

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Band Aid organiser Bob Geldof had said that section was the "hardest" to sing because being the first, it's the most recognisable. He was impressed with how "sad" the 1D lads made the opening, almost "whispering in" the first few words. Some of the Band Aid 30 artists including Ed Sheeran, Ellie Goulding and Emeli Sande recorded solo versions of the entire track, allowing producers Paul Epworth and Midge Ure to then cherry pick who sang which line best. Bob Geldof mentioned how each full performance he'd witnessed was great on its own, making him want to release multiple takes of the song. It's an option for the CD single, which is expected at the beginning of December, although the current plan for that is to include the three previous Band Aid recordings (from 1984, 1989 and 2004) alongside some remixes of the new version. Clean Bandit had the task of scoring some new string parts for the track. That meant Neil and Grace from the band got to play violin and cello on the song, but they also sing on the big chorus at the end as well. Grace Chatto admitted she was smiling and dancing for that but as a group, all the acts had been told off for looking too serious as they sang the famous "feed the world" phrases (which now includes "feel the world" and "heal the world") so they all had to re-do it. As if it was ever in doubt, Bono gets to do 'his' line again (even though the lyrics have changed from "well tonight thank god it's them instead of you" to "well tonight we're reaching out and touching you"). Bob Geldof did say he'd asked Chris Martin if he wanted to have a go at that line. Chris didn't want to. Sinead O'Connor stayed over at Bob Geldof's house the night before the recording and had specifically requested the phrases she wanted to sing as they meant the most to her ("why is comfort to be feared, why is touch to be scared"). Jessie Ware appears in the group chorus but doesn't get a solo line to sing in the version that was shown on The X Factor on Sunday night. Rita Ora was only at the recording for 90 minutes on Saturday, as she had to race in and out to complete filming commitments on The Voice. Most of the other acts arrived first thing in the morning and hung out for the best part of the day. The end chorus which required everyone to be together, was due to be recorded mid-morning, but got pushed back as Bono was late. He said he was "embarrassed" to keep everyone waiting but his plane had been delayed due to fog. Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube

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The report, which was compiled by Birmingham City Council's licensing team, contains police allegations that up to £93,042 was taken from customers of Legs 11 on Broad Street. The council has suspended the club's alcohol licence, pending a full review. Legs 11 has not responded to a request for a comment. In the council report Supt Andy Parsons said two men had claimed they were drugged, with one testing positive for methadone with a home testing kit. The force is also investigating claims large amounts of money was taken from people's bank accounts without their knowledge. Some customers had paid for dances "in a private area" but additional transactions were taking place that they had not authorised, he said. One victim claimed he had lost as much as £19,417. "In this year alone, four fraud offences have been reported totalling £23,965 with two of the victims reporting they had been drugged," he said. "One of the victims went as far as getting a home drug test kit which indicated he was under the influence of methadone. This victim had £9,000 taken from his credit card." The club was being investigated over 17 fraud-related allegations since 2013, West Midlands Police said. Supt Parsons added "intelligence checks" suggested the club was linked to "organised crime groups from Albania". "These premises are involved in serious criminality and serious offences are being committed at the premises," he said. The report also contained details of an undercover trading standards investigation, during which officers were offered sexual services in a locked room for a fee of £1,000 and were "rubbed" by naked dancers, contravening the club's licence.

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Symbols of every event feature on the design, while the London skyline is included with Tower Bridge, the London Eye, the Shard and Big Ben. The reverse features London Stadium, the championships' venue. The event takes place from 4-13 August and there will be live coverage across the BBC. Medals at July's World Para Athletics Championships, taking place from 14-23 July, will be similar, but feature distinctive disability sport equipment such as a prosthetic running leg and throwing chair. Rather than engraving, the reverse will be inscribed with braille. For the first time at the World Championships, 'coaches medals' will also be handed out to recognise those who prepare athletes.

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The speech, as delivered in town halls around England, generally went like this. "We are the party of low taxation". Polite applause. "We intend to be in Europe but not run by Europe". Polite applause with some notable abstentions. "We are the party of English votes for English laws." Loud applause, roof in danger. Said leader tried this repeatedly, with the same result. But said leader also slowly concluded that, at the time, EVEL was perhaps a little too hazardous, too inclined to sow disquiet within the very United Kingdom the Tories were aiming to protect. Every Conservative leader since John Major has entered office, determined to answer the West Lothian question. Every Conservative leader since John Major has subsequently shelved the idea. Until now. David Cameron, at first, was no different. Early zeal for reform ended up, not long after he became leader, with a speech in Edinburgh in which he argued: "Better an imperfect Union than a perfect divorce." To be fair, things have changed substantially. In two ways. Firstly, the constitutional arrangements of the UK are different and are about to alter still further. Secondly, the political challenge confronting the Conservatives has shifted materially with the emergence of UKIP. In days gone by, the answer generally given to the West Lothian questions by senior politicians - from Labour and other parties - was: "Would you please stop asking such an irritating question?" Given that this was, in the first instance, aimed at the estimable Tam Dalyell, the erstwhile MP for West Lothian, the chances of success were minimal. Tam, to his enormous and enduring credit, made a career out of asking irritating questions with admirable persistence. Like a dripping tap or a remote drain with a faint, but pungent, aroma, the West Lothian q. has hung around Scottish politics ever since Tam first drew attention to it in the 1970s. It has now been fully revived by the prime minister with a pledge to introduce English Votes for English Laws within 100 days, should he be returned to power. The change would be enforced in time for the 2016 Budget. Is David Cameron motivated by electoral reasons? You bet he is. But, then, this is an election. Politicians of every hue are seeking issues which will attract voters to their side - and cause them to shun the other lot. Mr Cameron makes two calculations. One, that an emphasis upon English voting rights may undermine the appeal of UKIP south of the Border. And, two, that spotlighting the constitution might tend to bolster the SNP in Scotland to the disadvantage of the Labour Party. For a Tory leader, what's not to like? Mr Cameron's rivals provide a range of responses. The SNP says that it will still tend to abstain at Westminster on issues which are, genuinely, of relevance to England only. However, it notes the practical difference thereby attached. This is that even a health bill covering England may have an impact upon Scotland - either because it will bring about Barnett spending consequentials or because, by deploying the private sector, it may reduce such associated cash transfers. Plus, of course, the small point that, if the SNP are to play a role in the governance of the UK, then they must be prepared to vote fairly regularly. They would not be much use as partners in the Commons if they constantly abstained. In addition, the SNP accused Mr Cameron of breaching the spirit and the terms of the Smith Commission agreement to the effect that Scottish MPs would continue to vote on UK tax matters. The Tories say MPs from Scotland still will - but at Third Reading, after English scrutiny. The Liberal Democrats, through the person of Danny Alexander, launched a particularly vituperative attack upon Mr Cameron, accusing him of breaching Smith, of seeking Tory advantage in England and of, thereby, jeopardising the UK. And Labour? They face a conundrum. They know that there is an elemental appeal in Mr Cameron's argument that EVEL involves basic fairness for the good and sensible people of England. They know this is seductive. Equally, however, they are reluctant to give ground on a principle which might make it much more difficult for a future Labour Prime Minister to legislate for England, given the division of seats. (The Tories, remember, start this election contest defending but one seat in Scotland.) They deploy two arguments in response. One, that the Tory plan risks creating two categories of MP, potentially damaging the Union. And, two, that this issue should be settled, sensibly, via mature consideration after the election - not as a partisan question during the contest. In my droll moments (yes, they do exist), I was wont to say that the more pressing West Lothian question was: at what point in West Lothian, moving from Glasgow to Edinburgh, do the chip shops stop serving salt and vinegar and start offering salt and sauce? That question, critical though it is, may now have to await further detailed research, perhaps by a team of hungry interns. The real West Lothian question is back. What are the top issues for each political party at the 2015 general election? Policy guide: Where the parties stand

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IAG shares added 3.7% after it said it was targeting average annual earnings per share growth of more than 12% between 2016 and 2020. It also said the head of Vueling, Alex Cruz, would replace Keith Williams as chairman and chief executive of BA. Mr Cruz will take over the role next year when Mr Williams retires. The FTSE 100 index opened higher, but then lost ground. At the close, the index was down 11.07 points at 6,353.83. The biggest faller in the FTSE 100 was mining firm BHP Billiton, down 5.7%. BHP is one of the owners of an iron ore mine in Brazil where on Thursday a dam holding back waste water burst. More than a dozen people are feared dead as a result of the flooding. AstraZeneca shares fell 0.5% after the company announced it had bought US biotech company ZS Pharma for $2.7bn (£1.8bn). In the FTSE 250, shares in TalkTalk rose 2.4% after the telecoms company released more details on the extent of the cyber-attack it suffered last month. The company said that only 4% of TalkTalk customers had any sensitive personal data at risk. Retirement housing firm McCarthy & Stone announced it had priced its shares at 180p for its flotation, valuing the company at £967m. On the currency markets, the pound fell 0.94% against the dollar to $1.5065, but gained 0.26% against the euro to €1.4017.

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It was a sign of the hold that the charismatic German has on his Liverpool squad after eight months in charge - and how they have come to believe that every word he tells them carries weight. After the League Cup final defeat by Manchester City on penalties in February, Klopp assured his disappointed players that there would be other finals. And so it has proved, as Liverpool face Sevilla in the Europa League final in Basel on Wednesday. This is not simply a quick win for Klopp. With Champions League qualification the prize, this is the game that will shape his summer strategy and Liverpool's immediate future. BBC Radio 5 live In Short: Sevilla are favourites - Phil Neville Media playback is not supported on this device The Europa League has almost been treated as an unwanted intrusion into the calendar, Uefa's second-class citizen behind the riches and glory of the Champions League. This all changed when a Champions League place was awarded to the winners - leaving Klopp and Liverpool with the opportunity to compensate for a pedestrian eighth-place finish in the Premier League with a seat at European football's top table. Klopp wants to win silverware swiftly after losing out on the League Cup, which came on the back of three successive final defeats with previous club Borussia Dortmund - in the Champions League in 2013 and the German Cup in 2014 and 2015. "I have too many silver medals, it's true," Klopp said in his pre-match news conference in Switzerland. "But better that than no medals at all. The longer and longer it is without a win, the harder you try and the more likely it is you will win." It is not simply the success itself that will mean so much to Klopp and Liverpool, even though it would give them their first trophy since the 2012 League Cup. It would give huge momentum to their plans to challenge at the top of the Premier League and in Europe. Media playback is not supported on this device Liverpool's name and history alone are guaranteed to attract top players, while Klopp's record of success, his personality and his natural bond with players are other qualities they will be able to exploit. A move to Anfield is not quite such an enticing prospect without European football. For any potential signing, the extra burnish will be added by a Champions League place. Put together, an offer of Liverpool, Klopp and Champions League football would tick most of the boxes for top players in a summer when competition for targets will intensify with the arrival of Pep Guardiola at Manchester City, Antonio Conte at Chelsea and, potentially, Jose Mourinho at Manchester United. Those inside Anfield will need to be able to play every card at their disposal - and that is the difference between victory and defeat on Wednesday. Win and Liverpool are right back in the elite. Lose and a big chunk of their summer bargaining power disappears at a stroke. Media playback is not supported on this device When Klopp walked into Anfield in October, he said his first task was to turn "doubters into believers". It was hard to find any Liverpool fans in Basel who are not convinced by Klopp, but any remaining doubts will be blown away if he wins the Europa League so soon after his appointment. And watching the German in action in a small media room at St Jakob-Park, barely throwing a glance at the huge silver trophy to his right, it was easy to see why he is already so revered. Liverpool fans like to feel their manager represents them, feels like them, in the technical area. Klopp's all-consuming passion and animated demeanour does the job. In Basel, he was talking their language once more as he said: "We already know about the desire of our supporters. We know how much they want to win this cup. They showed us in an impressive way at home and away travelling with us. "It was great to see some people who didn't even travel away, Liverpool supporters who lived in Russia. We would really love to be the team that can make their dreams come true." Klopp does not just get his players involved - when it was needed against Borussia Dortmund in the quarter-finals and Villarreal in the last four, he got Liverpool's fans involved. He has not simply revitalised a group of players, he has revitalised the club's support. As Liverpool's players went through an hour-long open training session in front of the world's media beneath the steepling stands in Basel, Klopp circled as they took one last chance to impress before he names his line-up. They were in high spirits and Klopp was all smiles as he shook hands with the winners of a game between his squad before players such as James Milner, Jordan Henderson and Daniel Sturridge broke off to practise penalties. Klopp has been in charge of Liverpool for 51 games, winning 23, drawing 17 and losing 11. It is a mixed record but one that would look so much better with a trophy at the end of it. And the bonus has been Klopp's ability to rejuvenate players who will play key roles for Liverpool in Basel. Dejan Lovren will be the centrepiece of Liverpool's defence. The Croatia international had a shocking first season at Anfield following a £20m move from Southampton but has been commanding in this campaign, while Adam Lallana, who also struggled since arriving from St Mary's for £25m, has thrived under the German. Milner has been one of Liverpool's most important players in recent weeks, while young Belgium striker Divock Origi, criticised for his early efforts under previous manager Brendan Rodgers, now looks a potent force and a star of the future. All may have very big parts to play on Wednesday. There is nothing better than a trophy to send managers, players and fans off happy into the summer break - but failure in Basel may just concentrate Klopp's mind even further on what needs to be done in the summer. Christian Benteke says he wants to stay and fight for his place after a mixed first season following his £32.5m summer move from Aston Villa. Will he get a chance to prove his worth on Wednesday? Sturridge has the opportunity to show just how much talent he possesses and how he can make a difference on the big occasion. Klopp will need to strengthen in some areas and the win that would bring Champions League football would enable him and Liverpool to attract bigger and better. Liverpool have already secured Schalke defender Joel Matip on a free transfer for next season, while they are being heavily linked with Mainz's 22-year-old goalkeeper Loris Karius in a £5m deal designed to increase pressure on first choice Simon Mignolet. A new left-back appears to be a priority given Alberto Moreno's struggles, while Liverpool have also been linked with Bayern Munich's Mario Gotze and Udinese's emerging young Poland midfielder Piotr Zielinski, rated at £10m. Places in the team and in the Champions League are up for grabs on Wednesday. The stakes could not be higher as Liverpool prepare to take on Sevilla.

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A concerned man submitted the "bagged and tagged circular object" to officers in Maroochydore, on Queensland's Sunshine Coast late last week. He feared it might have indicated a drowning or possibly a murder. The police station said in a statement that they had soon confirmed the find was not sinister. "Officers at Maroochydore Station were all hands on deck when, much to their initial alarm, a concerned citizen attended the counter to report a possible homicide," said the statement. "Investigations revealed what police suspected… the item was indeed a jellyfish." Colin Sparkes, from Surf Life Saving Queensland, said the discovery was most likely a blubber jellyfish. He said the species was commonly found in Queensland waters and its sting was irritating, but not dangerous. "[The] tentacles have been knocked off by wave action or eaten by fish," he said of the one handed to police.

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One of the waitresses, 24-year-old Yilin, is working a late shift. She moved to the capital from the nearby province of Hebei three years ago. Yilin tells me she is in Beijing, like the other seven million migrant workers here, to earn money and improve her life. "As an ordinary Chinese girl, I want a comfortable home - an apartment big enough for three people," she says. That may be beyond her reach, as it is for many of China's migrant workers, the people who have driven this nation's impressive economic growth story. On her break, Yilin says she'd love to buy an apartment, but there's no way she can afford one on her salary. "As everybody knows in China now, property prices are so high. I can't afford to buy it on my own." "I think probably in the future I could just about afford to buy one with my future boyfriend or husband. I don't know how long it's going to take. I don't know if we'll have the money for a deposit. "If I can find a man with more money, I won't have to struggle for too many years to save up too hard for a deposit." In the year to September, the average property price rose 11% in China's 70 biggest cities, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. But that's the average: in Hefei, the capital of Anhui province in eastern China, prices shot up by 47%; in Beijing, they rose by 28%. Estate agents in the capital say that in some of Beijing's most desirable developments, prices have doubled. Ma Jun, chief economist at the People's Bank of China, has used the word "bubble" to describe this, according to a Bloomberg translation of comments in Chinese. The property situation is of such concern, it has become the unlikely theme of a song doing the rounds on social media. The melody of TV entertainer Chen He's number is sad-sounding. But my favourite line has to be this: "On my salary I can only afford a mortgage to buy half a toilet." The song is funny and really catchy, and critical of an aspect of life in China. The government is attempting to help wannabe home owners, and has introduced a load of new restrictions. In Beijing, first-time buyers must now put down at least a 30% deposit. Second-home buyers have to make a down payment of 50%. Other cities have introduced similar rules. Indeed, data suggests price growth cooled in October. But an economic adviser to the government, Xu Hongcai, has some sobering news for hopeful house hunters. "Ordinary Chinese people need to be more realistic when they decide to buy a property to live in," says the deputy chief economist at the China Center for International Economic Exchanges. "The government provides a variety of choices for low-income families. They could rent in public housing or in special flats for low-income families." When I ask him if owning a nice apartment in a big city is beyond the means of migrant workers, Mr Xu replies "yes". In a newly built apartment complex on the southern edge of Beijing, decorators are applying the finishing touches. The lobby has grand crystal chandeliers on the ceiling, the door handles are golden. One of the recent buyers, Mr Ren, says he has paid way over the odds for his apartment, and thinks he knows who is to blame. "Prices are unreasonably high now. At this development, the average price should be 2,000 yuan ($289; £228) a square metre but it's actually 10 times that. "There are about 16 or 17 buyers here who've bought as an investment, not to live here. There are just too many speculators." A few minutes drive away, there's an open-air canteen on a building site. It is lunchtime, so work on the half a dozen partly constructed apartment blocks has paused. A man is cooking noodles in a wok, serving them to hungry men and women sitting on blue and yellow upturned buckets. News of the government's housing intervention is making people here nervous. "We came as migrant workers in the summer. We're farmers back home in our province," one of the men says. "We mainly do decorating inside. Now it's a very hard time for construction. For the builders, the bricklayers, it's difficult. We're hoping we won't be affected as much as them. "It pays to know lots of bosses. The more bosses you know, the better chance you have of getting a job." The social cost of the property frenzy may occupy the minds of most Chinese. But policymakers and economists are also worried about the financial implications. The property market is built on debt - developers have borrowed money to build; purchasers have taken on loans to buy. Some are alarmed about the size of the debt. "We saw this in the US leading up to 2008," says Eric Schmidt, the chief executive of a Beijing-based multinational and a regular financial commentator on state TV. "The government is really trying to make it easy for anybody to get loans in order to purchase new houses, new cars, whatever it may be." China's outstanding debt stands at 250% of GDP - two and a half times the size of its annual economic output - a level that is worrying some. "I'm certainly concerned with where debt levels are right now. GDP numbers haven't been looking great, so new loans have been issued a lot over the past six to nine months," says Mr Schmidt. Loans may help prop up growth. But they could also be storing up trouble. The government is letting banks swap loans to companies for a stake in the businesses in order to ease the debt burden. Research notes from various international banks suggest 2017 could be the year China's debt-fuelled boom turns to bust. But Eric Schmidt says people should not underestimate the ability of China's Communist Party to manage the economy. "At the same time, the government has a pretty good understanding of where they are and the risk it implies."

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Northamptonshire County Council was inspected in February 2013 and arrangements for protecting children were found to be "inadequate". The council has restructured children's services and pledged an extra £12m. Director Alex Hopkins said he wanted to replace more than 60 agency staff with professionals employed directly. Of 260 social worker posts in children's services 25% are agency workers and half of these are in senior qualified positions. Mr Hopkins said it was relatively easy to recruit newly-qualified social workers but they required intensive training and heavy supervision until their skills were built up. "I am looking for staff that can hit the ground running," he said. "Last year, the county's arrangements for the protection of children were judged by Ofsted to be inadequate." The council then restructured its social care services and changed working procedures. Mr Hopkins described it as a period of "significant change" when the council used agency staff to fulfil safeguarding duties. "Currently one in every four posts in children's social care is filled by an agency worker," he said. "We have laid the groundwork for a new working culture. "The council is focusing on recruiting experienced permanent staff so that new practices can be fully embedded consistently across the county's child protection and safeguarding teams. "This is a great opportunity for experienced staff to contribute."

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Mr Koinange apologised Thursday night for the 17 November incident, saying it was the show's last episode on KTN. He was hosting Miguna Miguna and Esther Passaris, aspirants for the Nairobi governor seat, when the off-air personal attack was made. Mr Miguna said "Esther is so beautiful everybody wants to rape her". "You are chasing men all over, nobody wants you," he continued. "You think you're beautiful, you are not. Esther is just colour. Without colour you are nothing." Ms Passaris, a politician and businesswoman, then accused him of being a racist. The footage of the incident was shared online with many people criticising Koinange for failing to intervene. Kenya's Gender Affairs minister Sicily Kariuki accused KTN of allowing guests on its show to engage in personal attacks and for the "trivialisation" of rape. Mr Koinange said that he was prepared to "man up" over the incident and said he was apologising to those who had been "aggrieved". "It was regrettable in most parts but again it was one show out of 300 we've done here at KTN for the last three years." he added. A former aide of Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga, Mr Miguna has filed a complaint with the Media Council of Kenya saying that he was filmed "secretly" and portrayed as unfit for the position of governor in next year's elections, reports say. Ms Passaris tweeted after the show saying "men like Miguna have no place or role to play in our empowerment. He is part of the problem." Koinange is an award-winning journalist who has worked for top broadcasters in the US including CNN where he was the Africa correspondent until 2007. He started working for K24, a local TV station in 2009, before moving his popular show to KTN. He said the show would be making a return on another station in the coming weeks: "JKL is not going anywhere it is just changing homes", he said.

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Food Standards Scotland (FSS) has found that 400 billion calories worth of food was purchased by Scots households in 2014/15, the equivalent of just over 2,000 calories per person, per day. The report also discovered that there was 115g of sugar in the food the average Scot purchased daily last year - well above the World Health Organisation's recommended intake of 25g a day. However, its statistics should be treated with some caution. The report relates to how many calories are purchased, rather than consumed and takeaways, restaurant meals and working lunches are also excluded. Soft drinks, biscuits, confectionary, table sugar, cakes and pastries contained more than 45% of the sugar purchased by Scots last year. Although fruit topped the list of "total sugar purchases" in Scotland in 2014/15, many less health foods made it into Food Standards Scotland's top 10 list. The amount of regular soft drinks bought by households in Scotland dropped by 21% in 2014/15 - but sales of diet drinks remained static. A total of 173 million litres of drinks with added sugar were sold to Scots homes last year. About one billion individual servings of cakes and pastries are purchased by Scottish households annually. However the FSS has found that the amount of sugar and fats found in the products has risen steadily since 2011. The numbers of puddings and desserts bought into homes in Scotland has dropped by 7% since 2010. Despite that, the amount of fat the Scottish population receives from puddings and desserts has remained static and sugar levels have increased. FSS researchers believe their evidence suggests that products have changed their recipes to include more sugar or fat products. The volume of pies and pastries purchased in Scotland dropped by almost 17% since 2010; sausage sales fell by 8%. It has led to a drop in the amount of saturated fat and salt people in Scotland have derived from the products. Scottish households are buying slightly fewer crisps and savoury snacks than they did in 2010. The FSS believe a "reformulation" of the products may have led to a marked reduction in saturated fats and a small reduction in salt. People in Scotland bought 10% more oil-rich fish last year than they did in 2010. The volume of plain bread purchased in Scotland has declined by 12% in the past five years, according to the FSS research And the number of potatoes bought by the nation's households has fallen by 28% since 2010.

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UKube-1 is a cubesat, packing six payloads into a space not much bigger than a shoebox. Its experiments include a study of space weather and a project to let school pupils interact with the satellite. It was commissioned by the UK Space Agency and built by Glasgow company Clyde Space. The firm has a big share of the market for cubesat components and already has orders for another two complete satellites. It says it is planning to mass-manufacture hundreds or even thousands more. Strictly speaking it is not Mission Control Maryhill but it is not far from it. The headquarters of Clyde Space is up a flight of stairs in a neat but unassuming building at Kelvin Science Park in Glasgow's West End. They will not be running the mission from here but this is where they built the first Scottish satellite. The basic cubesat concept is a cube ten by ten by ten centimetres. That's a litre into which, thanks to microelectronics, you can squeeze a lot of science. The design of UKube-1 is based on three such boxes. It is what they call a 3U cubesat. Three litres of payload. Clyde Space say this is the most advanced small satellite of its kind in the world and - they hope - the first of many. Because the economics of spaceflight are in their favour. A cubesat could cost you around $250,000. Not the sort of thing you could buy out of the housekeeping money but in the satellite business it is close to peanuts. The low weight means launch costs are also relatively low. Universities, research institutes and - increasingly - businesses are seeing them as affordable options for getting experiments and services into Earth orbit. A low orbit means some other cubesats will burn up on re-entry after just a few years. But it should not cost too much to replace - and that is where Clyde Space foresee a huge growth area. They think cubesats will become a mass market, with some companies ordering hundreds at a time. Clyde Space think they could become the first mass manufacturer of small satellites with thousands of orders on their books. But they are walking before they run. The publicity surrounding UKube-1 has helped them win orders for two more complete satellites. The business of building components and subsystems for cubesats has also continued to grow. Turnover has doubled in a year. Staff numbers have increased by 50%. This is just part of a burgeoning Scottish space industry which many Scots don't yet realise exists. A successful launch and deployment could change all that. UKube-1 was launched aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It was the Soyuz which lifted many Soviet space pioneers to orbit when Baikonur was still part of the USSR. Its 21st century incarnation continues to combine reliability with relatively low cost. UKube-1 is one of eight large and small satellites aboard for this launch, further underlining the economic arguments for both the cubesat concept and Soyuz. Baikonur occupies a hallowed place in the history of spaceflight. Sputnik 1, Earth's first artificial satellite, lifted off from there. So did Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space. The launch of Scotland's first satellite is admittedly a smaller milestone. But in Maryhill they'll be watching just as intently as those first satellite builders.

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The masked man fled with an undisclosed sum of cash after threatening staff with a firearm at the office on Main Street, Frizington, at 06:20 GMT. Armed officers have been deployed to the scene. Main Street, which was temporarily closed to motorists and pedestrians, has now reopened. The raider is described as about 5ft 9ins tall, of slim build, and wearing black jogging pants and sweatshirt.

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First Minister Carwyn Jones and Welsh Language Commissioner Meri Huws will also join the "Making Welsh Work" conference at Bangor University. Mr Jones called the event "timely" and said having more chances to use the language were key to learning it. Gwynedd council and Natural Resources Wales are among those taking part.

The best ways to encourage people to @placeholder Welsh at work will be discussed on Friday by more than 100 delegates from organisations across Wales .

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The England Under-18 international has been a regular for the Wolves Under-23 side and has also been part of the first-team squad during pre-season. Ennis, 18, is likely to make his first Shrewsbury appearance in a pre-season friendly against Burton on Saturday. Meanwhile, young goalkeeper Callum Burton has joined Championship side Hull City for an undisclosed fee. Burton, 20, who played for England at Under-16, 17 and 18 level, had been offered a new deal by Shrewsbury. But he will now become part of the Tigers' Under-23 development squad, having signed a one-year deal, with the option for a further 12 months. Shrewsbury boss Paul Hurst has now made 11 close-season signings, five of them loan players, while 13 players (including last season's six loan men) have now left the League One club. Goalkeepers: Craig MacGillivray (Walsall), Dean Henderson (Manchester United - loan) Defenders: Zak Jules (Reading), James Bolton (Gateshead) Midfield: Jon Nolan (Chesterfield), Ebou Adams (Norwich City - loan), Daniel James (Swansea City - loan) Strikers: Lenell John-Lewis (Newport), Arthur Gnahoua (Kidderminster Harriers), Carlton Morris (Norwich City - loan), Niall Ennis (Wolves - loan) Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Shrewsbury Town have signed teenage striker Niall Ennis from @placeholder Wolves on a season - long loan .

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They are being presented Ushakov medals for their part in delivering supplies to the Eastern front. Eleven veterans are receiving medals at a ceremony at Bodelwyddan Castle, Denbighshire, on Tuesday. And 67 medals will be awarded at an event in Cardiff on Wednesday attended by First Minister Carwyn Jones. Campaigners long believed veterans should have been able to receive the Russian accolade and in 2013 the UK government made an exception to its rules. Referring to the veterans, Mr Jones said: "They not only fought enemy ships, U-Boats and airplanes, but also battled extreme weather, sailing with ship decks covered in ice in ferocious conditions of towering seas and hurricane force winds."

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It happened sometime between 23:00 GMT on Friday and 07:00 GMT on Saturday. The PSNI is appealing for information. The owner of the dealership, Malcolm Beattie, said he was "devastated". "It's a lot of money's worth that has disappeared. It is going to be very hard to get that money back in again to buy more stock. "They picked the best of my stock," he added.

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Topley, 22, sustained the injury while batting on his Hampshire debut against Warwickshire on Sunday. The left-armer saw a specialist on Tuesday after x-rays revealed at least one break below the knuckles. "It's a little unknown still," Hampshire director of cricket Giles White told BBC Radio Solent. "In a week's time we'll see how it's healed." Topley, who moved to Hampshire from Essex in the winter, has made 10 one-day international and six T20 appearances for England. "Once we know the full extent, that will shape his recovery," he added. "It's one of those things that happens. "Reece is bitterly disappointed as are we, but that's the game. We've just got to take the consequences and make sure we get it right for when he returns." Hampshire survived being without Topley's batting and bowling for the remainder of their opening County Championship Division One match against Warwickshire. A second-innings half-century from all-rounder Liam Dawson secured a draw in the rain-affected match at The Ageas Bowl.

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Antiretroviral drugs were reportedly administered to the baby in California just four hours after birth. The unidentified nine-month-old child is now said to be HIV negative. It is the second such case after an HIV-positive Mississippi infant brought into remission following early treatment was reported in 2013. "This is a call to action for us to mobilize and be able to learn from these cases," Johns Hopkins University paediatrics specialist Dr Deborah Persaud said at a Boston medical conference. No trace of the virus can now be found in the infant's blood or tissues, the doctor revealed. Dr Persaud said the nine-month-old child is still receiving a three-drug anti-Aids cocktail, while the three-year-old Mississippi child stopped receiving antiretroviral treatments two years ago. "Really the only way we can prove that we have accomplished remission in these kids is by taking them off treatment and that's not without risk," Dr Persaud added. Both children are reported to have been born to mothers infected with HIV, which weakens the body's immune system. The human immunodeficiency virus has infected more than 34 million people worldwide, researchers estimate.

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One of them - Stewart Ford - has been given a fine of £75m, the largest such penalty ever imposed on an individual. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said the way the bonds were sold - by a company called Keydata - was "unclear, incorrect and misleading". Some 37,000 people bought the bonds. Investors, who bought the investments between 2005 and 2009, were incorrectly told that they were eligible for Isas. Between them, those investors lost at least £330m, an amount which is being refunded by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). By buying the bonds, purchasers were investing in unwanted life insurance policies, which would pay out when the original owner died. But the FCA said the bonds were not suitable for ordinary private investors, because of the risk involved. The FCA said the three men had also misled the previous City regulator, the Financial Services Authority (FSA), in relation to the performance of the investments. Stewart Ford was the former chief executive of Keydata, which was dissolved in 2014. The FCA said he had received £72.4m in fees and commissions on sales. Mark Owen, the former sales director, was fined £4m. He received commissions worth £2.5m. Peter Johnson, the former compliance officer, was fined £200,000. All three have been banned from working in financial services ever again. The men have appealed against their fines, and their case will be heard at a tribunal.

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The National Association of Head Teachers says it fears an extended time of volatility, with students unsure which exams and subjects to take. The government hopes to make A-levels and GCSEs in England more rigorous. It wants pupils to achieve the levels met in high-performing countries such as Singapore, Korea and Hong Kong. In an attempt to achieve this, ministers have ordered the biggest shake-up of the exams system in three decades. This includes phasing in new, tougher GCSEs and A-levels with new content and examinations at the end. The biggest change introduced in the autumn term will be at AS-level. Currently taught in the first year of sixth form, the qualification will no longer count towards the final A-level result in many, but initially not all, subjects. NAHT general secretary Russell Hobby said: "We face an extended period of volatility. "The cause of this volatility is the sheer scale and speed of changes to the examination system - changes to both the scoring of the exams themselves, and to the way these scores are used to judge the performance of schools." He said that on top of this, a new way of measuring both secondary and primary school performance was being introduced. "Not all of these changes are bad," Mr Hobby said. "The concern is that the scale and pace of them will make it very hard indeed to know what will happen and how the changes will interact." Association of School and College Leaders general secretary Brian Lightman said: "School and college leaders are deeply unhappy about the way in which a large number of changes to exams have been introduced in a short space of time in a piecemeal manner. "This has resulted in them having to manage an extremely difficult situation, with changes to many different qualifications happening at different times. "This process has also put teachers under a great deal of unnecessary pressure, and the confusing nature of the changes has caused students and their parents anxiety. "These problems could have been avoided if changes had been introduced in a more manageable and coordinated way." At 1,300-pupil comprehensive Hampstead High School, in north London, assistant head Adam Hedley said: "The entire school is going to be affected in some way by the first of the exam reforms. "The problem has been making sure we are able to cover all the stuff we need to cover in Years 7, 8 and 9 to prepare them to start the new GCSE curriculum." Head of sixth form at the school, Zoe Fisher, says she is trying to decide whether to continue to run a stand-alone AS-level course for pupils who only want to study for one year. If she does, she will also have to run a separate new A-level course for those who want to complete two years of study. At GCSE, English and maths will become more challenging. Topics such as calculus, differentiation and kinematics, previously taught to 17-year-olds will now be introduced to 15-year-olds. Teachers have dubbed the new course "big maths" because there is so much more content. Some schools have estimated they will need an extra hour each week to teach it. The government says it is making the changes to raise standards - so England's schools can compete with some of the top ranking education systems in the world like those in Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong. Other GCSE subject changes will be phased in over the next few years. Last week at a speech in Coventry, exams regulator, Ofqual, warned the system could not tolerate any further reform under a future government until these changes have been completed and allowed to settle. A Department for Education spokesperson said: "As part of our plan for education we have made important reforms to our exam system to ensure young people leave school ready to succeed in life in modern Britain. "Our crucial reforms are ensuring pupils take qualifications that are on a par with the best in the world. We recognise that these vital reforms have led to changes in the system but they can be implemented, which is a testament to the dedication of our schools and teachers. "We are replacing the system which rewarded schools to push pupils to scrape a C and moving to a new system which encourages high-achievers and recognises schools for the progress made by all pupils."

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Actor Brian Cox appears in two of the films, a comedy, The Carer, and a western, Forsaken, which also stars Donald and Kiefer Sutherland. Braveheart actor Angus Macfadyean will bring his first film as a director, Macbeth Unhinged, to the festival. The film is a modern, black and white retelling of the Shakespearean tragedy. Scot Dougray Scott will be starring in the apocalyptic thriller The Rezort. The 70th edition of the film festival runs from 15-26 June. It will include feature films, shorts, documentaries and animations. The opening night gala will feature the world premiere of Jason Connery's drama Tommy's Honour, about Scottish golfing pioneer Old Tom Morris and starring Peter Mullan and Jack Lowden. It is based on a true story and focuses on Morris's turbulent relationship with his son, Tommy. The festival will close with the world premiere of Gillies Mackinnon's Whisky Galore, featuring Gregor Fisher, James Cosmo, Kevin Guthrie, Sean Biggerstaff and Eddie Izzard. Mark Adams, artistic director said: "We are delighted to once again cast the spotlight on great Scottish talent at this year's festival. It speaks so much about the breadth and variety of filmmakers, craftspeople and performers that our selection of projects featuring local talent shines so brightly." Natalie Usher, director of screen at Creative Scotland, said: "EIFF is a key event in Scotland's cultural calendar, offering audiences inspirational, world-class cinema. "EIFF is recognising and celebrating the wealth and depth of home-grown filmmaking talent supported by Creative Scotland." The festival will also have a special screening to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Danny Boyle's Trainspotting and a world premiere screening of the newly 4K restored Highlander, attended by the film's star Clancy Brown.

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Writing in the Times Educational Supplement, Ofqual chief executive Isabel Nisbet said the current reliance on handwritten papers "cannot go on". Only a few sections of existing exams can be taken on computers. Two exam boards welcomed her comments, but head teachers said resources would be a problem for a computerised system. Pupils are becoming increasingly "techno savvy", Ms Nisbet wrote. "They use IT as their natural medium for identifying and exploring new issues and deepening their knowledge. "Yet we are even now accrediting new GCSEs, due to run for several years, which are still taken largely on paper," she said. "This cannot go on. Our school exams are running the risk of becoming invalid, as their medium of pen and ink increasingly differs from the way in which youngsters learn," she added. Currently, the three exam boards offering exams in England - Edexcel, AQA and OCR - offer only a small number of papers that can be done online. Handwritten scripts are, however, widely scanned onto computers and marked on-screen. Edexcel managing director Ziggy Liaquat said: "Technology has the potential to transform education by making its delivery more personalised, efficient and effective and more transparent and secure." AQA chief executive Andrew Hall welcomed Ms Nisbet's comments and said it was "really important" that students be "assessed in the same way that they learn and using the technologies that are commonplace in the world outside the classroom". "The real prize here is to have assessment, online, on-demand, when the student is ready," he said, suggesting a future where students did not all take their exams at the same time. However, a spokesman for OCR said the board's focus "was not to make existing paper-and-pen tests electronic but to explore ways that computers can add real value to assessment". John Hand, BBC News Last year, I took an A-level - partly out of journalistic curiosity about how much exams have changed in the 20 years since I last did so. I found that one thing had remained resolutely the same. The ultimate test of knowledge in any subject comes down to a two-and-a-half hour writing marathon on good old-fashioned pen and paper - and your arm aches for hours afterwards. In common with many teenage students, I rarely used pen and paper during my course. Assignments were completed on computer - and I even got into the habit of entering key grammar reminders into my mobile. But with the exam approaching, I worried about how my handwritten scrawl - badly affected by 20 years of using journalistic shorthand - would be deciphered by an examiner. When the results eventually came out, I performed noticeably better in the oral and listening exams than in the papers which demanded long bursts of wielding a pen. Is taking an A-level easier 20 years on? Send your comments The board's chief executive, Mark Dawe, said that moving to a computer-based system posed "real challenges" in terms of providing fair, secure computer access in schools. Sion Humphreys, a policy adviser for the NAHT headteachers' union, echoed his concerns, adding that resources were a "thorny" issue at a time of cuts to technology investment in schools. "You might have a large comprehensive where there are 240 young people in a year group - it's just not conceivable to think of 240 computers being available at the same time, all in working order, at the same time under, the same conditions," he said. Mr Humphreys also disagreed that pen and paper could make exams become "invalid". "Yes, they are using technology increasingly in schools as a medium of learning, but they're still also using pen and paper as well and there's a place for that," he said. Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own exam regulators. GCSEs and A-levels offered by the three exam boards can be taken all over the UK, although most Scottish students sit Scottish highers instead.

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Sean O'Halloran, 30, from Northland Road in Derry is accused of raping a woman in May 2014. The defendant who is a journalist with BBC Radio Foyle faces two additional charges of sexual assault on the same date. Mr O'Halloran, who denies all the charges, is on trial at Londonderry Crown Court. The court was played a recorded interview from 21 May 2014, in which the woman, who cannot be named, told a detective that she had been having a normal Saturday night and had been to a bar with friends before she and her boyfriend invited a number of people, including Mr O'Halloran, back to their house. She said she had been watching a film but went to bed because she was tired and that her boyfriend and two male friends were left downstairs. She told the detective she got into bed fully clothed and that a short time later she had felt someone getting into bed beside her and putting an arm around her. The woman told the detective she had assumed it was her boyfriend but that a minute later she felt this person pulling off her trousers and underwear. When she turned around she said she could see who it was. She described him as being completely naked, that he ripped her top off and that he then sexually assaulted and raped her. The woman went on to say that she tried to shove Mr O'Halloran off her and that she started screaming and asking him 'what he was doing?' She said he initially said nothing before asking her: "What are you doing?", "what are you talking about?" The woman said she ran downstairs and told her boyfriend what had happened before calling the police. She further told the detective that she had known Mr O'Halloran for a couple of years and had disliked him because he had made previous advances towards her, which she had resisted. She said on one occasion he had grabbed her legs and tried to kiss her. Under cross-examination by a defence lawyer, the woman denied that sexual contact had been consensual or that she had made her claims up for money. The trial, which is expected to last for five days, continues.

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But the overall national picture for GCSE grades is very similar to last year. The proportion getting A* to C grades has nudged up from 68.8% to 69%. That represents an improvement for more than 10,000 exam entries. But the overall message - and the even smaller decline in the proportion of top A* and A grades - is that there is "stability". This isn't an accident. The annual exam results are not like going outside and measuring the temperature as a natural phenomenon which might fluctuate. It's more like setting the central heating to an agreed level and then holding up a thermometer to see if the temperature is where it should be. Well, perhaps that's not a complete analogy, but the national exam statistics, with their neat similarity to last year, are a work of design rather than nature. The huge annual challenge for the exam system is to balance a number of competing demands. There has to be room for some slight ups and downs, but there mustn't be grade inflation, standards have to be maintained over time and - at the very heart of the process - it has to be a fair reward for the hard work of individual pupils. Add to this complex equation the need to adjust grades between different exam boards. Head teachers' leader Brian Lightman has complained that below the smooth surface of the national statistics, there can be doubts about the reliability of individual results. He has warned of "volatility", with heads unable to explain sudden dips and spikes, problems that remain unnoticed from a national perspective. "It is devastating for a student who has been on course for a certain grade to miss what they were expected to achieve and it is mystifying to their teachers," said Mr Lightman. The lingering question is if one year's results are reverse engineered to be very similar to the year before, does this mean distorting some of the results to make sure that they fit? Are there winners and losers in some subjects and at some grades? Ofqual has always argued that fairness for individual students is not compromised by the demands of the wider results system. But it's a massively complicated challenge for exam boards and regulator - made even more difficult by the conflicting legacies of previous grading systems. Once there was a system of fixed quotas which prevented any rise in grades and then a system which allowed grades to rise every single year. Now there is a system which holds out the possibility of change, but which manages to keep things the same. Another factor that gets overlooked in the headlines, is that the results can be changed by who is taking the exam. This year's nudge upwards in the pass rate has come alongside an older cohort. There are fewer 14 and 15 year olds taking the GCSEs early, because the league tables now only recognise the first attempt. And another change in government policy means that pupils who missed out on GCSE maths and English last year are having to re-sit the exam this year. This means that more than 300,000 exam entries were from 17 year olds. But if the changes at the overall level are measured in fractions of a percentage point, there are some very striking differences between England, Northern Ireland and Wales. Northern Ireland's pupils are stretching their lead over everyone else, jumping by 0.7% to 78.7%. It raises the question how such results can be achieved when only 66% make the grade in Wales. Not only is the Northern Ireland figure far ahead of England, it is ahead of the highest-achieving part of England, which was London with 72%. England's education system has been in a state of almost constant reform since the late 1980s, but the latest results show it is Northern Ireland that is stretching further ahead. When these regional differences are overlaid with the gender gap, it means that young women in Northern Ireland are doing much better than anyone else. The scores from the GCSE top grades show the gap. Among entries from female pupils in Northern Ireland, 11.4% achieve A* grades. Among male pupils in Wales, the figure is 4.5%. In England, 5.2% of entries from male pupils and 7.9% of female achieve these highest A* grades. This sets a pattern for A-levels and university entry, with Northern Irish women the most likely in the UK to get university places. Whether or not it is going to be consolation for England's school leaders, such comparisons are soon going to be impossible. Because in a couple of years England's GCSEs will begin to be graded from 9 to 1 rather than A to G, ending a common system with Wales and Northern Ireland. Another curious aside is that many of the pupils taking GCSEs this year in England did not take their Sats tests five years ago, because of a primary school teachers' boycott. What difference did it make in the long term? It would take another exam to answer that one.

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The Federation Against Copyright Theft (Fact) also says it is coming up with new ways to try to tackle piracy. It says it is now targeting people who host links which allow other internet users to access illegal copyrighted content online. Fact is warning users of similar sites that they should "watch out" too. Britain's television and film industries say copyright theft costs them hundreds of millions of pounds a year. The director general of Fact, Kieron Sharp, says: "We're not after the ones who download a few films or watch something from a streaming website, we're after the people behind that." One tactic Fact says is working well is "a domain sign over". Investigators go to the home of the person hosting a website which is making protected content available to everyone for free. The host is then given a cease and desist order, asking them to take down the website and to hand over the domain rights to Fact. That means when a user goes to that site they are redirected to other places which show material legally. If a website host refuses to hand over the rights, Fact says it has other options to explore and will take action. Investigators say they will take the evidence they have gathered to the police to start criminal proceedings. Fact says Tom's website, featured in the video above, provided access to a certain type of file, called NZBs. It claims those files are used to find and download data easily from the internet. Once all the bits of data are downloaded they can then be used to play a film, TV show or piece of music. The investigators have told Tom the studios they work for do not release their content using the NZB file format. Tom says that he doesn't feel he has done anything wrong. Fact says it has successfully taken action against other websites who've used NZBs for copyright infringement. In 2011, piracy cost the television and film industry in the UK £511 million, according to Fact. Kieron Sharp says a lot of "criminal money" is being made. "It's harming the industry which produces those films and TV programmes in the first place," he adds. The broadcasting watchdog, Ofcom, released a report by Kantar Media in September about trends in online copyright. The study found almost a quarter of downloads in the UK infringed copyright. Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter

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Most Scottish universities have maintained or improved their standing in the league table. Overall Edinburgh University came out in 4th place while Glasgow University was 13th. More than 85% of university research in Scotland was judged to have an outstanding or very significant impact in wider society and economy. This figure was higher than the UK average. The analysis, produced by Research Fortnight, was based on the results of the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014). This was a large-scale exercise which reviewed the quality of research in different subjects at universities across the UK. Panels of experts scored the work of more than 52,000 academics from 154 UK universities. Both Edinburgh and Glasgow Universities moved up one place in the table compared to the last one in 2008. St Andrews, Strathclyde, Aberdeen, Dundee, Heriot-Watt and Stirling also made the top 50. Strathclyde's physics department was named as the best in the UK - ahead of Oxford, Cambridge and Imperial College. Aberdeen and Dundee both slipped back slightly in the overall rankings, while the others moved up. Broadly speaking, the data suggested Scottish universities have maintained or even improved their research rankings since tuition fees for Scottish students were abolished. International rankings also suggest the broad position of Scottish universities is being maintained. Every one of Scotland's 18 higher education institutions undertakes research judged to be of "world-leading" quality while Scotland performs more highly than the UK average when assessed on the impact of its research. For the first time, REF 2014 also assessed the impact the research has had on the economy, society, public policy, culture and the quality of life. Laurence Howells, chief executive of the Scottish Funding Council, said: "Today we have had confirmation that our universities' research is world-leading and impacts on almost every aspect of daily life, from the way we treat patients in hospital, to the way we communicate with smartphones. "By making the most of our investments in research, Scotland's universities are rightly on the podium with the best in the world. It is particularly satisfying that Scotland's pioneering approach to collaboration through research pooling has helped to bring this success in the REF." Each of the University of Edinburgh's three colleges had at least one research area ranked top in the UK. Edinburgh research in Sociology, in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences and in Computer Science and Informatics was rated the best in the UK, based on breadth and quality of research. The principal, Prof Sir Timothy O'Shea, said: "Research at the University of Edinburgh is constantly expanding the depth of human knowledge and making an impact on the wider world - whether it be improving the effectiveness of youth justice policy and practice, or shaping the technologies used to manage the world's data. "Our outstanding researchers enable us to forge links with charities, businesses, policy makers and other universities, so that together we can tackle long-standing challenges at home and overseas." The University of Glasgow said its achievements included pioneering research in medicine with new drugs and treatments; software revolutionising the design of electric motors; new ways of controlling animal diseases including TB in cattle and rabies; a positive impact on knife crime policy; and assisting the transformation of Stirling Castle into one of the UK's leading heritage sites. Principal and vice-chancellor Prof Anton Muscatelli said: "It is particularly pleasing that, in line with the aspirations of the university set out in the university's 2020 Global Vision, 31% of our output was judged to be of 'world-leading' quality. This success lies at the very heart of our contribution to the UK's economy and, in particular, Scotland's economy." The report was welcomed by Education Secretary Angela Constance, who said Scotland was "globally recognised for pioneering research", with four universities in the world's top 200. This was more per head of population than any other country except Switzerland, she said. Ms Constance added: "The 2014 Research Excellence Framework has now shown that all of our institutions are producing world-class research in a variety of areas. "Research is also key to our economic growth and prosperity. Figures published earlier this year showed that our £124m investment in eight innovation centres has the potential to generate up to £1.5bn and around 5,000 jobs for the economy, through sectors such as energy, aquaculture and construction." However, the University and College Union warned that world-leading research was too often being conducted by people on zero-hours contracts. It also warned institutions against using any perceived low scores as an excuse to consider reducing staff numbers. The union added that lots of research not included or rated highly in the REF still made a hugely important contribution. UCU Scotland official Mary Senior said: "Our universities must be free to continue pushing the boundaries in their cutting-edge work. We must also recognise that a lot of research not included or rated highly in the REF is still incredibly important. "Too often our world-leading research is being conducted by people with little or no job security. Universities must avoid any knee-jerk reactions to the results or use perceived low scores to try and make unnecessary cuts. "We are not alone in criticising what we see as a flawed process when it comes to the REF and have outlined the need for a fundamental overhaul of the research system. We want to see better funding that expands our research base, covering more institutions and more diverse areas of research."

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This happened in the 1960s in Cessnock, a former mining town in the New South Wales Hunter Valley, but only now has this and other decades-old stories of sexual violence and degradation been heard, catalogued and, crucially for many victims, believed. The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse is an unprecedented investigation into an epidemic of depravity across Australia. The far-reaching inquiry began in 2013 and has heard from thousands of survivors of paedophiles who worked, or volunteered, in sporting clubs, schools, churches, charities, childcare centres and the military. It has the power to look at any private, public or non-government body that is, or was, involved with children. The Commission's task is to make recommendations on how to improve laws, policies and practices to protect the young. To date, it has held more than 6,000 private sessions, along with several high-profile public hearings. Paul Gray told investigators that between the ages of 10 and 14, he was sexually assaulted by Father Peter Rushton in Cessnock every one or two weeks. Sometimes, his attacker had an accomplice. "I was chased by two men to the edge of the cliff and I hid in the bushes. "After a while they dragged me from the bushes and I was raped by the two men, and while I was being raped I could hear another boy screaming," said Mr Gray, fighting back tears as he recounted memories that have burned inside him for half a century. Too ill to travel from the Vatican to Sydney to give evidence, Australia's most prominent churchman, Cardinal George Pell, was questioned via video link by the Royal Commission over what he knew about alleged abuse and cover-ups within the Catholic Church. For four days earlier this year, the senior Vatican official was quizzed, denying any personal wrongdoing but conceding the organisation had made grave errors. "I am not here to defend the indefensible," said Cardinal Pell. "The Church has made enormous mistakes, is working to remedy those, but the Church has in many places - certainly in Australia - mucked things up." When he was 13, John Ellis, a former altar boy, was molested by an Australian monk who was also implicated in a suspected paedophile ring at a former Catholic boarding school in the Scottish Highlands. Now a solicitor, Mr Ellis works with other victims, and we meet at a public hearing held by the commission on the 17th floor of Governor Macquarie Tower that stands over central Sydney. Presiding over the session is the chief royal commissioner, Justice Peter McClellan, a judge of appeal in New South Wales. He is one of six commissioners; two women and four men, and they include a former Queensland police chief, a consultant child psychiatrist and a retired federal politician. They have fanned out across Australia to document a nation's shame. "The most important thing for people in being invited to give their own stories and having their stories valued is that somebody cares," Mr Ellis told the BBC news website. "For many, many years people have been silenced, people have been fearful of what reaction they will get if they were to tell their truth. The overwhelming emotion people have when they have had that opportunity is empowerment." When it hands down its final report at the end of 2017, this painstaking inquiry will have lasted for almost five years. Already, more than 1,700 cases have been referred to the authorities, including the police. More prosecutions will almost certainly follow, but many victims will never savour justice. Dr Wayne Chamley, from Broken Rites, a group that gives a voice to the abused, said decades of brutality had left a terrible legacy. "When you look at the rate of suicide for men who had these experiences and compared it with age-matched data from the coroners' courts, their risk factor is 20 to 40 times higher for suicide," he explained to the BBC. "There are townships where there have been waves of suicide with hundreds of men. [In] Ballarat [in Victoria state], at least 50 or 60 suicides across just three classes in the primary school - just three classes of boys who became men. Bang. Devastating." Gerard McDonald, 52, is a survivor of abuse, and one of thousands of people who have told their stories to the commission. His attacker, a Catholic priest, has spent 14 years in prison for attacking 35 boys. "After every other altar boy practice in 1975, before dropping me home Father (Vincent) Ryan would sexually abuse me. All I could do was think about running to my mate's place and getting the biggest two knives he had and killing him," he said. While this harrowing process is undoubtedly cathartic for Australia - and it's inevitable that legislation and procedures will eventually change to make children safer - campaigners insist many youngsters today still remain at risk from predators in institutions, while paedophiles stalking the internet continue to groom the vulnerable.

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Fingers are increasingly pointing to a piece of Ukrainian tax-filing software, MEDoc, as the source of the infection, although the company denies it. Malware generally infiltrates networks via email attachments that users click on in error. Microsoft described the method as "a recent dangerous trend". The cyber-attack has caused disruption around the world and infected companies in 64 countries, including banks in Ukraine, Russian oil giant Rosneft, British advertising company WPP and US law firm DLA Piper. Shipping giant Maersk said it was unable to process new orders and was expecting delays to consignments, while one of Europe's largest port operators in Rotterdam said that it had to use manual processes, and Dutch global parcel service TNT said it was operating with restrictions. A Cadbury's factory on the island state of Tasmania ground to a halt when computer systems went down, according to Australian Manufacturing and Workers Union state secretary John Short. Ukraine was hit hardest, suggesting the attack might be politically motivated. According to anti-virus vendor ESET, 80% of all infections were in Ukraine, with Germany second hardest hit with about 9%. A growing number of security experts, including the British malware expert Marcus Hutchins - credited with ending the WannaCry ransomware outbreak - claim to have logs that reveal MEDoc as the source. In email correspondence with the BBC, Mr Hutchins said: "It looks like the software's automatic update system was compromised and used to download and run malware rather than updates for the software." It was not yet clear how it had been compromised, he added. MEDoc has denied the claims, in a Facebook post - but in a blog post analysing how the infection had taken hold on Windows machines, Microsoft also points the finger at the accounting software. "Active infections of the ransomware initially started from the legitimate MEDoc update process," it writes. Alan Woodward, a computer scientist from the University of Surrey, said: The ironic thing about this situation (if it proves to be the case) is that we always advise users to keep their software up to date, ideally using automated updates. "However, it assumes hackers can't take over the update process and misuse it. "This process is normally a very tightly controlled process, so this is unusual. "I can imagine many vendors are now triple-checking to make sure they don't end up being an attack vector." He said that it showed "hackers will probe every possible channel" to find a route into systems. "As users there isn't a lot we can do as we are in the hands of the software vendors." As to how the infection spread beyond Ukraine, he added: "I wouldn't mind betting that a lot of these multinationals such as Maersk and Merck had this software installed." Mikko Hypponen, a security expert at F-Secure, has studied the recruitment pages of many of the companies affected and found that some did indeed use the MeDoc software. "If you do business in Ukraine, the software appears to be de facto," he said. There were other anomalies in the attack that pointed to it having been targeted, said Prof Woodward. "The software was sophisticated, but the attackers only provided one single email address and that was closed down very quickly so it is difficult not to conclude that this wasn't about money but targeted at Ukraine or those doing business with it," he said. A Kremlin spokesman said that the malware attack had caused no serious damage in Russia. "Protection systems have been quite effective both at state and corporate levels," said presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov. He added that the origin of the attack remained unclear. Most security experts agree that the virus, thought to be a new variant of the Petya ransomware, was spread using a Windows vulnerability known as Eternal Blue, discovered by the National Security Agency and leaked online. Mr Hypponen told the BBC that it was "completely clear" that hackers in both WannaCry and Petya outbreaks had used the NSA exploit. The fact that it had now been leaked and was being used by criminal or political hackers was "a nightmare scenario" for the intelligence agency, he said. "It chose to use the exploit, not tell Microsoft about it and weaponise it, and now it has been leaked, made public and used in an attack," he said. The NSA has not publicly acknowledged that its tools have been used in any hacking attacks, but it has not denied it either. Typically ransomware spreads via email, with the aim of fooling recipients into clicking on malware-laden files that cause a PC's data to become scrambled before making a blackmail demand. But other ransomware, including Wannacry, has also spread via "worms" - self-replicating programs that spread from computer to computer hunting for vulnerabilities they can exploit. The current attack is thought to have worm-like properties. Several experts believe that one way it breaches companies' cyber-defences is by hijacking an automatic software updating tool used to upgrade an tax accountancy program. Once it has breached an organisation, it uses a variety of means to spread internally to other computers on the same network. One of these is via the so-called EternalBlue hack - an exploit thought to have been developed by US cyberspies, which takes advantage of a weakness in a protocol used to let computers and other equipment talk to each other, known as the Server Message Block (SMB). Another is to steal IT staffs' credentials and then make use of two administrative tools: PsExec, a program that allows software installations and other tasks to be carried out remotely; and WMIC (Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line) a program that allows PCs to be controlled by typing in commands rather than via a graphical-interface. Once a PC is infected, the malware targets a part of its operating system called the Master Table File (MFT). It is essential for the system to know where to find files on the computer. The advantage of doing this rather than trying to encrypt everything on the PC is the task can be achieved much more quickly. Then between 10 to 60 minutes later, the malware forces a reboot of the computer, which then informs the user it is locked and requires a payment for them to get a decryption key.

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Home Secretary Amber Rudd said PC Keith Palmer will be commemorated by the UK Police Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire. Khalid Masood killed the unarmed officer who was guarding Parliament, minutes after Masood drove a car into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge. "He gave his life, in the line of duty, to keep others safe," said Ms Rudd. Ms Rudd said the Charlton Athletic season ticket-holder's sacrifice has "touched the lives of millions of people in this country and around the world" as she thanked the police for their "phenomenal" bravery and professionalism after the attack, on Wednesday. Writing for Police Oracle, she said: "So much has been said and written in tribute to Pc Palmer - a husband and father who went to work on Wednesday morning and will never go home. "His sacrifice, the tragedy of his death, has touched the lives of millions of people in this country and around the world." The UK Police Memorial "provides a lasting tribute to the sacrifices that all too many police officers have made". The MP also praised the two officers who remain in hospital after being injured in the attack. At the arboretum there is an avenue of trees called The Beat in memory of fallen officers, and a police memorial garden. Plans are in place for a new police memorial at the arboretum, with organisers hoping it will be in place by 2019.

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Police found the unconscious man in Miller Road in the Ribbleton area of Preston at about 03:00 BST. After regaining consciousness, he then allegedly punched one of the paramedics who had come to his aid. Lancashire Police said the man, from Ribbleton, has been bailed and is due to appear before magistrates in Preston on 7 July.

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The man had ignored park warnings and rolled down his car window to feed bears at Badaling Wildlife World near Beijing. He escaped with minor injuries, according to local reports. Local authorities have since ordered the park to tighten safety procedures, including limiting visitor numbers. Last year a woman and her mother got out of their car at the park and were mauled by tigers. The mother later died. In the latest incident which took place last Friday, the man, surnamed Chen, was touring the wildlife park with a friend in a car. Despite park warnings, the two men decided to try their luck after seeing other visitors feeding the bears through their car windows without incident, he said in an interview with the Beijing Evening News. A bear went up to their window and Mr Chen tried to roll it up, but the window malfunctioned and rolled down instead. The bear then lunged in and bit Mr Chen's left shoulder. The men sped away and sought medical treatment for Mr Chen. Pictures of the incident, snapped by Mr Chen's friend, have circulated widely online and in Chinese media. Mr Chen told the newspaper: "I admit that I was definitely at fault by opening the window, but at that time I was in a lot of pain and fear, and asked staff what to do. They just told me to go to the hospital by myself, and I was shocked when I heard that." A park spokesman told the newspaper that the incident was due to visitors not observing park rules forbidding the feeding of "wild beasts", which he said were clearly displayed throughout the park. It also released a CCTV video of the incident, which officials said showed park rangers warning Mr Chen to shut his window before the bear attack. Local authorities have since ordered "immediate rectifications" in Badaling Wildlife World, reported the China News portal. This includes improving visitor safety awareness, limiting the number of visitors who drive through the park, and increasing park surveillance.

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Best live action short winner Mat Kirkby was promised doughnuts "for good" after namechecking Orford's Pump Street Bakery at last month's ceremony. He took his statue into the bakery to receive his first offering. "I've had nine doughnuts this weekend and am having second thoughts," he said. Kirkby, who is from Shottisham in Suffolk, won the award for The Phone Call, which stars Sally Hawkins and Jim Broadbent. The 20-minute film is about a volunteer who works for a helpline call centre in London. Kirkby said the Oscar ceremony in Los Angeles was like a "dream". "If you've got a little bumpkin brain you can only take so much," he said. "I got a lot of high fives and selfies and things. When I came off stage Gwyneth Paltrow was in the wings and she gave me a high five. "I said 'at least I didn't cry', and then she punched me." Kirkby said he stayed in LA after the ceremony for meetings at "big studios". "You take your gold statue in and their eyes light up," he said. "You realise that some of these famous people haven't got one of these things that you've got - it was pretty special." He is now going to concentrate on pitching scripts he has written for feature films. "I'm just trying to make the most of it before the drawbridge goes up," he said.

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The fires, which happen every year, are caused by slash-and-burn clearances on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo. Paper and palm oil companies have been widely blamed for the practice. Indonesia, which has repeatedly promised to stop the illegal fires, has sent hundreds of military personnel to try to put them out. It has declared a state of emergency in Riau province, where the haze has been building for several weeks and pollution levels are hazardous to health. In Malaysia, schools have been closed in the capital, Kuala Lumpur, and several other areas, while Singaporeans are being advised to avoid strenuous activity outdoors.

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The court also heard school caretaker Sean McKenna had to drink from the animal's dish. He was slammed into concrete posts and made to go barefoot after being taken from his Newry home in August 1971, it was claimed. Lawyers for his daughter argued the interrogation techniques "ruined" him. It was claimed the experiences worsened a heart condition that led to his death four years later at the age of 45. Mary McKenna is taking legal action along with other surviving members of the so-called Hooded Men in a bid to secure an independent and human rights-compliant investigation into their treatment. Proceedings have been issued against the chief constable, secretary of state and the Department of Justice over alleged failures to properly probe and order a full inquiry. Five techniques were said to have been used against the men while they were held without trial: Counsel for the group claim they were tortured using methods sanctioned by the British state. Former prime minister Edward Heath was allegedly involved in the decision making process, while Stormont's prime minister at the time, Brian Faulkner, was said to have been personally briefed on the deployment of the methods. Ms McKenna's legal representatives argued that her case also raises a potential breach of Article 2 right to life under European law. Ms McKenna stressed that no one should have been subjected to the alleged torture, but described her father as particularly vulnerable due to his heart condition. His internment ended in May 1972, when he was released on medical grounds to enter a psychiatric hospital. But the impact of being subjected to the five techniques caused his psychiatric breakdown, according to his daughter. "My father had been a great man before he had been interned, but that man never returned to us," she stated. "He had been ruined by his experiences." The court heard that a doctor who examined Mr McKenna two and a half years after he was subjected to the interrogation techniques described him as tense, anxious and sobbing. He complained of serious psychiatric symptoms, including contemplation of suicide. In a further report following a second examination in June 1975, the medical expert concluded that Mr McKenna's health had gone downhill. He was by then suffering from severe chest pains and hypertension. With Mr McKenna assessed as already having angina before his internment, the doctor said it would be hard to show it was wise to proceed with the techniques, or that the treatment did not worsen his condition. His other psychiatric symptoms were also linked to the deep interrogation procedures. Mr McKenna died of a fatal heart attack in June 1975. The medical evidence, Ms McKenna's barrister submitted, backs allegations that the alleged torture was responsible for death as well as psychiatric injuries. However the barrister for the government and chief constable, countered that the 1998 Human Rights Act has no retrospective powers. "The obstacle that poses for the applicants is profound," he told Mr Justice Maguire. Allegedly misleading medical evidence and the disclosure of a memo from Home Secretary Merlyn Rees in 1977 giving his view that the decision to deploy torture methods was taken at ministerial level, is not enough get over that hurdle, the barrister argued. The court also heard civil actions brought against the state by all 14 men were settled in the 1970s, with compensation paid out. The case continues.

One of 14 men allegedly tortured during internment in Northern Ireland was @placeholder by a soldier 's dog , the High Court heard today .

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Two years ago, American film maker Jeremy Saulnier took his revenge film Blue Ruin to Cannes to screen as part of the Directors' Fortnight - a strand of the film festival which has screened early works from Martin Scorsese and Ken Loach to more recent films by the likes of Clio Bernard. His new film Green Room casts British acting royalty Patrick Stewart as the leader of a gang of white supremacists in a Portland backwater bar. They lay siege to a dressing room where a young band are cowering, having witnessed the aftermath of a brutal murder. And it's all set to a thrashing punk soundtrack. "I grew up in the punk rock hardcore scene in Washington DC and had always been attracted to the aesthetic of that world," he explains. "It's also very kinetic and physical and I loved that world. My high school years were spent with my friends making movies and playing in punk rock bands so the idea's been gestating for quite some time." The film also features Star Trek actor Anton Yelchin, as the band's bass player, with Arrested Development's Alia Shawkat as the guitarist. British actor Joe Cole, seen recently in Peaky Blinders, and Callum Turner play the other band members. British actress Imogen Poots is also stuck in the room with them, sporting plenty of attitude and a rather marvellous Chelsea fringe haircut [a punk style long at the front and short or shaved at the back]. The decision to cast a renowned stage actor against type as a backwater racist is the one of which Saulnier is most proud. "We were about two weeks out of shooting and we still didn't have Darcy [Stewart's character] and I thought the film would implode," he admits. "But Patrick swooped in. He got the script, he saw Blue Ruin and he was up for an adventure." The British actor arrived on set pre-prepared, having worked on a detailed back story with the director. "You hear horror stories of big name actors being a nightmare and not knowing their lines but he came in, he knew everything he had to do and discussed everything," he says. Saulnier also cast his best friend Macon Blair, who starred in Blue Ruin, as another member of the skinhead gang. "He got his hair cut short and bought fake tattoos from the internet and auditioned for the role," says Saulnier. "I thought, 'not only is he going to get this role, he's the only person who can do it'." Another key character is the music, which plays a major role in the film. "We have Slayer, we have Bad Brains, we have CCR [Creedence Clearwater Revival]. All of these crazy awesome bands. "But also in the background of some of the scenes, and in one of the live performances, are [songs] from my high school bands. "Hearing these songs that I used to hear in 1994 in Virginia being played live by Anton and Alia was a dream come true. The film is incredibly violent with various characters dispatched with shotguns, machetes and even a vicious dog. But the director insists "ideally there is an emotional impact to everything. The visceral blowback of seeing these acts on screen is not easy to digest - it's never supposed to rest easy." The press screening at Cannes over the weekend was punctuated with gasps and squeals, which delighted Saulnier. "This is a straight up genre film, it's for my 19-year-old self and the kids I grew up with. It's a movie for fans, if you're a horror nerd. "But I also wanted to make sure that the violence is not celebrated. It's grounded and brutal and it has to serve the intensity of the story. If it's just violence for violence's sake, you lose the value of it." For all the horror, Green Room is not without lighter moments of comedy, which often serve as a release valve for some of the more intense moments. A neat running gag involves the band all choosing a band which they would take with them on to a desert island. They all go for the most obscure, credible bands until they face genuine danger and the truth comes spilling out. Without ruining the joke too much, it seems the hardest punks have a weakness for pop music. And it has a great payoff in the film's closing scenes. "I always find humour in dark places, it also seems natural. I really let it evolve and I find a little irony here or a moment for a character. I like the fact when the characters are not experts and [there is] lots of confusion and miscommunication, that is a good environment for dark comedy." So, what is Saulnier's one desert island band? "Definitely (Black) Sabbath," he says. Credibility intact Mr S.

Director Jeremy Saulnier returns to the Cannes Film Festival with a blood - soaked siege movie , starring Patrick Stewart as the leader of a white @placeholder gang of skinheads .

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The frontrunner: La La Land Surely, with a record-equalling 14 nominations, this will waltz off with the top award. It's classic yet contemporary. It feels unlike any other modern film, yet feels so right. And it's about the agony and ecstasy of "making it" in Hollywood. What could be more Oscar-friendly? The challenger: Moonlight A beautifully-crafted film and a beautifully-told story, Moonlight gives screen time to the type of central character that Hollywood doesn't normally dwell on, or does so only as a stereotype - a poor, young, gay, black, marginalised man. The outsider: Hidden Figures This real-life story of three black, female mathematicians in a white, male world at Nasa in the 1960s has exceeded expectations at the US box office, and is the highest-grossing of the nine best picture nominees. The frontrunner: Emma Stone (La La Land) If La La Land is to sweep the board, then it will sweep Emma Stone along with it. She's also at the age, and the stage of her career, at which the Academy likes to admit female stars to its A list. The challenger: Isabelle Huppert (Elle) The French actress won a Golden Globe for her role in rape revenge thriller Elle, and there's a strong contingent that thinks the Oscars should give her the credit she deserves for her 40-year career. The outsider: Natalie Portman (Jackie) At one stage, Portman and Stone were neck-and-neck. The Academy loves stars who transform themselves into real-life legends, as Portman has with former US first lady Jackie Kennedy. But Jackie has underperformed at the box office and elsewhere in the Oscar nominations. The frontrunner: Denzel Washington (Fences) Denzel is probably the marginal favourite in this race. If he wins, he will become only the fourth man to have won three acting Oscars, and will be the oldest best actor winner for 25 years. Or maybe the frontrunner is: Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea) It's a close call, and Casey is still in very much contention for his depiction of pent-up grief. But he has slipped back, partly because he's hardly charmed the campaign circuit, and partly because of a shadow cast by sexual harassment claims dating back to 2010. The outsider: Ryan Gosling (La La Land) If Ryan Gosling wins best actor, then La La Land really will be sweeping everything before it. The frontrunner: Viola Davis (Fences) Playing the same role that earned her a Tony Award on Broadway, Viola is, according to the bookies and the pundits, the surest thing in this year's Oscars. The challengers: Naomie Harris (Moonlight), Nicole Kidman (Lion), Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures) and Michelle Williams (Manchester by the Sea) all gave fine performances. But they needn't bother rehearsing an acceptance speech. The frontrunner: Mahershala Ali (Moonlight) Ali was the standout performer in Moonlight's ensemble. And with a role in Hidden Figures also among his credits, he is another actor the Academy is ready to anoint as a major star. The challenger: Dev Patel (Lion) There's a lot of love and a late surge of support for Patel, who has come of age as an actor eight years after his breakthrough film Slumdog Millionaire won eight Oscars. The outsider: Jeff Bridges (Hell or High Water) He may be supporting, but Bridges steals the show as a wizened, maverick Texas Ranger. The frontrunner: Damian Chazelle (La La Land) La La Land is so beloved by the Academy that they're likely to reward Chazelle's vision and audacity - and the fact he's made a film like this at the age of 32. He would be the youngest best director winner in Oscars history. The challenger: Barry Jenkins (Moonlight) But Moonlight also shows rare directorial acumen and marks the arrival of another major film-making talent in Jenkins, who would be the first African-American winner of this award. The outsider: Mel Gibson (Hacksaw Ridge) It would be a big statement to give the award to the Australian after his exile from Hollywood following notorious anti-Semitic, racist and misogynist outbursts. But then again, the Oscars did give this award to Roman Polanski in 2003, despite his own Hollywood exile after admitting unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl. The magical musical has a record-equalling 14 nominations. That includes two for best song - meaning it can win a maximum of 13 statuettes. The record number of wins in Oscar history is 11 (Titanic, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and Ben-Hur). The record for a musical is 10 (West Side Story). The hype has cooled a little, so La La Land will do well if it gets into double digits. It's the favourite in 10 of the 13 categories in which it has nominations - the only ones in which it isn't frontrunner are best actor, original screenplay and sound editing. After two years of #OscarsSoWhite, in which there were no non-white acting nominees, three of the four acting trophies could go to black actors this year. If Denzel, Viola and Mahershala all triumph, it will be the first time that black performers will be in the majority when the four acting winners get together for that post-Oscars photo hug. A lot of people, probably, directly or indirectly. There's a whole separate article on this. There is a select group of 12 people who have got what is known as an EGOT - the set of Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Awards. There's an even more select group of just two people (composers Richard Rodgers and Marvin Hamlisch) who have got a PEGOT - all the above plus a Pulitzer Prize. Lin-Manuel Miranda, who created the Broadway smash Hamilton, currently has a PEGT - he's just missing an O. He's nominated for best song for How Far I'll Go from Moana. La La Land is hot favourite for that prize, of course. But could the fact it has two nominations in that category split the La La vote and let Lin-Manuel sneak in to complete the set? Sound recording engineer Kevin O'Connell notched up his 21st Oscar nomination this year for his sound mixing work on Hacksaw Ridge. That's a great achievement - the shine only coming off it slightly when you consider the fact he's never won. This could be his year. It could. Except La La Land is standing in his way. So it won't. At the nominees' luncheon group photo this year, the Academy placed him in the middle, next to the giant Oscars statuette - and the face he made shows he's past caring. Two British brothers are nominated for best visual effects this year, for different films. Paul Corbould is nominated for Doctor Strange, while Neil Corbould is shortlisted for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Neil has won twice before - for Gladiator and Gravity - while Paul, previously nominated for Guardians of the Galaxy, has never won. It's a talented family. There's another visual effects wizard brother, Chris, who won an Oscar for Inception. Fortunately for the sake of preventing further family rivalry, he's not nominated this year. Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.

It 's the biggest @placeholder of the year in Hollywood - the Oscars begin at 17:30 PST on Sunday ( 01:30 GMT on Monday ) . As the final preparations take place , here 's what to look out for in the main battles .

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It shows Sgt Bowe Bergdahl, 27, in declining health but gives his family renewed hope for his eventual return. Sgt Bergdahl, missing since June 2009, is believed to be held in Pakistan by a group affiliated with the Taliban. The video refers to current events, indicating the only American held prisoner in the conflict remains alive. "As we have done so many times over the past four and a half years, we request his captors to release him safely," Sgt Bergdahl's parents, Bob and Jani Bergdahl, said in a statement on Wednesday. US officials have confirmed the existence of the video to US media but have declined to discuss its contents. A proposal offered by the Taliban in June to exchange Sgt Bergdahl for several top senior operatives detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, stalled only weeks later when the militants vowed to fight Afghan President Hamid Karzai's government. Meanwhile, the soldier's hometown of Hailey, Idaho, has continued to remember him through special events and yellow ribbons pinned to the town's utility poles and trees.

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With its half-year results, the new chairman said the move would be complex as it affects the pension scheme. The Edinburgh-based company is under pressure from a German shareholder which has just bought a 7% stake. It wants to split the ground handling operations from the distribution division. The latter has suffered from the downturn in newspaper circulations, down 3.7% in the first half of the year, and magazine sales, down 4.7%. That was partly offset in its six-month results by collectable stickers linked to the UEFA European football championship, and by the expansion into online shopping deliveries. John Menzies is using its overnight newspaper delivery vans for daytime work. It says that efficiency has helped it win a three-year national distribution contract supplying retailer WH Smith. Boardroom tensions led to four members of the board departing earlier this year, including the former chief executive and former finance director. One of the four newly appointed directors is Dr Dermot F Smurfit, who became chairman last month, who told shareholders: "One of my tasks will be to review the structure of the group in order that we can maximise shareholder value. "This will include looking at whether our two operating businesses are best placed to prosper while they are part of one group. "The situation is complex, particularly with regard to our pension schemes. Management have already engaged with specialist advisers and our pension trustees, and work is underway to structure the pension scheme in such a way as to give the board the maximum amount of flexibility in future. I expect this work to take up to 12 months." In its results for January to June, John Menzies reported revenue flat at just over £1 bn. Profits fell by nearly half to £3m. The aviation division moved out of loss, while distribution made a £12m profit. The company said the Brexit vote leaves uncertainty, but it hopes to gain from earning 80% of its aviation income in currencies other than sterling, which convert into sterling at rates that help boost results. The company's aviation business operates at 149 airports in 32 countries. Its distribution division employs 3,500 people from 43 different sites across Britain and Ireland, delivering around six million newspapers and magazines each day. Also affected by the downturn in the newspaper industry, Johnston Press was given a "negative" rating Moody's the credit rating agency, down from "stable". This follows weak half year figures published earlier this month by the owner of The Scotsman, The Yorkshire Post and around 200 local titles. The rating said the results highlighted the risk to liquidity, despite the company's ability to generate cash through newspaper cover sales. It said there is concern that the publisher could break the covenant conditions on one of its loans.

John Menzies , the aviation and @placeholder distribution business , has said it could take up to a year to prepare for a split of its two divisions .

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Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) walked out at midnight on Sunday as part of dispute over the introduction of new trains. RMT leader Mick Cash said the strike action was being "solidly supported" by members. FGW listed changes to its scheduled services, saying it was running 70% of its regular Sunday timetable. A company statement said: "Trains may be busy and there will be limited food and drink services onboard. Last trains of the day are likely to leave significantly earlier than usual." The dispute centres on staffing and on-board catering facilities on FGW's new fleet of Hitachi Inter City Express trains, with the union fearing guards and buffet cars will be disposed of. Mr Cash said: "The union salutes the unity and determination of our members in this long-running dispute. "Although we have held many hours of talks with First Great Western we have not been able to make enough significant progress over the core issues at the heart of the dispute." Union members held a 48-hour strike over the same dispute in July and are also due to strike over the Bank Holiday weekend. Both the union and company said they were available for talks before the next planned strike. FGW has said the new Super Express Trains would deliver "more seats, faster journey times and more frequent journeys for our passengers". "Our plans mean more train managers and customer hosts on board our trains, not less," it added. The company's revised timetable for the strike cancelled at least half of the inter city services with one train an hour between Paddington and Bristol, south Wales and the south west of England. Trains on the Portsmouth to Cardiff line only ran between Salisbury and Swindon and there was no FGW trains to or from Weymouth. In the Thames Valley nearly all the suburban services were scheduled to run as normal. The operator runs train services between London Paddington, south Wales, the Cotswolds, the Thames Valley region and the West of England. The first Hitachi trains will run on the Great Western main line from 2017 and the East Coast main line from 2018.

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The predicted decline is being blamed on schools entering more pupils for the exams a year earlier than intended. Education Secretary Kirsty Williams warned pupils capable of high grades could be missing out by sitting the exams early and not being re-entered. She told BBC Wales she may stop schools entering pupils for exams a year early. Speaking on the Sunday Politics Wales programme, Ms Williams said she would consider the matter after an investigation reports back to her in the autumn. For GCSE English Language, entry data shows a substantial number of pupils taking the qualification this summer while still in year 10. There are slightly more than 21,000 year 10 entries - approximately 65% of all year 10 students in Wales. Exam regulator Qualifications Wales said that as a result "we expect that this will mean that the overall results this summer will be lower than in previous years". Ms Williams said: "What I'm concerned about is that children that, perhaps had the potential to get an A* and A or a B at the end of a two year course end up having to settle for a C because they do it early and they're not re-entered again. "I want children to fulfil their potential in school. I want early entry to be only for the children who will benefit from it. "When I see such large numbers as are being reported as being entered, that's something I am concerned about." This year, for the first time, pupils have sat GCSE English and Welsh exams which are unique to Wales. Ms Williams said the new qualifications were more rigorous and this could also account for the expected drop in results. However, last October, Qualifications Wales wrote to schools about the new qualifications and insisted: "There is a well-established approach to maintaining stability in outcomes when a new GCSE or an A level is introduced, known as 'comparable outcomes'. It said the aim was to ensure pupils taking new qualifications were "neither advantaged nor disadvantaged" compared to those who took the previous exam, and that the approach "works well in situations where one specification is replaced with another". In May, Welsh Government Director of Education Steve Davies told AMs some schools were "gaming" the exam system, that officials were "concerned" about the volume of early entry and the government wanted to take action this autumn. Earlier in the month, Ms Williams expressed concerns the focus on raising GCSE attainment to C grade had led to "unintended consequences", with some children put in for early entry to bank a lower qualification instead of potentially reaching higher. This is an issue which has been on the Welsh Government's radar for a number of years. In 2013, the then Education Minister, Huw Lewis, warned he would intervene to prevent schools "gaming the system" in the future if they did not stop voluntarily. In England, the number of pupils being entered early for their Maths GCSEs fell sharply in 2014 when the UK government made changes to how school league tables were calculated so that only the first entry counted.

English , Welsh and Maths GCSE results are expected to be lower in Wales this year than previously , the @placeholder overseeing qualifications has said .

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Media playback is not supported on this device North, 22, appeared to be knocked out after clashing heads with team-mate Richard Hibbard in Cardiff. Mathema said Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) medics will have access to video replays at future matches. Media playback is not supported on this device "Having seen it since, he should definitely have been removed," he said. "At that moment it was clear to see that he had a momentary loss of consciousness and, because of that, irrespective of him having no signs or symptoms, we've been dealing with George North as a concussion. "We've seen where our protocols need to improve." North has passed all tests for concussion and could play against Scotland at Murrayfield on Sunday. The Northampton player left the field for eight minutes during the first half after receiving an accidental kick to the head, but was allowed to resume playing after showing no sign of concussion. The incident with Hibbard was picked up by television cameras but was not seen by the Welsh Rugby Union medical staff, who did not have access to a video feed. Media playback is not supported on this device "All I saw was George North getting up off his knees when I arrived at the scene," said Mathema, who was pitch-side at the time. "He was completely lucid and conversing spontaneously with me. At that time I deemed him fit to play." Mathema said the WRU has responded to a request from World Rugby, the sport's governing body, for an explanation of North's treatment. A decision on whether North will be available against Scotland, who lost their opening game 15-8 in France, will be made by Wales this weekend. Mathema added: "Today he has been evaluated and he has shown no signs of any concussion and, because of that, he's started his return-to-play protocol already and there's been no issues. "He has to go through that process for the rest of the week, having a step-by-step increase in his activity."

Wales wing George North should have been @placeholder because of suspected concussion in the Six Nations defeat by England , according to Wales medical manager Prav Mathema .

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