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The star whisked through 23 songs in 90 minutes, in a blur of pyrotechnics, lasers and multiple costume changes.
She donned silken butterfly wings for a piano-led version of ...Baby One More Time, and dressed as a ringmaster during a Circus-themed segment.
Spears even made a passable attempt at a London accent while chatting to the audience between songs.
"Do you wanna get norr-tee?" she teased, doing her best Sid James impersonation before launching into Freakshow - during which she dragged a (slightly over-enthusiastic) member of the audience around the stage on a leash.
It was all great fun but, without the elaborate set pieces of her Vegas production, Spears' shortcomings were left exposed.
Her vocals rarely seemed to be coming from the microphone, while her dancing lacked attitude and bite.
The choreography was over-reliant on hand gestures; and Spears showed a tendency to slip in and out of time, like a clockwork doll whose mechanism had worn out.
Her biggest blunder came during the song Touch of My Hand, as she leant over a dancer's arm to initiate a backflip, but teetered on her heels and aborted the move.
Frustratingly, Spears showed glimpses of her former glories - pulling off a series of impressive lifts, as well as a punchy dance breakdown during Womanizer - but the routines more often felt like they were stuck in the rehearsal room.
Tabloids will undoubtedly criticise the star for miming (the producers insist she sings over a pre-recorded backing track) but, at this point, expecting Spears to sing live is like turning up at Nando's and ordering truffles: The only person you're disappointing is yourself.
In the end, Spears has always played second fiddle to her songs - especially in the second half of her career, following a much-documented breakdown in 2007 that means her life is still controlled by a court-approved conservatorship - and those songs provided an unshakeable foundation to her act.
By now, the 34-year-old has accumulated enough hits to be able to dispense with ...Baby One More Time and Oops! ...I Did It Again at the top of her show, without worrying about the consequences.
Later highlights included an energised version of Gimme More and a pounding, gothic revamp of the early single Stronger.
The star only played one new song - the ethereal, beatific Make Me - which may count as a missed opportunity to reinvigorate sales of her album, Glory, which tumbled down the charts to number 94 last Friday, after just three weeks on sale.
But it was the 2004 hit Toxic that received the most enthusiastic reception from the audience, whose singing almost drowned out the loudspeakers at London's Roundhouse.
Among the fans joining in with the Britney karaoke were Sam Smith, Rita Ora, Nicholas Hoult and All Saints singer Melanie Blatt; while thousands more were able to watch at home, as the gig was streamed as part of the Apple Music Festival.
Spears seemed overwhelmed by the reaction, clasping her hand to her mouth and blurting out, "You guys have been amazing," as she left the stage.
Fans may have a long wait before she repeats the show in the UK, however, with her Las Vegas residency already booking into 2017.
The Apple Music festival continues until the end of the week, with performances from Michael Buble and Chance The Rapper.
Setlist:
Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram at bbcnewsents, or if you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | Britney Spears has staged a stripped-down version of her Las Vegas residency at her first UK show since 2011. | 37489913 | [
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Not sure what we're on about? Australia has run through a slew of prime ministers in recent years and is holding a federal election on 2 July. You can read more about Australia's revolving-door of political leadership on these links, but for now, let us journey to Australis Minor.
Are Australians ready to gamble on yet another PM? | Coup capital of the democratic world
Laurent Sanguinetti is a French-Australian illustrator who bases himself between Sydney and Paris. You can see more of his work at his website. | On a far-off planet that's very much like Australia, strange creatures engage in a brutal battle for political domination, in this satirical cartoon from illustrator Laurent Sanguinetti. | 36680838 | [
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Dickson carried his bat for 207 not out, as Shiv Thakor's maiden five-wicket haul saw Kent all out for 412.
Derbyshire's Billy Godleman retired hurt without facing a ball after he was hit by a throw, before Chesney Hughes was bowled by James Tredwell for one.
Matt Coles then dismissed Tom Taylor and Hamish Rutherford for ducks.
Dickson resumed batting without Joe Denly, who retired overnight after the birth of his child, but remained unfazed throughout the day as he reached his century off 243 balls.
The 24-year-old accelerated after going past three figures and made his second 100 runs off only 107 balls.
Despite a first-innings deficit of 80, Coles trapped Taylor in front and had Rutherford caught behind to gives the visitors hope of claiming an unlikely victory on day four.
Kent batsman Sean Dickson told BBC Radio Kent:
"I've scored a first class hundred before, but scoring a Championship hundred was wonderful.
"I came up with a game plan that anything straight I would look to defend and hit it back straight, then anything slightly wider to attack.
"Luckily I had Colesy and Mitch Claydon with me there at the end and it was a lovely experience to put up 200.
"The boys are very positive - we mentioned Leicestershire getting bowled out for 40 by Worcestershire in the changing room - so, anything can happen." | Sean Dickson scored a career-best double century for Kent before Derbyshire slipped to 9-3 at the close on day three, leading by 89 runs. | 36364406 | [
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A man died after he was struck by a car on the N2 at Balrath in County Meath at 01:30 local time on Sunday.
Elsewhere, a man in his 30s died after the car he was driving hit a fence at Knockanour, Castlebar, County Mayo.
The incident happened shortly before 19:30 local time on Saturday. | Two men have died in separate crashes in the Republic of Ireland. | 32275834 | [
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Based on a true story, Pride shows how gay rights campaigners from London raised thousands of pounds for miners in the Dulais Valley, after the NUM had spurned their support.
Despite initial scepticism on both sides, the characters break down preconceptions and strike an enduring friendship.
Starring Bill Nighy, Dominic West and Imelda Staunton, the movie played to critical acclaim at the Cannes Film Festival this summer.
But, according to writer Stephen Beresford, it's a tale which had almost been airbrushed out of collective gay history.
"It was in the early 1990s, during the second round of pit closures, when I first heard about it," he said.
"As a naïve 21-year-old, I asked the question: Why should we support the miners? They don't support us.
"Someone took me aside and said: 'Let me tell you a little story'.
"I suppose the film's been in the making ever since."
The film opens with gay activist Mike Jackson at the Pride march in 1984, looking for a cause to support.
He persuades his friends that "The miners are hated by Thatcher, the police, and the tabloid press…who does that remind you of?", adding "The only thing we have to worry about which they don't is Mary Whitehouse, and that's only a matter of time"
Indeed, in real life it wasn't long until The Sun turned its moral indignation on the unlikely alliance as they branded a joint fundraising concert 'Pits and Perverts'.
But Mike quickly discovers that, in the beginning at least, not all the miners are entirely comfortable with the solidarity offered by 'Lesbians and Gays Support Miners'.
Christine Powell was treasurer of The Neath and District Miners Support Group, and recalls the first time LGSM visited Wales.
"Well we were nervous, not about them, but about ourselves. We didn't know anything about gay people, none of us had ever knowingly met one, and we were just desperate not to say or do anything which was going to offend them - especially after they'd been so kind and supportive to us.
"But from the first minute they had us in stitches, and we soon realised that we had far more things in common than there were which separated us.
"Before that I suppose we'd been quite prejudiced, through ignorance.
"One of the good things to come out of the strike was that it forced us to be less judgemental about things we didn't understand, and realise that there are friends everywhere if you're happy to accept them."
After its West End premiere, Pride has its Welsh release in Swansea on Thursday, and opens across the UK on 12 September. | A film telling the story of how the 1984-85 Miners Strike united two utterly disparate sections of society is receiving its West End premiere. | 29036048 | [
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Police found Kevin Malthouse in Blackshots Lane, Grays, in the early hours of Saturday morning following reports of a group of men fighting.
The 24-year-old had been stabbed in the chest and died at the scene.
Jack Taylor, 18, from Oakley Close, Grays, has been charged with his murder and is due to appear at Basildon Magistrates' Court.
Flowers - including moving tributes from Mr Malthouse's parents and wife - have been laid near the spot where he died.
For more stories from the county, visit BBC Local Live: Essex
A 22-year-old man, who was also arrested, has been bailed pending further investigations.
A 21-year-old man, from South Ockendon, was released without charge and faces no further action.
Mr Malthouse's former team Tilbury Football Club has paid tribute, saying he was "a lovely lad". | A man has been charged with murder after a former non-league footballer was stabbed to death. | 40492366 | [
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Berahino, 22, had said he would not play under Albion chairman Jeremy Peace again after the club rejected two deadline-day offers from Tottenham.
But he made his first start since at Villa, poking home a first-half strike.
"It's over now. As a club we move on and he's a very good player," Pulis said after the game.
"This game was made for Saido. He's not played a lot of football and looked tired as the game went on, but he was desperate to play and he has the quality that we want and need.
"Everyone makes mistakes - in a few years' time he will look back on the situation and think he should have done better."
England Under-21s forward Berahino returned to the Baggies squad last week after a three-game absence, coming off the bench in the 0-0 draw with Southampton. | West Brom manager Tony Pulis says they have moved on from Saido Berahino's threat to strike after he scored the only goal in their win at Aston Villa. | 34301615 | [
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Police have confirmed the deaths of four people. Three were killed in Dungog, where homes have been washed away by flooding.
An 86-year-old woman died in the Central Hunter region when her car was swept into floodwaters.
Emergency services have declared 12 communities natural disaster areas.
The fierce weather is expected to ease later on Thursday. All severe weather warnings have been cancelled across NSW.
The storm has left some areas devastated, with roads flooded, homes swept away and power poles snapped.
Emergency Services Minister David Elliott told ABC News that it would be some time before the full cost of the disaster is known.
He said: "There are cells still active off the coast of New South Wales, and indeed the fact that the flood waters may well still increase, means that we won't know the entire cost of this particular disaster for many days to come."
Some 190,000 homes in the state are still without power but state-owned supplier Ausgrid said that electricity had been restored to 30,000 properties.
During the days of stormy weather, parts of NSW experienced more than 30cm (one foot) of rainfall, wind gusts of more than 100km/h (60mph) and waves reaching record heights of 15m (50ft).
On Wednesday, police divers retrieved the body of a missing woman whose car was swept off a causeway in Maitland, near Newcastle.
NSW Police Insp Brian Tracey told ABC News that the incident was a "tragedy" and that her family were devastated.
Two elderly men and an elderly woman have also been found dead in Dungog, one of the worst affected areas.
The region has been declared a natural disaster area, along with 11 others. These areas will receive special assistance packages in the coming days.
Earlier, rising river levels also threatened more than 200 homes in south-western districts of Sydney and forced residents to evacuate.
The flood risk has eased since then but local media report that it is still a concern to authorities.
There is still some travel disruption in Sydney, with a number of roads closed due to flooding.
An Anzac day event for 10,000 people in the capital has also been affected. The camping event was due to take place on Friday night but has been postponed because of the stormy weather.
The State Emergency Service (SES) says that it has received more than 12,000 requests for help since the bad weather began on Monday and conducted more than 100 flood rescues.
The Insurance Council of Australia has said that it has received 19,500 claims, with losses estimated at US$100m. | A clean-up operation has begun in New South Wales in the wake of violent storms that battered the Australian state. | 32424810 | [
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Both 48-hour and 24-hour strikes have already been held on seven Shell-operated platforms.
Further action was planned but was put on hold for fresh talks.
Wood Group and the Unite and RMT unions said in a statement they had held two full days of constructive discussions which would continue next week.
The statement said: "These collaborative discussions have demonstrated a clear, shared understanding of the issues being raised by all parties, plus the challenges facing the North Sea.
"We remain focused on reaching a mutually-acceptable outcome, which demonstrates collective leadership in shaping the future of the North Sea."
The initial 24-hour strike on 26 July was the first industrial action of its kind in the North Sea in nearly 30 years and was followed by a 48-hour stoppage the following week.
The platforms involved are the Curlew, Brent Alpha, Brent Bravo, Brent Charlie, Nelson, Gannet and Shearwater.
Aberdeen-based Wood Group provides maintenance and construction to Shell and signed a three-year extension to its contract earlier this year. | "Constructive" talks have been held between unions and the Wood Group in an ongoing dispute involving offshore workers. | 37116258 | [
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Mr Beheshti died after being held on charges of "actions against national security on social networks".
Following his arrest on 30 October, he was handed to police for interrogation and died on 3 November.
The exact circumstances of his death remain unclear. Some reports have suggested he was tortured.
The Tehran prosecutor's office says the main cause of Mr Beheshti's death could be physical shock - caused by the brute force applied to sensitive parts of his torso - or psychological pressure.
"It is not possible to determine the exact cause of death," it said in a statement quoted by Irna news agency. "But the most likely cause leading to death may be shock."
The statement notes that a thorough forensic investigation has been carried out and that prosecutors have obtained witness statements from Mr Beheshti's inmates and prison wardens.
Neither the statements nor the forensic results are in the public domain.
An earlier coroner's report said his body had "signs of wounds" but no broken bones, according to the semi-official news agency Mehr.
Mr Beheshti's death sparked an international outcry. Last week, three people were reported to have been arrested and subsequently, according to an opposition website, released.
According to opposition website, Kalameh, the suspects had been involved in Mr Beheshti's interrogation.
Mr Beheshti's mother has been forbidden to speak to the press. But an opposition website quoted her as saying she had been offered "blood money" in compensation.
She added: "I said I didn't want any. What I want is for the world to know that they killed my son. They killed Sattar."
It is thought Mr Beheshti was targeted for his writings on political and social issues on his blog and on Facebook.
The blogger spent one night in Tehran's notorious Evin prison on 30 October, where he wrote an official complaint to prison authorities alleging ill-treatment, before being moved to an unknown location.
His death provoked criticism from politicians and human rights groups, Amnesty International said Mr Beheshti had complained of being threatened the day before his arrest. | Iranian prosecutors say the death of blogger Sattar Beheshti in police custody may have been due to "excessive psychological stress". | 20463078 | [
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Trevor O'Neill was shot outside a supermarket in Majorca just after 21:00 local time on Wednesday, Irish national broadcaster RTÉ reports.
His shooting is understood to be linked to a feud between Irish criminal gangs.
Mr O'Neill's partner and three children, aged five, seven and 10, were with him when the attack happened.
They had travelled to Majorca on Saturday for a holiday for his 40th birthday.
Police believe the attack was connected to a dispute between the Hutch and Kinahan groups, but Mr O'Neill was not the intended victim.
The feud between the gangs was sparked by the killing of Dubliner Gary Hutch in Spain last year and most of the resulting violence and murders have happened in Dublin.
Attempts to revive Mr O'Neill at the scene failed and police are said to be searching for up to three suspects.
It is understood that he was not linked to organised crime but may have been talking to a member of the Hutch family at the time. | An Irishman who was shot dead on a Spanish island is believed to have been killed in a case of mistaken identity in a gang-related attack. | 37113807 | [
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Bolivians were asked to vote on a change to the country's constitution. Presently, the president and vice-president are limited to two consecutive five-year terms.
Mr Morales, who has been in power since 2006, and his supporters wanted him to be able to run for another term.
With almost all the votes counted, the "No" camp had a narrow but irreversible lead over those favouring another term for Mr Morales.
This means the constitutional ban on serving more than two consecutive five-year terms remains in place.
Despite the constitutional ban on serving more than two consecutive terms, President Evo Morales was allowed to run for a third term in 2014.
The constitutional court argued that the ban did not apply to Mr Morales' initial term because it had taken place before the new constitution came into effect.
Mr Morales will now not be able to stand in presidential elections in 2019.
But he is expected to continue serving out the remainder of his term, which ends in 2020.
When provisional results suggested a win for the "No" campaign, Mr Morales said that "the fight will continue" and his administration would follow through with its plans.
Critics within his party hope he will start training up a potential successor, while opposition politicians see it as a chance to challenge the governing parties.
Mr Morales said he had "lost a battle, but not the war".
There were celebrations in the eastern city of Santa Cruz, an opposition stronghold.
Many opposition politicians and some within Mr Morales's party said the outcome was a victory for democracy.
Former President Carlos Mesa said it showed that "no one is indispensable".
Samuel Doria Medina, who lost three times to Mr Morales in presidential elections said that Bolivia had won.
"They [the government] called this referendum and the people told them 'no'," he tweeted.
Mr Morales won the presidential election with 61% of the vote last year.
There is still widespread support for Mr Morales and his economic programme but many felt a change to the constitution was a step too far.
Some within the ranks of his own party also felt it was time for new, younger politicians to be given a chance to run.
The president's approval ratings were also hurt by recent allegations that he used his influence to favour a Chinese construction firm which employs his former girlfriend.
Mr Morales rejected the allegations and said he had nothing to hide. He ordered an investigation into how the contracts were awarded. | Bolivians voted in a referendum on 21 February to decide whether to allow President Evo Morales to seek another term in office. | 35617059 | [
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Derek Penman said the oversight of the project was inadequate and made 30 recommendations.
Justice Secretary Michael Matheson said the report included some "hard messages" for the force and pledged the recommendations would be implemented.
The report followed the M9 crash in which Lamara Bell and John Yuill died.
Ms Bell, who was discovered critically injured in the crashed car, had been in the vehicle next to her dead partner Mr Yuill for three days. She died later in hospital.
Police Scotland admitted they did not investigate a report they had received about the crash until three days after it happened.
The father and grandfather of Ms Bell's five-year-old son Kieran, said the report delivered "a damning indictment on Police Scotland's call-handling processes".
In a statement, Kieran's father Lee Burt and grandfather James McMillan said "such a catastrophe should never happen again", and that Police Scotland were "guilty of failing communities across Scotland".
They added: "At the heart of this tragedy is Kieran who never stops speaking about his mum.
"Some mornings he will wake up a happy boy because he dreamt of Lamara, but it is heartbreaking when a little boy tells you he misses his mum and the sound of laughter changes to silence."
Ms Bell's brother Martin said he was no closer to understanding why the call reporting his sister's vehicle had crashed down an embankment was not investigated.
He said he would have to wait for the results of an inquiry by Pirc (Police Investigations and Review Commissioner) to get the answers to those specific questions.
The HM Inspectorate of Constabulary report, which concentrates on police call-handling more generally, found examples of call handlers being under pressure to end calls quickly and grading of calls being dependent on resources available.
Mr Penman said staffing levels at Bilston Glen - where the call regarding the M9 crash was received - were insufficient and had resulted in poor call-handling performance, although the force had made "considerable efforts to address this".
The report also said:
Read our guide to 10 things we have learned about police call-handling from the report.
The report offered assurances on areas including staffing levels, the effective handling of emergency and high priority calls, and training arrangements for new staff.
Its recommendations included a review of the use of ad hoc "scribble pads" by service advisors and to "provide definitive guidance on their use, issue and proportionate supervision".
Scribble pads are used by some staff to note information rather than inputting it directly into the computer system.
Mr Penman said there were "a number of weaknesses" in Police Scotland's approach to the roll-out of its new national call handling system.
"This model is a critical element in the delivery of frontline policing and a key part of the bringing together of Police Scotland post reform," he said.
"The oversight of this project has been inadequate with key risks and other issues not being identified or highlighted to senior managers.
"There was an initial focus on meeting deadlines and increased productivity rather than a well-managed project with a focus on customer service, good staff relations and thorough process design."
Mr Penman also said that Police Scotland should focus on stabilising the existing call-handling arrangements before making any further changes.
Plans to close control rooms in Aberdeen and Inverness have already been postponed and Mr Penman said that should not change in the near future.
Speaking in the Scottish Parliament, the justice secretary said independent experts would be brought in to provide strong assurances before any decision was considered regarding the implementation of proposed changes to Aberdeen, Dundee and Inverness control centres.
In January 2014, Police Scotland announced proposals to cut the number of police control rooms, retaining five of its 11 sites.
Dumfries was first to close, followed by Stirling, Glenrothes, and Pitt Street in Glasgow in March 2015.
Aberdeen, which has two control rooms was scheduled for the end of this year.
The reform plan saw Motherwell and Govan becoming a West Area Control centre, Bilston Glen near Edinburgh given responsibility for the East Command Area and Dundee the North Area Command.
Inverness was to lose its police control room but would instead become the new hub for the command and control of major incidents and national events anywhere in the country.
Following the interim HMICS report in September, plans to close Aberdeen and Inverness were put on hold.
Mr Matheson said that, in future, "any dip in performance such as experienced in Bilston Glen earlier this year will become quickly apparent and will trigger rapid intervention".
He also said unannounced visits would be made to call centres which would begin with immediate effect and would be ongoing until the restructure was complete.
"The report also includes some hard messages for Police Scotland and I have been assured that all 30 of the recommendations will be accepted and actioned by them," he said.
"It is my strong conviction that investment in staff is as important if not more important than investment in systems."
Police Scotland's Deputy Chief Constable Rose Fitzpatrick said the force would be implementing the recommendations of the report "through a detailed and comprehensive action plan".
She said maintaining the eight previous systems had not been a "viable option" and that the changes required had been "highly complex".
"We acknowledge there have been challenges. Today's report recognises that we have already made progress in addressing these issues to ensure we can further strengthen call handling."
Brian Docherty, chairman of the Scottish Police Federation, which represents police officers, said: "We have consistently stated that the drive to save money was resulting in an erosion of service and creating intolerable pressures on those working within it.
"We have also stated that there is little point answering calls quickly if there are no police officers available to respond to them.
"This report leaves no doubt that this was indeed the case and that our concerns were fully justified."
The HMICS report is the first of two reports into the incident.
The Police Investigations Review Commissioner (Pirc) is investigating the incident itself while the HMICS review examined the broader issue of call-handling.
Chief Constable Sir Stephen House, who will stand down next month, admitted the information received about the M9 crash near Stirling on Sunday 5 July in the initial call had not been entered into police systems. | Weaknesses in Police Scotland's roll-out of its new national call-handling system have been highlighted in an Inspector of Constabulary report. | 34768119 | [
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The glutinous dish is a part of many people's celebration of New Year.
According to local reports, 18 people were taken to hospital in Tokyo after suffocating on the snack. Three of those died, an official from the fire department said.
The Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper said the death toll from rice cake accidents reached nine by Friday across Japan.
Another 13 people were in a serious condition.
The fire department is advising people - especially the very young and elderly - to cut mochi into small pieces before consuming.
Several people die each year in Japan after choking on rice cakes.
New Year is one of Japan's biggest holidays.
Families traditionally celebrate by cooking a vegetable broth called "ozouni" and then putting the rice cakes into the soup.
Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube | Nine people have choked to death in Japan after eating a traditional rice cake, known as "mochi". | 30678628 | [
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The FA says the club, one of a few from outside the English mainland to enter, must play any replays in England - even if they are the home side.
The club would also have to pay the travel expenses of visiting sides.
Those expenses, which come after the club has shared any gate receipts, mean Guernsey are considering whether they can afford to enter the competition.
The club, founded in 2011, also want to play in the FA Trophy, and director Nigel Braybrook told BBC South West Sport: "They're very prestigious competitions and the players have earned the right to take part.
"We feel they deserve the chance to show themselves on the national stage, but that could be taken away from us for non-football reasons."
Guernsey are used to paying for clubs to come over to the island to play them, having spent the past two seasons in the Combined Counties League,
They also made the semi-finals of the FA Vase,
As well as any home replays being played at a venue in England at Guernsey's expense, the club would also have to play any postponed home ties in England as well.
A Channel Island team has competed in an FA Cup before. Jersey's St Peter's ladies side played in the 2004 FA Women's Cup, losing 3-1 to Aldershot Town in the first qualifying round.
The FA has given Guernsey until Monday, 24 June to decide if they want to enter on those terms, and told BBC South West Sport that they would not comment until that time.
"They haven't given a reason, they've just set out these conditions," Braybrook said.
"I can only imagine their concern is that opposing clubs would have to travel over midweek, and at a lower level some of the players will have to work and they may have concerns about that.
"We would love to be in the competition but it's purely finance.
"Playing in the Ryman League this year will increase our costs considerably, with more matches, more overnight stays and longer journeys.
"If we play a game on the mainland, drew and then pay for the replay, it could potentially cost us £10,000 to play one round."
The club has launched a campaign to try to raise money in Guernsey to help fund their cup matches. | Guernsey FC could be forced to pull out of the FA Cup over restrictions imposed on them by the Football Association. | 22984678 | [
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Former organiser The British Heart Foundation announced last week it was pulling out due to the £40,000 event no longer being viable.
However the council says it is "pulling out the stops" to ensure the fundraiser goes ahead as planned on 11 October.
The Save the Children charity has also announced it could "take up the baton", but only with financial support.
The council was working to reduce the cost through options such as changing the route or moving it to a completely different venue, such as Lydiard Park.
Last year, the race attracted more than 1,500 runners. | Swindon's half marathon could still be saved for the long-term by reducing its cost, the borough council has said. | 31484245 | [
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The Sri Lankan shared a second-wicket stand of 187 with opener Rory Burns (80) as Surrey reached 394-5 at stumps.
Sangakkara was dropped at first slip by Craig Overton on nine but went on to hit 24 fours and four sixes to register his 56th first-class century.
Jason Roy hit an attacking 85 before he was out lbw to seamer Lewis Gregory in the final over of the day.
Sangakkara passed 1,000 first-class runs for Surrey in just his 22nd innings before he was out caught at deep cover by Overton off Tim Groenewald.
Zafar Ansari, making his return from a dislocated thumb sustained against Lancashire late last season, struck five fours in an unbeaten 28 before play ended.
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Surrey batsman Kumar Sangakkara told BBC Radio London: "I think after the Nottingham game it was important we got off to a good start in the first game at home.
"They way everyone went about their batting, the application and the intent they showed, was very good.
"Burnsy and Jason were outstanding. It was very easy to bat with them because they kept putting pressure on the bowlers and putting the bad balls away.
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The traditional Tuesday and Wednesday slot used by Uefa will be set aside as the first leg coincides with the 'Twelfth' marches in Northern Ireland.
It's understood the new date has been agreed by the clubs and approved by the Police Service of Northern Ireland.
Linfield must first defeat La Fiorita of San Marino in a first-round clash.
The Northern Ireland champions will host La Fiorita in Belfast on 28 June, with the return leg on 4 July.
If the Blues progress they will play the 1967 European Cup winners, who are managed by County Antrim-born Brendan Rodgers, for the first time.
The first leg of the Champions League second round qualifiers are scheduled to take place on 11/12 July.
However they are key dates in the annual Orange celebrations, sparking fears of trouble with Celtic's large travelling support heading to Belfast at the height of the marching season.
Linfield's national stadium is located in the largely loyalist Sandy Row area.
Police are understood to have ruled out the match taking place on either the 11th or 12th amid concerns tensions could erupt between Celtic and Linfield fans.
A possible solution to the dilemma would have been to switch the ties, with Celtic hosting the opener in Glasgow before the return a week later.
Linfield dismissed that possibility as they look to cash in on the right to host the all-important first leg, Blues chairman Roy McGivern telling BBC Sport a home leg first was always "the preferred choice" of the Irish Premiership champions.
Celtic defeated Irish League opposition in Belfast four years ago with a 3-0 win over Cliftonville in a Champions League qualifier. | Celtic's potential Champions League qualifier with Irish Premiership champions Linfield has been pencilled in for Friday 14 July at Windsor Park. | 40374278 | [
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While they sing artist William Mackrell draws the bumps and swerves.
His installation Gaps, Glitches and Speed Bumps on the No. 9 bus is part of his residency for the Royal British Society of Sculptors. | Four professional singers interpret their journey on a London bus guerrilla-style to the surprise of passengers. | 34223494 | [
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The FA said it is alleged Ferdinand "used abusive and/or insulting words and/or behaviour towards a match official in or around the tunnel area."
QPR had two strong penalty claims turned down by referee Craig Pawson.
The ex-Hoops striker has until 18:00 GMT on 13 March to respond.
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QPR remain without a win at home under head coach Chris Ramsey, who was appointed to replace Harry Redknapp on 13 February.
The QPR boss was said he was "very disappointed" with the defeat by Spurs which kept his side three points adrift of safety.
After the game Ramsey complained about two penalty appeals - one of which was when Mauricio Isla went down under a challenge from Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, and in a separate incident Spurs midfielder Nabil Bentaleb appeared to block Charlie Austin's shot on goal with his hands.
Ramsey told BBC's Match of the Day: "We thought we deserved at least a point from the game, [there were] two controversial incidents that we need clarification on.
"We're going to need to take a look at those and we hope they don't cost us at the end of the season. We realise the referees have a difficult job and sometimes they go against you." | QPR director of football Les Ferdinand has been been charged by the Football Association after allegedly abusing a match official following his side's 2-1 home defeat to Tottenham. | 31842010 | [
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According to London School of Economics researchers, more than 100,000 people a year who would benefit from palliative care are not getting it.
Patients are being left without sufficient pain relief and respite.
NHS England said it was committed to ensuring terminally-ill patients got the support and services they needed.
The report found inequalities in access to good care, with certain groups of patients more likely to miss out.
With an ageing population and demand for care increasing, the problem looked set to worsen, it warned.
Those who currently miss out include:
Most palliative care goes to cancer patients, even though the diseases account for less than a third of deaths.
Only a fifth of new referrals to specialist end-of-life services are for people with non-cancer diagnoses.
According to the report, commissioned by the Marie Curie charity, providing palliative care to those that need it could improve the quality of life for thousands of patients and save the NHS money by preventing unwanted and distressing hospital treatment.
By their calculations, the net potential savings are more than £30m in England, at least £2m in Wales, more than £1m in Northern Ireland and more than £4m in Scotland.
Meanwhile, a separate MORI poll of 500 health professionals who look after terminally-ill patients - also commissioned by Marie Curie - reveals that many feel there is insufficient funding and staffing to provide the level of care needed.
Likewise, a recent poll of 1,067 carers - mostly family members, friends or neighbours of terminally-ill people - felt the current care system did not offer enough support.
Denis McKnight, 68, from Northern Ireland, cared for his wife, Georgina, who had motor neurone disease.
A district nurse would visit once a week, but Mr McKnight said this was nowhere near enough to meet their care needs.
He said: "I felt alone. I felt almost abandoned, except for my family.
"Palliative care as it is provided by the nursing system is the best that they can possibly do. Most nurses would want to do the very best job possible. They just don't have the resources to do it.
"It's the system that is cracking under the strain."
When Mr McKnight struggled to cope with his wife's increasingly demanding care needs as her disease progressed, a friend suggested he ask Marie Curie for help.
Mrs McKnight was unable to walk or move for herself and could not swallow, so needed to be fed via a tube.
Mr McKnight said: "I'm more than grateful for what Marie Curie did, even for that short period of time. They stepped in as specialists and gave specialist help.
"They were able to step into the breach - a breach that's been created through lack of resources in the ordinary healthcare system."
Dr Jane Collins, chief executive of Marie Curie, said: "Everyone affected by terminal illness should have access to all the care and support they need, regardless of their personal circumstances. This report shows that this is not the case, and some groups are getting a worse deal than others. We don't think this is good enough."
Katherine Murphy, chief executive of the Patients Association, called the current situation a "national disgrace".
"These findings mirror many of the inquiries to our national helpline. It is unacceptable that we continue to fail the most vulnerable in our society."
Dr Bee Wee, national clinical director for end-of-life care at NHS England, said: "NHS England is committed to ensuring that all patients get the support and services they need towards the end of life."
A Welsh government spokesperson said: "Whether a person wishes to die in hospital, in a hospice or at home, we want to make sure the right level of professional, caring support is available.
"Ensuring that care and support is effectively planned and co-ordinated across health and social care to meet people's needs is one of the priorities being taken forward through our work on integration." | The UK's care system for dying patients with terminal illnesses is lacking and needs a major overhaul, says a damning new report. | 32201594 | [
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A witness described seeing a "flash right across the sky" as the aircraft came down in a field off Burrows Lane, in the Middle Stoke area.
The condition of the pilot is not known.
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) said it had deployed to an accident involving a light aircraft near Stoke Medway Airfield.
Representatives from UK Power Networks and fire crews also attended the scene.
Louise Holloway, who lives nearby, said: "I was outside in the garden and heard this huge bang.
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The charity is campaigning to help protect ancient or old trees, that have grown in the UK for hundreds of years.
They say that having more trees is good for our health as well as the environment.
Currently around 2% of the UK is listed as ancient woodland.
The UK has seen around 45 rare species of trees disappear in the last 100 years.
Some people are calling for lots more homes to be built in the UK and the Woodland Trust say they are worried that building new houses would mean that old trees would be chopped down to clear space.
The Government have been talking about the issue in a new White Paper, which presents ideas for changes to the law.
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It's an ambition voiced by many children. That is not surprising given that pretty much every one of them plays games on tablets, phones, consoles and PCs when they have a spare moment.
It is certainly my son's goal. And like any dutiful parent, I'm keen to help him realise his ambition - or at least help him find out early on if it's not for him.
I am also conscious that my lack of a formal technical background means that, at home, he'll struggle to get to grips with the core technical skill game making seems to demand - coding.
This is a problem. What I know about the history of video games suggests many of those that made it in the industry started young.
So, there was no better place to get answers about how to become a game maker than at Frontier Developments.
The firm was founded by David Braben - the archetypal child programmer who, while still a teenager, co-wrote the legendary game Elite.
The latest version of Elite was released late last year and Frontier is now almost fully occupied with maintaining and expanding the space trading and combat game.
Frontier employs a lot of programmers, says Adam Woods, a producer on Elite, and it has a well-established career path for them all the way from graduate-entry through to head of technology.
However, he says, there are plenty of other people at the firm that went via other routes. The studio's audio head, Jim Croft, started out as a musician and composer creating tunes for TV ads.
Make Games.
The best thing you could possibly do is start making games today.
The reason I got my first job in the industry as a game designer was entirely down to the fact I was the only person who had his own finished video game to show off at interview.
Not only did this demonstrate my ability, knowledge and experience far better than anything else I could show or say, but it shows an ability to finish what I start, and that I have a natural drive to develop video games.
If you want to be a part of making games, make games today, and finish them. As many as you can. Show them to everyone you can and learn from everything you do wrong, which when you start off, will be almost everything.
Nothing else you do is more important than this when it comes to succeeding as a game developer.
Mr Woods knows his way around code but started out in QA - quality assurance - which involves playing Frontier games as they are being developed documenting bugs and crashes.
"Now, as a producer, I help define the road map for the game for a set period of time - it could be for the next year or the next couple of weeks," he says.
His job involves making sure the various teams at Frontier - coding, art, design, user interface, etc - are all on track to finish work on the next expansion or fix big bad bugs.
"I break down the work that needs doing and get estimates about how long it is going to take," he says.
"Towards delivery date I will chase bugs and make sure it all comes together."
The producer role is just one of many that surrounds the programming heart of a game such as Elite Dangerous. Many of the people in those jobs are familiar with technology but coding is not essential to their day-to-day work.
Frontier has product managers that help co-ordinate the overall direction of the game, community managers who handle player feedback, and lots of graphic designers who work on creating and animating all the bits that make up a modern title.
That kind of diversity is to be expected in a sizeable studio such as Frontier, says Dr Jake Habgood, a former game-maker who now heads the software and games development degree course at Sheffield Hallam University.
"If you have more than 150 people in a team you get roles that are very specialised," he says.
For Dr Habgood, aspiring game makers would do well to grasp the difference between playing and creating.
"One of the common misconceptions that people who to this have is that making and playing games is synonymous," he says.
However, he adds, experts make what they do look easy while hiding what it took to master a skill. A game that is easy and fun to play would not necessarily have been as much fun, or as easy, to code and create.
For Dr Habgood, coding is the key skill to master for any aspiring game maker and the Sheffield course emphasises hands-on programming skills.
For youngsters, such as my 11-year-old, getting to grips with proper programming might be formidable but there were plenty of other ways to get a taste of game making without having to learn C++ or grapple with a command line.
Tools including Scratch, Kodu from Microsoft, Game Maker by YoYo and even Unreal Engine 4 make it more straight-forward to make games.
The most basic of these involves snapping virtual coding blocks together and even the more advanced ones, such as Unreal, conceal a lot of the in-depth coding.
That hands-on experience is key to understand the game-making process, says Dr Habgood, for no other reason than it will bestow an understanding of what is special about the craft.
"If you can find the creativity in programming and games you may see how compelling it can be," he explains.
Creative breakthroughs aside, seeing a game through to completion is quite an achievement for anyone at any age. It involves real work and exposes one other truth about the industry.
"It's very competitive and you have to be prepared to work hard and put a lot of hours in," he says. "If you don't, you won't make it."
"It's you that matters, not the degree," he adds.
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Luke Judge, from Cornwall, learned of Rufa Fahmi's plight after meeting her uncle while volunteering in Greece.
Mr Judge, 34, said the 11-year-old, who previously raised money for cancer patients in Yemen, needed surgery urgently.
He spent ??25,000 of his own savings to fund treatment in Paris.
Mr Judge said her story had "inspired" him.
"When Rufa was nine years old she raised $2,000 (??1,400) for cancer patients in Yemen by selling her paintings.
"So for [her] not to get treatment after raising that sort of money was just too much to walk away from," he said.
Mr Judge, from Hayle, said hospitals in Yemen did not have the resources to manage Rufa's condition.
He secured a visa for the youngster to be treated in Paris after pooling his life savings and raising an additional ??10,000 by calling on "everyone in my network - doctors, politicians and businessmen."
"She's been discharged from hospital, is learning to walk again, is learning to eat properly and getting some strength back before her next operation," he said.
"We have limited conversation because we don't speak a common language.
"She's always smiling, waving and you can tell she's full of love and energy. She's so inspiring." | A stranger organised and helped fund a life-saving operation for a girl with a brain tumour who lives more than 3,500 miles (5,630 km) from him. | 35941786 | [
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Drogba, 39, has not played since leaving Major League Soccer club Montreal Impact in November.
He will start out as a player but has also joined Phoenix's "MLS expansion franchise ownership group".
"To own a team and be a player at the same time is unusual but it's going to be very exciting," Drogba said.
"It's a good transition because I want to carry on playing but I'm almost 40 and it's important for me to prepare for my later career."
Phoenix have just started their fourth season in the Western Conference of USL, which forms part of the second tier of the American league system.
The Arizona club hope to become one of four planned expansion teams in MLS over the next three years.
"I had offers from China, from England - in both the Premier League and even the Championship - but they were only as a player," Drogba told The Premier League Show.
"This was the right offer because it was important for me to think about playing, because I enjoy it, but also to get to the next stage of my career."
Drogba scored 157 goals in 341 appearances during his first spell at Chelsea from 2004 to 2012, winning three Premier League titles and the Champions League.
Following moves to Shanghai Shenhua in China and Turkish side Galatasaray, Drogba returned to the Blues for the 2014-15 season, scoring seven goals in 40 appearances, helping Jose Mourinho's side to the title, before 18 months with Montreal.
He joins former Chelsea team-mate Shaun Wright-Phillips at Phoenix, who have one win and two defeats from three games this season.
"I'm still a player but it's important to respect the decision of the manager," added Drogba, who is Ivory Coast's record goalscorer.
"When we're on the pitch, he's going to be the one who decides and when we go to board meetings, it's a different thing."
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Dollar Financial UK, which owns brands including The Money Shop, Payday UK, Payday Express and Ladder Loans, agreed the compensation after a review by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
The company apologised to those who "suffered difficulties".
It is the third-biggest repayment by a payday lender in recent years.
This follows FCA-led investigations by Wonga and Cash Genie.
The FCA said Dollar Financial customers may have suffered as a result of the firm's affordability checks, debt collection practices and system errors.
Compensation relates to the affordability of loans taken out in the year to April 2015, as well as the collection of repayments on loans taken out between January 2013 and the end of April 2015.
During this time - in July 2014 - the company agreed to review its lending practices and refund customers a total of £700,000.
Stuart Howard, chief executive of Dollar Financial since November 2014, said: "As the new CEO, I accept the findings of the review and apologise to anyone who may have suffered difficulties as a result.
"It is proper that we put things right where they have gone wrong and I have gone further than the review in reforming the way our business operates to reflect the company aim of being the most responsible lender in its marketplace."
Customers due compensation will be contacted by the company, including those who have moved address or whose bank account information has changed.
Some 65,000 will be given a cash refund, another 67,000 will have their current loan balance reduced and 15,000 will receive a combination of the two.
The company announced a string of redundancies and branch closures earlier in the year.
The compensation comes after lender Wonga said in October 2014 that it was writing off £220m of debts for 330,000 customers, and - in July - lender Cash Genie was faced with a £20m compensation bill after charging customers £50 to transfer them to the firm's debt collection business.
The move to review lenders' operations was welcomed by campaigners.
"Thankfully, we have started to see much greater scrutiny of the ways these dangerous businesses in this dangerous industry operate - and now their horrible practices are starting to catch up with them," said Guy Anker, managing editor at MoneySavingExpert.com.
Mike O'Connor, chief executive of StepChange debt charity, said: "Continuing action by the FCA to fix the payday lending market is welcome and I expect this will not be the last time we see action to redress losses to consumers.
"While the number of people coming to us with payday loan debt problems is falling, we continue to see problems with unaffordable lending and people struggling with multiple loans." | One of the UK's major payday lenders will refund £15.4m to 147,000 customers - many of whom were given loans they could not afford to repay. | 34639178 | [
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Health Inspectorate Wales said Wrexham Maelor Hospital staff were under "considerable pressure" for long periods as ambulances waited outside.
It said inspectors were told the situation was not unusual.
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board said it was working to manage the pressures.
Inspectors visited the A&E unit and another ward on 30 September and 1 October last year and have released reports about what they found.
Despite the pressures in A&E they said staff were observed to be effectively prioritising clinical need and patient care.
On the Mason Ward, inspectors found patients to be well looked after and said staff were committed to providing good standards of care.
Angela Hopkins, executive director of nursing and midwifery at the health board, said its hospitals were experiencing growing demand like the rest of the UK.
"We are focussing on the improvement of emergency department and ward processes for both admission and discharge to reduce delays," she said.
"We are increasing the numbers of nursing staff and extra beds have been opened.
"We are also working in partnership with local authorities and the Welsh Ambulance Service to ensure that the system works more smoothly to improve patient flow through the hospital." | An unannounced inspection of an under-pressure A&E unit at a north Wales hospital led to concerns for patient safety, a watchdog says. | 30938477 | [
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The organisers of Common People commissioned the inflatable structure for the event on Southampton Common on Saturday and Sunday.
The castle, measuring 23.8m by 20.7m by 12.8m, is taller than the Great Wall of China and can be used by 100 people.
It will also appear at the organisers' other festivals - Bestival on the Isle of Wight and Camp Bestival in Dorset.
Festival organiser Rob da Bank said: "We do love breaking a record and this is one of our funnest builds so far."
There is currently no record for the world's biggest bouncy castle.
Guinness World Records is yet to verify the record.
Common People, now in its second year, features Duran Duran, Primal Scream, Craig David and Public Enemy.
For the first time, a simultaneous event is also being held in South Parks, Oxford.
The current record for a bouncy castle was set in 1997 by Dana Caspersen and William Forsythe, the festival said.
The castle, measuring 19m by 19m by 12m, took six hours to erect at the Roundhouse in Camden, north London. | Festival-goers are being invited to have a go on what is claimed to be the world's largest bouncy castle. | 36398189 | [
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The Women in Democracy Caucus also wants extra support for women AMs, and more women experts on TV and radio.
Its leader - Presiding Officer Rosemary Butler - said women's voices were "not being heard".
The Welsh government said banning companies from procurement processes would be illegal.
However, a spokesman added: "While we have to recognise this legal constraint, no-one should be in any doubt regarding our dedication to maximising women's participation in all areas of public life."
The report was produced to coincide with International Women's Day.
Dame Rosemary said: "Women's voices are not being heard and our views are being overlooked, so I am working to address the need for more women to apply for and take up public roles and appointments." | Organisations without women on their boards should not be given Welsh government grants or contracts worth over £250,000, a group of AMs has said. | 31824006 | [
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Some dairy farmers have said they face going out of business if prices they receive for their products do not rise.
They have held protests at supermarkets to show their frustration that they are currently paid less than the cost of production.
Asda has said it will begin paying 28p a litre for milk from Monday.
Dairy farmers currently receive about 19p a litre for milk, well below the cost of production at about 27p.
Asda confirmed on Friday that it had told Dale Farm, its Northern Ireland supplier, that it will increase the price it pays to 28p a litre.
It said this would "assist our farmers during the current crisis".
Ian Marshall, the president of the UFU, said Asda's move was something farmers were "glad to see" and hoped other retailers would follow.
But he warned that the situation remained "dire" for those in the dairy industry.
"It's a starting point for us," Mr Marshall said.
"What we're seeing is a move in the right direction.
"We just hope it's something that it can roll out to other products, not just milk."
Mr Marshall said farmers accept that they need to "strive to produce as efficiently as possible".
Asda has said that the cost of paying more for milk will not be passed on to its customers and retail prices will remain at their current rate. | A decision by supermarket chain Asda to increase the price it pays for milk is a move in the right direction, the Ulster Farmers' Union (UFU) has said. | 33943639 | [
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Kaushik Basu, the former chief economist for the World Bank, says the "collateral damage" is likely to outstrip its benefits.
The overnight ban on the notes last week was intended to crack down on corruption and so-called "black money" or illegal cash holdings.
But it sparked scenes of chaos outside banks and ATMs.
Low-income Indians, traders and ordinary savers who rely on the cash economy have been badly hit with hordes thronging banks to deposit expired money and withdraw lower denominations. As the anger mounted, the government raised limits on cash withdrawals on Sunday.
But some economists say the move will have a limited impact as people will simply begin to accumulate black money in the new currency as soon as that becomes available.
The government hopes this will bring cash worth billions of dollars in unaccounted wealth back into the economy. The two notes accounted for more than four-fifths of the currency in circulation.
Prof Basu, who now teaches at New York's Cornell University, says India's Goods and Services tax, was "good economics, but demonetisation is not".
"Its economics is complex and the collateral damage is likely to far outstrip the benefits," he says.
What Prof Basu, who was chief economic adviser to the previous Congress government, means is that this "demonetisation" just witnessed in India is at best, a one-time flushing out of the system and the return of black money is likely if not inevitable.
Many economists say the costs of such a one-time "flush" will be huge.
They say hundreds of thousands of ordinary people (including farmers who do not even have bank accounts) who hold cash but not black money will get caught out and the fear of harassment by officials could trap them in a bureaucratic net they don't know how to deal with.
So it is possible that all this achieves is a sudden curtailment in the total money supply, effectively a kind of contraction of the economy.
Economists have long talked about "helicopter drop" of currency - printing large sums of money and distributing it to the public in order to stimulate the economy.
India's decision to scrap high denomination notes is simply the reverse and according to economist Prabhat Patnaik the government's move "betrays a lack of understanding of capitalism".
"Typically, what happens in capitalism in a situation like this is that there would be a new business opening up about how to change old currency notes into new ones... A whole range of people would come up who will say you give us 1000 rupees and we will give you 800 rupees or 700 rupees or whatever. Consequently, instead of curbing black business it will actually give rise to the proliferation of black business," he told The Wire news site.
But not all experts agree that it is such a risky move.
"India now operates under a monetary policy regime known as inflation targeting. If a portion of the stock of currency in circulation, consisting of currency and demand deposits gets 'burned', metaphorically or literally, the Reserve Bank of India, the central bank, can in principle fully offset this through what economists call 'open market operations'," Vivek Dehejia says.
"These involve purchasing bonds from the markets and injecting money (and therefore liquidity) into the markets in return. This is standard operating procedure for central banks."
To put it more simply: suppose a warehouse of cash owned by someone goes up in flames and the money stock drops. The central bank, economists say, can augment the money stock.
The loser is the individual whose money went up in flames - in other words, by analogy, someone holding illicit unaccounted cash that cannot be converted into new currency or deposited.
"There will be short run adjustment costs as the old notes are replaced by new ones, but I see no medium to long term impacts on growth, inflation or other pertinent macroeconomic variables," says Prof Dehejia.
"The gains will be a one-time tax on black money and a possible disincentive for future black money accumulation, in the event that there is a prospect for future demonetisations."
He, for one, is confident this move will achieve what it needs without damaging the economy. | India's dramatic move to scrap 500 ($7.60) and 1,000 rupee notes is poor economics, a leading economist says. | 37970965 | [
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The 27-year-old was caught on camera apparently swearing at Murray's semi-final opponent Tomas Berdych's team.
Murray had defended Sears, saying: "In the heat of the moment, you can say stuff that you regret."
But Sears made light of the issue for the final against Novak Djokovic. | Andy Murray's fiancee Kim Sears laughed off the controversy over her colourful language in Melbourne by wearing a 'Parental Advisory: Explicit Content' T-shirt to the Australian Open final. | 31080294 | [
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The young woman and her diving buddy were exploring the wreck of sunken cargo ship near Lochaline.
She was rescued at 11:16 by Oban's RNLI lifeboat, whose crew included a doctor with experience of working with divers in similar situations.
She was taken to a waiting ambulance in Oban, then transferred to a recompression chamber at Dunstaffnage. | A diver has been rescued from the Sound of Mull by a lifeboat crew, after suffering from the bends. | 35668630 | [
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The 20-year-old had been named in the Nigeria squad for the first time, having played at youth level and helped to win the 2013 Under-17 World Cup.
Chelsea winger Victor Moses (hamstring) and Mainz defender Leon Balogun (muscular injury) are also out.
Godwin Obaje, Chisom Egbuchulam and Uche Henry Agbo are their replacements.
Success appeared to be in line to make his Super Eagles debut, particularly after he came off the bench to score for Watford and earn them a draw against Bournemouth on Saturday.
But Nigeria Football Federation spokesman Ademola Olajire told BBC Sport: "We received a letter from Chelsea concerning Moses and striker Isaac Success has a knock and finding it difficult to walk.
"Locally-based stars Godwin Obaje and Chisom Egbuchulam will replace the premier league duo, while Uche Agbo has since filled the void created by Balogun's absence."
Egbuchulam's 15 goals, including a hat-trick on the final day of the season on Sunday, led Enugu Rangers to their seventh Nigerian league title - their first in 32 years.
Wikki Tourists in-form striker Obaje finished as top scorer with 18 goals to steer his club to a third place finish and a spot in next year's Caf Confederation Cup.
Odion Ighalo has been left out to attend the burial of his father a day before the match.
But John Mikel Obi is also on the 23-man list despite not playing for Chelsea yet this season. Obi captained Nigeria at the Olympics in Brazil and led them to a bronze medal but has not featured for new Chelsea boss Antonio Conte since his return.
Coach Gernot Rohr has largely kept faith with the side that earned a 1-0 win over Tanzania in a dead-rubber 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in early September.
But there are recalls for Arsenal forward Alex Iwobi, Chelsea loanee Kenneth Omeruo and Belgium-based midfielder Anderson Esiti, who all missed Rohr's first game in charge of the Super Eagles.
Injured Moses Simon is listed after assuring Rohr that he would be fully fit before the game.
Nigeria are in Group B, with Cameroon and Algeria - who have both been at the past two World Cup finals - alongside 2012 Africa Cup of Nations winners Zambia.
There are five groups of four teams with only the winners of each group making it to the tournament in Russia.
Nigeria have missed out on the last Nations Cups but have appeared at the last two World Cups in South Africa and Brazil, reaching the last 16 in 2014.
Nigeria squad:
Goalkeepers: Carl Ikeme (Wolverhampton Wanderers, England); Emmanuel Daniel (Enugu Rangers); Ikechukwu Ezenwa (FC IfeanyiUbah)
Defenders: Uche Agbo (Granada - on loan from Watford, Spain); William Troost-Ekong (Haugesund FC, Norway); Kenneth Omeruo (Alanyaspor FC, Turkey); Jamiu Alimi (Kano Pillars); Abdullahi Shehu (Anorthosis Famagusta, Cyprus); Musa Muhammed (Istanbul Basaksehir, Turkey); Elderson Echiejile (Standard Liege, Belgium), Kingsley Madu (SV Zulte Waregem, Belgium)
Midfielders: John Mikel Obi (Chelsea, England); Ogenyi Onazi (Trabzonspor, Turkey); Wilfred Ndidi (KRC Genk, Belgium); Nosa Igiebor (Maccabi Tel Aviv, Israel), Anderson Esiti (KAA Gent, Belgium)
Forwards: Ahmed Musa (Leicester City, England); Kelechi Iheanacho (Manchester City, England); Moses Simon (KAA Gent, Belgium); Alex Iwobi (Arsenal FC, England); Brown Ideye (Olympiacos FC, Greece); Godwin Obaje (Wikki Tourists); Chisom Egbuchulam (Enugu Rangers) | Watford's Isaac Success will not make his Nigeria debut in their 2018 World Cup qualifier against Zambia after picking up an injury. | 37445716 | [
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The partially-dismembered body of David Miller, 56, was found at his flat in Patterdale Walk in Boothville, Northampton, on 14 June 2016.
He had been stabbed multiple times and "crude attempts" were made to destroy his body, a court heard.
Ian Cuthbertson, 49, Michael Hallett, 37, Joseph Catlin, 30, and Zena Kane, 35, of no fixed address, deny murder.
At the start of their trial, Northampton Crown Court heard police officers had forced entry into the flat and found Mr Miller's remains in the bedroom.
Several items were found at the property including knives, scissors and a rolling pin which had been used as weapons during the attack on 10 June, and an angle grinder which had been borrowed to try and destroy the body.
A post-mortem examination found he had substantial facial injuries and had been stabbed fifteen times in the back and in the chest.
Peter Joyce QC, prosecuting, said that Mr Catlin had been living with Mr Miller in the two months before his death and that the pair had known each other for years.
The court heard that Mr Miller was "well known and well liked" in the area but had long-standing issues with drink.
Mr Joyce said the four defendants were part of the "Northampton street drinking fraternity".
"They lived chaotic lives with long periods of homelessness and regularly used Mr Miller's flat as a place to drink, " he said.
"These four defendants all took part in the murder of a vulnerable man in his own home and then spent days trying to cover up what they had done," he added.
The trial, expected to last for four weeks, continues. | A jury has heard how a "vulnerable" man died after a "sustained attack" with knives and scissors in his own home. | 40370471 | [
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The UKIP leader told MEPs that the vote would be an opportunity for the UK to regain its "national self-confidence".
He described David Cameron's renegotiation strategy as a "charade" which would yield only "minor" changes.
EU leaders will discuss the UK's reform agenda, including proposed curbs on benefits, at a dinner on Thursday.
While there will be no agreement at the two-day EU Council meeting, the UK expects there to be "substantive and frank discussions" which could potentially pave the way for a deal in February.
The talks are likely to show the level of support and opposition to Mr Cameron's four main reform objectives, the most contentious of which is a four-year ban on EU migrants claiming in work-benefits. The UK also wants more powers for national Parliaments, legally-binding safeguards for countries outside the eurozone and an opt-out for the UK from the principle of ever-closer union.
Although David Cameron has said he will not name the referendum date until the negotiations have concluded, Mr Farage - who has long campaigned for the UK to leave the EU - said he expected it to be held next June.
Speaking in the European Parliament, he said he expected David Cameron to be given short shrift at Thursday's dinner, claiming the UK prime minister had only been allowed to speak for seven minutes at an earlier dinner in June when he first set out his plans after the Conservatives' election victory.
"He (David Cameron) has asked for almost nothing and is unlikely to get even that," he said.
"But I am sure we will be treated to the usual theatricals. A grave-faced prime minister will come back to the UK to say how tough the negotiations have been, to say he will not give in and there will be hints that the PM will even support "Brexit" if he does not get his own way.
"In February, the charade will come back. There will be a European summit and on something minor and inconsequential there will be a deal."
Q&A: What Britain wants from Europe
Guide to the UK's planned in-out EU referendum
BBC News EU referendum special report
Mr Farage said the backlash against migrant quotas in Hungary and other countries and the performance of the Front National in recent regional elections in France showed the degree to which opposition to the European Union was "growing right across the continent".
He added: "So far nobody has reached the tipping point but the British referendum may be that moment. The momentum is on our side. It is not just about getting back national democracy, it is about getting back national self-confidence.
"For those of us who believe in nation state democracy, 2016 is a very bright dawn indeed."
Speaking in the same debate in Strasbourg, Gianni Pitella - the head of the Socialist and Democrat Group in the Parliament - said the EU must do "everything it can" to keep the UK as a member and the UK needed a "clear and positive commitment to conclude the negotiations".
And Guy Verhofstadt, the former Belgian prime minister who is now an MEP, said there must be a "constructive" response to the UK's demands - which he said provided the EU with an opportunity to pursue other "desperately needed" changes, including new governance arrangements for the eurozone and a "defence community".
Speaking on Wednesday, former British prime minister Sir John Major warned against the UK "flirting" with EU exit, saying it would be dangerous to adopt a position of "splendid isolation" when the world was "coming together" to fight common challenges. | The referendum on the UK's future in the European Union could be a "tipping point" for opposition to the "European project", Nigel Farage has said. | 35111029 | [
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Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) aims to reduce radiation leaks in three months and to cool the reactors within nine months.
The firm said it also planned to cover the reactor building.
Nearly 14,000 people died and another 14,000 are still unaccounted for after the earthquake and tsunami on 11 March.
Tepco unveiled its roadmap as Hillary Clinton briefly visited Tokyo to pledge America's "steadfast support" for Japan's reconstruction.
Radiation levels in the sea near reactor 2 rose to 6,500 times the legal limit on Friday, up from 1,100 times a day earlier, Tepco has said, raising fears of fresh radiation leaks.
Tsunehisa Katsumata, the chairman of Tepco, Asia's largest utility, told a news conference in Tokyo on Sunday they would need up to nine months to bring the power plant to ''cold shutdown''.
He said the plan would allow the tens of thousands of families evacuated from the area around the facility to return home as soon as possible.
"We sincerely apologise for causing troubles," Mr Katsumata said. "We are doing our utmost to prevent the crisis from further worsening."
Tepco said after cold shutdown it would focus on encasing the reactor buildings, cleaning up contaminated soil and removing nuclear fuel.
Japan's government had ordered Tepco to come up with a timetable to end the crisis, now rated on a par with the world's worst nuclear accident, the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
But the BBC's Roland Buerk in Tokyo says it is still not certain that the nine-month deadline can be achieved.
He says the immediate priority for Tepco is to stop radioactive water leaking into the Pacific Ocean.
The utility said it was sending remote-controlled robots into one of the reactors on Sunday to gauge radiation and temperature levels.
UK defence contractor QinetiQ said it had provided the machines, which are directed by controllers usually supplied with games consoles.
The robots can carry out tasks such as rubble clearance, demolition and radiation testing.
Japan is a world leader in such technology, but its robots are not adapted for dirty work such as meltdowns at nuclear plants, experts say.
Emergency workers have been unable to enter any reactor building since the disaster.
Our correspondent says Japan's recovery bill has been estimated at $300bn (£184bn) - already the most expensive disaster in history.
But the government said last week that figure might be an underestimate.
Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Clinton said in Japan she believed the country would emerge stronger from its worst crisis since World War II.
She met Prime Minister Naoto Kan and had tea with Emperor Akihito at the Imperial Palace, said to be a rare privilege for a non-head of state on a Sunday.
America has won Japanese admiration for sending scores of US ships and aircraft as well as 20,000 troops to help the relief effort.
Operation Tomodachi, or Friend, was the biggest humanitarian mission the US has conducted in Japan.
Before the quake, the two nations' ties had been strained by a dispute over US military bases on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa.
Mr Kan's predecessor as premier quit last year after being accused of reneging on a promise to remove at least one of the bases. | The operator of Japan's earthquake-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has said it expects to bring the crisis under control by the end of the year. | 13107846 | [
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Josh Hadfield, 10, from Frome in Somerset, developed narcolepsy after receiving the Pandemrix vaccine six years ago.
He was awarded the money after appealing against the government which had initially refused to pay as he was not "severely disabled" enough.
His mother Caroline Hadfield said winning was a "huge relief".
Families are entitled to £120,000 through the Vaccine Damage Payments Scheme, but only if they can prove "severe" disability.
Josh's narcolepsy was triggered after he was given the H1N1 2009 influenza vaccine, known as Pandemrix, made by GlaxoSmithKline, in January 2010.
He also suffers from cataplexy, which affects muscle control, but he had shown no symptoms of the illness before being vaccinated.
Ms Hadfield said: "It will help secure Josh's future. It's just a shame we had to jump through this amount of hoops to get this far."
She said her son was "coping" and had to have "one to two sleeps" during the school day.
"Josh has had to work incredibly hard because he misses lessons due to sleep and medical appointments," she said.
She added he had also had a large weight gain caused by the condition and his medication.
The Hadfield's solictor Suzanne Williams said she was "incredibly pleased" for Josh: "To succeed in the appeal, we had to satisfy the tribunal that he had a 60% disablement or more and they, in fact, concluded that he was 72% disabled based upon his present symptoms.
"They were also critical of the medical evidence provided by the secretary of state which they considered had not taken into account the whole picture."
Pandemrix was most widely used in the UK during the 2009-10 flu pandemic and given to almost a million British children between six months and five years old.
A spokesman for GlaxoSmithKline said: "We remain committed to carrying out additional research into the potential role of Pandemrix in the development of narcolepsy.
"We are also supporting ongoing work from other experts and organisations investigating reported cases of the condition."
The vaccine, which is no longer used, has also been linked to narcolepsy in children from Finland, Sweden and Ireland.
Matthew Hill, Points West Health Correspondent
The link between Pandemrix and narcolepsy was first suggested by studies in Finland and Sweden where a review of 75 children who developed the disorder had a tenfold increased risk of the condition within six months of having the jab.
This was confirmed by another study in 2012 in Ireland showing a 13-fold increase in youngsters between five and 19 years of age.
There are about 100 other cases in the pipeline, so it seems the awarding of £120,000 to Josh Hadfield is only the start.
Narcolepsy facts
• Narcolepsy is a rare illness, with around 10 new cases per million people every year
• The main symptom is falling asleep suddenly
• The cause of narcolepsy remains unclear
• Some people may be predisposed to the condition by their genetics
• Suggested initial triggers include infections such as measles or mumps, accidents and the hormonal changes that take place in puberty
• It most often begins between the ages of 15 and 30 | A boy with a rare sleeping illness caused by a swine flu vaccine has won £120,000 in damages. | 35472926 | [
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Around 400 residents in east Rhyl were forced to leave their properties when severe storms breached the sea defences in December 2013.
Chaz Moore, whose bungalow was flooded when the sea wall collapsed, said it was a "risk" living in the area.
The third and final phase of £1.1m of improvements by Denbighshire Council is due to start on Tuesday.
Cllr David Smith, of Denbighshire Council, admitted the flooding was a "major catastrophe" and major work had been done to protect properties from a repeat of three years ago.
"It will be a lot safer knowing what we know now, but the one thing that I cannot say, that no one can say, is that it will not happen again," he said.
"It is as safe as we can do it."
Mr Moore, who had only been living in his home for six months when the storms hit, said about 18in of water flooded through his bungalow.
Watching back his home video of the floods, Mr Moore said: "If you listen to the soundtrack, my wife is on the phone to her sister, saying 'we need someone to part the sea for us'.
"We definitely feel safer, we have got to say that, it is a risk living here, but the benefits are great."
The work will involve the construction of a new storm water "outfall" which will pump out the flood water from a holding lagoon at the golf club, channelling it out to sea during low tide. | Work is set to begin on a pump to protect hundreds of flood-hit homes in Rhyl from the tides. | 38567085 | [
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Scot Knox carded a three-under-par 67 - matching his first-round score - to finish one shot off the lead.
Englishman Casey also shot 67 and is among six players at five under par.
Tyrone van Aswegen produced a four-under-par 66 to share the lead with Daniel Berger, Russell Henley and Marc Leishman at seven under.
South African Van Aswegen, 34, is looking for his first victory on the PGA Tour.
Find out how to get into golf with our special guide.
Casey, 39, lost in the play-off in Connecticut last year and is level with former world number one Vijay Singh on the leaderboard.
American Bubba Watson chose to defend his Travelers Championship title prior to his appearance at the Rio Olympics and finds himself four shots off the lead and tied for 24th.
We've launched a new BBC Sport newsletter, bringing all the best stories, features and video right to your inbox. You can sign up here. | Britain's Russell Knox and Paul Casey are tied second and third respectively after the second round of the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, USA. | 36995524 | [
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The move will see the supermarket open Giraffe branches near to Tesco stores as it seeks to create "retail destinations" for customers.
Tesco will hope that the acquisition will help revitalise its UK business.
Over the past year, the group has been revamping its UK stores. In January, it reported its strongest growth in UK Christmas sales for three years, but said there was "a lot more to do".
Tesco pointed to Giraffe's popularity with a wide range of ages, particularly families, as part of its appeal.
"We think our customers will love it," said group commercial director Kevin Grace.
The supermarket recently bought a 49% stake in Harris and Hoole coffee shops, a move which drew criticism from some shoppers who felt they had been duped into believing it was an independent business. It has also invested in the Euphorium Bakery chain.
"I think it's a very significant move," Neil Saunders, managing director of Conlumino told BBC News.
"Traditional retailing is seeing much more sluggish growth and one of the things that all retailers have got to do is look to wider areas of spending including leisure and dining out.
"[This] exposes Tesco to much more lucrative growth."
Analysts also suggested that the move could help Tesco solve a crucial problem: what to do with the retail space that was once devoted to things like CDs and movies.
Tesco can "implant Giraffe restaurants into its larger stores where it has an excess of retail space," said UBS food retail analyst Mike Tattersall.
Giraffe founders Russel and Juliette Joffe and Andrew Jacobs will remain in place on the management team, with Russel Joffe continuing as managing director.
"This move will allow us to introduce Giraffe to a wider audience, presents great opportunities for growth and for the team to be involved in an exciting stage in our brand's development," said Mr Joffe.
Private equity firms 3i and Risk Capital Partners have sold their stakes in the business. | Supermarket group Tesco has bought the restaurant chain Giraffe for £48.6m. | 21769507 | [
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Teresa Dennett, 58, needed surgery after a stroke and the coroner concluded "it is likely she would have survived" if the operation went ahead.
Nottingham University Hospitals said its intensive care unit was full and suggested she should go to Sheffield.
But NHS England said a lack of beds was not a reason for refusing admission.
Live updates and more from Nottinghamshire.
The death was highlighted by Heidi Connor, assistant coroner for Nottinghamshire, who has written what is known as a Regulation 28 report, which sets out aims to prevent future deaths.
She has sent the report to the chief executives of NHS England and two of the hospital trusts involved, following the inquest in Nottingham that ended on 6 January.
She wrote: "In my opinion there is a risk that future deaths will occur unless action is taken.
"Crucially, it was clear there was no written protocol in place to set out a clear pathway for referral for emergency neurosurgery."
Meanwhile, the Royal College of Surgeons said it was "saddened" by the death and has called for NHS England to review bed capacity in the face of cuts.
In response to the Regulation 28 report Prof Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS England's National Medical Director, has written to medical directors reminding them of national guidelines.
He referred to the Society of British Neurological Surgeons care quality statement (2015), which states: "The lack of critical care beds must not be a reason for refusing admission for patients requiring urgent surgery."
However in evidence, the inquest heard adopting the society's statement was voluntary, many of the neurosurgeons involved in the case had not heard of this statement before, and some described it as "aspirational".
NHS England must formally respond to the coroner by 30 June.
The coroner sent her report to the chief executives of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (STH), which must respond by 31 March.
NUH said: "We extend our condolences to Mrs Dennett's family and apologise that we were unable to transfer her to our specialist unit immediately to consider surgery.
"We are working with partner hospitals to ensure more effective emergency care and transfers to specialist units in this diagnosis."
STH said: "If Nottingham had confirmed with us that they could not undertake the surgery, as per the clinical guidelines, we would have operated on Mrs Dennett in Sheffield regardless of bed availability.
"We will be discussing with Nottingham and King's Mill Hospitals the lessons which need to be learned in respect of the use of the clinical guidelines, so that the chances of this happening again are limited."
King's Mill Hospital is run by Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, whose medical director Dr Andy Haynes said: "The coroner rightly praised our medical registrar for doing all he could to facilitate a very difficult situation."
The inquest heard about a proposed new way of working whereby a patient who needs life-saving surgery would be transported immediately to their local unit.
This may mean a critical care bed would have to be found for the patient after the operation, even if that requires extensive "bed-juggling", as the coroner termed it.
In extreme cases, post-operative treatment could be provided elsewhere. | A woman died after a hospital did not accept her for neurosurgery citing an intensive care bed shortage, an inquest heard. | 39113901 | [
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Many more found their lives were transformed forever by the natural disaster. Here, some share their stories.
Louis Cryer was 18 and in Sri Lanka with his mother Zoe and brother Felix
We were staying in an idyllic beach village called Unawatuna in Galle district. It took a matter of seconds for a wall of water of about 5ft (1.52m) in height to start coming in. It was a kind of surge which reached the first floor of our hotel.
Zoe Cryer, Louis' mother, Sri Lanka
Survival instincts totally kick in. I thought our balcony might collapse. My main worry was for my 13-year-old who wasn't such a strong swimmer.
We grabbed what we could and got out as quickly as possible. My youngest son, Felix, had been studying tsunamis in geography. He was the first one to realise what had happened. He saw the islands disappearing.
When we returned, all the buildings in front of the guest house had been pulled away. A crowd gathered around a woman who had collapsed. I'm qualified in first aid so went to help. We tried to give mouth to mouth, but she died. I'd never seen a dead body before.
Many tourists had the opportunity to fly out immediately but I felt strongly that we needed to make our peace with what had happened - with the country and with the people. We were supposed to travel to southern India but went home instead. I didn't think it was right to be there. It was a while before I could look at the sea and feel comfortable.
It flattened walls, trees, and the buildings around us, before rising higher and higher. We tried to get people out. Miraculously, guests who had been in the room underneath us started popping up from the water.
One woman was trapped in her locked room because she couldn't find her key. She said the room filled up quickly with water and she took what she thought would be her last breath. Luckily she found the key and opened the door which then burst into pieces under the pressure.
Buildings were collapsing around us. We tried to pull out passing people trapped in the currents.
When the water finally subsided we made a run for higher ground and a temple that had become a make-shift safe refugee area. We set up camp in a hotel up on a hill and when it was safe to do so, we went back down to salvage anything we could. I remember seeing rooms full of mud and fish.
People came up to the temple with dead bodies. We carried one Italian woman with a suspected broken back through the debris to another hotel to get medical help. I met one guy who had been out surfing and was swept a few miles up the coast. He had to walk through all the death and destruction to find his family. Luckily he found them all.
One of the only positives to come out of it all was the humanity of it. It didn't matter about your nationality or religion. Everyone was checking on each other.
A few days later, once the road was clear, the High Commission sent coaches to take us back to a refugee centre in Colombo. We were fed, watered, offered clothes and flights home but we chose not go straight away. We wanted to stay to try and comprehend the reality of what had happened.
The main thing we felt was guilt. After seeing the devastation, we were lucky enough leave, but many were left with nothing.
Once in the UK, I put on an exhibition of photos I'd taken, spoke about it at our school and raised £3500 to send back to the village.
I gained a new-found respect for the sea. I never realised its power. It hasn't put me off going in the water, but I'm a lot more aware of what it can do.
We were having breakfast at the hotel on a terrace, overlooking the pool, the beach and the Andaman Sea. My husband Tom noticed the waiters were all pointing at the sea which was receding rapidly. It was a fascinating sight. People got their cameras out and walked towards the dry seabed. The beach was full of sunbathing tourists.
Tom had an uncomfortable feeling though. He lived for two years on the beach in California and had never seen a sea behave like this. Then it clicked: the trembling he heard earlier was an earthquake. The receding water was the prelude to a tidal wave.
Tom grabbed my hand and screamed, "Run!". At that same moment, he saw a high wall of water come crashing over the reef towards us at a speed of 40-50mph. We ran uphill fast. The water was right behind us. The noise was deafening.
Tom looked behind and saw the beach and pool area were a boiling mass of water. Palm trees, beach chairs and parts of bungalows were twirling around and people were frantically trying to hold on to something. We kept going for higher ground, up the steep hill into the jungle beyond it. We waited for two hours, knowing only few people would have survived the onslaught below.
When the sea looked calm again we descended to the hotel, and found many badly wounded people. We helped to get them onto the back of trucks taking people to hospital.
Then we were warned another tsunami was on its way so we climbed up into the jungle again, where we waited three more hours.
We then came down to the road there were cars and trucks loaded with the wounded. No one knew what to do or where to go. We did not want to go down to the lower level and see all the corpses that littered the beach.
There was no electricity, no cell-phone network nor radio, so we spent the night at a small restaurant stand.
The next day the road was clear, and we could start the long trip home. The floor of the bus station was covered with wounded people, all waiting for the bus to Bangkok. People nearly cried at the opportunity to use our cell phone and reach their families to tell them they were alive.
The guilt was hard to bear. I will never forgive myself for not going to the hospital with the wounded but mainly for coming back unscratched.
Ten years on and we are still looking at life with a lot of more appreciation. We feel connected with Thailand so that is why we continue with a Thai animal charity.
My partner and I had won a snorkling trip at a raffle on Christmas Eve at our hotel, Phi Phi Charlie on Koh Phi Phi. That raffle saved our lives.
We had been snorkelling in the water when the Thai guides started to call everyone back onto the boats. The water had receded rapidly from the shoreline and nobody knew what was happening. We were lucky that we managed to get back onto the boat as the waves came in, and the boat swiftly repositioned itself some few hundred metres away from the coast. However, as strange currents began to develop and the waves started to impact upon the bay, we saw people being swept away.
Longtail boats that had been closer to the shoreline snapped and sank like twigs. We can't believe how lucky we were to get back onto the boat as we don't know what happened to the people we had been snorkelling with and who had been swept away.
We just thought some localised freak incident had taken place but 30 minutes later the boat guides had a phone call from friends who told them Phuket and Phi Phi Don had been hit badly by a tsunami.
It became clear that Koh Phi Phi, where we had been staying, was devastated by the waves. Our hotel was destroyed, and it was only recently we found out that over half the people staying there were killed. We stayed in open water for the rest of the day waiting for more advice about what to do.
It wasn't until late afternoon that the boat took us back to Koh Phi Phi Don. It was then that the tragedy became apparent.
We were sailing in a soup of debris from the island which included TVs, fridges, holiday books and worse. It was just awful. We could see that the island was devastated and the infrastructure was shattered.
One man on board had a mobile phone. We all took it in turns to try to call home. Eventually I got through to my brother-in-law. I have never heard anyone speak with such worry and relief. He told me that everyone was so worried and had feared the worst.
We all decided to stay on the boat that night, moored out at sea. The boat was too small to have taken us all the way to Phuket. The only option we had was to wait for help to arrive in the morning. It was the longest night of my life and were it not for the camaraderie of those passengers on board and the wonderful generosity of the Thai people who owned and manned the boat, it would have been unbearable.
As the sun rose, we took the boat in to the harbour once again and waited for the larger boats to arrive. It was just awful. From our position on the water we saw hundreds of people all desperate to get off the island. They were huddled together on the pier in the harbour.
We eventually got the ferry boat to Phuket that morning and after a long wait we boarded an army plane back to Bangkok and a flight home.
We had lost all of our possessions but didn't care, we were so grateful to be alive. It was such an awful situation and such a random tragedy. Why did we take that boat trip that day? What if we had overslept? Why should we be the ones to survive and not so many others like us who didn't. It is senseless and random and just so utterly sad.
Every 26 December since the tsunami my partner and I take a walk on a beach and reflect on that devastating day. We will remember those who died again this year.
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Under Secretary of State Patrick Kennedy asked the bureau to unclassify the message so it could be archived, "never to be seen again".
He made the request in relation to an email about the 2012 attacks on the US diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya.
But the FBI said it did not change the classification level.
The email in question described reports in November 2012 that Libyan police were arresting suspects in the attack of two months earlier, which left Ambassador Christopher Stephens and three other Americans dead.
Other interesting revelations from the newly released FBI documents include:
The 100-page FBI document published on Monday says an unnamed FBI official was "pressured" in summer last year to change the classified Clinton email to unclassified.
The official said he had received a call from a colleague - whose name is also redacted - at the FBI's International Operations Division.
The colleague said he had been contacted by Mr Kennedy asking him to change the email's classification level in "exchange for a 'quid pro quo'".
The State Department, the FBI document says, offered to "reciprocate by allowing the FBI to place more Agents in countries where they are presently forbidden".
Mr Kennedy, according to the FBI documents, followed up on this matter at a subsequent meeting, spending 15 minutes attempting to influence the FBI to unclassify the Clinton email.
He also pressed FBI assistant director of counterterrorism Michael Steinbach on the issue.
Republican House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan said the revelation "bears all the signs of a cover-up".
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump tweeted: "Unbelievable."
Mr Kennedy, who has spent more than four decades at the State Department, was already a lightning rod for Republican criticism.
He oversaw both diplomatic security during the 2012 attacks in Benghazi and the records and IT departments during Mrs Clinton's use of a private email server.
But State Department Deputy spokesman Mark Toner denied any wrongdoing by Mr Kennedy.
"Under Secretary Kennedy sought to understand the FBI's process for withholding certain information from public release," Mr Toner said.
"As has been reported, there have been discussions within the interagency on issues of classification."
The email in question was among some 100 messages recovered from Mrs Clinton's private email server that the FBI would ultimately designate as classified.
The FBI and State Department engaged in a review of the former secretary of state's emails as they were being made ready for public release.
FBI Director James Comey concluded in his investigation Mrs Clinton had been "extremely careless" in handling the classified material.
The scandal has fuelled the perception among many voters she is untrustworthy.
The emails scandal relating to her private server is different from the messages that Wikileaks have been releasing recently. | A State Department official "pressured" the FBI to change the classification of a Hillary Clinton email in a "quid pro quo", according to FBI documents. | 37683119 | [
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Zaneta Krokova, 11, and Helina Kotlarova, 12, who were "holding hands" as they crossed the road, died after the crash on Ashton Road.
Four men, aged 59, 48, 38 and 18, remain in custody on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.
A fifth man, aged 23, has been de-arrested, police said.
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said he was initially arrested for the same offence but was now assisting police with enquiries.
Greater Manchester Police said it had identified the car involved in the collision as a Blue Peugeot 807.
The dark blue vehicle, which had evidence of previous damage to its rear window, was found abandoned on Honeywell Lane.
Nigel Whittle, principal of Oasis Academy, Oldham, said the school was "deeply saddened" by the news of the deaths of Zaneta, who was a first year student, and her cousin Helina Kotlarova, a former pupil.
He said: "Our thoughts and prayers are with their families and friends at this extremely distressing and difficult time.
"We are a very closely-knit school community. As our students return following the Christmas break, I know that they will care for one another, and our staff will be available to offer the support and time necessary as we all come to terms with this awful loss."
He said with the agreement of the Krokova family the school would join together to pay tribute to Zaneta in the coming weeks. A book of condolence would be opened on Thursday, he said. | Police have been given more time to question four men held over an apparent hit-and-run crash in Oldham on New Year's Eve in which two cousins died. | 38494724 | [
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Mark Roy Mason, 48, was assaulted outside Home Bargains on Marsh Road, Rhyl, at 19:25 BST on Thursday. He was taken to hospital but later died.
North Wales Police said a white Renault Kangoo drove into the car park, followed by a black 4x4.
It is understood the offenders got out of the black vehicle and attacked Mr Mason before making off.
Det Ch Insp Jason Devonport said it was "a truly shocking incident".
He added: "We believe this to be a targeted attack, but the reason for this attack is yet to be established."
Mr Mason's family and the coroner have been informed.
The store was closed on Friday and a police cordon put in place in the car park. | A man who died after being stabbed in a car park in Denbighshire, prompting a murder investigation, has been named. | 37796400 | [
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The famous Cold War nuclear warplane crossed Woodford Aerodrome near Stockport, where it was made in the 1960s, at about 15:20 BST.
It will be grounded later this month after engineering backers withdrew support.
Huge crowds gathered at vantage points to catch a last glimpse. | The last flying Vulcan bomber aircraft flew over the Greater Manchester factory where it was built as part of a farewell tour of the country. | 34496932 | [
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The four-time Olympic gold medal winner polled the most number of votes among the 542 members of the British team.
The 36-year-old cyclist also carried the Union Flag at the 2008 closing ceremony in Beijing.
"I'm absolutely delighted and honoured to have been voted as the flag bearer for Team GB," said Sir Chris.
"To lead out your team at a home Olympics is truly a once in a lifetime opportunity and one that that I can't wait to experience in just a few days time."
Other Olympians who received support included archer Alison Williamson, who will compete in her sixth Games.
Hoy, who will compete in the team sprint and keirin at London 2012, is the first cyclist to have the honour of carrying the British flag at an opening ceremony.
The Scot will lead out Team GB when they become the last of the 204 competing nations to enter the arena.
Sir Chris Hoy was always one of the outstanding candidates for this role. His election was all but sealed when sailor Ben Ainslie, his main rival, was ruled out. Ainslie begins competing on Sunday, so will not attend the opening ceremony.
Sir Chris already has four Olympic gold medals and hopes to have increased that total to six by the end of the Games.
Hoy told BBC Radio 5 Live: "I'm still in shock, it's all sinking in. I'm just looking forward to Friday.
"To have the athletes vote for you it makes it even more special. This will be my first experience of an opening ceremony so for a number of reasons it will be very special."
It has been a remarkable few days for British cycling following
Brian Cookson, president of British Cycling, told BBC Sport: "Just when you think it can't get any better it does. It is the cherry on the cake for British Cycling after Bradley Wiggins's success on Sunday.
"Sir Chris is a brilliant athlete and a fantastic ambassador for the sport of cycling. Hoy is reaching his potential just at the right time in the sport and deserves this pivotal role at London 2012."
Hoy, who is Scotland's most successful Olympian, was named BBC Sports Personality of the year in 2008.
He won a silver medal at the Sydney Olympics in 2000, a gold at Athens in 2004 and another three golds in Beijing four years ago.
Team GB's Chef de Mission Andy Hunt said: "Team GB could not have placed the flag in better hands.
"It is a great honour for Sir Chris and the team will be proud to march behind him. He is a fantastic ambassador for his sport and his country."
Hoy is not due to compete until the second week of the Games, when he will try to surpass rower Sir Steve Redgrave's British record of five gold medals.
The British Olympic Association asked each sport represented in Team GB to nominate one candidate. The team leaders of each sport then voted on the shortlist. | Sir Chris Hoy has been chosen to carry the flag for Great Britain at the opening ceremony of the London Games on Friday. | 18953729 | [
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Berahino, who apologised on Friday for threatening to go on strike, scored the third in a 3-2 win over Crystal Palace.
It was the 22-year-old's first goal in the Premier League since October.
"If you take Kane out of Tottenham's team or Vardy out of Leicester's, they leave massive holes. Saido is as good for us as they are," Pulis said.
"When Saido and Salomon Rondon, play together they are handful and we haven't had that for half a season."
Following his threat not to play for the Baggies again under chairman Jeremy Peace after a potential move to Spurs fell through, Berahino spent three-and-a-half months out of the starting line-up, returning to the first-team last weekend in the win at Everton.
And, after early goals by Craig Gardner and Craig Dawson, his effort proved the difference as he superbly volleyed in Stephane Sessegnon's diagonal ball before Connor Wickham's double hauled Palace back into the match.
Berahino, who has scored three times in the FA Cup since the new year, also hit the bar while the score was 3-1.
After a seventh goal of the season, Berahino said his link-up play with fellow striker Rondon had played a key part in the victory.
"We've been working hard at trying to link up, today we clicked and it's a good sign," he said.
"I've been through a lot this season but I've put the past behind me. I was just out there enjoying myself. You just want to go out and show what you're about."
The game against Palace also saw the club rally around Chris Brunt, who was struck by a coin thrown from a Baggies fan in the loss to Reading last weekend.
Supporters collected money for a charity of the Northern Irish international's choosing and sang his name during the 11th minute of the match to correspond with his shirt number.
Unfortunately for Brunt, he had to be taken off just before half-time with what looked like a serious knee injury, but Pulis said the whole episode had brought the club together.
"If the supporters want to boo and moan, they have a right to, the players accept that," Pulis said. "But you can't accept throwing stuff at players.
"It's a wonderful football club, and [the incident] most probably brought fans all together to support the team and the club. They think the world of it."
On Brunt's injury, Pulis added: "It's a disappointment for us because he's a good player. He could be out for a while." | Striker Saido Berahino is as important to West Brom as Harry Kane is to Tottenham or Jamie Vardy to Leicester, says Baggies boss Tony Pulis. | 35677949 | [
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They include her chauffeur in Paris, Michael Madar. The three were among 17 people arrested in co-ordinated raids across France on Monday.
The driver's brother is still being questioned by police, reports say.
Kardashian West was held at gunpoint and tied up by the robbers while staying at a hotel in Paris in October.
She was targeted at the exclusive flat near Place de la Madeleine while her bodyguard looked after her sister at a nightclub.
The gang stole €9m (£8m; $9.5m) of jewellery, including a diamond ring valued at around €4m.
The two witnesses to the robbery - Kardashian West herself as well the night-watchman - apparently both told police that their aggressors were men "of a certain age". CCTV footage on the street outside also provided crucial evidence.
"We would expect the people who carried out a job like this to be criminals with a certain degree of experience. They would need the connections to be able to dispose of the jewels once they had got their hands on them," one police source told the BBC.
Throughout the inquiry, police have been investigating whether the gang was tipped off that Kardashian West's bodyguard was not at the hotel residence at the time of the robbery.
Among those arrested on Monday were several figures in their 60s and one in his 70s. The raids took place mainly in the Paris region and at Rouen in the north. An Algerian, identified as 72-year-old Pierre B, was detained at Grasse on the French Riviera.
Although there has been no trace yet of Kardashian West's missing jewellery, police did recover an estimated €300,000 during Monday's raids. | Three people have been released without charge by French police investigating a Paris jewellery robbery that targeted TV reality star Kim Kardashian West. | 38582122 | [
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Stephanie Portal, from Worthing, West Sussex, said her son felt "he had been kicked off and cheated".
EasyJet has apologised, offered compensation and is investigating.
"There was him and an adult for one seat and the adult was getting very angry about it all," Miss Portal said.
"I don't know if it was a random selection, or if they thought Casper would be the easier option to get off the plane, but it's wrong.
"He was asked to go to the cockpit - thinking he would be allocated another seat - but before he knew it, was taken outside the plane and told to go to the information desk.
"He was left to make his own way through the airport, nobody in departures to meet or help him, and despite there being three more flights that day was put on the latest one and had a 10 hour wait."
Miss Portal said a manager at EasyJet told her the airline overbooks its flights by up to five seats due to people often not showing up, and that it was the last people to check-in, not the last to buy their tickets, who were in danger of not getting a seat.
"The whole system needs an overhaul and the attitude of the attendants was irresponsible," she said.
"Children should never be pulled off a flight and the people who are should be given priority on the next one.
"Airlines cannot gamble on the probability of people not turning up."
"Casper is quite laid back but he really felt he had been kicked off and cheated," she added.
A spokesman for the airline said: "EasyJet is sorry that Casper Read's flight from London Gatwick to Toulouse was overbooked on 20 July.
"We are investigating why he was able to board the aircraft as he should have been informed at the gate.
"EasyJet has a procedure to protect unaccompanied minors but unfortunately this was not followed on this occasion." | The mother of a boy taken off a plane at Gatwick due to a lack of seats is demanding EasyJet overhaul its ticketing process. | 40691142 | [
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It was heading for a clean-sweep for Cuba but British super heavyweight Frazer Clarke beat Leinier Pero in the final bout to earn a consolation point.
This was the Lionhearts first appearance in the WSB final.
Johanys Argilagos (Cub) beat Galal Yafai (GB) 48:47/49:46/49:46
Robeisy Ramirez (Cub) beat Peter McGrail (GB) by round three KO
Yasniel Toledo (Cub) beat Dalton Smith (GB) 49:46/49:46/49:46
Arlen Lopez (Cub) beat Troy Williamson (GB) by round three KO
Erislandy Savon (Cub) beat Lawrence Okolie (GB) by round one KO
Yosvany Veitia (Cub) beat Muhammad Ali (GB) 48:47/49:46/47:48
Lazaro Alvarez (Cub) beat Luke McCormack (GB) 50:45/50:45/50:45
Roniel Iglesias (Cub) beat Ekow Essuman (GB) by round two KO
Julio Cesar La Cruz (Cub) beat Thomas Whittaker (GB) 50:41/50:41/50:41
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GSK said it would adopt a graduated approach linked to a country's wealth.
It said it would still seek full patent protection in richer nations.
The company says the changes it is making should help people who currently cannot afford life saving medicine.
In the world's poorest countries, it will allow other companies to make generics or cheaper copies of its medicine.
In what it calls lower middle income countries it will continue to file patents but will grant licences to generic manufacturers in exchange for a royalty.
Pharmaceutical firms are often criticised for not making their medicines affordable to people in developing countries, but the firms have argued that patenting their products is the only way to ensure research for new treatments can be funded.
One exception is HIV/AIDS, where the price of drugs for people in many poor nations who are living with the condition have been drastically reduced.
Sufferers of other serious illnesses though, for example, cancer, often cannot afford the drugs to treat them.
GSK says changes to the way it patents drugs will make its next generation of cancer drugs more affordable.
Recent figures showed GSK's sales rose 2% to £6.29bn in the quarter.
However, the company fell to a pre-tax loss of £416m compared with a profit of £531m for the same period in 2014.
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The parcel was opened at a Royal Mail depot in Coventry and found to contain over half a kilo of the Class B drug.
Police obtained a search warrant and raided Dornan's home in Raploch, Stirling on 8 April.
Stirling Sheriff Court was told officers found a shoebox in his bedroom containing digital scales, almost £570 in cash, and a card containing notations.
They also found a message on a phone about an agreement to supply someone with a half-ounce of the drug for £125.
Dornan, a plasterer from Raploch, pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of herbal cannabis.
Defence agent Frazer McCready said his client, a father-of-one, had no criminal record.
Mr McCready said: "He was having financial difficulties, and was clearly beyond his means.
"Unfortunately rather than go to some sort of debt counselling, as he is now doing, he foolishly decided to embark on this exercise with regard to his debts by involving himself in the supply of cannabis.
"Clearly that type of drug was going to be intercepted, and it was.
"There were consequences immediately."
Sheriff Wyllie Robertson told Dornan that despite the fact he had no offending history, he had "no alternative" but to impose the jail sentence, because of the value of the drug involved. | A man who ordered cannabis on the "dark web" and planned to deal the drug to clear his debts has been jailed for six months. | 36530120 | [
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A crowd of more than 9,000 attended Sunday's testimonial for the 29-year-old left-back against Sunderland.
"There are going to be a few new faces coming in," he said after the 2-2 draw with the English Championship side.
"But I think we've got the nucleus of a good squad and one that can compete at the top end of the league."
Stevenson has been at Easter Road since coming through the Edinburgh club's youth ranks and played 40 times last season as they won the Championship.
"The club's come on leaps and bounds, everything's in place and, although it's had its ups and downs, I'm sure there's plenty more success in the future and I'd love to be part of that for a few more years," he told BBC Scotland.
Stevenson was in the Hibs side that in 2016 ended the club's 114-year wait to lift the Scottish Cup for a third time - and the League Cup final winning team of 2007.
And he says that returning to the top flight as title winners was as big an achievement.
"The cup wins we've had have been amazing, but equally winning the league last season was my main goal after we got relegated," said Stevenson.
"To be part of a title-winning team is something I'll hold deeply in my memory.
"That's your bread and butter, the league, and it was a great achievement and hopefully we can kick on from there.
"There is a bit of an expectation on us that we are going to start off flying, but it is going to be tough."
Stevenson was delighted with the attendance against the side relegated from England's top flight.
"I was probably more nervous about today than I was about the cup final," he said.
"It has been amazing and everything I could have dreamed of - a massive turnout from the Hibs fans, which means so much to me."
Stevenson was sent out for a solo lap of honour at the final whistle.
"It felt a bit surreal," he added. "I'm not really one for the spotlight. I wished the boys were at the back of me.
"But it is amazing to see the support that I've had over the years.
"It has been tough at times, but the fans have stuck with me because I know there are a few times that they could have turned their back on me."
Hibs head coach Neil Lennon paid tribute to the long-serving full-back, who has donated the proceeds to charity.
"He wouldn't have enjoyed even the walk around at the end because that's not Lewie - he is very quiet, reserved, a manager's dream," he said.
"I think he's worked under nine managers here and been first pick under every one of them. That tells you a lot about the quality of the player, his temperament and his ability."
Lennon thought the workout against Sunderland, now managed by Simon Grayson following the departure of David Moyes, was ideal ahead of this weekend's opening League Cup tie against Montrose.
"I thought it was a great game," he added. "I was really pleased with the quality of the performance from our players against very good opposition.
"It was a very competitive game, very exciting and both goalkeepers got worked a lot." | Lewis Stevenson thinks Hibernian can compete at the top end of the Scottish Premiership after their promotion and plans sticking around for more success. | 40555161 | [
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It was later refloated and anchored at Broad Bay before being put on board the heavy lift ship Hawk nearly three weeks ago.
The rig will be repaired and stripped of fittings in Malta before being taken to Turkey to be scrapped.
The rig's grounding on 8 August sparked pollution fears due to the 280 tonnes of diesel on board.
Investigations found two of its four fuel tanks were damaged in the incident which resulted in the loss of 53,000 litres of fuel, most of which is thought to have evaporated with no damage to the environment.
Three weeks later it was towed to the safer anchorage at Broad Bay before being floated on to the deck of the Hawk, a semi-submersible ship used for transporting large maritime structures over long distances. | A 17,000-tonne oil rig which ran aground on the Western Isles in early August has arrived in Malta. | 37769037 | [
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The Conservatives want a report into the spending on the 218 "procurement cards" used for government spending.
A further £475,540 was spent in the first three months of 2015/16.
A review was conducted in April 2014, but Welsh ministers said they do not publish the results of internal audits.
However, all internal audits are shared with the public spending watchdog, the Wales Audit Office.
Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies said: "Unfortunately, the minister [Finance Minister Jane Hutt] is refusing to publish that report, which leaves a number of questions unanswered: is the taxpayer getting value for money?"
The Tories say they would encourage public bodies to publish all spending of more than £500.
A Welsh government spokesman said: "During the audit process for the Welsh government annual accounts, the Wales Audit Office has the opportunity to review all of the Welsh government's financial transactions.
"If Mr Davies is suggesting that civil servants are improperly using procurement cards then he should raise his concerns with the permanent secretary." | More than £3.8m has been spent in the last three years by civil servants using Welsh government-issued credit cards, prompting calls to reveal what the money has been spent on. | 34873873 | [
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Chapman's Ice Cream initially offered to purchase Beavercrest Community School in Markdale for about CA$1m ($741,000; £596,000).
"This is the community that helped build us to what we are," vice-president Ashley Chapman told the BBC.
Although regulations and an asbestos problem might make buying the school difficult, he said the company will work with the school board to come up with a solution that works, and intends to help cover some costs.
"Somebody's got to step to the plate and somebody's got to help fix the situation," he said.
Mr Chapman proposed buying the building and leasing it back to the school board at a reasonable rate in order to keep the school open.
But the aging building could require millions of dollars worth of repairs, and regulations make it tricky for a private company to buy a public building still intended for public use.
"Essentially what we were proposing was a giant band aid to delay the situation," he said.
The school is one of about 600 - many in rural areas - that the province has earmarked to be shut down in order to save costs.
If Beavercrest were to close, children from the town would have to spend up to 90 minutes in a bus commuting to one of three other schools in the area. It has 195 students but has a capacity for 319, according to a recent report by the local school board.
"We all realise that something needs to happen and something needs to change, but whatever happens needs to benefit the students," he said.
An alumnus of Beavercrest himself, Mr Chapman said helping isn't just the right thing to do, it's smart business.
Chapman's, which was founded in 1973 by his parents, is one of the largest ice cream manufacturers in Canada and has doubled its workforce over the past six years, he said.
The company intends to expand even more, and that means they need to attract people to the small town of Markdale, which has a population of just 1,325.
Mr Chapman said he's already struggled to attract people to the area, even after raising wages.
"Where are these people going to come from, especially if we don't have an elementary school in this area?" he said. | A Canadian ice cream manufacturer hopes it can give something back to its local community, by keeping an elementary school in Ontario province from shutting down. | 38083252 | [
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Natalie Hemming, 31, of Alderney Avenue, Newton Leys, was reported missing on Tuesday.
The man, 42, and also from Milton Keynes, was arrested by Thames Valley Police earlier in connection with the investigation and is in custody.
Police said Ms Hemming's disappearance was "out of character" and they are still trying to locate her.
Det Ch Insp Simon Steel said officers were "keeping an open mind" about the circumstances surrounding the disappearance.
"Our priority is to find Natalie and return her to her family as soon as possible. We would like to speak to anyone who has any information about where Natalie may be or anyone who has seen her since 3pm on Sunday.
"If you recognise someone fitting Natalie's description or have any details which could assist with the investigation, no matter how insignificant you feel they may be, please contact police."
Ms Hemming is described as white, about 5ft 3in (1.6m) tall, of slim build, has shoulder length brown hair and blue eyes.
She was last seen on Sunday at 15:00 BST in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, and was wearing a blue top, blue jeans and a short black jacket. | A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder by police searching for a missing woman. | 36209218 | [
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The final is due to start on Friday in Ghent, 35 miles from Belgian capital Brussels, which is under the country's highest security alert.
The British team delayed their flight to Belgium from Sunday to Monday because of the security situation.
"Everything is continuing because we believe it will go on," said the FTF.
Gijs Kooken, chief executive of the FTF, which is staging the event, is in regular contact with the Belgian government and told BBC Sport that he has "not yet had a signal that it's not safe to organise the event".
He added: "It is an event with international exposure, with 13,000 spectators a day, so it is a risk event, of course, in the current situation - but I'm very confident in our government.
"Of course you never can predict what will happen next, but I would be surprised if it was cancelled.
"I'm quite confident that we will play next weekend."
The International Tennis Federation has said it is "greatly concerned" by developments but that preparations for the tie will continue.
The alert level in Ghent is category three, the same as London, and sporting events including the Ghent Six, a large annual cycling competition, have been held in the city this weekend.
Live updates from BBC News
Brussels entered a second day of a security lockdown on Sunday, and Belgium prime minister Charles Michel said at 18:00 GMT that the threat level for the capital city would stay at level four for Monday.
He also confirmed that Metro services would remain suspended on Monday, with all schools and universities closed and residents told to avoid crowds.
The maximum security alert in the capital will remain in place as Belgian police and security services hunt for suspects linked to the Paris attacks and those said to be planning a similar attack in Belgium.
Great Britain reached the Davis Cup final for the first time since 1978 with victory over Australia. They last won the event in 1936.
Belgium reached their first final in 111 years by beating Argentina.
The tie, which runs from Friday, 27 November to Sunday, 29 November, will be played on clay courts at the 13,000-seat Flanders Expo, which is sold out for all three days - more than 1,000 British fans are due to be at the final.
Britain's squad of Andy Murray, Jamie Murray, Kyle Edmund, Dominic Inglot and James Ward practised on the indoor clay courts at Queen's Club in west London on Sunday.
They are due to practice for the first time on the clay at the Flanders Expo on Monday afternoon, and will have very tight security as they travel between the court and their hotel.
Some of the backroom staff are already in Belgium, but many British fans have expressed their unease about travelling to, and staying in Ghent, with the terror threat in Belgium at such a high level.
Sniffer dogs and explosive experts will be patrolling the venue, and spectators - who can expect to be body searched - will have to leave all bags in lockers outside the entrance. | Great Britain's Davis Cup final against Belgium "will go on" despite the terror threats affecting Brussels, says the Flemish Tennis Federation (FTF). | 34894679 | [
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A Canadian Lancaster, currently on a UK tour, performed an engine shutdown during a flight in County Durham.
Its owners said it landed safely at Durham Tees Valley airport following the "precautionary" shutdown.
It had been due to fly to Bournemouth to take part in weekend displays with an RAF Lancaster bomber.
An airport spokesman said the plane had experienced an "issue" with one of its engines as it was approaching the runway at the end of a 30-minute demonstration flight for invited guests.
"The aircraft landed safely and nobody was injured and it taxied to stand.
"The Lancaster has been returned to the hangar and engineers are conducting tests to determine the cause of the fault," he added.
The last remaining flying Lancasters - owned by the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight and the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum - were due to fly at the Bournemouth Air Festival as well as the Shoreham Air Show and the Gedling Show in Nottinghamshire, as part of a two-month UK tour by the Canadian aircraft.
The aircraft are based at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire for the duration of the visit.
There were over 7,000 of the type of aircraft produced between 1941 and 1946.
A statement from Bournemouth Air Festival said: "We share the disappointment of all the Canadian Lancaster fans but we understand that she is over 70 years old and these sort of things can and do happen.
"We hope she's airworthy again soon."
An airworthy Merlin engine is being shipped from the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre near Skegness and this will be fitted over the weekend. | Displays by the last two airworthy Lancaster bombers from World War Two have been cancelled after one suffered engine problems. | 28981916 | [
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The knee-high footballers, based at the University of Hertfordshire, are not exactly pacey. And they are not very good at gaining possession - especially if they spot someone such as me, wearing red shoes, which they mistake for the similarly red, but round, ball because they have been programmed to spot colour rather than shape.
When they do get to the ball, they stop to look around before they kick it And once they have kicked it, they are liable to fall over.
They also kick each other, although I'm assured that will not count as a foul.
"The kicking is most likely unintentional," says their manager, Prof Daniel Polani.
"We don't yet have robots that understand that kicking will hurt other robots. He thinks that he has seen the ball."
The robots are pre-programmed - an estimated 50,000 lines of code go into preparing for a match - but there is also an element of learning.
They "speak" to their trainers as they play, explaining what they are seeing.
And when they are configured for the next match all that information can be used to raise their game.
These robots have form. In last year's competition, in Brazil, they were runners up.
But there is no room for complacency.
"We would like to win, but every game needs to be won," says Prof Polani.
"It is much harder this year, and many of the rules have changed, so we have to start again from the beginning and work our way up."
Changes include making the playing surface more like Astroturf, meaning it will be even harder for the robots to stay upright. And the ball will be white, making it harder for them to spot.
The RoboCup has been running since 1997, and each year sees ever more sophisticated robots taking part.
And it has grown from 38 teams from 11 countries to over 500 teams taking part from more than 45 countries.
It may not have as big a fan base as the World Cup, but there is no shortage of supporters cheering on the robots.
Originally conceived as a way of advancing the development of artificial intelligence, the ultimate aim is for a team of robots to take on and beat their human World Cup winning counterparts in 2050.
Watching the little guys perform, this seems unlikely - but Prof Polani remains hopeful.
"Ten years ago, this would have seemed difficult - but we have made such huge progress in the last 10 years, that it is definitely possible," he said.
"It is not entirely unrealistic." | The whistle blows and the beautiful game begins, but this is no ordinary football match - it is a training session for a team of robots, which on 19 July will compete at the RoboCup World Championships, hosted this year in the Chinese city of Hefei. | 33254022 | [
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The blaze, which broke at an address in West Hill Road, St Leonards, just after 17:30 GMT on Thursday, is being treated as unexplained.
The body of a man, believed to be in his 70s, was found inside the house. Sussex Police said the coroner had been informed.
Detective Inspector Andy Eggleton said the investigation was in its early stages and appealed for witnesses. | A man's body has been found following a fire at a house. | 38928497 | [
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Pedrosa, who almost quit the sport this year because of an arm injury, took the lead seven laps from the end.
Rossi's Yamaha team-mate and championship rival Jorge Lorenzo was third after suffering tyre problems.
Rossi now leads Lorenzo by 18 points in the standings with a maximum of 75 available from the final three rounds.
Only those two drivers can win the title, meaning Marc Marquez's two-year reign as world champion is over.
Pedrosa, whose career began in the 125cc class in 2001, had not won a MotoGP race since the Czech Grand Prix in August 2014 and missed three of the season's first four races after arm surgery.
"I couldn't go fast in the beginning," said the 30-year-old. "But at the end my pace was faster and could win the race. I am very happy."
Meanwhile, San Marino rider Alex de Angelis is in a "critical condition" with bleeding inside his brain, following a crash in practice on the eve of the race.
The 31-year-old is sedated in the intensive care unit of Dokkyo Medical University Hospital, with race doctor Michele Zasa stating an MRI scan had showed he had a brain haemorrhage.
De Angelis, who competes for Team e-motion Iodaracing, also fractured five vertebrae and two ribs, and suffered a slight fracture of the sternum and the left collarbone.
Meanwhile, British rider Danny Kent edged closer to winning the Moto3 title by finishing sixth in his race, one place ahead of main rival Enea Bastianini.
Kent now leads the Italian by 56 points with three races remaining.
The 21-year-old, from Chippenham, is attempting to become the first British world champion since Barry Sheene in 1977. | Spain's Dani Pedrosa claimed the 50th Grand Prix win of his career with victory over championship leader Valentino Rossi in the Japanese MotoGP. | 34499069 | [
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New research suggests the Cornish Black honey bee is better at dealing with varroa mites, which carry a strain of a disease called deformed wing virus.
The virus has killed vast numbers of the world's bees.
Scientists at Paignton Zoo are researching how the breed has survived the mite.
The zoo hopes its findings will help protect colonies and encourage more bee keepers to take on the Cornish breed.
Colonies of the bees have been moved to the zoo to monitor their health over the summer.
The mites act as tiny incubators of one deadly form of the disease, and inject it directly into the bees' blood.
Michael Bungard from the zoo said: "It's important that zoos look in our own backyard.
"Our bee project is predominantly education, so we can get the message across about the Cornish black bees and the varroa mite." | A rare Cornish bee species could save dwindling populations from a disease that has wiped out millions of colonies worldwide, scientists have said. | 22811683 | [
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Homs Governor Talal Barrazi said the evacuation of al-Wair was part of an existing deal with community leaders and would take six to eight weeks.
Opposition activists said the rebels would be allowed to depart with their families for rebel-held northern Syria.
Al-Wair, home to an estimated 75,000 people, has been under siege by government forces since late 2013.
Homs was dubbed the "capital of the revolution" after residents embraced the call to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad in 2011 and drove security forces out of much of the city the following year.
That prompted the government to begin a brutal two-year siege that left whole areas destroyed and eventually forced rebels to withdraw from the Old City in 2014.
Al-Wair, on the western outskirts, is the last rebel-held district.
In December 2015, community leaders agreed a five-stage truce with the government.
The first phase led to 300 rebels leaving and the government allowing in a limited amount of food and humanitarian aid. But the deal subsequently stalled.
The second phase did not take place until September, when several hundred more rebels were evacuated and the government freed 200 imprisoned al-Wair residents.
The next two phases will see about 10,000 to 15,000 people leaving in several groups over the coming weeks, opposition activists from the Homs Media Centre told Reuters news agency.
The pro-opposition Orient News website reported that the rebels planned to head to Jarablus, a town near the border with Turkey that was captured from so-called Islamic State last August.
In a separate development on Monday, several rebel factions said they were not yet ready to send a delegation to attend talks with the government that are scheduled to begin in Kazakhstan on Tuesday.
Ahmed Othman of the Sultan Murad brigade told Reuters that one of the reasons for the boycott was unfulfilled promises relating to a cessation of hostilities agreement brokered by Russia and Turkey at the end of December.
Mr Othman complained that Russia, an ally of President Bashar al-Assad, had failed to halt the government's bombardment of rebel-held areas. | Syrian rebel fighters have agreed to leave their last enclave in the city of Homs, government officials say. | 39255980 | [
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SolO will take pictures and measurements from inside the orbit of Mercury, to gain new insights on what drives the star's dynamic behaviour.
The European Space Agency has signed a contract with Astrium UK to build the satellite, for a launch in 2017.
The deal is worth 300m euros (£245m), and the work will be done in Stevenage.
With an eye on history, the contract signatures on the legal paperwork were timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of UK activity in orbit.
It was 26 April 1962 that Britain became a space-faring nation, with the launch of the Ariel-1 satellite.
Esa director Alvaro Gimenez and Astrium executive Miranda Mills shook hands on the SolO project in London's Science Museum, where a model of
Ariel-1 is on display
.
After launch, Solar Orbiter will take itself deep into the inner Solar System, flying as close as 42 million km from the Sun. This close proximity will require the spacecraft to carry a robust shield.
"Heat will be a huge problem," says Dr Ralph Cordey, the head of science at Astrium UK.
"If it were not protected, the face of the spacecraft would get as hot as 500 degrees - which would be disastrous.
"We will use a thick heatshield to reduce the temperature within the spacecraft and its systems down to about room temperature so that all the electronics can operate comfortably."
SolO's remote sensing instruments - its imagers and telescopes - will look though slots which have shutters that can be closed when no observations are being made.
The mission is designed to enhance our understanding of how the Sun influences its environment, and in particular how it generates and accelerates the flow of charged particles in which the planets are bathed.
This solar wind can be very turbulent, and big eruptions on the solar surface will create major perturbations in the wind. When this stream of particles hits the atmosphere at Earth and the other planets, it triggers spectacular auroral lights.
"Solar Orbiter's mission will tell us how the Sun creates the heliosphere, which you can think of as its atmosphere," explained solar physicist Dr Lucie Green from University College London.
"The heliosphere is hot and it expands out into space for about 17 billion km.
"We don't really know how it's formed and how it varies with time, but Solar Orbiter will get really deep into that atmosphere to see where on the surface the emissions are coming from, to ultimately understand how the great bubble is made."
To sample the solar wind as it comes off the surface, Solar Orbiter has five in-situ instruments.
The probe's orbit will also take it high above the plane of the planets so it can see some of the processes at play on the Sun poles. And the speed of SolO around the star means it will be able to follow events and features that would normally rotate out of view of Earth-based observatories.
At the heart of the endeavour is a desire to understand better the causes of what solar physicists call "space weather".
Big storms on the Sun that hurl billions of tonnes of charged particles out into space can disturb electromagnetic fields on Earth, resulting in communications interference and, in extreme cases, damage to power lines and satellite electronics.
Scientists would like to be able to forecast such events earlier and with more confidence.
Solar Orbiter is a joint venture between Esa and the US space agency (Nasa). The latter will supply one instrument, a sensor and the rocket to send the satellite on its way.
The project emerged from a competition among European space scientists to find the most compelling medium-class mission to take an available launch slot at the end of the decade.
Esa will soon sign off a second such mission, called Euclid, which will investigate the mysterious phenomena known as dark energy and dark matter, which appear dominate and shape the Universe we see through telescopes.
The first in a new class of large missions (those costing a billion euros or more) will be selected next week. This is expected to be a mission to study the icy moons of Jupiter.
The UK Space Agency is planning a year of celebrations to mark the British space sector's golden anniversary.
[email protected] and follow me on
Twitter | British industry will lead the production of Solar Orbiter (SolO), a spacecraft that will travel closer to the Sun than any satellite to date. | 17743190 | [
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Judge Thomas Lipps rejected arguments by defence lawyers that witnesses could face intimidation or harassment outside the courthouse in Steubenville.
The case has attracted attention due to social media and the high profile of the football team in the small town.
Judge Lipps also ruled the non-jury trial would be open to the public.
He did so over the objections of the family of the 16-year-old girl who was allegedly attacked.
She wanted to protect her identity and keep evidence that might eventually be ruled inadmissible from becoming public.
Trenton Mays and Ma'lik Richmond, both 16, deny the charges they face next month at a juvenile court.
Three other students who witnessed the alleged attack but were not charged are expected to testify at next month's trial.
Those witnesses include two who took a video and photograph, then deleted the images.
The Ohio attorney general's office told lawyers for those students last autumn that if the images had been found, they would have been charged.
Prosecutors say the girl, who went to a school across the river from the city in West Virginia, was attacked after an alcohol-fuelled party last August.
The case was thrust into the national spotlight after attention by bloggers and the hacker activist group Anonymous.
Some claimed that the community had sought to cover up the alleged crime in order protect the two accused.
The trial is set for 13 March. | An Ohio judge has ruled that the rape trial of two high school football players will take place in the county where the alleged attack happened. | 21268041 | [
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The writer's political play This House has just transferred to London's West End, four years after it premiered at The National Theatre.
Asked what his next project will be, Graham told BBC News: "I'm working on a TV drama about the referendum campaign.
"I think [Brexit] is going to be the main occupying idea in all writers' heads for the next five or 10 years."
He added: "That doesn't mean necessarily writing a dramatic re-enactment of referendum night, I think it just means the new mood we're living in, which is very different, a bit scary, very divisive, very angry, very confused."
But Graham confirmed that his TV drama will "specifically tackle what happened" in the run-up to the EU referendum on 23 June.
The playwright has previously written a short play about Brexit for The Guardian as well as The Vote, a play set in a polling station, which was televised on More4 on the night of the 2015 general election.
His other credits include musical Finding Neverland - for which Graham wrote the script and Gary Barlow the music and lyrics - and Privacy, which made its debut on Broadway earlier this year starring Daniel Radcliffe.
This House deals with the struggles of the Labour government between 1974 and 1979.
It debuted at the National Theatre in 2012, and recently had a run at the Chichester Theatre before transferring to the West End.
The play's director Jeremy Herrin said he was "delighted" by the reaction the play has had.
"We haven't really changed much of it, James has kept the same script," he told the BBC.
"When we first did it, the audience's obsession was much more about the coalition government in 2010 and how that was working out, and now it's much more about what's happening in the Labour Party."
He added: "It's much more about dignity and honour in politics, and whether the procedure can reflect our natures.
"Particularly post-Trump, it feels like that's the big question in the production - is it possible to be a decent human being in a parliamentary framework? So the play starts to answer that question."
The Guardian's Michael Billington described This House as "enthralling" in his five star review of the play after its West End opening.
"Graham brilliantly captures the daily machinations of politics," he wrote. "The whole ensemble contributes to a thrilling play that both relives history and transcends it."
Writing in The Telegraph, Dominic Cavendish said This House is "the most intelligent, entertaining and informative political drama of this decade".
He added: "This House is a must for those who want to learn more (or be reminded about) the very peculiar workings of Westminster and its often quietly heroic occupants."
The play was described as "magnificently sharp and witty" by Fiona Mountford in The Evening Standard.
"Whoever would have thought that the intricacies of a minority government struggling to pass a series of bills would have been so engrossing?"
She added: "Both a treat and a triumph, this is a superlative night out in the West End."
Comedian Jack Whitehall, who also attended Wednesday evening's press performance, described it on Twitter as an "incredible, amazing production".
Culture Minister Matt Hancock said it was a "brilliant portrayal of 1970s political drama".
Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | Playwright James Graham has revealed he is writing a TV drama about the EU referendum campaign. | 38167840 | [
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By studying cubes of sand in the lab, they showed that areas squeezed by vertical stress are protected from erosion, while others wash away.
The process had proved difficult to study, because natural slabs of sandstone erode over millions of years.
The key to the experiments, published in Nature Geoscience, was an unusual "locked sand" dug from a Czech quarry.
The study's first author, Dr Jiri Bruthans from Charles University in Prague, said the results revealed the "Michelangelo" behind some of the world's most famous rocky landmarks.
"The stress field is the master sculptor - it tells the weather where to pick," he told BBC News.
Erosion by wind and water, it seems, is merely the sharp instrument. The remarkable shapes are controlled by internal stresses and strains within the rock, applied by the pull of gravity.
As well as showing they could predict the shapes with mathematical models of that stress field, Dr Bruthans and his team sandwiched small cubes of sand under various weights and submerged them in water.
The sides of the cube started to fall away within minutes, leaving fewer and fewer grains of sand to bear the weight. As that process continued, eventually the pressure on the remaining column caused the grains to lock together and resist further erosion.
When they added faults or other distortions to the cube, and shifted the direction of the pressure applied, the scientists were able to reproduce a gallery of the sort of shapes seen in natural sandstone landforms.
They were only able to watch all this happen because of the strange, sticky quality of the sand they used.
From the Strelec Quarry, in the north of the Czech Republic, the team collected samples of a sand with particular interlocking properties: "Strelec locked sand". It is so soft that for many years it was mined in the quarry using hoses - but when it dried out, explosives had to be used.
For his experiments, Dr Bruthans used 10cm blocks of this locked sand that were dried out an oven.
"It was very clever to find this rock out of a quarry that would behave in an accelerated way, compared to those famous sandstone arches," commented Dr Simon Mudd, a lecturer in landscape dynamics at the University of Edinburgh, UK.
"They've really demonstrated convincingly that as you erode this material, it begins to concentrate stress," he told the BBC.
To show that the principle also applies to regular sandstone, Dr Bruthans and his team also took small cubes of normal, "cemented" sandstone from the same quarry and attacked them with cycles of heat, cold and salt, to simulate natural erosion.
In all cases, Dr Bruthans showed that it was pressure that determined the shapes left behind.
"You can control it completely," he said. "You select the pillar direction, by choosing the points where you apply the compression."
One experiment even showed that a block of the Strelec sand, placed straddling a small gap and left outside in the rain for 15 months, would naturally form an arch.
All of these processes can be predicted by modelling the stress field, Dr Bruthans emphasised. "It's just the stress which controls the shape - nothing else."
The results were enough to convince Dr Mudd: "It's a very compelling combination of experimental and numerical work," he said.
In an accompanying comment article for Nature Geoscience, Prof Chris Paola from the University of Minnesota, US, described the discovery as "a lovely and elegant formative mechanism for a lovely and elegant kind of landform".
"These natural sculptures have delighted countless visitors, some of whom must have paused to wonder where they come from," Prof Paola wrote. "Here is an answer." | Geologists have discovered the secret that gives dramatic natural sandstone monuments their shape: gravity. | 28365410 | [
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The system can involve withdrawal of medication, food and fluids.
It can offer a peaceful and dignified death but there have been problems with its implementation, the government-commissioned review is set to say.
Health officials said the review was expected to recommend the LCP should be phased out within six to 12 months.
The system was developed at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital and the city's Marie Curie hospice in the 1990s to provide a model of best practice in the care of dying patients.
It can mean an end to invasive tests, treatment or feeding through tubes that is deemed to cause unnecessary suffering at the end of life - but it should be discussed with the patient, family or carer where possible.
The pathway was developed during the late 1990s at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, in conjunction with the Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute.
It was intended to provide uniform, high-quality, dignified care for dying patients - whether they were in hospital, at home, in a care home or in a hospice.
Previously, there were concerns that care had been patchy, with some hospitals failing to meet acceptable standards, and accusations that people were subjected to invasive treatment and testing that offered no chance of preventing death, but merely prolonged their suffering.
Under the LCP, patients are regularly reviewed to ascertain whether medication should be stopped - and whether fluids should be withdrawn once they have ceased to be able to eat and drink.
However, families have complained relatives were put on the pathway without their consent, and that death has been hastened in people who were not dying imminently.
Critics say that it is impossible for doctors to predict when death is imminent, so the decision to put a patient on the pathway is at worst self-fulfilling.
There have also been suggestions that the pathway has been used to help hospitals save money. NHS Trusts do receive payouts for hitting targets related to its use - but the suggestion that the pathway has been used for cynical reasons has been vigorously denied by the Department of Health.
The Department of Health (DoH) in England set up an independent review amid fears the LCP was being used to hasten death, to clear beds and save money, and that patients or their families were not being consulted.
The review, led by crossbench peer Baroness Julia Neuberger, applies only to England. The LCP is also used in Scotland and Northern Ireland but not in Wales, which has its own framework for end-of-life care and support.
A Scottish Government spokeswoman told the BBC it welcomed the Neuberger review.
"Recommendations set out in the report will be considered by the Living and Dying Well National Advisory Group, so that any learning for Scotland can be taken forward with stakeholders," the spokeswoman said.
The review for England was asked to focus on the use of the LCP model rather than re-evaluating its basic merits.
But the DoH said the review team, which heard evidence from patients, families and health professionals, encountered "numerous examples of poor implementation and worrying standards in care".
The review was likely to conclude the LCP needed to be replaced, it said in a statement.
"The independent review into end of life care system the Liverpool Care Pathway, commissioned last year by Care and Support Minister Norman Lamb and backed by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, is likely to recommend that the LCP is phased out over the next six to 12 months," the DoH said.
The statement gave no indication of what might replace the LCP.
But Mr Lamb said: "We need a new system of better end-of-life care tailored to the needs of individual patients and involving their families."
He ordered the review in November last year amid intense media scrutiny of the LCP following criticism from patients' families.
At the time, he said he was concerned about the "unacceptable" cases that had come to light.
British Medical Association president elect Baroness Finlay said the LCP was originally brought in because patients were "dying badly, in hospitals in particular".
They were being "walked past, ignored and neglected", she said, and the LCP was an attempt to "roll out the best of hospice care into other areas".
"By and large that worked well but the problem has been that it hasn't always been used properly," she told BBC Radio 4's Today Programme.
She said that if the LCP was phased out it was vital something better replaced it. "Something which is very clear, very simple and which drives up professional behaviour," Baroness Finlay added.
Dr Linda Patterson, clinical vice-president of the Royal College of Physicians - which has been reviewing the LCP every year since it was introduced in 2004 - said the system was "very helpful".
"But if the execution of it in all instances has not been right then we need to review that," she added.
"All doctors dealing with patients who may unfortunately die need to be trained in end-of-life care. We need to know what the standards are, we need to be able to apply them, our junior doctors and trainees need to be fully trained in it. And we also need time - time to be able to discuss these very difficult issues."
Jason Suckley, director of policy and campaigns at Sue Ryder, said the healthcare charity's research had shown the timing and quality of conversations health professionals had with terminally-ill patients amounted to a "lottery".
He said workers' communication skills needed to be improved and urged Health Education England, which provides training and support for healthcare professionals, to include end-of-life training in its workforce mandate.
"When it comes to dying we cannot afford to get it wrong and health professionals need to be supported to communicate with people effectively at a very traumatic and emotionally difficult time," he said.
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The surprise move, announced on Tuesday evening, is part of a crackdown on corruption and illegal cash holdings.
Banks will be closed on Wednesday and ATM machines will not be working.
India is overwhelmingly a cash economy. New 500 and 2,000 rupee denomination notes will be issued to replace those removed from circulation.
"Black money and corruption are the biggest obstacles in eradicating poverty," Mr Modi said.
People will be able to exchange their old notes for new ones at banks over the next 50 days but they will no longer be legal tender.
The announcement prompted people across the country to rush to ATMs that offer 100 rupee notes in an attempt not to be left without cash over the next few days.
The move is designed to lock out money that is unaccounted for - known as "black money " - which may have been acquired corruptly, or be being withheld from the tax authorities.
Finance Secretary Shaktikant Das warned people with large stashes of hidden cash that banks would closely monitor the exchange of old notes for new ones.
Mr Modi has set his stall out as a modernising, anti-corruption crusade.
Scrapping notes that are very, very common is his biggest offensive yet. Most transactions in daily life are in cash and 45% of those are in notes in denominations of 500 rupees and over.
Not a single news organisation seemed to know this was coming. I saw one news anchor produce a wad of 500s from his own pocket on air wondering whether these were now just pieces of paper - and also wondering if the bars of Delhi would see a sudden surge of business.
It has caught the country completely off guard. There will also be limits on cash point withdrawals over the next couple of weeks.
Read more from Simon here
The 500 and 1,000 rupee notes are the highest denomination notes in the country and are extremely common in India. Airports, railway stations and hospitals will only accept them until 11 November.
People will be able to exchange their money at banks between 10 November and 30 December.
Mr Modi's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party came into power in 2014 promising to bring billions of dollars of black market money into the country's financial system. His government is half way through its term of office.
The announcement comes just over a month after the government raised nearly $10bn through a tax amnesty for Indians to declare hidden income and assets.
The BBC's Justin Rowlatt in Delhi says the issue of "black money" is a huge problem in India and the latest move is the prime minister's big demonstration that he is taking it seriously.
The idea is to lock out money that is unaccounted for and make it visible for tax purposes - banks will be happy to exchange a few thousand rupees, but will be asking questions of those who turn up with hundreds of thousands or millions in currency.
There are no precise figures available but experts say the government's move could be "a very powerful measure" to curb "black money". IIFL Holdings Ltd Chairman Nirmal Jain told Bloomberg that it will have "a deflationary impact in general and more specifically on real estate prices - making homes affordable".
It seems not. An individual can put as much as he or she likes into the bank - but withdrawals are limited so the banking system may end up being flooded with cash.
Government guidelines say it is possible to exchange 4,000 rupees - but it is not clear if this is per day or in total.
Critics say the new rules may make it especially difficult for people who choose to keep their cash at home rather than in a bank account and for people with large rupee cash reserves who live abroad.
If there is a legitimate explanation for the cash, the authorities say, it will be possible to exchange it.
Cash points will close on Wednesday and in some places also on Thursday - a development that it seems may cause cash blockages or queues at ATMs.
It's a bold step because many people who voted for Mr Modi were small traders who overwhelmingly did their business in cash.
Our correspondent says these are people who probably do have a few hundred thousand rupees - a few thousand dollars - stored under their beds and will have problems when they turn up in the bank on Thursday trying to change their money.
The move leaves a lot of uncertainty about the Indian economy at least in the short term. | Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced that the 500 ($7.60) and 1,000 rupee banknotes will be withdrawn from the financial system overnight. | 37906742 | [
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The raids came a day after it emerged a Frenchman was being held by police investigating the murder of three people at the Brussels Jewish Museum.
Mehdi Nemmouche, 29, was arrested at a station in Marseille on Friday.
Prosecutors say he has claimed responsibility for the attack and spent more than a year in Syria.
Interior Minister Bernard Cazaneuve told Europe 1 radio on Monday: "There are people who recruit jihadists. There are as I'm speaking arrests being made."
"We are acting everywhere. There will be no respite in the fight against terrorists."
There is no suggestion of a link between the four arrests on Monday and the detention of Mr Nemmouche during a random check on a coach arriving from Amsterdam in southern France on Friday.
But Mr Nemmouche is said to have had links with radical Islamists and served five years in jail in France for robbery before being released in December 2012.
When he was arrested, he had with him a Kalashnikov rifle and a handgun believed to have been used in the attack, the Paris prosecutor said.
He was also said to have had a white sheet emblazoned with the name of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, a jihadist group fighting in Syria, and a camera with a 40-second video showing the two guns and a voice recording, claiming responsibility for the killings.
Speaking on French radio station RTL on Monday, the head of French Jewish association CRIF, Roger Cukierman, called for more resources to be given to the foreign intelligence service, the DGSE, to track militants returning to France from Syria.
He feared "they would become 700 time bombs when they return", referring to the estimated number of French-born jihadists in Syria.
Belgium has requested Mr Nemmouche's extradition from France and police have to decide whether to extend his detention until Thursday.
Three people died when a gunman opened fire at the museum in the busy Sablon area of the Belgian capital on 24 May. They were an Israeli couple in their 50s, and a French female volunteer.
A Belgian man, believed to be an employee of the museum, was critically injured. | Four people have been arrested in the Paris region and southern France, officials say, on suspicion of recruiting militants to fight in Syria. | 27660683 | [
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National Lottery operator Camelot said that, subject to validation, the prize could be paid out on Monday.
It was the eighth ticket in the UK to take the top Euromillions prize so far this year and the fourth this month.
A £19.7m jackpot was shared by three tickets from the UK on 2 September. Friday's winning numbers were 5, 8, 14, 22, 32, and Lucky Stars 2 and 11.
When jackpots are paid, winners can decide whether to reveal their identities or stay anonymous.
A family syndicate from Monmouthshire won more than £61m in the Euromillions jackpot in August.
UK ticketholders also won jackpots of £24.6m and £24m in February this year, and £51.8m in April.
The biggest lottery prize in UK history is the £161m Euromillions jackpot won by North Ayrshire couple Chris and Colin Weir in 2011.
Tickets for Euromillions are sold in nine countries - the UK, Austria, Belgium, France, the Irish Republic, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland - with ticket-holders in all each country trying to win a share of the same jackpot. | A UK ticketholder who won a £34m jackpot in Friday's Euromillions draw has come forward to claim the prize. | 37391805 | [
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St Kitts stuttered to a draw with a second innings of 76-7, after England had declared on 379-6 at tea.
Another two-day game follows but with an agreement for England to bowl and bat for 90 overs regardless of wickets.
The first Test against West Indies starts in Antigua on 13 April.
Cook, 30, has scored an England-record 25 Test tons but has not reached three figures in his last 31 Test innings.
His last century for England in any match was 154 (retired out) against Australia A in Hobart on 6 November, 2013.
Cook, who was dropped from the one-day squad on the eve of the World Cup, is looking to reassert himself as batsman and captain before England attempt to win back the Ashes in July and August.
Ian Bell also retired on 59 as England replied to St Kitts first innings total of 59 all out.
Pace bowlers Liam Plunkett and Mark Wood, initially left out of the side, shared the new ball in the second innings and both were among the wickets as coach Peter Moores used 14 players.
Kent off-spinner James Tredwell was the pick of the bowlers with 3-35.
He said: "We'd have liked a sterner contest but you play the cards you are dealt and get on with it.
"A little bit of a sterner contest would have been handy, but it's time in the middle for us." | Alastair Cook hit his first England century since November 2013 on day two of their warm-up match against a St Kitts & Nevis Invitational XI. | 32209421 | [
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Elderly World War Two veterans lead the crowd. And many of the participants are carrying flowers to lay at the Freedom Monument, Latvia's symbol of national independence.
They have come here to commemorate those who died defending Latvia against the Soviet Union in the war.
But with Russian troops now in nearby Ukraine, many in the Baltics are alarmed that history may be about to repeat itself.
"If Ukraine falls, then Russian ambitions won't stop with this. I believe we will be next in Russia's list of actions," said one young man who had come to take part in the procession.
"It shows the attitude of Russia - how it goes into another country very easily and acts in an aggressive manner," said another.
But this annual memorial service is highly controversial. These elderly veterans fought against Russia - but for Nazi Germany.
The Baltics have spent much of their history being buffeted between neighbouring imperial forces.
And in WWII, having already suffered severe oppression under Stalin, many Latvians saw Hitler's forces as the lesser of two evils - Latvia's only chance of not slipping back into Stalinist oppression.
But the veterans and their supporters are accused of being Nazi sympathisers - particularly by Latvia's large Russian-speaking community.
About 1,000 Russian-speakers have gathered behind police barricades near the monument to protest. "Fascists go home!" shout some. "Shame! Shame!" shout others.
This year security is particularly tight, with as many police officers as participants, amid fears that the instability in Ukraine will spark ethnic tensions here.
It is a similar dynamic to Ukraine: pro-Moscow local Russian-speakers accusing pro-Western nationalists of being right-wing extremists. And like Ukraine, some Russian-speakers here say they are discriminated against by mainstream society.
"I feel like a person who is second-class," says Aleksandr Gaponenko, a Russian-speaker who moved to Soviet-era Latvia with his parents 59 years ago, when he was a one-year-old.
"We want equal rights for our languages, and we want equal social and economic rights."
Latvia country profile
According to the Latvian authorities, throughout the 20th Century people from elsewhere in the USSR were resettled in the Baltics as a deliberate Soviet policy to water down Baltic culture and destroy local national sentiment.
And still today Russian-speakers are sometimes pejoratively called "occupiers".
So when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, Mr Gaponenko, like many Russians, was not automatically granted Latvian citizenship, and lost his job in Riga city council.
Today he is classed as a "non-citizen" - which means he is still not allowed to work for the state and does not have the right to vote.
Around 300,000 Russian-speakers, or 13% of Latvia's population, are so-called "non-citizens". And they live in an EU member state and member of Nato.
To become Latvian, they have to prove their knowledge of the Latvian language and culture in a citizenship test - even if they were born here.
Some Russian-speakers, such as Mr Gaponenko, refuse to take the test, saying that the country where they have spent all their lives should grant them citizenship automatically.
Others, particularly older people, say they do not speak Latvian well enough to pass the test.
But the Latvian government says it is encouraging all residents of Latvia to become citizens. And it accuses the Kremlin of using the issue to stir up resentment within the local Russian-speaking population and create political instability.
"There's massive propaganda, even an information warfare - not only here, and not only using Russian-speaking media, but also using other channels," says Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics.
Russian-speakers often live very separate lives from their Latvian neighbours, living in different neighbourhoods, often socialising in different places.
In Riga city centre, one bar might be full of local Russian-speakers, next door packed with ethnic Latvians.
Estimates of numbers of Russian-speakers vary. According to Latvian pollster SKDS, Russian-speakers make up 42% of the population in Latvia, with 58% described as ethnic Latvian.
This split in society is exacerbated by the political system.
The parties popular with ethnic Latvian voters manage to form convoluted governing coalitions to stay in power. Meanwhile Harmony Centre, a party voted for mainly by Russians-speakers, is stuck in opposition - despite having won more votes than any other single party in the last parliamentary elections of 2011.
Most problematic, says political analyst and pollster Arnis Kaktins, is that Russian-speakers often consume all their news from media produced in Moscow, while ethnic Latvians tend to get their information from Latvian or Western news outlets.
So the two communities are developing opposing views about who is to blame for the crisis in Ukraine.
"When so many people rely heavily on Russian news sources, it means that Russia has an instrument to change their minds if it would like to," says Mr Kaktins.
There is a fear that the Kremlin could encourage Latvia's predominantly Russian-speaking border regions to follow Crimea's example and break away from Latvia to join Russia.
All three Baltic States are in Nato, so it is seen as unlikely that the Kremlin would send in troops, and start a conflict that the West would feel obliged to respond to militarily.
The real worry is that the crisis could increase divisions within Latvian society.
Since independence in 1991, Latvia's two communities have lived side-by-side peacefully.
But if the conflict in Ukraine gets worse, the rift could grow between Russian-speakers who support Russia's President Vladimir Putin, and ethnic Latvians who support the West. | A mournful procession of about 1,500 Latvians winds its way through Riga's medieval Old Town singing traditional Latvian songs. | 26720549 | [
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The victim is in a stable condition in the Royal Sussex County Hospital after being seriously injured in a confrontation in Portslade on Saturday.
A 15-year-old boy from Hove was held on suspicion of attempted murder and causing GBH with intent.
An 18-year-old man from Portslade was arrested on suspicion of affray.
Both have been bailed until 18 November.
A 16-year-old boy from Portslade, also arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, remains in police custody.
Sussex Police said emergency services were called to Abinger Road at 17:17 BST where a group of youths were gathered in the car park of the Co-op store. | Two teenagers arrested after a 16-year-old boy suffered "potentially life threatening injuries" in a stabbing in Brighton have been released on bail. | 37339822 | [
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Gubbins (109) hit 15 boundaries as he enjoyed a 198-run partnership with opener Sam Robson (99).
Robson fell one run short of a fourth ton of the season, being bowled by Joe Leach (4-64) for 99 as the Somerset bowlers remained accurate.
Despite a middle-order wobble, Paul Stirling (85) played solidly as Middlesex reached 407-9 at stumps.
Resuming on 139-0, Robson and Gubbins continued their excellent opening partnership before Robson was dismissed.
Gubbins brought up his century from 208 balls before nicking Jim Allenby (3-51) to Marcus Trescothick at slip.
There was some hope for Somerset as Middlesex lost four wickets for 39 runs, but Stirling steadied the innings.
He fell to Leach five overs before stumps after pushing Middlesex into a lead, but a draw still looks the most likely result. | Nick Gubbins scored his first Middlesex century as their batsmen closed down Somerset's commanding total at Lord's. | 36365003 | [
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Air safety investigators say the device, designed to slow down the craft, activated at the wrong time without a command from the pilots.
But they say it's too soon to determine the exact cause of the crash and it may take as long as a year to carry out the investigation.
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShip Two, crashed during a test run over the desert in California.
One pilot was killed and another is recovering in hospital.
Virgin Galactic had aimed to send tourists into space early next year, and has already taken more than 700 flight bookings costing more than £156,000 each. | An investigation into what caused a spacecraft to crash, has said that a safety device activating at the wrong time, could have been the reason. | 29861678 | [
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French President Francois Hollande expressed "deep sadness" at the death of Huguette Dupeu in a statement.
Most of the dead in the raid were foreign tourists. Two of the attackers were killed by security forces.
A huge march against terrorism is planned for Sunday that will finish outside the Bardo museum.
President Hollande is among those expected at the event in the capital Tunis.
Lyse Doucet: Tunisia's test of transition
Cradle of 'Arab Spring' under threat
The museum's planned reopening earlier this week was postponed over security concerns.
Schoolchildren and students were allowed in on Friday, with the general public to be readmitted Monday.
The attack, claimed by Islamic State (IS), was the deadliest in Tunisia since the uprising which led to the overthrow of long-serving ruler Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in 2011.
Over 20 people have been arrested in connection with the attack, although just two gunmen are thought to have carried out the raid.
They are said to have been trained in Libya in an area controlled by IS.
The Tunisian Prime Minister, Habib Essid, has admitted "shortcomings" in the country's security system and has dismissed six police chiefs over the attack. | A Frenchwoman injured in the attack on Tunisia's national museum has died of her wounds, bringing the total killed in the assault by Islamists to 22. | 32103205 | [
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It's understood 29-year-old Craig Church died after falling down several flights of stairs in the apartment block where he lived in eastern China.
He had been working as an English language teacher at a primary school in Rui'an for the past two years.
His sister, Carrie Church, told BBC Radio Foyle he was a "fun-loving man".
"He was a friend to everyone," she said.
Ms Church said the family was working closely with the Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust to have her brother's body returned home.
"It's all very raw for us," she said. "He was amazing and loved his job. People adored him in China."
"Craig was your friend if you were young or old," his sister added.
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The move comes after the Security Council adopted a resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlement building on occupied land.
The resolution was passed after the US refused to veto it, breaking with long-standing American practice.
Washington has traditionally sheltered Israel from condemnatory resolutions.
Blame and bitterness keeping peace at bay
Mr Netanyahu insists that Israel will not abide by Friday's vote at the 15-member UN Security Council, which was welcomed by Palestinian leaders.
"I instructed the Foreign Ministry to complete within a month a re-evaluation of all our contacts with the United Nations, including the Israeli funding of UN institutions and the presence of UN representatives in Israel," he said.
He described the Security Council decision as "biased and shameful", adding: "It will take time, but this decision will be annulled."
The Egyptian-drafted resolution had been withdrawn after Israel asked US President-elect Donald Trump to intervene, but it was proposed again by Malaysia, New Zealand, Senegal and Venezuela.
The resolution, approved by 14 votes to zero, with only the US abstaining, demands that Israel immediately "cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem".
It says Jewish settlements are a "flagrant violation under international law and a major obstacle to the achievement of the two-state solution and a just, lasting and comprehensive peace".
Israel earlier announced that its ambassadors to New Zealand and Senegal had been ordered to return for consultations and that it was cutting all aid programmes to Senegal.
Israel has no diplomatic ties with Malaysia and Venezuela.
The issue is one of the most contentious between Israel and the Palestinians.
About 500,000 Jews live in about 140 settlements built since Israel's 1967 occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The settlements are considered illegal under international law, though Israel disputes this.
A spokesman for Mr Abbas said: "The Security Council resolution is a big blow to Israeli policy, a unanimous international condemnation of settlements and a strong support for the two-state solution."
The Palestinian ambassador to the UN, Riyad Mansour said: "The Council's action, while long overdue, is timely, necessary and important."
The US envoy to the UN, Samantha Power, said the resolution reflected the "facts on the ground" that settlement growth had been accelerating.
"The settlement problem has gotten so much worse that it is threatening the two-state solution," she said.
Criticising Mr Netanyahu, she said: "One cannot simultaneously champion expanding settlements and champion a two-state solution that would end the conflict."
However, she said the US had not voted in favour of the resolution because it was "too narrowly focused" on settlements.
Meanwhile, Mr Trump, who will be inaugurated on 20 January, tweeted after the vote: "As to the UN, things will be different after Jan. 20th."
On Thursday, Mr Trump had urged the council to reject the motion. | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel will re-assess its ties with the United Nations. | 38429385 | [
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In the space of two months, the 25-year-old has become one of the most controversial politicians in Hong Kong - and is now pitted in a court battle against the Hong Kong and Chinese governments - even though she has admitted it could bankrupt her.
Ms Yau and fellow party member Sixtus Leung won elections in September, gaining more than 55,000 votes between them.
Ms Yau, a daughter of two civil servants, had little previous political experience, and made headlines for edging out a veteran politician to win a seat.
The Chinese Studies graduate had been involved in the 2014 pro-democracy protests, when tens of thousands of people, including large numbers of students, took to the streets demanding fully democratic elections in Hong Kong.
She describes the protests as an important part of her political awakening. After the movement failed to win any concessions from Beijing, Ms Yau and Mr Leung became involved in a new political party - Youngspiration - that campaigns against mainland China's influence on Hong Kong, and advocates a "Hong Kong first" approach.
The party struck a nerve with many young Hong Kongers unhappy with China and disillusioned with traditional pro-democracy parties, who they argue have failed to achieve any reform.
But, after their election victory, things quickly spiralled out of control.
Ms Yau and Mr Leung sparked a furore when they were being sworn in last month.
Instead of pledging allegiance to the "Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China", the duo swore allegiance to the "Hong Kong nation", used a term considered derogatory towards China, and displayed a banner that read "Hong Kong is not China".
Their oaths were invalidated, and thousands of people protested against their actions, demanding they be removed from parliament.
A top Chinese official even likened the duo to "two cancer cells - if you don't care about it, it will continue to hurt your body".
The Hong Kong government launched a court case to disqualify them. And the Chinese government also decided to intervene - issuing a controversial interpretation of Hong Kong's law on oath taking, to say that any oath that is not "sincere" should be automatically disqualified.
After losing the court case, Ms Yau and Mr Leung were disqualified as legislators - and are now also bombarded with angry comments on social media, where people accuse them of being useless, politically naïve, or insulting their country.
But for all the controversy surrounding her, Ms Yau comes across as mild-mannered and determined in person - and less slick or media trained than many other politicians.
"We know that appealing the court decision will cost a lot," she says. "We may face bankruptcy, but we have no choice."
She is concerned that if the case is not challenged, it may set a legal precedent for other pro-independence legislators to be disqualified, which would allow the government to "negate the results of a democratic vote".
She says she believes in independence for Hong Kong because the "One Country, Two Systems" model under which it is governed, after it was handed back to China from the British in 1997, is "a failed experiment".
Despite the model, which promises Hong Kong a high degree of autonomy, "in these few years we have seen the PRC [People's Republic of China] government having direct interventions into the internal affairs of Hong Kong".
"We have to find another way to solve this problem," she says. "One solution may be independence - or maybe we can find another kind of solution, but right now I can't think of any other solutions."
It is true that there has been growing anger in Hong Kong at perceived Chinese involvement in its affairs.
In particular, the disappearance of five Hong Kong booksellers who published books critical of mainland China in late 2015 sparked concerns over Hong Kong's future.
But a majority of people in Hong Kong do not support independence - or think that calls for independence are part of the problem, not the solution.
Hong Kong relies on China for much of its food and water supplies - as well as much of its trade - and the Chinese government has shown that it has zero tolerance for moves towards independence from any of its territories.
The last British governor of Hong Kong, Chris Patten, supported democratic reform in Hong Kong - but recently said that independence for Hong Kong is "something which is not going to happen".
He has argued that the campaign for independence "dilutes support for democracy and makes a mockery of a serious political argument", and that it would be "a tragedy" if the "moral high ground" of those seeking democracy was lost.
Veteran democracy activist Martin Lee has even said he felt suspicious of Ms Yau and Mr Leung's actions, saying that they are "giving [Beijing] the excuse" to destroy Hong Kong's judicial independence.
Some have even accused Ms Yau and Mr Leung of secretly working with Beijing to undermine Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement.
Ms Yau flatly denies this, and says her party has faced such accusations ever since it was founded.
"There are no external forces telling us what to do, to make long term plans, or betray Hong Kong."
Looking amused, she adds: "If we really were undercover agents, surely we'd still be in the legislative council - we wouldn't have let ourselves get kicked out, would we?"
Ms Yau is known for being outspoken.
She supported gay marriage in her election campaign - despite receiving criticism for it - and also raised eyebrows when she said that Hong Kong's housing shortage meant that young people had "no room to bang".
But a lot of the comments about Ms Yau have focused on her gender and appearance, rather than her policies.
One newspaper wrote articles about what she wore to rallies, highlighting what they called her "protest look", while others nicknamed her "goddess" in reference to her appearance.
And the sexism appears to have stepped up a notch since the oath-taking controversy. At one pro-Beijing protest, demonstrators stuck a photo of Ms Yau on a sex doll - and internet commentators have shared photos of Ms Yau's dress being hiked up during a scuffle in parliament.
Ms Yau says she believes the sexist attacks are "not because of my gender - it's because my ideology is different from theirs".
However, experts have argued that the remarks are indicative of gender stereotyping in Hong Kong media - and worry that they could put off other women from entering politics.
As for Ms Yau, she says she will continue to work to fulfil her campaign pledges - even if she loses her appeal and her seat in parliament.
"The fact is that many Hong Kongers take [independence] as an aim for the future of Hong Kong," and the government can't ignore those voices, she says.
"I hope in the future, Hong Kong people have the power to choose their destiny and the future they want - whatever it is they decide to choose."
Additional reporting by BBC Chinese's Martin Yip | Yau Wai-ching is the youngest woman to be elected to Hong Kong's parliament - and she has been called many things, including: "radical", "goddess", "spy", "pretty" and "cancer cell". | 38129773 | [
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After managing to drive down the rate of deforestation for four consecutive years up to 2012, recent figures suggest the forest is being destroyed at a faster pace again.
Some of the areas most severely affected are indigenous reserves in the Amazon region.
The BBC's Sarah Robbins spoke to a selection of people there about their concerns and the problems they face.
Amadeus Cinta Larga is a 25-year-old Cinta Larga tribe member who studies sustainability at the Flower of the Forest village.
"We feel like we've been forgotten. The area covered by the reserve is so big that it is tough for us to police it all ourselves.
"That's why there are still such problems with illegal logging in the reserve.
"And we can't risk our own lives, we have families, too."
Siderlei Mason is the director of SM Timber Sawmill, the largest producer of tropical timber in Latin America.
"We work with proper certification but the outside world perceives this sector to be one that works mainly illegally.
"The forest is rich and beautiful, it benefits people here, and it is beneficial to the world. But I think it should be exploited legally.
"We in the logging sector can exploit it in a low-impact way. This is done in various places around the world.
"If the government were to give out more concessions in public forests and indigenous areas, it could create a way for people to value the forest more."
Lauriano Umbelino Martins is the representative in Matto Grosso state of Funai, the government body responsible for policies relating to Brazil's indigenous peoples.
"We don't have enough people working in this area because of budget cuts.
"I'm in charge of 11 villages but I can't monitor them all.
"There's a lot of wood theft, because of the high value of the wood in the indigenous areas.
"And even though the indigenous people know it is wrong, sometimes they help the loggers - because of their poverty.
"They need food, they need clothes or medicine, or they want a motorcycle.
"But things are getting better, with the help of Ibama [the state-funded institute responsible for environmental protection] and the National Guard and their patrols." | Brazil has been battling deforestation and illegal logging for years. | 33459405 | [
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The 32-year-old was dropped in 2013 after playing nine Tests, amid reports he fell out with coach Andy Flower.
He was recalled for last winter's series win in South Africa.
"For some people cricket is a lifestyle. For me it's a job," he said. "Because I don't laugh and joke with the media or the opposition, that doesn't mean I'm intense."
Batting at number three, Compton scored 245 runs at an average of 30 as England won 2-1 in South Africa, but his place for the first Test of the summer against Sri Lanka starting on 19 May is not certain.
In his first spell in the Test side, Compton opened with captain Alastair Cook, averaging almost 32 in nine matches.
"I don't think I'm far off cementing my place in the side," the Middlesex batsman told BBC Radio 5 live sports extra.
"I felt really settled in the England team in the South Africa series. It was a good group of guys to be around - professional and relaxed.
"I am an intense performer - I go out there and concentrate my hardest. The job of batting in the top three can be tough and I pride myself on my work ethic.
"Off the field I am a different guy. I do have a lot of friends away from cricket and a lot of other interests. People don't always see that." | England batsman Nick Compton says his approach to the game does not make him an intense character. | 36150296 | [
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It comes after the UK's biggest inquiry into alleged neglect in six homes - Operation Jasmine - which cost £11.6m.
Two were owned by Dr Prana Das, who once owned 25 homes in south Wales.
But the case collapsed after he suffered a brain injury and could not stand trial.
The families were left "frustrated" in their search for justice.
Mr Jones, making his announcement, said he did not want the events of a decade ago to ever be repeated.
"I believe that we need a full and independent review of these events to understand whether there is anything else the social care sector and policy makers need to learn, anything else we need to put in place," he told assembly members.
"I expect the review to speak with the families of those involved as well as the local authorities involved, the police, the professionals and the regulators."
Operation Jasmine was a major Home Office funded inquiry set up in 2005 and spanned seven years, involved 75 police staff and 4,126 statements were taken.
It identified 100 potential victims.
It was established in October 2005 after Gladys Thomas, 84, a patient at Bryngwyn Mountleigh nursing home in Newbridge, was admitted to Newport's Royal Gwent Hospital after being given incorrect doses of medication. She later died.
A nurse at the home admitted neglect on the basis of not administering the correct medication.
Eight carers and nurses were charged with wilful neglect relating to injuries on her body but the prosecution dropped the case three weeks into the trial in 2008.
Dr Das, 66, faced charges relating to neglect and fraud at two care homes - Brithdir Care Home in New Tredegar, near Bargoed, and The Beeches in Blaenavon.
The review will be led by Dr Margaret Flynn, who has been involved in previous serious case reviews involving the elderly and is chair of Lancashire's Safeguarding Adults Board.
The Older People's Commissioner for Wales Sarah Rochira said: "The families of the victims of the alleged abuse and neglect investigated by Operation Jasmine, who I have met with many times, have told me that they want answers about what happened to their relatives and how abuse and neglect on the scale alleged could have taken place.
"But most of all, they have told me they want to make sure that it couldn't happen again to anyone else."
Shadow social services minister William Graham said he welcomed the announcement "wholeheartedly".
He said: "The review must be comprehensive and wide-ranging and I am pleased to hear the first minister commit himself to this.
"Everything must be done to ensure events of this kind are never allowed to happen again
Blaenau Gwent MP Nick Smith said families had wanted answers and justice.
"Without the bold decision by the first minister today, these families would have been let down by the system," he said.
"Their pain and guilt over what happened to their loved ones deserved a response, and I cannot welcome this response enough."
Lib Dem spokesman for older people Aled Roberts AM added: "Just hoping that similar failings don't happen again is simply not enough.
"We need to be told how such a catalogue of failings were allowed to happen and learn from previous failings in the system, so that measures can be put in place to prevent these tragedies happening again." | An independent review is to be held to learn lessons from a case of alleged abuse at care homes in south Wales, First Minister Carwyn Jones has announced. | 25218006 | [
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The Premier League side led when Calum Chambers superbly curled in from 18 yards with the outside of his foot.
Championship side Burnley hit back as Sam Vokes headed in Tendayi Darikwa's cross and an Alex Iwobi interception denied Andre Gray after the break.
Sanchez - making his first start since November - finished coolly to win it.
The Chile international - who has made just one substitute appearance since suffering a hamstring injury in November - was lively throughout and turned in Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's cross after Darikwa was dispossessed in midfield.
There can be no doubt the holders deserved a place in Sunday's draw as they enjoyed the lion's share of possession and chances, though Burnley created a nervy finish.
The impressive Gray caught sight of goal late on but could not get meaningful power in his shot and as the visitors threw bodies forward, substitute Theo Walcott missed a glorious chance to add a third on the break as he failed to round Tom Heaton.
Arsenal's match programme featured the FA Cup trophy on the front cover along with the words "To have and to hold".
They move a step closer to emulating the Blackburn Rovers side of 1886 by winning a third FA Cup in a row, though this was far from vintage.
They made nine changes to the side beaten by Chelsea last weekend but still fired 23 shots at the Burnley goal as Arsene Wenger maintained his record of only losing to lower-league opposition once in 41 FA Cup ties.
Solid appearances from the likes of Chambers and Iwobi show he has a squad capable of maintaining a challenge in this competition but the anxious moments - particularly with the ball in the air in their box - will continue prompt some concern.
Mohamed Elneny saw more of the ball than any other player - with 100 touches - on his first outing since joining for £5m from Basel earlier this month.
His completion of 96% of his passes was impressive but as a deep midfielder, he often found himself with plenty of time on the ball, meaning there will be tougher tests to come.
"I felt he started a bit cautious, played a bit secure," said Wenger of Elneny. "He became more adventurous. It will take him some time to adjust to the power side of our game here, but the intelligence, the mobility and the technical level are good."
While Elneny was steady between the penalty areas, Sanchez was pivotal inside the box.
He did not break stride to slam home his goal, created the opener for Chambers and looked lively throughout. His return could be crucial ahead of a key February when Arsenal play the likes of leaders Leicester, Barcelona and Manchester United.
Like Arsenal, Burnley sit third in their respective table and their offering at the Emirates shows they have the grit needed to win promotion back to the top tier at the first time of asking.
Gray missed an early one-on-one chance and looked set to put his side 2-1 up after the re-start but for Iwobi's last-ditch intervention.
His manager Sean Dyche was bold in making just two changes with a league fixture at Sheffield Wednesday to come on Tuesday.
But the Clarets looked cohesive and more finishing of the quality Vokes displayed could have asked tough questions of the Premier League side.
They undoubtedly look capable of staying the pace in the second tier.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger: "Burnley are a good side. For the first 20 minutes we looked quite in control but when they equalised suddenly you could see, energy, commitment, and we had to dig deep to win the game. Every free-kick you worry because Sam Vokes is very strong in the air and he scored their goal - they are strong on set pieces and we needed to be alert."
Burnley manager Sean Dyche: "It was a closer-run affair this year, and we had some good chances. I'm really pleased with the growth my players have shown in that year, but we didn't quite have enough and ultimately the disappointment is we haven't gone through."
Arsenal host Southampton on Tuesday - where they could go top of the Premier League - and Burnley travel to Sheffield Wednesday on the same night as they bid to close a four-point gap to the automatic promotion places.
Match ends, Arsenal 2, Burnley 1.
Second Half ends, Arsenal 2, Burnley 1.
Foul by Mikel Arteta (Arsenal).
Joey Barton (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Fredrik Ulvestad (Burnley).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Kieran Gibbs (Arsenal) because of an injury.
Delay in match (Burnley).
Attempt missed. Andre Gray (Burnley) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Joey Barton.
Attempt missed. Michael Kightly (Burnley) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Rouwen Hennings following a set piece situation.
Foul by Olivier Giroud (Arsenal).
Joey Barton (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Mikel Arteta (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ben Mee (Burnley).
Offside, Arsenal. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain tries a through ball, but Theo Walcott is caught offside.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Stephen Ward (Burnley) because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Tomas Rosicky.
Offside, Burnley. Stephen Ward tries a through ball, but Michael Kightly is caught offside.
Mikel Arteta (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Rouwen Hennings (Burnley).
Substitution, Burnley. Michael Kightly replaces George Boyd.
Substitution, Arsenal. Theo Walcott replaces Alexis Sánchez.
Attempt missed. Scott Arfield (Burnley) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high following a corner.
Corner, Burnley. Conceded by Mikel Arteta.
Substitution, Burnley. Rouwen Hennings replaces Sam Vokes.
Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Stephen Ward (Burnley).
Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
Hand ball by Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal).
Attempt saved. Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
Substitution, Arsenal. Mikel Arteta replaces Francis Coquelin.
Substitution, Arsenal. Tomas Rosicky replaces Alex Iwobi.
Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Michael Keane (Burnley).
Francis Coquelin (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by George Boyd (Burnley).
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The 73-year-old Oscar winner will be presented with the award on 9 June.
AFI chair Sir Howard Stringer called Freeman "an American treasure" who brought a calm authority to his roles, "whether playing a prisoner, a president or God."
Freeman won an Oscar for his role in Million Dollar Baby in 2005. His next film is the thriller Red.
He was also nominated for a best supporting actor Oscar for 1997's Street Smart, and has garnered three Academy nominations for best actor for Invictus, Driving Miss Daisy and The Shawshank Redemption.
His other credits include Bruce Almighty and Nurse Betty.
He will be the 39th recipient of the AFI Lifetime Achievement award. Others include Jack Nicholson, Steven Spielberg, Barbra Streisand, Elizabeth Taylor, Alfred Hitchcock and Martin Scorsese.
Stringer said Freeman had an "unmistakable voice that echoes through the hearts and minds of movie lovers around the world".
The AFI's Lifetime Achievement award is considered one of the highest honours in the US for a film actor.
Freeman's ceremony will take place in Los Angeles - it will be broadcast on US TV towards the end of June. | Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman is to receive a lifetime achievement award from the American Film Institute (AFI). | 11521181 | [
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Sam Cooke, 22, from Manchester, arrived at his house to find two cards on his doormat.
One said the parcel had been put through an open window. The second read: "I'm really sorry I think your parcel might have fallen down the toilet...Accidently (sic)".
Thankfully, the box, containing printer ink, was "too wide to hit the water".
Pictures of the apologetic postie's cards and box in the loo have been shared thousands of times on Twitter since Mr Cooke posted them on Twitter.
Royal Mail has apologised but Mr Cooke didn't kick up a stink.
He said: "There's honestly nothing to apologise for, the parcel is absolutely fine, gave me and thousands of others a good laugh."
Though he has said he will keep the window closed in future. | A shocked sports journalist got home to find a parcel which was posted through his window had landed in his toilet. | 39458595 | [
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Craig Stillwell and Carla Andrews's baby girl Effie was taken away from them for almost eight months.
It has emerged she has a rare medical condition, known as Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV (EDS), which causes "easy bruising".
The case has been stopped and Effie is home with her parents in Aylesbury.
Mr Stillwell was arrested at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, accused of causing grievous bodily harm after Effie collapsed last August, aged five months.
"The hospital treated us like monsters," he said.
"It was heartbreaking."
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Effie was put in foster care and her parents were permitted to see her just three times a week for 90 minutes at a contact centre.
Buckinghamshire County Council took the case to the family court, seeking to put the little girl into local authority care.
Miss Andrews researched what could have caused bleeding on her daughter's brain and tests revealed she suffered from EDS IV.
The condition is characterised by "thin and translucent skin, easy bruising, vascular and arterial rupture".
The council's application was withdrawn last week and the judge Karen Venables said the family had experienced "unimaginable horror".
Miss Andrews said it was "amazing" to have her daughter back home.
The couple, both 23, said they were not going to take any action against the authorities but wanted to raised awareness of the condition.
Miss Andrews said: "I feel bitter towards the hospital. I know they have to do their job but they should've gone about it differently."
Mr Stillwell added: "We want to get the awareness out there that these connected tissue disorders do exist.
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1 April 2017 Last updated at 12:33 BST
The tiny pad was appraised by manuscripts specialist Matthew Haley during an episode filmed at Caversham Park in Berkshire.
The programme will air on Sunday at 20:00 BST on BBC One. | A 17th Century notebook analysing the work of William Shakespeare has been described as "extraordinary" by an Antiques Roadshow expert. | 39452561 | [
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Marvel villain Ultron is a rebellious artificial intelligence which creates an android that attacks the Avengers.
Whedon revealed the name after footage of the latest Thor film was shown.
The footage was introduced by actor Tom Hiddleston - who played villain Loki in the first Avengers film - in full costume, according to Hollywood Reporter.
Hiddleston stayed in character, making his speech and rallying members of the audience as they chanted the villain's name.
Comic-Con, which has been running since 1970, celebrates "the historic and ongoing contribution of comics to art and culture".
It holds conventions and events featuring comics and related popular artforms - not least films featuring comic-book characters and computer games. | Director Joss Whedon has revealed the title of his 2015 Avengers sequel - Avengers: Age of Ultron - at the Comic-Con convention in San Diego. | 23395342 | [
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The news comes as MPs prepare to debate stripping him of his knighthood.
One MP voiced scepticism to the BBC about the timing, arguing it made the issue "essentially cash for honours".
BHS, sold by Sir Philip last year, subsequently collapsed with 11,000 jobs lost and a £571m pension deficit.
Sir Philip has vowed several times to sort out the pension problem, telling MPs in June that his advisers were working on a "resolvable and sortable" solution.
On Monday, he told ITV that he was in a "very strong dialogue" with the pensions regulator to find a solution, but would not put a number on the level of financial support he would be willing to give.
A damning MPs' report on the High Street chain's failure, published in July, concluded Sir Philip had extracted large sums and left the business on "life support".
At the time Sir Philip described the report as "the pre-determined and inaccurate output of a biased and unfair process".
A debate in the House of Commons on Thursday will discuss whether Sir Philip's knighthood, awarded in 2006 for services to retail, should be removed.
Should they vote on the issue, any such vote would not be binding.
The issue would be for the Honours Forfeiture Committee - part of the Cabinet Office - to decide.
Sir Philip's knighthood hinges on whether he makes good on a promise to secure the future of 20,000 BHS pension scheme members.
As things stand, many of them face a cut in their pension benefits if the scheme ends up in the industry backed pension protection fund.
Despite repeated assurances, so far he has tabled no firm offer.
But, the BBC has leaned that a meeting with the pensions regulator to work through obstacles to a final deal is scheduled before the end of the week.
The decision on whether to have a vote on Thursday on his knighthood rests with the speaker of the House of Commons. It falls to him to decide whether it is worth waiting to see if Sir Philip can produce a deal before MPs vote on whether to start the process of removing his title.
MPs contacted by the BBC have expressed scepticism about this latest offer - one described it as essentially "cash for honours".
BHS pension scheme members will care more about their retirement income than this game of parliamentary poker.
Read more from Simon | Former BHS owner Sir Philip Green will meet the pensions regulator by the end of the week to try to secure a deal over the collapsed retailer's pension fund, the BBC has learned. | 37711094 | [
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The school says the rule was introduced to respect students who are "sensitive to noise" but says the practice also "reduces fidgeting".
It is the latest in the series of school regulations to have faced criticism in the Australian media.
Hugs and Australia Day celebrations have faced bans at different schools around the country.
Earlier this week, an all-girls school rejected a newspaper report that said its teachers were asked to stop addressing students as girls, ladies and women in favour of gender-neutral language.
Elanora Heights Public School, on Sydney's northern beaches, announced the no-clapping policy in its latest newsletter.
"If you've been to a school assembly recently, you may have noticed our students doing silent cheers," it said.
"Instead of clapping, the students are free to punch the air, pull excited faces and wriggle about on the spot.
"The practice has been adopted to respect members of our school community who are sensitive to noise.
It said teachers would "prompt the audience to conduct a silent cheer if it is needed" and that they had found it to be "a great way to expend children's energy and reduce fidgeting". | A school in Sydney has banned clapping in favour of "silent cheering", "excited faces" and "punching the air". | 36842731 | [
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The study, published in PLoS Pathogens, showed the drug was "highly potent" at reactivating hidden HIV.
Experts said the findings were interesting, but it was important to know if the drug was safe in patients.
The power of the HIV reservoir was shown with the case of the Mississippi baby.
She was given antiretroviral drugs at birth. Despite appearing to be free of HIV for nearly two years after stopping treatment, she was found to be harbouring the virus.
A strategy known as "kick and kill" is thought to be key to curing HIV - the kick would wake up the dormant HIV allowing the drugs to kill it.
The team at the UC Davis School of Medicine investigated PEP005 - one of the ingredients in a treatment to prevent cancer in sun-damaged skin.
They tested the drug in cells grown in the laboratory and in parts of the immune system taken from 13 people with HIV.
The report said "PEP005 is highly potent in reactivating latent HIV" and that the chemical represents "a new group of lead compounds for combating HIV".
One of the researchers, Dr Satya Dandekar, said: "We are excited to have identified an outstanding candidate for HIV reactivation and eradication that is already approved and is being used in patients.
"This molecule has great potential to advance into translational and clinical studies."
However, the drug has still not been tested in people who are HIV-positive.
Prof Sharon Lewin, from the University of Melbourne, said the results were "interesting" and marked an "important advance in finding new compounds that can activate latent HIV".
She told the BBC: "This study adds another family of drugs to test to potentially eliminate long-lived forms of HIV although much more work needs to be done to see if this works in patients.
"Although PEP005 is part of an FDA approved drug, it will first take some time to work out if it is safe to use in the setting of HIV." | HIV can be flushed out of its hiding places in the body using a cancer drug, researchers show. | 33720325 | [
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Martin crashed at the Isle of Man TT in June while the Honda machine has suffered mechanical problems this year.
"Naturally I'm disappointed but it's not surprising given the difficulties the team has experienced," said UGP clerk of the course Noel Johnston.
He added: "I had hoped for a different outcome as Guy is obviously a big fan favourite, and he's never made any secret in the past of his love for the circuit, which after all is the international where he's had the most success over the years.
"I'm sure the decision hasn't been taken lightly by him or the team and I wish Guy well, whatever the next step in his career may be.
"Putting this news aside, I'm very happy with the strength of this year's entry. We've seen some incredible performances this season from the likes of Peter Hickman, Michael Dunlop and Dean Harrison in particular, and I've no doubt they will bring the same spectacular form to Dundrod.
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There was a protest in the public gallery after the decision on the Glyn Rhonwy pump storage project was made.
The Snowdonia Society is concerned about its possible effects on wildlife, culture and heritage.
But developer Quarry Battery Company (QBC) said it was the "missing piece of the jigsaw for renewables".
The proposed pump storage scheme is based on the same principle as Dinorwig's First Hydro plant in Llanberis.
By Iolo ap DafyddBBC Wales environment correspondent
The value of pump storage is that it offers almost immediate access to electricity by allowing water to rush down the mountainside from one abandoned quarry - Cefn Du in this instance - through a pipe into hydroelectric generators and a lower reservoir in the second quarry Glyn Rhonwy.
The water is then pumped back up the mountain at night when the price of electricity is cheaper.
The biggest value is energy or electricity when needed. Demand in the UK is not constant.
The focus is now on smaller sites, including using old quarries, because large holes in the mountains have already been excavated to mine slates over the past 100 to 150 years.
So provided the company can find investors, contractors for this scheme could build and engineer smaller scale pump storage commercially.
Water there is pumped uphill to a reservoir and then released back down through a turbine to generate electricity to sell on to suppliers.
Under the proposals, a dam will be built at the upper reservoir.
QBC managing director Dave Holmes said the project can help Britain "keep the lights on" and was environmentally more acceptable than another Dinorwig-sized facility.
He said: "Our scheme for the Glyn Rhonwy quarries is just the start.
"By putting small-scale storage near to centres of energy generation such as wind farms, and others near centres of heavy consumption such as major cities, we will cut down on distribution losses and network transmission costs, making whole regions of the UK increasingly self-sufficient in renewable electricity.
"Not only will pumped storage smooth out the supply of electricity, but it will enable conventional power stations to be stood down, rather than kept on standby to fill gaps in generation.
"This will save further costs and carbon emissions."
The Snowdonia Society has said it was concerned about the effects of construction.
The society is also concerned about how the scheme will be connected to the national grid, fearing that extra pylons would have to be built.
The Open Spaces Society had added its objection, claiming the scheme would encroach on common land and be an eyesore.
It previously said the applicant needed to be aware that it could not develop common land unless it offered land in exchange.
The site has previously been the subject of planning applications for schemes ranging from a large ski dome to a mountain biking centre. | Controversial plans for a £100m mini hydroelectric power scheme on the edge of Snowdonia National Park have been backed by Gwynedd councillors. | 23920312 | [
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But co-operative housing schemes are little known in Wales, the study for the Wales Co-operative Centre warns.
The research was commissioned following the Welsh government's own decision to back such projects as a way to build affordable homes.
Currently, co-operative housing accounts for less than 1% of UK homes.
In Estonia, nearly 10,000 co-operative housing organisations own 60% of the country's houses while they account of one in five homes in Sweden and Poland.
Under co-operative housing models, groups of like-minded people can come together and buy land to provide housing, and members of that co-op group can then buy shares in the new homes.
It is an alternative to renting properties, and gives those in the new homes a financial stake in the housing, without resorting to heavy mortgage debt.
"Wales has a long tradition of co-operation and a government with a strong commitment to co-operative approaches," said Keith Edwards, from the Chartered Institute of Housing Cymru (CIHC), which was one of the report's authors.
"The housing crisis we face demands imaginative responses and co-operative housing is at the forefront of new thinking," he added.
The study was commissioned by the Wales Co-operative Centre, and carried out by the CIHC and the Confederation of Co-operative Housing (CCH).
They spoke to nearly 300 people in Wales, most of them living in the private rented sector at the moment and what the researchers termed "reluctant renters".
All of them expressed an interest in what such schemes could offer them but 67% had never heard of co-operative housing before.
"It was really exciting that so many of the ordinary people who came to the sessions had never heard of co-operative housing before but immediately got it," said Nic Bliss, chair of the CCH.
"And that they were particularly into it for community reasons.
"The potential for co-operative housing in Wales is great and there are several different models being explored which meet different needs."
At present, there are 836 co-operative and mutual housing societies registered in the UK - but just 3% of those are in Wales.
Dave Palmer, project manager of the Welsh government funded Co-operative Housing Project within the Wales Co-operative Centre, said it was clear that schemes in Wales "are at an early stage in development".
"But the pioneer projects that we are working with are getting ready to deliver a number of co-operative homes," he said.
The report, which is being presented at the Co-operative Congress in Cardiff on Saturday, says there are already 10 potential schemes in the pipeline, including a 50-home site in Cardiff, an estate redevelopment in Newport, an expansion of a community land trust at Rhyl in Denbighshire, and even an artistic community housing project in the Vale of Glamorgan.
"The Wales Co-operative Centre and Welsh government are keen to continue supporting and encouraging this positive start, by empowering the pioneers to deliver these much needed homes," Mr Palmer added. | Housing owned and built by groups of people could help turn "reluctant renters" into home owners, a new report suggests. | 23102780 | [
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Turner, 32, recently retired after a 15-year career, winning 763 races.
In 2008 she became the first female British jockey to ride 100 UK Flat winners in a year.
"It's nice for the girls putting in the effort and hard work that they can see there's light at the end of the tunnel," she told BBC Radio 5 live.
"It shows what they are working hard for is achievable."
She added: "It is more difficult for women, they need to train harder because men are physically stronger."
Turner rode two Group One winners at the highest level in Britain during her career, but suffered a number of injuries.
She credited the support of trainer Michael Bell for giving her the opportunity to race when she was an apprentice.
"I find with my job it has to be all or nothing," she added. "You cannot pick and choose and have the odd day off.
"I have had so many thrills and had fun and loved every minute and feel the time is now right to try something different." | Hayley Turner, Britain's most successful female jockey, believes her career has helped inspire other women to progress in the sport. | 34889436 | [
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