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Metal detectors installed after two Israeli policemen were killed have sparked protests by Palestinians.
It remains unclear if the metal detectors will be removed.
Tensions over the site, known to Muslims as Haram al-Sharif and to Jews as the Temple Mount, have surged in recent days, with further deaths.
The site in Jerusalem's Old City is sacred to both Jews and Muslims. Jews revere it as the location of two Biblical Temples and holiest site in Judaism. It is also the al-Aqsa mosque compound, the third holiest site in Islam.
The area, in East Jerusalem, has been under Israeli occupation since the 1967 Middle East war.
Israel says that three Israeli Arabs who carried out the 14 July shooting near the compound were able to smuggle guns inside and that metal detectors are needed to stop similar attacks. Police chased the attackers into the site afterwards and shot them dead.
But Palestinians strongly object to the installation of metal detectors. They see it as a move by Israel to assert more control over the sacred site and as a violation of longstanding access arrangements.
Many Palestinians have prayed in the streets instead of going through the metal detectors.
What makes Jerusalem so holy?
Three Palestinians were killed in clashes with Israeli security forces on Friday as thousands protested in East Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank. They were Mohammad Abu Ghannam, 19; Muhammad Sharaf, 19; and Mohammad Lafi, 18, according to the Palestinian health ministry.
Later three Israeli civilians were stabbed to death at a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank by a Palestinian who entered a home.
They were Yosef Salomon 70, and his daughter Chaya, 46, and son Elad, 36, according to Israeli officials. Mr Saloman's wife, Tova, was injured but survived.
At least one Palestinian also died during clashes on Saturday, according to the Palestinian health ministry. It identified him as 17-year-old Oday Nawajaa.
Some Israeli ministers have said that the 19-year-old assailant responsible for Friday's knife attack should receive the death penalty, a sentencing option that remains available in Israel's military courts but has not been used since 1962.
There has been speculation that they are meant to replace the metal detectors, but Israeli security sources have been quoted as saying that is not the case.
Palestinian officials are yet to react to their installation.
It is difficult to say but some senior officials from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government have suggested they will.
"They will remain. The murderers will never tell us how to search the murderers," regional development minister Tzachi Hanegbi told Army Radio.
Yet Major General Yoav Mordechai, a top official, has called on the Muslim world to put forward other suggestions to secure the site.
And Israel's public security minister Gilad Erdan has said that the metal detector checks for all Muslims could eventually be replaced with different measures, including more police officers and security cameras with facial recognition technology.
Analysts say the government does not want to be seen as buckling to Palestinian pressure.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has ordered a freezing of all contact with Israel while the metal detectors remain in place, although it is unclear whether this will extend to security co-operation.
Meanwhile, the Muslim authorities overseeing the Al-Aqsa mosque say they reject any change to the status quo.
Israel insists the measure does not alter the delicate set of arrangements governing the site for the past 50 years.
On Sunday, the Arab League - a regional association of countries - said Israel was "playing with fire" and that "no Arab or Muslim will accept violations" against holy sites in Jerusalem.
Pope Francis, speaking to pilgrims in Vatican City's St Peter's Square on Sunday, said he was "following with trepidation the grave tension and violence of recent days in Jerusalem" and called for moderation and dialogue.
The White House has said it is "very concerned" about the tensions surrounding the holy site and is reported to be working with Israel and Jordan, which sponsors the Islamic institution which administers the compound, to find a way to defuse the crisis.
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For young Jews, the violent anti-Semitism comes as a shock, and a reminder of the Holocaust 70 years ago.
Here are the views of five young people across Europe, including one who knew Dan Uzan, the 37-year-old man shot dead while guarding Copenhagen's synagogue on 15 February.
It feels weird at the moment - on the one hand I feel very safe, on the other I don't. I've known this would happen for a long time, so it didn't come as a surprise. We've asked for more security from the government several times.
I used to say "Hi" to Dan when I saw him at the synagogue. One of my best friends was Dan's pallbearer - he stands outside as well and it could have been him.
I went to the synagogue for a memorial to Dan and I was afraid. I have an American boyfriend and I think I want to emigrate. I'm not sure I feel safe enough to raise children here.
It means a lot to see my countrymen rallying around us, especially at the memorial. But all the racism scares me. You see so much abuse towards Muslims: why wouldn't they say it to Jews?
If you know enough about Jewish history, then you know it's not safe to be a Jew in Europe right now.
You can see it slowly coming. It was the same before the Second World War - the anti-Semitism just grows and grows.
I can feel it coming. I don't want to die in Auschwitz.
It's no easy task being a French Jew at the moment. We're always being asked whether there is a future for Jews here. I think there is.
I'm not living in fear but when I go to a kosher supermarket, I can't stop myself thinking it is a target.
Anti-Semitism has risen every year - and the French people realise more and more that it has grown. The president supported us and said that France would not be France without the Jews. I couldn't agree more.
Some Jews want to leave to Israel and I'm okay with that. But I won't move to Israel because of fear. I think if someone needs to leave France, it's not the Jews - it's the haters.
Being a Jew in Eastern Europe is different from elsewhere: I always have to make a good impression because I am the only Jew that most people know.
When I go out, I can't wear my kippah (skullcap) or a Star of David t-shirt. When I wear those, I feel that I am not a member of Hungarian society.
I believe in change and that in my lifetime we will change people's thinking. I don't want to be afraid to be a Hungarian Jew. I don't want to go and live in Israel, I want to stay and live here.
However, Hungary's second biggest political party, Jobbik, is anti-Semitic and a very big problem. There was a similar situation before the Second World War. We have to do something. I don't want to believe it will be the same.
I think being a young Jew in London hasn't changed visibly after these attacks. I've always felt safe and part of a thriving intellectual community. Receiving the news about the attacks is shocking, upsetting and scary but doesn't change this.
I have thought about being attacked, and so have my friends in the community. But these attacks are rare. Until we see evidence that it could happen here, I don't want to spread the panic.
My dad and his family left Iraq in the 1970s to seek refuge from terrible persecution, and that's exactly what they've found. These attacks have caused fear and panic, but we still feel safe in Britain.
It's pretty scary to be a Dutch Jew at the moment.
My niece and nephew go to the same Jewish elementary school as I did - there are now soldiers standing outside with guns.
Whenever I'm with my Jewish friends, we talk about security and threats; a few years ago we would never do that. I'm not saying people should be afraid because stopping living your life is how the terrorists win.
I don't see a clear way of stopping these attacks - I can't say if we do this or that then in 10 years it will all be fine. So I think my children will be scared as well.
But I still feel safe to be Jewish here; I don't think people should leave Europe for Israel. I feel much more Dutch and European than Israeli. This is my home.
Life for German Jews hasn't changed, but being a Jew in Germany already makes my everyday life very different.
The attacks were scary but I went to a Jewish high school and synagogue. There have been police in front of them for a long time.
I am a full part of German society. Most of my friends aren't Jewish, but still it is impossible to wear a kippah outside.
I do think twice before I tell somebody that I am Jewish - I know that sometimes you have to keep it to yourself.
I experience anti-Semitism - words like "dirty Jew".
Once I was out with my school and singing to commemorate victims of the Holocaust. Students from another school started throwing coins and then attacked us.
It's only happened a few times and people often step in. The government helps by speaking out a lot.
There is also a new type of anti-Semitism, mostly informed by people's views of Israel, even though most Jews are not necessarily Israeli. A lot of this comes from Muslim immigrants.
I believe we can co-exist but radicalism is challenging this. Even if an attack happened here, it would still take a lot for me to leave. I feel at home here.
The inquiry sat for more than a year between 2010 and 2011, taking evidence from more than 160 witnesses over 139 days.
More than a million pages of evidence were submitted.
What did the report say?
The report argued for "fundamental change" in the culture of the NHS to make sure patients were put first.
It said the trust management ignored patients' complaints and local GPs and MPs also failed to speak up for them.
The local primary care trust and regional health authority were too quick to trust the hospital's management and national regulators were not challenging enough, the report said.
The Royal College of Nursing was accused of not doing enough to support nurses who were trying to raise concerns.
Meanwhile, the Department of Health was criticised for being too "remote" and embarking on "counterproductive" reorganisations.
The report recommended making it a criminal offence to hide information about poor care, introducing laws to oblige doctors to be open with patients about mistakes, a code of conduct for senior managers and an increased focus on compassion in the recruitment, training and education of nurses.
What happened at Stafford Hospital?
Data shows there were between 400 and 1,200 more deaths than would have been expected.
It is impossible to say all of these patients would have survived if they had received better treatment.
But it is clear many were let down by a culture that put cost-cutting and target-chasing ahead of the quality of care.
Examples included patients being so thirsty that they had to drink water from vases and receptionists left to decide which patients to treat in A&E.
Nurses were not trained properly to use vital equipment, while inexperienced doctors were put in charge of critically ill patients.
Some patients needing pain relief either got it late or not at all, leaving them crying out for help, and there were cases where food and drinks were left out of reach.
The failings have led to scores of legal challenges from the families of patients.
What has happened to the individuals involved?
The senior managers in charge during the years in question have now left the trust. When the scale of the failings emerged, the chief executive, Martin Yeates, resigned.
The chairman of the trust, Toni Brisby, left soon afterwards.
The two people who filled the post of director of nursing during the period - Jan Harry and Helen Moss - have also left the trust.
They have both been criticised for their roles. Mrs Harry was eventually suspended by the Nursing and Midwifery Council for her role. She then retired from the profession.
Officials further up the NHS system have also been implicated. Cynthia Bower was head, from 2006 to 2008, of the West Midlands Health Authority, which oversaw the trust. She left to become head of the Care Quality Commission, the regulator which replaced the Healthcare Commission. She left that post last year amid criticism of the regulator's performance.
She told the public inquiry she was sorry for failing to spot the problems. Concerns had been brought to her attention in 2007 but after an investigation it was decided there were no systematic problems.
NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has also come in for criticism. Sir David was head of the health authority before Ms Bower. In his evidence to the inquiry he said he did not think Stafford represented a systematic failure as it had been the only case uncovered on such a scale.
Tom Kark QC, the counsel to the inquiry, described that as "naive" and "dangerous".
This was not the first inquiry, is it?
No. There have actually been five major investigations. The scandal first came to national prominence following the publication of a report by the Healthcare Commission in March 2009.
The regulator criticised the hospital for its "appalling" standards.
The investigation was prompted by complaints and statistics showing more people were dying than would be expected.
The publication of the report prompted the government to launch other inquiries, one of which was an independent inquiry chaired by Robert Francis QC.
The findings were published in February 2010 and detailed the "unimaginable" distress and suffering of patients between 2005 and 2008.
But the inquiry, held in private, was criticised by relatives of patients for being too narrow as it did not look at whether the wider NHS system had been culpable.
In opposition, the Tories had promised a full public inquiry. A month after the coalition was formed, David Cameron announced it would take place.
So how was this one different?
In recognition that the harrowing stories of what happened at Stafford Hospital had already been covered, the public inquiry was charged with looking at how the lapses could have been allowed to take place and why they were not picked up earlier.
Mr Francis was once again asked to chair the inquiry.
His remit included the commissioning, supervision and regulation of the hospital.
This means the role of senior management at the hospital, the local and regional NHS bodies responsible for it and the national organisations in charge of overseeing them.
Despite the extensive investigations already carried out several key questions still remained unanswered.
Why wasn't the alarm raised earlier? How did the trust manage to become a foundation trust - an elite status which requires sign-off from ministers and a regulator? Could this happen again?
The inquiry attempted to answer these questions and now the government is responding to its recommendations.
The second stage of Plasdwr - a 900-acre site bordering Fairwater, St Fagans, Danescourt and Radyr - was approved for land south of Pentrebane Road.
It comes after plans for the first 630 homes bordering Llantrisant Road were given the go-ahead in February.
Redrow Homes said work on the first phase is due to start this summer.
Bernard Jenkin claimed the government watered down the Trade Union Bill to ensure union support in its campaign to keep Britain in the EU.
Mr Jenkin told MPs "this stinks" like "cash for questions" and showed the government was at the "rotten heart of the European Union".
But Business Minister Nick Boles said his claims were "not right".
He told Mr Jenkin, who is a leading figure in the Vote Leave campaign, that "not every compromise is a conspiracy".
Mr Jenkin made his comments in the Commons on the day the Guardian published an article jointly written by Prime Minister David Cameron and the former TUC general secretary Sir Brendan Barber.
In it, they say that "very special circumstances" have brought them together, adding that despite their political differences they are "united in our conviction that Britain - and Britain's workers - will be better off in a reformed Europe than out on our own".
Last week the government backed down over plans to end the right of workers to pay union subscriptions by deducting them from their wages.
MPs approved concessions to the Trade Union Bill on Wednesday following a series of defeats over the plans in the House of Lords. They included a climb-down on attempts to force all union members to "opt-in" to paying a political levy - which will now only apply to new members.
Mr Jenkin told MPs in the Commons: "Yesterday, the ministers' concession was wholly unexpected."
He questioned whether the changes were linked to reported claims that unions could donate up to £1.7m to the "Labour In for Britain" campaign to remain in the European Union.
Mr Jenkin said: "It has been confirmed to me through more than two independent sources that No 10 instructed these concessions to be made after the discussions with trade union representatives.
"This being true would amount to the sale of government policy for cash and political favours."
He went on: "This stinks, this reeks of the same as cash for questions. This shows this government really is at the rotten heart of the European Union."
But Mr Boles said the Cabinet Office had advised him there was no breach of the ministerial code and nothing for the prime minister's adviser on ministerial interests to investigate.
Mr Boles said it was "customary" for ministers to have regular discussions with shadow ministers to discuss possible compromises that would secure the passage of a Bill.
"The Trade Union Bill is now in ping pong and, as is customary at such times, ministers have held regular discussions with shadow ministers to discuss possible compromises that would secure passage of the Bill and delivery of the commitments made in the Conservative Party's manifesto," the business minister said.
Mr Boles also said that the TUC, GMB Unite and Unison had declared their support for remaining in the European Union before concessions were offered.
He added that major opposition from peers, including prominent Conservatives, had encouraged the government to make concessions.
The exercise took place in recent days in the Bohai Sea, near the Korean peninsula, said the ministry.
Ten vessels and 10 aircraft engaged in air-to-air, air-to-sea and sea-to-air combat drills, state media reported.
The exercise comes as concerns grow over China's increasing military presence in the South China Sea.
Several countries have overlapping territorial claims with China in the region, but no country other than China claims the Bohai Sea.
According to a statement released by the ministry, the exercise tested weapon performance and training levels.
State broadcaster CCTV showed images of fighter jets taking off from the Soviet-built Liaoning aircraft carrier, firing missiles and destroying a target at sea.
China announced the Liaoning was ready to engage in combat last month, marking a milestone for a navy that has invested heavily in its ability to project power around the region.
But China is still years away from perfecting carrier operations similar to those the United States has practiced for decades, according to Reuters.
The exercise comes the day after the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) released new photographs it said showed "significant" Chinese military defences on artificial islands China has built in the South China Sea.
China has repeatedly denied it is militarising its controversial developments in the region. On Thursday, the defence ministry said the deployment of military equipment was "legitimate and lawful".
A statement said: "Zayn has been signed off with stress and is flying back to the UK to recuperate.
"The band wish him well and will continue with their performances in Manila and Jakarta."
On Wednesday the singer declared his love for his fiancee, Little Mix star Perrie Edwards, after photos emerged of him with his arm around another woman.
The picture, which has been widely shared and published online, shows Malik with his arm around the bare stomach of a woman in a cropped top.
A second photo, taken from behind, shows Malik standing close to the woman. Their hands and arms look like they're linked.
Malik told his Twitter followers on Wednesday: "I'm 22 years old ... I love a girl named Perrie Edwards. And there's a lot of jealous [people] in this world I'm sorry for what it looks like x."
Zayn Malik along with Louis Tomlinson had faced losing more than £3,000 each if they were caught using, or promoting, illegal drugs in Manila.
The pair were asked to post bonds of 200,000 pesos each for a special work permit, ahead of two concerts in the Philippine capital this weekend.
It's after a video appeared last year of them both smoking what they called "a joint" in Peru.
Possession of a small amount of cannabis is not illegal there.
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Evidence has been unearthed in Horsford including artefacts such as pottery, flint and a complete spindle wheel.
Oxford Archaeology East said the network of fields was separated by post holes rather than ditches, which makes it surprising.
A spokesman said it was of "potentially national significance".
Project manager Tom Phillips said the settlement, dating from between 1500-1200 BC, was made up of a "large rectangular ditched enclosure" and about eight to ten roundhouses.
But there was also a network of post hole alignments - rows of closely spaced posts - dividing fields.
Mr Phillips said: "This is very unusual, we have no parallels for how it looks."
He said that while much of southern England was divided into field systems at that time, they had ditched boundaries. Post hole boundaries were unusual because they were not as practical.
He said other experts would now be consulted to see if there were similar examples and to establish why they might have been used.
"It is possible that it was an important settlement where people met and they needed to make it look more visually impressive and show they could generate the labour needed to create such an environment," he said.
The discovery was made close to where the Norwich Northern Distributor Road (NDR) will run.
Norfolk County Council's historic environment manager David Gurney, said: "Such Bronze Age settlement evidence is always difficult to find so the NDR excavation results will be of regional and national significance."
The council said the excavation of the NDR route was programmed as part of the project so the find will not cause delays.
Alvarez, 25, stopped Briton Amir Khan in the sixth round of their Las Vegas bout on 7 May to retain the title.
The WBC had given Alvarez a deadline of 22 May to begin negotiations with WBA and IBF champion Golovkin or face being stripped of his title.
But Alvarez says he will now target a fight against the unbeaten Kazakhstani.
"I'm hopeful that by putting aside this ticking clock, the two teams can now negotiate this fight," said Alvarez.
Alvarez, whose only professional defeat came against Floyd Mayweather in 2013, added that he had instructed his promoter to "finalise a deal as quickly as possible".
Golovkin, 34, who now holds three of the four major middleweight crowns, has won 32 of his 35 fights by knockout in an undefeated career, and was invited into the ring after Alvarez's win over Khan.
"I will fight 'GGG' and I will beat 'GGG' but I will not be forced into the ring by artificial deadlines," said Alvarez.
He will be in France to watch the Northern Ireland game and the Republic of Ireland play Italy on Wednesday.
Northern Ireland could qualify for the next round with a draw.
Mr McGuinness said it was "an opportunity to reach out the hand of friendship".
He told Good Morning Ulster that while he did not know the words to fan-favourite chant 'Will Grigg's On Fire', he was confident of getting a good response from Northern Ireland fans.
"I just met a large group of fans here at the airport from the Northern Ireland fans club, and they were all looking photographs," he said.
"So, if that's a barometer of where people's thoughts are at, it should be grand."
"I do believe that sport has a unifying effect," he added.
"The reports back from France have clearly shown that the fans of both Irish teams have been very, very well appreciated and well received.
"Also the fact that they have come together whenever they meet each other on the street, it's very heartwarming that people appreciate how unifying sport can be for all of us."
Mr McGuinness also said that while he had been to Windsor Park for football matches he had never seen Northern Ireland.
"As a very keen sports fan and soccer fan, I am looking forward to these games.
"It's tantalising given Michael O'Neill's team are playing against Germany, the world champions, and Italy, who were described as no-hopers before the competition, have now developed into one of the favourites."
The party insists its failure to report six figure sums it spent on trying to win three by-elections and the general election was an "administrative error".
The Electoral Commission said there was a "realistic prospect" the money had given the party an advantage.
The Metropolitan Police is now looking at the evidence to see if the reporting omissions were deliberate.
The party broke spending rules by moving campaigners and staff from its national headquarters to boost local party efforts and not properly declaring their hotel bills and expenses.
The investigation, which followed Channel 4 News' investigation, found:
The successful Conservative campaign in South Thanet to see off a challenge by then UKIP leader Nigel Farage at the 2015 general election was among those criticised in the commission's report.
The Electoral Commission found the Conservative Party also failed to correctly report all expenditure on a national battlebus campaign, which helped David Cameron win a majority at the general election.
It has referred a possible criminal offence - of whether Simon Day, the Conservative Party's registered treasurer until April 2016, "knowingly or recklessly made a false declaration" - to the Metropolitan Police.
Labour and the Lib Dems have previously been fined for breaking election spending rules prompting the Electoral Commission to warn that "there is a risk that some political parties might come to view the payment of these fines as a cost of doing business".
Speaking at a charity event in London on Thursday evening, Mr Cameron said he had won the general election "fairly and squarely", and that he was happy with a statement made earlier by Conservative head office.
The Conservatives said "there needs to be a review of how the Electoral Commission's processes and requirements could be clarified or improved".
Seventy thousand pounds is a lot of money, but in the context of a political campaign where millions of pounds are spent, it's not exactly going to break the Tories' bank. But the political cost of what might happen next is much higher.
Thirteen police forces are now looking at whether the mistakes made might constitute criminal offences. If that was to happen, there could be by-elections in seats around the country, that could seriously affect the PM's unhealthily slim majority in Parliament.
And the whiff of financial wrong-doing is an odour no political party wants. But how likely is that actually to happen?
Senior Tory sources tell me they think it's unlikely the mistakes, and there were plenty of them, will reach the hurdle for the prosecution. The CPS has to believe there is a good chance of a successful conviction, and while this is speculation, senior Tories don't believe in most of the cases that's likely.
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Q&A: Conservative election expenses row
The Commission's chief executive Claire Bassett told BBC Radio 5 live the investigation had taken much longer than necessary because of "some difficulties" in getting information from the Conservative Party.
She added that having had to get a court order to get information was "very disappointing".
Electoral Commission chairman Sir John Holmes said: "Our investigation uncovered numerous failures by a large, well-resourced and experienced party to ensure that accurate records of spending were maintained and that all of the party's spending was reported correctly."
He added that failure to follow the rules "undermines voters' confidence in our democratic processes".
But senior Conservative MP Oliver Letwin said that spending record "mistakes" were probably down to "human error".
"I don't think you should conclude from this that there is some great conspiracy," he told BBC Radio 4 Today's programme.
The Electoral Commission's investigation covered the national party rather than spending by individual candidates, which local police forces have been looking into.
Twelve police forces have asked the Crown Prosecution Service to consider charges over election expenses.
BBC Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg said that if prosecutions go ahead "we could be looking at by-elections".
In response to the Electoral Commission report, a Conservative spokesman said it had "complied fully... and will pay the fines".
"This investigation and these fines relate to national spending by CCHQ, and the Conservative Party's national spending return for the 2015 general election.
"As we have consistently said, the local agents of Conservative candidates correctly declared all local spending in the 2015 general election.
"CCHQ accepted in March 2016 that it had made an administrative error by not declaring a small amount constituting 0.6% of our national spending in the 2015 election campaign.
"Political parties of all colours have made reporting mistakes from time to time... this is the first time the Conservative Party has been fined for a reporting error.
"We regret that and will continue to keep our internal processes under review to ensure this does not happen again.
"Given the range of technical errors made by a number of political parties and campaign groups, there also needs to be a review of how the Electoral Commission's processes and requirements could be clarified or improved."
UKIP's chairman Paul Oakden said: "As UKIP has always said, the laws are in place in order to ensure that big and wealthy political parties cannot buy British politics."
The Ipsos MORI survey of nearly 1,800 people for the Health Foundation think tank found 85% thought the NHS should be protected from cuts - significantly more than other public services.
When presented with a range of options setting out how that could be achieved, 59% said they supported tax rises.
There was also some support for fining people for missing appointments.
But only 16% were in favour of charging for services, such as a £10 fee for GP appointments.
Funding of the NHS is already proving to be a major theme of the election campaign. The Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats, UKIP and Greens have all promised extra funds for the health service.
This issue includes NHS funding, GP access and social care, particularly of older people.
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Richard Taunt, the Health Foundation's director of policy, said: "It's clear the public think the government should continue to support the principles of our NHS and want to see it protected from spending cuts."
But he said that would "inevitably involve some difficult decisions".
This was reflected by the fact that, while 85% said the NHS should be tax-funded, free at the point of use and providing comprehensive care, only 63% thought it would continue to be free by 2020.
Nearly one in three thought care had got worse in the past six months, but 51% said it had not really changed and 11% thought it had got better.
Opinion was divided over the use of the private sector, with 30% saying private sector involvement would make the health service better, 33% worse and 34% stay the same.
Katherine Murphy, chief executive of the Patients Association, said: "The underlying message is that the public want the NHS to continue to be protected by government, remain tax-funded and free for everyone - and with this the Patients Association agrees."
Separately, Dr Mark Porter, head of the British Medical Association, t told the Guardian whichever new government is formed after the general election will face a temptation to introduce charges and may not be deterred by the unpopularity of such a move.
"I think they will be tempted. They said in 1950 that a Labour government wouldn't introduce charging and it did," he said.
Dr Porter also said any future government "must resist" moves to introduce charges.
Republic boss Martin O'Neill has a major selection headache with first-choice central defensive pairing, Shane Duffy and Ciaran Clark, both already ruled out.
Midfielders Harry Arter and Wes Hoolahan are both out injured too.
Burnley wide player Robbie Brady is suspended.
As he took Monday's training session, O'Neill had his fingers crossed crossed over a series of other concerns.
His captain, Everton right-back Seamus Coleman, and Aberdeen midfielder Jonny Hayes were both nursing ankle problems, but are expected to be fit.
News of Daryl Murphy was not so encouraging for the Irish. The Newcastle striker was due to have a scan on a calf problem in Dublin.
Everton midfielder James McCarthy, who has missed his club's last two games with a hamstring injury, was due to meet up later on Monday, as was Colorado Rapids striker Kevin Doyle.
Ireland are unbeaten and top Group D with 10 points from their opening four qualifiers, while Chris Coleman's Wales are four points behind in third.
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But a range of new technologies are helping to make the process less arduous and more productive.
And with UK business trip expenditure expected to top $42bn (£25bn; 31bn euros) by the end of 2014, according to the Global Business Travel Association, productivity on the road is becoming a business essential.
This requires seamless connectivity wherever you are in the world.
In reality, travellers have to navigate a multitude of hotspot "providers, prices and passwords adding to the complexity", says Evan Kaplan, chief executive of wi-fi service provider, iPass.
As a result, European companies waste at least £2.4bn a year in unmanaged connectivity costs, he says. And 53% of travellers feel the wi-fi services currently available at airports are pretty poor.
The iPass solution is to act as a "hotspot aggregator", whereby a single log-in gives users automatic access to more than 150 network operators across 2.7 million hotspots around the world.
"Through these agreements, iPass can enable its subscribers to roam seamlessly onto any of its partner networks," says Mr Kaplan. "[It is] simpler to navigate, and more cost-effective."
The company claims its service can cut data roaming costs by 50% to 73%.
Several airlines are beginning to introduce in-flight wi-fi as well, enabling long-haul passengers to stay connected and productive.
Connectivity is one issue for the business traveller, a feeling of anonymity is another.
So some travel companies are using technology to personalise their services.
For example, travellers using Virgin Atlantic in May and June may have been surprised by a new service being trialled by the airline.
It installed Apple iBeacons at its Heathrow airport lounge in an attempt to personalise the pre-flight experience.
These transmitters use low-energy Bluetooth technology to notify passers-by of nearby services, discounts and flight schedule updates, via their Apple smart devices.
"We could use the passenger's location to help direct them to the lounge or gate area," says Tim Graham, Virgin Atlantic's technology innovation and development manager.
"Or we could link back to their preferences or previous behaviour to provide them with a unique service or offer."
Furthermore, the airline could use iBeacons to identify an approaching passenger so an agent could "greet them in a more personal way", he says.
"Many of these passengers travel a lot, so anything we can do using technology to make their journey that bit more memorable is key," adds Mr Graham.
How else is technology helping to make business travel more economic and efficient?
According to Geraldine Calpin, senior vice president and global head of digital at Hilton Worldwide, her hotels are "putting innovation and digital tools at the forefront of what we do, in order to stay ahead of the game".
The aim, she says, is to empower guests through their entire journey, "from booking to check-in to departure".
Hilton's Conrad Concierge service for customers of its luxury Conrad Hotels & Resorts brand, can check in online up to 48 hours in advance using a dedicated app.
They can also order room service at a moment's notice, book a room for a business meeting, or even order extra towels.
Hilton is also trialling Google Business Photos - a spin-off from Street View - which allows businesses to take 360-degree virtual tours of a hotel's facilities before booking.
Douglas Rice, chief executive of the trade group Hotel Technology Next Generation, says that hotels are experimenting in other ways, too.
Some are trialling "location services that can alert them, for example, when an arriving guest has landed at the airport or gotten to within a mile of the hotel".
And chains like Starwood have piloted "mobile locking", whereby travellers can check in and open their rooms with their mobile phones.
Anything that makes the registration process easier has to be welcome.
Technology can also help business travellers with the perennial annoyance of losing bags in transit.
According to the industry technology provider SITA, about seven bags per 1,000 passengers went missing in 2013.
Today's tracking systems rely on barcode technology that is printed on a tag and stuck to the bag.
But airports, such as Hong Kong International, Italy's Milano Malpensa, and Denmark's Aalborg International, have introduced radio-frequency identification technology (RFID) to make the process more accurate.
"Put simply, RFID chips react to radio frequencies and return their own 'signature'," explains Carlo Gagliardi, co-lead of PwC's digital practice.
"The chip can be located some distance from the reader, while a normal barcode needs the reader to be close to the barcode itself."
RFID systems have achieved "read rates" of 99% in some cases - but the chips need to get smaller and cheaper if they're to become widespread, Mr Gagliardi admits.
There is an elephant in the room, however, and its name is video-conferencing.
This technology theoretically removes the need for business people to travel at all, potentially saving billions in costs and drastically reducing companies' carbon footprints.
Free online video, voice and text services from the likes of Skype would seem to make the business case compelling.
But Tudor Aw, partner and technology sector head at KPMG, says video-conferencing just has not taken off in the way that many people predicted.
"High-grade video-conferencing facilities are still relatively expensive to install and many organisations understandably do not want to go with cheap or low-quality alternatives for important meetings," he says.
Hotel Technology Next Generation's Mr Rice adds that, while the internet certainly has had an impact, it has not reduced "the need, or the desire, to meet people face-to-face".
So while traditional business methods persist - and the real world trumps the virtual - people will continue to travel.
At least there are some technologies around helping to make this sometimes arduous process more seamless, friendly and productive.
"I cannot imagine that Congress would dare leave Washington without a beautiful new Healthcare bill fully approved and ready to go!" he tweeted.
But lawmakers remain split on passing a measure to overhaul former President Barack Obama's signature health law.
Mr Trump vowed to repeal the law, known as Obamacare, during his 2016 campaign.
Arizona Senator John McCain told CBS programme Face the Nation on Sunday that he believes the Republican bill is "probably going to be dead".
But the Trump administration adopted an optimistic tone.
White House chief of staff Reince Priebus told Fox News Sunday the president expected the Senate to approve a healthcare bill either before the start of lawmakers' August recess "or maybe a little bit into" the summer break.
Congress returned to Washington on Monday as a new survey highlighted the number of Americans without health insurance has grown by some two million this year, according to the Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index.
The Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017, which would roll back parts of the 2010 Affordable Care Act and cut the tax increases that fund it, has faced mounting challenges.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced late last month lawmakers would delay a vote on the measure until after the 4 July holiday recess.
Liberal groups held protests to express their frustrations over the bill while lawmakers were home for the bank holiday last week.
Eight Republican senators had announced they would oppose the bill and the party can only afford to lose two votes to pass it in the upper chamber.
A version of the bill passed in the House of Representatives in May after facing a similar delay.
Hardline conservatives like Ted Cruz and Rand Paul have said they will not support the legislation, arguing the measure does not go far enough to dismantle the law, while moderate Republicans say the bill will harm some of their vulnerable constituents.
The non-partisan Congressional Budgetary Office (CBO) found the bill would strip 22 million Americans of health insurance over the next decade.
The 142-page Senate draft phases out the expansion of Medicaid, a government health programme for low-income Americans, and imposes deep cuts to the policy.
The bill also gives states more latitude in requiring insurers to provide essential health benefits guaranteed under Obamacare, including emergency and maternity care and mental health services.
More than 20 million people gained healthcare coverage under Obamacare.
Senator Cruz has proposed an amendment that would allow health insurers to sell cheaper, basic plans as long as at least one complies with Obamacare regulations, providing a loophole to the requirement that insurance companies charge sick and healthy consumers at the same rate.
Mr Cruz and other conservatives argue it will help lower premiums for healthy Americans, but opponents say it strips protections for sick people and those with pre-existing conditions.
A version of the bill with the Cruz amendment is being scored by the CBO.
The attack happened in the London Road South area of Lowestoft, Suffolk.
Anthony Riley, 25, from Raglan Street has been charged with conspiring to apply a corrosive fluid with intent and is due to appear in court on Friday.
Another man has already been charged with throwing a corrosive fluid with intent to disfigure.
Mr Riley will appear at Ipswich Magistrates' Court in connection with the incident on 14 August.
Leon Thompson, 38, of Alma Road, Lowestoft, is due to appear at Ipswich Crown Court on Friday and has yet to enter a plea.
If a simple majority votes in favour, as is expected, Ms Rousseff will be automatically suspended from office.
Ms Rousseff made a last-ditch appeal to the Supreme Court to stop proceedings, but the move was rejected.
The president is accused of illegally manipulating finances to hide a growing public deficit ahead of her re-election in 2014, which she denies.
Wednesday's debate started an hour late. Of the first 12 senators to speak, only one argued against an impeachment trial.
Senator Telmario Mota of the Democratic Workers' Party said that "this impeachment was born of revenge, hatred and revenge".
He also argued that Brazil's Congress was less popular than President Rousseff "and yet she will have to pay the price".
"What a country is this?" he asked.
Before him, 11 senators said they would vote for the impeachment trial.
They included former football player Romario, who is now a senator for the Brazilian Socialist Party, who said the country was going through "a very serious crisis".
One of the most passionate speakers in favour of the impeachment trial was Magno Malta of the Party of the Republic.
He compared the government of Ms Rousseff to "gangrene" which needed to be removed to make Brazil healthy again.
But the atmosphere in the upper house is a far cry from the packed lower house session on 17 April.
Many seats are empty and senators can be heard chatting amongst themselves while the speeches are going on.
What has been a long, damaging and divisive political process is at a critical moment as the 81 members of the Brazilian Senate prepare to vote on whether or not to subject Dilma Rousseff to a full impeachment trial.
The beleaguered president denies the charges against her - that she illegally concealed the scale of the budget deficit. Brazil's first female leader says that what is really happening, first in the lower house of Congress and now in the Senate, is a judicial coup by her political opponents to remove her from office.
Whatever the real reasons for impeachment, there is no doubt that Ms Rousseff's leftist Workers' Party is deeply unpopular, with Brazil in the middle of an economic crisis and her government embroiled in a huge corruption scandal.
In a recent interview with the BBC, Ms Rousseff appeared to acknowledge that she would be suspended pending an impeachment trial but she said would fight to clear her name and fully intended to resume the final two years of her presidency.
If the vote goes against her, Ms Rousseff will be replaced by Vice-President Michel Temer while the impeachment trial lasts.
She says Mr Temer is a traitor who is taking part in a political coup against her democratically elected government.
Mr Temer was spending Wednesday in meetings with allies, Brazil's O Globo newspaper reported.
If the vote is in favour of an impeachment trial, Ms Rousseff is expected to dismiss her entire Cabinet on Wednesday, governing party Senator Humberto Costa was quoted by Reuters news agency as saying.
That would allow Mr Temer to appoint his own Cabinet when he takes power on Thursday.
Brazil's Attorney General Eduardo Cardozo, the government's top lawyer, said on Tuesday that the Supreme Court should annul impeachment proceedings, arguing that they were politically motivated.
The court rejected the appeal on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Ms Rousseff has promised to fight to the end.
"I will not resign. That never crossed my mind," she said during a speech at a women's rights conference in the capital Brasilia on Tuesday.
The operation on Malala Yousafzai, a campaigner for girls' rights, went well, her father told the BBC.
The attack sparked outrage among many Pakistanis, who gathered in several cities for anti-Taliban protests and held prayers for the girl's recovery.
The militants said they targeted her because she "promoted secularism".
A spokesman for the Islamist militant group, Ehsanullah Ehsan, told BBC Urdu on Tuesday she would not be spared if she survived.
The BBC's Aleem Maqbool in Islamabad says the authorities will now have to consider how to protect the girl.
He says her family never thought about getting security because they just did not think that militants would stoop so low as to target her.
Two other girls were injured in Tuesday's attack, one of whom remained in a critical condition on Wednesday.
Malala Yousafzai came to public attention in 2009 by writing a diary for BBC Urdu about life under Taliban militants who had taken control of the valley.
By M Ilyas KhanBBC News, Islamabad
Even if Malala Yousafzai survives, life is not going to be the same for her and her family. No place in Pakistan is safe for people targeted by militant groups. She may have to live under state security or in asylum abroad. In either case, her life and her ability to campaign for girls' education in north-western Pakistan will be severely limited.
Malala Yousafzai rose to fame because of her innocent but courageous desire to attend school, which translated into a one-girl campaign of resistance when Taliban captured Swat valley in 2009 and ordered girls' schools closed. Several hundred in Swat and neighbouring Bajaur and Mohmand were destroyed. Only a few in urban areas have been rebuilt.
The government's inability to rebuild is matched by its ambivalence towards the Taliban, which has enabled them to carry out acts of sabotage with impunity. The question is, will it change now? The attempt on Malala Yousafzai's life has shocked and angered the nation, and reports from parliament suggest a wider anti-Taliban consensus might be in the works - something Pakistan's fractious politicians have rarely achieved before.
The group captured the Swat Valley in late 2007 and remained in de facto control until they were driven out by Pakistani military forces during an offensive in 2009.
While in power they closed girls' schools, promulgated Islamic law and introduced measures such as banning the playing of music in cars.
Malala Yousafzai's brother, Mubashir Hussain, told the BBC that the militants were "cruel, brutal people" and urged all Pakistanis to condemn them.
Pakistani politicians led by the president and prime minister condemned the shooting, which the US state department has called barbaric and cowardly.
President Asif Ali Zardari said the attack would not shake Pakistan's resolve to fight Islamist militants or the government's determination to support women's education.
Army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani visited Malala in hospital on Wednesday and said the Taliban had "failed to grasp that she is not only an individual, but an icon of courage".
Thousands of people around the world have sent the teenage campaigner messages of support via social media.
Schools in the Swat Valley closed on Wednesday in protest at the attack, and schoolchildren in other parts of the country prayed for the girl's recovery.
Protests were held in Peshawar, Multan and in Malala's hometown of Mingora, and another rally was expected in Lahore.
Late on Tuesday, she was flown from Mingora, where the attack happened, to the city of Peshawar, 150km (95 miles) away, for surgery.
Doctors in Peshawar operated on her for hours before managing to remove the bullet early on Wednesday.
"The operation went well, now she is ok and the swelling is down," her father, Ziaudin Yousafzai, told BBC Pashto.
"Please pray for her, the next 24 to 48 hours are very important. Doctors are saying we don't need to shift her. It's good for her to be here now."
A medically equipped plane had been placed on standby at Peshawar airport as medical experts tried to determine whether she would need further treatment overseas.
Police said they had arrested more than 40 people in the area, but all were later released on bail.
Correspondents say the arrests are part of a routine, and even the police do not believe they have found the attackers.
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Malala Yousafzai earned the admiration of many across Pakistan for her courage in speaking out about life under the rule of Taliban militants, correspondents say.
She was just 11 when she started her diary, two years after the Taliban took over the Swat Valley and ordered girls' schools to close.
Writing under the pen-name Gul Makai for BBC Urdu, she exposed the suffering caused by the militants.
Her identity emerged after the Taliban were driven out of Swat. She later won a national award for bravery and was nominated for an international children's peace award.
Since the Taliban were ejected, there have been isolated militant attacks in Swat but the region has largely remained stable and many of the thousands of people who fled during the Taliban years have returned.
"I don't know where this came from. There is nothing to pardon," Jay Sekulow said.
On Saturday, Mr Trump said he had "complete power" to issue pardons, following reports he had asked advisers about the scope of his authority.
Criminal and congressional inquiries are underway into alleged collusion between Russia and Trump's campaign.
Earlier in the week, the Washington Post reported that Mr Trump had inquired about his ability to pardon himself, family members or aides in connection with special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into claims Russia interfered in the US election.
Mr Trump has reportedly been infuriated that the inquiry has widened to consider his finances and close family.
Presidents have broad abilities to issue pardons and Mr Trump could potentially restrict Mr Mueller's investigation.
His tweet said: "While all agree the U. S. President has the complete power to pardon, why think of that when only crime so far is LEAKS against us. FAKE NEWS."
But Mr Sekulow said they were not looking into the question of pardons.
"We're not researching it, I haven't researched it because it's not an issue we're concerned with or dealing with," he told ABC.
He went on to say whether a president could pardon themselves remains an open question.
"With regard to the issue of a president pardoning himself, there's a big academic discussion going on right now," he added. "From a constitutional, legal perspective you can't dismiss it one way or the other."
A spokesman for the Democratic Party called the reports Mr Trump could pardon himself "extremely disturbing".
US intelligence agencies think Russia tried to help Mr Trump to power. Russia denies this, and the president says there was no collusion.
The new board of Glasgow Clyde College has reversed a decision to take disciplinary action against Susan Walsh.
No reason was given for Ms Walsh's suspension in February.
Last week the Scottish government removed the chairman and board of the college, citing governance failures.
Glasgow Clyde College was formed following the merger of Anniesland, Langside and Cardonald colleges.
Detectives want to speak to Arthur Collins, 25, from Hertfordshire, over the incident which saw 20 people suffer burns inside Mangle E8.
Mr Collins is believed to be the boyfriend of TV personality Ferne McCann. She urged him to go to a police station immediately.
A witness said the attack left two men "unable to see".
Officers believe a dispute between two groups of people resulted in a noxious substance being sprayed directly at two people and hitting others.
Police do not believe the attack was gang related. No arrests have been made.
Ferne McCann appeared in The Only Way Is Essex, I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here and This Morning.
Three other stars of The Only Way Is Essex - Jamie Reed, Jade Lewis and Chloe Meadows - were also reported to be among the hundreds evacuated from the LoveJuice event.
A spokeswoman for Ms McCann said: "Ferne is aware that the police wish to speak to Arthur Collins and the nature of the accusations against him.
"Obviously these are highly shocking and Ferne has co-operated with the police in their inquiries.
"She was not with Arthur on Sunday night, was not at Mangle, and has no direct knowledge of the events that unfolded.
"As much as anybody she wants to know the truth and urges Arthur to co-operate fully with the police and attend a police station immediately."
Emergency services were called to the nightclub in Hackney at 01:10 BST on Monday.
Twelve people were taken to hospital for treatment, while two men aged 24 and 29 have been taken to a specialist burns unit at an Essex hospital.
A 20-year-old woman, who was also injured in the attack, said "they couldn't see".
She said the men were "two black guys, but their faces were turned white because of the acid".
The witness, who asked not to be named, said she had not see any argument or fight in the club but "in the space of two minutes people went from dancing to the acid being thrown".
"I was standing by the bar and then I got hit by something that at first felt like water but then my arms started blistering," she said.
A 25-year-old woman who suffered burns to her foot said people in the "packed" venue suddenly started shouting "go, go, go" and "let's move, let's move".
She said the acid had caused a "red circle" around her toes around the size of a 50p piece, which caused a strong "stinging" pain.
Some witnesses have criticised security saying sufficient searches had not been carried out at the event but the club's owners have not commented.
The company behind the event tweeted it was co-operating with the police investigation.
The 29-year-old, who moved to Pompey on a free transfer from Crawley in June 2014, initially rejoined the Red Devils on a 28-day deal in February.
Former Exeter and Peterborough keeper Jones has made four appearances and kept one clean sheet since returning to the Checkatrade.com Stadium.
Crawley sit 17th in the table after 33 games and host Newport on Tuesday.
The battle in present-day Belgium on 18 June 1815 saw the final defeat of French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, by Allies including the British, led by the Duke of Wellington, and the Prussians.
The university has been obtaining records including books and maps since the end of the battle. It is hosting a public exhibition on 1 May, but prior to that is putting many of its items online for people to see around the world.
In this interactive video, you can take a closer look at some of the exhibits and witness how hundreds of years' worth of records are put on to the internet.
Production by David Keller, John Galliver and John Lawrence.
If you are unable to watch, here is the content included in this interactive video.
Jan Jedrzejewski, 41, of the city, was found unconscious on Keene Street, Lliswerry, at about 23:00 GMT on Thursday and later died in hospital.
Three men and a teenager have been arrested and remain in custody.
Gwent Police has now revealed details of Mr Jedrzejewski's final movements and asked for help from a witness seen on a bike at the time.
The force posted a request for help on Facebook on Sunday.
Supt Glyn Fernquest said Mr Jedrzejewski was last seen in Ladbrokes in Pill at about 19:45 on Thursday, before he left to walk towards Cromwell Road, with officers keen to speak to anyone who saw him between 20:00 and 22:10.
"He was a distinctive man - he was 6ft 2in (187cm), with a stocky build and he was wearing a hi-vis, fluorescent jacket," he said.
"We're particularly interested in speaking to a man seen riding a bike along Cromwell Road, seen opposite the entrance to Keene Street at the time of the incident.
"The man was wearing a dark, possibly black, jacket, blue jeans and a grey or light coloured rucksack on his back. If this is you, please be assured you are not in any trouble. We just need to speak to you. You hold vital information to this inquiry."
Two men aged 18 and a 17-year-old boy were arrested on Friday, with a 43-year-old man arrested on Saturday - all on suspicion of murder.
Barry McNamee's superb pass set up Rory Patterson to strike Derry into the lead in the 10th minute but Keith Treacy levelled 13 minutes minutes.
Lukas Schubert also hit the Pat's woodwork but Derry keeper Gerard Doherty made a series of great saves.
Derry stay third, a point behind Cork City, who have four games in hand.
Fourth-placed Shamrock Rovers are now only three points behind the Candystripes after they defeated Longford Town 2-1 on Friday night.
Despite losing ground to their nearest rivals, Derry boss Kenny Shiels is unlikely to have been overly perturbed by Friday's result.
The manager was forced to start without injured centre-backs Ryan McBride and Aaron Barry which led to call-ups for Harry Monaghan and Conor McDermott.
Monaghan's lack of experience in the centre-back role was clear in the first half as was caught out on a couple of occasions but McDermott produced an impressive full-back display to win his individual battle with former Derry player Mark Timlin.
Patterson's goal came after a brilliant build-up with Schubert, Aaron McEneff and McDermott all involved before McNamee's incisive pass was followed by an accomplished finish.
After Billy Dennehy almost levelled within a minute, Schubert headed against the Pat's woodwork two minutes later in probably the game's turning point.
Pat's were on terms by the 23rd minute as Republic of Ireland international Treacy finished to the net after McEneff conceded possession near halfway.
As Derry lost their way in the remainder of the opening period, goalkeeper Doherty had to make three brilliant saves before half-time to deny two Christy Fagan efforts and a Sean Hoare chance.
The second half was more subdued with the superb Doherty saving a Dennehy effort and Niclas Vemmelund spurning a late headed chance for Derry.
China sees Taiwan as a breakaway province. US policy set in 1979 cut formal relations with Taiwan.
Mr Trump's transition team said he and Tsai Ing-wen noted "close economic, political, and security ties".
The US is Taiwan's most important ally and provides Taiwan with sufficient weaponry to defend itself.
China said it had lodged a "solemn representation" with Washington.
According to the state news agency Xinhua, China urged the US "to cautiously, properly handle Taiwan issue to avoid unnecessary disturbance to Sino-US relations".
Foreign Minister Wang Yi dismissed the call as a "petty trick" by Taiwan, Chinese state media said.
Mr Trump tweeted on Friday that Ms Tsai had called him to congratulate him on winning the US election.
His team said that the US president-elect had also congratulated Ms Tsai on becoming the president of Taiwan last January.
No US president or president-elect has spoken directly to a Taiwanese leader for decades.
Following media reports pointing out the risks of angering China, Mr Trump tweeted: "Interesting how the US sells Taiwan billions of dollars of military equipment but I should not accept a congratulatory call."
The White House has said Mr Trump's conversation does not signal any change in US policy. US media reported that the White House learned of the call only after it had happened.
Mr Trump's spokeswoman said he was "well aware" of US policy towards Taiwan.
Read more: What's behind the China-Taiwan divide?
The split between China and Taiwan goes back to 1949, when the Republic of China (ROC) Kuomintang (KMT) government fled the mainland to Taiwan after being defeated by the communists under Mao Zedong. The KMT held China's seat on the UN Security Council and was, for a while, recognised by many Western nations as the only Chinese government.
But in 1971, the UN switched diplomatic recognition to Beijing. Only a handful of countries now recognise Taiwan's government.
Washington cut formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan in 1979, expressing its support for Beijing's "one country, two systems" concept, which states that Taiwan is part of China.
But despite the cut, the US remains, by far, Taiwan's most important friend, and its only ally.
The Taiwan Relations Act promises to supply Taiwan with defensive weapons. It says that any attack by China on Taiwan would be considered of "grave concern" to the US.
China has hundreds of missiles pointing towards Taiwan, and has threatened to use force if it formally declares independence.
President Tsai, Taiwan's first female leader, led the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to a landslide victory in the January 2016 election.
The DPP has traditionally leaned towards independence from China. President Tsai's administration does not accept the "One China" policy.
Read more: Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan's shy but steely leader
Mr Trump's decision to turn his back on four decades of US protocol on Taiwan and speak directly to a president of Taiwan has stunned policymakers in Beijing.
Since his election last month, they have struggled to understand who is advising Donald Trump on Asia and what his China policy will look like.
This move will turn concern into alarm and anger.
Beijing sees Taiwan as a province. Denying it any of the trappings of an independent state is one of the key priorities of Chinese foreign policy.
Read more from Carrie: The Trump phone call that will stun Beijing
China's reaction is relatively mild. It doesn't want to get off on the wrong foot with Mr Trump. And it sees Mr Trump as an inexperienced politician, so for now it's willing to forgive him and not play this up.
It may also be somewhat reassured by statements from the US that its policy on China and Taiwan has not changed. But behind the scenes it's safe to say China is working hard to "educate" the Trump team on not repeating such diplomatic faux pas.
This move by Taiwan's President Tsai will further infuriate Beijing and make it distrust her even more and see her as favouring Taiwan's formal independence from China.
Two Nepali women, aged 30 and 50 working as maids at his home near the capital Delhi, say they were starved and sexually abused by him and other Saudi nationals.
The women returned to Nepal on Thursday.
The Saudi embassy has denied the charges. The official has diplomatic immunity and is in the embassy.
Police have registered a case of rape, sodomy and illegal confinement against the official, without naming him.
On Thursday India's foreign ministry called in Ambassador Saud Mohammed Alsati and sought his embassy's cooperation "in the case of 2 Nepali citizens", spokesman Vikas Swarup tweeted.
The alleged abuse to which they were subjected took place over several months at the apartment in Gurgaon, south of Delhi.
The women were rescued from the house on Monday after a tip-off from an NGO.
"We thought we would die there," one of the alleged victims told the AFP news agency.
"The apartment was on the 10th and 12th floor, there was no way we could run. We were abused every day."
Meanwhile, women rights activists have protested outside the Saudi embassy in Delhi demanding the arrest of the accused diplomat.
Indian media reports say that the allegations have led to a "diplomatic crisis" between India and Saudi Arabia.
"The case has put Indian diplomacy in the spotlight as the victim and the accused are of different nationalities," The Hindu newspaper reported.
"Nepal has a special relationship with India...On the other hand, the government would rather not strain ties with Saudi Arabia where three million Indians live and work. Saudi Arabia has been India's largest provider of oil since 2001," the newspaper said.
Thousands of men and women from Nepal, one of the world's poorest countries, travel to India and other Asian and Arab states every year to seek work as domestic servants and labourers.
Nepal ambassador Deep Kumar Upadhyay told the BBC that they had no idea that a Saudi diplomat was involved when they set out to rescue the two women, adding that they were now seeking a diplomatic solution to the issue.
The Grade II* listed building, on the corner of Leece Street and Berry Street, was damaged in a 1941 air raid.
A survey found St Luke's Church needed to be made safe following damage caused by winter storms last year.
Liverpool City Council approved further phases to be completed by November subject to a funding grant to ensure repairs are "cost effective".
It would also prevent disruption to events that would be held in the church.
The council is awaiting final approval for a £350,000 grant from Historic England.
The first £150,000 phase to repair crumbling stonework, currently being held up by metal supports, is under way.
Full restoration work valued at £500,000 includes work to the tower, masonry, low-level stonework, a roof to be put on to the church tower and decorative stonework.
The council - who will retain freehold of the site - is expected to appoint an operator to run the venue in the summer.
The decision by the California Labor Commission means the driver must be awarded more than $4,000 (£2,544) of expenses for the period she worked.
If applied more widely it could mean extra costs such as social security and unemployment insurance.
But Uber emphasised the ruling only applied to this one driver.
In a statement, it said a previous ruling in California and other rulings in five other US states came to the opposite view, that drivers are contractors.
"It's important to remember that the number one reason drivers choose to use Uber is because they have complete flexibility and control.
"The majority of them can and do choose to earn their living from multiple sources, including other ride sharing companies."
The company is now appealing against the award of more than $4,000 (£2,544) in expenses to the San Francisco former Uber driver, Barbara Ann Berwick.
That money is Ms Berwick's "reimbursable business expenses", according to the ruling, including tolls, parking citations, legal fees, interest and mileage.
Uber considers its drivers independent contractors and the drivers pay for their own cars, insurance, gas, tolls and general costs of operating. Drivers are paid 80% of each fare.
The California Labor Commission ruled that Uber is not just enabling the service between drivers and passengers but is "involved in every aspect of the operation".
The commission said Uber would not exist without drivers like Ms Berwick, and that the company depends on the drivers' work.
Uber had been arguing that is a "software platform" that simply "matches customer demand with supply".
The app-based taxi firm has become one of the world's most valuable start-up companies, operating in more than 50 countries and worth an estimated $50bn.
It is believed developer Stanhope PLC is considering pulling out of the scheme to create new shops, restaurants and a bus station.
Gloucester City Council unveiled the company in 2011 as a developer and says it is "working with Stanhope" to find a solution.
The company has not commented on the development.
Stanhope signed a contract with the council in 2012 and has until March 2016 to put in a planning application.
That application had been expected in March.
City council leader Paul James said both parties have "obligations" and they are "trying to find the best and the quickest way to deliver a scheme".
Mr James confirmed that the redevelopment of the city's bus station will go ahead as planned.
I've been told that Stanhope PLC is seriously considering the viability of the King Square development.
In 2011 the firm was unveiled as the big hope to finally deliver a scheme for this unloved gateway into Gloucester.
But to make it work the development needed an "anchor" store and the names bandied about from Ikea to John Lewis have not materialised.
Gloucester City Council's leader wouldn't be drawn on if the deal was about to collapse.
But what we do know today is the council is looking at a "plan B" and that plan could see cafes, restaurants and a social space and, dare I say it, the fountains might return. | Europe's Jewish communities have had to boost their security after four Jewish men were murdered at a kosher supermarket in Paris and a fifth man was shot dead outside a Copenhagen synagogue.
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But it is important.
As veteran Labour MP Frank Field writes in Blue Labour, Forging A New Politics: "Blue Labour poses the most fundamental of challenges to the Blairite electoral strategy that, despite changes in personnel, remains in place."
He continues: "Had the leadership given serious thought to Blue Labour, its worry, if not annoyance, would have quickly turned to alarm."
It may, given time, display the level of alarm he thinks is appropriate.
Win or lose the election these ideas will be in play, for in these deep and thoughtful essays I hear the future echo of battles yet to be fought.
Through them runs a steel core, a determination to remake and remodel the Labour Party.
There was a feeling that after Ed Miliband's victory Blue Labour would have the ear of the leadership.
It does - but it is less certain if it has the leader's heart or mind.
Blue Labour
The presence in the shadow cabinet of Blue Labour guru, Jon Cruddas is important.
He is also co-ordinator of Labour's Policy Review, and the party's recent tactical policy-making suggests there is still a battle for the strategic vision.
Blue Labour preaches a complex gospel, rooted in Christian socialism, urging greater understanding of Labour's working class roots and lost supporters - and their small 'c' conservatism - while rejecting big state solutions in favour of community co-operation.
It has a strong sense that politics is a struggle between right and wrong, and that love and work are more important than economic reward. These essays abound with religious phrases like "covenant" and "fall and redemption".
Editor Adrian Pabst writes: "Far beyond any other group, Blue Labour has questioned the current consensus at the heart of the Labour Party and British politics - the fusion of social with economic liberalisation under the joint aegis of the central bureaucratic state and the global 'free market'."
This suggestion that Blue Labour stands four square against some of Labour's most sacred beliefs is not just bluster.
The recent row over the chancellor's plan to give Greater Manchester control of £6bn of NHS money has divided the party.
Manchester's Labour MPs are split, while most councillors in the area are for it, and the shadow health secretary claims it will create a two-tier NHS.
While this sort of devolution may not be enough for Blue Labour it seems in line with what Cruddas writes in his chapter The Common Good In An Age of Austerity.
He says: "No more top-down reorganisation. Instead, locally run and organised schools, hospitals, house-building programmes and habitats.
"We need to forge co-operative ties with ethical enterprise - such as co-operatives, mutuals, and social businesses.
"Combined local authorities will be given greater control over tax revenues to invest, grow their revenues and fund their own priorities. By decentralising both taxes and services, we can simultaneously get rid of public debt and increase popular power."
Mr Cruddas is one of the more fascinating Labour politicians, as set out in this brilliant article.
Frustratingly for journalists like me, he rarely gives interviews, so I don't know what exactly he makes of the Manchester row, but earlier he suggested the chancellor had been "agile" and made a "land grab" for Labour policy.
His usual public reticence may increase the respect of colleagues who despair at the sight of big egos promoting themselves, sometimes at the expense of the party.
I don't know him, so could be wide of the mark, but his history suggests he is that rare thing - a politician genuinely more interested in the victory of his ideas than the furtherance of his career.
But the very belief in policy so at odds with the consensus, suggests Blue Labour will not keep its powder dry for ever.
If Labour loses in May it is obvious there will be further soul searching about its meaning and purpose.
But even if it wins it is likely to be by such a small margin that the debate about how to extend its appeal will be urgent.
In government what policies to stress becomes more than academic.
Immigration is another issue where clashes are certain.
Central to Blue Labour is not only the contention that Labour has abandoned its core voters, but that it misunderstands them.
Frank Field insists that many working class voters reject his party because they find its policies "repulsive", rewarding the "social misfit".
"They do not see Labour as being committed to the flag, ie being proud of the country; as having a clear stand in defending the country's borders, ie they are soft on immigration; or as promoting a welfare state where rewards have to be earned, i.e. they cater largely for the freewheelers, rather than hard-working families."
This raises the suspicion among some of Blue Labour's critics that it summons working class values merely in order to enshrine traditional prejudices as policy.
They claim that this could very easily lead to a much darker hue than blue. Of course that depends what solutions are on offer.
But it points to a paradox - the attempt to appeal to existing, small 'c', working class attitudes towards nation, welfare and immigration within a framework of working class self-help and community solidarity that may no longer exist.
It is indeed a good job that paradox is loved by Blue Labour.
Take the introduction by the former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams. It is intellectually stimulating, even exciting, challenging what he calls the "cultural muddle" that assumes "the 'starting position' for human identity is a solitary, speechless individual who moves out from primitive isolation to negotiate cautiously with other similar creatures".
He goes on: "We ought to be more than ever alert to the fact that our self-awareness is shaped by the inseparable awareness of other subjects, that projection into the life of the other is there from the start, that how others speak to us, imagine us, nurture or fail to nurture us, is not an 'extra' to our sense of who or what we are but completely woven into the very idea of being a 'self'."
It is thought-provoking stuff, but I doubt it would go down a bomb on the doorstep in Dagenham.
This is indeed this the paradox.
Part of the Blue Labour equation is not strikingly new. Much of the language seems very Blairite.
What is "covenant" but a reincarnation of those aged sound bites "rights and responsibilities" and "tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime"?
These old Blairisms have a very Blue ring to them.
However, Blair's appeal to Sun readers was pragmatic to the point of cynicism, Blue Labour, acknowledged romantics, seem to want to draw in these highly individualist and atomised voters by re-positioning them as Mirror readers of yesteryear, thirsting for community and social justice.
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Tiernan O'Halloran's opportunist try helped Connacht move 10-0 ahead but the deficit was halved by the break thanks to a maul try from Niall Scannell.
Connacht centre Craig Ronaldson fired over a penalty before a converted penalty try saw the hosts close to within a point.
Bundee Aki's late try sealed a win to take Connacht four clear at the top.
The opening points came with Ronaldson's penalty punishing a high tackle from Donnacha Ryan.
Munster missed 11 tackles in the opening 14 minutes and 22 by the interval - one of those defensive lapses saw hooker Scannell allow O'Halloran clean through for his try, which Ronaldson converted.
Munster were quick to respond and after successive line-outs Scannell plunged over from a well-controlled drive, although Ian Keatley was wide with the conversion attempt.
Ronaldson's penalty on the hour mark, set up by some excellent ruck work from captain John Muldoon, kept Connacht on course.
However, breaks from Keith Earls and Keatley got Munster into try-scoring range and Muldoon's impeding of Andrew Conway in the 22 resulted in a yellow card and penalty try, which Keatley converted.
With their lead cut to 13-12, Connacht missed an opportunity to steady their nerves when Ronaldson sent a kickable penalty wide from the right.
But rather than defend the one-point margin, they attacked with great ambition and got their reward three minutes from time when Robbie Henshaw's neat break on the Munster 22-metre line and flat offload sent Aki diving over past Conway.
Munster: Conway, van den Heever, Earls, Saili, Gonzalez Amorosino, Keatley, O'Leary, Cronin, N. Scannell, Botha, D. Ryan, Chisholm, Stander, O'Donoghue, Copeland.
Replacements: Hurley for van den Heever (50), Williams for O'Leary (65), Kilcoyne for Cronin (61), J. Ryan for Botha (41), Foley for D. Ryan (56). Not Used: O'Byrne, Coghlan, R. Scannell.
Connacht: Henshaw, O'Halloran, Aki, Ronaldson, Healy, A. MacGinty, Marmion, Buckley, Delahunt, White, Dillane, Muldowney, Muldoon, Connolly, Masteron.
Replacements: Leader for O'Halloran (68), Carty for A. MacGinty (45), Loughney for Buckley (54), Heffernan for Delahunt (61), Bealham for White (58), Naoupu for Dillane (63). Not Used: O'Brien, Porter.
Sin Bin: Muldoon (65)
Att: 12,000
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Retired carpenter Lawrence Birch, 78, from Cymau, Flintshire, died at Wrexham's Maelor Hospital in June 2013.
He first went to A&E following the fall on 29 March and returned a couple of times until his death.
Coroner John Gittins said Mr Birch's family had concerns about the treatment he received on the different occasions.
Barrister Angela Barnes said one of the family's concerns was over an apparent lack of transparency in Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board's handling of the case.
A full inquest will be held at a later date. | A pensioner who fell and hit his head while clearing snow died after several visits to hospital, a pre-inquest hearing in Ruthin heard. | 33,065,532 | 141 | 32 | false |
And there were 17 anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries - the most serious kind - which was again more than any of the previous Premier League seasons.
BBC Sport pundit and former Chelsea winger Pat Nevin says "knee problems appear to be at epidemic proportions in the game at the top level" and has called for further research.
A Radio 5 live Monday Night Club discussion will delve into the issue, and BBC Sport has looked at the available data and examined what the possible causes could be.
The knee joint has several ligaments. The medial (inside) and lateral (outside) collateral ligaments connect the upper and lower leg and help keep the outside of the knee joint stable.
The anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments are in the middle of the knee. The main role of these is to stabilise the knee when a player is turning, twisting, pivoting or pushing off.
As football is such a high-intensity sport for the lower limbs, if cruciate knee ligaments are ruptured, the earliest a player can hope to return to match fitness is nine months.
Various theories include players' changing physiologies, the amount of football played, footwear, and modern, harder pitches.
Dr Bilal Barkatali, a consultant orthopaedic surgeon specialising in sports knee injuries, suggests overplaying and fatigue is the key reason, particularly in high-level footballers.
"In the case of Zlatan Ibrahimovic - he's 35 and has kept himself in very good condition. Despite that, the weight of Zlatan coming down from jumping to head the ball and landing safely requires all his muscles to be firing at the correct time to support his joint.
"So if he is fatigued and is landing and one specific set of muscles haven't fired in time then all that force will be going through the middle of the knee joint, resulting in this rotation-type force around the knee causing an ACL rupture. So fatigue and overplaying is a really strong factor in how these injuries come about.
"In the past 15 years there has been an increase in knee ligament ruptures - that's throughout leagues and amateur competition."
Colin Martin, a footwear expert for a company that has worked with several sports clubs, says "softer, less supportive boots" are a factor, as is the pace of the game "increasing vastly".
"The two combined probably plays a big role in increased injury rates," adds Martin, who designs inserts that give "more stability to foot and ankle, which in turn means the player has a more solid foundation to work from".
In modern turf construction, long deep artificial grass blades are sewn throughout the pitch, which firms up the ground and prevents slipping.
Leicester City's grounds manager John Ledwidge said: "We know that those working within the game - namely managers, players, physios and sports scientists - perceive that there are links with pitches and injuries. But they need to establish why that is the case.
"I'm not a closed book and arguing that it's not a contributing factor because everything is a contributing factor when it comes to players.
"On any one weekend, with the ridiculous transfer fees that are flying around at the minute, we could have upwards of £300m-£400m worth of assets playing on our pitch.
"Certainly at Leicester City we work exceptionally to hard to make sure the pitches are kept within certain parameters of firmness, there's an adequate level of moisture, the grass coverage is there for pretty much most of the year, to ensure the players don't get injured and the players have the best possible playing facilities that they can have.
"Taking Ibrahimovic as an example - on that day, on that pitch, on that particular square inch that he landed on, the pitch could've been a contributing factor. But so could his boots, the way he warmed up and how tired he was. All these are contributing factors.'
Nevin said that when he was the chief executive of Scottish club Motherwell in the early 2000s, he was so concerned about the effect of modern pitches on his players that he looked into reverting to an "old-fashioned" turf pitch, but was told it "wasn't considered financially viable".
"We need further statistical work obviously but I have heard many complaints from Premier League managers that the modern ultra-hard pitches seem to be exacerbating the problem," said the former Scotland international.
"On top of this remember the players are training on precisely the same style of pitches every day as well. I know for a fact that some managers are concerned about this and have to accept it limits the time some players are able to train.
"Yes the game continues to get faster, but the lack of 'give' in the modern pitches certainly has an effect. I did my ACL while at Everton but that was an impact injury, due to a tackle. There appear to be more of these that are not player on player impact and that has to be researched.
"In the simplest terms, modern pitches look fantastic, they are beautifully flat and can cope with huge wear and tear. The groundsmen make them look beautiful for the TV, but when the changeover was happening did anyone ever ask the players, the managers or the medics what was needed?
"Having played on many types of pitch I see the problems of each, I just hope that 20 years down the line there aren't a group of players whose knees, ankles and hips have been irreparably damaged."
According to research from SportingIntelligence.com and insurance and risk specialists JLT, Premier League clubs paid a total of £177m in wages to injured players last season.
The estimate is calculated from fixed salaries paid to players and the length of time spent on the sidelines.
The research also showed:
JLT's head of sport Duncan Fraser said: "We seem to be seeing a case of injury-flation this year. Over the last six seasons there has been a steady increase in the cost of injuries as players become more and more expensive and the Premier League becomes more and more competitive.
"Injuries don't just make it harder to manage a team, there is also a direct cost associated with it, in the form of salaries paid to players who can't take part in matches."
Listen to BBC Radio 5 live's Monday Night Club on 24 July, from 19:30 BST.
"Bradford are a shining light to all lower division teams," Perryman, a two-time FA Cup winner during a 17-year Tottenham career, told BBC Sport. "To beat three Premier League sides, whatever teams they picked, gives everyone hope."
Exeter's director of football was in charge of the Bees when they faced the might of Liverpool the last time they reached the FA Cup quarter-finals in 1989.
Brentford have reached the FA Cup quarter-finals four times, the last occasion being in the 1988-89 season when they were beaten 4-0 by reigning Division One champions Liverpool at Anfield.
Martin Allen guided the Bees to FA Cup fifth-round appearances in 2005 and 2006 where they lost to Premier League sides Southampton, after a replay, and Charlton Athletic.
This is the first season in six since that Brentford have got beyond the third round - and in all but one of the other seasons, they have not even got that far.
Chelsea and Brentford have only met once before in the FA Cup, with the Blues winning the tie in 1950 by a 1-0 scoreline.
The Bees beat a Premier League team on their last appearance in the fourth round, overcoming bottom of the table Sunderland 2-1 in 2006.
Charlton 3-1 Brentford
A Reds side with John Barnes, Peter Beardsley, Steve McMahon, Ronnie Whelan and Ray Houghton at the peak of their powers ultimately cruised to a 4-0 win at Anfield,
But Perryman's Bees, then, like now, a side in the third tier of English football, had their opportunities early on and he was proud of the way his team handled themselves and the occasion.
"I think Richard Cadette had two good chances," said Perryman, who skippered Spurs to their FA Cup wins over Manchester City and QPR in 1981 and 1982.
"Of course I am a bit biased, and maybe a quarter or a half-chance becomes three quarters of a chance - but we could easily have gone ahead.
"I always thought the first goal was so vital. Liverpool were a great side but I felt they could be vulnerable early on and could be slow starters.
"We had the first chance early on but didn't take it, and although we didn't live with them in the end, we didn't go there to defend and gave it a really good go."
Giving it a good go is exactly what Perryman feels Uwe Rosler's League One promotion hopefuls need to do against an under-pressure Chelsea side who have struggled for consistency since making a blistering start to the season.
And while, like that day at Anfield, the odds are stacked heavily in the top-flight side's favour for the first competitive west London derby between the two sides since 1950, Perryman says any FA Cup underdog must be full of belief.
"Don't tell me you can't get a slip in the box and a lucky break. It's possible," said the Spurs legend, who also won two Uefa Cups and the League Cup twice during his time at White Hart Lane.
"The longer the smaller team are level, the better their chance - and it only takes a defensive error or a great delivery from a set-piece.
"There will be a great atmosphere at Griffin Park and that probably lifts the smaller team more than the big team because Chelsea will be used to it.
"There are no mugs in the lower divisions now. They are all fit, they will have a spring in their step and they can cause an upset."
Perryman was Bees boss for three and-a-half years from 1987, and he believes that cup run - which involved seven games just to reach the quarter-finals - did wonders for their belief.
Brentford are not an up-and-under, blowing-the-bugle type team. But actually that will probably suit Chelsea more
A squad featuring Andy Sinton, Tony Parks, Neil Smillie, Keith Jones, Gary Blissett and Cadette had to win two replays and beat three higher-division clubs in Manchester City (who won promotion to the old Division One that season), Blackburn Rovers and Walsall to set up their dream tie at Anfield.
It did come at a cost though.
"Unfortunately, playing all those games hampered our league progress a bit that season," Perryman said. "We were in a good position for promotion and it didn't quite happen. You get involved in so many games there has to be a focus taken away.
"But I think it was the prelude to getting promoted under Phil Holder in 1992. That Cup run gave the team such confidence that we could be on the same pitch as the big boys. It was a wonderful experience.
"Sinton got sold on the back of that game [to QPR]. He was obviously a good player but showed he could handle it with the big boys."
Brentford are currently third in League One, where they have only lost four times all season. Their defeat by Tranmere Rovers last Saturday was their first at Griffin Park since August and up front they have Clayton Donaldson, who has scored 19 goals in all competitions so far this term.
But Chelsea legend Ron Harris, who played 795 games for the Blues before taking up a player-coach role with Brentford in 1980, cannot see an upset despite being impressed with the Bees when he saw them beat Southend to tee up the Chelsea tie.
Chelsea were beaten 4-0 by Barnsley in the FA Cup third round in the 1988-89 season but went on to win the old Division Two title.
The Blues reached their first FA Cup final in 24 years in 1994 but were brushed aside 4-0 at Wembley by a Manchester United side who clinched the double with that emphatic victory.
Chelsea won the 1997 FA Cup final, their first major trophy in 27 years and their second FA Cup success.
Since then they have won the competition five further times, in 2000, 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2012.
They have won the FA Cup in four of the last six seasons, and have appeared in six of the 13 finals this century.
Chelsea v Manchester United 1994 FA Cup final
"They looked a half-decent side," Harris told BBC Sport. "Rosler has got them playing some decent football.
"Brentford are not an up-and-under, blowing-the-bugle type team and they played it around pretty well. But actually that will probably suit Chelsea more.
"It's a fantastic tie for Brentford. You get upsets every year but I just cannot see it in this game.
"Brentford would have to play out of their skin to beat Chelsea and Chelsea would have to play very poorly."
Notts County coach Colin Lee, a former Chelsea and Bees player, has been impressed with League One rivals Brentford this season, but cannot see an upset despite the turmoil at Stamford Bridge and the supporters' anger at Rafael Benitez's appointment as manager.
"Chelsea will put out a very strong team. Brentford deserve that but I think Chelsea will have too much for them," he said.
Lee joined Brentford from the Blues in 1987 and combined playing duties with a first foray into management as a youth team coach.
And although he was not involved in the game at Anfield, he was still on the playing staff and fondly recalls his spell with the Bees and the excitement that Cup run created.
Ron Harris, Micky Droy, Keith Jones, Tommy Baldwin, Colin Lee, Steve Sidwell, Joe Allon, Graham Wilkins, Peter Borota and Stewart Houston.
"It's a great club," Lee said. "I had a fantastic couple of years there. They were good times and good people and some of those people are still involved.
"The fans will remember this game for a long time. The Liverpool game created a real buzz and the local element will add that extra buzz this time.
"It will be fantastic for the whole area. There is nothing better than playing a local FA Cup derby against the European champions. What more can you want?"
Listen to live commentary of Sunday's FA Cup tie between Brentford v Chelsea from BBC London 94.9 (UK only).
The country's human rights commission said opponents of President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party had been told they would never get any food aid.
The government has not yet commented.
Mr Mugabe declared a state of disaster in February, with the government estimating that four million people would need food aid by January 2017.
"Ruling party members were the major perpetrators in violations linked to distribution of food," Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) chairman Elasto Mugwadi told media in the capital, Harare, detailing the findings of the investigation.
Mr Mugwadi said huge numbers of people had been affected by the alleged tactic, without giving exact figures.
The government says half the rural population faces starvation.
In recent months, there have unprecedented protest against the government of the 92-year-old leader, who has now been in power for 36 years.
Analysis: Brian Hungwe, BBC News, Harare
The scathing report on the allegations of the politicisation of food aid in rural areas by senior government officials and public servants lays bare accusations that have long been denied by President Robert Mugabe.
The ZHRC says its findings were a result of extensive investigations across the country.
It will be difficult for Mr Mugabe to simply dismiss the allegations.
The powers of the rights body are enshrined in the constitution, giving it a legal mandate to carry out investigations into human rights violations and to make recommendations to parliament.
The political implications of the report are grave, especially with general elections due in 2018, although similar allegations have been made in the past.
With growing popular calls for electoral reform, there will be many who fear that this investigation betrays the extreme tactics which may be employed to ensure election victory.
Alleged attempts to exert pressure on rural folk by withholding food will be seized on by Mr Mugabe's critics as evidence that his government has reached a new low, especially given the food crisis the country is facing.
Zimbabwe has endured two years of failed rains, with this year's problems linked to the El Nino weather pattern.
Elections are due to take place in 2018.
The government had been looking at either closing the Tornado bases of RAF Lossiemouth in Moray or RAF Marham in Norfolk.
Tornado operations were to be relocated to the base remaining open.
But the government has decided to keep both operational.
But RAF Leuchars will close and become an army base, with its Typhoons leaving for Lossiemouth in 2013 and the army starting to move in later.
Concern over RAF Marham's future prompted a major campaign to save the base by councils, MPs and business leaders in Norfolk.
South West Norfolk MP Elizabeth Truss, a campaigner to save RAF Marham, said: "I am absolutely delighted.
"The campaign was not just based on a simple fondness for the RAF, it was founded on sound economic and strategic principles and I believe that resulted in the decisive decision to make it Marham."
In the House of Commons, Defence Secretary Liam Fox praised the work of Ms Truss in the fight to save RAF Marham.
Broadland MP Keith Simpson said: "This is excellent news for the RAF and defence of the country and a relief for people of Marham and Norfolk."
Mohammad and Talat Aslam had been on a pilgrimage at the time of the crash and are to be buried in the city of Medina.
Four members of a family from Manchester were also killed in the accident, on the motorway between Mecca and Medina.
The Aslams have five adult children. Some of them have travelled to Medina for the funeral.
Family friend Salma Raja said Mrs Aslam had been a lively, exuberant person.
Speaking ahead of the funeral, she said: "She used to solve everyone's problems. Anyone who came to her, she never said no.
"She was such a lovely person, I can't tell you, she was very, very good. She was never sad.
She added: "Mr Aslam was great as well. He was a serious kind of a person.
"Talat was more bubbly and outgoing. He was moren you could say intellectual, very, very intelligent.
"And he was a very good businessman as well."
They were expected to take the train to King's Lynn en route to the Norfolk estate to join other royals.
The royal couple are currently at Buckingham Palace.
A palace spokesman said: "The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have heavy colds, and so have decided not to travel to Sandringham today."
BBC royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell said the Queen and Prince Philip normally took the train around 11:00 GMT from London, but the delay was "no cause for concern".
He added: "I would imagine they will wish to travel as soon as they feel able to.
"They certainly won't want to miss the family Christmas at Sandringham, so I am sure they will return to their plan for Christmas in a day or so."
On Tuesday, the Queen, 90, and the Duke of Edinburgh, 95, hosted a festive lunch for the Royal family - a tradition they carry out before travelling to their private estate each year.
Prince William was seen arriving with the Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry and three-year-old Prince George.
The palace announced on Tuesday that the Queen would be stepping down as the patron of 25 national organisations.
Her patronages will be passed on to other royals, although she will still be patron of hundreds of other organisations.
The victims - textile factory workers - were shot dead when an IRA gang ambushed their mini-bus in 1976 near the County Armagh village of Kingsmills.
After checking their religion, the gang ordered one Catholic colleague to leave.
Only one man survived the shootings.
Alan Black, a 32-year-old father of three at the time, was seriously wounded and spent months recovering in hospital.
"It was brutal what was inflicted on us," he said.
"Ten completely innocent men taken out and brutally murdered.
"This time of year, I go into countdown mode - I look at the calendar and at the clock and think to myself: 'The boys have only five days or five hours or five minutes to live,' right up to the time of the ambush.
"On a nice summer's day, it is like it happened to someone else in a different life, but when the winter sets in and the dark nights come round it feels like it just happened yesterday.
"But I want to see a bit of truth and justice.
"For the boys, but mostly for the families who are still searching for the truth."
All of the victims came from Bessbrook, County Armagh.
Robert Chambers was 19-years-old when he was killed. His brother, Cecil, said his desire for justice has never dimmed.
"We're just looking, 40 years on, for justice we should have had long ago.
"They killed three of my family, not one, because my mother and father never left his graveside. My mother would forget and put dinner out for him."
Ulster Unionist MLA Danny Kennedy, who also comes from Bessbrook, spoke of his memories of the massacre.
"I can see the uncontrollable grief of families whose loved ones had been so cruelly taken - sons, husbands, fathers. Decent, hard-working men."
A number of statements were read out on behalf of those now too elderly or infirm to attend Tuesday's service.
An inquest into the murders announced in 2013 has yet to begin, having been adjourned eight times.
The 10 men who killed were John Bryans, Robert Chambers, Reginald Chapman, Walter Chapman, Robert Freeburn, Joseph Lemmon, John McConville, James McWhirter, Robert Samuel Walker and Kenneth Worton.
The families of the victims gathered at the spot where they died for a religious service on Tuesday morning.
Southend United supporter Andrew Urry, who lives in Brisbane, travelled to Bradford on Saturday but the match was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
"We were told as the coach pulled up outside the stadium," Mr Urry said.
"I got off the coach to have a couple of pictures taken outside the away turnstile, and then we were straight back on the road again."
Former Southend resident Mr Urry manages to keep up with some matches via the internet, but a trip to watch the Shrimpers play live was to be a highlight of a trip to Europe.
"I wanted a trip on a coach as a nostalgia trip, as I used to in the old days," he said.
On the coach, Mr Urry used social media to keep him updated with the chances of Saturday's match at Valley Parade going ahead, and said he had a "pretty good idea it was going to be called off".
However, it was not until they arrived at the stadium that the postponement was confirmed by a steward.
Mr Urry hopes to catch Southend's next three home matches, as well as the Boxing Day local derby at Colchester.
The club also made an effort to soften the blow of his wasted journey on Saturday, asking on Twitter: "Would a signed Southend United ball help at all?"
The attack happened on the Cullingtree Road at about 06:00 GMT on Sunday morning.
The man was taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast where he underwent surgery.
Sinn Féin councillor Mary McConville said there was a need to address knife crime in the city.
"The young man has suffered knife wounds leaving him in a serious condition and his family traumatised," she said.
"More needs to be done to deal with the growing knife crime in our society and I am calling on young people not to be drawn into carrying knives."
SDLP MLA Alex Attwood described the attack as "shocking and appalling".
"There is growing concern about the rise in knife crime attacks in Belfast," he added.
"Any level of knife crime is unacceptable, and more needs to be done to deal with knife crime in our society."
Police have appealed for anyone who witnessed the incident to contact them.
Tulip Siddiq said she "cannot reconcile myself to the front bench position".
Jeremy Corbyn has imposed a three-line whip on his MPs telling them to back the newly-published bill.
The European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill has been produced after the Supreme Court ruled legislation would be necessary.
In her resignation letter to Mr Corbyn, Ms Siddiq, who had been an early years minister, said: "Leaving the European Union presents enormous uncertainty for my constituents, with most believing that the disadvantages of leaving outweigh any potential benefits."
Despite reports he might rebel, Shadow Business Secretary Clive Lewis said on Thursday he would back the bill.
But he added: "Labour will seek to amend the Bill to prevent the government using Brexit to trash our rights, public services, jobs and living standards while cutting taxes for the wealthiest."
Labour MPs expected to vote against the bill at second reading include former leadership challenger Owen Smith, former culture secretary Ben Bradshaw and Cambridge MP Daniel Zeichner.
Mr Corbyn said Labour MPs would face a three-line whip to vote in favour of the bill.
He said he understood the "pressures and issues" members faced, but called on them to "unite" around "important issues" and "not to block Article 50 but to make sure it goes through next week".
Frontbench members of parties are generally expected to resign from their post if they decided to defy a three-line whip.
Prime Minister Theresa May has promised to begin the formal process of quitting the European Union, under Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, by the end of March.
The government was forced to draw up the legislation after losing an appeal at the Supreme Court on Tuesday, when judges ruled that Parliament must give permission to start the Brexit process.
The bill is due to be initially debated by MPs on Tuesday - in a sitting that may last until midnight - and clear the Commons on 8 February, after which it will move to the House of Lords.
As well as the bill, on Wednesday Prime Minister Theresa May announced the government would set out more details of its Brexit plans in a formal policy document.
In the House of Commons, MPs urged Mr Davis to commit to publishing the document, known as a White Paper, before the Article 50 bill legislation had passed through Parliament.
Mr Davis said the question involved "slightly separate issues".
The Article 50 bill, he said, was "about carrying out the will of the British people", adding that the White Paper would be published "as expeditiously as possible".
The Liberal Democrats have vowed to oppose Article 50 unless there is a guarantee of another referendum on the final Brexit deal that is agreed with Brussels, while the SNP has vowed to table 50 amendments to the legislation.
Taking questions from MPs, Mr Davis also said he disagreed with EU Commission chief negotiator Michel Barnier's view that trade talks would have to be handled separately from the Article 50 negotiations.
Such a "sequential approach" would be "not practical", he said, adding that he wanted all negotiations to be completed inside two years.
The UK-based Syria Observatory for Human Rights said that 27 IS fighters were killed, with the rest being from other anti-government groups.
Marea lies in an area that Turkey and the US have reportedly wanted to turn into an IS-free "safe zone".
Last month it was alleged IS had used chemical weapons in an attack on Marea.
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said that on 21 August it had treated four members of a family who suffered from breathing difficulties and developed blisters after a mortar hit their home in Marea.
The Syrian American Medical Society has also reported receiving 50 patients showing symptoms of chemical exposure.
Local rebels say the shells were fired from an IS-held village to the east.
Last month the US said it suspected IS of having used chemical agents in another attack on Kurdish forces in northern Syria. Reports of a sulphur mustard attack on Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters in Iraq are also being investigated.
Also on Saturday, US Secretary of State John Kerry expressed concern to his Russian counterpart over reports of "an imminent enhanced Russian military build-up" in Syria.
On Friday the New York Times reported that US officials believed Russia had sent a military advance team to Syria and was "taking other steps the United States fears may signal that President... Putin is planning to vastly expand his military support for [Syrian] President Bashar al-Assad".
Mr Kerry "made clear that if such reports were accurate, these actions could further escalate the conflict, lead to greater loss of innocent life, increase refugee flows and risk confrontation with the anti-ISIL coalition operating in Syria," the state department said.
The 28-year-old DR Congo international was released by the Baggies at the end of the season.
Mulumbu made 211 appearances in six years with Albion, having joined them from Paris St-Germain in 2009, initially on loan.
Fellow midfielder Graham Dorrans also made the move from The Hawthorns to the Premier League newcomers this summer.
Norwich are yet to officially comment on the reports of Mulumbu's move.
Rates were first cut to 0.5% in March 2009 as the Bank sought to lift economic growth amid the credit crunch.
Recent growth in the economy has prompted speculation that rates will start to rise again in the near future.
However, continuing low inflation, now at 0.3%, gives policymakers little reason to raise the cost of borrowing.
The Bank also kept the size of its quantitative easing (QE) programme unchanged at £375bn.
Inflation is expected to remain low, and could even turn negative briefly, thanks largely to a near-halving in the price of oil since last summer.
Bank of England governor Mark Carney has even talked about lowering interest rates further to a new record low, should prices remain near flat for longer than expected.
However, Mr Carney has said prices are likely to rebound around the turn of the year.
Most developed economies are used to prices rising. The fear is that if prices do start to fall, consumers will put off buying goods in the hope of further price falls.
With the economy around 70% dependent on consumer spending, any slow down could have a harsh impact on overall economic growth.
Martin Beck, senior economic adviser to the EY Item Club, said the next rate rise could be almost a year away.
"While the risks of an earlier rate rise have probably increased lately, we still think it most likely that the Bank will wait until February 2016, by which time inflation will be back above 1% and heading towards the 2% target."
Fund manager Investec, however, thinks there is a case for rates to rise in November this year.
David Kern, chief economist at the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) called for the Bank to reveal its plans: "The strengthening pound against the euro is already posing challenges for many UK exporters and higher interest rates would only make matters worse.
"Given this background, business confidence will be strengthened if the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) clearly states that interest rates are likely to stay on hold until at least early 2016."
Minutes of last month's MPC meeting showed members voted unanimously for no change to rates.
However, there was a debate revealing a three-way split between the nine members as to their future direction, with two arguing there could be a case to raise rates later this year, while one member said the next change in rates was "likely to be a loosening as a tightening".
Low interest rates are a boon to borrowers and have kept mortgage payments at record lows.
However, savers and pensioners have suffered.
Financial services firm Hargreaves Lansdown estimates savers have collectively lost £130bn during the six years of record low rates, compared with more normal rates - £5,000 for every household.
The 25-year-old is accused of assaulting a 26-year-old woman and inflicting actual bodily harm on her on Sunday.
She had to be treated for facial injuries after an assault in Drayton Road.
The accused, who was arrested on Wednesday, will appear before magistrates in Norwich later.
Pranav Dhanawade, son of an auto-rickshaw driver, had just scored more than 1,000 runs in a single innings to set a new world record in school cricket.
An army of reporters had descended to find out more about the young cricketer, who The Guardian called "the first cricketer to navigate the nervous 990s".
The teenager was crisp and brief while facing the excited media after his enervating innings.
"I wanted to score big runs. I remember my coach telling me that no one will take me in the Mumbai team if I score these hundreds and two-hundreds," he told The Indian Express newspaper.
Dhanawade's life has changed overnight after he smashed a mind-boggling 1,009 not out for his Smt KC Gandhi School in an inter-school game for the HT Bhandari Cup, an under-16 tournament.
An aggressive batsman by nature, he made merry at the crease for over six and a half hours. He faced 327 deliveries, hit 129 fours and 59 sixes, and ended up with an awe-inspiring strike rate of 308.56.
It surely helped that the opposition Arya Gurukul School weren't fielding their first team for this two-day game.
Their senior players were away preparing for an exam. Some of their bowlers were as young as 11. They batted first and were shot out for an inglorious 31 runs in 20 overs.
Dhanawade opened the batting for Smt KC Gandhi. At lunch, he had scored 45 runs. By the end of Monday he was unbeaten at 652 runs. The ground was small and the boundaries came fast and furious.
"When I go to bat, I only keep in mind that I had to play a big innings and after playing on and on I scored 100 runs, 200, 300, 400 runs," he told the BBC.
The family's phones kept ringing on Monday night. Friends and relatives were delirious: Dhanawade had already broken Arthur Collins' 1899 record of 628 not out, and the Indian school cricket record of 546 runs by Prithvi Shaw.
Tuesday brought with it an avalanche of expectations.
Dhanawade's voracious appetite for runs had not waned: by lunch, he had scored an astounding 921 runs. Spectators and reporters had begun invading the ground during the breaks in play. A few well-wishers cordoned him as he scampered to the dressing room at tea break.
After lunch, he crossed 1,000 runs. KC Gandhi declared with their score on 1,465 of three, and Dhanawade had scored nearly 70% of his team's total. He had his share of luck - a few catches dropped and a couple of stumpings missed by the opponents.
The one-sided contest ended with Arya Gurukul being bowled out for a paltry 56 in the second innings, giving Dhanawade's team an emphatic 1,382-run innings win.
The match umpire says he was impressed with Dhanawade's mindset and fitness.
"I would say he was 101% fit [temperamentally], and even after scoring so much he was not tired," Sunimal Sen told ESPNcricinfo.
"Many times we see that batsmen, after scoring a hundred, say 'Sir we want water', but he did not create this type of disturbance. He was very fit."
Life hasn't been easy for young Dhanawade and his family. His father Prashant, an auto-rickshaw driver, has done everything he could to support his son's cricketing dream.
Dhanawade had taken a two-year-break from cricket due to "some issues". There was a time when his mother Mohini would reprimand him for not focusing on studies.
His father had worked overtime to ensure his son got a cricket kit. On Monday, they stood beside him, beaming with pride, with tears of joy, accepting the accolades. They also learnt that the Maharashtra government had decided to fund their son's studies and sports.
Dhanawade's innings propelled him to the top of the trends on Twitter in India, where reactions to his innings ranged from praise to shock and disbelief. Sachin Tendulkar congratulated him - "You need to scale new peaks!," he tweeted.
But the biggest - and measured - accolade possibly came from Indian cricket captain MS Dhoni.
"To score like that anywhere in the world, in those conditions, is very difficult. Not to forget the age of the individual," Dhoni told reporters..
"We need to nurture him, guide him, because all of a sudden the limelight will be on him. He will be compared with a lot of individuals who have been very successful. It is important for the individuals who are close to him - his coach, his parents - to guide him to move in the right direction."
For the moment, Dhanawade is still soaking in his new-found celebrity and trying to make sense of it.
"I want to become a big cricketer. I want to play for India," he says.
Nishad Pai Vaidya is a Mumbai-based journalist
The night tsar will work with Mr Khan, the Night Time Commission, businesses, councils, Met Police and Transport For London to make London a "24-hour city".
The one-year post comes less than a week after the launch of the Night Tube, which is expected to add £77m to the city's economy each year by 2029.
The successful candidate will work two-and-half days a week for £35,000.
An advert on the mayor's website states the night tsar needs to demonstrate "proven leadership ability, public profile and convening power, plus a thorough understanding of the night time economy and the ability to work in a political environment".
The deadline for applications is on the midnight of 12 September and interviews will take place the following week.
Night Tube services began on the Victoria and Central lines on Friday, with more than 100,000 people riding the Tube in the early hours on the first weekend.
The service will be rolled out to the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines this autumn.
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The 22-year-old Ivorian has signed a three-and-a-half-year deal with the reigning champions, after passing a medical on Monday.
The club says Coulibaly will start training with the squad on Wednesday.
The striker also received an offer from Al Ahly's rivals Zamalek, after both clubs agreed fees with Kilmarnock.
"Souleymane has always been fully committed to Kilmarnock, but once they agreed a fee, he was given permission to talk to the two clubs," said Coulibaly's agent, Lee Payne.
"It was too good an offer for Kilmarnock to turn down, and Souleymane is extremely grateful to Kilmarnock for his time at the club and the opportunity.
"Al Ahly are one of the biggest clubs in this part of the world and are top of the Egyptian league. This is a club that match Souleymane's ambitions."
The former Tottenham trainee signed a three-year deal at Kilmarnock last summer after arriving as a free agent following a season at Peterborough.
He has scored 11 goals in 26 appearances for Lee Clark's side this season, including several spectacular strikes.
Darren Cunningham, 39, who has waived his right to anonymity, said he was "happy" Tony and Julie Wadsworth were found guilty.
The couple presented on both BBC WM in Birmingham and BBC Radio Leicester.
They were each jailed for five years for sex offences against under-age boys between 1992 and 1996.
Julie Wadsworth, 60, and her husband Tony, 69, of Broughton Astley, Leicestershire, were convicted of encouraging six boys to take part in sexual activity and outraging public decency by having sex in woodland.
Mr Cunningham who was 14 when he was groomed by the pair, said he came forward to help others.
He said: "If [I'd] told the police, perhaps this wouldn't have happened to anyone else.
"I've got six children, three stepchildren and three children of my own, and just the thought of somebody doing that to them, it just made me feel sick and I thought I've got to tell."
Mr Cunningham said it was "daunting" at court and "while you're giving your evidence, they were just sat opposite me... and Julie just stared at me the whole time".
Mr Cunningham added: "I wanted them to get sentenced so it didn't happen to anyone else. It wouldn't matter if they they got two years or got 20.
"They are at an age now where five years is a big chunk of their life, 60 and 70 years old. So they will feel the punishment and I'm sure people in prison will know who they are."
Julie Wadsworth was convicted of nine indecent assaults against boys and five counts of outraging public decency.
Her spouse, who acted as a "look-out", was found guilty of the same charges.
Prosecutors said the abuse took place at a number of locations, including the couple's former home in Atherstone, Warwickshire, as well as on a nearby golf course and surrounding woodland.
A BBC spokesman has previously said the Wadsworths were last on air in December 2015 and no longer work for the corporation.
The Ulster Unionist served as culture minister between 1999 and 2002, then health minister from 2007 until 2011.
He said he regards his time in charge of the health department as one of the highlights of his career.
However, he is concerned about how the health service will be funded in the future.
That is one of the key findings of an Audit Office (NIAO) report.
It also found only one in five SEN statements were completed within the recommended 26 weeks in 2015-16.
The NIAO concluded that neither the department nor the Education Authority (EA) could ensure they were achieving "best outcomes" for children with SEN.
The report also said that, although it cost £55m to provide classroom assistants for children with statements of SEN - documents that set out the specific help they require in school - their support may not be effective.
"The provision of a classroom assistant is often considered as a key form of support given to children with a statement of SEN yet their impact, or that of any other support provided, has not been evaluated at a strategic level," the report said.
The term "special educational needs" is defined as a "learning difficulty which calls for special provision to be made".
There were 76,300 children with SEN in Northern Ireland's schools in 2016/17, 22% of the entire school population.
It costs more than £250m annually to provide help for them, most of which comes from the EA budget.
The vast majority are educated in mainstream schools, and it was their situation the NIAO report concentrated on.
About 17,000 children with the most significant needs have a statement of SEN.
The EA is required to complete an assessment and statement in 26 weeks, but the NIAO found there were delays at all stages of the assessment process.
As a result, almost 80% of new statements issued in 2015-16 took longer than the statutory 26-week time limit.
According to the EA, the majority of delays were because of difficulty in getting information from health trusts on time.
It cost £80m to provide specific help for pupils with statements in 2015-16 - a 45% rise in costs since 2011-12.
The NIAO said some schools were very good at providing help for pupils with SEN, and cited a number of examples of good practice.
These included the High School, Ballynahinch and St Paul's High School in Bessbrook as well as Lagan College and Aquinas Grammar in Belfast.
However, it said there was not a consistent approach across all schools.
The report did acknowledge that a greater proportion of children with SEN were leaving school with GCSEs or A-Levels and fewer were leaving school with no qualifications.
In conclusion, the comptroller and auditor general Kieran Donnelly said neither the DE nor EA could ensure they were achieving the best outcomes for children with SEN.
"Neither the department nor the Education Authority can currently demonstrate value for money in terms of economy, efficiency or effectiveness, in the support to children with special education needs in mainstream schools," he said.
"It is therefore crucial that the department and the EA assess the quality of support provided by formally evaluating it in terms of the progress made by children.
"This will allow resources to be focused on the types of support which maximise progress and improve outcomes."
Plymouth's Theatre Royal has raised £1m but it needs to double that if it is to receive £5m from the Arts Council.
Adrian Vinken, the theatre's chief executive, has warned if they do not get all the money they will have to cut back on their plans.
The redevelopment will see the re-cladding of the building to cut energy costs as well as a new box office.
The conditions for the Arts Council grant were that the theatre itself raised £2m and agreed to extend the venue's lease for an additional 15 years.
Theatre managers secured a further £2m from Plymouth City Council which owns the building.
Other proposals include an extension to the front of the building allowing level access, an outdoor terrace and a new studio space in the basement to provide space for young people and community groups.
Mr Vinken said: "There are other elements like the landscaping around the building, like some of the cladding and fit out internally that we would have to compromise on if we can't raise the full sum."
The planned works would begin in April 2013 if the theatre is successful in raising the additional funds.
The theatre would reopen in September 2013 with the launch of the first UK tour of the National Theatre's production of War Horse.
Phil Gibby, the Arts Council England's director for the South West, said: "This project will provide a boost to the Theatre Royal, creating more space and making the building more useable, more attractive and more energy efficient.
"This will benefit audiences, those who participate in educational activities at the theatre and contribute to Plymouth's culture and regeneration."
During the refurbishment work the Theatre Royal is looking at proposals to run an alternative theatre at TR2, the Theatre Royal's other site in Cattedown in the city.
Flash floods were reported, with a freight train derailed after the rail tracks were washed away.
Patricia was the strongest storm ever recorded in the Americas but quickly lost power as it passed over mountainous Mexican terrain.
There, the damage done was less than feared with no reported deaths.
Authorities have expressed relief, but some homes were flooded and water and power were out along parts of the thinly populated Costa Alegre. A clean-up is in progress.
Patricia quickly weakened but combined with a separate storm system to bring heavy rain to Texas and other areas on the Gulf of Mexico - with some areas getting more than a month's worth of rain.
In Houston, Mayor Annise Parker warned residents to stay away from roads after dark and beware of flash floods. Several motorists were reportedly stranded.
The US Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas near Austin was also affected by the bad weather.
In San Antonio, a man was reported to have been swept into a drainage ditch and is now considered missing, authorities said.
Flood warnings were in place for eight south-eastern Texas counties.
The town of Powell, 60 miles (100km) south of Dallas, worst hit, Reuters news agency reported, with 20in (50cm) of rain falling over the weekend.
Flooding derailed a freight train on Saturday near Corsicana. The two crew swam to safety
Flights have been cancelled at Dallas Fort Worth international airport.
However, meteorologists predict that the bad weather should clear during Sunday, moving on to Louisiana, Mississippi and Georgia, which could also experience heavy rain.
Shrewsbury-born Phillips joined Aston Villa from his home town club in 1969 and signed for the Blues in 1971.
He made 149 appearances for the London club and won the first of his four Wales caps against England in 1973.
Phillips spent a loan spell at Crewe Alexandra before joining Brighton and Hove Albion in 1980 and also played for Charlton Athletic and Crystal Palace.
All of the windows on the shed - a finalist in the national Shed of the Year competition - have been smashed.
A bird was also found dead in an aviary following the raid at Stonebridge City Farm in Nottingham. Staff believe it could have died of fright.
It is the second time the farm has been targeted over the past few days.
Marie Rogers, the farm's manager, said the Star Wars shed was in the play area and used by children who "loved" it.
She said: "Everybody's devastated, we work a lot with adults with disabilities and others who work hard to maintain the farm.
"It's mindless vandalism instead of watching the Great British Bake Off."
She said cameras are installed but thinks the vandals evaded them.
"People are offering to come and sleep here with their dogs," she added.
The farm was initially broken into on Sunday evening, when vegetables were smashed up and every shed was broken into.
Staff then left the farm at about 17:30 BST on Wednesday and returned at 08:30 the following morning to find further chaos.
As well as the shed being smashed up, the chicken houses had been overturned, while the birds were sleeping inside, and chickens and turkeys had been let out of their cages.
Police have appealed for anyone with information to contact them.
The three properties, off High Street in Ruabon, were left as empty "eyesores" with the developer now in liquidation.
They became magnets for anti-social behaviour but the Crown took ownership and will hand them to Wrexham council.
Wales and West Housing Association will demolish them and build social housing.
The Welsh Government provided financial support to help community councillors and campaigners resolve the situation over the properties, built in 2000.
Clwyd South AM Ken Skates said: "Irresponsible developers left this community with an eyesore which many thought they'd be stuck with forever."
With election day in touching distance, late last month FBI director James Comey said the bureau was investigating new emails potentially connected to its investigation into Mrs Clinton's private email server.
He has since faced a backlash from leading Democrats, with President Obama saying investigations should not operate on "innuendo" and the party's leader in the US Senate, Harry Reid, even suggesting Mr Comey may have broken the law.
There was little sign that US voters would see a conclusion before the final vote.
But now, in another letter, Mr Comey has effectively concluded they have found nothing new. And Mr Trump has made his displeasure clear.
"You can't review 650,000 emails in eight days," Mr Trump told a rally in Michigan.
"Hillary Clinton is guilty, she knows it, the FBI knows it, the people know it and now it's up to the American people to deliver justice at the ballot box on 8 November."
Several computing experts, though, say otherwise.
"That's taking a rather naive view of it," the University of Surrey's Adam Woodward said of Mr Trump's claim. "The investigators don't go through each email manually."
The emails themselves were found on a device belonging to Anthony Weiner, the estranged husband of Clinton aide Huma Abedin. Mr Weiner, a former congressman, is subject to a separate FBI investigation.
Details about the fresh FBI inquiry remain scant. Several reports say that the emails discovered were simply duplicates of ones already examined.
In the latest letter, Mr Comey said investigators had "reviewed all of the communications that were to or from Hillary Clinton while she was Secretary of State", leaving open the possibility they were still looking into some of the emails.
For Steven Murdoch, a research fellow at the University of London, the key word is "review".
"It doesn't mean they have been read," he said, adding that privacy considerations and the sheer volume of data would have been prohibitive.
Despite the seemingly intimidating size of the email cache, there are several ways they could have been narrowed down, experts say, such as using the to and from field to determine which messages came from Mrs Clinton, filtering out duplicate emails, or using search parameters.
Dr Murdoch compared the process to how officials might root through vast amounts of court documents.
Using these techniques, it is unlikely there would have been many emails investigators would have to read with their own eyes.
"Very quickly you would find that the haystack becomes the needle," said Dr Woodward.
Fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden offered a few more tips to the authorities on how they might go about their search.
Mr Snowden suggested they may have used hashing, which would involve coding the two sets of emails into a shorter expression of that data for quick comparison - something the authorities presumably had a head start on given the months of investigation into Mrs Clinton's email use.
Speaking anonymously, one former FBI expert told Wired he had processed much larger sets faster.
"We'd routinely collect terabytes of data in a search," he said. "I'd know what was important before I left the guy's house."
For the Errata Security blog, "the question isn't whether the FBI could review all those emails in eight days, but why the FBI couldn't have reviewed them all in one or two days. Or even why they couldn't have reviewed them before Comey made that horrendous announcement that they were reviewing the emails."
Stephen Lawrie and another man stole more than £900 from a Tesco Express in Airdrie on 14 September 2014.
He also admitted jabbing an air pistol into the stomach of a 76-year-old man and hitting a worker over the head.
Lawrie, 40, was caught after his DNA was found on a broken part of the weapon. He was remanded in custody and will be sentenced at a later date.
He pleaded guilty to assault and robbery as well as possessing an imitation firearm.
The High Court in Glasgow heard that Lawrie and another man, who was armed with a knife, were both masked when they carried out the raid.
Lawrie demanded that 76-year-old shopper Hugh Goldie get on the ground before pushing what appeared to be a handgun into his stomach, causing him to fall.
Staff were then told to fill a bag with cash.
Lawrie then yelled that no-one was to call for help before hitting worker John Turnbull on the head with the weapon.
The pair escaped but Lawrie was caught after his DNA was found on a broken part of the weapon that was recovered by police.
The father-of-four, from Coatbridge, will be sentenced next month.
The Tweed Valley Osprey Project (TVOP) said it was behaviour which "wouldn't be out of place on an episode of Jeremy Kyle for ospreys".
The images show the male bird - SS - in the nest along with "squabbling females" Mrs O and FS2.
Information officer Diane Bennett said they hoped it would all end with an egg appearing in the nest.
"Mrs O has not given up her battle to remain as the partner of SS at the main nest even though FS2 has tried to usurp her and steal her partner," she said.
"It seems that having the attention of two females demanding fish and moving in on his territory is all a little too much for SS.
"The squabbling females were both on the nest with SS but rather than make a choice and send one of them packing, he wimped out and flew off leaving the females to battle it out for themselves."
However, she said the male bird took "full advantage of the situation" and mated with "whichever female was alone at the nest whenever he returned".
Ms Bennett said it appeared that Mrs O now seemed to be winning the battle as FS2 had not been seen at the nest for a few days.
"She could be laying eggs which have been fertilised by SS into another nest," she said.
"This is the sort of behaviour that wouldn't be out of place on an episode of Jeremy Kyle for ospreys."
She added that they hoped to see an egg in the nest soon before time ran out for any chicks this season.
The A467 Ystradgynlais bypass between Brecon Road and the junction for Gurnos was closed on Saturday morning.
Dyfed-Powys Police have confirmed the road has reopened.
Low-cost carrier Eurowings, which is part of the Lufthansa Group, will start flying three times a week between the two cities on 27 March next year.
In 2012, Lufthansa Regional switched its Düsseldorf service from Edinburgh Airport to Glasgow.
Lufthansa continues to fly from Glasgow to Düsseldorf under its Eurowings subsidiary.
Welcoming the announcement, Edinburgh Airport chief executive Gordon Dewar said: "I am delighted that Edinburgh Airport has a direct new flight into the heart of Düsseldorf.
"This offers even greater choice and is further confirmation of Edinburgh Airport's position as a leader for business connectivity between Scotland and the continent."
Eurowings already serves Cologne from Edinburgh.
Lufthansa also flies to Frankfurt from the Scottish capital.
A masked man was reported to have entered the premises on Elmwood Street armed with a knife at around 17:10 GMT on Thursday.
A member of staff was threatened during the incident, but was not harmed.
It is believed the man made off with a sum of money. He is described as being 5ft 3in tall, of slim build and was wearing a dark green balaclava.
He was also wearing a dark-coloured top and dark blue tracksuit bottoms with drops of white paint on them.
The police have appealed for information.
"The thing that's so sad is to imagine that mother singing that story to her at a time when you were losing culture and the last thing that baby was, was safe," Mr Turnbull told indigenous journalist Stan Grant.
A teary-eyed prime minister makes for easy news copy, and the video quickly spread across websites and social media.
But the story of this lullaby is not as simple as it first seems, and in fact it's one of many clues helping to revitalise a language.
Tyronne Bell and Glen Freeman are from the Ngunawal people, the traditional owners of the land on which Canberra's Parliament House stands.
The cousins, who once helped Mr Turnbull prepare a speech in Ngunawal, were the source of the story, the prime minister's office confirmed.
Mr Bell said Mr Turnbull was referring to an enigmatic figure named Black Maria, a Ngunawal woman who lived in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales in the 1800s.
In 1930, the Moss Vale Post newspaper interviewed a very old woman who remembered listening to Black Maria's singing as a child.
"Black Maria, as she was called by the whites, possessed a very attractive voice and seated on the ground she often entertained the white children with lullabies, beating time with two sticks," the article said.
Four lines, purportedly from Maria's favourite song, were transcribed phonetically into the article. Mr Bell said these lines did not make sense in Ngunawal, as the people who transcribed them did not understand the language.
The story is further complicated by the identity of the woman who recalled Black Maria's lullaby. Mr Turnbull, it appears, made the assumption she was Black Maria's daughter, but this is not mentioned in the newspaper article. It's entirely possible that she was one of the white children who listened to Maria's songs.
What we do know is that Maria's alluring voice still resonates almost two centuries later.
Although the meaning of the original lullaby cannot be discerned, those four lines of inaccurately transcribed text helped inspire Mr Bell's late father to publish a book in the Ngunawal language, based on the legend of Mununja the Butterfly.
It is a love story about a young girl who escaped marriage to the evil Gunga and stayed close to her family and country forever under the protection of a beautiful butterfly, Mununja.
Mr Bell's father envisioned that the book, which included the Black Maria story as source material, could be used in schools to lift awareness of the language.
In the 1800s, Aboriginal people displaced by increasing British colonisation were moved to missions. They were often forbidden from speaking their mother tongue or following cultural traditions, meaning many cultures were lost forever.
But now, even elders are learning their language "from scratch". Mr Bell, Mr Freeman and the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (ATSIS) launched a pilot project to teach Ngunawal two years ago.
Mr Bell and Mr Freeman started their project after a list of 30 words in Ngunawal was found two years ago. Since news of the project travelled to others in the Ngunawal community, they have collected more than 300 words.
There is increasing awareness of the importance of protecting indigenous languages. When he made his address to parliament in Ngunawal, Mr Turnbull announced A$20m ($14.8m; £10.5m) in funding for language preservation programmes.
Dr Marcus Woolombi Waters, a sociology lecturer at Griffith University, is of the Kamilaroi people. He says embracing indigenous languages is not only vital for Aboriginal identity and belonging, but can help create much-needed understanding for non-Indigenous Australians.
"That's not just healing Aboriginal people, that's letting Australians become inclusive in thousands of years of connections themselves," Dr Waters said.
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The minister for the status of women said there were no accurate figures because of a lack of hard data.
But Patty Hajdu said research from the Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC) put it at more than 4,000.
A national inquiry is due to begin shortly.
Ms Hajdu and Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett have been speaking to survivors and relatives across Canada.
The inquiry was a key election pledge by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during the campaign last year.
The often cited 1,200 figure came from a 2014 Royal Canadian Mounted Police report on the missing women, related to the period between 1980 and 2012.
"During those discussions, the ministers have heard from participants that they believe the number of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls is higher than 1,200," Ms Bennett said.
In December 2015, Canadian authorities charged a man in the death of one indigenous girl whose murder caused a national outcry.
Raymond Cormier, 53, was charged with second-degree murder in the death of Tina Fontaine, 15, who was found dead in 2014 in Canada's Red River.
A BBC investigation in April revealed that dozens of aboriginal women disappear each year, with many later found dead in the river.
Mr Trudeau has promised an inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women in an appeal to First Nations chiefs.
The public inquiry would be a "top priority" of his newly-elected Liberal government, he said.
Mr Trudeau also pledged increased funding for programming and a review of laws on indigenous peoples.
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Justice Minister Jody-Wilson Raybould, Ms Hajdu and Ms Bennett conducted interviews with nearly 2,000 people to start forming the government inquiry, involving survivors, families and loved ones of survivors.
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xsum-stacked
The current version (corresponding to the stacked-booksum release): v0.3. See the Stacked Summaries org page for what this is and why it exists.
The maximum input length is 16384 tokens, and the maximum output length is 1024 tokens (measured with the Long-T5 tokenizer).
stats
[2023-01-09 19:36:25] INFO:root:INPUTS - basic stats - train
[2023-01-09 19:36:26] INFO:root:{'num_columns': 5,
'num_rows': 204045,
'num_unique_target': 203107,
'num_unique_text': 203846,
'summary - average chars': 125.46,
'summary - average tokens': 30.383719277610332,
'text input - average chars': 2202.42,
'text input - average tokens': 523.9222230390355}
[2023-01-10 02:34:29] INFO:root:stacked 204040 rows, 5 rows were ineligible
[2023-01-10 02:37:17] INFO:root:dropped 106 duplicate rows, 407979 rows remain
[2023-01-10 02:37:17] INFO:root:shuffling output with seed 1017
[2023-01-10 02:37:19] INFO:root:STACKED - basic stats - train
[2023-01-10 02:37:24] INFO:root:{'num_columns': 6,
'num_rows': 407979,
'num_unique_chapters': 407880,
'num_unique_summaries': 407141,
'summary - average chars': 2189.41,
'summary - average tokens': 473.4450547699759,
'text input - average chars': 33855.06,
'text input - average tokens': 8039.657793660948}
Citation
If you find this useful in your work, please consider citing us.
@misc {stacked_summaries_2023,
author = { {Stacked Summaries: Karim Foda and Peter Szemraj} },
title = { stacked-xsum (Revision bd7c88e) },
year = 2023,
url = { https://huggingface.co/datasets/stacked-summaries/stacked-xsum },
doi = { 10.57967/hf/0269 },
publisher = { Hugging Face }
}
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