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Gavin Roberts, 28, died of a brain injury on 15 June, four days after the collision on the A34 near the Compton junction in Oxfordshire.
Megan Williamson's petition calls for the speed limit to be reduced.
One month on from the crash that killed him she said "changes need to be made".
"I just knew that Gavin would not want anybody to suffer as we have," she said.
She wants the speed limit reduced from 70 mph to 50 mph, saying "people treat it like a motorway and it is a very narrow road".
"There's no hard shoulder either, so if there are any accidents the emergency vehicles find it difficult to get down there."
Mr Roberts was originally from Australia but had recently moved to Swindon where he worked for Network Rail.
On the night of the collision, a Vauxhall Corsa travelling southbound smashed through the central reservation and into the path of Mr Roberts' BMW.
Richard Hayes, the chief executive of the Institute of Highway Engineers, said Ms Williamson's suggestion would make the road safer, and called for the A34 to be upgraded.
He added: "I'm absolutely sure [the barriers] are not as integrated as they should be... and that may well be eased by reducing the speed limit."
The carriageway was closed 15 times in 2015 due to fatalities or injuries, and 56 times in the last five years, Highways England confirmed.
A spokesman said safety was its top priority, and that it monitored the A34 on an ongoing basis.
"Our thoughts go out to all those affected by the recent tragic incident," he said.
Thames Valley Police said no arrests had been made following the collision and it was still appealing for witnesses. | The girlfriend of a man who died on a stretch of road where more than 50 people have been killed or injured in the last five years has called for tougher speed restrictions. | 36750468 | [
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It is hearing loss - a condition that can still have profound consequences, experts say.
"Hearing loss is considered an invisible epidemic because people don't see it or know that someone suffers from it," says De Wet Swanepoel, professor of audiology at South Africa's Pretoria University.
"Not even parents may realise their child has hearing loss before critical developmental periods have lapsed."
Delays in diagnosis can affect the educational attainment and life chances of children in particular. One in 10 children globally have "educationally significant" hearing loss, says Prof Swanepoel.
The problem is that there aren't enough trained audiologists able to go out to sometimes very remote, rural areas to diagnose the condition.
This is where the smartphone is making a big difference.
An app called HearScreen, the result of a research project led by Prof Swanepoel and Dr Herman Myburgh at Pretoria University, can detect hearing loss with just a low-cost smartphone and a pair of headphones.
Complete with real-time background noise monitoring, the app turns a mobile phone's microphone into a calibrated sound level meter.
You put the headphones on, and the tester, sitting behind you, uses the phone to send audio beeps at different volumes to your ears. If you can hear them you raise your hand and the tester records your responses.
It's all very simple - the app can screen two ears in less than 60 seconds and its makers claim that the system is six times cheaper than traditional testing equipment.
The data captured is stored to the cloud where specialists can access and analyse it remotely.
The "clinically validated" app can be operated effectively by non-specialists, the company says, making it ideally suited for use in remote locations.
"More than 80% of the app's usage is in underserved and rural areas," says Prof Swanepoel, "providing many populations with access to hearing testing for the first time."
If a test diagnoses hearing loss, the app can refer the patient by text to the closest healthcare facility for follow-up services.
Shannon Kruyt, an audiologist at HearInAfrica, which provides hearing care in schools in a number of African countries, knows all about this "invisible epidemic".
She says: "[HearScreen] is improving my work because the screening of hearing can now be done at a community-based level, without audiologists needing to go out into the field.
"The biggest challenge we are facing is the disparity between the shortage of audiologists and prevalence of hearing loss in Africa. HearScreen has been a massive game changer."
The app has also won the approval of partners such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and USAID.
But how much should we trust such diagnostic apps, however well-intended?
Dr Shelly Chadha, technical officer for deafness and hearing at the WHO, says: "Mobile apps can serve a very useful role in raising awareness about hearing and making hearing care more accessible.
"But if a mobile app for hearing assessment is not accurate this can give incorrect information to the user, which can be harmful."
HearScreen maintains that its app conforms to ISO calibration standards and compares favourably to traditional audiometry equipment.
But the WHO is concerned that other diagnostic apps may not have been systematically evaluated or clinically proven to work effectively and safely.
There are 259,000 health apps available to consumers globally, according to a recent study by the health research group Research2Guidance, measuring everything from heart health to female fertility, asthma to diabetes.
IBM and its Watson supercomputer are getting better at identifying skin cancer from photos taken by a smartphone equipped with a special camera, but even it admits that "work is still in its early stages".
And while the potential benefits of the smartphone "pocket doctor" are indisputable - remote monitoring by doctors being a major one - there is also the danger of mis-diagnosis and incorrect self-treatment if the apps are not proven.
This is why regulatory approval and an evidence-based approach is so important.
For example, US-based eye testing app mVT Service has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and wears this endorsement like a badge of honour.
The app is prescribed to patients via their doctors and enables patients to monitor their eyesight from the comfort of their own homes.
"Our goal is to reduce vision blindness by actively monitoring the patient's home vision test results and alerting the patient's licensed eye-care doctor of any significant vision function change," says myVisionTrack chief marketing officer George Mavro.
Currently launching with a select group of specialists and 98% effective at detecting changes in vision, mVT Service uses a smartphone app and eye patch to test patients.
All users have to do is look at a choice of shapes and select the one that looks different. Results are then shared with their doctor via the cloud.
"The goal of the service is to reduce vision blindness by actively monitoring the patient's home vision test results and alerting the patient's prescriber to any significant vision function change," Mr Mavro says.
Obviously, the earlier we can detect potential problems the better.
Organisations such as the WHO are working hard on assessing the quality of individual apps, and giving their blessing to the relevant ones.
For the good of healthcare worldwide, sorting the good from the bad will be key if mHealth is to fulfil its promise.
Follow Technology of Business editor Matthew Wall on Twitter and Facebook
Click here for more Technology of Business features | There is an "invisible epidemic" afflicting the world, but it's not contagious or infectious, and there are often no outward symptoms. | 39217968 | [
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The archive of travel writer, war hero and adventurer Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor has been catalogued by the National Library of Scotland.
The collection includes letters from Prince Charles and Truman Capote.
Sir Patrick, who was known as Paddy, died in 2011 at the age of 96.
He published several books on his travels around the world and one of the most prized items in the archive is the only surviving notebook from his 1933 trek across Europe.
The trek provided the material for his most famous books, 'A Time of Gifts', 'Between the Woods and the Water' and 'The Broken Road'.
Thousands of items which occupy 16 metres of shelving took a year to be catalogued by library staff.
Along with letters from notable 20th century figures they also uncovered literary manuscripts, sketches and what appears to be an unpublished John Betjeman poem on the back of an envelope.
Sir Patrick spent much of World War Two on Nazi-occupied Crete. During his time there he disguised himself as a shepherd to organise guerrilla operations against the Nazis. He led one of the most daring feats of the war in 1944, capturing the commander of the German garrison on Crete.
The 1957 film starring Dirk Bogarde 'Ill Met by Moonlight' was based on the operation.
Graham Stewart, the library curator who worked on the archive project, said: "It is a history of the colourful life of a celebrated writer. He was undoubtedly a superstar of his day and his books have, if anything, grown in popularity over the years.
"There has already been a lot of interest in the archive and we expect this to increase now among Leigh Fermor fans and people interested in the 20th century more generally."
The library is working on digitising some of the archive so it can be viewed on its website. They are also considering holding exhibitions and displays of the collection so more people will be able to see it.
The archive was given to the library by the John R Murray Charitable Trust. John Murray was Sir Patrick's publisher and the trust also supported the cataloguing of the collection. | A lifetime of diaries, letters and photographs of a man described as a cross between Indiana Jones, James Bond and Graham Greene has opened to the public. | 30095443 | [
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His grandmother offered him a plate of grapes, but she doesn't remember whether Faizan had it. The son of a farmer then put on his pheran, the woollen cape-like garment Kashmiris wear, and quietly left for his Sunday lessons.
A few hours later, Faizan lay dead near a sun-baked school playground, ringed by bare walnut and willow trees. Paramilitary soldiers, eyewitnesses alleged, had shot him in the back of his head.
Carrying a packet of biscuits, he was returning home on a bright, nippy morning when he encountered a throng of local people protesting against Indian rule near the school, where polling was taking place for a parliamentary by-election.
Eyewitnesses say four shots rang out of the single-storey, squat school building which, according to some reports, was being pelted with stones thrown by protesters from a hill above and from the road in front.
Faizan possibly halted to find out what the commotion was all about, and was hit by a bullet. Two neighbours ran up to his home to deliver the news. His mother had sprinted down to the playground, hugged her bleeding son and let others take him to hospital.
"I knew he was gone," Zarifa told me.
A heart-wrenching video recorded by a villager on his mobile phone minutes after the killing shows a wailing man cradling the dead boy, blood streaming down his broken face, in a packed vehicle taking him to the nearest hospital. There, the doctors declared him dead.
Faizan's final journey is recorded on another mobile phone video: his slight frame, draped in white, bobbing slightly on a hospital cot, carried through a sea of weeping, agitated mourners extolling their latest "martyr". By late afternoon, his body was lowered into the grave near his village, Dalwan.
Faizan was among the eight people killed on Sunday when paramilitary soldiers fired bullets and shotgun pellets at those protesting against Indian rule at polling centres near Srinagar, the summer capital. Election authorities say some 170 people, including 100 security personnel, were injured in about 200 incidents of stone pelting and violent protests on the day.
The voter turnout in Sunday's election was an abysmal 7.1% - the lowest in decades - and came as a huge setback for the region's mainstream parties.
The soldiers had been brought in from other states to secure polling stations and may have been unprepared to deal with "protests and provocation" in a complex conflict zone like Kashmir, a senior official told me.
One report said the police had registered complaints against the paramilitary forces for firing into the crowds.
Separatist groups had rejected the elections and urged voters to boycott Sunday's poll, which took place after a politician resigned over what he described as the "anti-people" agenda of the Indian government.
Disillusioned voters - even in relatively peaceful places like Dalwan where people turned out to cast their votes enthusiastically in previous elections - generally stayed away.
Why Faizan was killed on a day when local voters rejected the ballot is not clear.
By all accounts, he was not pelting stones or hurling abuse at the soldiers. One report said police fired tear gas shells to keep the protesters away from the empty polling station, but the soldiers opened fire.
Whatever it is, Faizan became another grisly statistic in Kashmir's unending tragedy.
A picture taken by his friend on his mobile phone during their winter break shows the shy-looking boy - "he would often top his class, and he was very knowledgeable about the world," the friend said - clad in a woollen cap and collared jacket, peering uneasily into the camera.
"He was quiet and studious, he was doing well in school. He played cricket, and counted [former Indian captain] MS Dhoni as his favourite cricketer. He wanted to become a doctor," a cousin told me, when I visited the family.
Grief is the price one pays for love. Zarifa's lament for her dead son filled the still air inside a tent outside their home where local women had gathered to mourn.
"My son, my son, where will I find you now?" she cried, again and again.
Then she stepped out of the tent, entered her home and joined her husband in a dank, cold room. He sat there, stoic and numb, surrounded by mourners, and gazed vacantly at the pastel pink walls. The room had a red carpet and red window curtains.
"The blood of a martyr never goes waste," said Fayaz Ahmad Dar. "One day, the blood of innocents will help us gain our freedom [from Indian rule]."
A brief silence followed. Zarifa broke it, bemoaning the loss of her boy.
"I am looking at your books, I am looking at your school bags. How will I touch your books again, my son? Everybody would talk about your intelligence, how you would answer every question with so much wit."
Outside the secondary school - Enter to learn, Leave to serve, its motto, is engraved on the walls - a group of young men gathered later in the day. Their eyes seethed in anger. They spoke about frustration, alienation, desperation, humiliation and hopelessness.
They said they had lost their fear of life. They insisted that they helped rebels because "they are our brothers and don't kill civilians" and are "fighting for freedom".
More than half of them raised their hands when asked whether they had pelted stones at Indian forces.
"We are not safe in our own homes, we are not safe on streets. They are killing little boys now. Life is uncertain," said Feroze Ali, a school clerk.
Since February alone, some two dozen civilians have been killed during gunfights between armed rebels and security forces. The security forces have accused civilians of helping rebels escape.
The army says it has tried to reach out and engage with civilians through its 29 schools, youth clubs and cricket tournaments.
Recently some 19,000 Kashmiri young men applied for a few hundred vacancies in the army.
"Provocation and panic can lead to accidents. Security forces often fire when they face life threatening situations. But protecting civilians remains our first priority in this situation. When a civilian dies, it hurts us," an army officer told me.
The region has seen heightened tension and increased unrest since July when influential militant Burhan Wani was killed by Indian forces. More than 100 civilians lost their lives in clashes with protesters during a four-month-long lockdown, including a 55-day-curfew, in the restive Muslim-majority valley.
Kashmir, clearly, appears to be teetering on the brink of an open public revolt against Indian rule.
Many say the federal government's near-complete lack of engagement and dialogue with local stakeholders and Pakistan, a complete mistrust of the local government and a lack of development and jobs have left most people jittery and alienated.
Militancy continues to be at low ebb - there are an estimated 250 militants in the state now of which 150 are local - compared to several thousand during the peak of insurgency in the 1990s.
But young Kashmiris - more than 60% of the men in the valley are under 30, and more than 40% of men in Kashmir are jobless - are restless and angry. The local political parties are in danger of "becoming irrelevant", as a leader of an opposition party told me.
"This is the worst situation that I have seen. Earlier, it was a movement led by the militants. Now it is being led by the people," says Feroze Ali, 35, a schoolteacher.
"India needs to be worried, very worried about this." | The day 12-year-old Faizan Fayaz Dar died, he woke up in the morning in his hilltop home in Budgam in Indian-administered Kashmir, had a cup of salted tea, recited the Koran and pottered around in the kitchen where his mother prepared breakfast for the family. | 39586912 | [
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Stephen McKee, now 25, was jailed for murdering west Belfast greengrocer Harry Holland in September 2007.
The 65-year-old was stabbed in the head with a screwdriver near his Norfolk Drive home.
McKee, who pleaded guilty, was told he would serve at least 12 years of a life sentence for the murder of Mr Holland.
However, he is now eligible for a pre-release scheme designed to prepare prisoners for full release back into the community.
"Our family have been completely let down by the justice system in every way possible - from the sentencing, right through to this bombshell being dropped on us now that he's going to be out after serving just nine years," said Mr Holland's daughter, Grainne.
"I have absolutely no faith in the justice system here, none whatsoever."
Mr Holland's daughter, Sarah, said the Probation Service advised the family that McKee was eligible for the pre release scheme two weeks ago.
She said that news was like "a bolt out of the blue".
"To be honest it was a bit of a shock," she said.
"He is a violent and dangerous individual. They need to seriously consider letting him back into this community again and certainly consider not letting him near our family.
"I believe in second chances. This is a man who is on a fifth, sixth, seventh chance."
Ms Holland's sister, Gráinne, said McKee had never shown any remorse for killing her father.
"I really believe in my heart he's not rehabilitated - he's not sorry and he should not be allowed back into this community," she said.
"The fact that his murderers have never said sorry and just don't care hurts even more.
"Then we're told that we have to accept the fact that after serving just nine years he could be back on the streets - where's the justice in that? | The family of a murdered Belfast man say they feel let down by the judicial system after news that his killer is being prepared for release from jail. | 37319413 | [
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In a strongly worded letter to all teachers, Gavin Boyd also said they got better pay than their counterparts in England and Wales.
Teaching unions are refusing to co-operate with school inspections in a dispute over pay and workload.
Some are also taking occasional strike action.
The National Association of Schoolmasters and Women Teachers (NASUWT) has reacted angrily to Mr Boyd's letter, accusing him of "fake news".
Mr Boyd is chief executive of the Education Authority and represents the teaching employers in negotiations over the current pay dispute.
He wrote that the industrial action was "seriously affecting the education of children and young people" and "the effective operation of schools".
He also said teachers had been "confused by misinformation" on a number of issues.
"The average teacher's pay in Northern Ireland is just over £40,000 per annum," he added.
"This compares very favourably with other graduate professions locally and is actually higher than the average teacher's pay in England and Wales."
He said that teaching unions had rejected an overall offer of 2.5% on pay in 2015-16.
"There have been no reductions in teacher's pay," he said.
Mr Boyd conceded that national insurance and pension contributions had risen, but said these were "part of a wider government strategy to ensure public sector pensions remain affordable and sustainable".
"Public sector pensions remain attractive and in general offer much better terms than those available in the private sector."
However, the NASUWT's general secretary Chris Keates said his letter would infuriate teachers.
"Teachers will not be persuaded or intimidated by the fake news presented in the letter," she said.
"The value of teachers' pay has fallen by around 20% since 2010.
"The employers should start to devote more of their time to addressing the genuine concerns of teachers rather than peddling misinformation."
The letter will not help to resolve disputes between teachers and their employers, said Heather Watson, the principal of Phoenix Integrated Primary School in Cookstown, County Tyrone.
She was "shocked, confused and disappointed" when she received the letter.
"It hasn't done anything to reassure teachers that they are respected and valued," said Ms Watson.
"I understand that there are two sides to this, but I really want the two sides to get their act together and address the issues."
Jim Clarke, the chief executive of the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools, which represents teachers' employers, said the information in the letter was "factually accurate".
"It might not necessarily agree with everyone's perspective but all we can do is present the facts as they are," he added.
In a related development, the Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO) has accused the Department of Education of "attempts at bullying" by writing to a Catholic archbishop about the ongoing industrial action.
In a letter to members, INTO said that the Department of Education's permanent secretary Derek Baker had written to Archbishop Eamon Martin.
They said Mr Baker had requested that Archbishop Martin ensures that school governors co-operate with school inspections.
"Attempts at bullying, such as this, should be rejected as an unsubtle attempt to bring the action to an end," they wrote.
However, in a statement to the BBC, the department responded by describing the claim as "utter nonsense".
"The letter focuses exclusively on the statutory duty placed on governors in respect of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and seeks their cooperation with the ETI specifically in respect of child protection and safeguarding," they said.
"The suggestion that the department's letter amounts to bullying is utter nonsense". | Northern Ireland's top education official has accused teachers of harming children's education by taking industrial action. | 39913329 | [
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Asked by the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire about a survey that showed many myths about HIV endure in the UK, Sir Elton said he was not surprised considering the DUP's Trevor Clarke said this week he did not know until recently that heterosexual people could contract HIV. | Sir Elton John has criticised comments by a DUP MLA on HIV. | 38179912 | [
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The Lions, who won the semi-final first leg 3-1, looked to have put the tie to bed when Lee Gregory slotted home.
But Jamie Proctor's strike just before half-time, after Jordan Archer blocked his first effort, gave City hope.
Proctor then wasted a further chance moments later, and it proved costly as Millwall held on to set up a showdown with Barnsley on 29 May.
Neil Harris' side were rarely troubled after Proctor twice turned down the opportunity to shoot when excellently placed - and, if anything, they looked the more likely to score again after the break.
Centre-half Byron Webster came closest, sending a header narrowly wide of Ben Williams' post, as the second leg petered out in front of a raucous crowd at The Den.
Millwall's success against Bradford means that, across this season's Football League play-offs, all five teams who won the first leg of their semi-final went on to reach Wembley.
The majority of the damage was done even before half-time at Valley Parade, where goals from Gregory, Steve Morison and Joe Martin had put the Lions in full command against Bradford.
The Bantams have twice previously come back from a first-leg deficit to progress to the final and win promotion, but Gregory's calm, side-footed finish ensured there would be no repeat in south-east London.
Millwall must now beat Barnsley, who thumped Walsall 6-1 over two legs in the other semi-final, if they are to secure an instant return to the Championship.
Millwall manager Neil Harris:
"I'm delighted for the players, They deserved it over the two legs.
"We really had to battle, both tonight and last Sunday. It was tough but we've earned our place at Wembley.
"Barnsley will be really tough opponents. They've done brilliantly all season and especially against Walsall."
Match ends, Millwall 1, Bradford City 1.
Second Half ends, Millwall 1, Bradford City 1.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match (Bradford City).
Foul by Rory McArdle (Bradford City).
Steve Morison (Millwall) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Millwall. Tony Craig replaces Byron Webster because of an injury.
Corner, Bradford City. Conceded by Steve Morison.
Corner, Bradford City. Conceded by Shaun Williams.
Substitution, Millwall. Shaun Williams replaces Lee Gregory.
Kyel Reid (Bradford City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Kyel Reid (Bradford City).
Ben Thompson (Millwall) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Shane Ferguson (Millwall) is shown the yellow card.
Lee Evans (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Shane Ferguson (Millwall).
Attempt blocked. Lee Evans (Bradford City) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is blocked.
Chris Taylor (Millwall) is shown the yellow card.
Billy Clarke (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ben Thompson (Millwall).
Rory McArdle (Bradford City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Rory McArdle (Bradford City).
Steve Morison (Millwall) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Lee Evans (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Lee Gregory (Millwall).
Corner, Bradford City. Conceded by Shane Ferguson.
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Foul by Joe Martin (Millwall).
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Foul by Lee Evans (Bradford City).
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Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Rory McArdle.
Foul by Rory McArdle (Bradford City).
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Tom Thorpe (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Steve Morison (Millwall).
Substitution, Bradford City. Paul Anderson replaces Tony McMahon.
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Steve Williams, of Flat Iron Heritage, contacted his local MP, Lindsay Hoyle, after families were blocked from visiting the Chorley Pals Memorial Site at Serre-les-Puisieux.
He claims they were obstructed by a farmer who owns land near the cemetery.
The BBC tried to contact Jean Louis Legrand but could not get a reply.
To reach the Pals' Battalions memorial at the Sheffield Memorial Park, which is owned by Sheffield City Council, visitors must use an unmade public right of way that crosses land owned Mr Legrand.
The path is owned by the town of Serre whilst the park itself is looked after and maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC).
The commission's Director General Victoria Wallace said: "We are very concerned about the situation at Serre, and urge any visitors encountering hostility or harassment to report it to the local authorities.
"We are working with the French government and local authorities to find long-term solutions, but meanwhile we urge caution when visiting, and we ask visitors not to inflame the situation by ignoring the parking restrictions."
The dispute has forced Flat Iron Heritage to cancel visits.
Mr Williams, who has been making an annual trip to the area since 2002, said the situation was getting worse.
He said it has caused a "great deal of distress" to those travelling to visit the graves of loved ones.
Labour MP for Chorley Mr Hoyle has written to Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson asking his department to investigate.
Sheffield Memorial Park | Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has been asked to investigate claims that soldiers' relatives have been stopped from visiting their graves in France. | 37678792 | [
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Hebridean Sea Salt will have its product stocked in Sainbury's 360 UK stores.
The £180,000 deal is the Lewis-based company's first with a major supermarket.
Hebridean Sea Salt makes its product by slowly evaporating water from Loch Erisort and then harvesting salt by hand.
Managing director Natalie Crayton said she hoped the deal would allow the business to grow and increase production. | A Scottish sea salt business on the Western Isles has signed a deal to supply a supermarket chain. | 37218666 | [
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Only bottom-club Rotherham have conceded more goals in the last 10 minutes than Cardiff.
"The late goals are frustrating I am sure for the fans, but is devastating for especially a defender, all of us in the back four," he said.
"It is something we have to improve on, the whole team, not just the back four. We have to see games out."
Cardiff have conceded almost 30% of their goals between 80-90 minutes this season, including in their last three games.
The Bluebirds were held by Birmingham last time out as Lukas Jutkiewicz bundled in a rebound after his header was saved.
Cardiff also conceded an injury-time equaliser against Blackburn, while defeat at QPR in their previous fixture came courtesy of an 83rd-minute own goal by Jazz Richards.
"The last couple of games we have controlled and then let slip right at the end," said Morrison.
"We need to learn lessons now for next season, which is what the gaffer is trying to build on, finishing well this year."
Morrison also says the whole team has a responsibility to improve their "game management".
"It does start from the front, it is not just the defenders and a goalkeeper," he said.
"It is game management, one of the boys made a good point yesterday. He said 'we can win a game 1-0'.
"You don't have to win two or three; you don't get any more points for scoring an extra goal.
"And there are certain periods in the game we just need to see it out.
"That nous and knowhow is down to us, the players. It just hasn't been good enough.
"It is hugely disappointing and something we know we have to improve on, from now until the end of the season and then next year."
Ahead of hosting Ipswich on Saturday 18 March, Cardiff boss Neil Warnock said he is enjoying "weekly" meetings to discuss transfer targets for next season.
However, Morrison believes knowing that Warnock has grand plans to strengthen City is only going to have a positive effect on the current squad.
"We know there will probably be new faces next year so it is about building a solid base to give it a right good go.
"Maybe we are driven by knowing new players are coming in. I just think that is what the football industry is.
"I have never been at a club where there aren't new signings every year.
"You are always wary that if they come in, in your position, they are going to be a 'liked' player.
"It is just one of those things you need to take on the chin. It is business, it is football and if you have to fight for your position, that's football.
"If you do well week in week out, you probably won't lose your spot." | Captain Sean Morrison says late goals have been "devastating" for Cardiff City's back four. | 39301405 | [
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Police and the Ambulance Service received reports that a grey Toyota Rav4 had left the road and collided with a sign just after 14:00.
The northbound lanes of the A90 were closed while an air ambulance attended, however, the driver died at the scene.
A woman who was a passenger in the car was not injured. Anyone with information should contact police. | A 60-year-old man has died following a crash on the A90 just north of Laurencekirk in Aberdeenshire. | 40229509 | [
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Joe Root, Alex Hales, Moeen Ali and Mark Wood also return for the tie with Pakistan at Old Trafford on 7 September after missing Sri Lanka in July.
Liam Dawson, Chris Woakes, James Vince, and Dawid Malan all miss out.
However, rapid T20 specialist Tymal Mills retains his place.
Stokes missed the tie against Sri Lanka, which England won by eight wickets, but has figured in the ongoing five-match ODI series, in which they have beaten Pakistan in the first three fixtures.
England impressed at Trent Bridge on Tuesday, scoring an international ODI record 444-3.
Hales scored 171 in that match, the highest score by an England batsman in limited overs cricket, while Root added 85 - his fifth consecutive ODI half-century.
Liam Dawson took 3-27 on debut against Sri Lanka, but misses out as Test spinner Ali returns, while Malan drops out of the squad without making his debut.
National selector, James Whitaker, said: "It is excellent to see the progress we are making in white ball cricket across both formats.
"It is testament to the excellent work being nurtured in the county structure and through the England Lions, that there is a depth of quality pushing the nucleus of the current group."
England Twenty20 squad: Eoin Morgan (Middlesex), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), Sam Billings (Kent), Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire), Chris Jordan (Sussex), Tymal Mills (Sussex), Liam Plunkett (Yorkshire), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Jason Roy (Surrey), Ben Stokes (Durham), David Willey (Yorkshire), Mark Wood (Durham) | Ben Stokes has returned to the England Twenty20 squad for the first time since being hit for four sixes in the final over of the World T20, when West Indies beat England. | 37232024 | [
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Manchester City climb from fifth to third after a 2-1 win over Swansea City, with Liverpool dropping one place to fifth after a 2-0 defeat at lowly Hull City and Manchester United remain sixth after a 3-0 win at Leicester City.
Elsewhere, there were wins for Sunderland away to Crystal Palace, Everton against Bournemouth, West Ham at Southampton, Watford against Burnley and West Brom at home to Stoke City.
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All that nonsense about Chelsea handing Arsenal the title when they sold Petr Cech to their rivals couldn't have been further from the truth. The Gunners were mauled at Stamford Bridge.
There were two moments of inspiration from Arsenal which resulted in two world-class saves by Thibaut Courtois. A wonderful tip over the bar from a Gabriel header in the first half and a brilliant save from a Danny Welbeck effort in the second made it absolutely clear that the Blues, and Courtois in particular, were determined to slam the Premier League door on Arsenal's fingers.
Courtois has only conceded seven league goals at home all season while Arsenal appear to be giving goals away like they are going out of fashion. Chelsea have bolstered their challenge by taking a point at Liverpool and all in the space of four days. Petr Cech eventually lost his place at Chelsea to Courtois and now we see why. Chelsea have invested in youth and look like winning titles again.
There are a number of reasons for West Ham's resurgence, not least because they have the good fortune to play away from that dreadful ground they call home.
The departure of Dimitri Payet has served to galvanise the dressing room, Andy Carroll has been immense since his return to the side, but doesn't make my Team of the Week because of better performances elsewhere, and the ever-present Michail Antonio. This young man has had a very impressive season acknowledged by an international call-up.
Manager Slaven Bilic has also had to rely on players like Mark Noble, Winston Reid and Cheikhou Kouyate to haul them free from what was a perilous time for the Hammers.
Their victory against Southampton was as good as it gets, bearing in mind they went 1-0 down early in the game. A manager simply cannot put a value on a player who is available week in, week out and Antonio is one of them. His link-up play with Carroll was a feature of West Ham's game at St Mary's and Southampton's downfall.
This lad wasn't even supposed to be on the pitch. However, one of the benefits of being a foreign manager is Marco Silva will probably have a healthy network of international scouts who can plunder the January transfer window. Enter Andrea Ranocchia - a last-minute replacement for the injured Michael Dawson.
Silva had every right to panic when he realised he was going to be without his captain for a vital fixture against Liverpool but he needn't have bothered - Ranocchia was absolutely superb at the back for the Tigers.
Some pundits have criticised the appointment of Silva, claiming he didn't have the credentials to manage in the Premier League. His performance so far suggests otherwise.
Meanwhile, Liverpool's season is over which makes me curious about Jurgen Klopp's remarks about his players needing to 'wake up'. I don't know if Klopp is in charge of transfers but he is certainly responsible for selecting the team.
He has continually refused to fix an inadequate defence [if he had done, the title was there for the taking] and had no appreciation of how seriously teams in this country take the FA Cup. And he has the audacity to tell his players to wake up.
Back from the Africa Cup of Nations and boy was Lamine Kone missed. The sheer presence of the Ivory Coast defender at the back for Sunderland was immediate, but did anyone expect the central defender to make such a difference on his return or to open the scoring against Crystal Palace?
As for the Eagles, I thought that the sacking of Alan Pardew was premature and by definition the appointment of Sam Alladyce a little early. What Big Sam went through during the England departure would have knocked anyone's confidence and a little more time for him to rehabilitate might have been wise.
I wonder if the former Bolton, Newcastle and Blackburn manager has lost a bit of his mojo. His team certainly have.
This lad is having a fantastic season. How ironic Marcos Alonso's Chelsea debut was against Arsenal, but he is a very different player now than he was then.
The mere fact that it was the left wing-back who responded the quickest to the loose ball and bulldozed Hector Bellerin in order to get it says as much about manager Antonio Conte as it does his team - Chelsea are hungry and ruthless.
The very thought of Arsene Wenger considering that the challenge on Bellerin by Alonso was a foul makes me think that the Arsenal manager is starting to lose his perspective.
No referee who wanted to keep his credibility would have given a free-kick. Besides, it was a brilliant challenge by Alonso and an excellently taken goal.
I have an enormous regard for Wenger and his achievements but when you start squaring up to fellow managers and pushing officials you really have to consider whether a break from the profession might be the healthy option.
I also sense restlessness among the fans and it would be a great pity if Wenger was forced out instead of given a dignified exit. There's a lot to be said when an individual can identify the time to move on.
To see this player in full flight with the ball at his feet is a sight to behold. Not since the great Laurie Cunningham have I seen a player who runs as quick with the ball at his feet as he does without it.
His goal against Leicester is fast becoming a trademark for Henrikh Mkhitaryan. When the Armenia midfielder took off inside his own half , skipped around a stranded Robert Huth and headed towards Kasper Schmeichel in goal, you instinctively knew it was going to end badly for the Foxes.
Mkhitaryan hits the ball so well on the run and in full stride - it is a wonderful attribute and one I won't get tired of seeing.
This game wasn't about revenge - this was about something far more important than that. This was about putting Arsenal out of the title race and that's precisely what Chelsea did.
After all, they had been to Anfield four days earlier and made it abundantly clear to Klopp that you need more than an enchanting smile and a pressing game to win the Premier League title. You need an N'Golo Kante in midfield and two central defenders who can defend.
Against Liverpool it was David Luiz who received the plaudits but it was Kante's continual interceptions that caused the damage. And so it was against Arsenal.
This 'silent force' is fast becoming my player of the season. He may not have the skill of Eden Hazard or the explosive game of Alexis Sanchez but what he does have is a winning mentality.
The Frenchman now looks set to be the first player to win the Premier League title with two different teams in consecutive seasons. I think that in itself deserves special praise.
Should Juan Mata have been sent off? Probably. The fact that he wasn't had more to do with it being Mata rather than Granit Xhaka of Arsenal, for example, who was sent off recently for a very similar tackle.
To say reputations don't matter is rubbish. Of course they matter. The Spain international is a dreadful tackler and has no business ever going to ground.
However, the difference between Mata and Xhaka was that no-one was hurt. Had Mata inflicted damage then that would have provided a different dynamic for the referee.
The result was that United's midfield maestro along with his accomplice Mkhitaryan continued to take Leicester apart. I've said before in this column that Leicester are playing with fire. Not to take the Premier League seriously, or worse, allow it to play second fiddle to the Champions League, is a betrayal of their fans.
Leicester still have time to stop dreaming about European glory and secure their status in the greatest league in the world. Nothing should threaten that.
David Moyes is a very lucky man to have Jermain Defoe leading his attack. I can think of half a dozen Premier League clubs who wanted Defoe's services.
The reason Moyes has him is because he inherited the signing and the Sunderland manager is astute enough to resist whatever overtures he's had during the transfer window in order to keep him.
The transfer threat has gone for now and just as well because the Black Cats have a monumental relegation fight on their hands. In fact they don't come much bigger than against Crystal Palace, nevertheless Sunderland absolutely destroyed them.
To be 4-0 up at half time must have been a glorious feeling for Defoe, who took his goals with the usual dexterity.
Defoe is Sunderland's Premier League lifeline. However, the question is, can they keep him?
It's pretty impressive when a striker scores a hat-trick but it's something entirely different when he scores four goals in a top-class fixture. I must say when I saw the way Romelu Lukaku buried his first past a stranded Artur Boruc, I thought 'he fancies it today'.
What preceded that glorious strike was finishing of the highest order. Everton have had some wonderful strikers over the years: Joe Royle, Andy Gray, Graeme Sharp and now Lukaku, it would appear, is about to join that band of iconic names.
The only problem for Lukaku is the aforementioned actually won trophies while playing for the Toffees. Scoring goals is the most difficult thing to do in football but winning trophies is what characterises careers and that must be the next item on the striker's agenda.
I promised myself that I wasn't going to mention words like miracles and redemption when talking about Gabriel Jesus, but it's extremely difficult when those terms are somewhat relevant.
The fact that Manchester City beat Swansea at all was rather fortuitous. The young Brazilian certainly had big shoes to fill as he had replaced Sergio Aguero in City's starting line-up.
I don't know what is going on at City but it doesn't look like a happy camp to me. When Pep Guardiola continues to play around with team formations, [which is his prerogative], leaves his best striker out and substitutes Kevin de Bruyne [who looked far from happy], you start to question his motives.
Is he losing patience with his stars and putting 'faith' in those more likely to do precisely what he says? Whatever the reason, and there will be one, Guardiola may have found a saviour in Jesus. Sorry but I couldn't resist it! | Chelsea beat Arsenal 3-1 to stay nine points clear at the top of the Premier League, while Tottenham remain second after a 1-0 win at home to Middlesbrough. | 38873741 | [
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As part of the Welsh Government plans, councils will need to have a "public toilet strategy".
Rob Poultney of Criccieth, Gwynedd who has Crohn's disease, said it was vital for people to be able to access adequate toilet facilities.
And the British Toilet Association called for more clarity on the plans.
But the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) said the plans placed an "unnecessary and disproportionate burden" on local authorities.
Mr Poultney, 23, whose condition causes inflammation of the lining of the digestive system, said the disease and a lack of public toilets facilities made "it really difficult for him to leave home".
"It causes bowel problems and and discomfort, and it could lead to an accident... it would be very embarrassing for me."
He said it was essential for him to be able to access disabled toilets which often have a sink in the cubicle and called for each Welsh council to be ordered to provide a set number of toilets per population area.
"If this bill is legally binding, then councils haven't got a choice and it's a great thing," Mr Poultney added.
Meanwhile Ray Martin, managing director of the British Toilet Association, called for "one strategy across all 22 councils".
He said authorities should be legally obliged to provide toilets in truck stops, heritage sites, and major junctions, as well as in towns and villages.
"It's great that the councils will have to have a strategy - but we don't know exactly what that will be yet," he said.
"Going to the toilet is like eating and breathing. It's something we all do every day. It's vital we have the right facilities."
Public toilets across Wales have been closing as councils face budget cuts. Merthyr Tydfil in south Wales has no council-run toilets at all.
In March, seven public toilets closed in Cardiff, with costs estimated at £16 per use.
Earlier this year, Gwynedd council proposed shutting down two-thirds of all council-run toilet facilities to save £244,000.
But in June, the council's cabinet agreed to ask community and town councils to help fund public toilets in the county.
Anglesey council took the same approach.
Mr Poultney said handing toilet facilities over to community councils did not protect their future in the long term.
Mr Martin agreed, and said: "What happens in five years time, or when councillors retire?"
The WLGA said it was against the plans, unless they were accompanied by "adequate funding arrangements".
It warned that the proposed new duty was "unrealistic", and fears it would force councils to move funds away from services that are "of equal or greater priority".
More facilities could instead be provided through community toilet schemes; the community toilet grant scheme; more user charging and better planning.
A spokesperson added: "No doubt such proposals would require local authorities to regularly review their strategy; put in place action plans to secure their delivery and allow the Welsh Government to monitor progress with their delivery.
"This is clearly unrealistic in the current financial climate." | Rules on public toilets should be Wales-wide and not up to individual councils say campaigners as the Public Health Bill is reintroduced. | 37897083 | [
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An investigation by Northampton Borough Council discovered 21 homeless people in the town, including "a significant proportion of European migrants".
The people were "resolutely refusing to leave the streets", the report said.
Council officials held talks with 30 organisations to develop a plan to eliminate rough sleeping by June 2017.
Lithuanian Kristians Olsteins has been rough sleeping in Northampton for about four months after losing his job and passport.
He said it was not a lifestyle choice for him and he would like nothing more than to have a home.
Mike Hallet, who has been homeless for two years, also denied it was a choice.
He said: "Of course, I would like to be off the streets - it is horrible and I would rather be anywhere else."
But Darren Jordan, who lived on the streets for two months before finding space in a homeless shelter, believes "some people get stuck in a rut and then it does become a lifestyle choice".
Northampton Hope Centre runs a day centre supporting people who are homeless or in poverty and was one of the organisations consulted by council officials.
General manager Robin Burgess said: "It's clear there are people who have become accustomed to life on the street over many years - or even decades.
"Some are European and some are addicted to drink and alcohol - but I don't believe anyone actively chooses to sleep on the streets."
He said the way to address homelessness is to supply individual support for as long as is needed.
Under a three-year plan set to be discussed on Wednesday, it is proposed that Northampton Borough Council will provide a temporary night shelter which would require some initial set-up costs "likely to be under £50,000".
The financial implications of setting up and running the shelter for up to 18 months will be fully-costed and any plan will require approval.
"Comprehensive support plans" for "rough sleepers with complex needs" would also be introduced.
Crisis, a charity for single homeless people, said rough sleeping was "incredibly dangerous" and a homeless person was "13 times more likely to be a victim of violence than the average member of the public".
Chief executive Jon Sparkes added: "Rather than blaming the people in these desperate circumstances, we need to focus on acting quickly and decisively to get them the support they need." | An established number of people are choosing to sleep rough as a "lifestyle choice", a council report has claimed. | 36445024 | [
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The table, published in a report by the Pew Charitable Trusts, showed that US invested more than $48bn (£30bn) in the sector, up from $34bn in 2010.
China slipped to second place, the authors reported, with investment only increasing by $0.5bn to $45.5bn.
Globally, overall financial backing in clean energy technologies hit a record $263bn, up 6.5% from 2010 levels.
The report, Who is Winning the Clean Energy Race
, showed that G20 nations accounted for 95% of the investment in the sector (which does not include nuclear power).
The data, compiled by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, ranked the UK as seventh in the world, with $9.4bn of investment in 2011.
Over the course of the year, an additional 83.5 gigawatts (GW) was added to the world's clean energy generation capacity, including almost 30GW of solar and 43GW of wind.
"The sector continues to expand and is outpacing growth in the overall (global) economy. The sector reached its trillionth dollar of investment last year," observed Phyllis Cuttino, director of Pew's Clean Energy Program.
"We now have 565GW of installed (generation) capacity around the world. That outstrips nuclear installed capacity by 47%.
"So I think the facts fly in the face of those individuals who say this is a niche industry. This a growing and maturing sector."
(December 2011; source: Pew/Bloomberg)
She said market data showed that the US benefited in the short-term from attracting finances, however it was unlikely to be sustained.
"Investors rushed in to take advantage of expiring policies, such as tax incentives, loan guarantees, which expired at the end of 2011," Ms Cuttino told BBC News.
"So when we look at the very rapid rate of growth in investment here in the US, it is hard to see how that could be maintained without the policy mechanism that spurred that growth."
She suggested that there were signs that pointed towards a "drop off" in future clean energy investment as a result of "policy uncertainty".
China in previous years, on the other hand, had enjoyed rapid year-on-year growth, but it only recorded a $0.5bn increase during 2011.
Ms Cuttino said this was probably a result of the sector within the country maturing.
"The thing that is noticeable about China is that they are world leaders in terms of attracting asset finance, which is a measure of job creation and deploying renewables.
"This means they are really reaping the rewards of attracting a certain class of investment.
"They have a policy that not only attracts investment and deploys renewables, but actually manufacturers and exports as well.
Ms Cuttino said that all eyes would be on the Chinese during the coming 12 months because it had increase it target for solar generating capacity from 20GW by 2020 to 50GW by 2020.
"So it is going to be a good location for investment, as solar incentives decline in the US and Europe," she added. | The US has regained top spot from China as the biggest investor in clean energy in 2011, according to global rankings. | 17662973 | [
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The club beat Derby County 6-2 in a memorable Championship clash on 30 April 2005.
"The buzz in the pubs that night was brilliant," says Dave Kaczur, who has supported the club for 50 years.
"Even though you were apprehensive about moving to a new ground, the result gave you a real sense of optimism.
"Unfortunately though, we haven't had much to cheer about since then."
Coventry's Highfield Road years are now regarded by many fans as the club's golden era.
The ground was the first all-seater stadium in English football and its position, on the fringe of the city centre, meant it was always at the heart of Coventry life.
"You used to walk up the hill and you were there," said Mr Kaczur.
The club's greatest achievement - a cup run which saw them beat Tottenham Hotspur in the 1987 FA Cup Final - was the highlight of that era.
"That was the best weekend of my footballing history," says Mr Kaczur.
"Six of us hired a stretch limo and drove down to Wembley on the Friday night because we wanted to see the sun over the twin towers.
"The next day, thousands of fans were dancing and singing on Wembley Way - and that was before the match even kicked off."
Through the Highfield Road years, Coventry had many heroes. The main one - Jimmy Hill - achieved promotion to the old Division One in 1967.
The club remained in the top tier for the next 34 seasons - one of the longest serving top-flight clubs - until their relegation in 2001.
As a mark of their gratitude to Mr Hill, fans raised £100,000 for a 7ft bronze statue of their former manager at the Ricoh Arena.
However, the club's move to the Ricoh Arena has not brought the success many fans hoped for.
The Sky Blues faced further relegation in 2012 and may yet be relegated to League Two for the first time in their history.
Mr Kaczur says the move from Highfield Road has "torn the heart out of the city".
"The trouble was, we only moved to the Ricoh Arena. We didn't own the ground," he says.
The failure of the club's current owners, Sisu, to secure ownership of a new site has seen a succession of legal battles between them and the ground's former owners, Arena Coventry Limited.
During the 2013/14 season, Coventry played their matches at Northampton Town's Sixfields Stadium.
"There was a big drop in support," said Mr Kaczur. "We used to get 30,000 fans - suddenly, it was down to 1,000.
"I didn't bother going - not even to sit on the hill outside as a protest.
"The passion and excitement has gone."
Today, the site where Highfield Road stood has been developed as housing.
"What surprised me was how quickly it was developed," said Mr Kaczur, who has kept part of Highfield Road's brickwork "as a memory".
"In the part of town where you used to see the Spion Kop all those years, now all you can see is a housing estate.
"It's just weird." | Ten years ago, Coventry City played their last match at Highfield Road - the ground that had been their home for 106 years. | 32516464 | [
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Polling stations opened their doors at 07:00 BST and will close at 22:00.
Votes are being cast in council elections in Knowsley, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral. In Liverpool, voters will also elect a city mayor.
Voters across Merseyside will also be asked to choose a police and crime commissioner. In England, elections are taking place for more than 120 councils and the London Assembly. | Voting has begun in local elections across Merseyside. | 36197354 | [
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The England opener hit nine sixes and nine fours to take Notts to 106-0 off the first six overs at Trent Bridge.
Hales, 28, almost equalled Chris Gayle's fastest-ever T20 century, which came off 30 deliveries, but top-edged James Weighell to the wicketkeeper.
Notts chased down Durham's 183-7 in just 13.5 overs to win by five wickets.
Jets spinner Cameron Steel conceded 60 off his four overs.
Nottinghamshire's 106 runs in the Powerplay overtook the previous best of 105-0 made by Kolkata Knight Riders against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL earlier this year.
In the other North Group game, Ben Duckett hit an unbeaten 92 for Northants in their 24-run victory against Worcestershire at New Road.
The Outlaws, who now sit top of the group, had raced to 55-0 off 4.1 overs when a heavy rain shower forced the players off.
On their return Hales and his opening partner Riki Wessels teed off.
Brydon Carse's fifth over went for 27 either side of the rain delay, before Hales struck three sixes and two fours as 28 runs came off spinner Ryan Pringle's sixth.
Hales cleared the rope three more times in Steel's next over, meaning a staggering 75 runs had been scored in just 18 deliveries leaving Notts 126-0 off seven overs.
He eventually fell at the start of the eighth over, while attempting to drive Weighell for his 10th maximum.
Hales later said "he was thinking about Gayle's fastest T20 record" during his innings.
The West Indian's 30-ball hundred came in the 2013 IPL for Royal Challengers Bangalore and he finished with a world-record 175 not out.
Hales is now the leading scorer in the 2017 T20 Blast, with 445 runs in 10 innings at a strike-rate of more than 212.
"I knew there was a chance to go for the quickest T20 century of all-time and you don't get those opportunities very often," he said.
"I love batting at Trent Bridge, for me it is utter paradise, the wickets are great and there are some short boundaries, so I knew there was a chance of doing it. It's a special feeling to play here and to get so many in the Powerplay overs with Riki.
"As a team we've got real momentum at the moment and hopefully we can keep it going."
Is Alex Hales England's best T20 player? | Alex Hales made a breathtaking 95 off 30 balls as Notts Outlaws piled up the highest Powerplay score in Twenty20 history in beating Durham Jets. | 40837907 | [
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The firm, which sells its Chevrolet brand in India, said it would continue to provide maintenance services.
It also said that its plant in Maharashtra would continue to make cars for overseas markets, mainly central and south American regions.
GM has announced similar plans for South and East African markets as part of its global business restructuring.
GM puts $1bn India plan 'on hold'
The US carmaker said it would stop selling cars in South Africa, and sell its manufacturing business there to Isuzu Motors.
It added that Isuzu would also purchase 57.7% shareholding in its East Africa operations, assuming management control.
The firm is aiming to make significant savings through these steps.
"As a result of these actions, GM expects to realise annual savings of approximately $100m (£77m) and plans to take a charge of approximately $500m in the second quarter of 2017," it said in a statement.
GM's announcement comes against the backdrop of predictions that India will become the world's third biggest vehicle market by 2020.
But the firm has put faith in exports from India.
"In India, our exports have tripled over the past year, and this will remain our focus going forward," GM International president Stefan Jacoby said in a statement.
GM had planned to invest $1bn in India to boost its domestic presence, but its sales figures fell below below 1% in the year ended in March 2017.
"We determined that the increased investment required for an extensive and flexible product portfolio would not deliver a leadership position or long-term profitability in the domestic market," Mr Jacoby added. | General Motors (GM) has announced that it will stop making cars for the Indian market by the end of 2017. | 39971410 | [
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Neville is still waiting for a first league win since taking charge of Valencia in December.
Former Barcelona B striker Sanabria, on loan from Roma, scored his fourth goal in two games after Danilo tripped Jony.
Alvaro Negredo missed three chances to equalise, heading one against the post, then chipping wide and blazing over.
Valencia, previously unbeaten at home in the league, then missed another great chance as Rodrigo Moreno and Sofiane Feghouli narrowly failed to connect with Zakaria Bakkali's left-wing cross.
At the other end, Australian goalkeeper Matty Ryan was fortunate not to concede a second penalty after barging into Carlos Carmona.
Valencia have not won any of the eight La Liga matches since former Manchester United and England defender Neville took charge and have gone a total of 11 league matches without a win, two short of equalling a club record.
Neville must attempt to lift his side in time for Wednesday's Copa del Rey semi-final first leg against Barcelona at the Nou Camp. | Gary Neville's Valencia were booed by their own supporters after Antonio Sanabria's penalty eased Sporting Gijon's relegation worries. | 35439762 | [
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Lawyer Amanda Telfer, 43, died when three frames fell on her as she walked past a building site in London.
The frames had been left unprotected and unrestrained against a wall, in Hanover Square, Mayfair, in 2012.
Kelvin Adsett, 64, from Slough, was found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence, following a six-week trial at the Old Bailey.
Adsett, a supervisor for Slough-based IS Europe Limited, was also convicted of failure to take reasonable care for safety whilst at work.
Damian Lakin-Hall, 50, from Cobham, Surrey, was found also guilty of the same charge but acquitted of Ms Telfer's manslaughter.
Prosecutor Duncan Atkinson QC told the jury it was "obvious to anyone" the heavy frames, which together weighed 1,444lb (655kg), carried a "clear and serious risk of death", to anyone nearby.
"There were a series of obvious and, in many cases, straightforward steps that could have been taken to avoid that risk, ranging from cancellation, delay, refusal of delivery on the one hand, to the storage, the use of straps and barriers," he said.
"None were taken by any of the defendants and Amanda Telfer died as a result."
IS Europe Limited was also found guilty of failure to ensure the health, safety and welfare of employees at work and exposing another to a risk to health and safety.
Steven Rogers, 62, from Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, was cleared of a single charge of failure to take reasonable care for safety while at work as an employee of Westgreen Construction.
Charges against Westgreen Construction, Claire Gordon, Drawn Metal Ltd and Stephen Rogers were all discharged.
Judge Peter Rook described it as a "tragic case" and scheduled sentencing to take place on 5 May. | A man has been convicted over the death of a woman who was crushed by window frames weighing more than half a tonne. | 39368964 | [
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In a statement, the US said it was an "extra-judicial release" of detainees that would be "a major step backwards".
The detainees are part of a group of 88 prisoners previously held by the US but handed to Afghan control in 2013.
The US insists they are "dangerous individuals" but Afghanistan says there is not enough evidence against them.
Earlier this month, the Afghan government announced it would release 72 out of the 88 prisoners, prompting almost instant condemnation from the US which said there was "strong evidence" linking the 72 to "terror-related crimes".
Hundreds of prisoners at Bagram jail have been freed since the Afghan government took over the running of the prison in March last year.
But it is the fate of these 88 detainees which has proved so controversial.
Of the 72 prisoners it plans to free, the Afghan government says there is no evidence against 45, while the evidence against 27 others is not enough to put them on trial.
But the US has said any releases would constitute a breach of a memorandum of understanding agreed between the two sides at the time the US handed over control of Bagram jail, where these prisoners were held.
"The ARB [Afghan Review Board] is releasing back to society dangerous insurgents who have Afghan blood on their hands," Monday's statement from the US military said, on learning that a release order had been granted for 37 of these men.
It went on to say that among the 37 are 17 who are linked to bomb attacks and others who had knowledge of or were directly involved in attacks which wounded or killed Afghan and coalition soldiers.
The two countries have been at loggerheads over President Hamid Karzai's refusal to sign a security deal with Washington that would set the final framework for the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.
According to the UN Security Council's mandate, the US-led international military force in Afghanistan is scheduled to hand over all security duties to Afghan forces before its full withdrawal by the end of 2014.
But if a "Security and Defence Co-operation Agreement" is signed between the two countries, about 10,000 US troops could stay in Afghanistan for another 10 years. | The US military has condemned an order by the Afghan government to release 37 prisoners deemed by the Americans to pose a threat to security. | 25909037 | [
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Jordan Hill, Brittany Covington and Tesfaye Cooper, all 18, and Tanishia Covington, 24, appeared in a Chicago court on Friday.
The four have been charged with hate crimes and aggravated kidnapping and battery, among other things.
An online fundraiser for their victim has collected $51,000 (£42,500) so far.
Denying the four suspects bail, Judge Maria Kuriakos Ciesil asked: "Where was your sense of decency?"
Prosecutors told the court the beating started in a van and continued at a house, where the suspects allegedly forced the 18-year-old white victim, who suffers from schizophrenia and attention deficit disorder, to drink toilet water and kiss the floor.
Police allege the van was earlier stolen by Mr Hill, who is also accused of demanding $300 from the victim's mother while they held him captive, according to the Chicago Tribune.
The court was also told the suspects stuffed a sock into his mouth, taped his mouth shut and bound his hands with a belt.
In a video made for Facebook Live which was watched millions of times, the assailants can be heard making derogatory statements against white people and Donald Trump.
The victim had been dropped off at a McDonalds to meet Mr Hill - who was one of his friends - on 31 December.
He was found by a police officer on Tuesday, 3 January, a day after he was reported missing by his parents.
Prosecutors say the suspects each face two hate crimes counts, one because of the victim's race and the other because of his disabilities. | Four people accused of kidnapping and torturing a mentally disabled man in a "racially motivated" attack streamed on Facebook have been denied bail. | 38537698 | [
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Coleraine's Peter Chambers and Englishman Will Fletcher are into the semi-finals of the men's lightweight double sculls.
Holly Nixon, Joel Cassells and Rebecca Shorten have all moved straight into Sunday's finals of their respective boat classes.
Chambers and Fletcher began the quest for a lightweight double sculls European title fresh from their gold medal winning performance in the first World Cup regatta in Belgrade earlier this month.
However they were forced to qualify for Saturday's semi-finals through the repechage after finishing behind Germany in their heat with only the winners progressing directly.
The duo regrouped and in the afternoon session held off the fast finishing Greek boat to take first place.
Ireland's Rio Olympics silver medal winning brothers, Gary and Paul O'Donovan, who are defending their European title won in Brandenburg twelve months ago, had to follow the same path as Chambers and Fletcher.
They were beaten by Poland in their heat but won their repechage ahead of Ukraine.
Enniskillen's Holly Nixon and her team mates Jess Leyden, Bethany Bryan and Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne moved up from fourth place to second behind the Netherlands to claim an automatic qualifying place in Sunday's women's quadruple sculls final.
With only five entrants in the women's eight an exhibition race took place to decide the lane draw for Sunday's final with Great Britain finishing second behind Romania. The GB crew includes Belfast's Rebecca Shorten who is making her senior international debut.
Likewise Coleraine's Joel Cassells and partner Sam Scrimgeour were fourth in their lightweight pairs exhibition race behind winners Mark O'Donovan and Shane O'Driscoll from Ireland.
Cassells is aiming for a third European gold medal in consecutive years. | Four rowers from Northern Ireland in the Great Britain squad have advanced from the heats at the European Championships in Racice, Czech Republic. | 40063350 | [
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Mark McKenna, 38, from Northfleet, in Kent, pleaded guilty to arranging the commission of a child sex offence at Maidstone Crown Court last month.
He was arrested near a car park at the Bluewater shopping centre in August.
He had thought he was meeting the girl after sending her explicit messages online, but in fact had been talking to the vigilante group, The Hunted One.
The group had tipped off Kent Police and filmed his arrest after creating a fake Instagram account.
It describes itself as "a secret organisation of dedicated parents, pro-actively seeking out and exposing online groomers, sexual predators and paedophiles".
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During a series of exchanges over three-and-a-half weeks with the fictitious girl, McKenna sent explicit photos, a video and countless messages.
In one, he asked: "Can you kiss?"
When she replied yes, he said: "What else can you do?"
The court heard it was made clear from the outset she was 11 years old.
McKenna arranged to meet the girl at Bluewater on 6 August as his "girlfriend was away", sending her a photo of an unopened packet of condoms with the message "I have them".
He told her: "You do know I'm 38?
"You will have to be my daughter for the day," adding that she should not tell anyone in case he got in trouble with the police.
However, when he arrived at the shopping centre he was confronted by members of the vigilante group.
Sentencing, Judge Philip Statman described McKenna's behaviour as "abhorrent".
"You have succeeded in destroying your family," he said.
The judge told the court he was aware of how the case had unfolded, saying: "Matters of this kind ought properly to be left to the appropriate investigating police officers who are there to safeguard the interests of the community as a whole."
McKenna was placed on the sex offenders' register for life. | A man confronted by vigilantes after arranging to meet an 11-year-old girl for sex has been jailed for five years. | 37726408 | [
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It was a ruling in a case brought by two women who wanted to wear the niqab veil, which covers all but the eyes.
Belgium banned the wearing of partial or total face veils in public in 2011.
The court agreed that the ban sought to guarantee the concept of "living together" and the "protection of the rights and freedoms of others".
The court came to a similar judgement on Tuesday in the case of a Belgian woman who was contesting a bylaw brought in by three Belgian municipalities in 2008 that also banned face veils.
The European Court of Human Rights is an international court set up in 1959 and rules on individual or state applications alleging violations of the civil and political rights set out in the European Convention on Human Rights.
Belgian MPs approved the ban in 2011 on the grounds of security, to allow police to identify people, although some also argued the veil was a symbol of the oppression of women.
The latest case brought against Belgium was filed by Belgian national Samia Belcacemi, who lives in Schaerbeek, and Moroccan national Yamina Oussar, who lives in Liège.
Ms Belcacemi removed her veil fearing she might be fined or jailed, while Ms Oussar opted to stay at home, curtailing her social life, the court noted.
In its ruling, the court took into consideration a previous ruling it had made in a similar case brought against France over its imposition of a veil ban.
It noted: "The court found that the concern to ensure respect for the minimum guarantees of life in society could be regarded as an element of the 'protection of the rights and freedoms of others' and that the ban was justifiable in principle, solely to the extent that it sought to guarantee the conditions of 'living together'."
In the second case, the court made a similar ruling against the application brought by Belgian national Fouzia Dakir against the ban imposed by the municipalities of Pepinster, Dison and Verviers in 2008.
An appeal against the rulings can be lodged with the Grand Chamber of the court within three months.
In March, Europe's top court, the European Court of Justice (ECJ), ruled that workplace bans on the wearing of "any political, philosophical or religious sign" such as headscarves need not constitute direct discrimination.
However, it said such bans must be based on internal company rules requiring all employees to "dress neutrally". | The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Belgium's ban on face veils does not violate the European Convention on Human Rights. | 40567422 | [
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Holders Hibernian or Hearts will host the winners of another replay, between Clyde and Ayr United.
Celtic, already League Cup winners, will entertain Championship side St Mirren and Partick Thistle travel to Aberdeen in the two clear-cut ties.
Rangers host the winner of the replay between Hamilton Academical and Championship side Dunfermline Athletic.
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It means the Premiership's top three sides have been handed home ties in the quarter-finals to be played over the weekend of 4/5 March.
The other hosts will be either Hearts, sitting fourth, or last year's winners after the Edinburgh rivals drew 0-0 at Tynecastle on Sunday.
Championship leaders Hibs also played their neighbours at the same stage last season, winning a replay at Easter Road, and went on to beat Rangers in the final.
Last season's runners-up won the last of this weekend's fifth-round ties, edging out Championship outfit Greenock Morton 2-1 in Glasgow.
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The Ibrox side, presently under caretaker manager Graeme Murty after Mark Warburton's departure on Friday, will find out their opponents on Tuesday, when Premiership rivals Hamilton entertain Dunfermline.
League Two outfit Clyde host Ayr of the Championship on the same night, while Hibs host Hearts the following Wednesday.
Premiership leaders Celtic will be strong favourites to progress having been drawn at home to St Mirren, who are currently bottom of the Championship.
Aberdeen, sitting second in the top-flight, host Thistle in an all-Premiership tie.
Aberdeen v Partick Thistle
Celtic v St Mirren
Hearts or Hibernian v Ayr United or Clyde
Rangers v Dunfermline Athletic or Hamilton Academical
Ties to be played over the weekend of 4/5 March. | Celtic, Rangers and Aberdeen were all handed home ties after the draw for the Scottish Cup quarter-finals. | 38950407 | [
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The 33-year-old, whose previous clubs also include Derry City and Tranmere Rovers, played 114 times for Rovers.
"It is great to be involved with such a great club as Crusaders - I hope I can bring more success to everyone here on the Shore Road," said McChrystal.
"They have shown over the last lot of years how good a team they are in winning Premierships and other cups."
McChrystal is the latest summer signing for the Crues after the arrival of Brian Jensen, Sean Ward, Jamie Glackin and Mark McAllister.
"I am extremely pleased to get Mark to the club," said Seaview boss Stephen Baxter.
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German broadcaster RBB found up to 700 cases in Berlin alone. "There are many unreported cases," said Ole Schröder, a top interior ministry official.
There has been a rise in asylum requests from pregnant women from Vietnam, Africa and Eastern Europe.
A new law is being drafted to tackle the fake paternity racket, RBB reports.
Some pregnant immigrant women are reported to have paid fake fathers and solicitors as much as €5,000 (£4,356; $5,628) to get paternity registered. Once that is done, the baby automatically becomes a German citizen and the mother has the right to stay.
However, in 2013 a German Constitutional Court ruling said that even in suspicious cases it might not be worth contesting paternity, because the child could end up stateless and left in legal limbo.
It is generally easier for refugees fleeing conflict to get residency in Germany than for economic migrants who have escaped poverty in Africa, Asia or Eastern Europe.
Germany has moved to tighten asylum rules since the 2015 influx of more than 800,000 migrants, most of them refugees from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Immigration is a major issue ahead of parliamentary elections in September. The influx hit some local authorities especially hard, as they struggled to house and integrate the newcomers.
However, there was a sharp drop in the numbers claiming asylum in 2016, after barriers were erected on the Balkan migration route.
Massive drop in German asylum seekers
Record migrant numbers leave Germany
Ten attacks a day on Germany migrants
Polls suggest that the nationalist Alternative for Germany (AfD), opposed to mass immigration, has gained support and is on course to enter the federal parliament (Bundestag) for the first time.
Mr Schröder, a member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU), said "we have a lot of evidence from the immigration authorities - fake fathers are making money out of this... in other words, this involves a considerable amount of criminality".
In one case reported by RBB, a far-right sympathiser, convicted for sporting neo-Nazi symbols, claimed to be the father of a Vietnamese child.
Martin Steltner, a state prosecutor in Berlin, told ARD television there were signs of widespread abuse involving paternity, for example one man claiming to be the father of 10 children.
The fake fathers rarely pay any child support, as many are living off social welfare, ARD reports.
A note on terminology: The BBC uses the term migrant to refer to all people on the move who have yet to complete the legal process of claiming asylum. This group includes people fleeing war-torn countries such as Syria, who are likely to be granted refugee status, as well as people who are seeking jobs and better lives, whom governments are likely to rule are economic migrants. | German officials say growing numbers of pregnant immigrant women are paying German men to pose as fathers so that they can qualify for residency. | 40171896 | [
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The legend of Emperor Yu states that he tamed the flooded Yellow River by dredging and redirecting its channels, thereby laying the foundations for the Xia dynasty and Chinese civilisation.
Previously, no scientific evidence had been found for a corresponding flood.
But now a Chinese-led team has placed just such an event at about 1,900BC.
Writing in Science Magazine, the researchers describe a cataclysmic event in which a huge dam, dumped across the Jishi Gorge by a landslide, blocked the Yellow River for six to nine months.
When the dam burst, up to 16 cubic kilometres of water inundated the lowlands downstream.
The evidence for this sequence of events comes from sediments left by the dammed lake, high up the sides of Jishi Gorge, as well as deposits left kilometres downstream by the subsequent flood.
Lead author Dr Wu Qinglong, from Nanjing Normal University, said he and colleagues stumbled on sediments from the ancient dam during fieldwork in 2007.
"It inspired us to connect the next possible outburst flood with the abandonment of the prehistoric Lajia site 25km downstream," he told journalists in a teleconference.
"But at that time we had no idea what the evidence of a catastrophic outburst flood should be."
The Lajia site, famously home to the world's oldest noodles, is known as China's Pompeii; its cave dwellings and many cultural artefacts were buried by a major earthquake.
"In July 2008 I suddenly realised that the so-called black sand previously revealed by archaeologists at the Lajia site could be, in fact, the deposits from our outburst flood," Dr Wu said.
"The subsequent investigation confirmed this speculation and showed that the sediments from this outburst flood are up to 20m thick, and up to 50m higher than the Yellow River - indicating an unprecedented, devastating flood."
He and his colleagues suggest in their paper that the very same earthquake that destroyed the Lajia dwellings probably dammed the river upstream. Less than a year later, the waters returned with a vengeance.
"The flood was about 300-500,000 cubic metres per second," said co-author Dr Darryl Granger, from Purdue University in the US.
"That's roughly equivalent to the largest flood ever measured on the Amazon river; it's among the largest known floods to have happened on Earth during the past 10,000 years."
Using carbon dating - on flood deposits and even on fragments of bone from earthquake victims at Lajia - the researchers date the megaflood to 1,922BC, "plus or minus about 28 years", Dr Granger said.
If the flood was indeed the source of the Emperor Yu legend then the founding of the Xia dynasty presumably occurred within a few decades, in about 1,900BC.
This date is 200-300 years later than many previous estimations. But Emperor Yu's tale is difficult to pin down using traditional historical sources; the story survived as oral history for a millennium and its first known written record dates to around 1,000BC.
On the other hand a later, circa 1,900 commencement for the Xia supports that idea that this first dynasty coincided with the transition from Stone Age to Bronze Age ways of living. Some archaeologists have already linked the Xia dynasty with the Erlitou culture, an early Bronze Age society known from digs elsewhere in the Yellow River valley.
Dr David Cohen from National Taiwan University, another co-author, said the study was remarkable because of the multiple lines of evidence involved.
"We have the geological evidence of just a huge outburst flood, which is incredible in itself," he said.
"But then there's this coincidence of it co-occurring with the destruction of the Lajia site - which is able to give us very, very precise dates… and then that this flood was of such a scale and corresponds in time, and along the Yellow River, with both the beginnings of Bronze Age civilisation and the legend of the great flood itself.
"It's just this amazing story. All these different approaches coming together - it is just great luck."
Prof David Montgomery of the University of Washington is a geomorphologist with an interest in what rocks can tell us about ancient myths and legends.
He was not involved in the research but wrote a commentary for the journal and discussed the findings on the BBC World Service programme Science in Action.
Among the world's various flood myths, Prof Montgomery said, Emperor Yu's story is an odd one.
"It's not about surviving. His basic story is about draining the flood waters; it's about river engineering."
The case made for the Jishi Gorge megaflood is a plausible one, he said, particularly because it describes a flood that would have broken the Yellow River's banks far downstream and re-routed its flow.
Prof Montgomery said this is just the sort of event that would take decades to deal with - and a long battle with the waters is a feature of the Yu myth.
"It's very difficult to ever actually prove the origin of pre-written history events. But they've made a very interesting case, that I'm sure geologists will continue to poke at, and investigate, and argue about - because that's what we do."
At a purely geological level, he added, the flood is a major and intriguing discovery.
"But the cultural connection - possibly explaining the origin of the Chinese flood story - is too intriguing to ignore."
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Two other Australian players, Brandon Walkin and Isaac Frost, were also disciplined over the incident.
It comes days after Australian Open junior champion Oliver Anderson was charged with match-fixing.
Last year, a joint BBC/Buzzfeed investigation alleged the TIU failed to act on suspicions that 16 top-50 ranked players have been involved in match-fixing.
Lindahl, 28, achieved a career-high ranking of 187 in singles before retiring in 2013.
The TIU, which is responsible for policing tennis, said the offence happened at the Australian F6 Tournament in Toowoomba, Queensland.
"He was found guilty of charges of contriving or attempting to contrive the outcome of an event, and failing to co-operate with a TIU investigation," it said in a statement.
The penalty means Lindahl will not be able to resume his international playing career or attend official tennis events for seven years, the TIU said.
He had already been fined A$1,000 by a court in New South Wales last year.
Walkin, 22, was handed a six-month suspension for "passing a corrupt proposal to another party" on behalf of Lindahl.
But the 1,066-ranked player is free to compete after his penalty was suspended for six months, subject to further breaches.
Frost, 28 and ranked 1,515, refused to hand over his mobile phone during the investigation. He will not be further penalised after serving a provisional suspension between October 2013 and September 2014. | Australian former tennis player Nick Lindahl has been banned for seven years and fined $35,000 (£28,000; A$47,700) for match-fixing. | 38565304 | [
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Premiership
Celtic 2-0 Motherwell
Hearts 1-1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Partick Thistle 2-0 Hamilton Academical
Ross County 1-2 St Johnstone
Championship
Dumbarton 2-2 Ayr United
Greenock Morton 2-2 Falkirk
Raith Rovers 1-1 Hibernian
Challenge Cup
Queen of the South 2-3 Dundee United
Round-ups
League One
League Two
Premiership
Kilmarnock 1-2 Aberdeen
Dundee 2-1 Rangers
Challenge Cup
St Mirren 4-1 The New Saints | Match reports from the weekend's Scottish games. | 39015672 | [
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Workie, as the animal is called, will star in a TV advertising campaign that starts on Wednesday evening.
Since 2012, 5.4 million workers have been signed up to a workplace pension, under the auto-enrolment programme.
But millions more people who work for small businesses, or individuals, have yet to be offered a pension plan.
All employers are being warned that they need to offer pensions to anyone who is over the age of 22 and who earns more than £10,000 a year.
That includes, for example, nannies, care workers, plumbers and bar staff.
The pensions minister, Baroness Altmann, was said to be "personally involved" in designing Workie.
A spokesperson for The Pensions Regulator said Workie was the embodiment of something you cannot ignore. | A ten foot tall hairy monster - reminiscent of Sweetums in The Muppets - is to be used to persuade more employers to set up a pension scheme. | 34585208 | [
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Police reported 1,362 criminal incidents across Canada motivated by hate, a 5% increase from the previous year.
The findings were published on Tuesday by Statistics Canada.
The annual report by the federal statistics agency was compiled using police data from across the country.
Nearly half of all incidents were linked to race or ethnicity, with black Canadians the most common target.
Just over a third of reported hate crimes were motivated by hatred of a religion.
Canada's Jewish population remained the most targeted religious group, accounting for 13% of all incidents, despite a decline in the overall number of reported crimes.
Shimon Koffler Fogel, with the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, called the data "disturbing and clear".
He also said in the statement that the Jewish community stood with other targeted groups in condemning hatred in all its forms.
"An attack on one of us is an attack on all of us," he said.
Muslims reported being more frequently targeted in 2015, with 159 incidents reported compared with 99 in 2014, accounting for 12% of all incidents.
However, Statistics Canada notes many police services have reached out to ethnic communities and there have been efforts by groups like the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) to encourage reporting.
Incidents targeting Catholics also increased, jumping from 35 to 55 individual incidents.
Almost 40% of all reported hate crimes were considered violent incidents, which could include assault and uttering threats.
Members of the LGBT community reported slightly fewer hate crimes in 2015 but were more likely to be the victims of hate-related violence.
In a news conference following the report's release, the NCCM's legal counsel, Khalid Elgazzar, pointed to the murder of six men in a Quebec City mosque this January as "a painful reminder of how hate can destroy lives and deeply shake communities".
The NCCM was joined by other groups in calling for more funding and resources for police forces to fight hate crimes and improve reporting.
The Statistics Canada report notes that the figures do not paint a full picture of the true extent of hate crime in Canada. They suggest that only about 35% of hate crimes are actually reported to police. | Hate crimes reported in Canada rose slightly in 2015, driven mainly by incidents targeting Muslims, Arabs and West Asians, say official figures. | 40252489 | [
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The "iPitch" at the Stobart Stadium was criticised by former Warrington full-back Richie Mathers, who posted images of grazes to his body on Twitter.
He described the surface, on which his side won 32-14, as an "absolute joke".
But Widnes claim that Mathers' injuries are more likely the result of the icy conditions the match was played in.
The club's chief executive, Julie Gaskell, stated: "We had four games on the pitch this weekend and you have to bear in mind the extreme weather. On Friday night, it went down to minus seven.
We are happy for Widnes to continue using the iPitch
"The injuries are consistent with those on any surface in those temperatures. We noted there were similar injuries from the game at Salford on Saturday.
"Our players have been training on a similar surface for the last nine months and there have been no issues. I am sure any problems would have shown up.
"We have also had five-a-side football and boys and girls tag rugby on the pitch over the last four weeks and again we have had no reported injuries."
The Rugby Football League say their match commissioner had no concerns about the surface, which is the first artificial pitch ever to be used in the sport.
"We are happy for Widnes to continue using the iPitch," said RFL spokesman John Ledger.
"The indications are that it posed no more danger to players than on any other surface over the weekend. We believe the extreme weather may have been an issue." | Widnes have rejected concerns raised about the safety of their artificial pitch following Friday night's Super League opener against Wakefield. | 16910032 | [
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Curle led the Cumbrians to the League Two play-offs this season, where defeat by Exeter ended their promotion hopes.
He has a year to run on his current deal and will meet with the board to discuss the ongoing plans next week.
"I need to show a level of commitment," Curle, 53, told BBC Radio Cumbria.
"But this is my career, if the football club can't match my ambition then sometimes you've got to say 'Thank you, I've enjoyed my time, but it's time to move on'.
"It's an opportunity for the club to tell me what the plan is, short, medium and long-term - what are the aspirations? If we get an opportunity to get investment towards the football side, I think I will spend it well.
"If the football club says 'We like what you're doing, bought into what you're doing we're going to try to improve certain situations at the club, this is our plan and structure' then, excellent.
"If not, I've got a year on my contract and after June I go into my notice period, which isn't good for me or the club.
"I've got a fantastic relationship with the key stakeholders, the backing they've given me I'm proud of because it shows there's a relationship there we need to maintain and improve."
Under Curle, Carlisle have gone from battling at the wrong end of League Two to challenging for a return to the third tier for the first time since relegation in 2013-14.
"I don't want to walk away. But I want to be able to compete, there has to be a plan in place," Curle added.
"If there's no plan, eventually it catches up with you and the good work you're trying to do is diluted.
"I need people still to buy into it, we need to steer money towards the first team, towards what Carlisle United is representative of."
Defeat at St James Park was a cruel one for the Cumbrians, as a 95th minute injury-time goal from Jack Stacey took Exeter to Wembley, 6-5 on aggregate.
"The players have represented myself, the football club and the supporters extremely well," Curle said.
"We aim to finish top of the league next season. We won't have the biggest budget - there's a misconception that we are one of the high-fliers in this division.
"Our budget is in comparison to teams between 12-16th in the division, we're competing with teams that have fantastic budgets and location in their favour.
"But the players we have brought in have good character and ability and they give me everything." | Manager Keith Curle wants to continue the job he has started at Carlisle United beyond his current contract, but wants assurances he will be backed by the club's board going forward. | 39975537 | [
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We received that question from Drew who is planning a trip to New York in December. He asked: "Should I get my cash now or should I wait? Will there be much change between now and then?"
Anthony Reuben, from BBC Reality Check, had this answer: "The BBC does not give financial advice, but here are a few things to bear in mind...
"The exchange rate between the pound and the dollar reflects the views of investors about the relative strengths of the two economies.
"Since the Brexit vote in June the pound has fallen about 18% against the dollar on the judgment that growth is likely to be stronger in the US than the UK and that UK interest rates are falling while the next movement in US rates is expected to be upwards.
"But it's always possible that something could happen to change that view - there is a presidential election in the US in November, for example. The outcome of that could make a considerable difference to the exchange rate.
"You do not necessarily have to put all your eggs in one basket - there is also the option to hedge your bets and buy half of your dollars now and half of them just before you go, as long as you are not going to be hit by extra charges for carrying out two transactions.
"It is always worth shopping around when buying currency - avoid buying your currency at the last minute at the airport. There are plenty of comparison sites online that will help you get the most dollars possible for your pounds, even if it is fewer than you would have got a few months ago."
We asked readers to send in questions about the recent fall of the pound and rise of the FTSE 100.
Anthony chose Drew's question: "I'm planning on going to New York in December, should I get my cash now or wait? Will there be much change between now and then?"
Take a look at some of the other questions you've wanted us to answer:
Why does the NHS spend on homeopathy?
Could the UK take over existing EU trade deals?
Does fracking affect the water supply?
If you are reading this page on the BBC News app, you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question. | With the value of the pound falling dramatically since Brexit, a "flash crash" last week when the currency lost 6% of its value against the dollar, and news on Tuesday that the pound had fallen again, when would be a good time to change those pounds to dollars? | 37624408 | [
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She died peacefully, aged 87, on Monday the 8th of April 2013.
She was given a ceremonial funeral with full military honours on 17 April.
From the start of her time as prime minister Margaret Thatcher divided opinion.
When she came to power in 1979 she wanted to make big changes to how the country was run - and she transformed Britain.
One of her biggest changes was that she wanted private companies and people, and not officials, to run government-owned things like British Gas and BT (British Telecom). She believed that private companies would run the services better.
Thousands of ordinary people were able to buy their council houses, giving them more of a stake in society.
Under her rule, the City of London became one of the world's most successful centres for banking and business.
The PM became a hero to many when in 1982 she sent British Troops to defend the Falklands. The tiny islands eight thousand miles away in the South Atlantic sea had been invaded by Argentina. Although hundreds of lives were lost, the victory was celebrated on the streets back home.
Read more: Tributes to Margaret Thatcher
But though she had many supporters, some of the changes she introduced were very unpopular and there were protests and riots on the streets.
In 1984 thousands of miners protested for a whole year against her plans to shut down lots of coal mines and cut lots of jobs.
And in 1990, there was fighting on the streets of London because of a new tax - called the poll tax - that people thought hit poor people harder than the rich.
Margaret Thatcher was thought to have survived on just four hours sleep a night - and got the nickname "the Iron Lady" for being tough and sticking to her decisions. In 2012 a big movie was made of her life, called The Iron Lady.
Was Lady Thatcher an inspiration to girls?
After 11 years in power - and winning three elections - she'd been prime minister for longer than anyone else in the 20th century.
Margaret Thatcher's life in pictures
But eventually even her own party thought she had been in charge too long - and she left Downing Street in tears.
Now, more than 20 years on, she is recognised as a prime minister who transformed the face of Britain - and will be remembered as one of the most important figures in modern British history. | Baroness Thatcher was the UK's first and only female prime minister. | 22071055 | [
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The names will be announced during the One Show on BBC One between 19:00 and 19:30 GMT.
A capacity crowd of about 12,000 will attend the show at the First Direct Arena in Leeds on Sunday, 15 December.
The programme will follow on from last year's awards where Sir Bradley Wiggins was crowned 2012 Sports Personality.
Full roll of honour
After Tuesday's announcement, there will be details of all the contenders and arrangements for public voting on the night at www.bbc.co.uk/sportspersonality.
Tour de France winner and Olympic road cycling champion Wiggins was the latest to join an illustrious roll of honour last year when he received the coveted trophy from the Duchess of Cambridge and former England football captain David Beckham, watched on television by more than 15m people.
Presenter Gary Lineker said: "It's going to be tough to follow last year, the most unbelievable sporting year in living memory, but the fact that it is the 60th anniversary, the fact that it is coming to Leeds, means it's still going to be a huge show."
Director of BBC Sport Barbara Slater added: "We're thrilled Leeds is to host BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2013. The sporting heritage of the city is outstanding and the new arena will be a great venue from which to celebrate the very best of sport."
Devised by Sir Paul Fox in 1954, the first Sports Personality of the Year was held at the Savoy Hotel in London, where it was presented by Peter Dimmock. World record-breaking 5,000m runner Sir Christopher Chataway beat four minute-mile hero Sir Roger Bannister to the award that year as the public voted for the first winner.
The trophy has since been won by many of the greats of British sport, including Bobby Moore, Princess Anne, Lord Coe, Daley Thompson, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, Sir Steve Redgrave, David Beckham, Dame Kelly Homes, Andrew Flintoff, Sir Chris Hoy and many more.
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The show went on the road in 2006, taking in Birmingham, Liverpool, Sheffield, Manchester and London. To date, more than 55,000 people have enjoyed spending a spectacular evening with the stars of the sporting year.
Lineker added: "Taking the show out on the road has worked really well. It has proven to be hugely popular. You get thousands of people who can come along and enjoy the live show and it just becomes more of an event.
"When you get the people there who really want to be there - the supporters, the sports fans - it just adds to the atmosphere and I'm sure it will be the same in Leeds."
Most tickets for the event have been sold, although a limited number will be made available later in November. | A shortlist of 10 contenders will be named on Tuesday for next month's 60th BBC Sports Personality of the Year award. | 22435344 | [
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The visitors went close after 15 minutes when Reuben Reid forced Matt Macey into a save at his near post.
Luton threatened sporadically in the opening half hour, Jonathan Smith volleying over and Jordan Cook narrowly missing the target with a 30-yard free kick.
Exeter goalkeeper Bobby Olejnik made a fine save to keep out Jack Marriott's header, before Hylton missed the follow-up.
After the break, Reid's close-range shot was blocked by defender Alan Sheehan, with the striker then firing woefully over the top from eight yards.
The visitors took the lead just before the hour mark when Jack Stacey teed up Jake Taylor to calmly beat Macey.
Luton pressed for an equaliser and after Ollie Palmer saw his effort cleared off the line by Luke Croll, the substitute crossed for Hylton to power a header home in the 68th minute.
Hylton had an effort ruled out for offside, while Macey denied Ollie Watkins at the other end as neither side were able to find a winner.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Luton Town 1, Exeter City 1.
Second Half ends, Luton Town 1, Exeter City 1.
Attempt saved. Ollie Palmer (Luton Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Alan Sheehan (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ollie Watkins (Exeter City).
Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by Alan Sheehan.
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Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by Matt Macey.
Attempt saved. Ollie Watkins (Exeter City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Jack Senior (Luton Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Jack Senior (Luton Town).
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Glen Rea (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Danny Hylton (Luton Town).
Luke Croll (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Luton Town. Conceded by Troy Brown.
Substitution, Exeter City. Jordan Tillson replaces Reuben Reid.
Attempt missed. Ollie Palmer (Luton Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Corner, Luton Town. Conceded by Troy Brown.
Jack Senior (Luton Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Goal! Luton Town 1, Exeter City 1. Danny Hylton (Luton Town) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ollie Palmer.
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Corner, Luton Town. Conceded by Luke Croll.
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Goal! Luton Town 0, Exeter City 1. Jake Taylor (Exeter City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jack Stacey.
Corner, Luton Town. Conceded by Craig Woodman.
Hand ball by Jonathan Smith (Luton Town). | Danny Hylton's equaliser against Exeter City helped Luton Town salvage their fourth draw in six League Two games. | 39239727 | [
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Featuring car chases, exploding planes and shady crime organisations, it bares all the hallmarks of classic Bond.
Spectre will be released in UK cinemas on 26 October.
The new trailer begins with a first look at Ralph Fiennes in his new role as MI6 boss M, questioning Bond about a rogue mission to Mexico City.
The spy is then seen in Rome, where he meets Lucia Sciarra - played by Monica Bellucci - the widow of an infamous criminal.
After a suggested quick tryst with Sciarra, Bond infiltrates a secret meeting and uncovers the existence of the crime organisation known as Spectre.
Having previously only seen him as a shadowy character in the teaser clip, Christoph Waltz is also finally revealed as Bond villain Franz Oberhauser.
There is also a first glimpse of Sherlock star Andrew Scott, who stars as Max Denbigh, the new head of the Centre for National Security.
Fans on Twitter were quick to give their reaction to the new trailer and many noted it featured some of the theme to 1969's On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
"This looks absolutely stunning!" Ben Peyton wrote, while Rene Friedrich said it was "so much better than the teaser. Finally, how it should be: a blend of iconic, new, fast, quotable".
However, Dekan Apajee said: "As trailers go this is more of a spoiler." | The first full-length trailer for the 24th James Bond film, Spectre, has been released online. | 33620316 | [
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Prince William said the island had been a "special place" during his work as a pilot at RAF Valley.
"I thought search and rescue duties... were physically and mentally demanding but looking after a three-week-old baby is right up there," he said.
He had been giving a speech at the island's annual agricultural show.
It was one of Prince William's first public engagements since the birth of his son on 22 July.
He has been based at Anglesey since 2009 but is due to leave next month.
In a speech, which he began giving in the Welsh language, he thanked the people of Anglesey for being so welcoming to him and his wife.
Speaking about the Duchess of Cambridge and his son, Prince William said: "She and George would have loved to have been here. He's pretty loud and of course extremely good looking."
He told the crowd: "I thought search and rescue duties over Snowdonia were physically and mentally demanding but looking after a three-week old baby is right up there.
"I know that I speak for Catherine when I say that I have never in my life known somewhere as beautiful and as welcoming as Anglesey.
"I know that both of us will miss it terribly when my search and rescue tour of duty comes to an end next month and we have to move elsewhere.
"From the bottom of my heart, thank you for making my wife and me so welcome when we arrived here, as you do thousands of visitors each year.
"This island has been our first home together, and will always be an immensely special place for us both.
"Catherine and I look forward to returning again and again over the coming years with our family."
The duke drew roars from the show crowd when he began his speech from the main ring in Welsh.
In translation, he said: "Thank you to the people of Anglesey. It's pleasure to be here. I'm so glad to have lived on Anglesey - the mother of Wales."
Continuing in English, he joked: "My Welsh pronunciation isn't great yet, but it is certainly getting better I hope."
Earlier, he was asked by one show visitor about his son, the duke replied that Prince George was fine but "has his moments".
The prince was introduced to civic dignitaries, including the island's newly elected-assembly member Rhun ap Iorwerth, before being shown a display of gundogs.
The prince was then presented with his very own falconry glove during a display by Sophie Large, 11, from Wrexham, who is the daughter of falcon master Terry Large.
She then helped the prince take part in a display of Harris Hawks.
"It was very special, I know it is privilege to be able to meet him," she said.
"He was kind and very nice."
Caroline and John Roberts from Llanddaniel Fab both spoke to the prince.
"He was lovely, a real gentleman," said Mrs Roberts.
"We asked him how the baby is - he said he was fine but had his moments."
Well over a thousand people gathered around the cattle show ring in a bid to catch a glimpse of the prince, where he chatted to judges and those showing off their animals.
He then took a break from the throng to meet members of the island's Young Farmers Club, which has its county office on the showground.
The visit is expected to mark the duke's farewell to Anglesey at the end of his tour of duty at RAF Valley.
The prince has kept the crowds at the show happy - devoting plenty of time to stop, chat and shake the hands of the hundreds of people gathered around him.
It took him over half an hour to make the short walk from the country sports field to the main part of the showground, stopping on his way to admire vintage tractors, and to chat with a motorbike display team.
Louise Roberts was on holiday with friends from Liverpool, and had come to the show unaware the prince would be there.
"He shook all our hands, and the children, it's been brilliant," she said.
"He's really taken his time to stop and speak to people - it's wonderful."
With the prince in a green country jacket and casual trousers, the royal visitor has had a very warm reception.
"It's all very calm and relaxed, everyone is in a good mood, and there's no pushing or shoving to get to see the prince," said Janet Doyle, who was with Mrs Roberts with her family.
"That's probably why he's spent so much time with everyone. And my children have had the chance to shake the hand of someone who will become their king one day - that's something special."
The showground had swelled with crowds ahead of the royal arrival, with hundreds already milling around by 09:00 BST.
The two-day event, which ends on Wednesday, has featured a collection of livestock of up to 300 cattle and 800 sheep.
It has also hosted 350 trade stands displaying agricultural products, clothing, crafts and vehicles.
The visit is likely to be one of the last public appearances on Anglesey by the prince before his three year posting at RAF Valley finishes at the end of September.
It is widely thought he will return to London for a posting with his regiment, the Household Cavalry's Blues and Royals, which will allow him to carry out more royal engagements in support of The Queen. | The Duke of Cambridge has spoken of the challenge of being a father of a three-week old baby during a farewell visit to Anglesey. | 23687996 | [
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The head teacher of Sandown Bay Academy resigned and the board of governors was replaced earlier this year.
Academies Enterprise Trust (AET) said it intended to merge it with Ryde Academy to make "one great school".
It said falling numbers and the consequent impact on finances had prompted the decision.
Sandown Bay Academy came out of special measures two years ago, but is still seen as underperforming.
Pupil numbers have fallen to fewer than 1,000 from 1,252 in 2012.
In a statement, AET, the biggest academy chain in England, said: "It has been becoming increasingly difficult for the school to fund the teachers and the educational resources needed in order to provide the education we would all want for the students.
"We believe that merger offers the best option all round, and that out of these two schools we can create one really great one."
If approved, the principal of Ryde Academy, Joy Ballard, will oversee the transition between the two schools.
A spokesman said no decision had been made on whether to operate two campuses or on any job cuts.
A public consultation is to be held on the plans, with the final decision made by the government after the general election. | A troubled Isle of Wight academy is set to merge with another school, its sponsor has announced. | 39807248 | [
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He had "failed the test" of leadership and South Africa needed to hold to account those who were "looting" state resources, it said.
Mr Zuma has been dogged by allegations of corruption for more than a decade.
The call by the NMF, which is run by colleagues of South Africa's first black president, is the latest sign of growing discontent with his rule.
Its intervention came as a court began hearing a bid by Mr Zuma's legal team to prevent the release of a report by former anti-corruption chief Thuli Madonsela.
She investigated allegations that he let the wealthy Gupta family wield undue influence in his government. Both Mr Zuma and the Guptas have denied any wrongdoing.
In a statement entitled Time to account for crippling the state, the NMF said the governing African National Congress (ANC) needed to take steps to put the government back in "safe and capable hands".
"Twenty years since Nelson Mandela signed South Africa's constitution into law and as the third anniversary of his passing approaches, it is painful for us at the Nelson Mandela Foundation to bear witness to the wheels coming off the vehicle of our state," the NMF added.
Mr Mandela spent more than 27 years in prison for fighting white-minority rule and became South Africa's first democratically elected leader in 1994. He stepped down five years later and died in December 2013 at the age of 95.
The NMF said South Africa's democracy was now under a "real threat", with key government institutions being used to advance "private interests".
"We are reaping the results of a political trend of personalising matters of state around a single individual leader. This in a constitutional democracy is to be deplored," it added.
Ms Madonsela's investigation was triggered by allegations in March by Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas that the Gupta family had made "a mockery of our hard-earned democracy" by offering him the finance minister's post last year.
Mr Jonas said he rejected the offer; the Guptas accused him of political point-scoring.
Former ANC MP Vytjie Mentor also alleged that the family offered her the powerful public enterprise minister's post in 2010 in exchange for business favours.
Ms Mentor alleged that Mr Zuma was in another part of the Gupta's family home in Johannesburg when the offer was made. Mr Zuma's office said at the time that he had no "recollection" of Ms Mentor, while the family strongly denied her allegation.
Ms Mentor and opposition parties, including the Democratic Alliance (DA) and Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), are challenging Mr Zuma in court, insisting that the report be released.
EFF supporters are protesting outside the High Court in the capital, Pretoria, to demand its publication.
Mr Zuma's court action prevented Ms Madonsela from publishing the report before she stepped down as public protector at the end of her term last month.
He said it would be unlawful to release the report as he had not been given enough time to respond to the allegations.
This was the second time Ms Madonsela investigated Mr Zuma during her seven-year term.
In March, South Africa's highest court upheld her findings that Mr Zuma "unduly benefited" from government money used to upgrade his private rural home.
It led to widespread calls for Mr Zuma to resign, but he survived a DA-sponsored impeachment vote in parliament after ANC MPs rallied behind him.
Correspondents say while the contents of Ms Madonsela's latest report are unclear, Mr Zuma will almost certainly face another impeachment vote if there are any adverse findings about him.
The president is also at the centre of another case and is trying to overturn a unanimous ruling of a High Court that he should stand trial on 783 counts of corruption in relation to an arms deal negotiated in 1999. | The Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF) has called for South Africa's President Jacob Zuma to be sacked. | 37833372 | [
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Indonesian jazz pianist Joey Alexander is the youngest performer ever to be nominated for the prestigious music award.
He did not win a Grammy but while the young musician performed on stage, the cameras panned across to singer Bruno Mars, who was watching with glistening eyes.
Many from Joey's homeland also expressed their admiration and support for the young star.
You were definitely the star of the show," tweeted Indonesian music composer Sherina Sinna. Movie-maker Joko Anwar also described him as a "hope".
Josiah Alexander Sila was born in Bali's Denpasar city to Christian parents Denny Sila and Farah Leonora Urbach, who ran a tourism business.
His parents have described their son's talents as a "gift from God".
There were no formal jazz classes in Bali where he grew up, so the young musician took part in jazz sessions with more experienced performers.
It was then that his parents decided to make the move to the Indonesian capital Jakarta - home to one of the world's largest jazz festivals - to pursue Joey's musical dream.
He went on to win music competitions before his family moved to New York in 2014.
The child prodigy taught himself to play piano at age six, after his father bought him an electronic keyboard.
Joey has said that learning music came naturally for him, thanks to listening to songs from his father's personal jazz collection.
"My dad played a little bit of piano and guitar, but not that professionally," Joey said in an early interview, about falling in love with the piano.
"I saw him play and I said, 'I want to play. I want to try this instrument.'"
The young musician considers Harry Connick, Jr. and Herbie Hancock among his main musical influences, and also admires Clifford Brown and Miles Davis.
There could be something in the blood because he is also the nephew of Indonesian rock singer Nafa Urbach.
Renowned Jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, discovered Joey after seeing him perform in a YouTube video in 2014.
Praising the young pianist on Facebook, he then invited him to play at the Jazz at Lincoln Center's gala, making him him an "overnight sensation".
Joey went on to make his US debut, performing at several Jazz festivals.
Joey's debut album titled, "My Favourite Things" was released on 12 May, 2015. He was 11 years old at the time of its release.
He became the first Indonesian act to crack the US Billboard album charts, debuting at number 174.
The record re-entered the charts and peaked at number 59 in January 2016. | He may be only 11, but he delivered a performance that brought the audience at the 2016 Grammy awards to their feet in a standing ovation. | 35584625 | [
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He also insisted there was no conflict of interest in his position while the EU looked at his country's tax deals.
Mr Juncker has come under pressure over claims that some 340 global companies were granted deals to help them avoid tax during his 18 years in office.
He took over as head of the Commission at the start of November.
Within days he was confronted with a report by investigative journalists that alleged that companies such as Pepsi and Ikea had made "sweetheart" deals with his country's government to save billions in tax in other countries.
Although Mr Juncker, 59, made no comment at the time, incumbent Prime Minister Xavier Bettel was quoted as saying all deals abided by international tax rules.
The Commission president broke his silence on Wednesday, repeating Mr Bettel's message during an unexpected appearance before reporters in Brussels.
"Everything that has been done has been in compliance with national legislation and international rules that apply in this matter," he said.
He said that he was "politically responsible for what happened in each and every corner and quarter of that country" and if concrete tax measures had led to non-taxation "then I would regret that".
Luxembourg, Malta and Ireland are already being investigated as part of an EU crackdown on multinational corporations but the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists' report last week said that companies appeared to have "channelled hundreds of billions of dollars through Luxembourg and saved billions of dollars in taxes".
In some cases, companies enjoyed effective tax rates of just 1% on profits "shuffled into Luxembourg", it said.
Mr Juncker was finance minister before serving as PM from 1995-2013. He told reporters that "there was no conflict of interest" in his new role as head of the Commission.
When asked whether he was still suitable for the job, he retorted: "I'm as suitable as you are."
Under his tenure, the Commission would fight tax evasion and fiscal fraud and there was "nothing in my past indicating that my ambition was to organise tax evasion in Europe", he said.
He blamed "this state of affairs" on the different tax standards across the EU. If member states sometimes had "diametrically opposed" tax systems, then it could lead to results "not in line with ethical and moral standards".
The revelations, which will be discussed later at the European Parliament, are to be investigated by Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager. Mr Juncker said he would not discuss the case with her, to avoid a conflict of interest.
Juncker tries to silence critics, by Damian Grammaticas, Brussels
The fact Jean-Claude Juncker answered his critics today took many by surprise. But it is a sign that he knows how damaging this issue could be for him and for Europe.
How can he credibly head the European Commission when it is now investigating some of the deals done when he was running Luxembourg?
His answers are that there is no conflict of interest today, that he is committed to fighting tax evasion, that he was not the architect of what happened in Luxembourg, that nothing illegal was done and that the problem lies just as much with the fact other countries had high taxes.
The trouble for Mr Juncker is that the whole issue plays into the general feeling of disillusion and distrust of EU leaders that has led to the rise of sceptical parties and politicians across Europe. | European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker has denied allegations he encouraged tax avoidance when he was Luxembourg's prime minister. | 30022259 | [
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The Plymouth-based 16-year-old clocked one minute 04.30 seconds in Barcelona, 0.15 secs faster than the previous best time set by Jessica Hardy in 2009.
Earlier, Meilutyte had recorded 1:04.52 in qualifying, the second-fastest time in history and a new European record.
In the 200m individual medley final, Sophie Allen was seventh and fellow Briton Siobhan-Marie O'Connor eighth.
London 2012 Olympic champion Meilutyte will seek to win Lithuania's first ever World Championships gold medal in Tuesday's final.
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"I'll be have a relaxing day tomorrow and will save all my energy for the final," she said.
"My biggest aim is accomplished now and I'll give it my best shot in the final. Obviously, a gold medal would be a cherry on top of the ice cream."
Her coach Jon Rudd said: "It feels a bit surreal, but now I remember the feeling of the Olympic gold medal because it's kind of the same.
"The plan was to go for the world record tonight because we don't want to have to worry about times tomorrow - just the medal.
"[Russian rival] Yuliya Efimova will push her so she'll her need to be on her toes tomorrow, but I think there's more to come."
Briton O'Connor only reached the 200m individual medley final after Australian Emily Seebohm pulled out in order to concentrate on her preferred 100m backstroke event, but the 17-year-old found herself in second place at the halfway stage.
However, she faded in the second half to finish eighth in a race which was won by Hungary's Katinka Hosszu. Olympic champion Ye Shiwen surprisingly only managed to come fourth.
"I just need to learn how to swim it better," said O'Connor. "I keep doing that - going out too fast - and I definitely think I got a bit excited with it being a final."
Compatriot Allen, 21, added: "I'm disappointed I wasn't able to make a personal best like I did in the semi-final."
"It's amazing, it's so much fun and so incredible to see the youth that this sport has and that it will continue to have. It's so awesome being a part of it and being a part of this whole experience as it's happening."
US Olympic champion Missy Franklin, 18, on teenage successes
"If I'd have done that time again [2:10.23], I'd have been in fourth place but hopefully as it's my first major international final I'll be better in the future."
Scottish Commonwealth champion Robbie Renwick qualified with the fourth quickest time of 1:46.95 heading into the final of the 200m freestyle event on Tuesday and hopes to win Britain's first medal of the championships.
"I have a good lane for tomorrow night and it'll be anyone's race so I've got to get myself in a good position and really try to go for a medal," said the 25-year-old, who will face US star Ryan Lochte in the final.
Chris Walker-Hebborn, 23, and Lauren Quigley, 20, both missed out on places in their respective 100m backstroke finals, but each return to compete over 200m later in the week.
In the evening's other finals, Australia's Christian Sprenger claimed 100m breaststroke gold with South Africa's Cameron Van Der Burgh second and Felipe Lima of Brazil third.
Victory went to Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden in the 100m butterfly ahead of Australia's Alicia Coutts and US Olympic champion Dana Vollmer.
Brazilian Cesar Cielo won the 50m butterfly final.
There was frustration for Britain's Ben Proud, who did not reach the final, but would have claimed bronze with the British record of 23.10 he set at last month's trials. | Lithuania's Ruta Meilutyte broke the 100m breaststroke world record in the World Championship semi-finals. | 23491784 | [
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The claim comes after extra fundraising powers for councils were outlined in last week's government Spending Review.
But the LGA said councils would still face a combined shortfall of £6.8bn by the end of the Parliament.
The government said council tax was expected to be lower in real terms in 2020 than a decade earlier.
In the Spending Review, Chancellor George Osborne said local authorities responsible for adult social care would be allowed to increase council tax by 2% above existing limits.
By adding in the maximum new levies allowable without a referendum, the LGA estimated that Band D bills could cost an average of just under £200 more over the next five years.
It said this would not be enough, particularly as budgets continued to face new pressures such as those caused by an aging population.
Any shortfall might have to be made up by further increases to costs such as car parking charges, it added.
One senior councillor said councils were now also facing "a reckless gamble" of having to use cash reserves to fund services.
A Department for Communities and Local Government spokesman said: "In reality councils will have almost £200bn to spend on local services over the lifetime of this Parliament, a cash terms increase and a reduction of just 1.7% in real terms each year.
"The Spending Review offers a £3.5bn package for adult social care to ensure councils can support their older and most vulnerable residents, while at the same time council tax is expected to be less in 2019-20 in real terms than it was in 2010-11.
"With councils accounting for a quarter of all public spending it's right they continue to play their part in paying off the deficit." | Council tax bills in England could cost an average of £200 more for band D properties by 2020, the Local Government Association has warned. | 34956704 | [
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Pte Matthew Boyd, 20, was off-duty on a night out in Brecon when he was punched and beaten by Jake Vallely.
But the jury cleared Vallely's friend Aaeron Evans of manslaughter after Cardiff Crown Court was told he was not present during the attack.
Vallely, 24, will be sentenced on 8 December.
The unconscious body of Pte Boyd, who served with the Royal Gibraltar Regiment, was found by police in the town in the early hours of 8 May.
Pte Boyd, who is originally from Carrickfergus, County Antrim, had been in the town for training exercises at the infantry battle school.
During the trial, the court heard Pte Boyd was making his way back to the barracks when he was attacked outside a bar called The Cellar.
CCTV footage showed the soldier being punched, going to the ground and being beaten until he no longer moved.
Vallely then dragged his body from the scene before fleeing.
The trial was told the killer had been on a seven hour drinking binge and in the hour before the attack was boasting he was the "hardest man in Brecon".
His friend Mr Evans was cleared of any involvement in the attack, after the jury was told he had left the scene before the start of any violence.
Senior investigating officer Det Supt David Guiney, from Dyfed-Powys Police, called the attack "a despicable act" that "shocked" the community of Brecon.
"I plead with anyone who plans a night out drinking with their friends to please, walk away from any conflict, do not resort to violence," he said.
A family tribute described Pte Boyd as an "all-rounder" who had "a promising career ahead of him which has been cut short".
The tribute read: "Matthew was full of life. He was loving, caring and loyal. He was always playing jokes on his peers and family, and always brought smiles to our faces."
It said Vallely had created "a void in our family that will never be filled", adding the "unbearable pain" was something they will have to live with for the rest of their lives.
"During this trial, it has been mentioned that Jake Vallely called himself the 'hardest man in Brecon' on the night that he murdered Matthew," the tribute said.
"He couldn't have been more wrong. There has been such a massive outpouring of love from the community in Brecon towards our family; in our mind, those are the strongest people in Brecon." | A killer who boasted he was the "hardest man" in town has been found guilty of murdering a soldier in Powys. | 38168461 | [
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But archaeologist Steve Clarke believes this fortified farmhouse once stood on stilts on a manmade island in an Ice Age lake 4,900 years ago.
The "crannog's" timbers survived and carbon dating said they were built on Jordan Way, Monmouth, 2,917 years BC.
A slab of timber was discovered when the estate was constructed in 2003.
It is the second crannog discovered in Wales.
But the first, at Llangorse Lake, in the Brecon Beacons, is thousands of years younger than the recent discovery.
"This is very important, it was a huge lake that was here until the Iron Age," said Mr Clarke, 70.
"This will tell us what was happening here in the Stone Age - we know so little about that period." | This ancient fort could not look more different to the red brick housing estate currently occupying suburbia in Monmouthshire. | 33620496 | [
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The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service was called and up to 21 patients were moved to another area of the hospital.
The Western Health Trust said the patients were removed safely and added it was hoped the hospital would return to normal later on Thursday.
The alarm was raised at 07:00 GMT.
A statement from the Western Trust said: "Smoke was reported coming from a 'bed pan washer' in Ward 5 at Altnagelvin Hospital this morning.
"Twenty-one patients were safely transferred from the ward and have been resettled elsewhere within the hospital.
"It is envisaged that the ward will return to normal business later today.
"The Western Trust would like to thank its staff and the emergency services for their prompt response to the incident." | Part of Altnagelvin hospital in Londonderry has been evacuated after smoke was discovered in one of the wards. | 30223186 | [
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Derbyshire Wildlife Trust took legal action after Derby City Council approved the track, to be built on part of the Sanctuary nature reserve.
The trust said the development would damage the habitat of rare birds.
An interim order to stop work was issued last week and will remain in place until the judicial review.
Mrs Justice Lang said all equipment had to be moved from the site and the judicial review must take place within the next three months.
Tim Birch, conservation manager at the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust, said: "We are relieved to have got through this latest step in our fight to save the Sanctuary Local Nature Reserve.
"We believe that the development of this local nature reserve sets a very dangerous precedent both locally and nationally which is why we are challenging the decision of Derby City Council to destroy it."
The judicial review will look into the legality of Derby City Council's decision to approve the cycle track.
No-one from the authority was available for comment.
The Sanctuary, which lies close to the Pride Park football stadium, was given the go-ahead by the council in 2003.
Threatened bird species including skylarks and lapwings are visitors to the site, according to conservation managers. | Work to build a cycle track in Derby cannot resume until a judicial review is carried out, a judge at the High Court in London has ruled. | 26326447 | [
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Rows between rival electoral commissioners had led to physical fights, Jecha Salum Jecha said.
The opposition says the vote on the islands was cancelled because it won.
The main challenger in the national presidential election, Edward Lowassa, said the problems in Zanzibar could be mirrored across the country.
Earlier, he called for the national electoral commission to stop releasing results, alleging the whole process nationwide had been marred by fraud.
The elections in Tanzania are the most competitive in the country's history, with four opposition parties forming the Ukawa coalition to challenge the ruling CCM's 54-year grip on power.
Previous elections have turned violent on semi-autonomous Zanzibar, whose two main islands are Unguja, often referred to as Zanzibar, and Pemba.
Mr Lowassa urged his supporters to remain calm and not to engage in street protests.
In his statement, Mr Jecha accused Zanzibari electoral commissioners of being partisan.
More votes had been cast in some areas than the registered number of voters, especially in Pemba, where some party agents had been ejected from polling stations, Mr Jecha said.
The ballot papers for the national presidential election have been taken to Tanzania's main city Dar es Salaam, where they will continue to be counted.
It is unclear if and when new elections for Zanzibar's president and parliament will be held.
Analysis: Sammy Awami, BBC News, Zanzibar:
Never before has an election in Zanzibar - a popular tourist destination - been scrapped. So we are entering uncharted waters.
And yet, this election - unlike previous ones - has not been marred by riots and violence.
There was, however, some tension, which led to the closure of roads and businesses.
On Monday, the main opposition candidate for the post of Zanzibar president, Maalim Seif Sharrif Hamad, declared himself the winner.
His announcement attracted sharp rebuke from the governing CCM party, which called it illegal and a threat to the archipelago's stability.
But life was returning to normal when the archipelago's electoral commission chairman made the shock announcement that he was scrapping the poll because it was full of gross irregularities.
At that point results from 36 of the 54 constituencies had been released.
More on Zanzibar
Tanzania's tightly contested election:
Could CCM lose?
Money, power and politics | Elections in Zanzibar have been annulled for not being free and fair, the electoral chief on the Tanzanian archipelago has announced. | 34656934 | [
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A BBC analysis suggests 195 out of 402 official bathing waters are patrolled between July and September.
The National Water Safety Forum said it was "impractical" for every beach to be covered.
The absence of lifeguards was raised as a concern after the deaths of seven men at Camber Sands in 2016 but an inquest concluded they may have drowned anyway.
There is no formal list of which beaches have lifeguards as the Royal National Lifeboat Institute (RNLI) only publishes details of the ones it patrols. Local councils and private land owners provide others.
Seven people died in two incidents at Camber Sands in East Sussex in summer 2016.
The families of five men, who died in the second incident in August, described the victims as physically fit and competent swimmers.
An inquest into the deaths, which concluded in June 2017, heard the RNLI had recommended that Rother District Council employ lifeguards after a risk assessment in 2013.
The inquest was also told the RNLI then rejected a request to put lifeguards on Camber Sands 16 days before the August deaths, citing a lack of resources.
Lifeguards now patrol the beach. However, the inquest concluded that the men may still have drowned even if there had been lifeguards.
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RNLI lifeguards rescued 2,082 people across the UK and Jersey, and saved 127 lives, in 2016.
The charity, which lists the beaches it patrols on its website, said it worked with councils and other beach owners to determine lifeguard cover.
"There may be times when we will approach a local authority or beach owner if there has been something that has happened on that beach, but the majority of times it will be due to the local authority or beach owner coming to us", a spokeswoman said.
The RNLI said it would not be possible to put lifeguards on to all bathing waters and services "need to be judged on a needs basis as opposed to a cost implication".
The cost to train a RNLI lifeguard is £712 plus a further £812 for equipment.
The water safety forum said some of the beaches not covered by lifeguards may not attract significant numbers of people or pose a significant risk.
"Water-related accidents occur on inland waters as well - it's very important that this is not forgotten," a spokeswoman said.
Seeing children swimming and jumping off rocks into the sea, Alexa Mullane was concerned that there were no lifeguards at Durdle Door beach in Dorset.
The managing director of a health supplements company visited the beach, as well as Lulworth Cove and Studland with her family, including two baby nieces - during the good weather in June.
She saw "lots of kids swimming quite far out and also jumping off really high rocks into the sea".
"I definitely thought that it wasn't safe," Ms Mullane said. "You could see the rocks under the water and it was scary to see them jumping from so high into the water."
James Weld, whose family owns Lulworth Estate which owns Durdle Door, responded: "The signage makes it very clear that people should not jump or 'tombstone' from Durdle Door because of the serious risk of injury.
"Like many beaches in the UK we do not have lifeguards on duty, our coastal safety signs clearly advise all visitors of this fact.
Mr Weld added that beach wardens and rangers, who are not trained lifeguards or first-aiders, patrol Lulworth Estate's beaches regularly.
BBC England's data unit analysed a list of beaches patrolled by lifeguards, RNLI and otherwise, using data provided by the RNLI, the Beach Guide and local councils' websites, as of 7 July 2017.
The list was compared to the Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs' list of designated bathing waters in England, with inland waters - such as Lake Windermere and Hampstead Heath in London - stripped out.
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Areas in Counties Londonderry, Antrim and Down were affected.
A spokesperson for Northern Ireland Electricity said was an equipment fault was detected at 21.40 BST.
All properties have had power restored had their power restored by 22.14 BST. | Several thousand customers were left without electricity for a time on Wednesday night. | 36852171 | [
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The fund was set up by Mr Najib in 2009 with the stated aim of boosting the Malaysian economy.
But FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe said evidence showed it had defrauded Malaysians "on an enormous scale".
On Wednesday, US authorities moved to seize more than $1bn (£761m) in assets related to the fund.
Mr Najib is not named in the US papers and has consistently denied wrongdoing.
But he is identifiable as "Malaysian Official 1", whose account allegedly received millions in funds originating from 1MDB.
The $1bn the US hopes to seize would make up only a proportion of the more than $3.5bn (£2.6bn) allegedly diverted.
Source: US Department of Justice
Mr Najib was officially cleared of criminality by the Malaysian attorney general earlier this year. He had dismissed the previous attorney general after he repeatedly criticised the prime minister's handling of the case.
The current attorney general, Mohamed Apandi, said on Thursday that there was no evidence funds were misappropriated from 1MDB.
Speaking on Thursday, Mr Najib stressed the US case was a "civil, not a criminal, procedure" and that "we don't want to come to any conclusions until that process [the investigation] is done".
"I want to say categorically that we are serious about good governance," he said, adding that he would "fully co-operate" with the investigation.
Despite denying any wrongdoing, the prime minister is now facing renewed calls to answer the accusations and stand down.
Former premier and long-time Najib foe Mahathir Mohamad said there "can be no doubt" that Mr Najib was responsible for 1MDB's finances.
He said Malaysians should stage street protests against Mr Najib, as they have in the past, and push for a referendum on his leadership.
Parliamentary opposition leader Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said he should go on leave "so as not to create the perception of abuse of power" or hinder this "very important" investigation.
When I spoke to the fund's CEO, Arul Kanda, in October last year, he told me "the value of assets outweigh the value of debt".
But 1MDB had to sell some of its most prized assets in order to realise this value, and as one Malaysian opposition leader put it to me at the time, any business that has to do that isn't a successful business.
1MDB's financial mismanagement and the allegations of misconduct by the prime minister has raised concern amongst the foreign investment community that Malaysia's economy is in for a rough ride.
But there are bigger worries than just the financial performance of 1MDB. At the heart of it is the suggestion that Malaysia's public money has been stolen and used for personal gain.
Read more from Karishma
1MDB said in a statement last year that it had never given money to the prime minister and called the claims "unsubstantiated".
Meanwhile Singapore fraud investigators said on Thursday they had seized more than $175m in assets connected to 1MDB and found several major banks, including Standard Chartered, had showed "weaknesses in the processes for accepting clients and monitoring transactions".
Also on Thursday, the Swiss authorities said they had seized three valuable paintings linked to the investigation - one Van Gogh painting and two Monet paintings, following a US request. | Malaysian PM Najib Razak is facing pressure internationally and at home amid US allegations of massive fraud at state investment fund 1MDB. | 36852560 | [
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All the papers report on the prospect of a Linfield v Celtic match if Linfield make the Champions League qualifier at Windsor Park on 11 July.
The News Letter reports that it would bring about 1,800 Celtic fans to Belfast at the same time that hundreds of Orange Order and loyalist band members travel from Scotland for the Twelfth.
It's a headache for the PSNI, says the Belfast Telegraph, with tensions already "running high" at parades season.
The papers report one option is switching the first leg of the two-match tie to Glasgow or arranging for the 11th night game to be at an earlier time.
It's desperate times for Newry's Daisy Hill hospital, according to The Irish News.
The paper reports that A&E consultants are being offered £1,500 a night to stay on call at a 4-star hotel for the "crisis-hit" department.
It claims senior doctors have been "approached informally with the offer" as part of efforts to address staffing problems at the hospital.
However the paper says one medic has revealed that no doctor has taken them up on their offer due to "safety concerns" and "out of embarrassment" of working alongside nurses who are earning considerably less money.
"Catholics are waiting longer to be housed," says the Belfast Telegraph.
The paper cites a new report from the Equality Commission which shows Catholics are waiting longer than Protestants for social housing.
The longest wait for Catholics is 28 months in west Belfast followed by 27 months in south Belfast and 15 in east Belfast.
There's an unpleasant story on the front page of the Daily Mirror.
It says a pensioner from the New Lodge area of north Belfast is "living in hell" after her home was "almost burned down" on Sunday.
The paper claims Jean McMahon has been terrorised by a gang of youths for five years. At the weekend the pallets being gathered for an internment bonfire went up in flames and damaged her home.
Jean told the paper her house now needs new windows says there are questions over the "stability of their roofs and yard walls".
It's official - Northern Ireland rules at golf. Even our caddies are winners - the Belfast Telegraph shows a hug between US open winner Brooks Koepka and his Portrush caddy, Ricky Elliot.
Ricky won a £159,000 share of Koepka's first major championship prize money.
The 40-year-old, whose parents and brother still live in Portrush, said golf has always been his "life".
He played professionally for a few years but gave it up to caddy, a move he says he's glad he made.
The Belfast Telegraph reports on a Catholic priest's plans for a speedier Mass, to stop parishioners "nodding off".
Fr Paddy O'Kane, a priest at Holy Family Church in Londonderry's Ballymagrotty area, has made the bold decision to cut his sermons down to five minutes.
Fr O'Kane had the light-bulb moment after a recent trip to Texas. He said he found the "short, sharp and uplifting" sermons better than the longer ones.
However, Presbyterian Chaplain Steve Stockman disagrees and thinks his congregation would be left wanting more if he was to follow suit.
"My sermon is around 25 minutes and if I shorten it to 5 minutes, I would lose my congregation," he says.
"The truth of the matter is that if you are interesting, people will listen to you for an hour." | A "security nightmare" dominates Tuesday's front pages. | 40338120 | [
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The Blues, who sacked Mourinho for a second time last year, led after just 30 seconds when Pedro capitalised on slack defending to roll in.
Gary Cahill smashed in the second after United allowed Eden Hazard's corner to bounce in their box.
United offered little sign of making a comeback, falling further behind when Hazard drilled in a precise 15-yard strike.
N'Golo Kante skipped around a static defence to slot in and seal victory as Chelsea moved within a point of Premier League leaders Manchester City.
The comprehensive win lifted the Blues above Tottenham into fourth, with just one point separating the top five.
United stay seventh as the gap between them and the early pacesetters widens to six points, with almost a quarter of the season gone.
Analysis: Why it is too early to write Man Utd off
Relive how Chelsea ruined Mourinho's return
Mourinho was making his first return to Stamford Bridge since he was sacked in December 2015, leaving when the defending champions were 16th in the Premier League.
The Portuguese boss said before the match he was unsure - and also unconcerned - about the reception he would be given by the home fans.
Unsurprisingly, for a man who delivered seven trophies in his two spells at the club, it turned out to be largely positive.
Hundreds gathered to greet Mourinho as he walked off the United team bus, while he received a warm embrace from former skipper John Terry before kick-off.
That is where the Blues' hospitality ended. Instead, it was his United team who provided the generosity.
And the home fans could not resist a cheeky dig at their former boss - chanting "you're not special anymore" to the self-proclaimed Special One.
Mourinho said before the game he would not "celebrate like a crazy kid" if his new team scored at Stamford Bridge.
Unfortunately for him, there was little sign of that resolve being put to the test as Chelsea capitalised on his side's defensive deficiencies.
United were ragged at the back, ripped open by Pedro's opener without even having a touch and left flapping from then on.
And the severity of the scoreline was emphasised by some startling statistics:
The tone was set when Chris Smalling hesitated in dealing with a long ball, allowing Pedro to nip in and round David de Gea - and United never recovered.
The basic ability to defend a set-piece eluded them for Chelsea's second, two deflected touches helping the ball on to the unmarked Cahill, who lashed in.
United, without the injured Wayne Rooney, looked unrecognisable from the side that dug in to keep a clean sheet at Anfield on Monday. They looked unrecognisable from any Mourinho side, always expected to be well organised and difficult to break down.
A stony-faced Mourinho watched his static defenders allow Hazard and then Kante to skip into space and score after the break, leaving new Chelsea manager Antonio Conte lapping up the acclaim of a home crowd revelling in their former boss's misfortune.
"We made incredible defensive mistakes," said Mourinho. "And then you pay for that."
Former Italy manager Antonio Conte was tasked with restoring Chelsea's fortunes after a chastening season, which started under Mourinho's leadership and ended in the defending champions finishing 10th.
Conte's start has not been smooth, however.
Back-to-back league defeats against Liverpool and Arsenal last month led to some criticism, forcing him to laugh off rumours of his imminent sacking.
But, after making a tactical switch to a 3-5-2 formation following those defeats, Conte has seen his team flourish.
Three successive victories have pushed the Blues back among the frontrunners, with the Stamford Bridge crowd showing their appreciation for the new manager as he urged them to make more noise during the second half.
"It is important for the manager to find the right solution for your team," said Conte on his team's recent revival.
"It was not a good situation when Chelsea conceded in every game - we change and now we are playing good football."
Chelsea manager Antonio Conte:
"We made a fantastic start. We scored the early goal but we continued to play good football, intensity and possession, create many chances. Today we didn't concede, which was important. It was a type of win that increases the confidence.
"We wanted to show our ambition and give the satisfaction to our fans and show last season was very bad."
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho:
"You come with a strategy, you cannot concede a goal in the way we did.
"We were coming to have an offensive approach. We wanted to create chances; we showed that after the 1-0. The second and the third were counter-attack goals.
"It is one of those days when you give the advantage to opponents by doing nothing.
"In terms of points, we got zero points, we lose three points. We are six points from the top, three from the top four, we now need to win matches. We need to win our matches now, which are not easy.
"We need to win to close that gap - after these last three matches, we made two out of nine. We now need points."
Next comes the not-so-small matter of midweek derby matches for both teams.
Chelsea travel across London to face West Ham in the EFL Cup fourth round on Wednesday (19:45 BST), while Manchester United host neighbours City at Old Trafford in the same competition on the same day (20:00 BST).
Match ends, Chelsea 4, Manchester United 0.
Second Half ends, Chelsea 4, Manchester United 0.
Foul by Ander Herrera (Manchester United).
Nemanja Matic (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Thibaut Courtois.
Attempt saved. Marcos Rojo (Manchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Ander Herrera.
Attempt blocked. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcos Rojo.
Attempt saved. Nathaniel Chalobah (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by N'Golo Kanté.
Offside, Chelsea. Marcos Alonso tries a through ball, but Michy Batshuayi is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Victor Moses (Chelsea) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Willian.
Foul by Antonio Valencia (Manchester United).
Marcos Alonso (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Ander Herrera (Manchester United).
Nathaniel Chalobah (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Anthony Martial (Manchester United).
César Azpilicueta (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Paul Pogba (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Anthony Martial.
Foul by Marcos Rojo (Manchester United).
César Azpilicueta (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Antonio Valencia (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Michy Batshuayi (Chelsea).
Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Thibaut Courtois.
Attempt saved. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Juan Mata.
Foul by Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United).
David Luiz (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Chelsea. Michy Batshuayi replaces Diego Costa.
Substitution, Chelsea. Willian replaces Eden Hazard.
Foul by Anthony Martial (Manchester United).
Nemanja Matic (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Paul Pogba (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Paul Pogba (Manchester United).
Nemanja Matic (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Diego Costa (Chelsea) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by N'Golo Kanté.
Attempt missed. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Daley Blind with a cross following a set piece situation.
Anthony Martial (Manchester United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Victor Moses (Chelsea).
Attempt missed. Paul Pogba (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Anthony Martial.
Substitution, Chelsea. Nathaniel Chalobah replaces Pedro.
Goal! Chelsea 4, Manchester United 0. N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pedro.
Attempt missed. Ander Herrera (Manchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. | Jose Mourinho was humiliated on his return to Chelsea as his former club blew away his Manchester United side at Stamford Bridge. | 37670362 | [
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There have been grumblings about whether F1 was providing enough of a spectacle for some time, but they have grown in momentum in recent weeks.
And on Monday BBC co-commentator David Coulthard finally revealed to the public what many in F1 already knew - the drivers don't like the current cars because they think they are too slow and too limited by artificial restraints.
A large part of the reason for that is down to the tyres, which was not addressed by the decisions made by the strategy group on Thursday.
But much has been addressed - and the answers F1's bosses have come up with would create a very different-looking sport in two years' time if they are confirmed.
The headline change is the return of refuelling for 2017, along with cars that will be between five and six seconds a lap faster.
The step-change in speed will be welcomed by drivers and fans alike - the current cars are at some tracks as much as 10 seconds a lap slower in race trim than they were in 2004.
With changes to aerodynamics to increase downforce and make the cars look "more aggressive" - wider cars, with bigger front and rear wings and wider rear tyres - and by reducing weight.
Engines will also rev higher and be louder - addressing the complaints of some fans and F1 commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone about the new turbo hybrid engines.
This will be done by reducing the number of gears from eight to six, which will force teams to rev higher than the 11,000rpm or so they use now - out of a limit of 15,000rpm.
Engineers have been tasked with finding solutions to make the engines louder, perhaps by adding another exhaust pipe.
That satisfies Ecclestone's demand for more noise, while retaining the hybrids, which was important to the engine manufacturers - and increasing the fuel-flow limit would have meant an expensive redesign to enable engines to cope with what would have been vastly increased power outputs in qualifying.
The fuel-flow limit - which has driven the engineers to develop F1 engines with thermal efficiency in excess of 40% - is also central to the development route of these engines - raise it, and they become far less relevant to current road car research.
On that front, these new engines have been a conspicuous success.
Only last weekend at the Spanish Grand Prix, Mercedes engine boss Andy Cowell was talking about how the device that recovers energy from the turbocharger - which has been criticised as unnecessary and expensive - will soon be adopted in road cars on a widespread basis.
Having 1,000bhp engines was discussed over the winter, but the idea of making changes to facilitate this has been quietly dropped.
Although, as the best engines are about 900bhp already, it may well happen through normal development anyway.
All of the technical changes to cars and engines had been widely discussed for months, but the reintroduction of refuelling came out of the blue.
Reaction from fans on social media was immediate and split down the middle - some cheering it, some saying it would lead to a lack of overtaking on the track.
But it's not hard to see where the bosses might be coming from.
For one, without having to carry the maximum fuel load at any time, cars will be faster in the races from the off, taking the sting out of criticisms that they are too slow.
Likewise, less load on the tyres means the drivers might be able to push the tyres harder - a criticism of the current situation with Pirelli, when drivers are often well within themselves for the majority of the race distance because pushing hard overheats the tyres and reduces their life.
Pirelli would have to change the tyre design for it to make any significant difference on that front, though - because the current tyres generally cannot be pushed flat out for any more than a handful of laps, no matter what the fuel load.
It also gives F1's bosses more flexibility when it comes to choosing which company will supply tyres after Pirelli's contract ends in 2016.
The drivers would love to have tyres on which they could drive flat out at all times, including throughout the race distance, as they could during the tyre war between Michelin and Bridgestone in the 2000s, and even in the years of Bridgestone as a monopoly supplier from 2007-10.
Few have been more critical of the current tyres over the last few years than the active driver who was most successful in those pre-Pirelli years - Fernando Alonso.
Many insiders - drivers, engineers and team bosses - will privately admit they wish Michelin would come back, for no company is regarded more highly when it comes to providing strong, consistent, grippy tyres for circuit racing.
That is a long shot, though.
Ecclestone made it pretty clear in an interview this week that he is not keen on a Michelin return.
His opinion that the French company would "make a rock-hard tyre that you could put on in January and take off in December" was immediately rejected as inaccurate by BBC F1 analyst Allan McNish, who raced on Michelin tyres for 18 years in sportscars and F1.
But Ecclestone is well known for making public statements for effect, not necessarily because they bear any relation to the truth.
Senior sources say the reality is that the 84-year-old wants Pirelli to stay largely because of the attractive commercial terms the Italian company offers, rather than any technical or sporting reason.
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F1 will discuss what requirements it wants of its tyres come 2017. Ecclestone has already indicated to senior insiders that the new contract will almost certainly go to Pirelli again in 2017.
What the return of refuelling does mean is that whoever is supplying the tyres could afford to make more durable rubber - on which drivers could push harder for longer - without that risking a reduction in pit stops.
This is important, because Ecclestone believes multiple pit stops are a vital element of a good F1 show.
Introducing refuelling will mean there will always be pit stops - and usually, although not always, more than one per driver in each race.
That's because of the speed advantage created by running less fuel - when every 10kg removed equates to on average 0.35secs in lap time.
There is one major objection to the return of refuelling - it is expensive.
Teams will have to pay to cart all that heavy equipment around the world, a bill that may well run into the millions.
Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff questions that figure, but adds that the idea will be dropped if it turns out to cost too much - the big teams are not unaware of or unsympathetic to the financial burden on the smaller teams, who are already finding F1 budgets onerous.
For the likes of Lotus, Sauber, Force India and Manor, there was little help from the strategy group.
No cost-cutting measures were agreed, and bosses continue to pursue the concept of customer cars.
But this is only a contingency plan should some of the smaller teams fail. And the detail of what is worked out is not simply going to be Red Bull or Ferrari selling cars to smaller outfits.
The plan is to make it possible, should it be necessary, for some teams to buy chassis from others should they want to - and the 'selling teams' could include the likes of Williams - who operate on not much more of a budget than Force India or Lotus - as well as McLaren and Mercedes.
Or struggling teams can continue as customers if they can make the numbers add up.
No-one really wants customer cars. The strategy group is simply providing the sport an option should smaller teams run out of money, whether by misfortune or mismanagement. | The raft of potential changes to the Formula 1 rules announced on Friday amounts to a recognition that something needed to be done to answer the ever-louder questions about the health of the sport. | 32761397 | [
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The 21-time Grand Slam champion was questioned on the issue after her 48-minute 6-2 6-0 Wimbledon semi-final victory against Elena Vesnina.
Roger Federer and Andy Murray's Centre Court quarter-finals against Marin Cilic and Jo Wilfried-Tsonga lasted a combined seven hours and 11 minutes.
"I don't deserve to be paid less because of my sex," said Williams, 34.
The American was asked about equal pay by the media after she swept into her ninth Wimbledon title in under an hour while, on Wednesday, second seed Murray and third seed Federer were both taken to five sets.
In March, male world number one Novak Djokovic said men deserved to be paid more because more people watched them.
However, the 11-time Grand Slam winner apologised shortly afterwards, saying: "I don't make any differences between the genders. I am for equality in the sport."
His comments followed Indian Wells tournament chief Raymond Moore saying the women's game was "riding on the coat tails" of the men's.
Moore, who also said female players "should get down on their knees" in thanks to male counterparts, later resigned.
"Basically my whole life I've been doing this. I haven't had a life," defending Wimbledon champion Williams said.
"I would like to see people - the public, the press, other athletes in general - just realise and respect women for who they are and what we are and what we do."
Wimbledon was the last Grand Slam to introduce equal pay in 2007, while the French, US and Australian Slams introduced it in 2006, 1973 and 2001 respectively.
Williams will face Australian Open champion Angelique Kerber in the final on Saturday, after the German beat Venus Williams 6-4 6-4 in the other semi-final, in 72 minutes.
Kerber said: "We are giving everything on court, everybody. You never know if it's two hours or, at the end, eight hours." | Serena Williams says female tennis players deserve their equal pay, in the latest debate about prize money. | 36740560 | [
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Trapped by disadvantage are more than 730,000 youngsters, according to the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS).
It laments a "national shame", and its research suggests about 13% of the population - or three million people - are living below the breadline.
Indigenous children suffer more than their non-Aboriginal counterparts. Single-parent families also endure great hardship.
Raising her two young children on her own, Jessica Russell, 25, relies on weekly welfare payments of A$545 (£338), much of which is swallowed up by renting a modest house in the Sydney suburbs.
"It is a really big struggle. I'm the biggest stress-head possible because I worry for my children," she tells BBC News.
"I don't want them to fall behind and not get what they deserve or need in life.
"I break down most nights because I can't give them everything that they need or want. I put myself last."
Ms Russell lives well below the official poverty line, which is defined as half of Australia's median income (about A$80,000).
At times, she says the pressure is overwhelming.
"It comes crashing down," she says as Ryan, three, roars past with a toy chainsaw, pursued by his brother, Andrew, one.
"They'll go to bed, I'll sit down and I will just be like, 'What have I done wrong? What have I done wrong to struggle so much?'"
It is almost 30 years since the then Australian Prime Minister, Bob Hawke, said: "No child will be living in poverty by 1990."
His bold promise would not be kept, but it did lead to significant progress in tackling inequality in the 1980s and 1990s, yet still the problem persists.
In the Ashfield district of Sydney, it is late morning and a crowd waits quietly outside the heavy wooden doors of the Loaves and Fishes Restaurant, a restored hall in the grounds of the 19th Century Uniting church.
Run by the Exodus Foundation, it serves 500,000 free meals to the needy each year.
The charity was co-founded 30 years ago by the Reverend Bill Crews, the son of middle-class British migrants.
"We're forever struggling to keep up," he says.
"We'll come across a family who have been living on pancakes for a week because there hasn't been enough money.
"This is a country that could lead the world in a good way to live.
"It has got the will in its people to be egalitarian and show the way.
"One hundred years ago, Australia showed the way.
"It is very sad to me to go to countries overseas where you expect to see poverty, and then come back here and see the same poverty here."
The ACOSS report indicates one in six children in Australia is living in poverty, a 2% increase during the past decade, when the nation's coffers brimmed from a multi-billion dollar bonanza forged on exports of iron ore and other prized resources.
Charities blame the soaring cost of living and a lack of affordable housing for stubbornly high levels of poverty.
They fear the government will start curbing welfare payments.
"People see Australia as the place where you can come and get your own house, bring up your family and you won't have any problems, but we are seeing an increasing population of those people that are finding it tough," says Ben Carblis, from Mission Australia, a non-denominational Christian community service organisation.
"It is hard to believe."
This grim assessment of life for millions of hard-pressed Australians is not, however, universally accepted.
David Leyonhjelm, a Liberal Democratic senator in Canberra, has questioned how levels of disadvantage are calculated and believes the scale of the problem has been overblown.
"Poverty does exist in Australia, if you are talking about not having enough food, nowhere to live and no clothes to wear, but it is nowhere near 13% - nowhere near that," he tells BBC News.
"The people who work for those charities have their careers tied up in the continuation of that charitable work.
"If they were too successful and poverty was eliminated, they wouldn't have jobs anymore.
"They have a very long history in Australia of talking up poverty."
The federal government has said the best way to tackle poverty is to create more jobs.
Ms Russell wants to train to be a midwife when her boys are older, but for now can see no end in sight to the daily grind of life below the breadline.
"I have two gorgeous, gorgeous children, and I still feel like there is something more that I can do, but I can't pinpoint what it is, and it breaks me because I don't know how to fix it," she says. | It is one of the wealthiest countries on Earth - enriched by the bounty of a once-in-a lifetime mining boom - but Australia remains bedevilled by a rising number of its children living in poverty. | 37908565 | [
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Shoppers are expected to spend almost £1bn online on Monday - up almost a third from last year, according to analysts at Experian-IMRG.
Sales are expected to hit record numbers over the weekend, following the Black Friday sales promotions.
Amazon said it had its biggest sales day in the UK on Friday, selling more than 7.4 million items.
Visa Europe said: "It looks like Black Friday has cemented its place as the busiest online shopping day of the year.
"More than £760m was spent online with Visa cards, up nearly 25% on last year," it said, adding that £2.2bn is predicted to be spent online on its cards over the four-day period.
Department chain John Lewis said that this year's Black Friday saw its biggest ever single-day trade, up 11.9% compared with last year, mainly driven by sales on its website.
According to Experian-IMRG, £1.1bn was spent online on Black Friday, up more than a third from last year.
Based on the number of items sent from online retailers over the weekend, Royal Mail said that most online shopping orders came from Norwich, Dorchester and Exeter.
The chief executive of Very.co.uk and Littlewoods, Alex Baldock, told the BBC said that he expected this year's Cyber Monday to be bigger than Black Friday last year.
But he warned customers that deliveries could take as long as 10 days rather than the usual 48 hours, adding that he expects 100,000 new customers to log on over the period.
Adding to warnings about deliveries, logistics expert Stuart Higgins from LCP Consulting told the BBC that Black Friday's orders equated to about 22 million parcels, with a similar volume expected to be generated on Monday.
However, he added: "A staggering 10% of that won't be delivered on time and that's because retailers haven't got their back-end fulfilment capabilities - their organisation, processes and infrastructure - in place to cope with the marketing hype that has been created around Black Friday."
After chaotic scenes at some stores on Black Friday last year, this year saw much calmer trading as more shoppers decided to hunt for bargains online.
Analyst Miya Knight from Planet Retail said that Currys and PC World saw online traffic increase 1000% on the morning of Black Friday. | Cyber Monday is expected to add to one of the busiest weekends for online shopping, following Black Friday. | 34961959 | [
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The raiders targeted the Central England Co-operative property on Chesterfield Road in Duckmanton at about 04:00 BST.
The owner of nearby business WB Motors, Ian Womack, said the raiders had torn down the front of the shop.
Mr Womack said: "It looks like they devastated the property to be fair - the whole front has fallen down."
He said: "There's a large piece of machinery - a JCB - was taken from a building site around the corner - and half the shop front has been pulled down by the JCB to take out the cash machine.
"It will be weeks before it is sorted out. It was not just the cash machine that was stolen - the whole front wall was pulled out."
Mr Womack said the Co-op was cordoned off by police when he arrived at work, adding that CCTV images from his forecourt "would probably identify the culprits".
He said an abandoned vehicle found nearby would also provide "some interesting evidence".
A Co-op spokesman said: "While the building is structurally sound, at present we cannot say when we will be able to open the store again for trading."
The culprits fled the scene in a white Vauxhall van and police are appealing for witnesses to contact them.
The cash machine and van were found later by officers near Buttermilk Lane, police said.
A police spokesman said several vehicles were involved, but officers were "still trying to piece together exactly what happened". | Thieves used a JCB to smash into the front of a filling station store during a cash machine raid in Derbyshire. | 33566136 | [
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Those words sung by Frank Sinatra for Martin Scorsese's classic 1970s film were ones Rotherham chairman Tony Stewart might have hoped to hear in the town's streets in July 2012 as they moved in to the New York Stadium, its name taken from that of the local area.
After four years playing home games outside Rotherham, it marked a return 'home' for the Millers. But little could Stewart have realised it would result in such an upturn in fortunes on the pitch too.
"I took over the club six years ago and decided to build a ground that was fit for the purpose, then start working with managers to get confidence back into the town," said the owner of Rotherham-based ASD Lighting PLC after the Millers secured Championship promotion by beating Leyton Orient on penalties in the League One play-off final.
And as chants of 'there's only one Tony Stewart' rang out inside English football's national stadium, neutrals could be forgiven for wondering who the United fans were singing about.
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In a town perhaps more famous for providing the sport with World Cup final referee Howard Webb, than South Yorkshire's second Championship football team, he is the man that saved their club.
"If you're not a Rotherham fan, you can't understand the ups and downs we've had these past few years," one supporter told the Football League Show on the steps of Wembley.
We can at least try to.
'These vagabond shoes, they are longing to stray'... a little strong? It is closer to the mark than you would think.
In 2008, Stewart bought a club in administration, preparing for a season in the Football League's basement division with a 17-point penalty.
That was only the half of it. A factor in the Millers' dire financial situation was the rent being charged at their stadium, Millmoor.
The landlords failed to strike a deal with Stewart, and with heavy heart, he laced those vagabond shoes and strayed across the M1 to nearby Sheffield.
Rotherham bedded down at the now-demolished Don Valley Stadium, with Stewart promising to fund construction of a new home in the S60 post-code range.
A facility built for the hosting of athletics at the 1991 World University Games, Rotherham were welcome tenants for Sheffield City Council, which was struggling to cover the stadium's bills via the rent of Championship rugby league side Sheffield Eagles and the occasional athletics meeting.
This lighting salesman from Rotherham could not have fathomed that six years later United would be two divisions higher. Could he?
"My dream is probably to get to the top of the Championship. Talk to Hull, talk to Barnsley, these teams have done it before," Stewart told BBC Radio Sheffield two years ago.
Three months later they made a brand new start of it.
The £17m New York Stadium was to be Rotherham's new home, a name coined from the fact the area previously housed the site of old steelworks firm Guest and Chrimes, a company famed for manufacturing the Big Apple's iconic red fire hydrants.
After four years of League Two - including a play-off final defeat by Dagenham & Redbridge - and four managers, Stewart had made good on his pledge as the Millers returned to S60, a stone's throw from Millmoor.
As their final season in exile was drawing to a close, then Crawley Town manager Steve Evans was recruited as boss. His arrival, along with the stadium move, sparked Rotherham's remarkable rise.
The Glaswegian overhauled a squad Andy Scott had struggled to get the best out of, bringing in 12 and moving out seven players over that summer.
And the 51-year-old's first full season started as Stewart had no doubt dreamed.
"Tony Stewart saved Rotherham United. The joyous feelings of Millers fans after back-to-back promotions is in stark contrast to the anger, confusion and despondency felt in the two-year period sparked by dropping out of the second-tier in 2005.
"The club was beset with problems on and off the field. They entered administration in 2006 which caused a 10-point deduction and contributed to relegation the following season.
"Ten more were docked the next year and 17 for Stewart's inaugural season at the helm. They needed someone of his ambition, candour, and business acumen to help them avoid more doom and gloom.
"We can only really guess how much money his Rotherham revolution has cost to date, but the benefit to the club and the town itself is immeasurable.
"Everything Stewart has said he was going to do he has done - the fact it has taken just six years is remarkable.
"The club and the town now have a team and a stadium to be very proud of."
A 3-0 win over Burton in the new, New York Stadium was witnessed by 11,441 people - a far cry from the 4,484 that attended the curtain-raiser at Don Valley four years earlier.
In April, victory over Aldershot Town, ironically under the tutelage of his predecessor, secured Evans' seventh promotion as a manager.
"I walked out on Crawley 12 months ago to come to a club that I believe could be a Championship club," Evans proclaimed after finishing, not quite top of the heap, as League Two runners-up.
"We've got a lot of hard work to do to just be a League One club, but we'll get there very quickly under a fantastic chairman and supporters that have been incredible all season."
More evolution than revolution came in Evans' second close-season as he tweaked his squad for their first third-tier campaign since 2006-07.
And as Stewart had hoped, people did want to 'be a part of it' in New York.
His town's enthusiasm for football did not wane. An average home gate of 8,580 saw United spend the final six months of the campaign in the play-off places, ultimately securing promotion by overcoming Preston North End and then Leyton Orient.
"The fans have been absolutely magnificent. I know how much it hurt them against Dagenham four years ago," Evans told BBC Radio Sheffield.
"How could you ever forget what we've achieved in these last two years? If you offered me a lottery win or this, it would be this.
Rotherham United's last stint in the second tier of English football came on the back of successive promotions in 2000 and 2001.
"I've been working for a great chairman but they're not always good days. There are days where there's a debate, days that aren't easy ones, but that's why Tony Stewart is as successful as he is.
"He's a man who has everything, so for him to tell me I've given him something money couldn't buy, I'm extremely proud."
His chairman is not done yet.
"For me, taking over was a challenge and it's a challenge I've enjoyed," said Stewart.
"I always say, whatever league you're in, you're in it to win it, to be at the pinnacle of that league.
"There's only one step higher than the Championship - the adventure goes on."
And £30m, six years, four managers and two promotions down the road, Stewart still wants to be top of the list, head of the heap, king of the hill.
Right there in old New York.
Interviews by BBC Radio Sheffield's Andy Giddings and Rob Staton, and the Football League Show's Mark Clemmit. | 'Start spreading the news, I'm leaving today, I want to be a part of it, New York, New York.' | 27587374 | [
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Liberty, headed by Sanjeev Gupta, was first to express an interest in the assets when they were put up for sale.
A spokesman for Liberty told the BBC that the firm had put together a team of advisers and financial backers.
"The formal process is to submit a letter of intent; it amounts to a bid. It will be done on Tuesday," he said.
In addition to the Port Talbot factory - the UK's largest steelworks - Tata's remaining assets include sites at Newport, where more than 1,300 people are employed, and Rotherham, which employs 1,200. Tata also has operations at Corby, Shotton and Teesside.
Macquarie, the Australian bank, was advising Liberty on a potential bid, and is considered a potential financial backer of any takeover.
Liberty House started life in the university room of Indian-born founder Sanjeev Gupta.
While a student at Cambridge University in 1992, the budding entrepreneur started what has since become a global steel and commodities business with annual sales of more than £2bn.
With operations in 30 countries, and headquarters in London, Dubai, and Singapore, Mr Gupta's Liberty has also emerged as a possible saviour of Britain's steel industry.
Liberty's focus is on recycling the mountains of scrap metal generated in the UK, rather than the historical method of producing steel in blast furnaces.
Last month, it acquired Tata Steel's plants in Lanarkshire. In recent years, it has reached similar deals for steel plants in Newport and the Black Country.
A management buyout team is also planning to submit a bid under the name Excalibur Steel UK Limited.
It has appointed investment banker Mark Rhydderch-Roberts as a non-executive director. He joins Stuart Wilkie, the head of Tata's United Kingdom strip steel business, and former Alcan senior executive and venture capitalist Roger Maggs, on the board.
The government has promised to support any buyer of the business by taking up to a 25% stake in a new business and making hundreds of millions of pounds of finance available.
Tata has not publicly set a deadline for any deal, but has made it clear it cannot sustain its £1m-a-day losses indefinitely and does not want to prolong the uncertainty for workers and customers.
Tata's Scunthorpe operation, which employs more than 3,000 people, has been sold to investment firm Greybull Capital for a nominal £1. | Liberty House plans to submit a formal bid on Tuesday to buy Tata Steel's UK assets, which include the Port Talbot works employing about 4,000 people. | 36189022 | [
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Many people say that is just supply and demand.
But since a Devon father's Facebook "rant" on the subject went viral, more than 165,000 people have signed a petition calling on the government to "cap" price rises in the school holidays.
The issue will be debated by MPs later, but what solutions might help holidaymakers?
The popular petition, now the fifth most signed since the government set up its e-petitions website, asks UK authorities to "enforce action that caps the percentage increase on holiday prices in school holidays".
Mother-of-two Donna Thresher, from Essex, set up the petition and said holiday companies should also be forced to advertise term-time holiday costs when selling trips in the school holidays - allowing customers to see the difference.
Theresa Greenwood, who has four children and lives in Manchester, said a cap could stop many parents being "priced out of even the cheaper end of the market".
Another parent, Debbie Bower, from Sheffield, said: "It is wrong to allow 300%-plus increases in school holidays for so-called supply and demand."
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But responding to the e-petition, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills said it was "for businesses to decide the market worth of their products".
And travel journalist Simon Calder said: "If that [regulation] were to happen then you might as well just close down the whole holiday industry because they simply could not make any money."
Richard Singer, of travel deals company Travelzoo, set up an e-petition calling for Airport Passenger Duty (APD) to be suspended or reduced during the school summer holidays.
The petition, which has been signed by more than 38,000 people, says the move would help end the "parent trap" of inflated holiday prices.
Information gathered by Travelzoo last year suggested holidays from the UK to long-haul destinations were 40% more expensive in the "peak" summer weeks, and a survey found 80% of families felt "penalised" by the prices.
Mr Singer said a "creative solution" was needed, and suspending APD should be part of that.
APD ranges from £13 to £188 per passenger on most flights, with lower rates for economy passengers and shorter flights.
Zoe Keene, a member of Holiday Price Increase, a Facebook group set up to campaign for reduced prices, said tax breaks would be "easier to implement" than trying to get holiday companies to cut prices.
Responding to the Travelzoo e-petition, the Treasury said APD played an "important part in supporting this government's stabilisation of the UK's public finances".
APD is paid by airlines - not directly by passengers - and the Treasury said there could be no guarantee of savings being "passed on fully" to customers even if the tax was cut.
The Association of British Travel Agents said the travel industry "would welcome" staggering of school holiday dates to avoid high demand in short periods.
It said a poll of its members last week found 85% favoured "staggering by region" in the UK, a system already used in several European countries.
Mother-of-one Emma Lowther, from Plymouth said: "I think they should stagger some of the term times so that demand for holidays would go down and instead would be spread out, so holiday companies would not have 'peak times'."
John Lamerton, also from Plymouth, whose wife is a teacher, said: "Staggering term times seems to be the most common sense solution I have seen suggested."
He said staggering would "soften the blow" of synchronised holiday dates and create a more stable market for travel firms with "increased 'holiday' periods for family-friendly destinations".
But mother-of-four Adele Large, from Evesham in Worcestershire, said staggering holidays would not be "fair on those with children at different schools".
"Childcare would be a nightmare," she said.
Since September 2013, head teachers in England have been able to grant absences for holidays only in "exceptional circumstances".
A petition on campaigns website 38 Degrees, calling for the rule change to be reversed, has been signed more than 200,000 times.
Mother-of-four Emma Matthews, from Brixham in Devon, said: "I think they should go back to how it was last year. Why break something that works?"
She said rules against term-time breaks should "target the parents of children whose attendance is poor".
"At the moment they are corralling ordinary, hard-working parents down a path they do not want to go down and forcing us to either break the law or give up family time," said mother-of-three Caitlin Hartley-Curran, from Huddersfield.
Liberal Democrat MP John Hemming, who put the holiday prices petition forward for debate in Parliament, said "greater discretion for head teachers in some circumstances" was one possible solution to the problem.
A Halifax survey published last week suggested 41% of parents would take their children on holiday during term time despite the fines - which are £60 per parent per child. These double if they are not paid within 28 days.
Paul Cookson, whose Facebook post sparked mass support for the petition, said its call for price regulation was unlikely to be successful.
He said it raised awareness, but the best chance of success would be for a major holiday provider to voluntarily stop increasing prices during school holidays.
"The ideal is to work with the holiday companies directly to advise them on the business of reduced-priced holidays in these set times - it can be done," he said.
Mr Cookson said such a move would bring a company thousands of loyal customers, and could force others to follow suit.
He said there was no "one answer" to the problem, but some smaller companies already kept their prices stable during school holidays and more could be convinced to do so.
Many people believe the only viable solution is for people to refuse to pay peak-time holiday prices.
Victoria Bacon, of ABTA, said families should book early and "be flexible" by avoiding peak days and destinations.
Travel journalist Simon Calder agreed, saying people should find a "way around it" by avoiding popular routes, or trying holidays like camping, where prices do not rise so sharply.
Father-of-two Peter Syme, from Perth, said: "Take your time and search out small owner-operated businesses and do not just default to booking with huge PLC businesses."
One such business is run by Sarah Guy, who offers camper van holidays on the Isle of Wight.
"I do not increase during school holidays, with the intention of supporting our local tourism sector and fellow parents," she said.
But with "all hands on deck" in the school holidays, her family has also found itself in trouble over taking a break - she said she was recently fined £360 for taking her children away during term time. | Is it fair for airlines and holiday companies to charge much more during the school holidays than in term time? | 26093691 | [
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In the 2015 General Election, Labour won the seat with 52% of the vote and the Conservatives came second with 15%.
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Liberal centrist Emmanuel Macron - winner of the first round - and nationalist Marine Le Pen are already revolutionising French politics.
They have delivered a big blow to the long-dominant Socialists and conservative Republicans.
Mr Macron leads a new movement called En Marche (On the Move), while Ms Le Pen is backed by the National Front (FN). They disagree on many issues, especially Europe and immigration.
The decisive second round is on 7 May - and polls suggest Mr Macron is ahead. So what are the main differences between the Macron and Le Pen visions?
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The polling average line looks at the five most recent national polls and takes the median value, ie, the value between the two figures that are higher and two figures that are lower. | National renewal is what both the rival French presidential candidates are promising, but they offer very different paths to get there. | 39705744 | [
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Bendtner required oxygen as he was carried off the field on a stretcher, having landed awkwardly in a collision with Blues defender Michael Morrison.
The Dane had set up Eric Lichaj to open the scoring and Apostolos Vellios made it 2-0 from Henri Lansbury's cross.
Lukas Jutkiewicz headed a goal back for Blues but Hildeberto Pereira finished Ben Osborn's low pass to seal victory.
A Birmingham win could have taken Gary Rowett's side as high as second in the table, but their first away loss of the league campaign means they may be outside the top six by the time they host Rotherham on Tuesday.
Lichaj's powerful angled shot, the defender's first goal for almost a year, lit up a flat first half at the City Ground.
The only other talking point before the interval was Lansbury's disallowed free-kick, with referee Jeremy Simpson initially awarding a goal and then reversing his decision following consultation with his assistant.
Forest's win came hours after owner Fawaz Al Hasawi announced he is close to agreeing a deal to sell the club.
Al Hasawi, who took control of Forest in 2012, would not reveal the identity of the buyers but BBC Sport understands that a United States consortium, led by millionaire John Jay Moores, is on the verge of securing a £50m deal.
Head coach Philippe Montanier told BBC Radio Nottingham: "I enjoyed the victory. We've worked hard during the international break and we applied what we worked on during that period.
"Bendtner's injury is a bad point of this evening. We don't know how serious it is. I hope it is not very serious.
"When you go off on a stretcher, you always worry. We hope to have more news on Saturday."
Birmingham manager Gary Rowett told BBC WM: "We weren't anywhere near the standards we've set so far this season, certainly in the first half. We were a little bit too predictable.
"We wanted to do much better in the second half and there was a real determination to do that. We ended up at 2-1 and we looked as though we had put them under some real pressure.
"I wasn't overly happy with one or two decisions, but I thought Forest deserved it. They showed more energy and desire."
Match ends, Nottingham Forest 3, Birmingham City 1.
Second Half ends, Nottingham Forest 3, Birmingham City 1.
Henri Lansbury (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Stephen Gleeson (Birmingham City).
Foul by Ryan Shotton (Birmingham City).
Eric Lichaj (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City).
Thomas Lam (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. David Cotterill (Birmingham City) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Hildeberto Pereira (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.
Diego Fabbrini (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Hildeberto Pereira (Nottingham Forest).
Diego Fabbrini (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Hildeberto Pereira (Nottingham Forest).
Attempt missed. Henri Lansbury (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ben Osborn.
Attempt missed. Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Reece Brown.
Foul by Ryan Shotton (Birmingham City).
Ben Osborn (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Reece Brown (Birmingham City).
Chris Cohen (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Birmingham City. Reece Brown replaces David Davis.
David Davis (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by David Davis (Birmingham City).
Eric Lichaj (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Ryan Shotton (Birmingham City).
Chris Cohen (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Goal! Nottingham Forest 3, Birmingham City 1. Hildeberto Pereira (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ben Osborn with a cross.
Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Thomas Lam replaces Mustapha Carayol.
Foul by Ryan Shotton (Birmingham City).
Chris Cohen (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City).
Vladimir Stojkovic (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Paul Robinson (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Paul Robinson (Birmingham City).
Mustapha Carayol (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Hildeberto Pereira replaces Armand Traore.
Attempt missed. Michael Morrison (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Lukas Jutkiewicz with a headed pass.
Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Vladimir Stojkovic.
Attempt saved. Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom left corner.
Diego Fabbrini (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half. | Nottingham Forest beat Birmingham but their 3-1 win was marred by an injury suffered by striker Nicklas Bendtner. | 37581974 | [
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A Chinese statement issued during a visit by US Secretary of State John Kerry said the nuclear issue was the "shared responsibility of all parties".
Mr Kerry said the two sides must decide "very quickly" how to proceed.
North Korea has recently threatened nuclear attacks, and is feared to be preparing a missile launch.
A flurry of warlike statements from Pyongyang has prompted speculation that a launch could happen on 15 April, when the country marks the 101st birthday of the nation's founder and former leader, Kim Il-sung.
By Damian GrammaticasChina correspondent
After weeks of rising tensions, and North Korea's threats of nuclear war, the diplomatic efforts to tackle this crisis are gathering pace.
The pledge to work with the US is a clear signal of China's displeasure with North Korea. China is North Korea's only ally, and is not going to stop supporting the North, but wants it to calm things down.
The question is will North Korea listen? In recent weeks the North's regime has made clear it now views having nuclear weapons as vital to its survival.
It has said explicitly that it won't bargain them away.
North Korea has reportedly moved at least two Musudan ballistic missiles to its east coast, but on Saturday, South Korea's Yonhap news agency quoted officials in Seoul as saying that no new movement of the mobile launchers had been detected for two days.
US officials including Mr Kerry have been playing down a leaked Pentagon report which warned that Pyongyang could have developed the technology to mount a nuclear warhead on a missile.
Since the UN imposed fresh sanctions on North Korea in February, its leadership has promised to restart a mothballed nuclear reactor, has shut an emergency military hotline to South Korea, and has urged diplomatic staff to leave, saying it cannot guarantee their safety.
The North says it has also been angered by joint US-South Korean military exercises.
Though its rhetoric has been more bellicose than usual, analysts say it fits a long-standing pattern, and may be intended to boost the popularity of Kim Jong-un, who came to power last year.
In Beijing Mr Kerry held talks with President Xi Jinping and Foreign Minister Wang Yi. In comments to Mr Xi, he said the world was facing "a critical time with some very challenging issues".
Among them were Korean tensions but also "the challenge of Iran and nuclear weapons, Syria and the Middle East, and economies around the world that are in need of a boost", he said.
He later issued a statement saying the US and China were able "to underscore our joint commitment to the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula in a peaceful manner".
He said the two sides would have "further discussions to bear down very quickly with great specificity on exactly how we will accomplish this goal".
Missile defences in the region
North Korea's missile programme
The statement was issued after talks with Yang Jiechi, China's top diplomat.
Mr Yang said China was "firmly committed to upholding peace and stability and advancing the denuclearisation process".
"To properly address the Korea nuclear issue serves the common interests of all parties. It is also the shared responsibility of all parties," he said.
China is North Korea's only ally and major trading partner, but has grown increasingly frustrated with its growing belligerence.
Even so, the BBC's Damian Grammaticas reports from Beijing that persuading China to up the pressure on North Korea will not be easy.
China might be frustrated by Pyongyang's behaviour but it is still the North's lifeline, so Beijing is unlikely to cut vital supplies of food and fuel since it feels that may make the North even more desperate and unpredictable, our correspondent adds.
Following meetings in the South Korean capital, Seoul, on Friday, Mr Kerry said no country had a closer relationship with Pyongyang than China.
Noting that Beijing, like Washington, wanted denuclearisation on the peninsula, he added: "If that's your policy, you've got to put some teeth into it."
He warned North Korea against any missile launch, saying it would be a "provocation and unwanted act" which would further isolate North Korea and its people who, he said "are desperate for food, not missile launches".
But he also said the US had tried to tone down its own statements, and cancelled some military exercises.
"I think we have lowered our rhetoric significantly and we are attempting to find a way for reasonableness to prevail here," he said.
Mr Kerry is on a four-day trip to Asia, and travels to Tokyo on Sunday.
Russia has also expressed growing concern over North Korea and said on Friday that it had issued "an urgent appeal" to Pyongyang "to refrain from actions which could lead to further escalation of tension".
Some estimates suggest that the missiles North Korea has moved to its east coast could travel 4,000km (2,500 miles), although it is not believed that the Musudan has been tested before.
That would put US bases on the Pacific island of Guam within range. | China and the US have vowed to work together to persuade North Korea to give up its nuclear programme and to settle tensions through dialogue. | 22131316 | [
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Maddison told the club website: "Last season was a big learning curve for me.
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Nearly a quarter (23%) had gone without food at least once in the previous year.
CAS said its findings showed that debt was "just a fact of life" for most people.
Almost half (48%) of the 1,501 Scots who took part in the survey had been forced to borrow money or use credit to buy food.
A fifth needed help to pay their rent or mortgage - a figure which jumped to 29% when it came to utility bills.
The report also found that more than half (55%) of the people quizzed would be unable to pay a sudden bill of £100 without borrowing, using savings or cutting back on essentials.
For a £250 bill, this rose to 69%, and for £1,000 it was 83%.
Nearly four in 10 (38%) felt they were "living comfortably" on their income.
CAS policy manager Keith Dryburgh said the study showed that debt was not just an issue for people on low incomes.
He said: "Many working Scots on reasonable salaries occasionally need to borrow money to get them from one pay day to the next.
"While many of these people would not regard this as a crisis situation, our research also finds that many people are vulnerable to financial shocks, like being unable to pay a sudden bill without getting into debt or using savings.
"More than half of Scots are not familiar with their rights as debt consumers.
"Given that debt is so pervasive in Scotland, we are keen to make sure that people know their rights in relation to debt and also know what options they have if they want to manage their finances better." | More than half of Scots have run out of money before pay day, according to a new report. | 40094899 | [
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PepsiCo said in March it was consulting about plans to close the Peterlee factory to help it make "productivity and efficiency savings" in the UK.
A spokeswoman confirmed earlier that production would be moved to the company's other UK sites by December.
She said 355 workers had been given notice earlier and all those affected would be offered support.
The company is still consulting with its subsidiary firm PRDC Transport about the fate of 23 additional posts associated with the crisp factory.
Tracey Foster, Peterlee manufacturing director at PepsiCo UK said: "We appreciate that this is very difficult news for everyone at the Peterlee site.
"We would like to emphasise that this decision in no way reflects the performance of our colleagues at Peterlee and we remain very grateful for their hard work and commitment.
"Efficiency savings are crucial for ensuring the long-term sustainable growth of our business in the UK."
At the time of the consultation, the Labour MP Grahame Morris said the closure proposal was a "bitter blow" for East Durham.
In a statement released earlier, the Easington Labour prospective parliamentary candidate said: "PepsiCo has confirmed it has decided to proceed with the closure of the Walkers manufacturing site at Peterlee by the end of December 2017."
Some of the famous crisps made at the factory include Walkers, Lays, Sensations, Scampi Fries, Bacon Fries, Cheese Moments and Cheetos Twisted, the firm said.
1960: The factory opened as Tudor Crisps
1961: It was bought by Smith's Crisps
1989: Walkers bought the factory from Smith's Crisps
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The 26-year-old is replaced by Lions scrum-half Mike Phillips while Ospreys wing Eli Walker is also drafted back in to the squad to take Halfpenny's spot.
Both were part of the extended training pool but did not make the final cut.
Webb posted a message on social media saying: "Really disappointed to be ruled out of the RWC. After all the hard work I've put in over the summer, words can't describe how I'm feeling."
And Wales head coach Warren Gatland said: "It is extremely disappointing for both Leigh and Rhys.
"They have worked exceptionally hard to establish themselves on the world stage and to prepare for the tournament and we wish them all the best with their recovery.
"After announcing the squad we spoke about the need for players to remain ready for action and it is a great opportunity for Mike and Eli.
"It's great that we can call on players of this calibre. To bring Mike's experience into the squad is a bonus along with Eli's exciting talent."
Wales say Webb requires further assessments on both his foot and knee before details can be given about whether he requires surgery.
He left the field on a stretcher during the first-half against Italy on Saturday after being caught in a ruck.
Gatland's worst fears have now been realised with the loss of Webb and Halfpenny.
Webb has established himself as Wales' leading scrum-half, having been outstanding during last season's Six Nations Championship.
Halfpenny has scored 508 points in 62 appearances for his country and was voted man of the series when the British and Irish Lions beat Australia by two Tests to one in 2013.
Phillips will add plenty of experience on his return to the squad, having played in two previous World Cups during a 94-cap career. His five Lions caps mean he is one short of reaching the 100-cap milestone.
The 33-year-old was discarded from the squad in August as Gatland chose Webb, Gareth Davies and Lloyd Williams as the scrum-halves.
Walker is just starting his international career, the 23-year-old having only made his Wales debut against Ireland in August before being overlooked in favour of George North, Alex Cuthbert and Hallam Amos.
Wales are banking on Liam Williams to prove his fitness and take over from Halfpenny at full-back, with the Scarlets back only recently returning to full training following foot surgery in June. | Wales scrum-half Rhys Webb has been ruled out of the Rugby World Cup because of a foot injury. | 34183785 | [
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Wasps goalkeeper Neil Parry had already denied Dobbie three times before the striker curled in a drive off a post.
Parry saved again from Dobbie after the break, but the 33-year-old would not be denied his fifth goal in three Challenge Cup outings and 12th goal of the season for the Championship side.
His close-range header killed off the lively League One visitors' hopes.
And it ended a run of eight games without a victory for the Dumfries side - a sequence that had ended with Gavin Skelton standing down as manager earlier this week.
The side under caretaker Jim Thomson, who had been football development manager, for the first time became the second into the last four.
Dundee United had earlier beaten Dunfermline Athletic 1-0 at East End Park.
League One leaders Livingston host Welsh champions The New Saints, while Ayr United visit Championship rivals St Mirren, in two Sunday quarter-finals.
A Grant Anderson header had grazed the Alloa crossbar before Dobbie made the breakthrough at Palmerston Park.
The Wasps had their moments, with Jamie Longworth being denied by goalkeeper Lee Robinson and Greig Spence going close with an overhead kick with Jim Goodwin's part-time side only one goal behind and looking the more likely to score.
However, after Parry prevented Derek Lyle extending the lead, Dobbie provided the finish from Dean Brotherston's cross 14 minutes from time.
Queen of the South caretaker manager Jim Thomson: "It was a shock to myself. On the Monday, Gavin just decides to resign. I think it was a combination of things.
"It has been a terrible run and hopefully that brings a bit of confidence to the squad.
"It has been a hard week for everybody, but the way the boys trained during the week, the tempo they took into the game.
"I thought in the first half we were excellent. Some of their play was brilliant.
"It is a break from the league for the boys and it's a national cup semi-final so you always want to progress."
Alloa Athletic manager Jim Goodwin: "We came here to be positive and to take the game to Queen of the South. I thought we done that for large spells of the game.
"They're very lucky to have Stephen Dobie, who's a top player.
"He's the type of player who could easily be playing in the Premiership.
"I'm proud of the players. We didn't just come down here and look to hang on. Overall, there's a lot to be positive about." | Stephen Dobbie's double took Queen of the South into the Challenge Cup semi-finals at Alloa Athletic's expense. | 37961583 | [
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Kevin Whyman, 39, was killed in the crash at Oulton Park, Cheshire, at about 14:00 BST on Saturday.
But TV and radio presenter Chris Evans, who created the event, said police had advised it would be best to carry on.
A minute's silence has been held at the festival site and visitors stopped to pay their respects.
Mr Evans said the crash in which Mr Whyman was killed was a "tragic accident".
A visibly upset Evans told reporters: "Our condolences go out to his family, who have been informed.
"The police have also advised us that the best thing and the safest thing to do is to carry on with the event, bearing in mind that there are 10,000 children here - and that is what we are going to do."
CarFest organisers said the festival had resumed but there would be no further aerial displays.
Mr Whyman, nicknamed "Jester", was a member of the Gnat Display Team and married with a young daughter.
In a statement, Heritage Aircraft Trust, which runs the team, said: "Kevin was a Royal Air Force-trained fast jet pilot whose enthusiasm for flying the Folland Gnat was infectious.
"He will be greatly missed by his family, the team and many friends.
"Kevin leaves a wife and young daughter. Please respect the privacy of family members and of the team at this most difficult time."
Shocked spectators fell silent as the plane suddenly nosedived during the display, before disappearing behind trees.
Moments later a plume of thick black smoke billowed in to the sky.
BBC producer Justin Bones, at the scene, said two planes had performed a low-level, close-proximity pass just before the crash.
One of the aircraft had failed to pull up and crashed north of the circuit, he said.
Mr Whyman, who started flying the Folland Gnat in 2005, was one of the founder members of the display team in 2007.
He lived in Westminster, central London, and split his leisure time between the airfield during the summer months and the ski slopes of the Swiss Alps during the winter.
An Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) spokesman said it would be investigating the incident and sending a team to the site.
Cheshire Police is also investigating.
Mr Whyman, who was born in Chester, was a Cambridge University economics graduate.
He trained with the university's boat club and coxed Cambridge to victory in the 1996 and 1997 boat races against Oxford.
He had a career with the RAF from 1998 to 2001, when he left for a trading job with a US investment bank in the City of London.
He completed his civilian flying licences so that he could continue to fly.
Evans is a car enthusiast and was recently named as the new presenter of the BBC's Top Gear show.
CarFest is described on its Twitter profile as his "dream of the perfect family festival", featuring cars, planes and music while raising money for BBC Children In Need.
The weekend event in Cheshire began on Friday and a second festival is due to be held in Hampshire later this month. | The CarFest motoring event has resumed, a day after the death of a pilot whose aircraft plummeted from the sky during an aerial display. | 33750405 | [
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The meeting will be attended by police officers, lawyers and Scotland's Lord Advocate James Wolffe QC.
The focus will be on how leaving the EU could affect law enforcement and criminal justice in Scotland.
It will also look at the possible implications for civil and family law, and commercial issues.
The meeting, which will also include experts from the Scottish Universities Legal Network on Europe and the Standing Council on Europe, is due to take place in Edinburgh on 24 November.
Mr Matheson said: "The UK Brexit vote raises many uncertainties for Scotland's unique justice system.
"That is why I am bringing together leaders and experts to help us understand these issues - and any steps we can take now to mitigate the risks.
"The cessation of EU membership and single market access would have significant and wide-ranging ramifications from a justice and legal perspective.
"The issues range from tackling cross-border crime through to an individual with an EU ex-partner securing child maintenance payment, from Europol co-ordination with other countries to protecting Scots consumers' rights when buying from abroad online."
It follows a court ruling that parliament must vote before the UK can start the process of leaving the EU.
The ruling means the UK government cannot trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty - beginning formal exit negotiations with the EU - on its own.
The justice secretary added: "The summit discussions will help inform us of risks like these - and others - as the Scottish government continues to press for full involvement in all negotiations between the UK government and the EU.
"Despite the uncertainties caused by the threat of Brexit, we will continue our efforts to safeguard Scotland's communities and the integrity of our justice system, while protecting the personal and commercial interests of our families, consumers and businesses." | Justice Secretary Michael Matheson is to host a summit of experts to consider how the UK's Brexit vote could affect Scotland's justice system. | 38038444 | [
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The 18-year-old midfielder, who has signed a three-and-a-half-year deal, was the subject of a rejected bid from Newcastle United earlier in the month.
BBC Sport understands the deal does not include a buy-back option.
The highly-rated youngster, whose Old Trafford contract would have run out this summer, was part of United's FA Youth Cup winning side last year.
But United boss Sir Alex Ferguson recently branded Morrison's contract demands as "unrealistic".
Ferguson handed the Wythenshawe-born player his senior debut in the Carling Cup in 2010 against Wolves, but the youngster has also had a chequered history off the pitch.
Two days after winning the 2011 FA Cup Youth final, the 18-year-old was fined £600 by a court for throwing his girlfriend's mobile phone through a window during an argument.
And Ferguson is hoping a change of scenery will help Morrison put his off-field problems behind him.
"In the case of Ravel it's been quite well documented," said Ferguson. "I think he's better out of Manchester.
"He's got a great talent but it's how to deal with it that is important."
Morrison told the Hammers website: "I'm really pleased to have signed. The move has happened very quickly and I'm looking forward to hopefully moving up to the Premier League with West Ham soon.
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Victoria Police posted a public appeal on Monday to locate Daniel Damon who is wanted for failing to answer bail for traffic and drug matters.
Damon replied to the post and to a number of other users commenting on the situation.
He told police he would turn himself in after getting things "organised".
"Can you use a better photo tho. This is a horrible mugshot," said Damon, 25, in response to the warrant.
"Hi Daniel, please visit your nearest police station and we'll arrange for a new photo to be taken!" police replied.
"Yea I plan on it once I get a few things in order... just gotta organise myself a lawyer and get everything organised," he said.
Police describe Damon as 180cm tall (5ft 11in), medium build, with brown hair and eyes and a fair complexion. He also has numerous body tattoos.
Senior Constable Melissa Seach told the BBC that police were making enquiries to locate him but he had not turned himself in.
She said police officer sometimes used social media as a tool as part of their investigation and it had led to good results in some cases.
"This may encourage someone that may know him to call us and provide information anonymously to crime stoppers," she said.
Damon's post was commented on by various people with some commending his sense of humour.
But most were keen on Damon being brought to justice.
"Yes think you may need that sense of humour where your going Danny boy," said Sue Hartley.
"This bloke is too arrogant for his own good," said Ajay Conodie.
"Victoria Police, he's not very good looking is he? Don't bother with any more photos," said Julie Benic Duck. | An Australian man is still at large after an exchange with police on Facebook where he asked them to change his mugshot. | 33421501 | [
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During a "very busy two hour period" on Friday, the fire service said it received more than 100 calls to over 30 flooding incidents in Southend.
Six people were rescued after their vehicles got stuck at a flooded roundabout on Woodgrange Drive.
The roof of the Pearl Dragon restaurant collapsed under the weight of the rain. No-one was hurt.
Crews were also sent to the Sea Life Centre, opposite the restaurant on the Eastern Esplanade, to pump water from the building.
Martin Richardson, owner of the Happidrome on Southend's Golden Mile, said the amusement arcade had been overcome by water.
"It came through the back, the side, it came through the wall, it came through the roof, the main drains," he said. "At least four of the arcades on the promenade suffered.
"It's going to be a long while before we're open."
Mark Baumann, owner of the Bourgee restaurant on the seafront, said he watched in vain as flood water entered the building.
"I've never seen rain like it," he said. "The water started to come into the restaurant, and then it went further, and further.
"It was all hands on deck - some of the customers helped to squeegee the water away."
The rain has resulted in traffic delays, with the A12 London-bound at Witham blocked by flood water.
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Jordan Maguire-Drew nearly put the Daggers in front early on when he struck the woodwork while at the other end, Ryan Bird did the same with a header as the sides sparred.
In the second half, Matt Robinson threaded a through-pass to Whitely, who controlled and dispatched under Ryan Clarke with the confidence of a striker - a goal that ended an impressive 10-match unbeaten run for the hosts.
Whitely could have put a greater gloss on matters for John Still's side, but he struck the bar from 20 yards.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Eastleigh 0, Dagenham and Redbridge 1.
Second Half ends, Eastleigh 0, Dagenham and Redbridge 1.
Substitution, Eastleigh. James Constable replaces Ryan Bird.
Substitution, Eastleigh. Jamie Cureton replaces Adam Dawson.
Frankie Raymond (Dagenham and Redbridge) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Eastleigh. James Granger replaces Adam Dugdale.
Goal! Eastleigh 0, Dagenham and Redbridge 1. Corey Whitely (Dagenham and Redbridge).
Substitution, Dagenham and Redbridge. Fejiri Okenabirhie replaces Sam Ling.
Second Half begins Eastleigh 0, Dagenham and Redbridge 0.
First Half ends, Eastleigh 0, Dagenham and Redbridge 0.
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His letter to Theresa May was signed by 30 cross-party London MPs, council leaders and London Assembly members.
It claimed a second runway at Gatwick would be the "obvious choice" for the capital and Britain.
"Gatwick would not only require no public subsidy - a huge factor in our current uncertain economic times - but would give Britain all the benefits of expansion whilst keeping our air quality safe and within legal limits," Mr Khan said.
In her keynote address to the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham, Mrs May confirmed that the government would "shortly announce" which airport would get the go-ahead.
The shortlisted options being considered are a third runway at Heathrow, extending its existing northern runway and a second runway at Gatwick. | The mayor of London has written to the prime minister in a last-ditch plea for an extra runway to be built at Gatwick Airport, rather than at Heathrow. | 37567055 | [
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The Gulls beat Solihull Moors for a first win in nine, but Nicholson was unhappy with the attitude afterwards.
"We came in after beating Solihull and too many of the team looked like they'd made it," Nicholson told BBC Devon.
"You should be in on Thursday and you should be head down let's get ready to go and beat Tranmere."
He continued: "Overall it was an OK half and then one terrible bit of defending and a goal and you throw away all the good work that you've done.
"But then that comes from a will to improve, you've got to put the work in every day at training, so that those kind of mistakes stop happening."
Torquay have not beaten Tranmere since 1998, having lost the last three matches the two sides have played since Rovers were relegated to the National League in 2015.
"It's sad that Tranmere versus Torquay should be a clash of two titans in this league and we're coming here as huge underdogs," added Nicholson.
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Spain's Marta Corredera curled the hosts into an early lead before England striker Dan Carter doubled their lead moments later.
Alex Scott made it 3-0 straight after half-time, before Kirsty Linnett pulled one back for the visitors.
Three-times winners Arsenal will now face Notts County Ladies in the final at Rotherham on 1 November.
In a repeat of the 2011 and 2012 finals, Arsenal made an energetic start and Carter struck the crossbar before Corredera's sweet strike from the edge of the area opened the scoring.
Carter than raced clear, one-on-one with Sophie Baggeley, and calmly lobbed over the Birmingham goalkeeper.
The Blues responded well to falling two-goals behind but Karen Carney's deflected shot was turned on to a post by Sari Van Veenendaal, and bounced back across the face of goal and clear.
After the break, Arsenal made the win safe with Scott's powerful finish, before Linnett's well-struck consolation.
In a bad-tempered second half, Carter drilled wide after a superb knock-down from Jordan Nobbs late on, but a two-goal cushion was sufficient to see Arsenal through.
Arsenal manager Pedro Martinez Losa told BBC Sport:
"We have been starting games well. I'm very happy with that.
"The best feeling today is to offer the fans victories in the last three home games of the season. I'm proud of the players, the staff and the team.
"This is the reward for everybody's efforts. We have to do everything possible between now and the final to prepare."
Birmingham manager David Parker told BBC Sport:
"Arsenal were the better side in the first half, that's won them the game.
"Defensive errors and mistakes in that first 20 minutes were the difference.
"Looking at the second half display, for long, long periods we were the better side and we really showed our quality."
Arsenal Ladies: Van Veenendaal, Scott (c), Stoney, Losada (Yankey), Natalia (Ubogagu), Nobbs, Carter, Williamson, Corredera, Rose, Janssen (Sampson).
Subs not used: Byrne, Humphrey, Kelly, Bailey.
Birmingham City: Baggaley, Sargeant, Carter, Mannion, Harrop, Allen, Linnett, Carney (c) (Wellings), Potter, Lawley, Westwood (Ayisi).
Subs not used: Windell, Hill, Haines, Peplow.
Referee: Nigel Lugg
Attendance: 782 | Arsenal Ladies reached their fifth consecutive Continental Cup final with a 3-1 win over Birmingham City. | 34491069 | [
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The graves became lost in time until members of Broughton and District History Group began their research.
The tragedy in March 1916 happened at Pte John Bagnall's home at Moss Valley.
Researchers Phil Coops and Robert Webb hope to mark the centenary next year.
There were other people in the small cottage at the time of the explosion: Pte Bagnall's wife, Mary; daughter Sarah, age two; a niece, Violet, age seven; and sister-in-law Sarah Roberts along with her two children, Mary and Ethel, aged five and 15 months.
Ethel, the youngest child, was killed instantly. The other three girls died later in hospital. Others sustained terrible injuries, including Pte Bagnall himself, who lost a leg, while Ms Roberts lost both legs.
The Wrexham Advertiser from March 11, 1916, reported: "A shocking accident occurred at Moss on Thursday resulting in a child being killed outright and in six other persons being terribly injured, three of whom subsequently died.
"It appears that Pte Bagnall, 4th RWF, 2 Red Lion Cottages, Moss, who returned home from the front on Monday after 18 months' service, was cleaning an unexploded German fuse shell, which he had brought with him as a souvenir."
Source: Wrexham Museum produced a WW1 commemorative newspaper in 2015 with newspaper reports from 1914-18
The story came to the attention of the historians as they studied World War One.
Mr Coops said Pte Bagnall had thought the shell was safe as it had been "chucked around in the barracks and trenches" for six months without any ill-effects before he returned to north Wales from the Western Front.
From their research they discovered although the tragedy was big news at the time, it seemed to have been largely forgotten, even by family members, who did not know where the little girls were buried.
Then, by chance, while on a visit to Holy Trinity Church in Gwersyllt, a couple of miles from Moss Valley, they found some notebooks detailing burials right through to the early 20th Century. There, they found reference to the Moss Valley children within those pages.
Mr Coops said: "We put them all on to a database and by using that and what we know of the church yard and the layout, we managed to pin down where the graves are."
But the mystery remains over why the graves were unmarked.
Further research revealed there had been a community fundraising event to pay for the funeral of the children which saw one of the largest ever funeral processions in the area.
And although enough money had been found for the graves, there was clearly nothing left for a headstone.
"When I started writing it down... it made me feel very sad," said Mr Webb.
"And then to know they were buried here, locally, I still felt very, very sad, and still do."
The men are trying to trace family members to secure permission to erect a memorial at the graves.
They said they have already met some, and no objections have been raised, but the descendents had very little information about the family history.
Mr Coops said: "It was one of those things that families didn't talk about. It was a tragic accident and nobody wanted to talk about it."
Nothing remains of any of the Red Lion Cottages these days. Once part of a busy industrial community, home to the former Westminster Colliery and a railway, it is now just a grassy bank.
But Mr Webb and Mr Coops hope that by marking the graves of the four little girls, they will be leaving a more tangible reminder to the tragedy.
Mr Coops said: "It's lost in memory. We just want to commemorate it.
"We just want to make sure that other people know about it."
If they get the necessary permission, they hope to hold a small service at the grave on the centenary of the accident next March, inviting any family members they trace. | Historians are hoping to place a plaque on the unmarked graves of four children who died when a German bomb exploded in Wrexham after being carried home as a solider's souvenir during World War One. | 34996881 | [
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However the Spanish champions insisted they had not committed any offence.
"The aim is to cover eventual interpretations that could be given to the contracts drawn up in the operation to sign Neymar," a club statement read.
Barca paid £48.6m for Santos striker Neymar, 22, in the summer with his parents receiving £34m of the fee.
Between the initial fee paid in the summer, signing-on fee, wages during his five-year deal, agents fees and this latest tax payment, Neymar will have cost the club £106.8m
Last month, Sandro Rosell resigned as Barcelona president following accusations he misappropriated money.
He is also being investigated but denies any wrongdoing.
At the time of the move, Barcelona said they had paid 57m euros (£48.6m) for Neymar but it has been alleged that, if other contracts are taken into account, the actual cost of the player was far greater.
And last week a judge in Spain ruled there was sufficient evidence against Barcelona to continue investigations into the transfer.
The club added: "The board denies the existence of any tax-related crime in relation to the fiscal obligations arising from the signing of the player.
"Given the existence of a possible divergent interpretation of the exact amount of tax responsibility arising from the signing and to defend the club's reputation and good name, FC Barcelona has this morning made a complimentary tax declaration of a total of 13,550,830.56 euros [...] although we remain convinced that the original tax payment was in line with our fiscal obligations."
There has not yet been any confirmation whether the case will be dropped after Barcelona's payment.
Neymar has scored seven goals in 18 league appearances for Barcelona this season, as well as netting three in seven Champions League matches. | Barcelona have paid £11.2m (13.5m euros) to the Spanish authorities after being charged with tax fraud over the signing of Neymar. | 26327476 | [
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The victims were farming in an area that was declared unsafe because of its close proximity to Mount Sinabung.
The volcano was still spewing ash on Sunday, hampering rescue operations.
More than a dozen people were killed when it erupted in 2014. It also erupted in 2010, after having been dormant for 400 years.
Rescue teams are still scouring the area, looking for more victims who may have been killed or badly burned by the hot gas and ash clouds released in the eruption.
Rescue teams were searching homes and farms in the village of Gamber, which was also evacuated in 2014.
What causes volcanoes?
The 2,460-metre (8,070 foot) tall volcano is among the country's most active.
Indonesia, located on the Pacific Ring of Fire, has more than 120 active volcanoes. | Seven people have been killed after a volcano in western Indonesia erupted, blasting clouds of volcanic ash 3km (2 miles) into the sky. | 36352501 | [
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The 22-year-old clocked 19.95 seconds representing Louisiana State University at the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Championships in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
John Regis set the British record of 19.94 in 1993, while Adam Gemili is the only other Brit to go sub 20.
Mitchell-Blake told BBC Sport his achievement was "overwhelming".
Regis also clocked a time of 19.87 but this was never ratified.
He had already competed in two Olympic Games by the time he ran under 20 seconds.
Mitchell-Blake clocked his time having already won the 100m as well as anchoring his university to victory in the 4x100m at the SEC Championships.
"The 200 is my favourite event," said the 2013 European junior champion, who was visibly emotional when approached for an interview on the track..
He said he wanted to compete for Britain at the Rio Olympics in August but would be focusing on his college career for the next few weeks.
"Then I'll come back to the UK and try to compete for a spot on the team," he added.
Chijindu Ujah and James Ellington have also already run under the 20.50-second Olympic A standard in 2016.
The British Championships take place in June. | Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake missed the national record by one-hundredth of a second as he became only the third Briton to run sub 20 seconds for 200m. | 36306285 | [
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The scandal began in May when the payslips of top managers at the state insurance company were leaked to the media, showing they were receiving very generous salaries.
In the weeks that followed more payslips mysteriously found their way into the public domain, revealing the earnings of a range of officials from top civil servants to bank bosses.
Some were apparently getting around 50 times the minimum public sector wage.
Many were also being paid big bonuses and extras, taking their overall salaries to upwards of a hundred times the average household income.
In a country where public sector jobs are normally considered as low paid, and where civil servants often take second jobs to make ends meet, the revelations came as a shock.
Spin-off media reports about bank executives staying in $5,000 (£3,800)-a-night hotel rooms on business trips only added to public anger.
The saga has been a major blow to the reputation of the government of President Hassan Rouhani.
The millions of Iranians who voted for him in the 2013 were hoping for change and in particular an improvement to their country's dire economic situation.
Although the president has delivered on his election promises of resolving the stand-off over Iran's nuclear programme, and opening the way for sanctions to be lifted, there has been little concrete improvement in ordinary people's lives so far.
Hardliners have seized the opportunity to attack Mr Rouhani and his team as Iranian politics moves into a higher gear ahead of presidential elections due to take place next May.
There has been a drumbeat of negative coverage in the conservative media.
Things have also got personal with critics targeting Mr Rouhani's brother, Hossein Ferydoun, who has been accused of having close links to some of the officials at the centre of the scandal.
Many Iranians have been taking to social media to vent their fury.
"Why such high payments to officials whose inefficiency is evident all over the country?" asked one Twitter user called Sharzad. "Is this the new way of tackling corruption?"
"Now I've seen their payslips, I understand why officials used to say 'the sanctions have no effects whatsoever'," said another Twitter user, Ilkar.
"Iran needs a few Robin Hoods!" quipped another, Mohammad.
Even the country's supreme leader was moved to intervene, branding the salaries, unacceptable and "astronomical".
Mr Rouhani and other officials have repeatedly said that the problem is not widespread and that only a handful of managers earn what they call "irregular salaries".
A number of officials named in the payslip revelations have now been sacked, and one senior banking official - Ali Rastagar Sorkhei, from Mellat Bank - has been arrested.
This week the government announced that it was introducing a new cap on state officials' salaries.
But many Iranians say all this has come too late to stop the tide of resentment.
Reports of businesses failing to pay their employees on time or at all, and disputes over low wages, are becoming regular occurrences in Iran.
In May, 17 gold miners in West Azerbaijan province in north-west Iran were lashed on the orders of the judiciary after their employers sued them for protesting over the sacking of hundreds of their colleagues.
Against this background it is not difficult to understand why the payslip row has made many people so angry and many officials so nervous.
Whether or not the scandal is limited to a very few senior executives, as the government claims, it underlines the widening divide in Iran between the rich and the poor.
For ordinary voters, the fact that the economy still is not delivering is now a major cause of concern.
Anyone who wants their vote in next year's election will need to have a clear plan for how to resolve the problem. | "Payslip-gate", as it has come to be known, has been dominating the news headlines in Iran for months. | 36912006 | [
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Sport England is funding the routes in the Bewsey and Dallam areas of the Cheshire town, where high numbers of people do not have their own transport.
Seventy-nine families have already taken advantage of the initiative to encourage them to take up swimming.
The idea has received ??230,000 funding from Sport England's Community Activation Fund.
Warrington Borough Council backed community leisure operator LiveWire's application for the money, which finances transport to Great Sankey Leisure Centre - four miles (6km) away from Bewsey and Dallam.
Families who have children in three local schools will benefit from free travel for three years.
Mike Diaper, Sport England's director of community sport, said: "We know there is a significant gap between the number of people playing sport for those in low socio-economic groups and those with higher incomes.
"We also know from our insight that there is high demand for sport from people who earn less."
Councillor Kate Hannon says people in those areas are "sometimes the forgotten few".
Ms Hannon, who is responsible for leisure at the council, said: "By providing facilities that they can access it is a stepping stone for them to give them more confidence themselves.
"Dallam has no access to GP services or any other health services."
A planning application is due to be submitted in August for the demolition of Great Sankey Leisure Centre.
The council wants to replace it with a "neighbourhood hub", which would include a swimming pool. | Free buses are being laid on to take people from two of the most deprived parts of Warrington to a swimming pool. | 33114767 | [
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There was a time when by-elections were a speciality of the Liberal Democrats.
They enjoyed a string of famous by-election victories, snatching seats in Newbury, Eastleigh and Dunfermline West.
Of course all that was before they went into government.
In Corby they came fourth behind the UK Independence Party and lost their deposit.
Their candidate, Jill Hope, admitted it was a setback but put it down to the "hard and unpopular decisions" the coalition government had been forced to make to tackle the economic mess it inherited.
Even before the result was announced the Lib Dem President Tim Farron said his party was bound to get squeezed in a mid-term contest in a marginal seat.
They did come second in the Manchester Central by-election, but their candidate Marc Ramsbottom saw a 17% swing against his party and mustered just 1,571 votes.
In Cardiff, the Lib Dems came third after another slump in their vote.
In the elections for Police and Crime Commissioners, in England and Wales, the party did little better.
The Lib Dems came fourth behind UKIP in Wiltshire and Northumberland and fourth behind an independent in Merseyside.
In South Yorkshire, Nick Clegg's backyard, the party came fifth behind both UKIP and the English Democrats.
As we have reported, the turnout was very low, but Lib Dems are supposed to be good at local campaigning, getting their supporters out.
Party morale has suffered another serious blow. | The results of Thursday's elections make grim reading for the Liberal Democrats. | 20366360 | [
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The 25-year-old Ghana defender, who arrived from League Two side Barnet in May 2016, was left out of Saturday's home defeat by Ipswich having started their two previous games.
Heckingbottom said talks with Premier League newcomers are ongoing.
"In my eyes I don't have Yids until I'm told different," he said.
Talking to BBC Radio Sheffield, Heckingbottom added: "It wasn't right for me to involve Yids in the game on Saturday and if it is still the same, it won't be Tuesday because it is not fair on the other players.
"We are all preparing for our game and obviously Yids is in limbo at the minute.
"Until it is resolved one way or another and I'm told, I'm not considering him."
Heckingbottom added that negotiations for the player, who made 33 appearances for the Championship club last season, "can't go much longer" and that he "expects" Yiadom's future to be known by Thursday.
"I'm not thinking about it until after the game on Tuesday," he said. | Barnsley boss Paul Heckingbottom says Huddersfield Town target Andy Yiadom will not be considered for selection while he is "in limbo". | 40927013 | [
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The Treasury says abolishing the grants, or bursaries, will allow many more nurses to be trained.
But a Royal College of Nursing survey claims two-thirds of nurses wouldn't have studied nursing without them.
They say it would make an existing staff shortage even worse.
Bursaries are a means-tested allowance paid to those healthcare students who qualify, to help with living expenses during their training.
Plans to scrap them were outlined by Chancellor George Osborne, as part of the government's Spending Review in November 2015.
At the time he said the move would free up around £800m a year in government spending and create up to 10,000 new training places.
But since then, nurses and other health workers have been campaigning against the axing of bursaries.
Student nurses are also going to have start paying tuition fees for their courses in the same way as other undergraduates - meaning they will have to take out a student loan.
First year student nurse Ellie Archer has told the BBC that the bursary was vital in allowing her to pursue her dream career.
She already has one sizeable student loan from another undergraduate degree and says: "I really wanted to be a nurse and I can say without a doubt that if I had had to take out a loan to study to become a nurse, I would not have done it."
Ellie believes the intensity of a nursing degree means students need extra support.
"Because of the amount of time spent on a placement it is very, very difficult to pick up second jobs, so there isn't really any other way of getting an income other than having the bursary in place."
There is already a model of what a future without bursaries may look like at Chorley Hospital in Lancashire, which is part of the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Student nurses there, who are on a course run in conjunction with the University of Bolton, are the first in England to pay their own way and once they have successfully completed the course, they are guaranteed a job.
The trust's director of nursing and midwifery Gail Naylor explains: "We had 800 applicants for 30 places, so I think what that tells us is, there really is the demand out there.
"Students are looking for different ways to train and we've been really successful in that."
The Lancashire course is not alone in being oversubscribed.
In 2014, there were 57,000 applicants for places on nursing degree courses, but the NHS in England could fund only 20,000 places.
The Royal College of Nursing says a survey of 17,000 nurses reveals that two-thirds of them would not have studied nursing if faced with the prospect of taking out a student loan.
RCN chief executive Janet Davies says: "We're concerned that perhaps we won't get the same diversity of people coming into nursing that we have currently, that having to take out a loan will put people off, particularly those people who are more mature, who may have had a career previously and who are coming into nursing as a second career."
However, many of those who run nursing training courses believe there is a case for change.
Dame Jessica Corner, chairwoman of the Councils of Deans of Health which represents the universities that train nurses, says: "This change actually enables universities to open up training places.
"At the moment they are capped, really on the basis of affordability and estimates of what the NHS might need, which have clearly been wrong over many years.
"So over time we think training places will be expanded and that will be good news for the NHS with more nurses and allied health professionals graduating."
There is a shortage of qualified NHS nurses right across the UK.
So far these changes are only being proposed in England.
But faced with similar problems, politicians in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will be watching very carefully to see what impact these changes will have. | Hundreds of nurses and midwives are expected to join a demonstration in London on Saturday calling for a rethink of plans to scrap maintenance grants for students in England. | 36444485 | [
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Shares in ITV rose 1.3% after the broadcaster said it had appointed EasyJet's boss Carolyn McCall.
ITV's previous chief executive, Adam Crozier, left in June, but Ms McCall will not take up her new post until January next year.
Carillion shares leapt 19% on the news it was part of a consortium granted HS2 contracts by the government.
Carillion, in the wider FTSE 250, announced on Monday that it had appointed the accountants EY to support its strategic review, which has been launched after it issued a profit warning last week and announced the departure of its chief executive.
Carillion's shares were trading at about 67p, although this was still well below the 191p level they stood at prior to last week's profit warning.
Staying in the FTSE 250, shares in Weir Group rose 8% after the company, which makes pipes and valves for the energy and mining sectors, said revenue and operating profit for the full-year were set to beat expectations.
Weir said it been helped by a faster than expected recovery in the North American oil and gas markets.
The FTSE 250 index closed 112 points, or 0.6%, higher at 19,520.
The pound weakened slightly against both the dollar and the euro.
The pound fell 0.3% versus the US dollar to $1.31; sterling was also 0.3% down against the euro at 1.14 euros. | The FTSE 100 closed 25 points, or 0.35%, higher at 7,404, after ITV announced its new chief executive. | 40629399 | [
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They inspected how well forces treat the public, ensure staff work ethically and lawfully, and how they look after their workforce.
North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones branded the force's report "inaccurate".
Dyfed-Powys Police said it would "continue to improve".
Gwent and South Wales Police have been judged as good in annual "legitimacy" assessments by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC).
In its study of forces in England and Wales, the HMIC said the abuse of authority for sexual gain was now the "most serious" form of corruption facing police.
North Wales Police's zero-tolerance approach to sexually-motivated misconduct was highlighted in the report, saying it took "action where it suspects the abuse of authority for sexual gain is taking place".
HMIC found North Wales Police:
Defending the force, Mr Jones said: "I don't believe the 'requires improvement' judgement reflects the tremendous work carried out across north Wales on a daily basis to keep our communities safe."
He was also critical of the number of HMIC inspections, adding: "The force is having to make a significant amount of investment of both time and resources just to respond to the inspection regime."
Regarding Dyfed-Powys Police, HM Inspector of Constabulary Wendy Williams said she was "disappointed by the lack of progress" on the previous year.
She also said that it needed to "gain a better understanding of the extent to which officers may be abusing their authority for sexual gain".
Temporary Deputy Chief Constable Liane James said Dyfed-Powys Police had been working "tirelessly" to ensure its code of ethics was implemented across the board.
"As we get ready to welcome a new chief constable to the force, I am pleased to see all the hard work of our staff over the past year is paying off and we will continue to improve and ensure we safeguard the communities of Dyfed and Powys together," she said.
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Nine-time world champion Valentino Rossi was third on a Yamaha.
Danny Kent, Moto3, and Sam Lowes, Moto2, became the first two GB riders to win on the same day since 1977.
The last time that happened was in 1977, when Mick Grant, 250cc, and Barry Sheene, 500cc, won their races in Sweden.
Leopard Racing's Kent won by over 8.5 seconds from Frenchman Fabio Quartararo, while Lowes held off France's Johann Zarco for his victory. | Spanish World Champion Marc Marquez won the Grand Prix of the Americas for the third successive year on Sunday. | 32279296 | [
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President Robert Mugabe and his wife arrived back in Harare early on Sunday.
Mrs Mugabe, 52, is accused of assaulting model Gabriella Engels a week ago at a Johannesburg hotel where her sons were staying.
She has not commented publicly on the case.
A lawyer for Ms Engels told the BBC that they were planning to challenge the immunity decision in court.
Willie Spies said he would argue that the first lady should not have been given special treatment as she had been in South Africa on private business.
The South African government's decision came in a notice from International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, published in the Government Gazette on Sunday.
"I hereby recognise the immunities and privileges of the First Lady of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Dr Grace Mugabe," she said.
On Saturday, Mrs Mugabe had been due to take part in the first ladies' programme at the Southern African Development Community heads of state summit in Pretoria, which Mr Mugabe, 93, was attending.
However, she failed to show up.
South African police had said they wanted to interview Mrs Mugabe and had set up a "red alert" at the borders to try to ensure she did not leave the country.
But Zimbabwe's ZBC state broadcaster reported that President Mugabe and his wife "arrived on board an Air Zimbabwe flight early on Sunday morning".
It showed pictures of her greeting officials at Harare airport.
Ms Engels' lawyers have said their client was offered money to drop the case but she refused.
She appeared at a press conference on Thursday with a large plaster on her forehead. She has alleged that Mrs Mugabe beat her with an extension cable at the hotel where the model was staying with Mrs Mugabe's two sons.
She told the BBC: "She hit me with the plug and the extension cord. And I just remember being curled down on the floor with blood rushing down my face and down my neck."
The South African Broadcasting Corporation said the Mugabes were scheduled to attend a funeral for a state minister at Harare's Heroes Acre on Sunday. | South Africa has granted diplomatic immunity to Zimbabwean First Lady Grace Mugabe, allowing her to leave the country without answering questions about an assault allegation. | 40990934 | [
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He hit three fours before edging Ravichandran Ashwin to gully, leaving Sri Lanka 33-2 in pursuit of 413.
Sangakkara ends his 134-Test career with 12,400 runs at an average of 57.40, with 38 centuries.
The left-hander also played 404 one-day internationals and 56 Twenty20 internationals and also appeared in English county cricket for Warwickshire, Durham and Surrey, who he joined on a two-year contract in January.
After breaking into the Sri Lanka side in 2000 as a wicketkeeper-batsman, he eventually relinquished the wicketkeeping gloves in Test cricket in 2008. He gave the MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture at Lord's in 2011.
Sri Lanka ended day four at the P Sara Oval on 72-2, with captain Angelo Mathews unbeaten on 23.
England coach Trevor Bayliss, former coach of Sri Lanka, on BBC Test Match Special: "He's one of the legends of the game. He's one of those local heroes that a lot of people in Sri Lanka look up to, and he's been a great role model. He's had so many great innings over a period of time. The poise and time that he's got at the crease has been one of his hallmarks."
Ex-England batsman Geoffrey Boycott on BBC Test Match Special: "Sangakkara has been a beautiful player; a stylish, excellent batsman. Nearly all the great players have footwork and he has it. And I don't think there's any doubt he could carry on for two or three years. But you get tired mentally." | Sri Lanka batsman Kumar Sangakkara made 18 in his final international innings before retirement. | 34033574 | [
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