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Question: Job losses and service cuts will not be as severe as first feared, thanks to a council's share in Manchester Airport.

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In October, Manchester City Council said it needed to save between £40m and £75m over the next three years.
But, thanks to dividends of £15m from the Manchester Airport Group, that savings goal has now been cut to £30m.
The move will also mean fewer cuts to services for children, roads, schools and vulnerable adults. However, council tax will rise over the next two years.
An initial job losses figure of 160 has been reduced to 77 based on the new proposals, said a council spokesman.
Since the city council's initial proposals, the government is allowing local authorities to increase council tax by an extra 3% in the next two years to pay for social care.
The council proposes to use the full increase to raise council tax by a total of 4.99% in 2017-18 and 2018-/19 and 1.99% in 2019-20 to raise a further £17.3m.
More than 1,700 public responses to the council's initial consultation have now been shaped into firmer proposals.
This further consultation will run until 10 February before a full council meeting on 3 March.
Sir Richard Leese, leader of Manchester City Council, said the last few years had been "challenging".

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Joe Anderson's plans include reducing call centre opening hours, reviewing libraries and increasing the number of "in-house" foster carers.
He also suggests opening car parks longer and introducing a premium service for bulky item collections to raise funds.
The proposals will be discussed by the city council's cabinet on 24 February.
Mr Anderson said reducing council call centre hours could save £2.9m and cutting the number of One Stop Shops - where people can get advice on council services or pay their council tax - could draw back £2.7m.
However, he said that would mean it will "take people longer to get a response to requests for some services".
His plan sets out a saving of £4.1m in children's services, which would be achieved by reducing the cost of care placements and packages by using fewer independent foster agencies.
It also includes reducing the cost of the city's economic development agency, Liverpool Vision, by £1.2m and reviewing of the city's library provision to save £1.6m - a move which could see several close.
The budget also proposes a 4.99% council tax increase - the mayor previously suggested a one-off rise of 10% but that was rejected by Liverpool residents during a public consultation.
Mr Anderson said the cuts would mean job losses, stating that there was "no doubt that some frontline council services will be significantly reduced and we will have less staff by 2020".
"These are not things that we want to do, but we have no choice, because the government isn't listening," he said.
Joe Anderson's set out his budget, which would save £90m.
Big cuts to adult social care have been minimised - for the moment at least - and the impact of paying the national living wage has turned out to be less costly than was originally budgeted for. The city has also made money through the mayor's flagship Invest To Earn programme, which is generating £3m a year.
New homes are generating an additional £8m per year in council tax revenue - an amount that could rise with the building of executive homes in south Liverpool, as the vast majority of the city's housing stock is currently in the lowest bands.
Mr Anderson says he's setting up a task force to consider the future of the city's libraries - he expects about four will have to close in order to make the savings - and there is also doubt over the future of the One Stop Shops.
But there are also areas where the council is seeking to invest, including in street cleaning, where £2m will be spent, and £1.5m has also been allocated to improve leisure facilities.


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Question: Scientists are developing a self-healing material which could mean the end of the road for potholes.

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Cardiff University is leading a three-year research project into a special form of concrete to reduce the need for road repairs.
The new material uses bacteria in microcapsules which burst out to plug gaps and cracks when water enters them.
The bacteria forms to produce a limestone seal.
Professor Bob Lark from Cardiff University's school of engineering said: "We can introduce fibres into the mixtures which limits cracks from being formed.
"But equally it's about saying once those cracks form - and when water gets into them and that freezes and expands it makes the cracks bigger - we can have a mechanism for knitting those cracks together."
Prof Lark said it was similar to someone cutting themselves while shaving, with the bleeding being part of the process as the skin repairs itself.
The material is being developed in conjunction with Bath and Cambridge scientists.

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They include strong, stiff plastics and flexible gels that can mend themselves if torn.
The findings, reported in the journal Science, could lead to cheaper and greener cars, planes and electronics.
It is the first time that durable "thermoset" plastic has been produced in a recyclable form.
Dr Jeanette Garcia, from IBM's Almaden Research Center in San Jose, stumbled upon the first new class of thermosets in many years when she accidentally left one of three components out of a reaction.
"I had this chunk of plastic, and I had to figure out what it was," Dr Garcia told the BBC. "I had to smash my round-bottomed flask with a hammer."
That chunk of plastic, produced from unexpectedly simple ingredients, proved to be tremendously hard and stable. Crucially, it could be digested in acid, reverting to its original components.
This digestion reaction allows the chemical building blocks, or monomers, to be reused.
"It was definitely fortuitous," Dr Garcia said. "The first thing I did, of course, was to hit the literature, to try and see if it'd been done before. I just assumed that it had been - it's such a simple reaction."
But her search turned up nothing. This was new.
Once she understood what she had created, Dr Garcia set about repeating her finding. "We wasted a lot of flasks," she said.
Because they are strong and light-weight, thermosets are used throughout modern cars and aircraft, often mixed with carbon fibres to form composites. Some 50% of the new Airbus A350 jet, for example, will be made from composites.
Yet until now, none of this thermoset plastic could be recycled.
"The potential impact here is phenomenal," said Dr Charl Faul, a materials chemist at the University of Bristol. He says the study offers a "very simple, elegant answer to a very old problem".
Dr James Hedrick, who was in charge of the research at IBM, is excited by the possiblities. When a large or expensive component is damaged or reaches the end of its useful life, he explained, it could be repaired or recycled instead of thrown away.
"The ability to rework saves a tremendous amount of money and mitigates waste."
Beyond replacing thermoset-based composites in current technology, Dr Hedrick sees the potential for many more innovative applications. "We're at the discovery phase," he said. "Every time you discover a new polymer-forming reaction it leads to all sorts of new materials."
As well as very hard and durable plastics, the researchers adapted their procedure to a different monomer and produced flexible, self-healing gels. These could be useful in anything from cosmetics, to paint, to the design of drug capsules, because of their particular solubility properties.
"Applications are running like water," Dr Hedrick said. "We don't even know where to go with this yet."


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Question: Seven men have been charged in connection with a major child sexual exploitation investigation in Oxford.

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Police officers carried out arrests on Thursday in connection with alleged sex offences against females which occurred between 2008 and 2015.
Six men were charged with the rape of a girl under 16 as well as other sexual offences, while a seventh man was charged with conspiracy to rape.
Six men - all from Oxford - will appear before Oxford magistrates.
They are: Shabir Dogar, 22; Shabaz Khan, 23; Shohab Dogar, 23; Yasin Hamid, 20; Usman Iddris, 22; and Joseph Suraina, 22.
Waqas Hussain, 24, of no fixed abode, will appear at Oxford Magistrates' Court on 4 April.
Mr Hussain has also been charged with the attempted sexual assault of a girl under 13, as have Shabir Dogar and Shohab Dogar.
The raids were part of what the police are calling Operation Nautical.
A further 10 men were also arrested on Wednesday as part of the same operation.

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The 44-year-old, from Redbridge Hollow is charged with harassment, blackmail and assault, as well as various servitude and forced labour offences.
The 19 charges relate to 10 victims and are said to have taken place between April 2010 and October 2014.
He appeared before Oxford Magistrates' Court and was remanded in custody to appear at the crown court on 17 April.
He is the second person to be charged following police raids on properties in Rose Hill, Blackbird Leys and a travellers' site in Redbridge Hollow, in Hinksey Hill, on Thursday.
The investigation, known as Operation Rague, relates to suspected human exploitation, slavery and fraud offences.


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Question: A reality TV star who boasted about earning £120,000 a year and being given expensive gifts was fraudulently claiming benefits, a court has heard.

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Chelsey Harwood, 29 and of St Helens, admitted three benefit fraud offences involving a total of £25,156 between April 2013 and January 2016.
She was living in a "fantasy" world, judge Andrew Menary QC said.
Handing her a suspended jail term at Liverpool Crown Court, he warned her about her "unhealthy" lifestyle.
He said her claims for employment support allowance and housing benefit had initially been genuine but became false when she began earning from her self-employed work and moved from Liverpool to St Helens and made a fresh claim for housing benefit.
The former This is Liverpool and Celebrity Botched Up Bodies star, who is transgender, had boasted to an online magazine that she had made £120,000 by talking to men on a webcam.
Judge Menary said: "In those posts you bragged about your level of earnings, making what seems to me clearly extravagant claims about the amounts you were able to earn from payments and gifts."
He said whatever money she did have would have been spent "on her ordinary day-to-day living, rather an entirely hedonistic lifestyle as you were pretending".
He told Harwood that he recognised the fact that her "gender issues have complicated your life to this point and created challenges in the past and the unhealthy celebrity-type lifestyle you have sought to create, or courted online, means you have been living in a somewhat fantasy world.
"You have known for some time what you were doing was dishonest, there was nothing healthy about the lifestyle you chose or the other choices you made to project yourself online.
"You need to understand, sooner rather than later, that your future happiness and wellbeing lies in your own hands and requires you to adopt a much more responsible and constructive approach to life in future."
He sentenced her to four months' imprisonment, suspended for two years, and placed her under supervision for two years.
Ben Jones, prosecuting, told the court the prosecution could not say how much she was earning but she had "a measure of celebrity and was writing articles in Closer magazine.
"There may have been some element of bragging" in those articles, he added.
John Rowan, defending, said that she had received media payments of £14,389 over the period of the offences, which was "relatively modest".
He said his client was "remorseful and shameful for her actions".

Richard Williams, 55, made false tax claims on orders for non-existent beds he had received from people with disabilities.
A £50,000 narrowboat he converted into the replica submarine was among a string of extravagant purchases.
Williams, from Blackpool, was jailed for four-and-a-half years at Manchester Crown Court.
Williams, formerly known as Steven Howarth, of Redcar Road, pleaded guilty to three counts of cheating public revenue and fraud.
During the fraud, HMRC said, Williams ran the replica World War Two German U-boat as an attraction at Clarence Dock, Leeds.
He posted promotional videos filmed onboard to social media, they said.
At his sentencing on Friday, the court heard Williams also bought yachts, luxury cars and chartered private jets.
His wife Laurel Howarth, 28, from Leeds, was handed a 20-month sentence after she admitted three counts of VAT fraud.
Her Majesty's Revenues and Customs (HMRC) said the pair used friends' names to carry out the frauds - even changing their names by deed poll to match their identities.
The couple faked invoices and customer records from the four companies to make fraudulent VAT repayment claims.
Before sentencing, Williams said: "I regret what I did sincerely but it did have its moments.
He said it was "a crazy time" but had been "a very silly thing to do".


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Question: China has shut down Apple's online book and movie services as it imposes strict rules governing what can be published on the net.

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Regulations were unveiled in March that outlawed foreign ownership of online publishing services.
The rules also required that all content shown to Chinese people must be stored on servers based on the Chinese mainland.
Apple said it hoped access to the services would be restored soon.
Currently, anyone in China who visits the iBooks store or tries to use iTunes Movies service is greeted with a message in Chinese saying the services were "unusable", reports Reuters. Both services have only been available in China for about six months.
The move has widely been seen as a blow to Apple which is keen to ensure its products are popular and sell well in China, because the region is the second biggest market for its products. The shutdown comes only days before Apple reports its second quarter financial results.
The services were shut down on the orders of China's media watchdog - the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television. The action is believed to be part of a wider attempt by China's government to consolidate its control over the internet and media organisations.
China has defended the restrictions saying online publishing had to be monitored to combat terrorism and foreign ideas that could prove harmful.
The strict rules are also seen as a way to foster the success of indigenous net Chinese firms such as Huawei, Alibaba and Tencent.

Outlets operate under tight Communist Party control. The opening-up of the industry has extended to distribution and advertising, not to editorial content. However, there is leeway for independent coverage that is not perceived as a threat to social stability or the Party.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has described President Xi Jinping as the "planet's leading censor and press freedom predator".
The Communist Party has taken repression "to new heights", the group said in its 2016 World Press Freedom Index. "Journalists were spared nothing, not even abductions, televised forced confessions and threats to relatives."
Beijing tries to limit access to foreign news by restricting rebroadcasting and the use of satellite receivers, by jamming shortwave broadcasts, including those of the BBC, and by blocking websites.
Overseas Chinese-language news outlets that are not state-owned are blocked in mainland China. However, international English language websites like the BBC are often available to view. But content that is contrary to Communist Party rhetoric is filtered and English-language news sites can be filtered at times of tension.
Fears that the media in Hong Kong would lose their independence when the territory reverted to Chinese control in 1997 have generally not been borne out. Hong Kong still has editorially-dynamic media, but worries about interference remain.
TV is available in most homes and the sector is competitive, especially in cities. There are more than 3,300 local, regional and national TV channels.
State-run Chinese Central TV (CCTV) is China's largest media company. Its dominance is challenged by provincial TVs, which are on the air nationally via satellite. China is a major market for pay TV, which is almost entirely delivered by cable. All of China's 2,600-plus radio stations are state-owned.
There are around 1,900 newspapers. Each city has its own title, usually published by the local government, as well as a local Communist Party daily.
China spends hugely on TV, radio, online and press outlets targeted at international audiences, aiming to extend its political influence and boost its image. It is less keen to allow foreign players into the domestic market.
With 731 million users (China Internet Network Information Centre, CNNIC, January 2017), China has the world's largest internet-using population.
The CNNIC says 92.5% of China's online population can access the internet via a smartphone.
There are three powerful online giants, known collectively as "BAT": Baidu is the top search engine; e-commerce leader Alibaba has allied with Sina, which operates the Weibo microblog platform; and Tencent owns instant messenger WeChat.
Because of official censorship, Weibo is losing some of its appeal as a forum where relatively uncensored news can be shared.
WeChat, Tencent's take on the WhatsApp instant messenger, has more than 846 million monthly active users, making it the most popular social media platform in China.
China has the world's largest online video market. Streaming platforms, including market leader iQiyi, Youku Tudou and Sohu have a huge following and pose a challenge to traditional TV.
An extensive web filtering system, dubbed the "Great Firewall of China", blocks tens of thousands of sites using URL filtering and keyword censoring.
Thousands of cyber-police watch the web and material deemed politically and socially sensitive is filtered. Blocked resources include Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and human rights sites.
The use of circumvention tools, including virtual private networks (VPNs), became harder after China strengthened its firewall to allow it to intercept data traffic to and from individual IP addresses. This was coined the "Great Fire Cannon" when it came into effect in 2015.


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Question: With thousands of international guests flying into Scotland and 8,000 hotel bookings made across the weekend, the MTV EMA awards have certainly put the focus on Glasgow and are estimated to have brought a Â£10m boost to the city's economy.

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But for the audience at the Hydro Arena, it was all about the music.
Forty thousand people entered a public ballot to get into the awards, while 2,000 others secured their much-sought-after tickets by attending auditions, after MTV advertised castings for local music fans to be part of the audience.
Amy Hamilton, 17, and Hannah Selley, 16, were second in the queue for the local auditions, having arrived at the venue at 07:00 in the morning for auditions that didn't begin until 10:00.
Amy says they impressed the judges at the auditions with a specially-created dance routine to Nicki Minaj song Anaconda.
Others won their tickets through online competitions, travelling a great distance to take up their place in the audience.
Wendela Mathyssen, 17, from Belgium, Elfa Stendhel, 15, from Italy, Ayla Houstra, 17, from the Netherlands, and Kizzy Moore, 20, and Elaine Scarry, 22, from the Republic of Ireland all travelled to Glasgow especially for the awards.
But was it worth the journey?
Ariana Grande opened the show in style, soaring above the crowd in a plastic chair as she performed two of her best known hits, Break Free and Problem, a collaboration with Australian rapper Iggy Azalea - which won her the award for Best Song.
She was still out of breath from the performance as she collected the gong, and said she had hosting last year's EMAs alongside Azalea to thank for the song coming about.
Grande was not the only one using impressive and elaborate staging to keep the audience entranced.
Canadian artist Kiesza performed much of her hit single Hideaway from inside a red telephone box, before leaving the stage to dance among the standing audience.
Light flashing wrist bands had even been distributed to the audience in preparation for Enrique Iglesias performance of I'm A Freak which saw a stunning light show thrill those in the back rows, while Spanish dancers flamenco-ed on podiums among the standing crowd during Bailando.
U2, meanwhile, kept it simple and let their music do the talking with a soulful performance of their ballad, Every Breaking Wave.
Despite the host of international stars, there were constant reminders of the city and country that was hosting the event.
Rocking bagpipers The Red Hot Chilli Pipers joined Ed Sheeran for a duet in one of the short videos played while sets were being changed, much to the audiences delight.
Later in the evening, the pipers also made an appearance alongside David Hasselhoff who had dressed in a kilt and Braveheart war paint for the occasion.
Host Nicki Minaj was particularly keen to undergo a cultural awakening in the host city - having written the audience a special "Scottish rap", leading the audience in an rendition of "500 miles", attempting to pick up the local lingo by repeatedly referencing a "Glasgow kiss", and referring to herself as the Queen of Scots.
Even with Calvin Harris' absence, Scottish representation on stage was high.
Emeli Sande presented Ariana Grande with her second award of the night for Best Female, while Simon Neil from Biffy Clyro rounded off the night's proceedings by performing alongside Slash, Myles Kennedy, and The Conspirators in a tribute to Global Icon winner Ozzy Osbourne.
The big winners on the night were One Direction, who came away with awards for Best Pop, Best Live and Biggest Fans. None of the boys were there in person to collect their awards, and despite having pre-prepared videos thanking MTV and their fans, their absence was greeted by boos from some fans.
But Australian boy band 5 Seconds of Summer, who supported One Direction on the most recent tour, were close on their tail, coming away with two awards - Best New and Best Push.
Boos could also be heard when Kanye West's nomination for Best Hip Hop was read out - an award which went to Nicki Minaj.
While Ariana Grande came away with two of her nominations, other artists like Pharrell Williams didn't manage to convert any of his five nominations into a win.
But while Katy Perry made good on two of her seven nominations, she appeared to be taking her award for Best Look as a "tongue in cheek" win, thanking her parents "for the genes" in her acceptance speech.
With a winning combination of old school greats, such as Alicia Keys, and rock legends like Slash and Ozzy Osbourne performing on the same bill as relative newcomers like Ariana Grande and Charli XCX, there was something for everyone in the show.
By looking at the faces of the audience as they trooped out of Glasgow's Hydro arena shortly after 22:00, it was clear to see that they were a crowd well satisfied.

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Aberdeen airport saw an 8.8% rise compared to last year's figures, whilst Glasgow saw a 2.7% rise.
Both airports have recently added new international flights to their schedules.
Edinburgh airport saw a slight fall of 0.2% compared to last October, although its passenger figures over the previous six months have increased.
For Aberdeen, 10 October was the airport's busiest day ever, with 15,068 passengers using the site.
"We planned meticulously for the October get-away this year, recognising that it was set to be a busy time, and the hard work paid off," said the airport's operations director Roger Hunt.
"With growth comes capacity constraints and challenges, and we are working hard to address these in the short and medium-term."
This October was also the busiest in six years for Glasgow airport, and marked its 21st consecutive month of growth.
Meanwhile, Edinburgh Airport had its busiest-ever month earlier this year when 1.1 million people passed through it in July.
Ryanair has recently opened a new base at Glasgow airport, and will operate seven routes during the winter, growing to nine in the summer season. It is estimated that this will bring about 850,000 passengers a year to the airport.
Other recent route announcements include flights to Nova Scotia and Morocco, with further developments planned for 2015, including direct flights to Cuba and Munich.
"We have secured over 20 new routes and services in 2014 and have invested more than Â£20 million in refurbishing large parts of the terminal building," said Amanda McMillan, managing director of Glasgow Airport.
"During this time we have continued to welcome an increasing number of passengers through our doors."
Aberdeen airport has also experienced growth both in new international flights, and in its North Sea oil industry helicopter operations.
Scotland has been the focus of a number of high-profile events in 2014, such as the Commonwealth Games and the Ryder Cup.
Over six million people travelled through Edinburgh Airport in the six months between May and the end of October, which the airport says is partially due to the "fantastic summer of events" that the country has had.
"We're now fast approaching the end of yet another record-breaking year, and with Christmas just around the corner, are looking forward to a busy winter season," said Gordon Dewar, chief executive of Edinburgh Airport.
Ms McMillan also agreed that the months ahead promise to be busy.
"We helped welcome the MTV Europe Music Awards and a number of airlines, including Aer Lingus, have added capacity for Scotland's European qualifying match against the Republic of Ireland later this week."
"Large scale events such as these not only ensure the spotlight remains firmly on Glasgow, they undoubtedly help drive growth at the airport."


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Question: A look at the 12 albums nominated for this year's £20,000 Mercury Prize.

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The winner will be announced in a live ceremony, broadcast on BBC Four and BBC Radio 6 Music, at 21:30 GMT on Friday.
The first album in 13 years by ground-breaking electronic musician Aphex Twin, aka Richard D James. A series of intricate musical puzzles, it is surprisingly accessible - finding a sweet spot between the musician's ambient works and the "drill and bass" of his 1990s hardcore phase.
Highest UK chart position: 8
He said: "The holy grail for a music fan, I think, is to hear music from another planet, which has not been influenced by us whatsoever." [Pitchfork]
Did you know? The album title is a shortened verison of "Syrobonkus" - a nonsense word made up by one of James's children.
Smoky, melodramatic, intimate - Benjamin Clementine's debut record has seen him compared to Nina Simone and Nat King Cole. Across 11 sparse, piano-led tracks, he unflinchingly describes his background as a Ghanaian immigrant, who went from homelessness and busking on the Paris metro to being championed by Sir Paul McCartney and Bjork.
Highest UK chart position: Did not chart.
He said: "Personally, I wouldn't mind going on stage naked, totally naked." [The Independent]
Did you know? The opening track repurposes Winston Churchill's words to address his unhappy childhood: "Never in the field of human affection/ had so much been given for so few attention."
Gaz Coombes' second solo album couldn't be any further removed from the irrepressible indie of his Britpop band, Supergrass. Stuttering beats and restless, metamorphic song structures complement the singer's sense of disorientation and disquiet as he approaches 40.
Highest UK chart position: 18
He said: "I think Britpop was a bit overblown; it was only a handful of really decent bands." [The Guardian]
Did you know? The album is named Matador because "at certain times, we've all got to dodge some kind of beast that's hurtling towards".
Glasgow's Christopher Duncan received a diploma in classical music from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - but, aside from his complex choral harmonies, you barely hear the influence on this album of hushed, pastoral electronica.
Highest UK chart position: Did not chart.
He said: "Geographically, my music is quite breezy. It's not necessarily a Glasgow sound. Glasgow music tends to be a bit gritty." [Quip Magazine]
Did you know? Duncan recorded the album alone, in his bedroom, playing each instrument individually. On some tracks, the drum sounds were created by tapping wire brushes on his desk chair.
A former session singer for the likes of Grace Jones,  Zero 7 and Bobby McFerrin, Zimbabwean-born Eska Mtungwazi has recorded an agile album that effortless blends soul, jazz and folk with the rhythms of West Africa. But the main attraction are her supple vocals, which achieve the rare feat of combining intricacy and precision.
Highest UK chart position: Did not chart.
She said: "For around two years, I stopped recording, writing or performing with or for other people. I needed to be the only element in the room... so I could get to learn what my sound was." [PRS for Music]
Did you know? Eska is the only artist on the shortlist with a degree in maths.
Florence's third album is her most vulnerable and stripped-down to date - although there's still plenty of hurricane-force emoting, as the singer picks over the bones of a broken relationship and confronts her demons after a decade of full-throttle hedonism.
Highest UK chart position: 1
She said: "I think I've got quite a strange voice. It's more emotional, perhaps, than technical." [NPR]
Did you know? Taylor Swift encouraged Florence to ditch gothic lyrics about death and the sea that peppered her first two albums. "Taylor said that you must sing about what's happening in your life," she explained.
Tense and brooding, Shedding Skin is Ghostpoet's second Mercury-nominated album after 2011's Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam. Recorded, at Brian Eno's suggestion, with a live band, it finds rapper Obaro Ejimiwe tackling topics like homelessness and domestic violence in his croaky, laid-back baritone.
Highest UK chart position: 52
He said: "I'm not becoming some political, Billy Bragg type character... but I'm never going to sugar coat anything." [Ellipsis]
Did you know? Ejimiwe was a judge on last year's Mercury panel. "You had a room full of passionate people, which was great," he told DIY magazine. "Nobody was blagging it."
A former Mercury-winner with his band The xx, Jamie Smith's first solo album pillages dance music's past to create something altogether new - quiet rave. At times it is obtusely minimal, but that only makes the moments where the music blossoms - as on the uplifting chorus to I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times) - all the more euphoric.
Highest UK chart position: 3
He said: "Because it was made over such a long period of time [five years], all the songs on the album just ended up not conforming to any specific era or trend." [Time Out]
Did you know? The album samples dialogue from several British programmes - including Channel 4 drama Top Boy - which Smith encountered while away on tour.
Roisin Murphy: Hairless Toys
Off-kilter, expansive pop music from the former frontwoman of Moloko. A lot of the lyrics emphasise her status as an outsider - "I didn't become a pop star, and nobody knows exactly why," she once said - but she seems happier operating on the experimental outer edge of dance pop.
Highest UK chart position: 19
She said: "If anyone tells me I'm trying to be Kylie Minogue, ever, they're wrong." [Evening Standard]
Did you know? The album was inspired by the film Paris Is Burning, which documents the lives of African-American and Latino drag queens in 1980s New York, and the "ball culture" which gave rise to Voguing.
With its state-of-the-nation punk rock firebombs, Slaves' debut album is not for the faint-hearted. Singing drummer Isaac Holman and guitarist Laurie Vincent's music is precision-targetted at the mosh pit, but their album pulled off the tricky task of translating their scruffy riffs to the turntable.
Highest UK chart position: 8
They said: "In our generation there's lots of negativity towards people being creative. When I was growing up no one ever said 'You can do it'. Our band says you can." [NME]
Did you know? The band celebrated getting a top 10 album by going out for a pizza.
Emotionally revealing songs from a teenager wise beyond her years, Before We Forgot How To Dream charts five years in the life of Derry-born Bridie Monds-Watson. The singer-songwriter touches on themes of isolation, her parents' divorce, and finding your place in the world.
Highest UK chart position: 37
She said: "My parents didn't believe I'd written the song because I'd never shown any sort of interest in music." [BBC]
Did you know? Her favourite bands are Abba and Pink Floyd. "Not enough people appreciate how great those keyboard riffs are," she told The Guardian.
London quartet Wolf Alice took four years over their debut album, and the effort shows - with the grunge-pop of their early EPs moderated with moments of ethereal, melodic rock. Singer Ellie Roswell is the band's secret weapon - and their Trojan Horse, drawing fans closer with her delicate harmonies before unleashing a full-throated scream.
Highest UK chart position: 2
They said: "We put ourselves out there as a baby band. If someone says 'oh, I saw you two years ago', I feel like apologising." [The Telegraph]
Did you know? The band are named after a 1970s short story by Angela Carter, about a feral girl raised by wolves.

15 January 2016 Last updated at 11:26 GMT
Adele, Years & Years and James Bay lead the way at this year's awards, which will take place on 24 February, after being nominated for four prizes each.
Leah was at the special nominations ceremony in London and spoke to some of the lucky stars on the red carpet.


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Question: More than 300,000 homes in Lancashire will continue boiling water for several days after tests showed traces of a microbial parasite in the mains supply.

United Utilities issued a warning on 6 August after traces of cryptosporidium were found at the Franklaw water treatment works near Preston.
The boiling water notice will not be lifted until the supply is clear.
The company said it is starting to use ultra violet light to get rid of the remaining contamination.
Gary Dixon, United Utilities customer services director, said it had isolated the source of the outbreak but declined to give further details.
The Drinking Water Inspectorate, which was alerted to the problem on 5 August,  said a criminal investigation into the contamination is taking place.
The areas affected include Blackpool, Chorley, Fylde, Preston, South Ribble, Wyre and the Mellor area of Blackburn.
Mr Dixon said: "There are still traces of cryptosporidium in the water, but they are very, very low.
"We are bringing in rigs which put ultra violet light on the water, which kills the parasite.
"We are going to do that in a targeted way along the Fylde Coast."
The company is testing the water every day after 2,500 miles of pipeline was affected.
On Wednesday it confirmed customers would receive compensation but it did not specify the amount.

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Yorkshire Water brought the prosecution against Chesterfield Poultry Ltd after contamination led to a tap water ban.
The company, of Coulman Street, Thorne, indicated it would plead not guilty to all the alleged offences at Doncaster Magistrates' Court.
A trial has been scheduled at Doncaster Crown Court for 21 September.
The company has been charged with failing to get the proper authorisation to carry out modifications to pipe work.
A further 36 offences relate to alleged failings with the work that caused or were likely to cause contamination of the water supply.
All the charges have been brought under the Water Supply Regulations 1999.
Contamination was discovered in late July and Yorkshire Water subsequently said E.coli and a related group of bacteria had been found in some samples collected.
Some 3,600 properties in the Thorne area were subject to water use restrictions.


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Question: Briton Chris Froome survived a series of attacks to retain the leader's yellow jersey after a punishing stage nine of the Tour de France.

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It was won by Ireland's Dan Martin, who outsprinted Jakob Fuglsang after the two men made a late breakaway.
But the main drama focused on Team Sky's Froome, who lost all of his team-mates early in the day, including Richie Porte, who started in second.
"After Saturday's stage it was a bit of a surprise that Team Sky were so bad. Richie Porte should not be getting dropped so early in the race because they were not the biggest of mountains today.
"I can see that maybe one or two riders were feeling it after Saturday but it's odd the whole team weren't there.
"Movistar ended up doing the Team Sky job of riding tempo on the front of the bunch but their motivation was to get rid of Porte on what turned out to be a bad day for the Australian - he needs to recover because Froome will need him.
"But Froome deserves a lot of credit for keeping a cool head when he was isolated and in the end, nobody had the legs to beat him."
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Alejandro Valverde is now second, one minute 25 seconds behind Froome.
It was a gripping and engrossing stage in the Pyrenees that saw Team Sky's Peter Kennaugh go down in an early crash and team-mate Porte, who looked so strong on Saturday as he helped Froome claim yellow, slip badly off the pace and eventually finish 17 minutes 59 seconds after the stage winner.
"All in all it was a tough day for the team," said Team Sky boss Sir David Brailsford.
"Everybody decided to take it on early and thankfully Chris had the legs to look after himself.
"He is a very resilient guy and he is going well - and if you are going well then that is what counts. He did not feel under pressure physically all day.
"Yesterday was one of our best days and today was one of our toughest. Everyone who said yesterday that the race was probably over can think again."
Froome's grip on the yellow jersey looked to be loosening as his team-mates struggled to keep pace in a race that was splintered on the first of five punishing mountain climbs.
The Garmin-Sharp team of eventual stage winner Martin were chiefly responsible with Britain's David Millar among the first of their riders to up the pace.
On the second climb, Garmin-Sharp duo Tom Danielson and Ryder Hesjedal attacked and reached the summit first, while Birmingham-born Martin sprinted clear on the final mountain with Astana rider Fuglsang.
Martin and Fuglsang were allowed to move clear by Froome because they posed less of a threat to his overall race lead than other riders in the group, and he was more concerned with keeping tabs on Movistar duo Valverde and Nairo Quintana, and Saxo-Tinkoff's two-time Tour winner Alberto Contador.
The Movistar team maintained a well-marshalled presence towards the front of Froome's group throughout the race and, after failing to shake off the British rider in the valleys, they tried to break him on the day's final mountain ascent.
Three times Quintana attacked and three times Froome, who claimed yellow on Saturday, brought him back.
However, the expected counter-attack from either Valverde or Contador failed to materialise and the riders all reached the final summit together.
The final 30km was predominantly downhill and Froome was able to keep pace with his rivals as they all finished 20 seconds behind Martin.
Bauke Mollema moved up to third in the general classification, with Laurens ten Dam now fourth.
Martin, 26, won a stage of this year's Volta a Catalunya and the Liege-Bastogne-Liege one-day race.
"I knew the last corner was crucial," said Martin of his stage victory on Sunday.
"I was quite confident of being a faster sprinter than Jakob but you never know what is going to happen.
"I was very confident and that comes from the victories I have had this year - it gives you a calmness."
Team Sky are down to eight riders after Vasil Kiryienka was forced to abandon the race after finishing outside the time limit.
The first rest day of the Tour is on Monday, before the race resumes in Saint-Gildas-des-Bois on Tuesday, with a 195km stage that is expected to finish in a bunch sprint in Saint-Malo.
Stage nine result:
1 Daniel Martin (Ire) Garmin-Sharp 4hrs 43mins 03secs,
2 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana SAME TIME
3 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step +20"
4 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Katusha SAME TIME
5 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Katusha
Selected others:
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing SAME TIME
11 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar
12 Andy Schleck (Lux) Radioshack Leopard
13. Alberto Contador (Spa) Saxo-Tinkoff
14. Chris Froome (GB) Team Sky
19. Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar
Overall standings after stage nine:
1.  Chris Froome (GB) Team Sky                 36:59:18"
2.  Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar             +1:25"
3.  Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin              +1:44"
4.  Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Belkin            +1:50"
5.  Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Saxo-Tinkoff +1:51"
6.  Alberto Contador (Spa) Saxo-Tinkoff) SAME TIME
7.  Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar              +2:02"
8.  Daniel Martin (Ire) Garmin-Sharp                  +2:28"
9.  Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Katusha               +2:31"
10. Rui Costa (Por) Movistar                   +2:45"

He is just the eighth rider to win the race at least three times and is just two behind joint record holders Jacques Anquetil and Bernard Hinault of France, Belgium's Eddy Merckx and Miguel Indurain of Spain.
The 2013 and 2015 champion took the race lead with a victory on stage eight and held on to it for the next 13 stages to win in Paris.
This is how the race unfolded.
Report: Cavendish wins to wear yellow for first time
Mark Cavendish produced a sensational sprint to claim his 27th Tour de France stage win and put himself in the yellow jersey for the first time. Coastal cross-winds did not create too much havoc on a day when one of the race favourites, Alberto Contador, crashed heavily but escaped with bruises. Defending champion Chris Froome was anonymous for much of the day, which is just how he would have wanted it.
Report: Sagan claims first yellow jersey with stage win
A solo break by Jasper Stuyven came within 500m of producing an upset but he was caught with the finish line in sight. Peter Sagan battled with Julian Alaphilippe on the run-in and the Slovak world champion emerged victorious, although he did not initially realise he had won the stage. Chris Froome and Nairo Quintana finish together but Alberto Contador and Richie Porte lose time.
Report: Cavendish edges out Greipel to draw level with Hinault
A photo finish was needed to split Mark Cavendish and Andre Greipel in Angers. The German looked to have won the stage but a late lunge from the Manx Missile saw him nick it by millimetres on the line. The victory was Cavendish's 28th Tour stage win, pulling him level with French legend Bernard Hinault and joint second on the all-time list behind Eddy Merckx on 34. Peter Sagan retained the race lead as the favourites for the overall win all finished together.
Report: Cavendish misses out as Kittel wins thrilling finish
For the second stage running, a photo finish was needed to decide the winner, and this time it was German Marcel Kittel holding off Frenchman Bryan Coquard by millimetres on the line. Peter Sagan retained the yellow jersey by finishing third and Mark Cavendish remained on 28 stage wins as he came eighth. Chris Froome and his overall rivals finished safely with the same time as the winner.
Report: Van Avermaet takes five-minute Tour lead
Belgian Greg van Avermaet was the sole survivor of an early breakaway as he conquered the first mountain stage of this year's Tour to take the yellow jersey. Defending champion Chris Froome dropped more than five minutes behind Van Avermaet, but remains level with his main rivals for the title.
Report: Cavendish secures 29th Tour stage win
Mark Cavendish earned a 29th career stage win, taking him above Bernaud Hinault to second outright in the overall Tour standings, after a thrilling sprint finish. The Manxman rode on the back of Marcel Kittel's wheel to beat the German to the line, also picking up the green jersey. Britain's Daniel McLay finished third, with Belgian Greg van Avermaet remaining in yellow.
Report: Cummings takes brilliant second Tour win
Steve Cummings formed part of a breakaway on the first stage in the Pyrenees to earn a brilliant solo victory and a fourth win for British riders in this year's Tour and for the Dimension Data team. Britain's Adam Yates fell foul of a collapsed inflatable marking the 1km to go point, while Greg van Avermaet produced a solid display to stay in yellow.
Report: Froome launches surprise attack to win stage and take yellow
After a quiet start to the Tour, defending champion Chris Froome exploded into this year's race by launching an unexpected attack on the descent into the finish at Bagneres de Luchon. Team Sky set up the win with a grinding surge up the Col de Peyresourde but Froome surprised his rivals by sprinting down the other side, edging fellow Briton Adam Yates into second place in the overall standings.
Report: Dumoulin breaks clear to take stage win as Froome retains yellow
On a day of contrasting weather, Dutch rider Tom Dumoulin was one of a big group to break free of the peloton in scorching temperatures. He attacked on the final descent of the first mountain-top finish of the Tour in pouring rain to earn his first Tour de France win. Chris Froome withstood several late attacks from his yellow jersey rivals to come through the day unscathed. Adam Yates stayed second in the general classification.
Report: Matthews sprints to victory as Froome enjoys easy day in yellow
Australia's Michael Matthews achieved a first Tour win thanks to a breakaway masterclass from his Orica-BikeExchange team-mates.  Matthews beat the more isolated Peter Sagan to the line, although the Tinkoff rider took over in the green points jersey from Mark Cavendish. Chris Froome enjoyed an easy day in yellow as the main contenders gained no advantage.
Report: Sagan wins after unlikely break with Froome
The expected bunch sprint in Montpellier failed to materialise after Peter Sagan and Chris Froome took advantage of cross winds to break clear in the final 15km and take a one-two on the stage. Both riders benefited with Froome extending his lead over Adam Yates and Nairo Quintana by 12 seconds, while Sagan moved 90 points clear in the green jersey classification.
Report: Froome gets running after chaotic finish
It was one of the most remarkable days the Tour de France had seen in its 113-year history.
With the stage reaching the final moments, Richie Porte crashed into a motorbike, bringing Chris Froome and Bauke Mollema down with him, after the trio had escaped their yellow jersey rivals. Froome, with his bike unusable, started to jog towards the finish line, before being given a replacement bike, but could not get his cycling shoes into the pedals. The defending champion finally received a new bike, but finished down on his rivals. The times were eventually neutralised, meaning Froome kept hold of the yellow jersey. Thomas de Gendt won the stage having been part of an early 13-man breakaway.
Report: Froome increases lead as Tour pays tribute to Nice victims
Tour de France organisers had considered cancelling the stage after Thursday's attack in Nice that killed at least 84 people. But racing continued, with heightened security and in a sombre atmosphere, as a minute's silence was held before and after the stage.
On the road, Chris Froome extended his lead in the yellow jersey to one minute and 47 seconds, after finishing second in the time trial behind Dutchman Tom Dumoulin.
Report: Cavendish wins 30th career Tour stage
Mark Cavendish's excellent Tour continued as he won his fourth stage his year - taking his career tally to 30, just four short of Eddy Merckx's record. Cavendish upset rival Marcel Kittel, who believed he was cut up by the Manxman on the way to the finish line, but the result stood.
It was a more relaxing day for the general classification contenders, with Chris Froome finishing in the peloton and maintaining his lead of one minute 47 seconds in the yellow jersey.
Report: Froome maintains lead as Pantano wins
At the end of a stage considered one of the Tour's most difficult, overall leader Chris Froome went surprisingly unchallenged across the Jura Mountains and maintained his lead of one minute 47 seconds ahead of his closest rival, Dutchman Bauke Mollema. Briton Froome knows it will now take something special to prevent him winning a third Tour title.
Colombia celebrated its first stage win of the 2016 Tour, with Jarlinson Pantano (IAM Cycling) outsprinting Poland's Rafal Majka to claim his maiden Grand Tour stage win.
Report: Sagan claims third win as Froome stays in yellow
Peter Sagan beat Alexander Kritstoff in the third photo finish of this year's race to earn a third stage win. The victory also ensured that if the Slovak can make it to the finish in Paris, he will hold onto the green jersey for a fifth consecutive year. Chris Froome finished safely after what he called a "sketchy" end to the stage and admitted he was looking forward to a rest day before the final push in the Alps.
Report:Froome tightens grip on Tour as Zakarin wins stage
Any faint hopes that Chris Froome's rivals had of chasing down the 2013 and 2015 champion seemed to evaporate, as Bauke Mollema and Nairo Quintana were both dropped on the steep ascent to finish line at Finhaut-Emosson. Froome's fellow Briton Adam Yates continued his wonderful Tour, though, and Ilnur Zakarin had the legs to hold off Jarlinson Pantano to win the gruelling stage, which was held entirely in Switzerland.
Report: Froome close to third Tour title after time trial win
Britain's Chris Froome timed his race to perfection to beat Tom Dumoulin and win a second stage on this year's race and extend his lead over the field to move almost four minutes clear of Bauke Mollema in second. Fellow Briton Adam Yates retained third overall just 21 seconds clear of Nairo Quintana in fourth in the race for the podium places.
Report: Bardet wins stage as Froome suffers crash
In another dramatic stage, Romain Bardet attacked up the last climb of the day to earn a first French win on this year's Tour after several riders crashed in wet conditions, including yellow jersey holder Chris Froome. The Team Sky rider, who also ran up Mont Ventoux after crashing into a motorbike, is forced to borrow the bike of team-mate Geraint Thomas, but extended his lead as second-placed Bauke Mollema tumbled down the general classification.
Report: Froome set to retain Tour title
After all the drama of this year's Tour, the final day of general classification racing ended up being straightforward for Chris Froome. And he will have been relieved. The wet conditions and the steep, downhill finish could have made it difficult for team Sky to protect their man, but Froome was barely troubled and will go into Sunday's largely processional stage to Paris knowing he jut needs to finish to become the first Briton to win three Tour de France titles and be the first to successfully defend it since Miguel Indurain in the 1990s.
Movistar's Jon Izaguirre won his first grand Tour stage by outpacing Vincenzo Nibali and Jarlinson Pantano on the final descent.
Report:Froome wins third title as Greipel wins in Paris
Chris Froome sipped beer and champagne on the ride to Paris before crossing the finish line arm-in-arm with the eight Team Sky riders who helped him become the first Briton to win three Tour titles. Germany's Andre Greipel continued his record of winning at least one stage in each Grand Tour he has competed in with a second career victory on the Champs-Elysees.
Fellow Briton Adam Yates finished fourth to win the white jersey as best young rider, while world champion Peter Sagan claimed the points classification and Rafal Majka took the polka dot king of the mountains top.
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Question: Three Labour frontbenchers have been sacked for defying Jeremy Corbyn and backing a call for the UK to stay in the single market after Brexit.

Ruth Cadbury, Catherine West and Andy Slaughter had supported Chuka Umunna's amendment to the Queen's Speech.
Staying in the single market is not Labour policy and Mr Corbyn had ordered his MPs to abstain - 50 rebelled.
His deputy Tom Watson said he was disappointed with Mr Umunna for trying to "divide" Labour MPs with the vote.
Mr Watson told the BBC he was "obviously a little disappointed that my colleague Chuka Umunna felt that he needed to move an amendment".
He added: "I just felt that given we'd come out of the general election with such an unexpected result, and there's a real euphoria, to try and divide Labour MPs a week and a half in was a little disappointing.
"But, you know, we're still buzzing, we still want to hold the government to account, we'll get over it and move on."
Forty nine Labour MPs voted for the amendment while a 50th - Heidi Alexander - acted as a teller, one of the MPs who count the votes.
Daniel Zeichner quit as shadow transport minister to take part in the vote.
He said in a statement he was resigning "with great regret" but added: "My position on Europe has always been clear. I am a passionate pro-European and a straight-forward politician."
Mr Umunna's amendment was defeated by 322 votes to 101, majority 221, during a series of final votes on the government's Queen's Speech.
Among the Labour MPs who backed it was Stella Creasy, who appeared on the BBC's Question Time on Thursday.
She said she had done so because she wanted single market membership to be "part of the [Brexit] negotiations... because the economic and social cost of these things is going to be horrific" - arguing 650,000 jobs in London alone depended on the single market.
"I want all of these options on the table," she said, arguing there were "101 different combinations" that could see the UK leave the EU while remaining in the single market.
But her fellow panellist, International Trade Secretary Liam Fox said: "The people who say: 'We want to stay in the single market, we want to stay in the customs union but we really will still respect the will of the British people' - it's not true.
"They've tried to frustrate the will of the British people."
Mr Corbyn has committed to leaving the single market after Brexit. A Labour amendment proposed by shadow chancellor John McDonnell was defeated by 323 to 297.
It called for Brexit to deliver the "exact same benefits" as the EU single market and customs union, as well as scrapping tuition fees, increasing public spending and ending the public sector pay cap.
Labour MP Hilary Benn told the BBC: "I think we recognise that membership of the single market creates a difficulty because... you can't control free movement if you are in the single market.
"The policy on which we fought the election was to say that we wish to retain the benefits of the single market and the customs union.
"I think if the reference to the single market had not been in Chuka's amendment then you would've seen a different outcome."
Unison's general secretary Dave Prentis was very critical of Mr Umunna's amendment, saying it was "totally inappropriate for Labour MPs to create a split over Europe" and "utterly self-defeating to become bogged down in the worst kind of gesture politics".
The government survived its first major Parliamentary test when MPs voted 323 to 309 in favour of the Queen's Speech - the government's package of legislation - which was stripped back after the Tories lost their Commons majority.
The Democratic Unionist Party's 10 MPs had agreed to support the measures as part of a deal with the Tories.

Mr Smith said he could support the move if the UK was in recession or the NHS was "on its knees".
He has previously called for the public to have a say on the terms of the UK's Brexit deal.
Mr Smith promised to fight a general election making a "really strong case for us to stay" in the EU.
But if Theresa May formally triggers Brexit using Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty next year, the UK will have left the bloc before the next scheduled general election in 2020.
Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, Mr Smith - who is pitching himself as more pro-EU than current Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn - said it was hard to answer a "hypothetical question" about what he would do if he took over with the UK already outside the EU.
But he said if the "price of staying out" was a recession and damage to the NHS "then I think the sensible and responsible thing for a Labour government to do is to say we are better off in the European Union".
Asked if that meant the UK accepting the euro and becoming part of the passport-free Schengen zone, he said "potentially - but again we are getting into hypotheticals built on hypotheticals".
Despite June's vote to leave the EU, Mr Smith predicted "we will be telling a very different story to the British people" in the future if people's livelihoods are suffering.
He reiterated his call for a second referendum or a general election - to take place before the UK leaves the EU - on the terms agreed for Brexit.
Mr Corbyn's team pointed out that the leader of the GMB union - one of Mr Smith key backers - had disagreed with him on his calls for a second referendum.
Tim Roache told Sky News: "I think that boat has sailed," adding that "democracy has determined that we are coming out of Europe".
Mr Corbyn's spokesman said: "If he (Mr Smith) can't unite his own supporters, how can he unite our party?"
Labour will announce its new leader at a special conference on 24 September, with the party divided between MPs opposed to Mr Corbyn and the leader's support base among members.
The MPs who signed a no-confidence motion in Mr Corbyn were criticised by union leaders at a rally ahead of the TUC conference in Brighton.
Steve Gillan, of the Prison Officers' Association, called for Mr Corbyn to be re-elected to implement "proper socialist policies", while Mick Cash of the RMT said the critical MPs had given the Conservatives "an easy ride".


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Question: A body representing Irish Travellers is taking legal action after delegates at its annual conference were refused entry to a north London pub.

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The incident happened at the Coronet on Holloway Road after the Irish Travellers Movement in Britain (ITMB) conference on Thursday afternoon.
The group of 15 people who were denied entry included travellers, a police inspector, a barrister and a priest.
Pub owners JD Wetherspoons have denied allegations of racial discrimination.
The company said it refused the delegates entry because they were in a large group.
The ITMB said the pub has been used in the past by its staff, friends and other users of the building it is based in.
But at approximately 16.50 GMT a group including the ITMB's director and chair, the head of diversity at Cheshire Constabulary, Inspector Mark Watson, and Martin Howe, senior partner of Howe and Co were prevented from entering the pub by doormen.
It was only when Inspector Watson produced his police identity card that the doormen allowed entrance to speak to the manager - and only on condition that he be responsible for the group going to speak to the manager.
ITMB said it has instructed Howe & Co Solicitors to take a class action against the Coronet, under discrimination legislation.
"This was a clear case of direct discrimination against those who were prevented from entering the Coronet.
"ITMB are outraged by this blatant act of discrimination against members of the Gypsy and Traveller communities, their friends and colleagues," it said.
JD Wetherspoon's chief executive, John Hutson, said the company would be happy to co-operate with any investigation.
"We fully support the manager and staff at The Coronet pub," he added.
"A group of 15 Irish Travellers came to the pub at the same time and they were refused entry because of the size of the group.
"It is unfair and wrong to make out that the manager and his staff have been racially motivated - instead they were ensuring the safety of customers and staff at the pub."
A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police said that no complaint had been received.
"We are aware of allegations reported in the Irish Times newspaper and await the allegations to be referred to the Metropolitan Police Service, where upon it will be investigated as appropriate."

"What I've said so far is only the tip of the iceberg" is the headline in the Belfast Telegraph.
The paper has an exclusive interview with the former DUP minister Jonathan Bell.
He was suspended from the party after he broke ranks to make allegations about the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme.
Mr Bell says he will hand over emails and recordings to the judge leading the public inquiry and warned there is "much, much more to come".
Staying on a political theme and some of the papers feature more reptilian jibes in the form of a photograph.
Advocates of Irish got their teeth into DUP leader Arlene Foster after she said she would not "feed" the Sinn Féin "crocodile" by giving in to demands for an act to give official status to the language.
Donning fancy dress, four protesters gathered outside a DUP office in north Belfast.
On a more inclusive note... and there is widespread coverage of Liam Neeson's support for integrated education.
The Northern-Irish born actor has given his backing for a new campaign to encourage more schools to become integrated.
The Hollywood star has released an online video message as part of a new initiative 'Integrate My School - I'm In'.
"We look to our children for the future, so why do we continue to educate them apart: different religions, different backgrounds, different schools?, the News Letter reports.
In an opinion piece in the Belfast Telegraph, Baroness May Blood says the campaign could "mark the start of a very exciting period of change in education and in society as a whole".
And staying on the Holywood theme and it's home to the new Presbyterian Moderator elect.
Rev Noble McNeely, of First Holywood Presbyterian Church in County Down, was nominated by 10 of the church's 19 presbyteries on Tuesday night.
His appointment features in all the papers with the Belfast Telegraph reporting that the new appointee is a Spurs fan who believes sport can be used to reach out to non-Christians.
Switching to a different geographical location and the News Letter reports that about 100 military veterans will march through Londonderry next month in protest against what the paper calls "the ongoing vindictive" criminal investigations into former soldiers.
Organised by Veterans for Justice, it is one of a number of planned protests across Northern Ireland in the months ahead.
The paper's leader gives its backing for the move, describing it as a "welcome development".
A fight at a County Tyrone school is carried by some of the papers.
The Irish News reports that "petrified" pupils were confined to classrooms after a fight broke out in the canteen of Holy Cross College in Strabane at lunchtime.
Parents spoke to the paper of their shock while the school principal Maria Doherty said police had been called in a "supportive role".
Elsewhere and the Daily Mirror says some staff at the Causeway Hospital in Coleraine are feeling poorly after they were scammed out of thousands of pounds by a bogus company offering financial advice.
The Daily Mirror says more than 40 workers lost between £400 and £800 by a two-man team who set up in the hospital's canteen and offered staff help to claim back tax from HMRC.
The paper reports that a fraud investigation is under way and each of the hospital trusts have been put on alert in case the fraudsters strike again.
The paper also carries the story of a County Armagh pupil who is preparing to lift-off on the space adventure of a lifetime.
Maciej Mareh Zych, from Southern Regional College in Armagh, has won a place at the United Space School in Houston, Texas.
He will spent two weeks with 50 students from 25 different nations.


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Question: Warrington repeated their Challenge Cup semi-final win over Wakefield with another comfortable victory over Trinity in Super League.

A fortnight on from their 56-12 win at Leigh, Wire ran in another seven tries.
Trinity scored after four minutes through Jonny Molloy, but Wire responded with first-half tries from Ben Currie, Chris Hill and Ryan Atkins.
Matty Russell then scored twice after the break, while Daryl Clark and Joe Westerman also crossed.
Kurt Gidley kicked five of his seven goals for an individual 10-point haul as the Challenge Cup finalists responded to a narrow home defeat by St Helens to go second in Super League.
Judah Mazive pulled a try back after the break for the hosts, whose other points came from Liam Finn's first-half conversion.
Warrington's 38-10 win leaves them one point behind leaders Hull FC, who have the chance to pull three clear again when they host Catalans Dragons on Thursday.
Wakefield travel to Widnes on 21 August hoping to notch a first win since the regular season ended, but they travel with optimism after a spirited display.
Wakefield head coach Chris Chester:
"We didn't get beat on effort. We caused Warrington some problems in the first 40 minutes but came up with silly errors in key parts of the game and conceded two soft tries before half-time.
"However, we gave it everything and came up short. I wanted a reaction from the Wigan performance and I got one,
"Our young kids really stood up again and James Bachelor deservedly got our man of the match. Max Jowitt probably needs a rest but with the injuries we've got at the minute we had to juggle a few things around."
Warrington head coach Tony Smith:
"It wasn't the prettiest of games and we played our part in that. There wasn't a huge crowd and there wasn't the same type of atmosphere as when we last met.
"But it was important to come and put in a solid performance. I never thought at any stage we would lose. We were never out of control. But Wakefield made it awkward for us in a few periods.
"It was a hot afternoon. I stood out in it for a few minutes and got sunburn, while they are out there whacking hell out of each other, so it was tough for them to handle those conditions."
Wakefield: Hall; Mazive, Lyne, Arundel, Jones-Bishop; Miller, Finn; Scruton, Sio, Arona, Molloy, Walton, Crowther.
Replacements: Jowitt, Yates, Batchelor, Fifita.
Warrington: Ratchford; R Evans, T King, Atkins, Russell; Gidley, Sandow; Hill, Clark, Sims, Hughes, Currie, Westerman.
Replacements: Dwyer, Westwood, G King, Wilde.
Referee: Robert Hicks.

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The 25-year-old, who has played 20 games for Rovers this term, dislocated his acromioclavicular (AC) joint in the 24-20 defeat by Leeds in July.
The injury comes as a blow for a Hull KR side looking to retain its Super League status though the Qualifiers.
Rovers, who finished second from bottom in Super League, host Batley in their Qualifiers opener on Sunday.


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Question: St Helens winger Adam Swift has signed a new two-year contract with the Super League side.

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The 24-year-old came through the Saints academy and scored a hat-trick on his debut against Widnes in 2012.
Swift has scored 73 tries in 99 appearances for St Helens and is expected to make his 100th outing against Huddersfield on Friday.
"It's great to be playing for my hometown club and one I have watched since being a kid," he said.
"I want to continue to work hard and improve and I look forward to kicking on and hopefully achieving more silverware with the club."

General manager Kris Radlinski confirmed Burgess' exit at a fan forum.
"We did everything we could but he wants to experience the Sydney lifestyle," said Radlinski.
Burgess, 20, scored a try in Wigan's Grand Final defeat by St Helens and was selected in England's squad for the end-of-season Four Nations tournament.
Meanwhile, 19-year-old prop Ryan Sutton and 22-year-old half-back Sam Powell have agreed four-year contracts with the Warriors, who begin the new campaign with an away fixture at Widnes on 5 February.


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Question: The chief executive of Australian airline Qantas has had a speech interrupted by a man who shoved a pie in his face.

Alan Joyce was addressing a business breakfast in Perth when a man strode to the stage and surprised him.
The man was detained by security until authorities arrived. Police said they were interviewing him in custody.
Mr Joyce had been discussing the airline's recent decision to operate non-stop flights from London to Perth.
"I don't know what that was about," he told the audience of about 500 people.
Mr Joyce left the stage briefly to clean his face before returning to applause from the crowd.
"Now, if there are any more pies can you get it over with now," he said.
One witness, Ben Harvey, told Radio 6PR it had not been clear what prompted the incident, describing it as a "bizarre situation".
A Western Australia Police spokesman said: "We're currently investigating the incident and interviewing the individual concerned."
Australia's 7 News reported that the pie-wielder was thought to be in his 60s or 70s.
Mr Joyce is not the first high-profile person to have been struck with a pie. Others include News Corp executive chairman Rupert Murdoch, Microsoft founder Bill Gates and television presenter Jeremy Clarkson.

The man, dressed as a priest, stormed the stage of the Rose of Tralee International Festival in County Kerry on Monday night.
He held up a placard and shouted: "Fathers for justice!"
Television cameras cut away from the stage while the protester was removed by security.
The Rose of Tralee International Festival is a week-long pageant in which women of Irish descent from around the world vie to be named the Rose of Tralee.
The festival's organisers confirmed the man had purchased a ticket and was removed by Irish police after being taken from the stage.
They were satisfied adequate security measures were in place, they said in a statement.
The man took to the stage while the Cavan Rose, Lisa Reilly, was speaking to presenter Dáithí Ó Sé.
Irish Independent journalist Andrea Smith described the stage invasion as "very shocking".
"It was like something out of Father Ted, as suddenly a man dressed as a priest runs onto the stage, nobody knows what to do and he's shouting about Fathers 4 Justice," Ms Smith, who was live-blogging the event, told the BBC's Good Morning Ulster programme.
"It probably gave the organisers such a fright, but it's also probably the most exciting thing that's ever happened in the history of the Rose of Tralee," she said.
It is understood the man was Matt O'Connor, a founder of Fathers 4 Justice, who is originally from County Kerry but now lives in England.
The group are best known for a series of high-profile stunts.
In 2004, a campaigner dressed as Batman held a protest on a balcony of Buckingham Palace.
Earlier that same year, two men threw packages of flour dyed purple at the then prime minister Tony Blair.


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Question: A scan has revealed that the back problem Rory McIlroy had at the Players Championship was a recurrence of his injury from earlier this year.

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McIlroy said on Monday evening that an MRI scan had revealed "no new injury, rather a low grade response to the rib joint I injured earlier in the year".
"As of now I am still entered into the BMW PGA Championship," said McIlroy.
He said he would decide early next week whether he was "in a position to compete" at Wentworth.
The European Tour's flagship event takes place from 25-28 May.
The world number two revealed on Friday that he was feeling discomfort in his back and he went on to finish in a share of 35th place, 12 shots behind winner Kim Si-Woo of South Korea.
The Northern Irishman missed a number of events in the Middle East and the US earlier this year after being bothered by a rib stress fracture at the South African Open in January.

The 2015 Open begins in nine days' time at St Andrews in Scotland.
McIlroy, 26, wrote on Instagram: "Total rupture of left ATFL (ankle ligament) and associated joint capsule damage in a soccer kickabout with friends.
"Continuing to assess extent of injury and treatment plan day by day. Rehab already started."
A spokesman for the Northern Irishman, who will have further scans on his ankle over the next 48 hours, said he has not ruled himself out of the Open but a decision on his participation will be taken at the weekend.
The European Tour has announced his withdrawal from the Scottish Open, which starts on Thursday.
Dr Peter Larkins, a former Olympic steeplechaser who now provides insight into Aussie Rules injuries for television, said the recovery time for a ruptured ankle ligament could be up to 12 weeks.
"It's six weeks wearing a moon boot and six weeks of physio," he told BBC Sport.
"Could he play at the Open? It's a tricky one. It depends how much pain he can tolerate. If the ankle is very loose and badly swollen, I can't imagine him walking around for miles for four rounds.
"The swelling can ease in a week with plenty of therapy, but that won't leave much time for practice."
Scottish golfer Richie Ramsay tweeted that he suffered a similar injury, which resulted in a lengthy recovery period.
"I had a full tear of ligaments in my ankle not long ago. It takes a lot longer than you think to heal," he said.
"Three months until I played, and even then getting my foot to work the right way was tough."
Ex-European Tour professional Jamie Spence questioned McIlroy's decision to play football so close to a major, saying it was "definitely a bit risky".
He added to the BBC World Service: "You do it in your off time, you do it in the wintertime, not so close to one of the majors."
Paul McGinley, McIlroy's captain at last year's Ryder Cup, says his absence would be a "blow" for the Open.
"I know St Andrews is a golf course he really loves and a golf course that really suits his game. It's a shame, a shame for the tournament and a shame for Rory if that's the case," he said.
McIlroy, who has won four majors, was set to play in the Scottish Open this week, but will definitely miss that event. He could also miss the chance to defend his US PGA Championship title in mid-August.
McIlroy has had a mixed season so far, finishing fourth at the Masters in April, and joint ninth at last month's US Open. Both tournaments were won by Jordan Spieth. He missed the cut at the Honda Classic in March, but won the World Golf Championships Match Play and the Wells Fargo Championship in May.


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Question: The opening event of a week of build-up to potentially the most lucrative fight in boxing history produced chaotic scenes in Las Vegas, with Floyd Mayweather booed by unhappy fans.

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The undefeated American arrived and was barely visible, entering amid a large entourage before being largely hidden on stage by a media scrum.
Conor McGregor, his UFC champion challenger, then arrived and made a beeline for an Irish flag in the crowd before performing an impromptu lap of fans, as media and security gave chase.
Once on stage, the 29-year-old Irishman said he would be "calm and cold" when he met the former five-weight boxing world champion on Saturday.
"He needs to be put to sleep," said McGregor. "He will wake up a better man. I am going to do that for him."
BBC 5 live sports correspondent Richard Conway
This was hype and showmanship taken to a whole new level.
When Conor McGregor finally walked on, he did so as the self-styled people's champion, strutting around the open plaza as if he owned it.
Like a presidential candidate on the eve of polling day, he shook hands and high-fived as many supporters as he could reach.
Dressed in a purple suit, he told his expectant audience he would knock Mayweather unconscious on Saturday night, which elicited a huge cheer.
As he tried to depart I managed to ask him if he really is, as he claims, going to shock the world on Saturday night.
Nodding, he turned to the crowd and said "for these fans, I love these fans".
McGregor's legend continues to grow. It increasingly feels like he stands to win big in the long term, no matter what happens in the ring this weekend.
About 1,000 media from around the world have been accredited for Saturday's bout, many of them to be housed away from the venue at a media tent a short walk from the T-Mobile Arena.
Outside the arena, a large security presence tried to keep the 'Grand Arrivals' ceremony cordial on Tuesday afternoon.
Undercard fighters, including Wales' Nathan Cleverly, posed for head-to-head pictures without problems, until Mayweather entered.
McGregor was due on stage first but with both men late for the event, his rival stepped up, leaving the Dublin fighter to follow when he arrived.
But those who had waited in temperatures of over 40C on a street adjacent to Las Vegas' famous strip showed their frustration when photographers and reporters surrounded 40-year-old Mayweather, blocking any sight of the former five-division world champion.
Cries of "we want Conor" broke out from American fans, while added security was placed at the front of the stage, with media warned not to rush forward when McGregor arrived.
When he did, flanked by his own entourage, they brushed shoulders with the departing Mayweather group, prompting brief panic among the security detail. McGregor exchanged heated words with one member of the Mayweather group and later rowed with ex-sparring partner Paulie Malignaggi.
"Over the course of the next week, Vegas is Ireland," said McGregor, after eventually making it to the stage. "We run Las Vegas. We are here to take over this whole city."
Organisers say the bout - which will be broadcast on BBC Radio 5 live - is the most accessible in boxing history, with fans able to watch through social platforms. They estimate around a billion people will watch worldwide.
It is expected the bout could generate over $600m and go close to becoming the richest in boxing history.
Victory for Mayweather, who has come out of retirement for the fight, would take his record to 50 wins from 50 bouts and surpass the late Rocky Marciano's flawless 49-fight record.

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Mayweather, who has won all 47 of his fights, told Pacquiao at a press conference in Los Angeles on Wednesday that he was not ready to taste defeat.
Pacquiao had earlier said that he would beat the American for the good of boxing.
The Filipino fighter has a record of 57 wins, two draws and five losses.
"May 2 - the world stops. Mayweather v Pacquiao is the biggest fight in history," Mayweather said.
The fight, which has been the subject of on-off contract negotiations over six years, is expected to generate as much as £162m ($250m).
In low-key speeches in front of about 700 media, both fighters spent more time talking up the fight than aiming barbs at their opponent.
Mayweather, 38, suggested that his unblemished record may give him a psychological advantage over Pacquiao, claiming that "if you lose, it is always in your mind", but also praised the Filipino's camp for making the fight happen.
"I have to be thankful that we have all come together as one to give the world what they want to see," he added.
Pacquiao, who made several references to his Christian faith in an unremarkable address at the news conference, had tweeted criticism of Mayweather's lavish lifestyle earlier in the day.
"Beating Floyd is good for boxing. When athletes have great success, their success goes to their head. That is bad for boxing," he wrote.
"I'm here to prove that I can easily beat the undefeated."
The fight is expected to boil down to whether Pacquiao's speed and power can ruffle Mayweather's supreme defensive skills. Pacquiao was in no doubt he could win, referencing his victories over heavier-hitting fighters than Mayweather.
"My footwork and hand combinations will be my advantage. I tell you Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito punch hard. This is boxing and its about punches," he added on Twitter.
It was left to Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach to deliver the usual pre-fight bombast.
"We're fighting the best fighter in the world - but we're gonna kick his ass," he told the media, drawing smiles from Mayweather.
Earlier, on the red carpet at a Nokia Theatre venue that is more used to hosting the Emmy television awards, he told BBC Sport why he was confident Pacquiao, 36, could inflict Mayweather's first defeat.
"My guy is too fast, he hits too hard. I think Floyd's legs are shot," he said.
He says he wants to stand and trade more and entertain the fans more, but I don't think that is true. He has to say that."
The cost of seeing the fight in the person was revealed with ticket prices to range from £1,004 ($1,500) to £5,023 ($7,500).
However, it is widely expected that tickets will never actually go on general sale, with celebrities and connections expected to fill the MGM Grand to capacity.
It has been reported that even the well-connected may need to guarantee a certain spend at the venue's casinos to ensure a ringside seat.
Justin Bieber seems likely to be in attendance. The Canadian pop star, a friend of Mayweather's, made a cameo appearance as the fighters posed of more publicity shots.