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36483504,"Pro-EU Swansea East member Mike Hedges made the remark while explaining why he thought Brexit posed a risk.
UKIP Wales leader Nathan Gill, who is campaigning for a Leave vote, said the remark was ""shameful"".
Mr Hedges later apologised for the remark.
He had told BBC Wales: ""It's like getting divorced after 43 years.
""It might look better on the outside with all these young women available to you.
""But I think the reality may well be something different.""
In response Mr Gill said: 'It's shameful for anyone - let alone a member of the Welsh assembly - to lower the tone of debate in a way that may be seen as offensive.
""The vote on 23 June is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,"" he added.
""A vote to Remain is a vote to continue to send £350m to the EU every week, rather than spending it on our own priorities such as higher education and scientific research.""
Mr Hedges later apologised on Twitter, saying the comments ""should have been gender neutral"".","A Labour AM has been accused of ""lowering the tone"" of the EU debate by comparing a Leave vote to a man getting divorced because he thinks ""young women are available"".",XSum
22351056,"Boron nitride, or ""white graphene"", is similar to its namesake: sheets of atoms laid out like a chain-link fence.
A report in Nature Communications shows the material can preferentially soak up organic pollutants such as industrial chemicals or engine oil.
However, it is easier to clean and re-use than other such ""nanomaterials"".
The family of these materials includes much-touted, carbon-based members such as graphene and nanotubes, and are notable in part for their surface area-to-weight ratio.
That allows them to take up an incredible amount for their size, making them attractive for the clean-up of pollutants.
The new work suggests that a preparation of boron nitride could outperform many nanomaterials and more traditional approaches.
A team from the Institute for Frontier Materials at Deakin University in Australia and the Pierre and Marie Curie University in France started by making porous boron nitride ""nanosheets"" - wavy, single-atom layers of the material with holes in them.
These porous sheets, which together form a coarse white powder, vastly outperformed sheets that did not have the pores, and commercially available chunks of boron nitride that is not made up of the tiny sheets.
The porous version exhibited high ""selective absorption and adsorption"" - preferentially picking up organic pollutants and dyes out of water.
The powder soaked up as much as 33 times its own weight in the chemical ethylene glycol and 29 times its own weight of engine oil. Even still, the saturated powder floats on water.
The pollutants could then be driven out of the nooks and crannies of the material by heating it in a commercial furnace, or by simply igniting it - a trick that other, more established materials could only survive a few times before becoming completely clogged up.
""All these features make these porous nanosheets suitable for a wide range of applications in water purification and treatment,"" the authors wrote.
Francesco Stellacci of EPFL in Switzerland called the work ""an excellent paper in a booming field"".
""The data reported are indeed excellent and impressive,"" he told BBC News. ""The key question is if this is the material that at the end will be used for remediation.""
Prof Stellacci said that a market for such materials does not yet exist, and boron nitride's striking clean-up powers may or may not be enough to establish it as a leading contender, even among nanomaterials.
""I think that at the end it will not be performance that will determine the final material used, but more costs and scalability. I really hope that one of these materials, and maybe this one, will make it,"" he said.",A next-generation material first earmarked for use in electronics has proven itself a capable clean-up agent for polluted waters.,XSum
32921735,"Mr Pataki, who served as governor from 1995 to 2006, is positioning himself as a moderate in a heavily conservative field.
He joins seven other Republicans who have announced their campaigns, and several others who are expected to announce in the coming weeks.
After leaving the governor's office, he served as a UN delegate.
Mr Pataki launched a fundraising ""super-Pac"" earlier this year - a standard move for a politician considering running for America's highest office.
But his campaign was officially kicked off in a video posted to his website on Thursday morning.
In the video, titled George Pataki For President, he played up his role as a Republican governor in a state dominated by Democrats.
""Washington has grown too big, too powerful, too expensive and too intrusive,"" he said. ""This is exactly what the founding fathers feared...It is time to stand up, protect our freedom and take back this government"".
Amid thumping music, the campaign video pointed to his leadership during the attacks of 11 September 2001, and stressed that he would be a unifying candidate.
Since leaving elected office in the middle of the last decade, Mr Pataki has struck a moderate tone in the news media.
Could a former Republican governor from a large state who hasn't held public office in more than eight years have a shot at winning the Republican presidential nomination in 2016?
If the man's last name is Bush, the answer is yes. If it's Pataki, the odds are significantly longer.
So why does Jeb Bush of Florida consistently sit near the top of polls and dominate campaign fundraising, while George Pataki - the man who, along with Mayor Rudy Giuliani, became the face of New York's response to the September 11 attacks - barely move the needle?
There's the name, of course. But it's also likely the fact that Mr Pataki is part of a dying breed of Northeast Republican moderates who blend fiscal conservatism with social positions closer to those of the political left. He's in favour of same-sex marriage, supports legalised abortions and backs robust environmental regulation, for instance.
Once upon a time candidates with these kinds of views were a force in the Republican Party. Those days are long past, however.
In recent months, he has criticised so-called Religious Freedom bills that many conservative Republicans support.
He has also been critical of of Republican lawmakers who wrote to Iranian leaders while the Obama Administration was negotiating Iran's nuclear programme. He called their actions ""inappropriate"".
Mr Pataki made his first public appearance as a candidate later on Thursday when he spoke in Exeter, New Hampshire.",Former New York Governor George Pataki has entered the contest for the Republican presidential nomination.,XSum
34700790,"The formal adoption papers for Jacob came through last month, after he had already been living with his new family for a year and a half.
Scott, a senior manager for Adoption UK in the east of England, said the couple were initially approached to foster Jacob, as social workers were struggling to find a family for him.
This was not part of a formal foster-for-adoption scheme - but Scott and Tristan quickly decided to apply for adoption.
""It was sheer coincidence that he happened to fit with the structure of our family,"" said Scott.
Jacob was over seven years old before he met his permanent family - so he had quite a lot of history to come to terms with, some of it disturbing.
Part of the adoption process has been to ensure there is enough on-going support for Jacob in his new family.
But, according to Scott, Jacob is thriving and has ""changed beyond recognition"" in the 18 months he has been with them.
He has moved from a school for children with behavioural difficulties to mainstream education and has been able to ""close some of the chapters on his previous life"".
The family are planning a big party to formally welcome Jacob.
Life was not without its challenges - sometimes there was friction between the three boys, ""but that is part and parcel of being a parent - it's a bit like a conventional family having to adjust to a new baby"", said Scott.
Both Scott and Tristan admit to having ""fought like cat and dog"" with their own siblings as children, and this has helped them accept the challenges of parenthood.
""The thing I have come to accept is that there is never a normal day,"" said Scott.
""Socially and emotionally, they all have to face challenges every day.
""That's just life with children. We just suck it up and get on with it.","Scott Casson-Rennie and his civil partner, Tristan, already had two adopted sons Frasier, now 17, and Brandon, now 16, when they fostered Jacob, now nine, in April last year.",XSum
36548479,"Ginx eSports TV will be available via Sky's television service and will air footage from tournaments as well as produce original content.
It plans to show Valve's Dota 2 international competition as well as global tournaments for Counter Strike.
But one expert wondered where the audience for the channel would was going to come from.
In a statement, Ginx boss Michiel Bakker said the channel aimed to give esports ""significant mainstream TV exposure"" that would complement the online streaming of gaming that many watch.
He said he hoped that making the channel available to Sky's millions of customers would help people discover esports for the first time. It would also give established fans a different perspective on competitions and tournaments, he added.
The channel will face significant competition for its audience as many gamers prefer to watch gaming streams online. Many follow regular gamers on the Twitch streaming service, on YouTube and Facebook or via sites run by game makers to broadcast top tournaments.
Earlier this year, Activision Blizzard bought the Major League Gaming firm as the start of a plan to make competitive gaming more accessible.
Increasing numbers of established broadcasters are also starting to put gaming tournaments on mainstream channel. Last year, the BBC aired the highlights of the quarter finals of Riot Games' League of Legends world championships. And, in the US, the sports network ESPN has also started to focus more on pro-gamers.
A report published earlier in 2016 by Deloitte predicted that global revenues from esports will rise by 25% this year to $500m (£353m). Its regular audience will likely top 150 million people globally, it predicted.
Alec Meer from gaming news site Rock, Paper Shotgun wondered who would be watching the tournaments and gaming-themed shows.
""It is difficult to imagine what the channel could possibly do to entice people away from watch-anywhere esports with favoured commentators and streams on YouTube and Twitch and back to broadcast TV,"" he said.
Many young people had simply ""abandoned"" TV in favour of web video, he added.
""Perhaps it's in with a chance if it can bag exclusive rights, as with football, but even if it does there's so much other esports out there that there's simply no way of cornering the market,"" Mr Meer told the BBC.
""Good luck to 'em,"" he said. ""It's nice to see more gaming on TV for sure, but I rather suspect it's far too late at this stage.""",The UK will soon have its first 24-hour TV channel dedicated to competitive gaming or esports.,XSum
39738223,"Michael Flynn was warned in 2014 about declaring foreign funds, a year before he appeared on Russia television and was paid $45,000, documents show.
Mr Flynn's links to Russia are being scrutinised by the FBI and two congressional committees.
A lawyer for Mr Flynn said the Pentagon was aware of one of his paid speeches.
Congressional members now want the Army to determine whether he broke the law.
The inspector generals' letters also show that the agency found no evidence that he sought prior approval.
In a letter sent to the acting secretary of the Army, Republican House Oversight Committee chairman Jason Chaffetz requested that ""in light of these apparent violations"" the Army establish a way for Mr Flynn to repay the hundred of thousands of dollars that he received from the governments of Russia and Turkey.
The committee's ranking Democratic member, Elijah Cummings, also released a 2014 document given to Mr Flynn by his old employer, the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), which outlines his ethics restrictions - including a prohibition on accepting payments from foreign governments.
He also released a redacted letter from the DIA saying they could not ""locate any records of LTG Flynn seeking permission or approval for the receipt of money from a foreign source"".
But a lawyer for Mr Flynn said that the redacted sections in the letter confirm that he had actually provided two briefings to defence officials, one before and one after the event.
""The Department was fully aware of the trip,"" lawyer Robert Kelner said. He also calling upon the DIA and the committee to release the full unredacted note.
Earlier this week, the White House refused to release Mr Flynn's forms that he filed in order to obtain a White House security clearance.
Mr Flynn received more than $33,000 (£25,700) from Russian broadcaster RT for giving a speech at its Moscow gala in 2015. He was seated at a table next to the Russian president.
He also received more than $500,000 from Turkey for lobbying he undertook on their behalf in Washington after leaving the Defense Intelligence Agency in August 2014, and before joining the Trump administration.
His lawyer has said that he wants immunity to testify before Congress on alleged Russian election meddling.
Mr Flynn quit as national security adviser in February after failing to disclose to the White House his conversations with the Russian ambassador to Washington.
The two faces of Trump's America
A list of Trump's broken promises
100 voters reflect on Trump's 100 days
How much has Trump achieved so far?",The Pentagon inspector general is investigating whether a sacked Trump adviser took money from foreign governments without necessary approval.,XSum
33750151,"England vice-captain Heather Knight reflects on the one-day international phase of the multi-format Women's Ashes. The series continues with a one-off Test at Canterbury which begins on Tuesday, 11 August. You can listen to commentary on every ball of the series on the BBC.
It was a massive honour to pick up my 50th cap, made all the more special being in the West Country at a ground where I'd spent hours training as a kid with the Somerset academy.
We love cap presentations as a squad, not only because we massively enjoy each other's success, but also because we use it as a competition to see who can look the most elated or dorky in the background of the shot. I think Nat Sciver and Lydia Greenway have nailed it perfectly in the background of this photo…
There's always a few nerves kicking around at the start of such a massive series, but we started brilliantly with the ball with Anya Shrubsole and Katherine Brunt setting the tone. They've both bowled excellently in all three ODIs and have been unlucky not to get more reward in the wickets column.
Nat and Lydia then combined excellently with the bat to see us over the line, a brilliant start.
The convoy then made its way to Bristol for the next match. Lydia and Laura Marsh and I decided to break away from the convoy system on the morning of the match.
This proved to be an error, with chief navigator Marshy taking us in the completely wrong direction. Luckily we didn't lose too much time!
The Australians came back hard at us in Bristol, as we expected, and made us pay for not taking a few tough chances in the field and not staying in the game long enough with the bat.
Being a cricketer in England, one skill that's non-negotiable in your cricketing armoury is an ability to amuse yourself during a long rain delay. We found this out on a damp squib in Worcester three days later.
It's always tricky when you've got the game in the back of your mind, but it's quite important to be able to relax so you're ready to switch on quickly if the rain subsides. It's fair to say there are a variety of characters in our dressing room and everyone has their own ways of coping with the rain.
Captain Charlotte Edwards can be seen sighing after reaching in her pocket for her phone several times an hour, only to realise it's not actually there because of the International Cricket Council's anti-corruption measures which mean that all phones have to be removed from the dressing room.
Katherine Brunt is usually making a large amount of noise somewhere, whether it is in celebration of a game she's found - such as trying to putt a golf ball into an empty coffee cup - or if she's arguing that she's losing at cards because everyone else is cheating. (Brunty's a terrible loser!).
The Hoof (Anya Shrubsole) will often be frowning at Katherine making so much noise as it distracts her from her Sudoku. I'm usually found filtering between reading the paper, trying and failing to make people laugh, playing cards or doing some running bat repairs.
Despite the weather, it was good to see so many supporters stick around at Worcester and we were grateful to spend a bit of time signing a few autographs and chatting to the crowd.
The support we've had at all three of the grounds has been absolutely amazing, so thanks to everyone who has come along to support us, it really has made a difference.
It's also great to see so many young girls coming along to watch. As a kid I knew very little about women's cricket so to see the next generation being able to access it so easily, thanks to some great coverage we've had, is awesome!
Luckily we had a reserve day at Worcester, but unfortunately we were well below par and Australia outplayed us in all three disciplines. Meg Lanning and Ellyse Perry have really stepped up for them in the ODIs so it's key that we find a way to counter them in the rest of the series.
We were massively disappointed in losing the last two games and it's important that we're honest as a squad with what went wrong, but it's even more important that we move on quickly and come back stronger for the Test.
Sometimes you have bad days in sport, it happens, but it's what you do next that counts and we will be better come 11 August in Canterbury.","With all the waiting and build-up finally over, it was time to don the dark blues and kick off our Ashes campaign at Taunton with the first one-day international.",XSum
38716941,"They ran in seven tries to finish second in Pool Three and book their British & Irish Cup quarter-final spot.
""There was some sloppiness in there that we'll have to rectify in the week,"" Cattle told BBC Radio Cornwall.
""I thought the score flattered us a little bit - it was only in that second 20 minutes in the first half where they missed a few one-on-ones.""
Alex O'Meara scored a hat-trick at the Mennaye, with captain Chris Morgan, Bar Bartlett, Jake Parker, and Alex Day also going over.
Pirates had Marlen Walker sin-binned while fly-half Bartlett suffered a rib injury, with the club awaiting results from an x-ray.
""Us coaches are always going to be picky with the performance,"" added Cattle.
""When we had the sin-binning it looked a little bit disjointed from the scrum but they're things we can iron out.""",Cornish Pirates coach Gavin Cattle says his side has room for improvement despite their 50-24 win over Connacht.,XSum
35438808,"New rules to regulate burials and cremations were proposed in the wake of the baby ashes scandal.
The bill would set out a legal definition of ashes and require that authorities retain details of burials.
MSPs said the bill risked being a ""missed opportunity"" unless a licensing scheme for undertakers was included.
The Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Bill aims to update the existing set of rules over services, which date back over 100 years.
It was introduced following a scandals uncovered in Mortonhall, Edinburgh, as well as Aberdeen, Fife and Glasgow, where babies ashes were disposed of without parents being informed.
Bereaved parents addressed the health committee during scrutiny of the bill, calling for funeral directors to be inspected and held to account by the government.
The report from the Local Government and Regeneration Committee reflected this, saying the bill should be enhanced by adding a licensing scheme ""to be implemented without delay"".
MSPs also called for the bill to include provisions for burial records to be held electronically, a burial grounds management scheme for local authorities, and changes to the maximum period burial plots can be held for.
Committee convener Kevin Stewart said it was clear the bill in its present form ""leaves some questions unanswered"".
He said: ""This bill was a chance to fundamentally change the way the funeral industry operates and by doing so send a real signal on the issues of service standards and costs.
""It is disappointing the decision to license funeral directors was not taken - something which is surely a missed opportunity - and why we recommend licensing should be implemented without delay.""","A bill seeking to modernise burial and cremation services in Scotland ""lacks detail and ambition"", MSPs on the local government committee have said.",XSum
35207034,"The 13-year-old is the youngest person on this year's list, which gives out special awards to people for achievements like making a difference to their community, being a volunteer for many years or being amazing at what they do for a job.
Jonjo Heuerman, from Dartford, England, has raised more than £235,000 for Cancer Research UK's Bobby Moore Fund.
""It was a big surprise, because I never thought I could get something like this at this age,"" Jonjo said.
""It made me feel quite proud of myself because I've worked really hard over the last five years.""
Jonjo will receive his award, which is special medal, from the Queen or other members of the Royal Family at a ceremony later in 2016.
He added: ""In 2009 my Nan died from bowel cancer - she had been fighting it for a very long time.
""My football hero Bobby Moore also died from it about 20 years ago, and I decided to fundraise for the Bobby Moore Fund.""
The teenager has walked and cycled thousands of miles across Britain since the death of his grandmother Lyn.
Jonjo said the hardest challenge had been in February when he undertook a 700-mile cycle ride, visiting all of the Premier League football clubs in England.
He then returned to London and walked to all of the capital's Premier League clubs.
""I'm in training for the next one which is in April. I'm going to be cycling and walking from Germany all the way to the UK,"" Jonjo said.
Jonjo is one of nearly 1,200 people who have been named on the New Year Honours list.",A schoolboy fundraiser has been awarded a British Empire Medal on the New Year Honours list.,XSum
36761458,"A parliamentary inquiry, supported by charity Barnardo's, says they should be seen as children ""first and foremost"".
It also said children who sexually abuse other children have often suffered abuse and trauma themselves.
Barnardo's Javed Khan said treating children as mini sex offenders ""prevents them being rehabilitated and living positive lives"".
For its report, the inquiry used a description of harmful sexual behaviour as one where children and young people ""engage in sexual discussions or activities that are inappropriate for their age or stage of development, often with other individuals who they have power over by virtue of age, emotional maturity, gender, physical strength, or intellect and where the victim in this relationship has suffered a betrayal of trust"".
This behaviour could range from using explicit words and phrases to sex with other children or adults.
There is no definitive data on the scale of the issue of harmful sexual behaviour by children.
However, a Freedom of Information request revealed that more than 4,200 under-18s were reported as perpetrators of sexual offences in England and Wales in 2013-14.
The report contains several case studies, including the following:
""I am a 20-year-old man who was arrested at 15 for a serious sexual assault of two girls under eight years old. They lived near me.
""When I was young I was heavily beaten and sexually abused.
""When I was nine months old I was admitted to hospital with broken ribs, a broken arm and a broken leg.
""My sexual abuse lasted nine-and-a-half years and was... horrible to live with for that long - as you can probably imagine.""
The inquiry's report said that in some cases, children ""make mistakes as they start to understand their sexuality and experiment with it"".
It added: ""These children are unlikely to pose further risk to the public, given appropriate support, but unnecessarily criminalising or stigmatising them as a 'sex offender' at such a young age makes it more likely that they will struggle to regain a normal life, and increases their propensity to re-offend.""
It also said that while public protection should always remain the ""primary driver"" when dealing with cases, young offenders should be ""treated as children first and offenders second"".
Mr Khan, who is Barnardo's chief executive, said: ""We must remember that many children who show harmful sexual behaviour have experienced or witnessed physical, emotional or sexual abuse as well as neglect and can be extremely vulnerable.
""In some cases a criminal justice response may be necessary, but we have to find a much better way to stop children abusing themselves and each other.""
Conservative MP Nusrat Ghani, who chaired the inquiry, said: ""In this smartphone age, parents must also play a vigilant role in protecting their children from harmful sexual behaviour and from harmful sexual images that cause damage they are too young to understand.""
The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), which was involved in writing the report, welcomed its findings and called for a ""national strategy on harmful sexual behaviour in children"".
James Bowen, of the union, said: ""High-quality, funded training must be made available to teachers to develop their knowledge, understanding and confidence in teaching pupils about these issues.
""Child protection training for all school staff needs to be developed to include recognising, and dealing with, concerning and harmful sexual behaviours.""","Children who commit acts of harmful sexual behaviour should not be treated as ""mini sex offenders"", a report says.",XSum
34997679,"Three armed and masked men forced their way into a house on Chestnut Road in Artane, in the north of the city, at about 05:00 local time on Thursday.
The women were held hostage while the man, a cash in transit employee, was forced to go to work and hand over money.
Up to 200,000 euros (£143,000) was reportedly handed over.
A GSLS security van was driven from south Dublin to deliver the cash to a business park at Dublin Airport.
The employee locked himself into the van at the airport before police arrived.
His wife and adult daughter had been tied up and driven around for a number of hours in the back of a van.
They were found in Dunboyne, County Meath and were not physically injured. However, police said they had been left traumatised by their ordeal.
A forensic examination was carried out at the airport before police removed the cash in transit van and another van.",A mother and daughter have been held hostage during an abduction and robbery in Dublin.,XSum
35261568,"Vince captains the England Lions for a five-match 50-over series against Pakistan A in the UAE this month.
The 24-year-old will then stay on to play for Karachi Kings in the inaugural Pakistan Super League.
""I would love to be part of a World Cup squad and hopefully runs will push my case,"" he told BBC Radio Solent.
Vince will join England's T20 squad for two games in South Africa in February, prior to the World T20 in India the following month.
He finished as leading run-scorer in their series victory against Pakistan in November, including an innings 41 off 36 balls on his England T20 debut in Dubai.
""I'd have taken being top run-scorer at the start of that series,"" Vince said. ""To play all three games and to contribute to a series win was a great feeling.""
But, after his eye-catching performances for the senior side, he struggled for runs in the following Lions series against Pakistan A in December.
""Hopefully I can give a better account of myself in the 50-over stuff, contribute more and score some runs,"" he added.
""I've got a bit of cricket before joining England in South Africa and I'm hoping Dubai will be great preparation.""",Hampshire captain James Vince hopes his limited-overs exploits in the months ahead will secure his place in England's World Twenty20 squad.,XSum
27512819,"22 May 2014 Last updated at 01:38 BST
Holly Lodge Girls' College has captured events including sports days, school plays and a trip to Nazi Germany, where pupils watched the Hitler Youth taking part in a tug-of-war.
The archive will be catalogued by Liverpool Central Library so it can be made available to the public, reports Lindsey Prosser for North West Tonight.",Ninety-two years of photographs from a girls' school in Liverpool have been handed to the city's library for public viewing.,XSum
20511429,"Parts of Oxford, including Abingdon Road, remain closed on Thursday evening, although Seacourt Park and Ride partially reopened.
A number of flood warnings remain in place for the River Thames, including parts of Oxford.
Flooding in the city was continuing to cause disruption on the rail network on Thursday evening with cancellations to some services from Paddington.
Mill Street in Islip has now reopened while the food barrier in Kennington has been removed and the road also reopened.
In Henley, BBC reporter Patrick O'Hagan said river levels had remained more or less unchanged overnight to Thursday morning.
He said most of the flooding had happened on the south side of the River Thames, away from most buildings.
Oxfordshire County Council's deputy leader Rodney Rose said although this emergency was coming to an end, the authority would not be collecting its stock of sandbags until it was sure the flood risk had reduced further.
He said the flooding had caused damage to roads in the county which would be fully assessed once all the flood water had receded.
Sue Staunton, business adviser at James Cowper accountants in Oxford, estimates the cost of the flooding in Oxfordshire alone could run in to ""tens of millions of pounds"", based on the experience of the 2007 floods.
She said the costs ranged from property damage to lost days at work and people not being able to visit shops and businesses in flooded areas.
The Environment Agency has relocated its command centre from Botley to the Redbridge Park and Ride where there is less water.
It currently has a number of flood warnings for the South.
Oxfordshire County Council has given out more than 5,000 sandbags and said 15 homes had flooded in Oxfordshire over the past few days.",Residents across Oxfordshire have begun to clear up after days of flooding.,XSum
32850670,"But the movie, directed by Australian Justin Kurzel and which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival this weekend, has a new interpretation of Shakespeare's tragic hero and why he sets out on his doomed path to power.
""He's suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder,"" claims Michael Fassbender. ""I'm aware that it's a completely modern interpretation of his actions and it's only now we know what the condition is, we were just as puzzled by soldiers returning from World War One with PTSD, society didn't know what to do with them.
""I had never thought of Macbeth in that way, but Justin nudged me and said, 'it's obvious, isn't it' and it fell into place. It's actually in the text, in the banquet scene, where he sees the ghost of Banquo, Lady Macbeth has to step in and say, 'he's known to have these bouts and fits.'
""To me it all makes sense - you can't be away at war, all the time, killing people, you don't see your wife, it's in the text that they've lost at least one child, and it was the key to Macbeth for me - I understood his hallucinations, the erratic behaviour, the fits of madness. Strange how Shakespeare understood post-traumatic stress too.
""And to counter-balance it, I see Lady Macbeth not as the ambitious and power-hungry villainess of history, but someone who is desperately trying to reconnect with her husband and thinks that perhaps if they carry out this enormous act of murder together, it will reconnect them. I find it a more interesting theory than the power-crazy woman. It's less about power and more about filling a void.""
Macbeth has been adapted several times for TV and film, including by Orson Welles in 1948, when Welles starred in the title role, and most famously, by Roman Polanski in 1971, months after the murder of his wife, Sharon Tate, at the hands of Charles Manson's gang.
This may have set the seal on the traditional superstition among actors that mentioning the name Macbeth is unlucky; Fassbender refers to it by ""that name"" and says that ""strange things"" happened among the crew during shooting.
""It very quickly became 'the Scottish play' for us, "" he says. ""But the worst luck we had was the weather. That was terrible.""
Justin Kurzel, who made his directing debut in 2011 with independent hit The Snowtown murders, adds that there was ""a supernatural element to filming in Skye in January, it seemed to be a place where spirits walk"".
""We just wanted a very traditional Macbeth - one that would fit in 11th Century Scotland, not a modern re-imagining of it, set in New York or London, so that's where we went - and it poured down nearly every day of the shoot. I'm amazed the crew didn't desert us, having to carry equipment up and down the mountains every day, and these poor extras just standing in the rain in their wool costumes.
""However unlucky it might be though, we're all reuniting - myself, Marion and Michael - for the film Assassin's Creed next year, so it can't have put us off that much.""
French actress Marion Cotillard, who won an Oscar for her performance in La Vie En Rose in 2007, believed that ""one day I would play Lady Macbeth, but I thought in French, and maybe on the stage.""
She was not asked to find a Scottish accent for the role, ""because it gives Lady Macbeth a sense of otherness, of being an outsider. Being asked to work on delivering the original verse in English - that was the most challenging aspect of it for me.""
Even Fassbender, who was nominated for an Oscar for his part in Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave, said he was ""daunted"" by the thought of performing Shakespeare.
""But we were all afraid,"" he adds. ""Me at the thought of playing a Shakespearian hero, Marion at tackling the English verses, and Justin because it was his first big feature film. The tension that created actually helped the shoot.
""I don't feel I have to do Shakespeare or anything just because I'm an actor,"" he qualifies, ""but he's inherent in our culture and I just felt privileged at the thought of getting asked to do it. His language and his complexity - that's why he survives, there are so many avenues of interpretation to go down.
""I think it might be time for me to do something on stage soon, in a few years perhaps, but that's not necessarily going to be Shakespeare. I would like to though. I know that so many teenagers are forced to do Shakespeare for their English exams, and Macbeth is always a big favourite.
""So that's almost why I decided to do it - I hope 15 or 16 year olds are going to see it one day, and relate to Macbeth in a way they hadn't before, and see him and his wife as real people.""","""The Scottish play"" - as William Shakespeare's  Macbeth is known among actors - has become ""the Scottish film"" starring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard as the infamous couple who murder their way to the throne of Scotland.",XSum
35542054,"Mohammed Uddin, from Barking in east London, travelled to Syria in November 2014 but was detained for not having any travel documents when he returned to Turkey on 12 December.
The 29-year-old was stopped by counter terrorism officers when he arrived at Gatwick Airport on 22 December 2014.
He pleaded guilty to one charge of preparing acts for terrorism.
Sussex Police said security checks had led officers to suspect Uddin, of Wilmington Gardens, Barking, had been involved in terrorist-related activity.
He was also found to be in possession of extremist material.
Assistant Chief Constable Laura Nicholson, who leads counter-terrorism across the South-East, said ""proactive work of Gatwick Airport port officers"" had led to the capture of Uddin.
Sue Hemming of the Crown Prosecution Service said it had been ""very clear"" Uddin had ""meticulously planned his trip"".
""Online searches had been carried out relating to 'Islamic State fighting', which strongly implied a more sinister purpose to his trip,"" she said.
Uddin was sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court on Tuesday.",A man who travelled to Syria to fight with the so-called Islamic State has been jailed for seven years.,XSum
33602307,"Adam Lyth, Gary Ballance and Ian Bell are under pressure, with Jonny Bairstow and James Taylor in good domestic form.
""When you play badly, positions are looked at,"" said Bayliss, whose side were heavily beaten in the second Test.
Bayliss also hinted there could be room for England's one-day batsmen.
""Test cricket is becoming more and more like a one-day game anyway,"" said the Australian, whose first game in charge saw England beat Australia at Cardiff.
""You maybe don't have quite as many short balls bowled at you in a one-day game. But I think you get confidence from batting well anywhere. If you've got one-day form, there's no real reason you can't turn that into runs at Test level.""
Bairstow and Taylor, who hit 139 and 291 respectively in the latest round of County Championship matches, have both figured in the England one-day team in the past year, while Bayliss's comments suggest players like Alex Hales and 50-over captain Eoin Morgan may be considered.
Hales, once rated as the best Twenty20 batsmen in the world, is yet to play five-day cricket while Morgan played the most recent of his 16 Tests in 2012.
It would be a surprise if Morgan, 28, were recalled - he averages just 10 for Middlesex this season and got a pair in his last four-day outing - but he has worked with Bayliss in both the Indian Premier League and Australian Big Bash.
Bayliss is aware of England's top-order frailties - their third wicket has fallen with 52 runs or fewer on the board in eight of their past 14 Test innings - and says it will be discussed at Tuesday's meeting.
Lyth, Ballance and Bell scored 56 runs between them in their six innings at Lord's, while their Australia counterparts Chris Rogers, David Warner and Steve Smith amassed 616.
The third Test begins at Edgbaston on 29 July, with the series level at 1-1.
""It's on the mind of anyone when the team is not playing like you would like - those things are always in the back of the coach's and selectors' mind,"" said Bayliss.
""Two Tests ago they were selected for these first couple because they were considered the best players in the country. That doesn't necessarily change after only four innings.
""[But] it's a concern that we are three or four for 40, and they know that.""
Listen to BBC Radio 5 live In short as former England captain Graham Gooch criticises England's batting performance against Australia.","England will pick their squad for the third Ashes Test against Australia on Tuesday, with head coach Trevor Bayliss admitting there are ""some good players on the outside"".",XSum
36585767,"The blaze started about 09:00 BST at Whitfire Shavings on Church Lane, Farington Moss, Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service (LFRS) said.
Fire crews started to reduce the blaze which spread to six warehouses storing ""very flammable"" wood shavings and compressed sawdust at about 14:00.
LFRS said there were no reports of casualties.
Plumes of smoke can been seen up to five miles away in Preston, said LFRS.
Lancashire Police has advised people to stay indoors and keep windows and doors closed due to the smoke and possible toxins.
Nine homes were evacuated as a safety precaution after it was confirmed that one of the buildings contained asbestos.
The fire is not being treated as suspicious.","Up to 90 firefighters have been tackling a ""major fire"" at a sawdust mill in Lancashire.",XSum
37556514,"Wirral Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) said 95% of people it consulted wanted to end the £16,500 it spent a year on homeopathy.
However, a homeopathic doctor said it was ""a sustainable ongoing"" treatment.
Homeopathy uses highly diluted substances that practitioners say can cause the body to heal itself.
Dr Sue Wells, Wirral CCG's medical director, said the decision ""wasn't about finance"".
She said: ""We nevertheless need to make sure the considerable money spent is used in the right way and gives the most benefit to Wirral residents.""
The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence advises the NHS on the use of treatments and does not recommend homeopathy to treat any health conditions.
Bristol and London are believed to be the only areas left paying for homeopathy, according to the Good Thinking Society, which is campaigning to have it blacklisted on the NHS.
Michael Marshall from the charity said it was ""a waste of money"" and it was better to allocate resources to treatments with ""tangible and clear, proven benefits"".
But Dr Adrian Finter, a GP and homeopathic doctor, said he was disappointed.
""If patients are getting themselves better they will be less dependent on the doctor, on the system and the NHS.""
Patient Ann Lewis, who suffered from crippling headaches, refused surgery and orthodox treatments in favour of homeopathy.
""I used to have massive headaches - three a week - some of which involved me having to lie in a room with a box over my head because I couldn't stand any light,"" said Ms Lewis.
""[Homeopathy] stopped them.""
About 8,894 homeopathic items were prescribed across England in 2015, NHS Digital data shows.",Health bosses at an NHS trust thought to be one of only three still providing homeopathy in England are to stop funding the treatment.,XSum
36997698,"Two men were found in the street and another in a back garden on Goldthorn Hill in Goldthorn Park at about midnight.
A member of the public flagged down a police car and the men, aged 27,31 and 36, were taken to hospital with serious injuries.
The road has been cordoned off while police investigate.
Sgt Carl Russell said: ""Several people have told us that a car was seen to speed away from the scene shortly after the attack.
""We are appealing to anyone who may have seen this car to come forward with information.
""The injured men are in a serious condition and continue to be treated in hospital.""",Three men have been stabbed in an attack at a house in Wolverhampton.,XSum
32629816,"Site Intelligence, a US militant monitoring group, cites an AQAP statement as saying Ansi was killed in April in the port city of Mukalla.
There is no US confirmation. Ansi had appeared in a number of AQAP videos.
In one, he claimed the group was behind the attack on the Paris offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in January, in which 12 people died.
Site also said Ansi appeared in videos claiming AQAP was holding - and had then killed - the American journalist Luke Somers.
Mr Somers, and South African teacher Pierre Korkie, were killed by al-Qaeda militants in Yemen last December.
They died during a failed rescue bid by US and Yemeni special forces.
Site said Ansi's eldest son and other fighters also died in the air strike in Mukalla.
Al-Qaeda seized Mukalla, the capital of the eastern Hadramawt province, in early April, along with a large army base nearby. Dozens of Aqap members were freed from the city's prison.
But within three days, most al Qaeda troops had been forced out of the port city by local tribesmen.
In another video, Ansi called for Sunni Muslims to attack Houthi forces, who took over large parts of Yemen last September.
A Saudi-led coalition has been taking part in air strikes against Houthis for the last six weeks.
Last month, the US Secretary of Defence Ash Carter said Aqap were ""making direct gains on the ground"" in Yemen thanks to instability elsewhere in the country.","A US air strike in Yemen has reportedly killed Nasser al-Ansi, a top militant of al-Qaeda in the Arab Peninsula.",XSum
33005550,"The 7.5 metre (24.5ft) male shark was discovered on Kirk Michael beach on the west coast of the island.
A Manx Basking Shark Watch spokeswoman said people should not go near the carcass as it is very decomposed.
The Isle of Man government will take samples for scientific investigation before burying the shark.
Marine Officer for the Manx Wildlife Trust Lara Howe said from initial inspection is looks like the creature died from ""natural causes.""
""We recommend that people don't touch it or let their dogs near it as the carcass can contain harmful bacteria,"" she said.
Basking sharks are are the second largest fish in the world, feed on plankton and are usually spotted in Manx waters from mid-May.
Anyone who sees a shark off the island's coast over the next few months can report the sighting to either Whale and Dolphin Watch or the Manx Basking Shark Watch.
According to Jackie Hall of the Manx Basking Shark Watch, the sharks may be native and never actually leave Manx waters.","A decomposing basking shark washed up on an Isle of Man beach may pose a ""serious health hazard"", wildlife experts have warned.",XSum
11508683,"Sergeant Peter Rayner, 34, from Bradford, West Yorkshire, of 2nd Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, was killed on Friday.
The soldier was carrying out a patrol in the Nahr-e Saraj area of Helmand Province.
The number of British military personnel killed in operations in Afghanistan since 2001 is now 340.
Sgt Rayner's wife Wendy led tributes to the ""fantastic"" and ""loving"" husband and father to son, Derek.
""He loved his job and doing something which he believed in.
""He will be sincerely missed by all who knew him,"" she said.
Sgt Rayner was born into a military family, and his parents Peter and Bernadette said their son was ""always full of energy and was someone who enjoyed life to the full"".
""As a soldier he loved his job and was totally committed to the Army, as well as his family and friends.
""As a son and brother, he was a fun-loving and caring person of whom we are all very proud.
""We loved him so dearly and will miss him with all our hearts.""
The MoD said Sgt Rayner, who had also served in Bosnia and Iraq, would be ""sorely missed"" and remembered for his ""pre-eminence as a Javelin Commander, for his forthright manner and for his huge personality"".
Sgt Rayner's bravery and courage had attracted much praise in Afghanistan, it said.
Lieutenant Colonel Robbie Boyd, Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, said: ""He was honest, loyal and always vocal.
""A true Lion of England and a man of high morals, guts and integrity.
""A man who cared not just for the morale of his soldiers, but in how that morale was created.
""A man with great spirit and forthrightness, who was as true as his aim was with a Javelin Missile.""
Major Paul Tingey, Officer Commanding Arnhem Company, 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, said Sgt Rayner left a ""lasting impression"" on people.
""He spoke his mind and always had the best interests of his men at heart.
""He was someone that you could rely on to tell you exactly what he thought. I always welcomed his words of advice.
""I will remember Skippy as a devoted family man, a fanatical mountain biker and one of the best commanders that I have had the privilege to work with,"" he said.",A British soldier killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan has been named by the Ministry of Defence.,XSum
35868396,"The drivers say ride-hailing apps such as Uber and Grab have made it impossible for them to earn a living in the heavily congested city.
Some protesters were seen attacking vehicles and threatening others drivers not taking part in the strike.
The drivers have been joined by bus and ""bajaj"" motorbike drivers.
Mobile apps like Grab and Uber have disrupted the transportation industry across Asia, and other parts of the world.
Taxi drivers say they've been disadvantaged because the apps do not face the same costs and regulations as they do.
The BBC's Rebecca Henschke in Jakarta says Tuesday's protest is far bigger than similar action taken last week. She said it was impossible to get a taxi in the city centre.
The protesters have blocked roads outside the parliament, the city administration offices and the ministry of communication, causing massive traffic jams. Tyres were set on fire in at least one location.
Commuters have expressed frustration.
""This protest is so terrible. They really are rude and overbearing. I was very hurt,"" Dewi Gayatri, who missed her flight for a business trip, told the Associated Press.
""I hope the government protects Uber, because it's so easy to order and cheaper,"" she said.
The drivers, many of whom moved to Jakarta to work, say taxi price wars have eroded their ability to make a living.
""They are destroying us,"" Salahuddin, who uses one name like many Indonesians, told the BBC.  ""We pay tax but because Uber uses private cars they don't. I am fighting for my survival.""
Ahmad Rahoyo who operates a bajaj taxi said he used to earn up to 100,000 rupiah ($10; £7) a day, ""but since the apps entered Indonesia just covering my costs is hard"".
One man, Hans, said he saw drivers blocking a bus lane.
""When they saw a taxi driver accepting a passenger they straight away ran over to the vehicle and told the passengers to get out of the taxi,"" he said.
""They threatened them with rocks. I didn't see them hit anyone but they destroyed the rear vision mirrors of one taxi.""
Indonesia's government has appeared divided over the issue.
The transport ministry has said it is in favour of a ban on ride-hailing apps, since the online and mobile app-based services are not registered as public transport.
However the communications ministry, which oversees such companies, has said they are legitimately allowed to operate.
President Joko Widodo has said new technology should be embraced and not banned.
Uber, which has sparked conflict with regulators and traditional taxi companies in many US and European cities as well, has expanded aggressively in recent years.
Its success has led to a slew of localised transport-app companies with similar business models.
This includes Malaysia-based Grab, which claims to be Southeast Asia's largest, and Indonesian startup Go-Jek which specialises in motorcycle taxis.
To try and claim market share, Grab for example, has offered commuters 20 free rides on their motorcycle taxi service.","Thousands of Indonesian taxi drivers have brought parts of the capital, Jakarta, to a standstill in a protest against transport apps.",XSum
35612052,"The Latics will move their first-team training base there from Christopher Park, which they will now use to train their academy teams.
Bolton, who are £172.9m in debt, have looked to sell off assets to raise funds but Dean Holdsworth's consortium is close to completing a takeover.
They will now use to their Lostock facility as well as the Macron Stadium.",League One club Wigan Athletic have purchased Bolton Wanderers' training ground facility in Euxton.,XSum
33005485,"As part of the BBC's UK-wide Music Day, the Manic Street Preachers headline at Cardiff Castle while events take place around the city.
Boy band One Direction are also playing two nights at Millennium Stadium.
Travel advice has been issued by Cardiff council.
Full details of events taking place in Cardiff as part of BBC Music Day can be found here.
The Manic Street Preachers will play Cardiff Castle for the first time in the evening and the first part of their set will be every song from their acclaimed album The Holy Bible.
Released in 1994, the album has a poignant resonance with fans as it was the last time guitarist and lyricist Richey Edwards performed with the band.
Edwards disappeared in 1995 after battling eating disorders, alcoholism and depression.
Although his body was never found, he was declared legally dead in 2008.","About 120,000 music fans are due in Cardiff this weekend, meaning the city centre being will be partially closed to traffic.",XSum
37267202,"Saves from goalkeeper Beth Davies kept Bees in the first half, until Kirsty Linnett's low header from Emily Westwood's cross opened the scoring.
After the break, Kerys Harrop headed in a second before Charlie Wellings' long-range strike added the Blues' third.
An own goal from Davies made it 4-0 late on as she diverted Andrine Hegerberg's curling corner goalwards.
The Bees, who knocked out Chelsea Ladies in the first round and were the first Women's Super League Two side to reach the semi-finals, lost captain Ashleigh Goddard to a suspected shoulder injury in the second half.
Birmingham will play in the final for the third time in six years, after losing the 2011 and 2012 finals to Arsenal Ladies.
Holders Arsenal travel to Manchester City on Sunday in the second semi-final, with the final taking place on Sunday, 2 October at Manchester City's Academy Stadium.
London Bees: Davies, Clarke, Hurley, Watts, Anderson, Nparta, Goddard (capt), Cooper, Beckett, Wilson, Howells.
Substitutes: Greenwood, Georgiou, Scanlon, Clark, Will, Harris, Riches.
Birmingham City: Berger, Carter, Harrop, Ayisi, Linnett, Hegerberg, Stringer, Lawley, Westwood (capt), Haines, Mannion.
Substitutes: Baggaley, Windell, Linden, Wellings, Peplow, Scofield, Brazil.",Birmingham City Ladies reached the Continental Cup final with a comfortable victory at London Bees.,XSum
34658812,"JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
JUNE","As 2015 draws to an end, we take a look back at some of the major stories of the year, along with others that proved popular with readers.",XSum
35348998,"Monsignor Nunzio Scarano had worked for Apsa, which manages the Vatican's real estate holdings and stock portfolios, until his arrest in 2013.
Scarano was acquitted of corruption charges but convicted of a lesser slander charge and given a two-year suspended sentence by the Rome court.
He had denied any wrongdoing.
Prosecutors alleged Scarano had plotted to fly €20 million ($21.8 million; £15.2 million) in untaxed cash on a private plane from Switzerland to Italy.
A former intelligence agent and financial broker were also allegedly involved, according to prosecutors, but the agent was never able to carry out the plan.
The slander charge relates to Scarano making false accusations against one of his co-defendants.
The monsignor is still on trial in his home town of Salerno, in southern Italy, accused of using Vatican bank accounts to launder money.",A former Vatican accountant has been cleared of plotting to smuggle millions of euros of cash into Italy in a tax evasion scheme.,XSum
40273859,"A court in north-western Bizerte town sentenced the man to one month in jail for ""public indecency"".
The ruling was an ""absurd violation"" of personal freedoms, Amnesty International said.
Dozens protested on Sunday in the capital, Tunis, for the right to eat and drink in public during Ramadan.
About a fortnight ago, four men were sentenced to one month in prison after eating in public.
There are no laws in mainly Muslim Tunisia requiring individuals to fast or barring them from eating or smoking publicly during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, Amnesty said.
""The Tunisian authorities should not allow vaguely worded charges to be used to impose harsh sentences on spurious grounds,"" it added in a statement.
""Everyone should have the right to follow their own beliefs in matters of religion and morality.""
Tunisia is reputed to be one of the most liberal Muslim states in the world, and is popular with European holidaymakers because of its beaches.
However, a large section of the population is conservative, and supports Islamic law.",A leading rights group has condemned the imprisonment of a man in Tunisia for smoking a cigarette in public during the dawn-to-dusk Muslim fast.,XSum
34821171,"Several sporting fixtures in France have been postponed after a series of attacks across the capital, in which at least 129 people were killed and more than 350 were wounded.
All European Rugby Champions Cup and Challenge Cup matches set to be played in France this weekend are off.
Respects were paid to the victims of the attacks at sporting events around the world.",The world of sport has been paying tribute to the victims of Friday's deadly attacks in Paris.,XSum
33376544,"Ray Fisher, 75, and his wife Angela, 69, were killed in Sousse a week ago, according to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Their son Adam Fisher, from Redhill in Surrey, had previously told the BBC he had not spoken to his parents since they left for holiday.
Their bodies were repatriated to the UK on Friday.
The last of the attack victims, including Christopher and Sharon Bell, Scott Chalkley, Sue Davey, Eileen Swannack, and John Welch, were flown into RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.
A minute's silence was held across the UK at 12:00 BST to remember the victims.",A couple from Leicester unaccounted for since the Tunisia attack have been confirmed as among those killed.,XSum
17836380,"The prequel to his Oscar-winning Lord of the Rings trilogy, starring British actor Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins, is due out in cinemas in December.
The new film has been shot at a rate of 48 frames per second, compared with the industry standard of 24 frames.
However some attendees claimed the scenes looked like low-budget TV.
In a video introduction, Jackson told the audience that using 48 frames per second produced a smoother image.
""The movement feels more real - it's much more gentle on the eyes,"" he said.
The footage included scenes featuring Bilbo Baggins lost in Gollum's cave, trolls engaged in battle and Sir Ian McKellen and Orlando Bloom reprising their roles as Gandalf and Legolas.
'Too accurate'
Jackson said the new approach would take time to adjust to and some attendees agreed, branding the footage as a failure in digital technology.
The Los Angeles Times  
          said the footage was ""hyper-realistic""
: ""An opening aerial shot of dramatic rocky mountains appeared clearer than the images in most nature documentaries.
""But the effect was different when applied to scenes with actors dressed in period costume, whose every move - and pore - was crystal clear,"" it added.
One projectionist told the newspaper it ""looked like a made-for-TV movie"".
""It was too accurate - too clear. The contrast ratio isn't there yet - everything looked either too bright or black,"" they said.
However the Associated Press reported the footage was ""vivid, with grass blades, facial lines and soaring mountains appearing luminous and pronounced. The actors looked almost touchable, as if they were performing live on stage"".
Other digital pioneers are making the same push for higher film speeds.
Avatar creator James Cameron has promised to shoot the sequel to his science-fiction blockbuster at 48 or 60 frames per second.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is the first chapter in Jackson's two-part adaptation of JRR Tolkien's fantasy classic.
The two films were shot back-to-back in 3D, with the second part, The Hobbit: There and Back Again, due in cinemas in December 2013.",Director Peter Jackson has unveiled 10 minutes of footage of The Hobbit to a mixed reaction at the CinemaCon convention in Las Vegas.,XSum
20947688,"Cheikh Mbaye, 32, apparently said that life was better under ex-President Abdoulaye Wade, local media report.
He died in hospital where he was treated for burn wounds.
It is the first case of self-immolation in Senegal, a stable democracy hit by high unemployment, since Mr Sall beat Mr Wade in elections last year.
Mr Mbaye arrived at the presidential gates on Monday doused in flammable liquid and then burnt himself.
Local media quoted him as telling witnesses that life was better under Mr Wade, who failed to secure a controversial third-term in fiercely-contested elections last year.
There were at least two acts of self-immolation during Mr Wade's presidency.
In February 2011, former soldier Bocar Bocoum died after setting himself on fire outside the presidential residence.
He apparently carried out the act as part of demands for compensation for military injuries.
A man also set himself on fire in front of the presidential residence in 2008.
There have been similar acts of self-immolation in several African countries, including Tunisia, Egypt, Algeria and Senegal's neighbour, Mauritania.","A Senegalese man has died after setting himself on fire on Monday outside the official residence of President Macky Sall in the capital, Dakar.",XSum
38248198,"The UK's power network operator said it would sell a 61% stake in the distribution business in a deal that values the division at about £13.8bn.
The consortium of investors is led by Australian asset managers Macquarie, with backing from Qatari and Chinese state investors.
National Grid will return £4bn to shareholders after the deal.
The auction for the gas network has been running for at least a year and saw the Macquarie consortium fight off a raft of competitors, including a team led by Chinese investors.
National Grid's distribution arm comprises four UK gas networks. Together they distribute gas on behalf of gas shippers to approximately half of the UK's connected households and a substantial proportion of the UK's business premises.
The deal needs clearance from the European Commission to go ahead. Assuming it is not blocked, National Grid expects the transaction to complete on or before 31 March next year.
National Grid said that the consortium was also in talks to acquire an additional 14% of the business at a similar price to the agreed transaction.
The full consortium comprises Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets, Allianz Capital Partners, Hermes Investment Management, CIC Capital Corporation, Qatar Investment Authority, Dalmore Capital and Amber Infrastructure Limited/International Public Partnerships.
Hermes said it had been ""actively pursuing"" an investment in National Grid's gas distribution business in the UK for the past year, saying it offered the prospects of ""low level of operational risk"" and ""relative certainty of earnings"".
However, one expert warned the business faced challenges.
""In buying this gas infrastructure, Macquarie and other investors are surely aware of how old the UK's gas grid is and the extent of maintenance needed to keep it going,"" said Jonathan Marshall, energy analyst at the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit.
""The Climate Change Act requires the UK to cut emissions by 80% on 1990 levels by 2050, and this will impact gas use in the UK.
""The need to decarbonise residential heating is becoming increasingly apparent to the government and to the industry, and could be considered a long-term threat to the returns expected by the buyers in this deal.""
Public services union Unison, which is the largest union in the gas industry, said it was ""dismayed"" by Macquarie's involvement in the deal.
""When Macquarie ran Thames Water, the end result was poorer customer service, higher bills, massive debts, complex tax structures and profits siphoned off to its parent company in Australia,"" the union said.
""Unison fears a similar fate lies in store for the UK's network of gas pipelines and the country's consumers more generally.""",National Grid has agreed to sell a majority stake in its gas pipe network to a group of investors.,XSum
40504550,"The two leaders, who made a joint statement in Jerusalem, also referred to the ""suffering"" of both countries from terror.
Mr Modi said they would work together to combat growing radicalisation and terrorism, including in cyberspace.
He is the first Indian prime minister to visit Israel.
The visit is seen by some as a turning point in India's position on Israel. The two countries established diplomatic relations only 25 years ago.
Observers note he will not travel to Ramallah or meet Palestinian leaders, as visiting dignitaries often do.
Both leaders made several references to terrorism, and talked about the ""challenge"" of dealing with forces that sought to undermine their countries, as well as ""strategic threats to regional peace and stability"".
Mr Modi also met an Israeli boy, Moshe Holtzberg, whose parents were killed when gunmen stormed a Jewish centre in Mumbai during a 2008 terror attack.
Moshe Holtzberg was saved by his Indian nanny, Sandra Samuel, who was treated as a heroine in Israel where she settled with the boy after the attack.
Six Jewish people were killed at the centre, which was one of several places targeted in the attacks.
Apart from bilateral deals, Mr Netanyahu said that the two countries had recognised their roles in contributing to global stability, and had agreed to also fund development work in African countries.
Later on Wednesday Mr Modi was to address a gathering of Jewish people of Indian origin living in Israel and would be joined by Mr Netanyahu.
Prior to formal talks on Wednesday, the Indian prime minister was hosted at a three-hour dinner by Mr Netanyahu, and had a flower named after him at the Danziger ""Dan"" flower farm.
India and Israel have had diplomatic relations since 1992.
For Delhi the relationship has always been a balancing act, given India's sizeable Muslim population and the country's dependence on oil imports from Arab countries and Iran.
Mr Netanyahu has described Mr Modi's visit as ""historic"", saying it would ""deepen co-operation in a wide range of fields - security, agriculture, water, energy - basically in almost every field Israel is involved in"".
Israel gave its guest its highest-level red carpet treatment.
Mr Netanyahu has gone beyond the usual protocol of meeting visiting leaders on a few occasions during their trip.
In the case of Mr Modi, he is accompanying him for most of the visit, an honour usually reserved for only top-level guests like the US president.","India Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu have signed agreements, including on agriculture and space.",XSum
38010490,"Media playback is not supported on this device
Wada was heavily criticised by Olympic officials for its handling of the Russian doping scandal in the build-up to this summer's Rio Games.
Reedie's future at the agency has been called into question just days before he stands for re-election.
But the 75-year-old Briton told BBC Sport he would fight on as ""the integrity of sport is at stake"".
Tensions over Wada's attempt to get Russia banned from the Rio Olympics were laid bare at this week's general assembly of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC).
""There was irritation from a number of national Olympic committees,"" said Reedie, who is also a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
""Just before Rio they would rather sport had not been involved in accusations of the breaching of rules by the Russian authorities, and I understand that, so I had to deal with it and I did deal with it.""
IOC president Thomas Bach told BBC Sport this week he has ""no regrets"" about letting Russia compete at Rio 2016.
Media playback is not supported on this device
But ANOC president Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah - an influential powerbroker in the Olympic movement - has called for a ""neutral"" leader to take charge of Wada.
Reedie is due to stand unopposed for a second three-year term at a Wada board meeting this weekend. He had been told he had the IOC's support.
""I've spent 15 years of my life working with Wada,"" he said. ""I don't think it's a particularly good idea if I walk away from it simply because it's getting difficult.
""We've been faced with a difficult situation. I think we're going to come through it, and we have to. The integrity of sport is at stake.""
The Olympic movement is bracing itself for the release next month of a second independent Wada report by professor Richard McLaren into Russian doping.
His first report was damning, revealing a systematic cheating programme in the country across many sports.
""If, about three and a half years ago, when I was invited to apply [to be Wada president], somebody had told me this would have happened, it maybe isn't the kind of job that you would volunteer for,"" said Reedie.
""That having been said, there are serious issues involved here.
""The past has been pretty dreadful. I'm really hopeful that once we get the second part of the McLaren report out of the way, we can draw a line under the past and move forward.
""We have to get the Russian anti-doping agency properly compliant again and we need to look at what Wada is currently doing, and see if we can do it better.""
Wada's board meeting in Glasgow this weekend could be pivotal in the debate about how to better protect clean sport following the recent Russian scandal.
Many within the anti-doping community want Wada to be strengthened, with greater independence and sanctioning power.
However, the sports movement appears reluctant to hand Wada more authority, with Bach suggesting he wants a new Wada-run body to take on responsibility for testing as well as regulation.
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox.","World Anti-Doping Agency president Sir Craig Reedie has insisted sport can recover from a ""dreadful"" period.",XSum
34180103,"Sir Declan Morgan said it is having a particular impact on victims' families.
In a speech to mark the opening of the new legal year, he said the issue will require ""clear political commitment, both locally and at Westminster"".
Sir Declan added that ""significant additional resources"" will be needed to deal with the legacy of the Troubles.
""While I am keen to provide leadership in respect of legacy cases, there remain many factors outside my control which need to be resolved for us to have confidence that these cases can move forward within a reasonable timeframe,"" he said.
""It would be wrong of me to underestimate the challenges that those matters pose.
""I would today like to assure the families, however, that we in the judiciary stand ready to play our part, in order to ensure that justice is both done and is seen to be done.""
Sir Declan made his speech to an audience of senior legal figures in the Royal Courts of Justice in Belfast.
He also said he would engage with victims' families as openly and transparently as possible when he assumes the presidency of the coroners' courts.","Political instability is having an impact on dealing with the legacy of Northern Ireland's past, the Lord Chief Justice has said.",XSum
32130162,"On Monday a man was beaten with metal bars and a wheelie bin set alight in an attack at a house in the Creggan area of Londonderry. Police have also linked Loyalist paramilitaries to a series of attacks in Coleraine and north Antrim.
ACC Stephen Martin told BBC Radio Foyle that community support is key to getting successful convictions.
""Often the person who is the victim and indeed witnesses won't cooperate with us.""
""We understand the reasons, people are frightened, people feel intimidated, but without that cooperation of the victim it makes a prosecution virtually impossible,"" he said.
""If people come forward and tell us what they know we have shown ourselves very capable in a whole range of crimes of putting people before the court and securing a conviction but this is a difficult issue.""
Responding to questions about a paramilitary-style attack in Derry, Mr Martin said the attack was nothing new to Northern Ireland.
""This was being done during 40 years of troubles and it doesn't work, it never worked all it does is brutalise people. Inflict injuries and turn families on families,"" he said.
""I don't think they're capable of acting with impunity but unfortunately they are able to carry these crimes much more frequently than any of us would wish.
""I would say to people that if they have concerns about any issues in the community there is only one place to turn to and that's the police.""","One of Northern Ireland's most senior police officers has said that without victims coming forward it is ""virtually impossible"" to convict those behind paramilitary-style attacks.",XSum
34692782,"Thousands upon thousands of local council jobs look like getting the axe due to the spending squeeze, yet 270 jobs rolling steel slabs get a task force, all hands are on deck to find a buyer, while the opposition calls for nationalisation.
It's not hard to see why. Nostalgia is part of it, these being the remnants of a once great and noble industry, around which large parts of Lanarkshire was built.
It's partly because Clydebridge and Dalzell are symbolic of the impact of globalisation, forcing transition on workers and communities at a local level as the price of enriching the broader economy.
Other parts of Britain and Europe feel the strain of in-migrating people. In Motherwell and Cambuslang, the concern is about out-migrating jobs.
But it's also because there's discomfort that the new economy and the new labour market is unplanned and haphazard, buffeted by market forces and lacking in the security of big plants with jobs-for-life.
It is not always easy to appreciate that Britain has grown quite successfully in recent years by retreating from the making of things.
The service sector makes up 75% of the economy, and while it ranges from high-value finance and professional roles to burger-flipping and care homes, it lacks that noble quality with which the old heavy (and dirty) industries are seen in hindsight.
There is widespread agreement that Britain needs to think again about manufacturing. On the freer market end of things, George Osborne coined the evocative ambition for there to be a ""march of the makers"".
The rhetoric hasn't always matched the policy outcomes. Industrial policy at Westminster now consists of a push towards a more technically literate workforce, and incentives aimed at 11 chosen sectors, ranging across aerospace and automotive to nuclear and wind power, life sciences and professional and business services.
There are also 'catapult centres' for propelling ideas towards the market in robotics, synthetic biology and better batteries.
If you want to see what British manufacturing looks like these days (under German management and with a lot of robots), I'd highly recommend 'Building Cars Live' on the BBC iPlayer for two more weeks. We could do worse than make it required viewing for all secondary school pupils, particularly those with a bad experience of work placements.
Meanwhile, the recent success of Jeremy Corbyn in winning the Labour leadership points to a desire, in some quarters, for a more interventionist government, willing to take control of strategic industries to serve a social purpose in addition to the shareholder one.
So is this time to think again about an industrial policy? Even the Confederation of British Industry, which was closely aligned with the free market orientation of recent governments, wants to see a lot more intervention.
Without it, Mr Osborne may find the makers are marching backwards. Wood Mackenzie, the economic consultancy based in Edinburgh, this week issued its projection of future manufacturing sectors in Europe.
Largely because oil and gas is in decline, it showed Britain as one of only two countries, with Italy, where production is on track to decline.
In the 1960s and 1970s, industrial and regional policies went hand in hand, and got themselves a bad name. In the Sixties, Harold Wilson's Labour government picked industries and locations for them that had more to do with rising unemployment and politics than financial viability.
Ravenscraig had already been chosen as the heart of the steel industry in Scotland. There had been clear advice to locate a new, integrated steel works near a deepwater port, for import of iron ore and export of the steely stuff.
Colvilles, the firm that dominated Lanarkshire steel-making before nationalisation, thought differently.  So did the government. Because steel workers were already in Lanarkshire, it was required that the new steel works should be where the steel communities were. The iron ore should come to them, which until 1978, meant small ships unloading at a rail terminus in central Glasgow.
The government wanted a strip mill to supply the industries it wished to see develop in Scotland. It decided that the plan for an integrated strip mill should be split between Scotland and South Wales.
What's worth noting about this is that the Prime Minister who made the announcement was Harold Macmillan, a Conservative.
It's also worth a brief pause to wonder if the 'Craig steel works had been located at Grangemouth or Hunterston, requiring the workforce to move, the rest might not have been consigned to Scotland's industrial history.
Other big industrial plants from the 1960s came and went. Linwood car plant and Bathgate trucks and buses are ""no more"", as the Proclaimers' song goes, or at least they are utterly changed, into a retail park and commuter housing.
In the Highlands, Invergordon in Easter Ross, and Corpach, near Fort William, joined Dounreay as the government's designated industrial hubs. Neither aluminium nor paper were to perform as hoped at the two ends of the Great Glen.
But as 1 November 2015 is the 50th anniversary of the Highlands and Islands Development Board starting its work, it is worth noting that this government response to de-population and decline was the starting point for a highly successful renaissance of the whole region, even without big industrial plants. ""Lochaber no more""? No more. And more on that before long.
In the 1970s, industrial policy became associated with nationalisation of old, loss-making industries as they lost markets to more efficient competitors far away.
Poor management, terrible industrial relations and inept political interference gave intervention and industrial policy a bad name.
And that was the launch pad for the market-driven 1980s, replacing the old industries with the service sector, and especially finance.  Not only were the old heavy industries privatised, but so were the new ones. The government stake in (at that time) the young industry of offshore oil, was sold off.
Contrast that with our North Sea neighbour. For all the talk of Norway's enormous fund from keeping the proceeds of North Sea oil, there's little discussion now of how much better Norway has done by holding on to a very large portion of the equity in its offshore assets, as well as its tax take from them. Statoil is anything but a lumbering nationalised dinosaur.
Other European countries have done significantly better than Britain at transforming old industrial heartlands. That's according to Professor Andrew Cumbers at Glasgow University, whose research into Germany, France and the UK makes uncomfortable reading for the economic departments in Whitehall.
They chose the strategic manufacturing industries they wanted, and made sure they were protected and provided with investment.
This was not with simple subsidy for losses incurred, but with state-controlled industrial investment banks, willing to take the long view with much cheaper and more attractive lending conditions than UK firms. In Germany, these banks were usually regional.
So both an industrial and regional policy combined to ensure that strategic industries survived and often thrived. Professor Cumbers points out that successful developed countries have retained their own steel-making sectors, including the Netherlands, Belgium and the USA.
Total output went up faster in the Old Industrial Regions of the UK, but employment growth was in the service sector rather than helping the march of the makers.
Cumbers also points to a weakness of the UK's dependence on inward investment - that when companies contract, foreign headquarters are more willing to sacrifice distant plants. The fate of Britain's steel industry currently rests on decisions made in corporate headquarters in Bangkok and Mumbai.
Recent decades show that the relative decline of manufacturing with the growth of the service sector is a widespread phenomenon that accompanies economic development.
Economic theory says you shouldn't need to make your steel locally if it can be more efficiently produced elsewhere and imported. Britain is a very rare example of a country that seems willing to put that theory to the test.
And given that it maintains a shipbuilding capacity on the Clyde to protect its strategic security interests - in being able to build warships for the Royal Navy - it is odd that it does not also insist on protection for the steel industry that supplies the Govan and Scotstoun yards.","There's a retro vibe afoot: the planned mothballing of two steel plants in Lanarkshire brings back the 1980s as if it were... well, 30 years ago.",XSum
20730059,"Jones, an Ashes winner with England in 2005, was on a pay-as-you-play contract for one-day games in 2012.
But after playing one four-day match during the summer, he has agreed a new deal which adds six County Championship matches to his commitments.
""I've agreed to do these four-day games because I don't want to leave anything in the tank,"" he told the Back Page.
Jones has a history of knee problems which have curtailed his England career and limited his appearances in the county game.
But the seam bowler says he is confident he can manage his troublesome knee and help Glamorgan challenge for promotion from Division Two of the County Championship.
""It's a continuous thing, I have to look after it,"" said Jones of his knee.
""I have to do the right preparation in games, I have to rest up properly.
It's just a matter of spacing the games out that I get the rest in between each game so that the knee is fine
""It's hard work, but it keeps me playing the game I love so it's not a hardship.
""I'm 34 on Christmas Day, I still feel I've got a couple of years left in me and that's why I've agreed to do these four-day games.
""It's one of those things. I just want to get everything out of my system so when I finish I know I've done everything I can in the game and then I can relax and just chill with the kids.
""I have to play six four-day games and obviously a number of one-day games as well, which I'm backing myself to do. It's the best I've felt in a long, long time.""
Jones' knee problems stem from an incident in Brisbane in 2002.
The Welshman ruptured an anterior cruciate ligament sliding to stop a ball in the field during the first Test between England and Australia at The Gabba.
That injury kept him out of the game for 18 months.
And even though injuries have plagued Jones ever since, he is confident his knees will stand-up to the rigours of the four-day game.
""The body's feeling good, I'm working hard I'm feeling strong,"" he said.
""I felt good in the four-dayer I played last season, it was at Derby and the ball was coming out nicely.
""It's just a matter of spacing the games out that I get the rest in between each game so that the knee is fine and I can crack on.
""There's a lot of Championship games to be played and I feel that if I do play in the six I feel I can help Glamorgan get towards the top of the table and hopefully get promotion.""",Fast bowler Simon Jones will play four-day cricket for Glamorgan next season after renegotiating his contract.,XSum
35737587,"The 28-year old signed a short term deal as a free agent that will keep him in Helsinki until the end of August, with an option to extend the deal.
""I had a lot of demands from other clubs but the love I have for the HJK brought me to the club again,"" Kamara told the club's website.
""I wanted to wear blue and white colours on me again"" he added.
Kamara joins former Nigeria international Taye Taiwa at HJK.
The move is seen as Kamara's bid to resurrect his career after he spent the whole of the first half of the English season without playing a game for Bolton.
The midfielder enjoyed his first spell with HJK Helsinki, helping the club to win the 2009 and 2010 Finnish league.
Kamara was voted the club's MVP in 2007 and the best player in the Finnish top tier league in 2010 before he departed for Serbia to join Partizan Belgrade where he also won league titles and subsequently played in the Uefa Champions League.
He joined Bolton in 2013 and was able to make 52 appearances before he was loaned to Isreaeli club Maccabi Haifa.
Kamara returned to Bolton but was never again picked to play and had his contract terminated by mutual consent in January.
His move came a day after struggling Sierra Leone international striker Ibrahim Teteh Bangura was able to secure a short term contract with Swedish second tier league club GAIS.","Sierra Leone international Mohamed Kamara has reunited with former Finnish champions HJK Helsinki, two months after his contract with English Championship side Bolton Wanderers was terminated.",XSum
38300040,"Cristiano is now just one award behind Barcelona's Lionel Messi, who took the Ballon for the fifth time last year.
Atletico Madrid's Antoine Griezmann finished third.
Ronaldo helped Real Madrid to win the Champions League last season and scored three goals for Portugal who went on to win Euro 2016.
The 31-year-old has won the Ballon d'Or in 2008, 2013, 2014 and 2016.
""I never thought in my mind that I would win the Golden Ball four times. I am pleased. I feel so proud and happy,""  said Ronaldo.",Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo has won the world famous Ballon d'Or footballer award for a fourth time.,XSum
37366633,"Unite wants a meeting in the United States with senior executives with planned production of the new Dragon engine cut in half from 2018.
General secretary Len McCluskey said the scaling back of the investment was ""extremely concerning.""
The Welsh Government said ""high level discussions"" were planned to ensure the plant ""continued to play a key role.""
Mr McCluskey is hosting an emergency meeting of senior Unite Ford officials at the union's headquarters in London on Thursday.
Last week, the American car giant blamed changes in global demand for cutting back the planned investment in Bridgend from £181m to £100m.
The plant makes 500,000 engines a year for Ford's own cars but it is due to stop producing 250,000 engines for Jaguar Land Rover in two years' time.
But now, with plans to make only 125,000 of the new Dragon engines a year, unions say these figures suggest job numbers are ""clearly"" unsustainable.
A total of 1,850 workers are employed at Bridgend, which has been in operation since 1980.
Union officials said they feared last week there were attempts to run down the factory.
Mr McCluskey said: ""It raises serious questions over Ford's long-term intentions for Bridgend and its commitment to its entire UK operation.
""Ford needs to provide answers fast if it is to head off speculation that it has a hidden exit plan for its UK sites.
""The Welsh Government has already backed Unite's calls for more transparency from Ford and it is now time for Theresa May and the Westminster government to do the same.
""Ultimately, the decisions around Ford UK are made around the boardroom table in Detroit.
""Today we are calling on the most senior Ford executives in the US to meet with myself and Unite to discuss these critical matters.""
Ford had planned to build 250,000 of the new engines a year from 2018, but that figure has been halved.
On Wednesday, a joint statement from Economy Secretary Ken Skates and Unite's Wales secretary Andy Richards called for long-term jobs protection.
""Whilst changes in global demand create challenges, by working together with the company and by investing in innovation we believe that there is a way to ensure Ford keeps high quality production and good quality jobs here in Wales,"" they said.
Ford said it did not plan any job losses among the 1,850-strong workforce and said it still had a ""substantial commitment"" to the plant.
Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies said it was ""great to see the trade unions stepping up to the plate"" on the matter.
Criticising the first minister's efforts, he added: ""Carwyn Jones was in America last week and should have moved heaven and earth to secure a meeting with the board in Detroit.
""But workers were instead left with a leadership vacuum - and an anxious wait for reassurances.""",Union leaders have called for assurances over the long-term future of Ford's Bridgend engine plant.,XSum
40047573,"Aberdeen confirmed there would be no victory parade on Sunday should they lift the Cup on Saturday.
And Celtic also said, in the event of winning, the team would not be able to parade the trophy back at Celtic Park.
The planned Heroes and Legends bus parade at Celtic Park on Sunday has also been cancelled.
Both teams said the decisions had been made after discussions with Police Scotland.
A total of 22 people were killed in the attack at Manchester Arena, some of them children.
In 2014, tens of thousands of Aberdeen fans lined Union Street after the club won the Scottish League Cup.
Celtic fans traditionally gather at the club's Parkhead stadium to greet the players after a cup final victory.","Neither Aberdeen or Celtic will hold Scottish Cup Final trophy events, whoever wins at Hampden Park, in the wake of the Manchester bombing.",XSum
35481061,"Boyd Rankin took 3-31 in PNG's second innings as Ireland maintained their 100% record to move 14 points ahead of nearest challengers the Netherlands.
Their next fixture in the competition is a home match against Hong Kong.
Ireland are the Intercontinental Cup holders, and retaining the trophy would mean they qualify for a play-off for Test status.
Tim Murtagh gave the Irish the perfect start to the final day when he dismissed first-innings centurion Asad Vala (20), who edged behind to a diving Niall O'Brien - one of five dismissals for the keeper.
O'Brien now has 50 dismissals in the Intercontinental Cup - eight clear of his nearest challenger, Mohammad Shahzad of Afghanistan.
A stubborn sixth-wicket stand of 54 between Sese Bau (45) and Jack Vare (31) held up the Irish victory charge for 27 overs, but their resistance was blown away by Rankin.
The giant paceman removed both players, and Norman Vanua, in the space of 16 deliveries to take the Irish to the brink of victory.
Spinner George Dockrell took the ninth wicket and John Reva's brief cameo was ended when Murtagh collected an easy catch off the bowling of Craig Young.
The Irish now switch their attention to Twenty20 cricket - playing three matches against PNG, starting on Saturday, as their preparations begin for the ICC World Twenty20 in India in March.",Ireland beat Papua New Guinea by 145 runs in Townsville to move top of the Intercontinental Cup standings.,XSum
35596857,"Faye Burdett, aged two, from Maidstone, Kent died on Valentine's Day after fighting the infection for 11 days.
Her family said they were enduring ""a pain you cannot describe"" after the toddler contracted meningitis B.
Their photographs of Faye, including one of her in hospital, have been widely shared on social media.
The most widely shared image shows her covered in a rash from the infection lying in her hospital bed.
More than 331,000 people have signed a petition calling for the NHS vaccination programme to be widened to all children.
A vaccine to protect against meningitis B became available on the NHS for babies in September but parents who want to have older children vaccinated must pay privately.
""We campaign for change in her memory,"" said Faye's mother, Jenny.
""Faye was taken to A&E with a rash on her forehead. She was then transferred by South Thames Retrieval Service to Evelina Children's Hospital, where her heart stopped in the ambulance.
""They revived her and spent hours working on stabilising her.
""We were given a 1% survival chance but she proved them wrong and carried on fighting.
""After a few days she seemed to have turned a corner, but the sepsis started to affect her more.""
It was then that doctors presented the family with an option of amputation.
""The extent of removal was massive, full leg amputation and one arm and plastic surgery,"" Jenny said.
""We had to make the decision, a massive operation and she may die or we let her go peacefully on her own accord.
""We decided the latter and then watched our little girl slip away.""
Charlene Reed, who set up a JustGiving page in memory of Faye, to raise money for the Evelina hospice, said Faye's mother shared the picture to raise awareness.
""It's not nice, but it is reality. It's what this disease did to Faye which made her sadly lose her life on Sunday,"" she said.
Sue Davie, chief executive of Meningitis Now, said: ""Although the introduction of the Men B vaccine on the childhood immunisation scheme for young babies was a momentous achievement, saving thousands of lives, there are still so many, like Faye, left unprotected.
""We continue to campaign to see the Men B vaccine rolled out, particularly to at-risk groups, to insure a future where no-one in the UK loses their life to meningitis.""
A Department of Health spokesman said: ""When any new immunisation programme is introduced, there has to be a date to determine eligibility. A decision based on the best independent clinical recommendation to ensure we can protect those children most at risk of Men B.
""When our nationwide Men B vaccination programme was introduced last year, England became the first country to protect our babies from this devastating disease.""",A mother has shared an image of her daughter before her death from meningitis to back a campaign for vaccines to be given to all children.,XSum
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Former United captain Neville, 40, has been appointed head coach until the end of the season, despite having no previous managerial experience.
""Valencia is a very big club in Spain with a lot of history,"" said Van Gaal.
""They have won a lot of titles also, so it's a big step, a big challenge for him. I am very happy but also curious how he will do.""
Valencia have won La Liga six times but are without a major trophy since winning the Copa del Rey in 2008.
They are ninth in La Liga ahead of Saturday's home game with champions and leaders Barcelona.
Van Gaal had two spells managing in La Liga, both with Barcelona.
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The 64-year-old, who won back-to-back domestic titles at the Nou Camp in 1998 and 1999, believes not speaking Spanish is a big hurdle for Neville to overcome, although he has his younger brother, Phil, on the coaching staff to help him.
""He doesn't speak the language so it's very difficult,"" added Van Gaal.
""He has his brother, he speaks fluent Spanish, but still it's a big challenge and I wish him a lot of luck because he needs luck.""
However, asked if the language barrier would prove to be Neville's biggest obstacle to success, Van Gaal said: ""No, you have also culture dimensions, that is also difficult to understand.""
Neville's first match in charge will come next Wednesday when Valencia host Lyon in the Champions League.
Phil Neville and interim head coach Voro will take charge of Saturday's home game against league leaders Barcelona.","Gary Neville faces a ""very difficult"" job reviving Valencia's fortunes, says Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal.",XSum
35384798,"PC Kevin Duffy, 52, should have known Bijan Ebrahimi was in danger in July 2013 but refused to speak to or visit him, Avon and Somerset Police said.
He and PCSO Andrew Passmore, 56, were convicted of misconduct in public office last month.
Both have been dismissed this week, Avon and Somerset Police said.
Iranian-born Mr Ebrahimi, who was registered disabled, was wrongly suspected of being a paedophile by his neighbour Lee James.
He had called police to report being assaulted by James, days before he was attacked and killed outside his flat in Capgrave Crescent, Brislington.
Bristol Crown Court heard last month Mr Ebrahimi had called the non-emergency 101 number 12 times, trying to get police to investigate the assault.
The court heard he told one operator: ""My life is in danger. Right now a few of my neighbours are outside and shouting and calling me a paedophile. I need to see PC Duffy.""
But the trial learned that Duffy regarded Mr Ebrahimi as a ""liar and a nuisance"" and never went to see him, instead requesting Passmore conduct ""a bit of a foot patrol"" in the vicinity.
Passmore was convicted of misconduct in a public office for falsely claiming to have spent an hour patrolling the area.
James went on to kill Mr Ebrahimi and set fire to his body. He is serving a life sentence for murder.
Duffy and Passmore have not yet been sentenced.
In separate misconduct hearings held on Friday, Avon and Somerset Police said Duffy was found guilty of gross misconduct and dismissed without notice. Passmore was dismissed at a hearing earlier this week.
They are two of 18 officers and staff facing misconduct proceedings over the case.",A police officer and PCSO have been sacked over how they dealt with a Bristol man who went on to be murdered in a vigilante attack.,XSum