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They could be at any one of the summer's music festivals. But this is the young farmers' area at the Royal Welsh Agricultural Show, in Powys, Mid-Wales. Despite the huge numbers of enthusiastic young people here, the average age of a farmer is 58. More than 60,000 new farmers will be needed over the next decade in order to provide enough food for the rest of us. Despite unemployment among 16-24-year-olds standing at just over one million, few consider a career in farming where a good one might earn up to £60,000 a year. This is partly because farming has an image problem. A survey of young children carried out by Careers in Farming and Food Supply showed the industry was perceived as "boring, repetitive and low-paid". In just one row of stands here at the Royal Welsh, fluttering banners advertise animal micro-nutrients and heavy machinery and offer a multitude of financial plans. This tiny area of the show demonstrates that agriculture has become an increasingly technical, complex and challenging industry. "You can use all sorts of skills as a farmer these days," says Christine Tacon, Chairman of UK Farming plc. Beyond an obvious passion for the outdoors, farmers also need to excel at logistics and planning as well nurturing "softer" skills, like people management. "Imagine you've hired 2,000 workers from various countries in eastern Europe. Getting them to work harmoniously together is going to be a challenge," explains Ms Tacon. The shortage of young farmers is also starting to worry big businesses. Fast-food chain McDonalds has also just launched a programme aiming to help young people into the industry. With an initial first-year investment of £1m, Farm Forward offers agricultural students a placement year working in every part of the supply chain. Source: Royal Agricultural Society of England report, 2009 "We will help them develop the blend of skills and experience that progressive, modern farmers want and need," says Brian Mullens, senior vice president of McDonalds UK. Many young people are also put off farming because they think you have to come from an agricultural family to succeed. "This absolutely isn't true," says Rachel Jones, from Farmers Weekly magazine. "People don't realise how much of a business farming is, you have to have an eye on margins and costs every step of the way. If you have really acute business and entrepreneurial skills there are opportunities out there. " In a bid to tempt some fresh meat into the industry, Farmers Weekly has launched Farmers Apprentice - a competition in which 10 people aged between 18 and 25 will battle it out in a farming "boot camp" for a week, carrying out some of the toughest tasks. Gareth Barlow grew up in Reading, and when his non-farming friends and family found out that his dream was to become a farmer, they tried to put him off. "They said there was no future in it and I'd never make any money. I guess I wanted to prove them wrong," he said. He has continued to add to the small flock of sheep he bought as a 17-year-old, and now has more than 500. Gareth also trained as butcher and has sold his meat to Michelin-starred chefs, like Marcus Wareing. "Farming has to be a business," he says. "You're a businessman first, then a farmer". He acknowledges that farming is not always the most glamorous of jobs, and can be very hard work. "You're working with and against nature," he says. "You have to be prepared to do anything, so if a ewe's having trouble birthing, you do have to get stuck in." The recent dairy protests highlight the challenges faced by small farmers in today's volatile markets. They also show how necessary it is to display good business acumen when negotiating prices with supermarkets. The National Farmers Union says cuts in the price paid to suppliers, combined with rising feed costs, could force hundreds of farmers out of business. However, Christine Tacon does not think that should put anyone off the industry. She says in the bigger agricultural companies, graduate trainees are paid upwards of £20,000, are given a vehicle and often a house. Alongside schemes like the Farmers Apprentice and Farm Forward, the industry is trying to do more to change the public perception of farming. Kevin Thomas, national director of Lantra, the sector-skills council for land-based and environmental industries, says: "A lot of career information is gained online, but we need to increase the opportunity for 13-14-year-olds to get a taster of working on the land. "It's about informing careers advisers and individuals to show that there is a career opportunity at all levels." If that does not persuade young people to think about career in farming, perhaps the industry could point to a new ONS survey which shows those who live and work in the countryside are happier than the rest of us.

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Robinson's side trailed 19-0 at half-time on Saturday but scored 14 points without reply after the break. It was not enough to avoid a sixth loss from six games since returning to the top flight, but gave Robinson hope. "In that second half, you saw us really get into the fight. We attacked really well," he told BBC Radio Bristol. "What it highlights is that we do have the ability to compete. "We need to really get in the fight straight away in games, and then stay in the fight. "It looks like we're sitting back first, waiting to see what the opposition are going to do, and then it's too late." Bristol - who won promotion back to the Premiership last season - are the only side still yet to win this term, but have played four of the teams currently in the top six. Their losing bonus point at Falcons took their tally for the season up to two points but they remain bottom of the table. "That is quite pleasing, that we got something out of it," former England and Scotland coach Robinson added. "This tournament is about points accumulation."

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"Just a couple of days ago, I was like, 'I've changed one thing,' and they were like, 'You can't'. And I was like, 'Can you please make this happen because I need it,' and they said, 'OK'. The "they" in this anecdote are his record label Sony and the "thing" he changed was a track on the band's new album For Crying Out Loud. "I'm terrible," he admits. And the source of his frustration? "I sped up a track by 1 bpm (beat per minute) because it was doing my head in and I couldn't figure out why. Maybe it's just madness, I can't even decide for myself. "I get pretty obsessed making albums. I think a lot of people I respect are probably the same, I think it's what binds us." While for many, this kind of attention to detail could reek of some kind of music megalomania, or even a bit of rock star posturing designed to prove his self-importance, it's this kind of attention to detail which, to the consternation of hipster tastemakers and serious muso critics, have made the lad-rockers one of the biggest bands in the UK. Fewer than 10 years after playing second fiddle to Razorlight (where are they now?) on the Other Stage at Glastonbury, Kasabian joined Arcade Fire and Metallica as the top billing artists on the Pyramid Stage. That was three years ago and for many British bands, could be considered the peak of their career. "It was like completing Mario," says Pizzorno. "I didn't get a lull afterwards, I just thought, 'What does this mean, getting from rehearsing in a shed to headlining Glasto?' It was a long old journey." For anyone who has ever witnessed the raucous, sing-a-long atmosphere of a Kasabian gig - midway between a rock show and a football terrace - it would come as a surprise that it's only recently the 36-year-old has begun enjoying their live shows. "Performing, for me, well I've always been a studio man but I got into the performing thing. Now, I feel excited about performing which is a new thing." Which is just as well as the band are currently in the middle of a UK and European tour which will also see them headline this summer's Reading and Leeds festivals. It also sees them on the verge of releasing their sixth album since 2004's self-titled debut album. In the band's Wikipedia page ("It's all rubbish, I don't know how they get away with it," says the musician), one fact which Serge says is correct is that they have now been together for more than two decades. "Twenty years is a long time," he admits. "What keeps me going, is I'm obsessed with tunes and you can see it in the eye of other people with the same addiction. Even though you've got a bag of new songs that are ok - you always want one more." The new songs, which the band have already played live, at a three-night residency in London's Kentish Town Forum include Comeback Kid, God Bless This Acid House and the already controversial You're in Love with a Psycho with its nonsensical lyrics - "The doctors say I'm crazy, that I'm eight miles thick / I'm like the taste of macaroni on a seafood stick." "It's not the shower scene from Hitchcock," explains Serge. "I think in any relationship there are moments when one of you will do something and the other will think, 'Whoa... that was a bit weird, I only forgot to put the bins out, come on, is it that bad?' "It made me laugh and originally it was, 'I'm in love...' but I looked at my wife and thought I can't do that. It could be about anyone but I have had a few texts from my mates asking is that about my missus?" So, in that spirit, what do the new song titles from For Crying Out Loud tell us about Serge, we decided to have a gentle probe... You know what, I'd abdicate and I'd go to a desert island with all the money that I'd stashed away and I'd go with a record player and a case of rum and sit there with no one else. That would be my day. I'd take a crate and have my favourite albums but then I'd have a mystery crate so I could dig away at that. Paddy Considine in Dead Man's Shoes, that is the epitome. He's the best. The longest would have been going out Friday and going to bed Sunday night, which is not bad, two and a half days. Actually, it did go into Monday so three days-ish but I would never do it again. The Friday was great and it carried on and the Saturday was okay but the Sunday was not good and it wasn't for want of trying to go to bed. In a fight, it would be horrendous. Tom would win, well it depends. I think if Tom got in early, he'd get the knockout but if it went past eight rounds, I think I've got the stamina. But if he went in early, I think he'd do it. I'd probably do him on points. One year, it was the Champions League when Arsenal played Barcelona and I went round the corner to watch it with Noel Gallagher and I had to catch a train and I was with Tom and so we got there before the game and I think we had maybe five or six pints of [generic beer brand] over the period, I mean it was ridiculous because we had to catch a train and I have never been so out of mind mind trying to catch a train and when we arrived in Leicester, there were a couple of coppers waiting for us. We weren't in trouble but it was just bad. I was so drunk but then an hour later, I wasn't too bad, it was this weird concentrated period. And hangover cure? I wish I knew, I don't have one. There isn't one is there? It's your punishment for having such a good time. There's the obvious one of course (we think he means Oasis) but I'm going to go for something else. It would be nice for the Floyd to get back together. So, Pink Floyd. The best one, just because of the ridiculous situation, not because it was the best party but on the first album when we were kids, we got invited to Philip Green's yacht in Monte Carlo and it was just full of what you would imagine. Like, Bon Jovi were there. It was the oddest group ever and, as you can imagine, we were like 20, 23 so were trying to get into his helicopter and turn it on. It was just mad. The worst? I can't remember. I've never had a bad party, I'd have a great party in here with just me and you. Us (Leicester City) winning the Premier League. We were playing two shows in the stadium in the summer and I remember leaving a game against Swansea and spoke to our manager and said, 'We've got to move those gigs'. It was impossible because we had six weeks to turn it around but we did. Every day, just taking the kids to school, it was just everywhere and it's one of those things in 20 years you'll be on a programme as one of these talking heads, talking about it. It's still too soon to understand what happened. Yeah quite a lot actually and I figured it out. I used to really struggle but audio books are my thing. It's annoying because you fall asleep and can't remember where you got to, so you listen to the same chapter over and over but that's the thing. I need not to think, silence doesn't work and music is terrible because I start writing notes. I'm on podcasts right now. Adam Buxton, he's so good. Oh man. Do you know what, I'm gonna say Seven Nation Army because it's the first thing that came into my head. How he's managed to write the sporting anthem of the world is hilarious because he had no idea that it would be. When Italy won the world cup I think, and I could be wrong, but I think it started with the Italian fans because that was their song and they won the cup, which was amazing. If I hadn't said Leicester winning the league, I would have said that, so that song brings back happy memories. Man, I could write a soundtrack but I don't know if I have the answers for that. I don't really have anything worth much, I don't really go in for that. Probably my synthesizer collection and I had no idea. Apparently I made a good investment and, at the time, people asked, 'Why are you buying all this old gear that doesn't work?'. But over the years, it's better than buying red wine, I was told. For Crying Out Loud is out now. Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.

Former Chelsea and , for the purposes of this interview , Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri 's constant experimentation with his starting 11 , earned him the nickname ' The Tinkerman ' . Now , Sergio Pizzorno - guitarist , professional Leicester City fan and creative @placeholder behind Kasabian could stake a claim to the moniker .

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At the moment costs can vary wildly from just a few pence per call to more than £2 per minute. From 1 July charges will be made up of an access charge - decided by your phone company - and a service charge, so callers can check before they dial. UK Calling will affect 175 million phone numbers starting 084, 087 and 09. Phone companies - both landline and mobile - will have to give customers their access charge for any calls made to those premium numbers. It will have to be stated clearly on bills and when a customer takes out a new phone contract. The service charge is set by the broadcaster. Viewers should then be able to work out the cost before they phone shows such as Strictly Come Dancing or I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! to vote, or enter a competition on a programme such as This Morning or Good Morning Britain. Instead of hearing a message such as: "Calls cost Xp from a BT landline. Other landlines may vary and calls from mobiles may cost considerably more", viewers will be told, "Calls cost Xp plus your phone company's access charge." Calls to freephone numbers starting 0800 and 0808 will also become free from mobile phones, in what Ofcom has said is "the biggest overhaul of phone calls in more than a decade." UK Calling will also see the cost of calling 118 directory enquiries and any other businesses and organisations using premium services being made up of both access and service charges from 1 July. Customers who receive paper bills from either landline or mobile phone providers will be sent leaflets explaining the changes.

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Sophie Lindsay, 15, was reported missing after being last seen at about 13:15 in the city's Sherbrooke Avenue at the weekend. At the time, police said she had been missing before but not for a prolonged period of time. However, officers said on Wednesday that the teenager had been found safe and well.

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Deputy presidential spokesman Manolo Quezon said the Philippines "has to do its part to enforce the sanctions". The Jin Teng is one of 31 ships operated by North Korean firm Ocean Maritime Management, which is subject to an asset freeze and sanctions. It is currently docked in Subic Bay and is unloading palm kernels. New UN sanctions were imposed after North Korea's recent nuclear and ballistic missile tests. They include mandatory inspections of all cargo going to or from the DPRK. What impact will sanctions have? Will carrots or sticks change North Korea? The Philippines government says it will impound the Jin Teng and eventually deport the crew. Safety issues were reportedly found during an inspection of the vessel by the Philippine coast guard on Friday. A second inspection took place on Saturday, coastguard spokesman Commander Armand Balilo told AFP news agency. He said the crew of 21 had been "very cooperative". Ocean Maritime Management was blacklisted by the UN Security Council in 2014 after one of its ships was seized in July 2013 near the Panama Canal with Cuban weapons hidden under sugar sacks. It was accused last year of renaming and reflagging its vessels to evade asset freezes. The Jin Teng was sailing under a Sierra Leone flag. Pyongyang reacted to Wednesday's sanctions by firing six short-range missiles into the sea. Leader Kim Jong-Un later ordered that the country's nuclear weapons should be "ready for use" at any time.

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Not long before they died, convicted drug traffickers Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran expressed a wish for a global campaign to abolish the death penalty. They had spent 10 long years in Indonesian prisons after being convicted in 2006 of playing a major role in the so-called Bali Nine drug ring that attempted to smuggle more than 18lb (8.2kg) of heroin from Indonesia to Australia. By all accounts, they had worked hard to rehabilitate themselves: Chan had qualified as a pastor and ministered to fellow inmates. Sukumaran found solace in art. His talent for painting earned him an associate degree in fine arts from Western Australia's Curtin University two months before his execution. Those changes slowly won them the sympathy of many Australians. Now, their desire to see more action on the death penalty is being taken up by some of the country's top politicians. Devastated by the failure of frantic diplomatic and legal bids to save their lives, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop last week said "it is time for us to have a significant discussion about the application of the death penalty for drug offences in our region". Former Attorney General Philip Ruddock has taken the campaign a step further. He has written to the local diplomats of countries such as Brazil, France and Nigeria, whose nationals were executed this year by Indonesia or are on death row there. Co-chair of Australian Parliamentarians against the Death Penalty, Mr Ruddock wants them to work with Australia on abolishing the death penalty in and beyond the region, including in the United States. "I think it is timely that Australia indicates it has a principled position on this matter and that we're prepared to be on the front foot in advocating change," Mr Ruddock told the BBC. But Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce, who is charged with managing sensitive trade issues with Indonesia, says Australia might have to look into its own backyard as well as trying to influence others. "I have to be honest, I do get approached by people saying, 'Well, that might be your view, Barnaby, that you don't support the death penalty, but it's not our view'," he told ABC television. "And I find that rather startling at times and I think that the discussion that we're having about others, we should also be carrying out domestically." Australia has a long-standing bipartisan opposition to capital punishment and has not executed anyone since 1967. But the nation's leaders at times send mixed messages about the death penalty. Comments by former Prime Minister John Howard in 2007 about the ringleaders of the 2002 Bali bombings, which killed 202 people, are a prime example. "The idea that we would plead for the deferral of executions of people who murdered 88 Australians is distasteful to the entire community," he said. However, Australians' acceptance of the use of the death penalty by other countries has fallen in recent years. A 1986 poll found more than 70% believed it should be carried out if Australians were sentenced to death in another country, says Lowy Institute for International Policy polling director Alex Oliver. But a Lowy poll conducted in February this year showed nearly a complete reversal: 62% of people did not want Chan and Sukumaran to be executed, and nearly 70% believed the death penalty should not be used to punish drug traffickers. Another poll, in 2010, found that nearly 60% of people wanted Australia to push for abolition of the death penalty in South East Asia. Ms Oliver expects to see similar sentiments in a poll conducted at the weekend about the latest executions, to be published later this week. "The last 35 years have seen a strengthening opposition to the death penalty generally," she says. However, she says views can change depending on who is facing capital punishment and what their crime is. Most people hold inconsistent views on the death penalty, says Patrick Stokes, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Melbourne's Deakin University. "Most people don't like the death penalty but think maybe certain people should be put to death, or they don't want the death penalty here but are less concerned about overseas, or they don't like the thought of Australians being executed, say, in China or Malaysia or Indonesia but are not concerned about it being applied in places like the US, or Iran or Japan or Saudi Arabia," he says. "It's an area where most people don't have a clear, principled position but a fragmented reaction to cases as they arrive." Working harder to abolish the death penalty rather than just winning a reprieve for sentenced Australians would shield Australia from accusations of hypocrisy or "special pleading", says Lowy executive director Dr Michael Fullilove. Asia is the obvious place for Australia to begin - it is home to "the world's worst offenders" on capital punishment, like China. Mr Fullilove says Australia should forge a regional alliance with countries in the region that have abolished the death penalty: Cambodia, Nepal, East Timor, Bhutan and the Philippines. It should also make the issue not just a principle, but a priority. "We should aim to become a leader in the international movement against the death penalty," he says.

Momentum is gathering in Australia to push for the elimination of the death penalty around the world but some say Australians should address @placeholder in their own backyard first .

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The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) analysed footage from the non-fatal shooting of Nathaniel Brophy, 34, in Clapham on 21 August. It said the positioning of the cameras on officers' bodies obscured and impacted the quality of the footage. The Met said it was testing different locations as part of an ongoing trial. Officers across 10 London boroughs are currently involved in the trial using about 1,000 devices, to boost transparency and speed up convictions, with aims for a further 20,000 to be used by March next year. Often placed just below the shoulder the camera can be obscured if the officer raises their arm to aim a weapon. Jennifer Izekor from the IPCC said: "They will be good tools but they're not fit for purpose for firearms incidents at the moment." The introduction of body cameras followed criticism of the Met over the death of Mark Duggan, who was shot by armed officers in August 2011, sparking riots across England. The cameras enable officers to store material from each incident for a month which can then be used for evidential purposes. But Andrew Dismore from the Labour London Assembly group said: "I'm surprised that it's taken the IPCC to point out this particular problem to the Met. "I would have thought it was pretty obvious that if a firearms officer points a rifle at something that the camera ought to be able to follow what the officer is doing. At the moment they can't do." The Met said: "The cameras issued to armed MPS officers are capable of a variety of mounting options and these are being tested as part of this pilot...helping to inform any future roll-out. "No decisions have yet been taken as the pilot is still ongoing and there are still lessons to be learned."

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The claim: Regional governments in Belgium have held up the EU's trade deal with Canada and would be likely to do the same to the UK. Reality check verdict: Not all EU trade deals need to be approved by individual member states, but bigger ones do. If the UK were to agree a wide-ranging deal, including provisions on things like services, transport or investor protection, it would need to be ratified by every member state. In the case of Belgium, that would mean any of the five local parliaments could scupper it. A Brussels signing ceremony was scheduled for Thursday, with Canadian ministers invited to attend. Now it looks unlikely. The hitch is that Ceta requires ratification by all the 28 member states' national parliaments and 10 regional parliaments. Under Belgian rules, the national government cannot sign the deal unless all five local governments agree to it. The parliament of Wallonia, the French-speaking region of Belgium, rejected the deal, as did the Brussels city parliament and that of the wider French-speaking community. The federal government and those representing the German community and Dutch-speaking Flanders approved the deal. As a result, Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel has said the Belgian government cannot sign the deal off. Walloon leaders have asked for more time to study Ceta, suggesting a possible compromise may be found further down the line. So what does this tell us about the Brexit negotiations? EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said: "If we can't make it with Canada, I don't think we can make it with the UK." Not all EU agreements need to be ratified by all member states. If agreements only cover areas that are the responsibility of the EU, such as tariffs, then they do not need to be ratified in this way. Senior EU politicians have suggested that setting out the terms of the UK's withdrawal and a new trade relationship between the UK and the EU would require two separate agreements. The first agreement, the divorce settlement under Article 50, could well be done without needing ratification by all the individual member states. That's because they would be agreed by qualified majority voting, which means having the support of 20 out of 27 countries representing at least 65% of the EU's population. But the second deal, covering the UK's future trade relationship with the EU, would be more difficult to conclude without the approval of all the members. The more complex the trade deal is, the more likely it is that it would be a "mixed" trade deal. A "mixed deal" is an EU deal that includes areas that the individual EU states take decisions on, for example services, transport or investor protection. The list of areas that the member states themselves have a say on can be found here. "Far from having taken back control, we will have left ourselves at the whim of the internal politics of 27 other countries," said Liberal Democrat foreign affairs spokesperson Tom Brake. Ceta is a mixed deal, as was the EU's deal with South Korea. The customs union with Turkey was not a mixed deal, so did not need to be ratified by all member states. It is important to stress that we know very little so far about what the UK's deal or deals to leave the EU will look like. We do not know what the UK's or the EU's starting positions are, let alone what the two sides would eventually agree on. And if the trade deal is conducted outside the legal framework of Article 50, which envisages a two-year deadline, extendable only by a unanimous agreement of the other 27 EU countries, then we will not know any details of the deal for many years to come.

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Residents and correspondents in the second city, Bouake, described calm on the streets - a day after troops briefly seized the defence minister. The rebellion had spread from there to other cities, including the commercial hub, Abidjan, but that city, too, is now quiet. A deal was struck between the mutinous soldiers and the government on Saturday, though details are scant. A correspondent for AFP news agency in Bouake said on Sunday that there had been no firing there since Saturday evening. "Traffic has resumed this morning and the shops have reopened." Ivory Coast profile The mutiny began in Bouake early on Friday with soldiers firing rocket-launchers. On Saturday soldiers took over the army headquarters in Abidjan. Protests also took place in the cities of Man, Daloa, Daoukro, Odienne and Korhogo. President Alassane Ouattara went on national TV on Saturday night to announce a deal. "I confirm that I have agreed to take into account the demands of the soldiers over bonuses and better working conditions," he said. At the same time he criticised the rebellion. Aside from better pay, the agreement is reported to include an amnesty for the mutineers. Defence Minister Alain-Richard Donwahi - who had gone to Bouake to negotiate with the protesters - was held for two hours there late on Saturday. The mutiny raised fears of a resurgence of the violence seen during Ivory Coast's 10-year civil war, which ended in 2011. Some of the mutineers were thought to be former rebels who joined the army after the conflict. The rebels swept into Abidjan from Bouake in 2011, helping Mr Ouattara take power after his predecessor Laurent Gbagbo - now on trial at the International Criminal Court - refused to accept defeat in elections the previous year.

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It follows a stand-off between the GMB union and another security company, Showsec, over union recognition, which threatened to derail the event. Labour's General Secretary Iain McNicol announced the party had signed a deal with OCS Group. The firm is the existing supplier of security at the Liverpool ACC venue. Mr McNicol added: "We look forward to working together on what will be an excellent event." A question mark had been hanging over Labour's annual gathering, which gets under way in just over four weeks' time, after G4S said it was now too late for it to step in and organise protection arrangements. Labour's ruling National Executive Committee voted last year to ditch G4S over claims the firm was linked to Israeli prisons. The GMB objected to the only firm to bid for the contract to provide security at this year's conference, Showsec, saying the company had refused to sign a union recognition agreement before the event. In an effort to avoid the conference being picketed by GMB members, Labour approached G4S only to be told by the firm it could not step in and provide security. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn had earlier insisted the conference would go ahead. Asked if he accepted the situation looked "messy", Mr Corbyn said: "Many things are complicated in life. We'll sort this out. Don't worry about it, the conference will take place." The result of Mr Corbyn's leadership battle with Owen Smith will be announced on the eve of the formal start of the conference. In a statement issued after the party's announcement it had secured a security provider, Showsec said it withdrawn from its bid for the contract. A spokesman said: "As a company which puts the welfare of our staff ahead of commercial gain, we no longer consider the operating environment for our security delivery to be conducive to a positive experience for our staff, especially given the tone of some of the comments made by the GMB union."

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The Portuguese coach appeared to gouge the eye of Barca assistant Tito Vilanova near the end of the match. Madrid duo Marcelo and Mezut Ozil and Barca's David Villa were sent off in the game, which the Catalan side won 3-2 to go through 5-4 on aggregate. All three players have been given suspensions by the federation. All three red cards came at the end of the game; the first to Marcelo, whose tackle on Cesc Fabregas sparked a melee that saw the other two players dismissed and Mourinho clash with Vilanova. Barcelona said on Monday that they would not be reporting Mourinho, but the Spanish Federation (RFEF) have intervened. A statement on their official website read: "We will examine the images of the behaviour of Jose Mourinho and Franciso Vilanova that could be in violation of Article 98 and/or Article 100 of the disciplinary code of the RFEF." The flashpoint was the latest in a string of unsavoury incidents between the two clubs since Mourinho took over as Madrid coach last summer. The 48-year-old double Champions League winner was constantly outspoken about Barca last season, while his side were reduced to 10 men in all but one of their five meetings throughout the campaign. He was also sent to the stands during the first leg of the two teams' Champions League semi-final, which Barca won before going on to lift the European Cup.

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There are conveyor belts and fast moving robots, but this isn't a car factory. Instead this is the modern face of blood testing. Tiny phials of blood are whizzing around the room being tested by a variety of automated machines. All around people in lab coats are bustling to keep everything running smoothly. Thousands of blood and urine samples whizz though facilities like this in many of our major hospitals. It is an extremely efficient service; nevertheless from a GP taking a sample to getting a result can still take a couple of days. Now a new invention from scientists at the University of Birmingham aims to move some of that testing out of the lab and into your GP's surgery or High Street chemist and to cut that testing time from days to just a minute. Although this new test can be retooled to look for many different things, the team from Birmingham are focusing their initial efforts on to urinary tract infections (UTIs). This will create a simple test that can detect infection in a patient's urine and also further check to see if the infection is resistant to common antibiotics. Currently if you go to your doctor with a UTI, he or she will send a sample off to the local lab for testing and, in the meantime, start you on a course of antibiotics. Of course when the result comes back in a couple of days it may show that particular infection is resistant to the antibiotic the doctor gave you. That means you need to start over with a different antibiotic and it will take longer to clear things up. But there's a bigger problem. Although the initial medicine won't have had any impact on your infection, the antibiotic it contains could come into contact with other bugs in your body and they may go on to develop a resistance to it, fuelling the more general problem of antibiotic resistance. But with this test you can avoid all this and instead discover in a minute if you are infected and which antibiotics will work against the infection. So how does it work? Well, long straight molecules called bacteriophage M13 are mixed with the urine sample from the patient. Usually they sit in nice straight lines like dried spaghetti in a packet. But they are designed to "lock on" to any infection and, when they do, they go from nice straight lines to big clumps. This change is detected and that gives the result. This research started at the University of Birmingham and has now been spun-out into a new company called Linear Diagnostics based on campus at the Biohub. You can read more about the research here. Excitingly, you can tweak the molecules so they lock on to all sorts. In this new test that means they can detect infection and also antibiotic resistance. But the hope is this simple idea could be expanded to test for many other diseases. For now though the focus is on UTIs and clinical trials start in hospitals soon, with the aim of having a test on the market by the end of the year. It means patients should get better, more targeted treatment, clearing up the infection faster. But it's also a useful new tool in a the bigger battle against the growing problem of antibiotic resistance.

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Media playback is not supported on this device The world champion was 0.408 seconds up on Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel, with Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg third. Media playback is not supported on this device Rosberg was a substantial 0.764secs off Hamilton's pace and 0.164secs ahead of Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen. Red Bull's Daniil Kvyat was fifth ahead of Toro Rosso's Max Verstappen and the improved McLaren of Jenson Button. The Englishman was 0.229secs and four places ahead of team-mate Fernando Alonso, who made an error in the final sector of his fastest lap and ended up 11th. Their positions hinted that the improved performance McLaren promised may be delivered this weekend. McLaren and engine partner Honda have brought upgrades to both car and engine this weekend and were expecting a step forward in performance, as they have made at every race since a very disappointing start to the season. If they were able to repeat those positions and qualify in the top 10 on Saturday afternoon it would be a dramatic advance, although they are likely to be overtaken by other teams who can turn up their engine performance for qualifying. Among them will be Williams, whose driver Valtteri Bottas was edged out by 0.031secs by Button as Toro Rosso's Carlos Sainz took eighth ahead of Bottas's team-mate Felipe Massa. Mercedes look to have a significant edge on single-lap pace and are again strong favourites for qualifying but Ferrari appear as usual much closer on race pace. Media playback is not supported on this device The relative positions of the Mercedes drivers swapped on the race-simulation runs late in the session. Rosberg had a slight advantage but only small - about 0.07secs on average lap time. Vettel was a second slower on average lap time than the Mercedes drivers over his race run and afterwards admitted that the gap between the two teams was "still there". "It's been OK," said Hamilton. "A fairly decent day. It is quite windy so the car is affected by that but otherwise it's been quite good. Our pace feels good." Raikkonen did run the medium tyre at the same time as the Mercedes, albeit briefly, and appeared to lack the world champions' pace. Red Bull hit more reliability trouble with the Renault engine, Daniel Ricciardo needing a power-unit change and only getting out for the final five minutes of the session, setting the 13th fastest time behind the Lotus cars of Romain Grosjean and Pastor Maldonado.

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Junead Khan, 25, of Marlow Avenue in Luton, downloaded a bomb-making recipe and browsed the internet for a knife used by British militant "Jihadi John". He was jailed for life in May for preparing a terror act. This has now been replaced with a 20-year jail term with five years on licence. The Appeal Court heard Khan opened the bomb pack computer file "only once" and, although he looked for a knife, he never placed an order. Although he went close to US military bases in East Anglia, including RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk, he never deviated from his planned route. "There is no doubt about the heinous nature of the crime, which Junead Khan formed an intention to commit," the judge said. "In terms of steps actually taken, he did not carry his intention far." He had committed a serious crime but not one that needed a life sentence, the panel of judges including Lord Justice Treacy and Mr Justice Leggatt, concluded. The judges also dismissed an appeal by Khan and his uncle Shazib Khan, 24, also of Marlow Avenue in Luton, against their sentences of seven-years jail, with five years of extended licence, for preparing terrorism offences. The pair had planned throughout 2014 and 2015 to travel to Syria to live under the so-called Islamic State regime, but failed to raise enough money for the fare and to buy all the kit their IS contacts had asked them to bring.

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The French Jewish Students Union (UEJF), SOS Racisme and SOS Homophobie say they found 586 offensive posts between 31 March and 10 May. But they claim only a small percentage was taken down. French law states that racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic content must be removed from websites. "In light of YouTube, Twitter and Facebook's profits and how little taxes they pay, their refusal to invest in the fight against hate is unacceptable," said UEJF president Sacha Reingewirtz. The three social networks have all been contacted by the BBC. YouTube's community policy states that the platform does not support content which "promotes or condones violence against individuals or groups based on race or ethnic origin, religion, disability, gender, age, nationality, veteran status or sexual orientation/gender identity, or whose primary purpose is inciting hatred on the basis of these core characteristics". Facebook has a similar guideline but adds that it does allow "clear attempts at humour or satire that might otherwise be considered a possible threat or attack". Twitter's rules state: "We believe in freedom of expression and in speaking truth to power, but that means little as an underlying philosophy if voices are silenced because people are afraid to speak up." For that reason, it continues, it does not tolerate behaviour that "crosses the line into abuse".

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Most of them offer the same variety of food, including the famous Damascene shawarma or popular oriental pastries. The smell of grilled meat and crispy bread mixes in the early spring breeze. These shops coexist uneasily with the neighbouring Lebanese businesses. "Look around you. It feels like the Hamidieh market," laments Fouad Araji, a Lebanese restaurant owner. Hamidieh is the famous Syrian souk at the heart of the old city in Damascus, over 50km (30 miles) away from Barelias. Mr Araji says his profits are down by about 40%. He blames the new Syrian shops in the area for his losses. Barelias is a mainly Sunni town of around 35,000 residents. Its proximity to the Masnaa crossing, one of the main points into and out of Syria, makes it an attractive destination for Syrians fleeing the violence across the border. According to the mayor of the town, Naji al-Mays, 15,000 Syrians are currently living in Barelias. "Discontent at the impact of the Syrian presence is growing," says Mr Mays in a worried tone. These complaints are echoed at the highest levels. Wael Abu Faour, the minister of social affairs, describes the refugee crisis as "the biggest challenge facing Lebanon". "It's becoming a huge burden on the political, demographic, security and social levels", he said. Source: UNHCR Mr Abu Faour speaks of rising tension between the Syrian refugees and the local communities. "Even in areas highly supportive of the Syrian revolution, people are complaining. In some cases there have been some clashes and unfortunately, we're hearing about attacks against Syrians in the country". In some areas, negative attitudes towards the Syrians have surfaced. At the entrance to Botchay, a small Christian town on Mount Lebanon, visitors are greeted by an unusual message. A large banner reads: "The municipality of Botchay announces a daily curfew on foreigners from 8.30 PM to 5.30 AM." "By foreigners I mean Syrians. But I've worded it such that I wouldn't be branded a racist," says Michel Khoury, the mayor of Botchay and the man behind the decision. "I've imposed the curfew as a pre-emptive measure. Every day, we hear about security incidents, crimes, burglaries, intimidation and so on in areas all over the country. So I've taken this initiative to protect my town," he said proudly. There are no camps for refugees in Lebanon. Instead, they stay in rented apartments or with relations. The UNHCR says as of the end of March, about 400,000 Syrian refugees had been registered, or were awaiting registration, in Lebanon. But the Lebanese Minister of Interior, Marwan Charbel, says that the real number of Syrians in Lebanon is almost a million. Lebanon's entire population is estimated at four million. According to Mr Charbel, the crime rate in Lebanon has increased by about 50%, an increase he says is related to the influx of Syrians. These statements are undoubtedly feeding social anxiety in the small country with overstretched resources. Lebanon already hosts more than 450,000 Palestinian refugees. The country suffered a 15-year civil war, ending in 1990. Demographic changes or tensions are a hugely sensitive issue. Yara Shhayed from the Anti-Racism Movement, argues that the attitudes towards Syrian refugees are akin to racism. She says that they are being blamed "only because they're the weakest link". "People here have always looked down on Syrian workers. But since the start of the conflict in Syria and the influx that ensued, the Lebanese have been wanting to make Syrians pay for their own political failures," she said. "So if the crime rate is high because of loose security or if dire economic conditions drive people to steal, they say that the thieves are Syrians and the rapists are Syrians and so on." The Lebanese government has been slow dealing with the refugee crisis. While it has facilitated the entrance of Syrian refugees, it was late to conceive a plan to deal with their needs. With no end in sight to the conflict in Syria, and a continuous flow of refugees, fear of what lies ahead is not likely to fade.

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What the PM described yesterday as "Brussels gossip", now this morning has been more firmly dismissed by Number 10, claiming "we really, really don't recognise these reports" (Not precisely the same rebuttal). Of course, no politician would wanted to be branded "delusional", or indeed, "ignorant" or "misunderstanding", or to have a blow-by-blow account of just how awkward and unproductive a vital private dinner about the future of your country was. Not least Theresa May who is someone who does her homework, makes careful plans, and takes "getting on with the job", one of her favourite phrases, extremely seriously. The proactive and critical briefing against Number 10 after the meeting between the PM and some of the EU's top officials, Jean Claude Juncker and Michel Barnier, last week, has, unsurprisingly, spilled into the election campaign and onto some of this morning's front pages. Overnight, my BBC colleagues in Brussels have been told the UK was on a "different wavelength" and "misunderstanding" of how the EU works. The message from the EU is not really very different from what has been said in Brussels for many months. The UK has been told repeatedly that the EU will stick together, that nothing can be agreed until everything is agreed, and also that parallel talks on trade and the exit deal are extremely unlikely. Indeed, the prospect that the talks could fail has also been a distinct possibility. And it can't be said too many times, there will be spin on both sides of this negotiation, right up until, and including the end of the process. Neither side right now wants be seen as willing to give ground. And like it or not, spin is part of the armoury on both sides. But the briefings have extra charge during the febrile atmosphere of the election campaign. Privately in March, ministers in the UK believed the EU was softening its approach, hoping that some countries could come alongside, against what they consider the rigid approach of the EU institutions. The accusations being hurled around now, even the public statement from the EU's most powerful politician, Angela Merkel, that some in the UK have "illusions" don't augur well for the negotiations. And the comments will be used again and again by Theresa May's political opponents to claim she is out of her depth and has no realistic plan for Brexit. Stand by, however, to watch Number 10 try to flip it on its head, to use the very obvious challenges ahead as ammunition in her central election argument - precisely because the talks will be tricky, it's vital that she has her own strong, negotiating mandate they claim. Although diplomats like to (mis)quote the 19th century general, Helmuth Von Moltke, that no plan, however good, survives its first contact with the enemy, and the chances of the EU agreeing all of Downing Street's approach are as skinny as a skelf, since the trigger of Article 50, the signs are not rosy. These leaks from last week's dinner a sign that parts of the EU are willing to play rough. The question is, whether over time, if she ends up back in Number 10, Theresa May's determination can shift them. Or whether up against 27 in talks, she is brutally outnumbered from the start.

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It delivers 2.5 volts and can power a desktop calculator for 15 minutes. It could be used to keep military secrets confidential, and in environmental monitoring devices . Iowa State University mechanical engineering professor Reza Montazami said it was the first practical transient battery. While this particular battery could not be used in the human body as it contain lithium, researchers have been examining how batteries could dissolve harmlessly within the human body, and prevent the pain of removal, for several years. Prof Montazami developed the lithium-ion battery with a team of scientists who recently published details of their discovery in the Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics. It measures 5mm in length, is 1mm thick and 6mm wide, and is similar to commercial batteries in terms of its components, structure and electrochemical reactions. It contains an anode, cathode and an electrolyte separator within two layers of polyvinyl alcohol-based polymer. When dropped in water, the battery's polymer casing swells and the electrodes are broken apart, causing it to dissolve. However, it contains nanoparticles which do not degrade, meaning it does not dissolve entirely. The entire process takes around half an hour. "Unlike conventional electronics that are designed to last for extensive periods of time, a key and unique attribute of transient electronics is to operate over a typically short and well-defined period, and undergo fast and, ideally, complete self-deconstruction and vanish when transiency is triggered," the scientific paper stated. While it would be possible to create a more powerful battery, it would take longer to break down. Dissolvable batteries could play a part in helping to reduce the waste caused by discarded electronics. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are working on electronic circuit boards capable of dissolving in water. Once in a landfill site, the boards could break down within three to six months, according to the University's prof John Rogers.

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The Public Accounts Committee said the NHS was struggling to meet waiting time standards and had reduced resources. UK cancer survival rates, while improving, were poor compared with the rest of Europe, the report said. NHS England said it was already working on a new five-year strategy. The report, published following evidence from a number of cancer charities and experts, looked at what progress had been made in improving cancer services and outcomes in England. Margaret Hodge, who chairs the committee, said: "With more than one in three people developing cancer in their lifetime, cancer touches the lives of all of us at some point, and the Department of Health spends over £6.7bn on cancer services a year. "That is why it is so concerning that the Department of Health and NHS England have lost momentum in the drive to improve cancer services in the last two years. "More and more people are getting cancer but the resources available to support improvement have gone down." The report said that despite a good record in improving cancer services, progress had dipped recently. Cancer waiting time targets, for example, had been missed. The NHS target that 85% of cancer patients should be treated within 62 days of being urgently referred by their GP was missed for the first three-quarters of 2014. As a result, 5,500 patients had to wait longer than 62 days for treatment between July and September last year. Two other cancer waiting time targets were also missed at times during 2014, the report said. It also said it was not good enough that in the UK nearly a third of people died within a year of a cancer diagnosis and about half did not survive for five years. The committee also had issues with "poor" survival rates and access to treatment for people over 65. Sean Duffy, national clinical director for cancer at NHS England, said the NHS was helping more people than ever survive cancer. But he acknowledged it was time to take "a fresh look at how we can do even better across the whole patient journey". "This is why we have already established an independent taskforce to develop a new cancer strategy for the next five years." The taskforce, announced by NHS England in January, will focus on better prevention, faster diagnosis and better treatment, care and aftercare. Sarah Woolnough, executive director of policy at Cancer Research UK, said: "It is depressing that too many patients are waiting longer than they should for their diagnosis and effective treatment. "We hope the report will urgently catalyse NHS England, the Department of Health and others charged with providing cancer care to deliver the best for all patients, no matter their age, the cancer they suffer from or where they live. "All patients deserve the best treatment and care and many are not currently receiving it." She said more people were surviving cancer thanks to the ability to diagnose patients earlier and treat them effectively. But with an ageing population, more people would inevitably develop cancer. To continue to improve cancer services, the right leadership, more investment and better planning was needed now, she said. Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham said: "This report makes devastating reading for David Cameron and is damning proof of his mismanagement of the NHS. Under the Tories, cancer care has gone backwards and patients are missing out on the treatment they need." A Department of Health spokesperson said an estimated 12,000 extra people would survive cancer by the end of 2015. "We have invested an extra £750m on cancer services, including early diagnosis and innovative radiotherapy."

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Mrs May said the convention, which is separate from the EU, "can bind the hands of Parliament". David Cameron has previously refused to rule out leaving the convention. Ex-cabinet minister and Leave campaigner Iain Duncan Smith said her "remarkable intervention" had "utterly undermined" the government's position. In her first major speech of the referendum campaign, Mrs May said the UK had to "stand tall and lead in Europe" rather than leaving the EU, and that membership made the UK "more secure from crime and terrorism". She also raised concerns about more countries joining the EU. The ECHR, which is separate from the EU institutions, was incorporated into UK law by the Human Rights Act. The Conservatives have pledged to replace the Human Rights Act with a "British Bill of Rights" but have not proposed leaving the convention altogether. BBC political editor The home secretary is one of the most senior politicians in the country. Of course, her backing of the Remain campaign is important. And it's certainly better for the prime minister and the Remain campaign to have her In, rather than Out. But her qualified support suggests there are three, rather than two, positions at the top of the Conservative party - 'Remain', 'Leave', and perhaps now, 'Reluctant Remain'. It was the Out campaign struggling to contain their internal differences. Tonight, it feels like cracks might appear on the other side too. Read more from Laura A Downing Street spokeswoman urged journalists not to "overdo the differences" between the prime minister and the home secretary on withdrawal from the ECHR. She said Mr Cameron "rules nothing out" as he seeks reform of the convention, saying the home secretary had been "setting out a clear distinction between the ECHR and the EU". Regardless of the outcome of the 23 June EU referendum, Mrs May said she still believed the UK should leave the ECHR which she said "adds nothing to our prosperity". It was the ECHR, not the EU, that was responsible for controversial human rights decision affecting the UK, she said. Earlier pro-Leave Justice Secretary Michael Gove warned that five potential new members of the EU - Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Albania and Turkey - would result in millions more people having the right to move to the UK. Mrs May said Albania, Serbia and Turkey had "poor populations and serious problems with organised crime, corruption, and sometimes even terrorism". She added: "We have to ask ourselves, is it really right that the EU should just continue to expand, conferring upon all new member states all the rights of membership?" She said the UK had "forgotten how to lead" in Europe and must re-assert itself to force change from within, adding that it could veto Turkey joining the EU. In her speech - and during a question and answer session - Mrs May admitted that being in the EU made it harder to control the "volume of immigration". But she said the UK was able to control its border by blocking entry to terrorists. She praised David Cameron's leadership in trying to seek a better deal for the UK, but said the UK's collective posture was too often to "blame Europe" for its problems and the UK "has to have more confidence to get things done" rather than "shouting from the sidelines". Mrs May said the issue the British public faced on 23 June was how the UK "maximised" its "prosperity, security, influence and sovereignty". In what she said was an analysis of "the risks and opportunities" of EU membership rather than an attack on Leave campaigners, she said the post-war order had seen the UK and other countries "cede sovereignty in a controlled way" by co-operating to prevent a greater loss of sovereignty through military conflict or economic decline. Mrs May said the question was not whether the UK could "survive" outside the EU given that it was the world's fifth largest economy which had "friendships and alliances across the world" - but whether the UK was "better off in or out". While "the sky would not fall" in the event of Brexit, she said she had concluded it was a matter of "hard-headed national interest" to remain in, based on security, trade and prosperity. On security, she said EU membership enabled the UK to access EU-wide information, such as criminal records, to allow the UK to turn away serious criminals and terrorists at the border, fast-track the extradition of offenders and simplify the deportation of prisoners. The UK had extensive intelligence-sharing with the US and other allies outside the EU, she said but being excluded from the EU-wide information sharing would make the UK "less safe". However, she called for major changes to the way the UK did business in the EU, including reducing the power of the European Parliament and the European Court of Justice. Mr Duncan Smith told the BBC the home secretary's comments on the ECHR and EU expansion had "thrown the gauntlet down" to the government. On EU expansion, he claimed, the prime minister is "in favour of extending our borders to Syria" by allowing Turkey to join the EU. "She actually basically questions the very campaign she says that she supports," he said. "This is a remarkable intervention. She has really thrown the gauntlet down and undermines the whole of the 'vote stay in' campaign." Mr Duncan Smith said immigration was "out of control" and free movement of people rules meant the UK had to accept criminals coming into the country. "An elected government in the UK elected on a platform to reduce immigration right now cannot deliver that because the EU is an open border," he told Radio 4's Today. "You cannot reject anyone unless you can demonstrate categorically that they pose an immediate threat to the life and livelihood of the UK."

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The 19-year-old student from Cherrywood, South Dublin, has what her specialist doctor calls the "Arsenal of epilepsy" and contends with up to 15 convulsions a day which render her unconscious. "Your whole body is shaking, you can feel your muscles jumping, it feels like everything has been sucked out of you, you can't breathe," she says. "Every single day you lose control." Despite having to cope with multiple seizures when she runs, Cooke has won prestigious events including her age group in the Dublin City Marathon and she runs 5km in under 17 minutes. She can often be seen pounding the streets with her running partner, Dr Colin Doherty, who also happens to be her consultant neurologist. But she wasn't always so athletic. Diagnosed at the age of nine with frontal lobe epilepsy, she managed her condition with medication until it deteriorated when puberty hit and her hormones started "kicking up". "I wasn't able to get out of bed. I wasn't able to do anything for myself and couldn't really speak. My Mum was dressing me and showering me," she says. Cooke was admitted to Our Lady's Children's Hospital in Crumlin where she remained for 10 months. Despite being involved in numerous medical trials she regressed, lost control of her back and hips, and by the time she was discharged she wasn't able to walk. "I couldn't hold myself up and was in a wheelchair for about seven months but being a very stubborn person I wanted to prove to people what I could do. "After a lot of physio I started jogging every day and I started to absolutely love the freedom." Cooke now runs every day and says a missed session sees the tiredness and dizziness of her earlier condition return. But running only alleviates her symptoms, it hasn't been a cure. The raised heart rate brought on by running triggers more seizures than if she didn't run, but Cooke says it improves her general well-being which is a negative worth accepting. Her neurologist, Dr Doherty, has also weighed up the pros and cons from a medical perspective. "There are particular challenges with having epilepsy and long-distance running, but if you're walking you have those challenges too and I think the general benefits outweigh these risks," he says. "If you took the average long-distance runner and measured all their health parameters against somebody who doesn't run you would find, no matter what disease or disorder they carried with them, they're better off." If you have a health condition and are thinking about starting to exercise it is always important to consult your doctor first. The brain consists of about three billion cells and all of these cells are active, but they don't fire together - the brain is a de-synchronised machine. The signature of epilepsy is that the cells fire together in a synchronised way. If a million cells fire together that causes a change in behaviour but when all three billion cells fire together you've got a convulsion or a fit. There are about 40 distinct types of epilepsy. In some cases people will just stare blankly, others will wander around in a confused state and there are those who fall to the ground with convulsions. Competitive running was initially a non-starter for Cooke. As soon as she had a convulsion during a race paramedics would withdraw her from the event, but a chance comment at one of her consultations led Doherty to offer himself up as her running partner and he has kept her on track ever since. He says: "I'm a specialist in epilepsy but my sole role when running with Katie is to stop people from taking her off in an ambulance. I just stand there and say 'Katie's fine, I'm her doctor, she's going to recover'." Despite Cooke having so many seizures, the nature of her epilepsy means her body doesn't require any recovery time and she is able to immediately get up and run again. Doherty suspects it is her fitness levels which help with that recovery. Listen to the BBC Ouch talk-show to find out more about Katie Cooke, Dr Colin Doherty and their running partnership. "Katie is a very serious runner, she trains properly. I'm very confident that this is a really positive experience for her," he says. As well as sport and college, Cooke also has to navigate a social life and a relationship with boyfriend Jack, a role most daunting at night when Cooke's seizure's make her scream, thrash around and cause the bed to shake and shudder. Cooke says: "He's one of the most chilled people I know and he sleeps through my seizures which is a bit weird. He wakes up for the odd one because some are quite violent, and I've slapped him in the face before, but he just falls asleep again." In terms of intimacy Cooke says sex doesn't trigger seizures, although a fit can occur at such times, and women often report an increase in convulsions around the time of ovulation and their period. Her night-time seizures can also be accompanied by hallucinations of a shadowy man who she says "comes for me" and it is these which leave her most exhausted. "I don't sleep at all," she says. Her education suffered and she missed the majority of secondary school. Despite that, she managed to cram three years worth of curriculum for the Irish Leaving Certificate into one year and secured a place at college to study sports management. Doherty calls her a "remarkable young woman" for all she has achieved while handling so many severe convulsions on a daily basis. While for most people, watching Katie drop to the floor mid-run would be alarming Doherty believes being so public about it will help others with the condition. "We need to facilitate people to live as normal life as possible and they need to be encouraged to do everything," he says. "The biggest barrier is not the safety issue but the perceptions of other people." For more Disability News, follow BBC Ouch on Twitter and Facebook, and subscribe to the weekly podcast.

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The Zika forest is not well known in Uganda, and most people will be hard-pushed to tell you where it is. The word itself means overgrown in the local Luganda language. There is dense vegetation, a wide range of trees and lots of small animals. The only people you are likely to meet here are the forest-keeper and his family. They live in a small house made of corrugated iron sheets. The virus was discovered in the forest - then a hub of scientific research in East Africa - in 1947 by accident by Ugandan, American and European scientists working on another viral disease, Yellow Fever. While testing monkeys in the forest the scientists, whose research had been funded for a decade by the Rockefeller Foundation, came across a new microorganism, which they named Zika. Zika: What you need to know 'The worst day of my life' Only two cases of the virus have been confirmed in Uganda in the past seven decades. This is because the types of mosquitoes that would transmit the virus to humans don't often come into contact with the general population, says Dr Julius Lutwama, a leading virologist at the Uganda Virus Research Institute. "The Aedes we have, Aedes aegypti formosus, normally does not bite humans. And then we have other [mosquitoes] which live in the forests and prefer to bite at dusk and dawn," Dr Lutwama adds. This is in contrast to Latin America, where a different sub species, Aedes aegypti aegypti, is spreading the Zika virus. Much of the Zika forest, which is along the highway between the capital Kampala and Entebbe International Airport, has been lost to development projects, as Uganda's population grows. All around it new big houses with freshly tiled roofs are springing up. What's left of it is gazetted for scientific research. Several kilometres up the main road is the Uganda Virus Research Institute. It's a massive campus on a hill overlooking Lake Victoria. Security is tight here because samples of dangerous organisms like Ebola, Yellow Fever and Zika are stored there. This is also the only place in Uganda where you can test for Zika. But as Dr John Kayuma, one of the laboratory managers told me, one of the reasons why there are few recorded cases in Uganda could be because not many people have been tested for it. "It is possible that there could be several people, or so many people out there with the Zika virus infection, but because many people do not seek treatment in the hospitals, we could be missing out. "And also the surveillance has probably not picked them out. There's a possibility that there are more cases out there." In a few months the government will be starting a study to find out how widespread the Zika virus and other flaviviruses like Yellow Fever, Dengue and West Nile are amongst the population. In the meantime, Dr Lutwama and his team say they are keeping an eye on the type of mosquitoes in the country in case any of the ones that are good at spreading the disease enter Uganda.

The Zika virus , which has been linked to thousands of babies being born with underdeveloped @placeholder in Brazil , was discovered in a forest in the East African state of Uganda seven decades ago . BBC Africa 's Catherine Byaruhanga visited the forest .

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Signings confirmed in May,June,July and August can be found on the relevant pages, while you can see who each club has released on our dedicated page. For all the latest rumours check out the gossip page and, for all the manager ins and outs, see our list of current bosses. Junior Morias [St Albans - Peterborough] Undisclosed* Oscar [Chelsea - Shanghai SIPG] About £60m* *Deals to go through once January transfer window opens Jermaine Grandison [Unattached - Colchester] Dan Sweeney [Maidstone - Barnet] Undisclosed* *Deal to go through on 1 January Zavon Hines [Unattached - Southend] Lukas Jutkiewicz [Burnley - Birmingham] £1m* *Deal to go through on 3 January Andy Boyle [Dundalk - Preston] Free* Daryl Horgan [Dundalk - Preston] Free* *Deals will go through on 1 January. Rhys Sharpe [Unattached - Swindon] Alexander McQueen [Unattached - Carlisle] Kevin Wright [Unattached - Carlisle] Abdoulaye Meite [Unattached - Newport] Tom Barkhuizen [Morecambe - Preston] Compensation* *Deals will go through on 1 January. Jack Jebb [Unattached - Newport] Josh O'Hanlon [Unattached - Newport] Godswill Ekpolo [Unattached - Fleetwood] Michael Collins [Unattached - Leyton Orient] Jamal Lowe [Hampton & Richmond - Portsmouth] Undisclosed* *Deal will go through in January. Peter Odemwingie [Unattached - Rotherham] Ryan Taylor [Unattached - Port Vale] Derek Asamoah [Unattached - Carlisle] Ishmael Miller [Unattached - Bury] Kieran Richardson [Unattached - Cardiff] Sol Bamba [Unattached - Cardiff] Marouane Chamakh [Unattached - Cardiff] Junior Hoilett [Unattached - Cardiff] Alex Cooper [Unattached - Cheltenham] Lloyd Doyley [Unattached - Colchester] Chris Herd [Unattached - Gillingham] Frank Nouble [Unattached - Gillingham] Gary Taylor-Fletcher [Unattached - Accrington] Marc-Antoine Fortune [Unattached - Southend] Stephane Sessegnon [Unattached - Montpellier] Reece Brown [Unattached - Sheffield United] Omari Patrick [Unattached - Barnsley] Wes Brown [Unattached - Blackburn] Jens Janse [Unattached - Leyton Orient] Zan Benedicic [Unattached - Leyton Orient] Oscar Gobern [Unattached - Mansfield] Thorsten Stuckmann [Unattached - Partick Thistle] Lee Lucas [Unattached - Motherwell] Reuben Reid [Unattached - Exeter] Dean Cox [Unattached - Crawley] Free* *Cannot play for Crawley until 2 January 2017 Nathan Tyson [Unattached - Kilmarnock] Mathieu Flamini [Unattached - Crystal Palace] Nicklas Bendtner [Unattached - Nottingham Forest] Mika [Boavista - Sunderland] Undisclosed Joel Ekstrand [Unattached - Bristol City] Urby Emanuelson [Unattached - Sheffield Wednesday] Dexter Blackstock [Unattached - Rotherham] Victor Anichebe [Unattached - Sunderland] Brian Murphy [Unattached - Cardiff] Chris Robertson [Unattached - AFC Wimbledon] The page covers signings by Premier League, Championship and Scottish Premiership clubs, along with selected deals from overseas and the Scottish Championship.

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On the day he agreed to meet us in a shisha bar in Paris, Mokobe comes late. He has gone to support families in Montreuil, an eastern suburb of the capital where reports of paedophilia at a pre-school have caused alarm among African migrants. Moboke uses his celebrity status to raise awareness of issues that are often overlooked. "It's silly to denounce injustice from a studio without talking to people," he says. The 40-year-old calls himself "100% banlieue". One of 15 children of a Malian-Mauritanian mother and Malian-Senegalese father, he was born as Mokobe Traore on a housing estate in Vitry-sur-Seine, south-east of Paris. Go-getters in the ghetto His fond memories of growing up there belie the common image of the banlieues as a high-rise wasteland. "At first there were four of us in two bunk-beds in the bedroom," he says. "Then we were five, then six. That meant we could no longer shut the window." When more children came they had to sleep in the living room. "We used to tell each other stories at night," Mokobe recalls. "We had very little but learned to share and were happy," he says. "You get certain principles and certain values from living in that estate." Mokobe has not always highlighted the bright side of living in a banlieue. When he burst onto the rap scene in the 1990s, as part of the hip-hop trio 113, he expressed the frustration aspects of life there: "We were rebels. We made music to speak about our daily lives, about people like us, and to defend their cause." The main problem with immigrant suburbs, he says, is a feeling of marginalisation. "Isolation can be stifling and lead to eruption. It's like a volcano full of lava. It gets very hot." His lyrics have become less angry with age. As success led tours in France and abroad, the sense of being confined faded, and Mokobe's main themes became inclusiveness and openness to the world. Mokobe's first solo album, Mon Afrique (My Africa) released in 2007, explored the complex, but ultimately enriching, cultural heritage of French children of African parents. The main message behind his forthcoming album, On Est Ensemble (We Are Together), is all in the title, he says: "Regardless of your origins, your culture, your social class, whatever happens, we all live on the same planet. We don't have a choice." This simple idea, Mokobe believes, has been undermined by social media. Nowadays people are all too aware of faraway events that divide us, he says. He contrasts this with the small world of his old housing estate, where isolation had at least the virtue of breeding togetherness. "Blacks, Arabs, Chinese - we were all in it together," he says. Brotherhood is one of the values the rapper promotes on his regular visits to banlieues. In schools also lectures children on the need to pay attention in class - particularly in English lessons which he himself neglected as a boy. Even after travelling 20 times to the US over the years and playing in San Francisco, New York and many places in between, he says he is "hopeless" at English. "When I performed at the BET [Black Entertainment Television] Awards in Los Angeles in 2011 I was completely lost," he smiles. But his main message to banlieue children is one of hope: "It's important not to give up, and to have faith in the future. Childhood friends of mine have become lawyers and doctors. Living in a housing estate does not seal your fate."

French Rapper Mokobe has @placeholder venues from Dunkirk to Dakar , but he has never forgotten his roots in the banlieue - the multi-ethnic hinterland of France 's cities .

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A consultation into measures aimed at combating vandalism and anti-social behaviour in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park closed on Monday. The Mountaineering Council of Scotland said it had "serious concerns" over a proposal to ban camping in some areas. Park bosses said "atrocious damage" was being caused by anti-social campers. A 12-week consultation, "Your Park", was launched in October in a bid to crack down on damage being caused to the park. Bylaws prohibiting camping without a permit at certain badly affected sites are part of the proposals, along with investment in new facilities and education initiatives. Park bosses say similar measures introduced previously at East Loch Lomond resulted in a marked reduction in problems including littering, fire-raising and vandalism. The two proposed "management zones", combined with the existing one at East Loch Lomond, would amount to less than 5% of the 720 square miles the park covers. However, the Mountaineering Council of Scotland and Ramblers Scotland together expressed "serious concerns" over the matter, and called on the Scottish government to intervene. Helen Todd, campaigns and policy manager with Ramblers Scotland, said existing laws should be enforced more strictly without introducing new bylaws. She said: "By criminalising camping and other activities which are perfectly acceptable under Scotland's right to roam legislation, the Park Authority would create immense public confusion over what is acceptable when taking access to our countryside." Andrea Partridge, access officer with the Moutaineering Council, added: "It is truly disgraceful that Scotland's first national park, with a primary purpose to promote public enjoyment of the countryside, is now proposing to remove a right to camp for the responsible majority. "We acknowledge there is a problem with damage and overuse at certain key locations at busy times of the year, but there has been inadequate provision of camping and associated facilities by the Park Authority to help address this problem." Gordon Watson, who this week became the park's chief executive having formerly served as director of operations, said such complaints did not take "the real situation on the ground" into account. He said: "We understand that there is strong feeling on the part of outdoors enthusiasts about their right to roam. "However, some of the arguments presented seem intent on downplaying the atrocious damage that is being caused to the environment of a national park, as well as the impact on residents and visitors. "Enforcement of existing law already happens, but this is not deterring the problems as bylaws have done on East Loch Lomond. "The many residents and visitors affected by these problems are impatient for action and rightly expect us to come up with effective solutions. "The National Park Act gives us bylaw-making powers for a reason - we are expected to protect the environment from damaging overuse and abuse." With the consultation now closed, Mr Watson said the park board would consider responses "fully and carefully" before making an proposal to the Scottish government.

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Its annual report singles out President Donald Trump as an example of an "angrier and more divisive politics". But it criticises other leaders, including those of Turkey, Hungary and the Philippines, who it says have used narratives of fear, blame and division. The group also says governments are exploiting refugees for political ends. The report, which covers 159 countries, cited a rise in hate speech across the US and Europe targeting refugees and said the reverberations would see more attacks on people on the basis of race, gender, nationality and religion. It criticised countries that, it said, once claimed to champion rights abroad and that were now rolling back human rights at home. "Instead of fighting for people's rights, too many leaders have adopted a dehumanizing agenda for political expediency," Salil Shetty, secretary general of Amnesty International, said in a statement. "The limits of what is acceptable have shifted. Politicians are shamelessly and actively legitimizing all sorts of hateful rhetoric and policies based on people's identity: misogyny, racism and homophobia." The group made special reference to Mr Trump's executive order last month that banned refugees and immigrants from seven mostly Muslim countries from entering the US. It said Mr Trump put "his hateful xenophobic pre-election rhetoric" into action by signing the measure. The US president, who recently said he was the "least racist" and "least anti-Semitic person", is expected to unveil an updated order this week. But Amnesty also mentioned Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban as leaders who were using the "us versus them" rhetoric. "2016 was the year when the cynical use of 'us vs them' narratives of blame, hate and fear took on a global prominence to a level not seen since the 1930s," Mr Shetty added, citing the year when Adolf Hitler rose to power in Germany. "A new world order where human rights are portrayed as a barrier to national interests makes the ability to tackle mass atrocities dangerously low, leaving the door open to abuses reminiscent of the darkest times of human history." Kate Allen, director of Amnesty UK, criticised as "shameful" the recent decision by the British government to halt the scheme which allowed the entry of unaccompanied refugee children already in Europe, estimated to be 90,000. The group also cited in its report: The London-based group exceptionally launched its report in Paris, saying that France has seen an erosion of its rights in the name of security. The French government says its measures, which followed a series of attacks in 2015, are necessary to protect the country.

Politicians who have used a divisive and dehumanised rhetoric are creating a more @placeholder and dangerous world , says rights group Amnesty International .

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Mr Gibb will say he makes "no apology for expecting every child" to have a "high-quality education". The Conservative manifesto pledged that all pupils would take GCSEs in English, maths, science, a language and either history or geography. Heads' leader Brian Lightman says it will be "challenging" for schools. The schools minister will also warn that "textbooks are now a rare sight in English classrooms", with only 10% of primary maths teachers using them. He says he will challenge "textbook publishers to do better" in producing good quality resources for classrooms. Mr Gibb, in a speech later, will argue that "knowledge is power" and that it is the most disadvantaged who are in greatest need of a rigorous academic education. The schools minister will argue that there has been a dishonest pattern of poorer students being encouraged to take "less demanding qualifications", which allowed the "powers that be" to say that overall standards were rising. The Conservatives' election manifesto said that pupils would have to study GCSEs in the so-called EBacc subjects - English, maths, science, a language and history or geography. And that if schools did not offer them, they would not be eligible for a top Ofsted rating. This would not apply to pupils with special needs. Mr Gibb will acknowledge that this will be a "significant challenge" for schools, with 39% of pupils currently entering all these subjects and 24% getting a good grade in all of them. Education Secretary Nicky Morgan had spoken during the election campaign of the need for schools to have more stability and less constant change. And her schools minister is expected to say that he will listen to school leaders before introducing the requirement - with the details of how this will be implemented still to be announced. "We will ensure that schools have adequate lead-in time to prepare for any major changes," Mr Gibb is expected to say. "We will support these schools to raise standards but make no apology for expecting every child to receive a high-quality core academic education." Mr Gibb will argue that access to a strong academic education is the key to social mobility and his proposals will "provide the foundations of an education system with social justice at its heart". He said it was "pernicious" to suggest that "a core academic curriculum represents a kind of elitism". But he will also acknowledge the temptation to keep adding extra requirements to the school timetable - and that this will always mean that something else will be reduced. As a minister, he says, he has been lobbied to add subjects from Esperanto to den building. Brian Lightman, leader of the ASCL head teachers' union, said that the key question would be how the changes were implemented and he welcomed the commitment to talks about how this would work in practice. "It's enormously challenging, but we recognise the importance of a broad academic education for all young people," said Mr Lightman.

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Media playback is unsupported on your device 28 October 2014 Last updated at 14:21 GMT The deaths of Jimmy and Kathleen Cuddihy, who were in their 70s, have traumatised their community in Carndonagh, the parish priest has said. The couple's son, Julian, has been charged with their murder. The County Donegal town came to a standstill for the funeral, as Keiron Tourish reports.

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Transport Minister Humza Yousaf said the Scottish government would hold a consultation on changes to the national concession travel scheme. He wants to extend it to Modern Apprentices and those on Job Grants and said people who already had passes would retain them. But he said ministers had to look at the "long-term sustainability" of offering all those over 60 free travel. The Scotland-wide free bus pass entitlement scheme was introduced in 2006. The card allows passengers, aged over 60 or disabled, to travel free on local, registered or scheduled long-distance services. The transport minister has said a public consultation on changes to the current system will be held. However, he insisted that current holders of the passes would be unaffected. Mr Yousaf told BBC Scotland: "If you've got a free bus pass you will continue to have that free bus pass and continue to be able to use that pass in the way that you currently are. "What we have said is that we want to extend the national travel scheme to Modern Apprentices, to those on a Job Grant, so that some young people, that are in the most need, can also benefit. "But clearly people are living longer, they are staying in work longer - which are all good things - but it does add a pressure. "So we will consult on the long-term sustainability of the national concession travel scheme and we look forward to hearing people's views." Asked if the consultation was likely to result in a rise in the age at which people will qualify for free travel, the transport minister said: "I don't want to pre-empt any consultation. "We are getting continued cuts from the Westminster government and we have to make sure our budgets go further. "So if you have a pass you will absolutely continue to have that pass. I would urge everyone to get involved in the consultation."

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Jonathan Martin, 20, was charged with wearing a mask in a public place and disorderly conduct in Middlesboro. He was found at about 0100 EST (0600 GMT) on Friday in "full clown costume" and mask crouching among trees by an apartment complex, according to police. Recent reports of clowns trying to lure children into woods have sparked alarm. Police have warned individuals against dressing up in clown costumes, adding it could lead to criminal charges. "Dressing as a clown and driving, walking or standing in public can create a dangerous situation for you and others," police in nearby Barbourville, Kentucky, said in a statement online. "While dressing up is not, in and of itself against the law, doing so in public and thereby creating an unnecessary sense of alarm is illegal." Why are clowns scary? Alleged clown encounters have been reported in recent weeks in North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia and Kentucky. But the recent wave of creepy clown sightings has also led to a string of false reports to both police and on social media. Police in Annapolis, Maryland, recently found reports of students being scared by clowns on the way to school to be untrue. A 24-year-old man was charged with making false reports in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, after he told police a clown knocked on his window. Meanwhile, an 11-year-old girl was arrested in Athens, Georgia, for bringing a knife to school because she was scared by social media reports that clowns were attacking children. Mr Martin's arrest comes as Kentucky residents have reported sightings of a clown matching the description of his costume. A photo posted on Facebook on Wednesday showed a clown in Waco, Kentucky, dressed in a similar black-and-white costume.

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Philipp Kirkorov was once referred to as Russia's Michael Jackson. The man who called him that was America's Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump. "Oh, Donald Trump, oh my God," exclaims Kirkorov, when I mention the tycoon's name. "First time we met, we had a feeling we know each other many, many years!" The two men have indeed known each other for more than two decades. In 1994, Kirkorov and his ex-wife Alla Pugacheva performed at Trump's Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City. "After the show Donald Trump came to our dressing room. We got a big, fantastic gold trophy from him and his organisation for being the first Russian artists to play the Taj Mahal. When Alla and I divorced, I kept the trophy!" In 2013, when Donald Trump brought the Miss Universe Contest to Moscow, Kirkorov was one of the judges. He has been a guest in the Republican candidate's home. A President Trump, he believes, would be Russia's friend. "He was very often a guest of Russia, he loves Russia and Russians," Kirkorov tells me. "If Trump will be President, the relationship between our countries will be much closer. And I pray for that. Because we are two big countries, two big nations. We must be friends." Kirkorov's famous friend is singing from the same hymnbook. Wouldn't it be nice if we actually got along with people? Wouldn't it be nice if we got along with Russia?" "If we could get along with Russia, wouldn't that be a good thing, not a bad thing?" Donald Trump suggested on the campaign trail. He has also hinted he would consider recognising Crimea as part of Russia, he has criticised Nato and suggested lifting sanctions against Russia. So, how unusual is it for a US presidential candidate to be so pro-Moscow? "It's never happened - it never happened in the last 70 years or so," believes Michael McFaul, a former US ambassador to Moscow, currently director and senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University. "Trump says things about Russia, about Putin personally, that are way beyond convention for a Democrat or Republican candidate, or for a politician in either party." But why? Is Donald Trump, as some of his critics claim, a Putin plant? A Russian agent? That may be giving President Vladimir Putin rather too much credit. He is powerful but perhaps not so powerful that he can fix a US election. Still, there is a suspicion that a recent cyber attack on the Democratic Party and the subsequent leak of embarrassing emails were a Russian operation. "I think we know pretty definitively that Russian organisations hacked those emails and were on those systems," concludes Michael McFaul. "Our intelligence folks have said that and senior people have said that off the record. Second, we know that WikiLeaks dumped those emails to purposely influence the course of the Democratic Convention and damage Secretary Clinton as a candidate. "What we don't know definitively: did the Russians give the emails to WikiLeaks or did they obtain them through a different source? I fear we'll never know that. The Russians could have made that transfer without WikiLeaks ever knowing it was them. But, of course, if it were true - and the circumstantial evidence is pretty strong - that's a very direct attempt to influence the course of the elections in America." Moscow denies scheming in US politics. "We're not involved. We're not supporting Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton or others in any sort of domestic elections," says Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. "It's not our business. It's up to the American people to decide. I think it's a very clear, honest and respectful position." And those hacking allegations? "It was people from the Democratic Party who accused Russia of doing this," Ms Zakharova tells me. "Don't you think it's part of the game? We're treating this as part of the game. Their game: the domestic US political game." And yet, with Hillary Clinton adopting a hard line on Moscow, and Donald Trump praising President Putin, is the Kremlin really sitting on the fence? "Obviously, Russia would prefer Trump," says Fyodor Lukyanov, editor-in-chief of Russia in Global Affairs. "It's quite understandable that Russia would prefer the candidate who is making statements. I wouldn't call them pro-Russian, but they correspond pretty well to the Russian picture of how the world should be. "Personalities who reject dogmas of political correctness - like the former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi - have enjoyed a much better understanding with Putin than those who stick to political correctness. In this regard, psychologically, I can imagine Putin and Trump understand each other." Back at the pop concert, the Russian Michael Jackson cannot see what all the fuss is about. "I think it's good that Donald Trump loves Russia so much," Philipp Kirkorov tells me. And if Trump does become President of the United States, I ask. "I will congratulate him personally," replies Kirkorov. "I will write him a letter! Go, Donald!"

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James John Boyle failed to return to the open prison in Longforgan, near Dundee, on 9 February. Police had warned the public not to approach the 24-year-old. A Police Scotland spokeswoman said Boyle was arrested in the Glasgow area on Tuesday and will appear in court in due course.

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It declared a major incident because the back log of patients was so high. But what is worrying was that this was no major trauma. There had been no major car accident or fire; there was no flu epidemic or winter vomiting bug. All of this happened against a relatively quiet backdrop. So why? There is no real explanation for the huge surge in patients and the "chaotic" scenes that followed. The Royal Victoria Hospital is Northern Ireland's regional trauma centre housing its biggest accident and emergency unit. It has an international reputation for its pioneering work dealing with the victims of 30 years of Northern Ireland's Troubles. However, it is understood that problems had been simmering since last weekend when patients had been diverted from other hospitals to the RVH. By Wednesday, the RVH was still not back on its feet and it had to start diverting ambulances to other hospitals. But how did Wednesday's crisis happen? The lack of middle-grade doctors across the United Kingdom is partly to blame. There is a 50% shortage affecting emergency departments nationwide. The lack of medical staff is a real problem that is being felt across Northern Ireland. It has also been suggested that the majority of medical students are women. Five to seven years down their career paths, they may marry and have children. Given the hours and the stress, some of them may not choose a career in the emergency department and may decide to leave. Men, too, want a work/life balance and it is difficult to recruit them to a career in an emergency department. Staff burn-out in A&E is another issue. In November 2012, almost all of the emergency medicine consultants in the Belfast Health Trust raised concerns about the safety of A&E. The clinical director of the RVH at that time, Dr Russell McLaughlin, also decided to step aside. It is understood he felt strongly about the running of the A&E. Another problem for emergency departments is the four-hour target for patient waiting times. There is tremendous pressure on staff and on individual health trusts to tick that four-hour box. What must also be addressed is the provision of minor injuries units and out-of-hours services that the community feels confident about. What role are GPs playing to support that and to prevent Accident and Emergency being used for anything other than genuine accidents and real emergencies? Questions about what happened at the RVH on Wednesday night must now be put to the trust, senior managers, the health and social care board and its chief executive John Compton. But ultimately one question must be put to Health Minister Edwin Poots. Is the current policy on accident and emergency working in Northern Ireland?

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The UK was synonymous with free trade for centuries and must be so again, the international trade secretary said. But he said British firms need to raise their game when it came to selling their goods and services abroad. Mr Fox was criticised last month for suggesting that British companies had become "fat and complacent". Mr Fox, a key Leave campaigner who was brought back into government by Prime Minister Theresa May, is hoping to set up trade agreements after the UK leaves the EU. In his speech to Tory activists, Mr Fox said free trade was "the building block of who we are" as a country and the UK had a "tremendous opportunity to shape the world for the benefit of all" in the wake of the vote to leave the EU. Suggesting that the UK had "outsourced" trade policy when it joined the EU Common Market in 1973, he said Brexit would bring it back "to the heart" of government. While there were huge opportunities to negotiate free trade deals after Brexit, Mr Fox said the UK and other "passionate champions of free trade" had to "drown out" the voices of protectionism. He also warned that the UK's trade balance had deteriorated since 2011, compared with countries such as the US and France - with exports accounting for 27% of the UK's GDP, compared with levels of more than 45% elsewhere. The international trade secretary said just 11% of British firms traded overseas and that "we know from the performance of the best that we can do much better overall". He also attacked those who tried to portray the referendum result as a sign of the UK "turning inwards" - saying the UK would "harness all our natural advantages as we seek to carve a new role outside the European Union". "The British people presented us with a shining opportunity to make history. We will not ignore it or fritter it away. "We are not afraid to lead or take our place on the world stage...No we are not afraid, we are inspired, we are emboldened and we are ready. Let us rise to the challenge of our golden opportunity as never before."

Britain must @placeholder the " golden opportunity " provided by Brexit and not " fritter it away " , Liam Fox has told the Conservative conference .

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Here are the winners and nominees in full: Argo Django Unchained Life of Pi Lincoln Zero Dark Thirty Les Miserables The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Moonrise Kingdom Salmon Fishing in the Yemen Silver Linings Playbook Ben Affleck, Argo Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty Ang Lee, Life of Pi Steven Spielberg, Lincoln Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln Joaquin Phoenix, The Master Richard Gere, Arbitrage Denzel Washington, Flight John Hawkes, The Sessions Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook Ewan McGregor, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen Bill Murray, Hyde Park on Hudson Jack Black, Bernie Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone Helen Mirren, Hitchcock Naomi Watts, The Impossible Rachel Weisz, The Deep Blue Sea Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook Emily Blunt, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen Judi Dench, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Maggie Smith, Quartet Meryl Steep, Hope Springs Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained Alan Arkin, Argo Leonardo DiCaprio, Django Unchained Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master Tommy Lee Jones, Hope Springs Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables Amy Adams, The Master Sally Field, Lincoln Nicole Kidman, The Paperboy Helen Hunt, The Sessions Django Unchained Zero Dark Thirty Argo Silver Linings Playbook Lincoln Life of Pi Anna Karenina Argo Cloud Atlas Lincoln Skyfall, Skyfall Safe and Sound, The Hunger Games, Suddenly, Les Miserables Not Running Anymore, Stand Up Guys For You, Act of Valor Amour Rust and Bone The Untouchables A Royal Affair Kon-Tiki Brave Frankenweenie Rise of the Guardians Wreck-It Ralph Hotel Transylvania Jodie Foster Homeland Breaking Bad Downton Abbey The Newsroom Boardwalk Empire Girls The Big Bang Theory Episodes Modern Family Smash Game Change The Girl The Hour Hatfields & McCoys Political Animals Damian Lewis, Homeland Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom Jon Hamm, Mad Men Claire Danes, Homeland Connie Britton, Nashville Glenn Close, Damages Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey Don Cheadle, House of Lies Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock Louis CK, Louie Matt LeBlanc, Episodes Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory Lena Dunham, Girls Zooey Deschanel, New Girl Tina Fey, 30 Rock Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep Kevin Costner, Hatfields & McCoys Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock Toby Jones, The Girl Woody Harrelson, Game Change Clive Owen, Hemingway & Gelhorn Julianne Moore, Game Change Nicole Kidman, Hemingway & Gelhorn Sienna Miller, The Girl Jessica Lange, American Horror Story Sigourney Weaver, Political Animals Ed Harris, Game Change Max Greenfield, New Girl Danny Huston, Magic City Mandy Patinkin, Homeland Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey Sofia Vergara, Modern Family Sarah Paulson, Game Change Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife Hayden Panettiere, Nashville

The winners of this year 's Golden Globes Awards , @placeholder the best in film and television as voted for by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association , have been revealed at a glittering ceremony in Los Angeles hosted by Amy Poehler and Tina Fey .

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"People are in chaos, people are leaving" as they don't know what is going to happen, he said. The Gambia's Chief Justice has declined to rule on an application by President Yahya Jammeh to ban the inauguration of Adama Barrow as his successor. Mr Barrow won the election and an inauguration is planned for Thursday. But Mr Jammeh rejected the result and is refusing to step down until the Supreme Court hears his challenge, in May. His legal team had asked for an injunction to block Mr Barrow's inauguration. The BBC's Umaru Fofana reports from Banjul that Chief Justice Emmanuel Fagbenle said he could not rule on the issues as he is a subject of it. The motion sought to stop him from swearing in Mr Barrow. Parliament has also reconvened for an emergency session. While the reasons for the meeting are unclear, our correspondent says that parliament may be asked to extend Mr Jammeh's term of office. Mr Barrow will stay in Senegal until his inauguration, state media in Senegal say. The Gambia, a tiny country of less than two million people, is surrounded on three sides by Senegal and regional bloc Ecowas has said it is considering military intervention to force Mr Jammeh to relinquish power. One woman boarding the boat with her three children told our correspondent that the political uncertainty made it hard to ensure she could look after her children. "We don't know what to expect with electricity outage, water shortage, food supplies," she said. Another said she was going "because things are not safe". "I'm going because I am afraid. I'm going until we have peace and then we can come back." The UN refugee agency said last week that several thousand people, mainly children, have crossed into Senegal from The Gambia since 3 January. "UNHCR teams report seeing buses filled with children, accompanied by women, cross the border," said Liz Ahua, the regional representative for UNHCR. Mr Jammeh's attempt to overturn the election result has been delayed because of a shortage of judges. The African Union has said it will no longer recognise Mr Jammeh's authority after his term ends. The 51-year-old leader seized power in the country in 1994 and has been accused of human rights abuses, although he has held regular elections.

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On the face of it, the slogan "Girls do not need a prince" doesn't seem that controversial. In many parts of the world, it would pass as the kind of thing any young woman might wear without prompting a second look. But when the actress, Kim Jayeon, tweeted a photograph of herself wearing the garment, she generated a storm and lost herself a job. She was the voice of one of the characters in a South Korean online game called "Closers". Gaming is very big in South Korea, as much a part of the culture as football. Fans of "Closers" inundated Nexon, the company which produced the game, with complaints. Many of the complaints, according to female activists, were offensive and anti-women. Nexon quickly bowed to the protesters and sacked the actress. It told the BBC that she would be paid in full for her work but her voice would not be used on the game. It issued a statement saying it had "recognised the voices of concern amongst the Closers community", adding that "we have suddenly decided to seek a replacement in the role". The company later told the BBC it had decided not to use the actress's voice because it didn't approve of the T-shirt and why it was being sold. The problem was that the slogan is associated with a feminist group in South Korea called Megalia, which campaigns against the misogyny which its (usually anonymous) members say pervades Korean life. The T-shirt was being sold by Megalia to finance lawsuits brought by women against men they alleged had ill-treated them. There's no doubt Megalia is controversial and confrontational. Its logo includes an image of a hand with a first finger and thumb close together - the common sign for smallness. The logo is taken by some men and Megalians as a derogatory and deliberately provocative reference to the size of Korean penises. Many men do not like Megalia. Some retaliate with online abuse - with "bitches" being one of the mildest words used. It was in this toxic atmosphere that the actress tweeted the T-shirt. with its slogan "Girls do not need a prince". She is not giving interviews and it's not known if she wore the shirt in the tweet without being aware of the context. Megalians say the slogan was meant to decry a male idea that women need men to protect and support them. They argue that what Korean women really need is respect and equality - things they say are in short supply. One Megalia activist involved, Alex Song, told the BBC that a demonstration was organised against the sacking of the actress. A protest initially of 100 women quickly grew to 300. But some men held a counter-demonstration. She said she felt heavily intimidated. Some men took pictures of the protesters. Some feminists were called "pigs". South Korean feminists say it illustrates a wider problem. South Korea is a very traditional society which is changing rapidly. It has moved from a dirt poor, agricultural country to one of the world's most prosperous industrial societies in a few decades, a process which took Europe more than a century. Hence, there are contradictions: South Korean women are highly groomed and made-up. They meet conventional male expectations. Plastic surgery is routine. Old attitudes and expectations clash with new ones. And as they clash, there is anger. A blogger who writes under the pseudonym Emily Singh told the BBC she had taken her picture down from her own blog because she feared reprisals. She said that many Korean women were in such despair that they considered emigrating. One Megalian said she had direct experience of a recruitment company insisting that a translator for a conference be pretty. The recruiter had insisted on a full-body photograph, with weight and dimensions detailed. In another incident, a Korean version of Maxim magazine featured a staged picture on the cover of a man smoking coolly, leaning against his flash car with a lifeless woman, her heels bound, in the boot behind him like a victim of sexual crime. Earlier this year, a woman was murdered in a random attack in a public toilet. The male attacker had been lying in wait in the toilet, waiting for a woman to come along. After the murder, feminists demonstrated at the scene against anti-female violence - but some men also counter-demonstrated. Within the feminist movement, there is debate - often fierce debate - about tactics. Megalia is radical but even within its ranks there is a feeling that it may go too far, over, for example, whether to out gay men who marry women as a cover for their homosexuality. On other matters, there is less disagreement. South Korean feminist groups are unanimous in criticising the entertainment industry for what they say is the over-sexualisation of young girls (lolitafication), particularly in K-Pop groups. Megalia is one of the feminist groups confronting what its members say is hypocrisy. For example, the group highlights, very publicly, the practice of some Korean men having affairs with prostitutes while on business trips abroad. This controversy is given added zing in the online gaming industry which, in many parts of the world, has been accused of being dominated by males who sometimes seem anti-women. In the United States, there have been allegations that gaming is played sometimes by men who exhibit a deep and aggressive sexism. That sexism, Megalia activist Alex Song says, feeds off images of "sexually exaggerated" women on screen. The thought that one of the characters in the Korean game "Closers" should be voiced (out-of-vision) by someone who might wear a T-shirt with a feminist slogan was just too much for some. The company agreed. The actress' voice will not be heard in the game. In the real world, though, silencing feminist voices is harder. Update 13 September 2016: This story has been updated to include a later comment from Nexon.

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Protective hoardings were removed and holes made at the four corners of the artwork "Spy Booth". Businessman Hekmat Kaveh, who has agreed to pay an undisclosed amount to keep the artwork in place, said he had arranged for a restorer to look at the artwork, to see if it could be saved. Two weeks ago, a Perspex cover was put up to protect the artwork, after it was daubed with silver writing. The piece, depicting men "snooping" on a phone box, appeared in April, three miles from government listening post GCHQ. Mr Kaveh said: "There are four very large holes on the four corners, which I've measured, and one is 10cm. "It looks as if it was being prepared to be taken away, despite the fact I'm in the process of purchasing it to make sure it stays. "There's been damage to the plaster and the painting. "It's been reported to the police and the council. It's on a listed building, it's criminal damage." In a statement, Gloucestershire Police said it was called at about 13:00 BST on Monday "to investigate a reported offence at the Banksy site in Fairview Road Cheltenham". It continued: "Unknown offenders removed a piece of wood surrounding the Banksy artwork on the side of the building and a number of holes were drilled around the image. "The artwork was not damaged and there is no sign of forced entry to the property. " Campaigners have been trying to keep the artwork in situ on the corner of Fairview Road and Hewlett Road, after the owners of the house claimed it had been sold and workmen arrived to remove it. Last month, Cheltenham Borough Council issued a temporary stop notice preventing further removal work from taking place on the Grade II* listed building. Mike Redman, the council's director of environmental and regulatory services, said: ''As the property is listed, the removal of the wall, or a section of the wall, requires listed building consent (LBC)."

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Alec Bedford later showed a video of the incident to colleagues at Daventry Police Station. A misconduct hearing in Northamptonshire concluded Special Sgt Bedford had been guilty of misconduct but not gross misconduct. The officer, aged 26, did not attend the hearing. For more on this and other stories, visit BBC Local Live: Northamptonshire Sgt Bedford had been called to a house in Daventry in July 2015. A 90-year-old man had refused to go to the police station after being arrested. The man, referred to at the hearing as JA, had been accused of threatening behaviour towards a neighbour and of pulling his wife - JMA - by the hair two weeks previously. The hearing heard Sgt Bedford had adopted a "confrontational approach". At one stage he had bodily moved JMA across the room and had then pushed her in to a chair. JMA had scratched his arm and he decided to arrest her. David Ring, a solicitor acting for the police force, said Sgt Bedford had acted unprofessionally by shouting at and "roughly handling" JMA. JA was eventually taken to Daventry Police Station. His wife was given bail. Sgt Bedford later showed video of the arrest to colleagues at Daventry Police Station. Mr Ring said the officer had "behaved unprofessionally by laughing" and his actions constituted "a very complacent attitude to confidentiality." Sgt Bedford pleaded guilty to charges relating to the use of excessive force, failing to act with courtesy and deliberately breaching confidentiality. The misconduct panel's independent chairman, Geoffrey Payne, said: "This was a deeply disturbing and entirely unacceptable matter."

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Bright spots within a 90km-wide crater have baffled scientists since the probe spied them on its approach. Now in orbit around Ceres, Dawn is gathering detailed data about the world's geology and its composition. Mission researchers described the latest images at the European Planetary Science Congress in Nantes, France. Currently, their best guess to account for the spots is an expanse of some type of salt - but this is speculation. "We haven't solved the source of the white material," said the mission's principal investigator Chris Russell from the University of California Los Angeles. "We think that it's salt that has somehow made its way to the surface. We're measuring the contours, trying to understand what the surface variations in that crater are telling us." Ceres is a 950km-wide dwarf planet sitting in the Solar System's asteroid belt. Dawn is currently orbiting it at a distance of 1,470km and imaging the entire surface every 11 days. It was eight years ago this week that Dawn blasted off on its mission from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Before arriving at Ceres six months ago, the spacecraft dropped in on the asteroid Vesta for just over a year in 2011 and 2012. The latest release of data includes a new topographic map, showing the shape of Ceres' entire surface in the most detail yet. "The irregular shapes of craters on Ceres are especially interesting, resembling craters we see on Saturn's icy moon Rhea," said deputy mission chief Carol Raymond from Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. "They are very different from the bowl-shaped craters on Vesta." There is also a colour-enhanced mosaic image that offers clues about what the dwarf planet is made of - arguably asking more questions than it answers. "There's an interesting blue ring here," Prof Russell told a media briefing at the conference. "We have absolutely no idea what that blue ring is due to. "And there are streaks across the surface that point back to the Occator Crater with its bright spots. We are poking at this, and we're looking for ideas, but we haven't solved the problem yet." An oddly shaped mountain that towers 6km above relatively flat surrounding terrain is also puzzling the team, Prof Russell added, because it does not look like the result of known geological processes. "We're having difficulty understanding what made that mountain," he told reporters. In October, Dawn will start dropping to its final target altitude of 375km for an even closer look at Ceres. This will be its final home. Even after it ceases operations in mid-to-late 2016, the probe is expected to stay in this stable orbit and become a permanent fixture in the dwarf world's sky. "We're not going to leave Ceres. We're going to stay in Ceres orbit forever," Prof Russell said. Follow Jonathan on Twitter

The team behind Nasa 's Dawn mission to Ceres has released striking new images , but @placeholder unable to explain the dwarf planet 's most intriguing mystery .

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The 43-year-old made the decision following his semi-final defeat at Lakeside to Christian Kist. "I'll miss this place but it's time to move on," he said. BDO world number three Dean Winstanley also heads 160 entries for the 2012 PDC Pro Tour qualifying school. The second qualifying school will be held from 19 January to 22 January, offering any darts player the chance to win a tour card to compete on the PDC's £5m circuit. Other entries include former World Masters winner Tony West and his brother Steve, who both competed alongside Winstanley in the Lakeside Championship last week. PDC tour cards will be awarded to the four semi-finalists from each one-day tournament staged from 19-22 January. Ranking points will also be allocated for finishing positions in each event, this then forms a ranking list from which further players will receive a tour card. Speaking to BBC Radio 5 live earlier Hearn said: "Darts is an exploding sport, there's huge amounts of opportunity, huge amounts of money and there's no surprise these players are making the move." Fifteen-time world champion Phil Taylor recently urged Hankey to join him on the PDC circuit, saying: "Ted should show some bottle, come over and have a go. We're both Stokies and I want him to come over." The PDC was first formed in 1992 with just 16 players, there are now over 400. Hankey is the latest big name player to make the switch, the last one being Dutchman Raymond van Barneveld in 2006, after 15 years on the tour. The Stoke born player made his debut in the BDO World Championships in 1998, reaching the quarter finals. His first title came two years later beating Ronnie Baxter 6-0 in the final. He reached the final again 12 months later, losing to John Walton before winning a second title in 2009 beating Tony O'Shea 7-6. Hearn predicts that "The Count" will be a big hit. "He's a big character and he's going to be a big success in the PDC circuit," he said. "He's got something about him. "That's the thing about sport these days is that the characters who play the game make it more exciting for the punters to go and watch and of course if they play at the highest level then they're a valuable addition."

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Tom Owen, 21, from Efail Isaf near Pontypridd in Rhondda Cynon Taff, was working in Clevedon Road in the Llanrumney area of the city for Western Power when the incident happened. He was taken to the University Hospital of Wales but was pronounced dead. South Wales Police and the Health and Safety Executive have launched a joint investigation into his death. His family said in a statement: "We are absolutely devastated by the tragic death of our son. "He is our world. We are incredibly proud of the young man that he had become and can't imagine life without him. "He had so much of life ahead of him which he looked forward to sharing with his friends from Beddau Rugby Club, work mates and his girlfriend Grace. He will be sorely missed by everyone that knew him." Mal O'Sullivan from Beddau Rugby Club said Mr Owen had represented the club at all age levels. "Known for his wicked sense of humour and commitment to his fellow players and friends, Tom will be sorely missed," Mr O'Sullivan said on Beddau's website. "Tom Owen is one of us, one of our own, who was green and gold to the core and taken from us too early. "There is a feeling of devastating emptiness amongst us following this tragedy and all at the club offer their deepest condolences to his parents Martin and Kim, sister Katie and the rest of the family. "Tom cannot be replaced."

An @placeholder believed to have been electrocuted while carrying out utility works in Cardiff on Monday has died .

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The 27-year-old came home 32 minutes ahead of nearest competitor Matthias Walkner of Austria after the final stage in Argentina. The KTM rider, who is based in Dubai, took the lead after stage five of 12. The 38th edition of the rally began in Asuncion, Paraguay and ran through Bolivia and Argentina. In 2014, Sunderland became the first British rider to win a stage of Dakar since John Deacon in 1998. This was his third attempt at winning the rally, having been forced to retire in 2012 and 2014 with mechanical problems. The 2016 winner, Toby Price of Australia, pulled out of this year's race during the fourth stage. "When I crossed the line I felt all the emotion hit me. The weight on my shoulders of the race over the last week, leading the rally, has been really heavy," said Sunderland. "It's been difficult, especially in some of the moments with navigation mistakes or when things get stressful, to stay calm. But we're here, we did it, and I couldn't be any happier.'' Sunderland secured victory after safely navigating the final special stage, a 40-mile race into the Argentine town of Rio Cuarto. It is the 16th year in a row that KTM have won the motorbike title. French driver Stephane Peterhansel held off the challenge of compatriot Sebastien Loeb to win his seventh cars title. He has also won the bikes title six times.

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Thomas Mair, 53, from Birstall, remained silent when asked to plead at the Old Bailey on four charges relating to Mrs Cox's death. Mrs Cox, 41, who was a married mother-of-two, was shot and stabbed in Birstall, West Yorkshire, in June. In the light of Mr Mair's silence, the judge ordered that not guilty pleas should be entered on his behalf. The defendant is accused of murder, grievous bodily harm, possession of a firearm with intent to commit an indictable offence and possession of an offensive weapon - a dagger. Read more about this and other stories from across West Yorkshire He appeared via video-link from Belmarsh prison and spoke only to confirm his name. Members of Mrs Cox's family were in court to witness proceedings. The judge, Mr Justice Wilkie, adjourned the case for a further hearing on 28 October and a provisional date for a four-week trial has been fixed for 14 November. Mrs Cox, who was elected MP for Batley and Spen at the 2015 General Election, was about to attend a constituency surgery when she was killed on June 16. Her death prompted what her family described as an "outpouring of genuine grief and sympathy". The then Prime Minister David Cameron said Mrs Cox was a "bright star" and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn described her as "a much loved colleague". She had grown up in the area, attending Heckmondwike Grammar School, before attending Cambridge University. Prior to entering Parliament Mrs Cox had worked for a number of charities including Oxfam, Save the Children and the NSPCC.

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Hector the donkey was dumped outside an animal welfare centre in Luxor, Egypt, and had not walked for four months. His new foot was made using spare parts of a prosthetic leg donated to Legs4Africa, a Leicestershire-based charity. It usually donates prosthetics to human amputees in Africa, but Hector is the first animal to be helped. Tom Williams, the charity's founder, said it was "fantastic to see Hector walking for Christmas". A donkey in Hector's condition would usually be left to die, or killed humanely. However, Hector appeared to be happy despite being lame, so Animal Welfare of Luxor (AWOL) decided to help him. Georgie Hollis, a wound specialist with a background in biomechanics, built the new foot after AWOL contacted equine medicine expert Prof Derek Knottenbelt OBE. "He's a friend of mine and he's a bit of a legend really, or a leg-end," said Miss Hollis. "He sent me an email saying 'Georgie, we must be able to do something for this donkey'." Miss Hollis suspects Hector lost his foot after being tethered by his leg, cutting off the circulation. "We are trying to save him from being a wonky donkey, which would be the end of it for him really," said Miss Hollis. "Hector is just one of a lot of donkeys that need lots of help. There are more donkeys used around the world for transport than there are cars." AWOL fitted the new foot, but Miss Hollis will visit Hector herself in a month or so to fit him with a permanent foot. "I will cast his leg and make him one that's more permanent, breathable, lightweight and sporty," she said. Watch a video showing more than 500 legs being driven from Leicester to The Gambia

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The animal, which was suffering from a rare condition in its belly called balloon syndrome, had swollen to twice its normal size. Vets in Bude, Cornwall, think the animal swelled up after picking up an infection and gas was produced by bacteria. The hedgehog is now being fed worms before being released. Adam Revitt, of Locke and Preston Vets, who looked after the hedgehog when it was brought to them in early May, said: "If it had continued to blow up it could have ruptured. "More concern to me was that the air was putting pressure on the hedgehog's chest so it couldn't breath or move, therefore there was a danger of it suffocating or starving to death. "I used a needle and syringe to drain the air. It took about five minutes to drain all the air out."

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Berlin had been genuinely shocked when David Cameron and senior Conservatives had spoken of imposing "emergency brakes", "caps" or quotas on the numbers of EU migrants moving to Britain. Such restrictions would have completely undermined the principle of freedom of movement in the German view. Angela Merkel feared that British plans contained risks for the European project and she was determined to stop them. Two weeks ago the former Prime Minister Sir John Major came to Berlin to make a speech about Britain and Europe. In it he said: "I do recognise - reluctantly - that our small island simply cannot absorb the present and projected numbers at the current speed: it is not physically or politically possible without huge public disquiet." Afterwards during questions, Sir John underlined his point by saying that at the very heart of the problem was "numbers, numbers, numbers". Listening to him was one of Angela Merkel's closest aides. Over dinner he explained the German red line - they would reject any plan that was seen to weaken freedom of movement. The Chancellery wanted that message passed to Downing Street. So began a search for a policy which might dissuade some EU migrants from coming to Britain without impinging on their right to move anywhere in the EU. Downing Street believed the key lay in reducing incentives to move to the UK. The answer, in their view, lay in restricting benefits for those who had recently begun working in the UK. For the first four years they would be unable to receive tax credits or child benefits, or be considered for social housing. Without such benefits, it was argued, some migrants might be deterred from coming to the UK because the money they earned would not be much greater than back in their home country. The German chancellor was briefed in detail by David Cameron yesterday. Her response is said to have been "warm". The Cameron plan involved "rule changes" certainly, but it did not challenge the core principles of the EU as contained in the treaties. In the writing of the plan there had been wide consultation between London and Berlin. One official said you could "see the German influence" on the speech. The German Chancellery later on Friday put out a statement pointing out that David Cameron "has acknowledged in his speech" the importance of free movement as a central pillar of the European Union and the Common Market. The German government "is prepared to work closely with Great Britain....to address all the problems". The British saw this as a positive reaction. Some allies of Angela Merkel, however, were expressing concern at EU migrants being denied benefits received by others for a period of four years. One German MP said he felt it was discriminatory and there were bound to be legal challenges. Downing Street, too, expects legal problems, which is why today David Cameron said "these changes, taken together, will require some treaty changes". The idea of treaty change divides the German establishment. One MP said to me today: "Re-negotiating the treaties is an illusion." But others like German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble believe treaty change will be necessary to enforce discipline within the eurozone. In the end there are degrees of treaty change. It should also be pointed out that many German MPs share some of the British concerns. This year Germany has taken in nearly 400,000 migrants and refugees, more than any other EU country. Already the mayors of 24 towns have expressed concern at the pressures on local resources in dealing with migrants. So some German MPs agree that there needs to be some flexibility in interpreting freedom of movement. There was today a frequently asked question among politicians in Berlin. Is this the centre-piece of any future British re-negotiation? If Germany backs a compromise, would that be enough for David Cameron to say to the British people that he had won a major concession or would there be a long list of further requests? Almost certainly the list of priorities will be refined. The prime minister said his demands were not "outlandish" or "unreasonable", "...and they deserve to be heard". Nobody doubts the negotiations will be difficult but Berlin looks prepared to hear David Cameron out, without any firm commitments.

David Cameron was speaking to different @placeholder today . Of course there was the British electorate and his own restive backbenchers but he was also addressing the Europeans and in particular the Germans .

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The Perseid meteor shower appears in our skies every August and peaked overnight. For once the weather played ball, with clouds clearing at just the right time. That led to a spectacular show for those prepared to stay out to the early hours of the morning. "I thought it was great because in previous years we've had moonlight or we've had totally overcast skies. So for me it was one of the best ones," Prof Mark Bailey of Armagh Observatory said. "For me it really demonstrated two things - firstly the importance of going for it at the time of the maximum of the shower, because then you see two or three times more meteors than you would a day or two before or a day or two after and then choosing the year when the moon is well out of the way. "So take those two things together and then the only thing is the weather and as it happened it cleared overnight." The Perseids are pieces of Comet Swift-Tuttle; each August, the Earth passes through a cloud of the comet's debris. The display was widely anticipated this year as the shower coincided with a new moon for the first time since 2007, creating a darkened sky. "By the time I got to my home in the country it was very dark and clear and within about 10 or 15 minutes I saw another four or five fairly bright meteors," Prof Bailey said. "So that was actually rather good - the shower had developed more or less as expected. Four or five meteors in 10 or 15 minutes - bright ones - is quite good going. "That suggests it was the peak of the shower by about half past one in the morning." He said a group of about 35 people including some children visited Armagh Observatory on Wednesday night to view the meteors. "They loved it, they all enjoyed it. It had been so frustrating to see this low, thin cloud practically blocking everything out," Prof Bailey said. "So, in a way, everyone was prepared to be disappointed and then right at the end, just before the time they would have had to leave, we decided to have one more look because we could see the skies were beginning to clear. "They stayed for another half an hour until everybody had seen a meteor." And what of that strangely co-operative weather? "Clouds cleared across much of NI at some stage last night and as a result a lot of people were treated to an amazing display of meteor showers," BBC weather presenter Cecila Daly said. "The International Space Station was also visible late on Wednesday evening and in some places the Aurora was on view. An exceptional night for stargazers. "As a result of the clear night it also got pretty cold and so for anyone who stayed up all night with eyes peeled skyward it would have a been a chilly night and there may be some sore necks today." The good news for anyone who missed Wednesday night's show is that the meteors will be visible again on Thursday night. Weather permitting of course.

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A Futurelearn online course will provide credits towards a University of Leeds undergraduate degree. It will mean reducing the time and cost of tuition fees for a full degree. Futurelearn chairman Peter Horrocks says this will provide the flexibility needed by many students. The online learning platform, which offers courses from more than 50 universities, was set up in 2013 by the Open University, as a UK provider for so-called Moocs (massive, open, online courses). There are 3.7 million students registered for Futurelearn's online courses, but Mr Horrocks says that this latest development represents a "really significant step". It will allow students to take a University of Leeds online course in Environmental Challenges and, if they pass an exam, to gain credits towards a geography degree at Leeds. Students wanting to take an exam and gain credits this way will have to pay £545, but it will lead to a discount of £750 on tuition fees for a full degree. The course will be taught from September and will represent 10 credits, with a full year being 120 credits. Mr Horrocks, who is the Open University's vice chancellor, says this is an important move towards a more flexible degree system, making university courses more "cost effective and time effective". He says it provides an answer to the government's recent White Paper on higher education, which called for more flexible and competitive ways of delivering degree courses. The partnership with Leeds is expected to be followed by a number of other universities. Mr Horrocks says that it creates an alternative path with "real quality and credibility" which could help more part-time students to improve their qualifications. The traditional three-year, residential university system would not disappear, he said, but for many people that remained "too conventional, too inflexible, too locked down". But he said that cost remained a barrier to part-time learning. In England, he said, there is "still a fall out from the tuition fees increase". Universities should see online learning as a way to extend the reach of their research and scholarship. "A digital platform is the purest form of an ideas marketplace. If you've got the greatest ideas, why wouldn't you want to be on an open platform where your learning can create great social, cultural and economic benefits?" Simon Nelson, Futurelearn's chief executive, says the technology and quality of online learning has been rapidly improving and that the impact of digital technology on education was accelerating. "Universities are looking at a world that is going more digital, more quickly than they are comfortable with - and they are having to think about their digital strategy," said Mr Nelson. Neil Morris, director of digital learning at the University of Leeds, said this was a step towards a more "pick and mix" style of higher education, in which students could have a much more customised approach to learning. Prof Morris said that it could lead to students putting together their own degree courses, studying different units from different universities and mixing online learning with residential courses.

A UK online university @placeholder is claiming a " breakthrough moment " with a project which will allow students to cut the cost of a Russell Group degree by studying part of it online .

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The 27-year-old came in at number 10 and finished 114 not out at New Road. The South African's only previous first-class experience came in 2014 for Northants against the Sri Lankans. "Two years waiting to play a second first-class game is a long time and you think to yourself 'are you going to play another one?'" he said. "When I got the nod, I thought when I have a bat or a bowl I've just got to show what I can do." Barrett has played for a number of county Second XIs trying to earn another first-class chance, including Leicestershire, Middlesex and Somerset. But his opportunity has come at Northants, and his innings was the highest score by a number 10 for the county in first-class cricket. He told BBC Radio Northampton: "I'm a coach on the side and I've got very supportive parents, especially my mum, who kept on telling me 'keep going, you're good enough to be playing'. "It's tough to go round and play seconds cricket, but that's the life of a professional sportsman, you've got to go round and prove yourself. To finally get a gig here is a big plus."

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Labour topped the list with £1.89m of donations between 30 March and 5 April, the Electoral Commission said. The Conservatives received £501,850, UKIP was given £35,416 and the Lib Dems £20,000, figures show. All parties standing candidates at the election are required by law to report any donations or loans over £7,500. The Co-operative Party was given £8,400 and the Green Party received £13,792. The biggest donation came from the Unite union, which gave Labour £1,005,000. Unison gave the party £506,240. The biggest donation to the Conservatives came from individual donor Michael Tory, who gave the party £75,000.

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Ozzy's problems came to light when handler PC Paul Huggett noticed a "blue tinge" in his eyes. Cataracts were diagnosed by a vet but police decided to "give him a chance" and sanctioned the expensive treatment. PC Huggett said without the operation, Ozzy would have had to retire from his job tracking down contraband drugs, weapons and cash. Read more on this and other stories from Cambridgeshire The dog has now returned to work and on his first assignment found "50 rocks of crack cocaine in Peterborough". Ozzy, who is eight, is part of the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire dog unit and is based in Alconbury, Cambridgeshire. Cataracts are cloudy patches that develop in the lens of the eye and can cause blurred or misty vision. If untreated the condition is likely to deteriorate. PC Huggett, who has had Ozzy since the dog was six months old, said: "[Police dogs] use their nose to search, but Ozzy still needs to see where he's going. "We had a meeting with the bosses and it was decided we would give him a chance. "He's a very good dog, he's a natural searcher." The cost of the procedure was in excess of £3,000. Specialist Newmarket-based vets Dick White Referrals carried out the operation and nursed Ozzy back to health. "We did a lot of research about where he should go to get the best care and aftercare," PC Huggett said.

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Dubliner John Edwards volunteered to lie in a coffin which was then sealed and buried in the grounds of an east Belfast church. But he's not alone down there - the coffin has been specially adapted so he can broadcast live on social media. His aim is to reach out to those in despair. Mr Edwards, 61, is former drug addict and alcoholic who has been sober for more than two decades. After experiencing what he described as an "incredible encounter with God 27 years ago", he set up a number of Christian rehabilitation centre and homeless shelters. Having lost more than 20 of his friends to addiction and suicide, Mr Edwards now counsels and prays with people in distress or despair. For the next three days, his message of "hope" is coming from beyond the grave in the grounds of Willowfield church in east Belfast. He has been taking calls, texts and emails from members of the public who are seeking help. "My plan is to speak to them from the grave before they get there and show them hope," he told the Belfast Telegraph. Mr Edwards said he is not claustrophobic but was still a little apprehensive about being buried alive. "When the lid is closed and you're underground, and you hear the soil getting thrown on top of the coffin... it is freaky," he admitted. The wooden structure is more spacious than the average coffin, being 8ft long, 3.5ft high and 4ft wide (2.4m x 1m x 1.3m). It is equipped with a caravan toilet and access to air, food and water supplies are maintained through pipes. It is not the first time Mr Edwards has been early for his own funeral. He spent three days buried underground in his adopted town of Halifax in England last year. The Dubliner has also been physically close to death on several occasions. Having experienced sexual abuse, mental illness and homelessness, the former drug addict said he overdosed a number of times. He also underwent a liver transplant after developing Hepatitis C from a dirty needle, and has survived cancer twice. He admitted his habit of being buried alive is a "bit of a gimmick" but said it was one with a serious message. "I'm desperate to reach as many people as possible."

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The film, made by Crazy Heart director Scott Cooper, features an all-star cast including Benedict Cumberbatch, Joel Edgerton, Dakota Johnson and Kevin Bacon but it's Depp who is a frontrunner for the upcoming awards season as critics, including industry magazine Variety, hail his interpretation of Bulger as a "career-best work". The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw adds that the actor is "horribly watchable" as the Boston crime boss, who was jailed for life in 2013 for the murders of 19 people. Depp says he took on the role of Bulger simply "for the joy of the part, I was fascinated by him for years. He ended up on the FBI's Most Wanted list after informing for them. How did he evade justice for so long? "You do things for the fans too, though I don't like that word," he continues. "I like to call them my bosses, because they're the ones who employ me. So you turn up to work for them." Based on the book published in 2001, Black Mass: The True Story of an Unholy Alliance between the FBI and the Irish Mob, the film details one of the greatest scandals in FBI history: that from 1975 the bureau largely ignored the crimes of Bulger and his associates in return for informing on a rival mob in Boston. When the cover-up was made public in 1994, Bulger went on the run for more than 16 years. He was eventually caught and tried, at the age of 82. Depp says his challenge was to find "the essential humanity of the man - not to play him like a bad guy or a killer. It would have been too easy but that wasn't the way. He was still a human being who loved his mother, and his brother, and who took care of the people who lived around him. "I think violence was his business and he didn't understand anything else. I call it the light switch going on and off - that he could make those violent decisions and then just carry on with his family." The actor absorbed the few video and audio recordings that exist of Bulger, but reveals he did ask Bulger, now an 86-year-old inmate of a Florida jail, if they could meet. "I did ask Mr Bulger if he would grant me some time, but he respectfully declined. Those were the exact words he used and I understood that very well. It was a very long shot anyway, because the idea of some guy playing him in a film was just weird. "He was very gentlemanly about it - he just said he didn't like the book about him, and I can understand that he wouldn't be much of a fan." Depp's trademark over a 30-year career has been to transform himself physically for his roles, including for Edward Scissorhands, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Alice in Wonderland, Sweeney Todd and Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean. The last two roles earned him two of his Oscar nominations, but director Cooper says his star has beaten his past form and his resemblance to the real Bulger is "uncanny", thanks to prosthetics used to recreate the mobster's unusually light skin and eyes. Cooper recalls that Bulger's attorney was on set one day and "was spooked by Johnny's appearance". "The lawyer said that the way Johnny looked, moved, and sounded - that it was Whitey Bulger." "The physicality of the man was hugely important," Depp confirms. "I beefed up for it because he was a tough guy. I have some brilliant make-up artists who worked with me on Pirates of the Caribbean and we devised the look several times until one day I looked in the mirror and saw him. "I had some letters from Mr Bulger's former associates saying I'd freaked them out. It's good to hear it." Depp calls Cumberbatch, who plays Bulger's brother Billy, a Massachusetts Senator, "a beautiful man of exceptional talent. He became like a real life brother". "The set-up we were playing was an unusual one - one brother becomes a politician, the other is king of the underworld. They still meet up for family dinners and church, just from opposing sides. It takes an actor with a lot of ability, like Benedict, to make that credible." Cooper adds that while he expected Depp's fans to be showing up on filming locations, that instead it was Cumberbatch's followers "that were unlike anything I have ever seen in my life before". "They were on every street corner. I don't think Benedict can understand it either." At this year's Toronto Film Festival, Depp issued a tongue-in-cheek thank-you to Cooper "for reviving my career". The actor has had some critical and box office flops recently, most notably The Lone Ranger and Mortdecai. On the subject of Oscars, last month Depp told BBC Radio 1's Newsbeat that he "didn't want to win one of those things ever," adding, "I don't want to have to talk. A nomination is plenty. I'm not in competition with anybody". Previously he has said of his film choices: "I just stick to my guns and do what I want to do - sometimes people don't like it and that's alright." But Cooper says: "Johnny is thrilled with the reaction (to Black Mass) and can't wait for people to see the film. He takes risks that most movie stars will not. "He has had a career that is enviable by any actor's standards but he has privately said thank-you to me for the movie. I feel the more people see this the better." Black Mass opens in the UK on 25 November.

It 's a role that 's @placeholder to gain the three - time Oscar nominee Johnny Depp a fourth nod from the Academy yet the actor says an Oscar is " not the priority " when it comes to playing notorious gangster James " Whitey " Bulger in Black Mass .

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US employers added 222,000 jobs in June, the US Labor Department said. The figure was higher than expected, following a separate survey that had suggested weaker hiring. The tech-heavy Nasdaq rose 1.04% to 6,153.08. The Dow Jones hit 21,414.34, up 0.4% and the S&P 500 climbed 0.6% to 2,425.18. All three indexes closed higher than they had a week prior. Technology stocks, which had been under pressure after a surge earlier in the year, led the gains. Amazon shares increased 1.4% on Friday after a report that its Prime subscriber service had attracted 85 million members in the US - more than a quarter of the country's population. Apple, Microsoft, Apple and Netflix also all gained more than 1%. Credit card companies - which stand to benefit if interest rates rise - were also among the winners, as the jobs gain boosted expectations that the Federal Reserve would maintain its plan to raise interest rates further. Visa and American Express shares both climbed 0.7%.

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The first-half strike was typical Keane, an audacious flick and volley to move level with German legend Gerd Muller's record 68 international goals. Keane received a rousing ovation when he was substituted after 56 minutes on his 146th and last Republic appearance. Robbie Brady and Jonathan Walters (2) also scored in the warm-up before the World Cup qualifier against Serbia. Walters was named man-of-the-match but the night belonged to skipper Keane as he retired after 18 years in international football. Media playback is not supported on this device The LA Galaxy striker had an early shot blocked and then saw his lob land on top of the net before his low finish on 29 minutes. That made it 2-0 after Brady's curling free-kick for the opener and the impressive Walters headed in before slotting home the fourth in the second half. Keane told Eir Sport: "It was very tough - it was an emotional night for me. "I just want to thank everyone who came along to support me and tell them that I've enjoyed every minute of my 18 years with the team. "Everyone wanted me to score and I'm delighted to finish off in this way. "I look forward to now sitting back and watching the team as a fan." Keane's goal tally leaves him joint fourth with Muller as Europe's best marksman in international football and behind Ferenc Puskas, Sandor Kocsis and Miroslav Klose. Who impressed O'Neill? Despite being a friendly against an limited Oman side ranked 107th in world, it as an energetic and flowing Irish display for boss Martin O'Neill to digest. Serbia will offer tougher opposition on Monday in the Group D opener but Walters stood out in a central striker role, hitting the woodwork to go along with his two goals. Marc Wilson and Harry Arter missed out on the Euro 2016 finals and they put in solid displays while Wes Hoolihan was creative as Keane's replacement. Callum O'Dowda shone as a second-half substitute, his power and pace evident as he won just his second cap. Match ends, Republic of Ireland 4, Oman 0. Second Half ends, Republic of Ireland 4, Oman 0. Delay over. They are ready to continue. Delay in match Ahmed Salim (Oman) because of an injury. Corner, Republic of Ireland. Conceded by Nadir Awadh Bashir Bait Mabrook. Substitution, Oman. Saeed Abdulsalam replaces Abdulaziz Al Muqbali. Attempt missed. Jonathan Walters (Republic of Ireland) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Wes Hoolahan with a cross following a corner. Corner, Republic of Ireland. Conceded by Faiz Al-Rushaidi. Attempt saved. Wes Hoolahan (Republic of Ireland) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Marc Wilson. Foul by Marc Wilson (Republic of Ireland). Abdulaziz Al Muqbali (Oman) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Corner, Oman. Conceded by Ciaran Clark. Foul by Jeff Hendrick (Republic of Ireland). Raed Ibrahim (Oman) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Attempt missed. James McClean (Republic of Ireland) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ciaran Clark. Delay over. They are ready to continue. Delay in match Raed Ibrahim (Oman) because of an injury. Foul by Stephen Ward (Republic of Ireland). Husam Al Shuabi (Oman) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Attempt blocked. James McClean (Republic of Ireland) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Attempt blocked. James McClean (Republic of Ireland) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Wes Hoolahan (Republic of Ireland) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Husam Al Shuabi (Oman). Attempt saved. Harry Arter (Republic of Ireland) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Corner, Republic of Ireland. Conceded by Faiz Al-Rushaidi. Attempt saved. Jeff Hendrick (Republic of Ireland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by James McClean. Foul by James McClean (Republic of Ireland). Salaah Al-Yahyaei (Oman) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Substitution, Oman. Husam Al Shuabi replaces Hussain Al-Hadhri. Ciaran Clark (Republic of Ireland) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Abdulaziz Al Muqbali (Oman). Marc Wilson (Republic of Ireland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Foul by Marc Wilson (Republic of Ireland). Mataz Saleh Abd Raboh Bait (Oman) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Corner, Republic of Ireland. Conceded by Abdulaziz Al Muqbali. Corner, Republic of Ireland. Conceded by Abdul Salam Amer. Substitution, Republic of Ireland. Callum O'Dowda replaces Stephen Quinn. Corner, Republic of Ireland. Conceded by Raed Ibrahim. Goal! Republic of Ireland 4, Oman 0. Jonathan Walters (Republic of Ireland) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Harry Arter. Attempt saved. Jonathan Walters (Republic of Ireland) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Stephen Ward with a headed pass.

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The distribution centre in Shirebrook has been under scrutiny over its "Victorian" working practices. Unite said the payments, back-dated to May 2012, could be worth up to £1,000 for some workers. Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley admitted workers were paid below the minimum wage when he faced MPs in June. More on this story and other news in Derbyshire The billionaire owner of Newcastle United made the admission during a hearing before the Business, Innovation and Skills select committee. Unite assistant general secretary Steve Turner said it was a "significant victory" but warned that it did not mean everything was "rosy" at the warehouse. The union said about 1,700 Transline agency workers at the Derbyshire site may only initially receive half the back-pay they are owed because of the firm's refusal to honour its commitments from when it took over from Blue Arrow in 2014. A Transline spokesman said: "We are making all payments required in full compliance with HMRC [HM Revenue and Customs]." Workers directly employed by Sports Direct and the Best Connection agency are expected to start receiving back-pay in full towards the end of August, Unite officials said. Sports Direct has been approached for comment.

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Tony Charlery, 59, was stabbed in the neck as he tried to "run away from his attackers" on Portobello Road in Notting Hill. The emergency services were called late on Friday to reports of a stabbing but the grandfather died at the scene in the early hours of Saturday. A murder investigation has been launched. No arrests have been made. Det Ch Insp Nicola Wall said: "On Friday 29 August, Tony went alone to the Mau Mau bar in Portobello Road W11. "He was only inside the venue for a short while and was stabbed as he left. Tony received the fatal wound as he tried to run away from his attackers. "Tony was a local man and a much loved grandfather. His family are devastated by his death in such a brutal way." The officer believes two local men were involved in the killing and appealed to the community to come forward with information. Post-mortem tests revealed Mr Charlery was killed by a stab wound to the neck.

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Dame Sally Davies said the action by the British Medical Association (BMA) would "lead to patients suffering". The strike begins across England at 08:00 GMT, from when junior doctors will only provide emergency care. The BMA said the strikes "demonstrated the strength of feeling amongst the profession". It announced three spells of strike action in England in November, after negotiations with the government ended without resolution. Issues being disputed by the BMA and NHS include weekend pay. "As a doctor, I can understand the anger and frustration felt by many junior doctors at this time," Dame Sally said. "In part, this dispute is a symptom of frustration and low morale that has been building for decades and the strain that a career in medicine can place on your work-life balance. "Junior doctors are the backbone of the NHS, working long and anti-social hours... It is vital that, as senior medical leaders, we ask ourselves whether we are doing everything we can to ensure our junior colleagues feel valued." The planned strikes are set to take place from: Conciliation service Acas has confirmed that talks between the BMA and NHS bosses will continue next week. Junior doctors' leaders are objecting to the prospect of a new contract. The government has described the current arrangements as "outdated" and "unfair", pointing out they were introduced in the 1990s. Ministers drew up plans to change the contract in 2012, but talks broke down last year. The government has indicated it will impose the new contract next year in England. The BMA has responded by initiating the industrial action process. Junior doctors row: What you need to know What exactly do junior doctors do?

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Media playback is not supported on this device The pair were sidelined in October, Nowell tearing a quad muscle and Jess with an injured toe. While England international Nowell came back in December, Jess only returned in Exeter's Anglo-Welsh win on Saturday. His comeback meant hair had to go, but Nowell opted to part with his signature rat-tail rather than his beard. "It actually wasn't my idea, it was Jack's idea - people have been tweeting me saying 'hurry up and get fit because Jack's looking a bit scruffy," Jess told BBC Radio Devon. "To be fair it's just a little thing that got us through the rehab - because it's a long old injury you need something like that to perk you up a little bit, and as a goal as well."

Exeter Chiefs wing Matt Jess says a pact with team - mate Jack Nowell , not to shave until they both returned from injury , @placeholder him through his rehab .

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Emergency services were called to River View Maltings, Grantham, at about 11:30 GMT, on Thursday. The 42-year-old man was airlifted to the Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham. Details of his condition are yet to be released. The scene has been cordoned off while officers carry out a forensic investigation.

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Jordan Cunliffe's application for permission to appeal was thrown out at the Court of Appeal. The 18-year-old, who attended the proceedings, was one of three teenagers jailed for the murder of Garry Newlove. He was told that no arguable grounds had been raised which could affect the safety of the verdict. Mr Newlove, a 47-year-old salesman who had overcome stomach cancer, was beaten to death after confronting vandals outside his home in 2007. He suffered massive head injuries in the attack, which was witnessed by his daughters, and died two days later in hospital. Cunliffe, formerly of Warrington, was found guilty of murder by a jury at Chester Crown Court in January 2008. He was 16 at the time of conviction and is serving a minimum term of 12 years. Mr Newlove had left his home to remonstrate with the teenagers about vandalism to vehicles where he lived when he was set upon. Ringleader Adam Swellings, of Crewe, Cheshire, lost an appeal in November 2008 against his conviction and his 17-year sentence. Co-accused Stephen Sorton, of Warrington, appealed at the same time against his 15-year minimum term, which was reduced to 13 years. Mr Newlove's murder sparked outrage and a national debate about Britain's yob culture. His wife, Helen Newlove, has just recently been made a Conservative peer in the House of Lords for her campaigning to stop alcohol-fuelled violence.

A teenager who @placeholder to death a father - of - three outside his Warrington home has lost a bid to challenge his conviction .

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The machine was seen flying over to HMP Risley in Warrington at about 23:20 BST on Wednesday, Cheshire Police said. Following a search of the area, officers arrested four people. The men, aged 31 and 41, and the 17-year-old, all from Merseyside, are charged with attempting to smuggle phones and Class B drugs into the jail. The 41-year-old has also been charged with driving without a valid licence or insurance. They are due to appear before North Cheshire Magistrates' Court. An 18-year-old Kirkby man who was also arrested has been released pending further investigation.

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Donald Trump's running mate, a long-time opponent of Planned Parenthood, will be sent a gift certificate for every donation. The campaign began in 2011 when as an Indiana congressman he introduced several anti-abortion measures. They included the first bill to strip the provider of all federal funding. Tears as a soldier from Iraq's Mosul finds his mum on a bus Close encounter with the moon The tricks on Trump Joe Biden might be planning - in memes In March this year, as Indiana governor, Mr Pence signed an anti-abortion bill that is seen as one of the most restrictive in the US, barring abortion in Indiana on the basis of disability, gender or race of the foetus. Parts of that law were blocked by the courts, but not until after a social media backlash which saw women phoning or tweeting Mr Pence details about their menstrual cycles under the hash tag #periodsforpence. There had already been a significant rise in gifts to the country's biggest abortion provider in the wake of Mr Trump's election last week. But then over the weekend, many women went on social media to say they had made a donation in Mike Pence's name. Mike Pence's anti-abortion stance mirrors that of President-elect Trump, who wants to cut funding to Planned Parenthood, and who has in the past said women should be punished for undergoing an abortion if it were made illegal, though he later withdrew the statement. What is Planned Parenthood? Who is Indiana Governor Mike Pence? What Donald Trump is planning on abortion 'Hello governor, I have my period' Planned Parenthood hasn't commented in detail on the post-election trend of donating in Mr Pence's honour. But the organisation said on social media they had been "blown away by the support" and acknowledged that many people are donating in both Mike Pence's and Hillary Clinton's names. The vice president-elect has so far not commented on being the nominal donor of thousands of dollars to the organisation.

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The Scottish Sun pledged the cash to Gorgie City Farm after holding a competition to name the miniature pair. The Edinburgh venue was the scene of a campaign howler in which Mr Rennie was speaking on camera with amorous pigs in the background. The Sun's winner was Agnes Martin who picked the names Kama and Sutra. She told the newspaper: "I don't think anyone will forget those pigs. I won't, as I'll be keeping them on my mantelpiece." At last week's Holyrood election, Mr Rennie won the Fife North East seat, beating SNP candidate Roderick Campbell by 3,465 votes. Ahead of taking to the stage at the count in Glenrothes, the politician was handed the two pigs by BBC reporter Ken Macdonald. Mr Rennie later thanked the journalist for the gift which ended up raising money for the city farm which is under threat of closure.

Two plastic pigs which Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie was seen @placeholder on the night of his election win have helped raise £ 250 for charity .

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We spend billions sending craft and people into space, but we do not really know what happens under the waves. One man who finds that more than curious is Graham Hawkes, a beneath-the-sea maverick who has been working on underwater craft for most of his life. It is a lonely, driven quest, relying rather dangerously on the engagement and backing of a few wealthy enthusiasts. Born in London, Mr Hawkes learnt his engineering expertise in the defence industry, working initially on torpedoes in Norfolk, England. In the 1980s he went to the US, working on oil and gas exploration before setting up on his own, with the aim of bringing a new clarity and purpose to manned exploration of the deep ocean. In his harbourside workshop just across the Bay from San Francisco, Mr Hawkes shows me some of the results of his years of work: submersible craft looking much more like planes than conventional submarines. There are various versions, all called DeepFlight. One of those I look at has a 12-foot (4 metre) wingspan. It is beautiful, quiet and light enough to load and unload from relatively small support vessels. It is designed to explore the deepest part of the sea, the Mariana Trench in the Western Pacific somewhere between Japan and Papua New Guinea. The Trench is much deeper than Mount Everest is high - almost 7,000 feet (2,100m) deeper. The water pressure down there is a thousand times the atmospheric pressure at sea level. That is where Mr Hawkes wants his underwater flying machine to go. So did the late Steve Fossett, the American multimillionaire adventurer with 115 world records or world firsts to his name. He died in an air crash in the Californian mountains in 2008, just as Mr Hawkes was within four weeks of putting the DeepFlight Challenger through its first tests. It was being built for Mr Fossett to claim another record - the first solo exploration of the Mariana Trench. The US Navy two-man bathyscaphe, The Trieste, got to the bottom of the Trench in 1960. Two unmanned vessels have since been down there, but a one-man flying machine would be a very different proposition. Steve Fossett's untimely death was a big blow to Mr Hawkes and the DeepFlight team. Now they need another multimillionaire with similar ambitions to take on the challenge. The submersibles are beautiful machines, breathtakingly simple to operate. They treat water like air, says Mr Hawkes. From early on, he has had the reputation of making things happen. But being a deep sea pioneer is not easy. And if we are properly to survey the two-thirds of the world that is scarcely known to us, clever robots will do most of the work down at the ocean bottom. It is much safer, and cheaper, than sending humans. And there may be great mineral and other riches to be found, to say nothing of a host of unknown life forms. But submarines and bathyspheres and robots do not catch the imagination in the way that DeepFlight does. For one thing, they do not fly.

Two - thirds of the @placeholder is underwater . We glide over the surface of the oceans , but we still have very little idea what is going on even a few metres down .

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Media playback is not supported on this device Britain's Murray and Swiss Hingis, who only announced their partnership last week, won 6-3 6-4 against Czech pair Roman Jebavy and Lucie Hradecka. The match was twice stopped by rain before Murray, 31, and Hingis, 36, won in one hour and 11 minutes. Next they could face British pair Ken Skupski and Jocelyn Rae. Skupski and Rae meet 12th seeds Max Mirnyi and Ekaterina Makarova in their third-round match. Both Murray and Hingis have a rich pedigree in doubles competitions and linked up when she approached the Scot after ending her partnership with India's Leander Paes. Find out how to get into tennis in our special guide. The pair have instantly struck up an understanding and looked at ease - smiling after virtually every point - as they cruised past 16th seeds Jebavy and Hradecka. Murray won the mixed doubles at Wimbledon in 2007 alongside Serbia's Jelena Jankovic, then went on to claim the men's doubles titles at the Australian Open and US Open last year with Brazil's Bruno Soares. Hingis has won five Grand Slam singles titles - including at Wimbledon in 1997 - 12 Grand Slam women's doubles and a further five Grand Slam mixed doubles competitions.

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31 March 2016 Last updated at 17:31 BST The 60-second trailer features the team around the world in locations from Morocco to the United Arab Emirates, as well as a huge collection of cars. There is also a glimpse of host Chris Evans feeling a bit sick trackside in California, and co-host Matt LeBlanc driving a Reliant 3-wheeler from London to Blackpool in England. They will be joined on the show by racing driver Sabine Schmitz, YouTube star Chris Harris, Formula 1 expert Eddie Jordan, motoring journalist Rory Reid and of course, The Stig. Top Gear will return to screens on BBC Two in May.

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If you're in the market for a fighter jet, passenger plane, satellite, or drone, the biennial show - the 51st since 1909 - is the place to be. There'll be plenty to choose from. As with previous shows, the news flow will be dominated by the big beasts of aerospace, Airbus and Boeing. Planemakers like, if possible, to time their multi-billion-dollar orders to coincide with air shows. But such stage-management tends to be a decision for the customers, not the suppliers. There has, though, been an uncharacteristic lack of pre-show hype this time. Cowen & Co analyst Cai von Rumohr says the combined Boeing and Airbus order tally for civil aircraft by the end of the week could be below the average 387 seen in the past few years. It's possible that airlines are pausing for breath. A rush to buy aircraft after the financial crisis means that Airbus and Boeing have record backlogs of almost 12,000 aircraft. Delivery slots for new planes are years in the future. Boeing published its closely watched annual market forecast on Thursday, and expects airlines and freight firms to take delivery of 38,050 aircraft worth $5.6 trillion (£3.6tn) by 2034. Two out of every five newly built aircraft will feed Asia's booming travel market, Boeing said. So, if Paris produces fewer orders than usual, it's a blip not a trend. It being a French air show, Airbus products will feature prominently. The centrepiece will be the long-range A350, which will fly displays daily. Expect Airbus to unveil orders for the aircraft, and its short-to-medium range products. But what it really wants is more sales of the A380 super-jumbo. There have been just 317 sales since its launch 10 years ago, and questions have been asked about its future. A big theme of this year's event is the environment. The schedule of press conferences and briefings include a lot about innovations to do with efficiency, rather than building the big new products of the future. Top industry officials, government ministers and environmental experts will be there to discuss air travel's impact on climate change. Attendees will include Nobel peace prize co-laureate Philippe Ciais, of France's Climate and Environmental Sciences Laboratory, and France's Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius. On the "green" theme, Airbus will be flying its E-Fan 2.0 electric prototype, which can achieve a speed of 136mph and fly for about an hour. Weighing less than half a ton, the aircraft has lithium-ion polymer batteries in its 31ft wings. A final assembly line is being built in south west France, and the plan is for an all-electric two-seater to enter service around the end of 2017 or early 2018. Air shows can sometimes look like corporate virility symbols, a chance to outdo rivals. And Qatar Airways has opted to underline its huge success in recent years by bringing five aircraft to Paris, including an A380 and a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Below the Airbus-Boeing duopoly are smaller planemakers, such Bombardier, Embraer, ATR and Sukhoi Civil Aircraft. Shows are important for them, as they get fewer opportunities to present their products to such a global audience. Bombardier, which debuts two variants of its C-Series aircraft, needs orders. Shareholders are uneasy about the C-Series investment, and hoped Paris would be a turning point. Yet, last week, Bombardier seemed to be playing down the likelihood of big deals. New chief executive Alain Bellemare, speaking at an aviation meeting in Miami, said: "Paris, to be honest with you, it's one milestone, but it's not that critical. It's a few days in a year. It's a few days in the life of a 20-25-year programme." Richard Aboulafia, an aerospace analyst at Teal Group, said the old Bombardier management was "in complete denial" about the C-Series' problems. He expects the new management to take a more aggressive approach to sales, offering more deals and incentives. On the military side, the return of the US, the world's biggest defence customer by far, is being seen as a coup. The US military and diplomatic presence was largely absent in 2013 because of the sequestration budget crisis. The official US presence may be discreet, however, following a warning by the US State Department. According to a report in the Washington Times the Department has told private companies and delegates to be on guard for economic espionage and terrorism. "Transnational terrorist groups affiliated with al-Qaeda have a presence in Paris and elsewhere in France, and continue to pose a threat to American interests," the State Department said. No US aircraft will be taking part in the 20-plus daily flying displays, although there will be aircraft on static display. And although some big US contractors, including Northrop Grumman, will not be attending, the US will still have about 220 exhibitors in Paris, which is second only to France. Amongst the multi-billion-dollar US hardware on show, it's a cut-price fighter jet that may receive a lot of attention. The Scorpion, made by Textron AirLand, part of the group behind Bell Helicopters and Cessna Aircraft, uses off-the-shelf parts to keep costs down. It has yet to receive an order, though. Another "affordable" combat aircraft likely to be received with a mixture of interest and curiosity is the JF-17 Thunder, a joint project between China's Chengdu and Pakistan Aeronautical Complex. It, too, has no export orders, although there is speculation that Bulgaria may do a deal. France, bolstered by April's $7bn order from Qatar for Rafale fighters, will have a big military presence. This includes two variants of Dassault's Rafale jets, and Eurocopter's Tiger attack helicopter. Arguably the most important display will be the Airbus A400M military transport aircraft. Plagued by delays and costly overruns, the €28bn (£20bn; $31bn) project suffered a major setback in May when an aircraft crashed in Spain, killing four crew. The assumption was that the A400M would be grounded for the show. But Airbus said last Wednesday that it would perform displays every day this week. Most of the time, Le Bourget Airport is a drab, tired-looking place, home to an aerospace museum and a few business jets. Then the air show rolls in. So what's it actually like? For starters, you can barely move for VIPs. Chief executives and statesmen are out in force. The US contingent is considered low-key this year - yet it still includes the Air Force Secretary and a clutch of senators. The Alphas, of course, always come with their entourages - legions of PRs, minders, fixers and hangers-on. This invariably leads to a degree of one-upmanship, particularly in the rows of luxury "chalets", where the major players wine and dine their clients. Boeing always has a spectacular building in a prime spot next to the runway. But it's usually dwarfed by home favourite Airbus's colossal base for the week, often with a giant A380 superjumbo conveniently parked outside the door. Air show fashion is always entertaining. Dark suits and dark glasses dominate, especially among arms industry executives. Some delegations, notably those from minor powers, favour full military dress with acres of medals and gold braid. Whatever you're wearing, though, the chances are it won't be appropriate for the conditions. The summer weather in Paris is highly unpredictable. The last show was marked by torrential downpours. And I remember one year, it was so windy, people were hanging on to light aircraft on a static display to prevent them blowing over. And what of the air displays, that breathtaking parade of super-sophisticated machinery engaged in aerobatics that seem to defy the laws of physics? Well, it's fine to watch over lunch, but for many of us, frankly, it's an inconvenience. When you're trying to work, or hold important meetings, it's just too darned noisy.

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They talked about what had attracted them to London and "how we can continue to build on that for the future," Mrs May told the BBC's economics editor Kamal Ahmed, in Davos. Her remarks came as several big banks said they may move staff out of London. Both HSBC and UBS have said they could relocate about 1,000 jobs. Mrs May was asked if she was disappointed that it was becoming clear that there was a price to Brexit. "I want to negotiate a free trade agreement with the European Union which will give us the maximum access, the right deal for Britain, maximum access to the single European market for trading with and operating within that market for both goods and services," she said. "I think that's not just in the interests of the UK, I think that's in the interests of the European Union as well," she added. May: UK will lead world on free trade Bank exodus? What did Davos make of May's speech? Mrs May said she had had a "very good positive discussion with banks about the benefits of the City of London, about what it is that has brought them to the City of London and how we can continue to build on that for the future". There were "huge benefits" for investment in the UK, Mrs May added, which she said had a "fundamentally very strong economy". She said the service sector was very important to the UK and that she believed that "truly global Britain can bring jobs and prosperity to the UK across the board, including in financial services". Mrs May was asked if the government might be prepared to give preferential treatment to EU immigrants coming to the UK in exchange for privileged access to the single market. People who voted for Brexit were voting for "us to take control of our immigration laws for people coming from the EU into the UK", she said. "We're looking at the various systems that are possible at the moment. The key issue for people in the UK is that we have control, that's it's the government that is deciding our immigration rules," she added. Earlier, Mrs May told leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos that the UK will be a "world leader" on trade. But the prime minister also warned that inequality blamed on globalisation was aiding the "politics of division". Her speech to business leaders and politicians in Switzerland came after EU leaders said a post-Brexit trade deal with the UK would be "difficult". The prime minister promised that the UK after Brexit would take on a "leadership role as the strongest and most forceful advocate for free markets and free trade anywhere in the world". She argued for reforms so the global economy created wealth for all, rather than a "privileged few", and "centre-ground mainstream politics" could "work for everyone". Mrs May said the world was enjoying an "unprecedented level of wealth", but many people felt this was "not working for them". Global elites needed to tackle the backlash against globalisation, liberalism, and free trade because leaders who "embrace the politics of division and despair" were working to exploit the situation. Mrs May said: "Talk of greater globalisation can make people fearful. For many it means their jobs outsourced and their wages undercut. It means having to sit back as they watch their communities change around them. "And in their minds, it means watching as those who prosper seem to play by a different set of rules, while for many life remains a struggle as they get by, but don't necessarily get on."

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Officers said the incident, said to have occurred in the town's Grade-II listed Valley Gardens on 16 February, was not as first reported. Two men who were arrested in connection with the report have been released without charge. North Yorkshire Police said the girl involved continued to receive support from specialist agencies.

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Froome, 30, has already said he had urine thrown at him during stage 14, following media accusations of doping. The British Team Sky rider said he was unaware of the latest incident but was told about it by journalists. "We're human beings, and then we're sportsmen. People need to remember that," he said. "You can't come to a bike race to spit at people or to punch people or to throw urine at them - that's not acceptable at any level." Froome will carry a lead of two minutes 38 seconds into the final competitive stage on Saturday. The Kenya-born rider, and Team Sky, have had to defend themselves against accusations of using performance-enhancing drugs throughout this year's competition. Team Sky released some of Froome's performance data in an effort to end the speculation and prove the rider's innocence. Team-mate Richie Porte has also said he had been punched during stage 10.

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Police and crime commissioner (PCC) Ian Johnston said the Home Office cuts may affect the ability of his force to deal with a Paris-style attack. Gwent Police said it will be expected to save £65m by 2021, and was likely to lose 300 officers by 2018. Senior figures at the North Wales and Dyfed-Powys forces gave warnings about cuts in September. In an email to staff, North Wales Chief Constable Mark Polin said cuts of 25-40% had been suggested to his force. Dyfed-Powys PCC Christopher Salmon raised concerns about a change in the funding formula which he claimed would favour urban forces over those serving largely rural areas. Earlier in November, South Wales PCC Alun Michael invited public comments on his policing plan for the region, warning that "further deep cuts" in Home Office funding seemed "inevitable".

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Sir Ian Cheshire, the former chief executive of B&Q, Britain's largest DIY chain, called today for a review of the new National Living Wage to ensure that the costs to business are not too onerous. Although Sir Ian made it clear that he supported the increase in the minimum wage, he told me that the impact on employment rates and the wage costs of many businesses was as yet unclear. In the Budget in July, the Chancellor said that he wanted to see the minimum wage increase to £9 an hour by 2020. Sir Ian said that could see wage bills increase by up to 60% for some businesses such as hotels, restaurants and care homes. "We actually have been calling for a real increase in the minimum wage anyway, so in that sense the direction of travel is fine and we think it's broadly a good move, particularly if it helps to continue to boost the economy," Sir Ian, Whitehall's leading non-executive director, told the BBC. "It will force businesses to focus on productivity and skills which are really big issues. "I think most businesses over time can adapt. "The problem is always when you get given a very short period in which to make a lot of change and that's where I think we should come back in two years, have a look at how we're doing and then work out whether that trajectory still makes sense. "I think the real challenge is in the outer years - when you start to get to £9 and that starts to be a very significant increase. "You're talking, in some models I've seen inside businesses, of - if you go from here to 2020, wage bills going up maybe 50% or 60%. "And that is a very big issue, particularly obviously for people in retail and hospitality." The increase in the minimum wage to the new "National Living Wage" was announced in July's Budget. George Osborne said that he wanted to see the minimum wage rise rapidly. Starting next April, for people over 24 the present minimum wage of £6.70 an hour will rise to £7.20 and then up in pretty substantial steps to £9 an hour by 2020. The announcement came as a surprise - the rate is traditionally set by the Low Pay Commission but they seem not to have been involved in this announcement. It was also of course controversial, because in that same budget Mr Osborne announced that benefits, and particularly tax credits, would be cut for those in work. Organisations such as the Institute of Fiscal Studies said that the increases would not make up for the cuts in benefits. Now, today is significant as it sees the last increase in the old minimum wage. After today, the Chancellor has to all intents and purposes taken control of the rate. Business reaction has been mixed. Some sectors like care homes, pub chains and more broadly the hospitality industry said that the increases could mean laying off staff or increasing prices. Some, though, such as Costa Coffee, Morrison's and Ikea, have seen it as an opportunity, saying that they will increase wages. Whatever the outcome, Sir Ian says that the government and the UK will only understand the impact once the new rates - starting next year - start to bed in. That is why he is calling for the review in 2017, which he wants to see involve the Low Pay Commission.

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Media playback is not supported on this device The 17-year-old had just dropped serve to trail Kyle Edmund 6-3 6-4 2-1 when he angrily hit the ball out of court. It struck French umpire Arnaud Gabas in the eye and a default followed. "Luckily he was OK but obviously it's unacceptable behaviour from me," said Wimbledon junior champion Shapovalov. "I just feel awful for letting my team down, for letting my country down, for acting in a way that I would never want to act. "I can promise that's the last time I will do anything like that. I'm going to learn from this and try to move past it." The World Group first-round tie was poised at 2-2 after Vasek Pospisil beat Dan Evans to set up a decider, but Canada's hopes ended when Shapovalov let frustration get the better of him. He later apologised to Gabas in the referee's office before the Frenchman headed to Ottawa General Hospital for a precautionary evaluation on bruising and swelling to his left eye. The International Tennis Federation (ITF) said in a statement it was "clear that Mr Shapovalov did not intend to hit Mr Gabas". Referee Brian Earley has the power to impose a fine of up to $12,000 (£9,600) and the ITF might significantly increase that fine, and suspend Shapovalov from future ties. GB captain Leon Smith said: "Unfortunately for the young lad this is going to get an awful lot of attention. "This will be looked at closely and it should be as it is dangerous. Whether it's an umpire or a young kid who's at the side of the court, that really could be a serious injury, so I'm sure it will be dealt with swiftly and pretty firmly." Britain go on to face an away tie in France from 7-9 April - a repeat of the 2015 quarter-final in London that Britain won on their way to regaining the title for the first time in 79 years. John Lloyd, former Great Britain Davis Cup captain and player We don't know yet how the umpire's eye is but we could see it was already closing. You don't know about permanent damage until he sees the doctor. It's devastating for Shapovalov. He let himself down, he let his country down. He could have caused serious damage to the umpire. He will realise that he can't do that sort of thing again and he's going to get a lot of trouble in the press for this, quite rightly so because he deserves it, but he will rebound. If you look to the brighter side we've seen some undoubted talent in him, if he can just control it a little bit. There's nothing wrong with getting emotional - we've seen great champions like John McEnroe get emotional - but you can't go to that extent and he'll have to curb it a little bit. Media playback is not supported on this device Media playback is not supported on this device

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Chris Hill went over to give Warrington the lead while Ashton Sims extended the hosts' lead with half an hour gone. Morgan Smith helped make it 18-0 while Joe Philbin crossed after the break. Joe Mellor finally got Widnes off the mark but Matty Russell continued the rout before Corey Thompson ran in a late consolation try for the visitors. The result means Warrington remain at the top of the Super League table with two games of the regular season left while Widnes remain in seventh place. It was the second time in less than a week that Warrington had taken a comfortable half-time lead, having led Catalans Dragons 18-0 the break in their 26-22 win in Perpignan on Saturday. Warrington, who had both Rhys Evans and Kurt Gidley back after they were ruled out for the trip to France with a hamstring injury and eye injury respectively, dominated much of the game but Thompson's late try cut the hosts' lead. Victory for the Wire means they have now won their last six derby matches against Cheshire rivals Widnes at the Halliwell Jones Stadium. Warrington Wolves head coach Tony Smith told BBC Radio Merseyside: "We did some good things in the first half but second half I can't say we did. "Throughout the game we were good defensively, but the first half we had some electrifying pieces of play. "Matty Russell probably caught the eye tonight, Stefan Ratchford did well. Most of them were pretty good in the first-half but the second half a few went off the boil." Widnes Vikings head coach Denis Betts told BBC Radio Merseyside: "We were 20-0 down at half-time, we looked a bit flat, we got rolled. They scored some good tries and it wasn't a good second-half. "We showed a bit more desire but they'd put the cue on the rack by then. We knew what was coming from Warrington. "We want to be aside that competes every week - last week we go to Wigan and compete and survive, and week in week out that what you need." Warrington Wolves: Ratchford, Russell, King, Atkins, Evans, Gidley, Patton, Hill, Dwyer, Sims, Currie, Hughes, King. Replacements: Wilde, Smith, Bailey, Philbin. Widnes Vikings: Hanbury, Thompson, Dean, Runciman, Ah Van, Mellor, Brown, Burke, White, Buchanan, Whitley, Houston, Cahill. Replacements: J Chapelhow, Dudson, Heremaia, Farrell. Referee: Gareth Hewer. Attendance: 10,488.

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Kris Sale, from Sale Appliances in Westcliff-on-Sea, came up with the idea because he had a soft "baby Henry" toy and said he enjoyed making "quirky" window displays. The five cleaners represent the kings, Mary and Joseph. "Kids love it," said Mr Sale who has also built a stable, topped with a star, to house the vacuum cleaners. Mr Sale has a reputation for his window displays. In the past he has turned a washing machine into a fish tank, and put a dummy repair man inside a cooker to make it look as though the appliance was being mended. He said: "We're planning to change the nativity for New Year's Eve. The Henrys are going to have a party. It'll be one heck of a bash."

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But was the episode concocted to generate maximum publicity for the group's controversial views? Did a master troll take the media and politicians for a ride? Daryush "Roosh V" Valizadeh, the founder of Return of Kings (ROK), openly and unashamedly courts outrage. "There is nothing the media can do anymore to hurt me, and even if they paint me as a baby murderer, I will still gain readers because of it," he wrote after a BBC documentary was critical of his ideas. "As long as my name exits the mouth of my enemies, I win, and I will continue to win." Roosh V cancels 'Return of Kings' events By that criterion, Roosh V was well and truly a winner this week. Opposition to ROK's proposal to hold a men's "social happy hour" in cities around the world on Saturday started with a petition in Australia that quickly gathered thousands of signatures. Valizadeh's reaction was to announce on Twitter that he had booked a trip to Australia. A storm of media outrage followed, prompting Australia's Immigration Minister Peter Dutton to request an urgent briefing and foreshadow denying the 36-year-old American blogger a visa. "I will sneak into your country, hold my meetings, laugh, and then slip out. Your gay authorities won't stop me," Valizadeh wrote in response. He baited female journalists with sexual requests and claimed he would enter Australia by boat. But he had never applied for a visa and the "ticket" he posted to Twitter of his planned trip was an itinerary screen grab that could be generated without booking a trip. In fact, Return of Kings' anti-feminist position is so extreme that some commentators believe it is a "troll" group that exists solely for the purpose of upsetting people. The site feature such headlines as "The myth of date rape drink spiking", "How to turn a feminist into your sex slave" and "How to convince a girl to get an abortion". The group's community beliefs state that "a woman's value significantly depends on her fertility and beauty", whereas "a man's value significantly depends on his resources, intellect and character". Return of Kings' leaders say their campaign is sincere, but they don't deny setting out to provoke strong reactions from the feminists, gay rights campaigners and their other perceived enemies. "We write our ideas in a way that draws attention to our work and entertains our audience, because we believe our perspective has value and is worth spreading. Do not confuse provocative art with trolling," writes one contributor to the site. Australian cybercrime expert and former police officer Susan McLean agreed that the group's actions did not constitute trolling in the "classic" sense. "Trolling usually involves groups or individuals that would concentrate on one person and hammer them online, as opposed to threatening to stick it to them at the local pub," Ms McLean said. "But it certainly is a misuse of technology, [using] threats and harassment to cause upset among us here in Australia." Ms McLean said she believed Valizadeh's targeting of Australia was considered, given the climate of increased awareness towards abuse against women and the debate on free speech. Domestic violence and women's issues have been hot-button topics in Australia, driven by 2015 Australian of the Year Rosie Batty's advocacy on the issue. "His views grate against those that are held by Australian civilised society and he's using that as a springboard, knowing full well he'll create a media frenzy, angst and anger," she said. Australia has in recent years refused to issue visas to a number of people whose views were considered out of step with community standards. Rapper Tyler the Creator and pick-up artist Julien Blanc were both refused entry to the country after campaigns accused them of promoting misogyny. Simon Breheny, director of the Legal Rights Project at the Institute of Public Affairs, said this had prompted strong debate about the limits of free speech and whether Australia's laws went too far in restricting that right. "These cases have given the individuals concerned a very high degree of prominence in the media and so it's seen as a bit of a tactic they can use to get a lot of free exposure," Mr Breheny said. As outrage spread from Australia to the UK, US, Canada and elsewhere, Roosh and ROK remained defiant, attempting to move their meet-ups to private forums. "Since this meetup was never intended as a confrontation with unattractive women and their enablers, I'm moving to save as many of these meetups as I can before Saturday," he wrote on the ROK website on Wednesday. In the UK, a Scottish National Party MP urged the home secretary to block Roosh from attending events in Scotland or England, although there was no indication that he was planning to do so. Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson also weighed in, tweeting that "your pro-rape, misogynistic, homophobic garbage is not welcome". Texas Governor Greg Abbott, Melbourne Lord Mayor Robert Doyle, Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi and a host of other politicians voiced similar sentiments. On Thursday Valizadeh announced he was cancelling the meet-ups because he could not "guarantee the safety or privacy of men who want to attend". It was a victory of sorts for ROK's opponents. But the name Roosh V is far better known than it was at the start of the week. The ROK website doubled its usual traffic to 82,000 unique users on 1 February. On Thursday, Valizadeh tweeted: "I'm currently more popular than Jeb Bush … lol." It seems likely that Valizadeh got exactly what he was looking for.

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As we approach the island, the first thing that stands out is the Ugandan flag on an improvised pole high above the greenery. Resident Labatin Mwiima says the flag pole acts as a reference point, by which to judge how far the 20-acre island has moved. "You wake up in the morning and see different scenery. One evening we went to sleep at Port-bell Landing site, and we woke up in Ggaba," he says. The two landing sites are about 20 minutes apart by boat. While this has not been independently verified, the island is said to have been seen from at least three landing sites near the capital, Kampala. Mr Mwiima says a friend lured him to come to the island. He is a reggae musician and finds the environment relaxing and good for creativity. It is not clear whether by coincidence or design, but all 10 of the island's occupants are artists. Ali Katongole, a painter, says he was drawn to the island because of its simple lifestyle, away from the hustle and bustle of a big city like Kampala. Fittingly, it is called Mirembe, which means peace in Luganda. The residents are all men, living in grass-thatched huts. Some live there permanently, while others paddle local canoes every few days to go back to their homes in Kampala. It remains a long way from the other countries that share Lake Victoria - Tanzania and Kenya. The residents say the idea that the island might get submerged doesn't occur to them, because you cannot actually feel it moving. But Geoffrey Kamese from the Uganda Association of Professional Environmentalists, who has visited it, expresses caution. "People should be careful and not continue farming on it, because the soil could become even weaker and sink in," he warns. Neat gardens of cassava, maize, beans and even bananas share space with the natural vegetation. The ground is soggy, and most of the crops are planted on mounds of soil, with ditches full of water running in between. Wild birds and chickens thrive on the bounty provided by the swamp vegetation. Mr Kamese has a theory as to how it came to be floating: There could have been water beneath the land before, and due to heavy rains, the roots of plants gave way and the patch of land floated away. "It is possible that due to the changes happening in our weather, the amount of water in the lake increased and the soil became loose," he says. The National Environment Management Authority say people are risking their lives and has warned people to stay off the island And the islanders say they are ready to go wherever the waves carry them.

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The 20-year-old forward received the accolade 24 hours after it emerged that he will ask to leave to club. But while some fans jeered, others shouted: "Stay, Raheem." The England international is expected to tell manager Brendan Rodgers and chief executive Ian Ayre on Friday that he wants to leave Anfield this summer. Speaking at the event, Rodgers said it had been a "difficult, trying season". Liverpool will finish outside the top four in the Premier League and therefore miss out on a place in next season's Champions League, while Rodgers is first Reds boss to fail to win a trophy in his first three seasons since the 1950s. He added: "A number of distractions that we couldn't have planned for have made it difficult, but the players have given everything." Brazilian midfielder Philippe Coutinho, 22, was voted Player of the Season. Sterling rejected a new £100,000-a-week contract in April but denied being a "money-grabber" in an exclusive interview with BBC Sport which was not authorised by his club. Media playback is not supported on this device He said: "I talk about winning trophies throughout my career. That's all I talk about." The forward told Rodgers before Liverpool's 1-1 draw with Chelsea on 10 May that he wanted to leave, but it is understood the Reds want to keep the player, whose deal ends in 2017. Should Sterling be made available, Manchester City are the frontrunners for his signature, while a number of leading European clubs have also expressed an interest. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger refused to be drawn on whether he would make a bid. Several former Liverpool players have criticised Sterling and his representatives. Former Reds striker Emile Heskey said Sterling would be "denying himself the opportunity to grow and develop into a top player" if he left, and that Liverpool should "try as hard as they can" to persuade him to stay. John Aldridge, who played for Liverpool between 1987 and 1989, said Sterling had been given "woeful advice from his agent" and that "everyone in the game" felt it would be best for his development to stay. Former Liverpool winger John Barnes said Sterling should stay at Anfield, claiming he would not be guaranteed regular first-team football elsewhere as he has still "not achieved anything".

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Jai Reason squandered an early opportunity for Maidstone, while at the other end James Kellermann flashed an effort over the bar. Maidstone goalkeeper Lee Worgan then pulled off an excellent save to keep out a powerful Matt McClure header. The visitors' pressure eventually told in the second half, with Jake Gallagher scoring Aldershot's goal in the 76th minute after some neat footwork earned him a yard of space in the penalty area. However, Josh Hare headed an equaliser in off the post in the fifth minute of stoppage time. Match report supplied by the Press Association. Match ends, Maidstone United 1, Aldershot Town 1. Second Half ends, Maidstone United 1, Aldershot Town 1. Goal! Maidstone United 1, Aldershot Town 1. Josh Hare (Maidstone United). Substitution, Aldershot Town. Chris Arthur replaces Bobby-Joe Taylor. Substitution, Maidstone United. Jack Richards replaces Tom Wraight. Goal! Maidstone United 0, Aldershot Town 1. Jake Gallagher (Aldershot Town). Substitution, Aldershot Town. Shaun Okojie replaces Matt McClure. Substitution, Aldershot Town. Jake Gallagher replaces Jim Kellerman. Jim Kellerman (Aldershot Town) is shown the yellow card. Cheye Alexander (Aldershot Town) is shown the yellow card. Delano Sam-Yorke (Maidstone United) is shown the yellow card. Second Half begins Maidstone United 0, Aldershot Town 0. First Half ends, Maidstone United 0, Aldershot Town 0. First Half begins. Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

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Media playback is not supported on this device Cheika said Cole had been "infringing the law since his career started probably, if not all of this year". But hooker Hartley told BBC Radio 5 live: "You don't stumble across 60-odd caps scrummaging illegally. "The directives we get back from the refs always say that England have a good, clean scrummage." Hartley added: "I play against Cole a couple of times a year and it's always very difficult against him. He's a rock, like every tight-head should be. "There's plenty for us to work on and we're looking for that complete scrummaging performance this weekend because this team is underpinned by a dominant set-piece and that's what we want to provide." Media playback is not supported on this device England's victory over Argentina last weekend was their 13th in a row and their 12th under head coach Eddie Jones - and a win over Australia in the final autumn international would equal their longest winning run, set across 2002 and 2003. Cheika and his former Randwick team-mate Jones have exchanged frank views this week. Jones, who led his native Australia to the 2003 World Cup final defeat by England has accused the Wallabies of "illegalities" in the set-piece, and said they "can't scrummage". Cheika claimed Jones has "always operated with a chip on his shoulder" and tarnished his legacy with comments made in the summer when England completed a 3-0 series win in Australia in June, becoming the first touring side to secure a whitewash down under since South Africa in 1971.

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The Ferrari man is on a final warning from governing body the FIA after two 'road rage' incidents in seven months. Vettel, 30, banged wheels with Lewis Hamilton in Azerbaijan last month and swore at race director Charlie Whiting over the radio in Mexico last October. "Sebastian wears his heart on his sleeve," said Red Bull boss Horner. "He is involved in a very intense battle. He sees an opportunity to be champion again this year and he knows he's going to need everything going his way against Mercedes to achieve that. "He has zero filter between what he thinks and what he says or does sometimes. That's the great side of him. But sometimes it gets him in hot water as well." Horner was Vettel's boss at Red Bull for six seasons between 2009 and 2014, and had to deal with some difficult moments in that time. Vettel and team-mate Mark Webber crashed together in Turkey in 2010, while the German refused to obey team orders in Malaysia in 2013. Horner likened Vettel's uncompromising attitude to that of his hero Michael Schumacher, whose controversial driving tactics clouded his reputation throughout his career. "Sebastian has this huge desire within him," Horner said. "The records mean a lot to him. Michael Schumacher was very much his idol and I think what you see that bubbles over sometimes is that killer instinct of, 'I want to win'. Sometimes at all costs. "It comes across as spoilt but I think you've got to put yourself in his scenario, in his shoes. He has lifted Ferrari from where it was to where it is now and he has been a big driver in that." Horner said that the environment at Ferrari might be contributing to the increased number of such incidents involving Vettel. "Ferrari are an emotional team - Latin origins - it probably fuels that emotion," Horner said. "That's not to say it's a bad thing. It shows he's human at the end of the day and shows how hungry he is to achieve that ultimate goal. "[Ferrari president Sergio] Marchionne has his own style of management. He's quite a full-on character, quite outspoken. And the demeanour of a team comes from the top. The people who lead the team set the tempo. "You can feel Ferrari is a high-pressure place, particularly at this period of time." Horner said he felt Vettel could have been more severely punished for driving into Hamilton in Baku, an act motivated by the German's incorrect belief that the Mercedes driver had 'brake-tested' him. Vettel was given a 10-second stop-and-go penalty but Horner said officials could have disqualified him for the incident. "It's a difficult one, isn't it?" Horner said. "That's for the stewards to judge the penalties that were available to them. On the day it could well have been [a black flag]. Other drivers in other formulas have been and there's the precedent it sets. "But they chose the penalty they had. I think what was wrong was then to drag it on. I think it's important that everybody knows on the day what is the result, what is the punishment for that action." And he said that, away from the pressure of competition, Vettel was "a great character". "You don't see as much of his character perhaps in his current environment," Horner said. "He is a fun guy, he loves British humour, he's very good with the mechanics, the team. "He'd turn up here with chocolates for the receptionists and girls around the factory, he was always very generous in terms of not just gifting something to the race team, but to the whole factory. He'd spend hours signing stuff and really investing into the team." Horner said the title battle between Vettel and Hamilton had "a fascinating dynamic between two very different personalities and drivers". "Lewis is a bit more of a free spirit," Horner said. "He has a huge amount of natural talent. He probably doesn't think about his talent… or his application is probably different to Sebastian. "I have never worked with Lewis so I don't know but he relies on that natural instinct. "He jumps in and delivers and he is a bit like an artist. You can see he has mood swings as well. "Lewis is very out there, you know, lives the lifestyle that he does, whereas Sebastian is hugely protective and private, he almost enjoys a student-like existence. He is happy with his backpack and wants to keep family life very private and not let anyone know what he's doing away from the race track."

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With polls in the UK indicating growing support for Brexit, the mood in Brussels is darkening. Attitudes are hardening among officials I speak to here. I'm often asked if the EU is preparing some "gift", a last-minute sweetener to beat the creeping sense of inevitability that Britain could be about to vote Leave in its referendum on the EU. Until recently, leaders of the other 27 EU members were aching for the UK to stay. But while Central and Eastern European nations are still keen to be accommodating, France has turned hardline. "Let them go if they insist and punish them if they do," sums up the sentiment du jour. This has less to do with Britain, and far more to do with French domestic politics. France and Germany, the EU's biggest powers, go to the polls next year with resurgent Eurosceptic parties breathing down the necks of the political establishment. Latest updates EU referendum poll tracker Reality check: The EU referendum Should EU citizens consider becoming British? The British nationals barred from voting on their own future The penny has dropped among EU leaders that voters want less Brussels in their lives. Just today, European Council President Donald Tusk said many of the British ideas about the EU were gaining support all over Europe. But he didn't mean the Leaving idea. The Out sentiment is one Europe's leaders do not want to encourage. So a gesture pre-referendum or a quick 'n generous new deal for a post-Brexit UK seem unlikely. But would the EU really cut off its nose to spite its face? Surely outside the EU, the UK would be an attractive trading partner? "Absolutely," admitted a high level Brussels source grudgingly. "And Britain probably would get a good deal in the end but no-one here wants to hand it over easily. "Negotiations will likely take years. And the chances of it getting messy? I'd say they were extremely high." The Leave campaign insists it will not sign up to a trade deal that would include having to keep the British labour market open to EU workers - the kind of arrangement Switzerland, Norway and Iceland accepted because they wanted to take part in or be close to the European single market. But, despite the fighting talk, I have also heard back-room whisperings of possibly, maybe, eventually finding some kind of accommodation for the UK, whereby it could pay a financial "penalty" to be part of the single market without being open to EU migration. But such scenarios are light years away from where we are now. If the British public votes Leave next Thursday, all current EU agreements would stay in place for at least two years while the UK disentangled itself from the bloc and embarked on a negotiated settlement with the EU. But this is uncharted territory and presupposes no unilateral moves from either side. "If a post-Brexit UK government suddenly of its own accord stopped access for European workers to the British labour market for example," my source told me, "EU countries would likely retaliate. A date could be chosen to simply cut Britain loose. "If that happened, good luck." Rambunctious pronouncements aside, the hope in the rest of the EU remains that British voters hold their nose, accept the EU is imperfect, and decide to stay. As dark as the mood is in Brussels and beyond, it's also fervently felt in many circles that the UK referendum is a clear message that the EU must reform. Thing is, do you believe it will?

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Motorists pay £1.50 for a one-way car journey across the bridge or £1.35 for drivers using an electronic tag. The Humber Bridge Board said there would be no increase until 2021 despite plans to install a glass lift at the bridge and create a visitor centre. Chairman Rob Waltham said the toll had been "significant in growing the Humber economy". A planning application for the proposed tourist development at the site was submitted in June. Project costs have not been released by the board but Bridge Master Peter Hill said it would be financed by the bridge board and "not be funded from bridge tolls". The tolls were halved in April 2012 after the government cut £150m from the bridge's outstanding debt. Source: Humber Bridge Board

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Kieron Williamson, from Norfolk, who has so far earned about £2m, painted the 5ft-tall (1.5m) statue for the GoGo Dragons event in Norwich. It is set to be unveiled ahead of the trail which will be open from June until September. Kieron said it had been "challenging" painting on a statue instead of canvas. Local children's charity Break asked the child prodigy to customise one of its 84 blank dragons for its second public art trail. Inspiration for the landscape artist's design came from the Norfolk folk tale of the Ludham dragon. "The scenes on the dragon are of Ludham and...of the Broads as they are my favourite places to paint," said Kieron. "The dragon links into the Broads because of the Ludham dragon story." He said the project had been "absolutely brilliant," but said he painted over his first two designs. "It's quite hard because it's never-ending and all the different lumps and bumps made it quite hard to plan it out." His mother Michelle said the family were initially wary when they saw the sculpture's size. "We were excited but we didn't have any idea of the scale of the beast though, so when we first caught sight of the dragon it was a bit of a surprise," she said. "With the dragon theme being so popular for young children, he's really been able to get his teeth into it and enjoy it." Break fundraising manager Michael Rooney said the charity had been "eagerly awaiting" the finished result and felt people would be "amazed" by the work. The Ludham dragon will be auctioned once the trail ends on 5 September.

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PC Neil Doyle, 36, died after being struck by a "pile driver" punch in the early hours of 19 December 2014. At Liverpool Crown Court, Andrew Taylor, 29, was jailed for seven years and six months and Timmy Donovan, 30, of Huyton, for six years and 10 months. A third man, Christopher Spendlove, was cleared of manslaughter in July. The trial judge, Mr Justice Turner, told the pair, who were convicted under joint enterprise law: "There is no such thing as a death-proof punch." The judge rejected any suggestion the men acted in "excessive self-defence." Andrew Taylor's barrister, Lord Carlile, said the family may never know who struck the fatal blow and had the punch landed slightly to the left or right "the consequences would have been entirely different." PC Doyle suffered an injury to an artery in his neck, which led to bleeding over the surface of the brain. It was the same injury that killed Australian cricketer Philip Hughes, the trial heard. Two of his colleagues, Merseyside officers Michael Steventon and Robert Marshall, were also injured in the confrontation. In a victim impact statement read in court, PC Doyle's widow Sarah said her world had been "torn apart". She said they had been "inseparable" and "soul mates" and "I still hold the belief my husband was targeted because he was a police officer." "I feel numb, emotionless, lost, like I am among the outside of the situation looking in." As the statement was read to the court, she sobbed in the public gallery. "Seeing him lying in the gutter like a dying cat, not one person going over to help, I will never get the image out of my head," the statement said. Less than six months after their July 2014 wedding, she was "standing at the bottom of the aisle with Neil in a coffin" and felt it was a "life sentence." Taylor's barrister, Lord Carlile, said PC Neil Doyle was a "victim of a terrible set of circumstances." CCTV of the build-up to the incident shows the two groups of men outside a club. The footage was released by Merseyside Police following sentencing in court. In a letter read to the court, Taylor, a former Forest Green Rovers footballer, said: "I offer my most sincere apologies to the family. "I will regret walking up Seel Street every day." He said he had brought great shame upon his family and accepted full responsibility. The trial heard Donovan, a sports events manager, had travelled to Germany on the day of PC Doyle's killing. He was also sentenced for causing wounding with intent. His legal representative Howard Godfrey said: "I do not accept that it is fair to conclude that it was Mr Donovan who struck the fatal blow." The judge replied: "Well he shouldn't have gone to Germany, should he? "Instead of staying behind and facing the music, he decided he'd skip the jurisdiction." Det Supt Mike Shaw, of Merseyside Police, said: "We hope the prison sentences that Andrew Taylor and Timmy Donovan are now starting will serve as a stark reminder about the devastating consequences of alcohol-fuelled violence that can have on so many people. "Neil Doyle lost his life because of this moment of aggression and PCs Robert Marshall and Michael Steventon suffered serious injuries, too." He said Taylor and Donovan had also ruined their lives and the incident could have been avoided "had the defendants not chose to inflict violence on three men enjoying an innocent Christmas night out". "No-one's night out should end like this."

Two men who killed an off - duty policeman in a " joint and @placeholder attack " during a night out in Liverpool have been jailed for manslaughter .

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After all, his offending comment, branding the actions of two whistleblowers within his force "disgusting", was made three months ago. It had created tension with the ruling Fine Gael party, putting the Irish justice and transport ministers at loggerheads. But the fact that Mr Callinan had stubbornly refused to retract the comments suggested that he was going nowhere. What could not be ignored was the fact that as commissioner, if he did not know about the secret recording of phone calls into and out of police stations, he should have known. The practice stopped last year, which suggests that some senior people knew about it and brought it to a halt. The potential repercussions are huge. Calls from prisoners to solicitors may have been monitored, and it is conceivable that the courts may view that as an abuse of process in cases where subsequent convictions resulted from recorded information. There have been countless commissions and tribunals looking at alleged corruption or malpractice in public life. Some have focused on the Garda Síochána (the police service in the Republic of Ireland). The words "bugging" and Garda have been mentioned together in recent months. The body set up to scrutinise the police force recently found some evidence that its offices had been monitored by a sophisticated surveillance operation. It is widely accepted that there needs to be reform both within the Irish police force, and in how it is held accountable. The penalty points saga is just one example of that. The whistleblowers who exposed the fact that some officers were wiping driving offences from the records of some apparently well-connected public figures were disciplined. An investigation was then launched into abuse of the internal police database. It found that officers were using it almost as a window on the lives of famous people. Martin Callinan is the first casualty of the Garda Síochána mess. There may yet be more to come. Already calls have been made for the country's justice minister to follow suit.

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27 December 2015 Last updated at 10:34 GMT No-one was in the pub at the time it collapsed. Record rainfall has caused flooding in parts of northern England, Wales and Scotland. Severe weather warnings have been issued meaning that conditions could be dangerous for people. Take a look at this.

A 200 year - old pub in Greater Manchester has collapsed due to flood @placeholder and some of it has been washed away by the River Irwell .

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The currency initially slipped against the dollar and euro, only to start recovering in mid-afternoon trading before falling again. Meanwhile, the "volatility index" - a measure of investors' uncertainty - has hit levels last seen in the 2008 financial crisis. The Leave campaign argued that the pound simply retreated to March levels. The pound was down 0.2% against the dollar at $1.4226. Against the euro, sterling was down 0.6% at €1.2605 and weakened by 1% against the Japanese yen to just over 151. Investors have been spooked by data showing the chances of a Remain vote have fallen, although markets have also been rattled by global economic worries. With 10 days to go before the referendum vote, two polls at the weekend put the Leave camp ahead, while betting firm Betfair said the implied probability of a vote to Remain had now fallen to 68.5% from almost 80% a week earlier. How trade and the UK's economy are affected by membership of the EU. "We expect incoming polls to move the pound more aggressively than before," said Charalambos Pissouros, senior analyst at IronFX Global. "If new polls continue to show a tight race between the two campaigns as we approach the voting day, the outcome is likely to become even more uncertain and hence, volatility in sterling is likely to heighten further." BBC economics editor Kamal Ahmed said hedge funds had been placing bets - short-selling - on expectations that the value of sterling will sink further. "The bears are in town," he said. Joe Rundle, head of trading at ETX Capital, said the markets were now on full Brexit alert. "Polls show it's now too close to call and markets are responding with some very twitchy activity. Sterling has shed more than 2% in two sessions to retrace its April lows." Worries about the economic impact of leaving the EU were also blamed for a big fall in Asian stock markets. Japan's Nikkei index closed 3.5% down, while Hong Kong's main index slid 2.5%. The reaction on London's FTSE 100 was muted initially, with the index down 0.3% in morning trading. However, the FTSE 100 ended the day down 1.1% at 6,044.9 points, with Lloyds Banking Group the biggest faller, down 4.2%. On Sunday, Leave campaigner Nigel Farage told BBC1's Andrew Marr Show that sterling had recently been strengthening. "Sterling is up since March. Since Brexit became a possibility, sterling is up and FTSE is exactly the same level it was in March," he said. He also pointed out that a weaker pound was good for UK exporters. Last week, official figures showed that the UK trade deficit narrowed in April on the back of a jump in exports.

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Kumar Lama, 49, from St Leonards, East Sussex, had faced an Old Bailey retrial after being cleared by a jury earlier this year of one charge of torture. The Crown told the court it believed there was no realistic prospect of conviction on a second charge. Mr Justice Sweeney formally acquitted Col Lama. The decision not to go ahead with the retrial was made because of inconsistencies in evidence, the court heard. It had been alleged Col Lama ordered the torture of two detainees held at the Nepalese Army barracks. He was arrested in January 2013 while on leave in the UK from his posting as a UN peacekeeper in South Sudan. Charges were brought under section 134 of the Criminal Justice Act, which allows suspects to face trial before a British court even if their alleged offences are committed abroad and they are not UK citizens. The original trial last year had to be abandoned because of difficulty finding Nepalese interpreters. Col Lama's solicitor Jonathan Grimes, said his client had always maintained he never ordered or was complicit in torture. "The past three-and-a-half years has been an extremely frustrating and stressful period for Colonel Lama and his family," he said. "There have been unacceptable delays in bringing this case to a conclusion. "I hope that the CPS will reflect carefully on its selection and management of this case and will learn lessons for the future." A CPS spokesman said: "This was an unusual and challenging case and we respect the decision of the jury. "We will not be seeking a retrial having considered the developments at the trial."

The case of a UK - based Nepalese colonel accused of torture in his home country 11 years ago has @placeholder after costing an estimated £ 1 m .

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Storms uncovered the 1.5m (5ft) fossil at the base of Black Ven near Charmouth on Boxing Day. The giant marine reptile fossil was painstakingly removed over eight hours, shortly before another storm was due. Professional fossil hunter Paul Crossley, who helped excavate it, said it was "a beautiful find". "There was a very difficult, short window before another storm blew in so we were limited for time before it got ploughed out," he said. With only part of the snout missing, but with most vertebrae and its rib cage in place, Mr Crossley said it was one of only a few ichthyosaur fossils found in such a complete condition on the Jurassic Coast in the past decade. Ichthyosaurs (literally 'fish-lizards') were predatory dolphin-like reptiles that swam the world's oceans 200 million years ago at the time of the dinosaurs. The fossilised remains were spotted by hobby collector Alan Saxon, from Chippenham in Wiltshire, who was on a post-Christmas visit to the Jurassic Coast. "It was actually easy to spot - I just saw a long black snout against the grey shale. I had a closer look and could see jaws, teeth and backbones," he added. Mr Saxon, 59, said he was considering the best approach to ensure the fossil was conserved. "In the long term I'd like it to be available for people to see, especially in the Lyme Regis locality," he said. Recent storm-force south-westerly winds hitting the crumbling cliffs have produced some of the most conducive conditions for fossil hunting on the beaches around Lyme Regis in several years. Mr Crossley said: "The word is already out that Lyme Regis is the capital of fossil hunting at the moment, we've seen more people than normal on the beaches. "We always advise going when the tide is falling and always stay well away from the cliffs and mudslides. Use common sense."

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The week-long contest, which takes place every two years, showcases new classical singers and has launched the careers of stars such as Bryn Terfel. Swansea soprano Celine Forrest will go up against singers from Belarus, USA, South Korea and other countries. The main event at St David's Hall will be broadcast on BBC TV and radio. After winning through from the 300 singers who applied from 55 countries, the finalists arrived in Cardiff on Friday. Malta, Mongolia and Democratic Republic of Congo will be represented for the first time. The victor of the competition, created in 1983, will win the coveted trophy. They will also receive a £15,000 prize and the opportunity to perform a newly commissioned piece by composer John Lunn at the BBC Proms 2016. Alongside the main competition, a separate song prize is awarded, as well as the Dame Joan Sutherland Audience Prize, which is voted for by the public. Song prize recitals started proceedings at 14:30 BST on Sunday at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, with the grand final for the main prize on 21 June.

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The prohibition of alcohol on the Easter holiday has been in place for 90 years. The Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill was introduced by independent Senator Billy Lawless. He said the passage of legislation was "a progressive step" towards "a separation of church and state". According to Irish national broadcaster RTÉ, Senator Lawless said the move showed that "Ireland is a pluralist, globalist, forward-thinking country". "In my mind the passage of today's bill is another progressive step in Ireland's long journey in the separation of church and state," he added. "It is understandable when lawmakers try to introduce legislation that changes a practice that has been in place for almost 100 years, people pause to reflect, yet this is what lawmaking is about. "There is an affinity to the closed day but that affinity is in fact leading to alcohol abuse in many cases." The bill will now progress on to the Dáil (Irish parliament).

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The single-player version is about a lone individual surviving in a harsh world with only their ingenuity to keep them safe. Their very survival depends on them building a home and battling monsters employing only tools and weapons they make with their hands. If computer games were subject to the same analysis applied to novels it would be easy to read this as a metaphor for the life of Markus "Notch" Persson, the game's creator. He's talked in the past about growing up "relatively poor", about making his own entertainment, and about whether he will have to conquer the same "demons" that troubled his father. Family, friends and the success of the things Notch made with his hands helped him prosper in this harsh world, but that success has led to other challenges. And ones that are much harder to conquer. Just what had changed was evident at Minecon in 2012 where it was impossible for Notch to walk more than a few feet before he was grabbed by yet another fan keen to shake his hand, slap him on the back, take a photo or get him to sign their foam sword. This transformation from humble programmer responsible only for his own code to the leader of a global movement was one he was never happy with. His heartfelt explanation of why he is leaving Mojang - "it's about my sanity" - underscores that. He knows that Minecraft is now about overseeing a community - much, much more than it is about maintaining and developing a codebase. And therein lies the potential problem for Microsoft. With Xbox Live and its other cloud services there is no doubt that it has solid experience of running a massive computer infrastructure that serves millions of paying customers. That will be vital when it starts running the behind-the-scenes systems that keep Minecraft going. But Microsoft will alienate that community if it does not realise how personal the game is, not just for Notch, but for many of the people who play it. It's where they meet their friends and make new ones, where they express themselves, where they show off their technical and creative prowess, where they find themselves. I have seen that with my own children who play it in very different ways. One is a big fan of modified versions that involve arena battles or capture-the-flag-type competitions. The other spends hours crafting intricate homes built around swooping minecart tracks. Sometimes he builds treehouses that span forests. They also regularly go adventuring with their friends seeking treasure, avoiding creepers, and battling spiders, zombies and skeletons. They, and millions like them, can only do this because of the freedom and openness of Minecraft. The malleability of the game lets them change it to suit their mood. It does this by giving people a degree of access that Microsoft, in its business software, has never embraced. And that is what has got the millions who play Minecraft worried. Those fans do not want Microsoft to mess with their freedom to tinker with it as they please. They have a deep-rooted sense of ownership about the things they create in the game. There's no doubt that will be a tricky job for Microsoft to achieve given how critical that community can be. It will have to work hard to battle those sworn enemies of every online gamer - downtime and lag (aka delay). It is likely that any problem with the game's availability in the future will be blamed on Microsoft - whether it is the company's fault or not. Making more drastic changes to the running of the game such as limiting how people can modify it, charging them for things that are currently free or imposing restrictions on how they can tell the world about what they have done, might, if handled poorly, turn a big chunk of that community against Microsoft. That would be bad, given that many of its players are now children who will grow up to be the gamers of the future. No doubt Microsoft is hoping to impress them with the way it handles Minecraft. If it gets it wrong, it could end up being one of the monsters that people want to take on and slay.

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NHS Western Isles said the move would modernise the service. It also faces high costs bringing the surgeries in Lochmaddy, Liniclate and Lochboisdale up to modern standards. Local councillor Ronald Mackinnon has criticised the plan saying that for some people going to the dentist would involve a 70-mile (112km) round trip. He described the proposal as "unacceptable". NHS Western Isles said communities would be consulted before any decisions were taken. It said relocating the dental services to the hospital had advantages. In a statement, it said: "This could reduce professional isolation, improve recruitment and retention, reduce multiple running costs and the costs of instruments, and provide enhanced opportunities for staff development and training. "Within the current dental clinics, renovation would be required to meet current standards - in particular Lochboisdale Dental Clinic, which requires significant renovation. "All current clinics offer little scope for any increase in size of clinical accommodation to meet standards. Centralising the service would enable NHS Western Isles to provide high quality services from one location, with scope for future improvements."

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After bowling out Somerset for 211, the Bears looked set for a two-day defeat on 61-8, chasing 184 to win, with spinner Jack Leach taking 5-33. But ninth-wicket pair Rikki Clarke (42 not out) and Chris Wright (38 not out) then more than doubled the score. Putting on 70 so far, the highest stand of the match, they closed on 131-8. Having survived the extra half hour with growing confidence, it leaves the Bears needing 53 more runs to win on day three, although Somerset will start favourites to take the two wickets they need. In a match of twists, turns and fine individual performances on a wearing, used pitch, Leach's 'five-for' was not the only one of the day. Bears spinner Jeetan Patel, the Championship's leading wicket-taker, had earlier claimed the 24th five-wicket haul of his long career, taking 5-86 to boost his tally to 64 for the season. First-innings hero Dom Bess also weighed in with two more scalps for figures of 8-59 so far on his Championship debut. And 40-year-old former England opener Marcus Trescothick got in on the act, taking three more catches. His six in the match is just one short of Chris Tavare's 27-year-old Somerset outfielders' record, but he did equal the county's career record total of 393, set 79 years ago by former England all-rounder Jack White. But a game in which Somerset were bowled out for just 95 on the first morning might already be over if home skipper Chris Rogers had not been crucially missed at long leg on six on day one. The former Australia Test opener went on to post the game's only half-century, making what could yet prove a match-winning 58 as he shared in stands of 39 with Trescothick and 55 with Peter Trego. ECB Cricket Liaison Officer Phil Whitticase was sent to view the second day's play, but it was batting errors, rather than the pitch misbehaving, which accounted for the majority of wickets. Somerset spinner Jack Leach told BBC Radio Somerset: "It was a great day for me because first I went past 50 first-class wickets for the season, then 50 Championship wickets, before ending up with a five-for. "It has been a crazy two days of cricket and Rikki Clarke and Chris Wright have batted really well to set up the prospect of an exciting finish. "We still feel in a good position because they have to play themselves in again tomorrow and the ball has tended to do more for the bowlers in the morning sessions." Warwickshire director of cricket Dougie Brown told BBC WM: "Rikki Clarke and Chris Wright have shown what is possible on this pitch if batsmen are prepared to apply themselves. "Again there were too many soft dismissals in our innings and we still have a lot of work to do. But we are in with a chance and it will be a big day for us. "The wicket has been tricky to bat on but by no means unplayable. If we can add a further 20 or 30 without losing a wicket it could put the Somerset bowlers under pressure."

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Rosco, a nine-month-old Border Terrier, was taken from outside 82-year-old owner Leonard Ormond's Napier Drive home. Almost two million people visited a Facebook page appealing for the pet's safe return. Mr Ormond's son Gordon said his father was "ecstatic" at the news. He said: "I'm going to pick him up tomorrow, but we don't want to give out his location because we don't want someone else getting him. "But it's confirmed. We got his microchip checked and it is Rosco. "Obviously, it's been a pretty traumatic month." Police issued an appeal to trace two men in a grey Ford Transit van after Rosco was taken from the pensioner's garden on 15 August. Mr Ormond said the response on social media to help find Rosco had been "incredible". He said: "It's amazing really, two million people reached. "We always hoped we would get him back. "Social media has been an active power for good in this case."

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Goth Girl author Chris Riddell says in a letter to Justine Greening that many lack investment and need funding via a central government grant. Supported by eight former children's laureates, Riddell is asking Ms Greening to set out required standards. The government said it was up to schools to spend as they saw fit. In his letter, Riddell, supported by authors such as Michael Morpurgo, Jacqueline Wilson and Quentin Blake, said: " I have seen personally, in my school visits up and down the country, how they promote reading for pleasure and in doing so, turn pupils into avid readers. "I am deeply concerned that this role is not fully appreciated and, worse, is being undermined through lack of economic and intellectual investment. "In recent months two major school library services closed in Dorset and Berkshire, and year after year the School Library Association loses members as school library provision shrinks through lack of funding." He said he had seen how library provision was "wildly inconsistent", with great examples of well-funded and staffed libraries. He said the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Libraries had asked the DfE to gather statistics on school library provision so that the extent of this problem could be understood, but this had not yet happened. Riddell also said: "While schools face insidious pressure on budgets and staff, things cannot change. "That is why, with the backing of my fellow laureates, I am now calling on Justine Greening and the Department of Education to act on the all-party group's request and then set out clear standards of library provision, and put into place the necessary funding." This way, every school would have a library service it could be proud of, with books to borrow and, wherever possible, a school librarian to help children choose, he said. A Department for Education official said reading was a key part of a child's education and ultimately helped them to reach their full potential. "That's why we've strengthened the curriculum to focus on developing their reading and writing skills, and teaching phonics helps children acquire the basic building blocks of reading," the official said. "We want all children to have the opportunity to read widely - school libraries play a role in this, and schools are responsible for deciding how to provide this service for their pupils. "This is backed up by a record £40bn schools budget this year, and it is up schools to spend their funding as they see fit."

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