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The party won 37.58% of the vote, giving it a majority in the lower house of 235 out of 460 seats.
Civic Platform, which led Poland's coalition government for the last eight years, won 138 seats or 24.09%.
It is the first time a single party has won enough votes to govern alone since democracy was restored in 1989.
Correspondents say the Eurosceptic Law and Justice (PiS) party, led by Jaroslaw Kaczynski, succeeded in attracting votes from people who feel excluded from the country's economic growth.
It offered higher child care benefits and tax breaks for the less well-off.
Its anti-immigrant stance looks likely to set it at odds with the European Commission over migrant quotas in future.
Mr Kaczynski, 66, was not running as prime minister and instead nominated Beata Szydlo, a relative unknown, as the party's choice for the post.
The 52-year-old miner's daughter is seen as a more moderate face to lead the new government, reports the BBC's Adam Easton in Warsaw.
However, some observers said Mr Kaczynski - the twin brother of Poland's late president Lech - could take on the top job himself in the months to come.
Poland returns to conservative roots
Poland elections: Conservative swing grips media
Outgoing PM Ewa Kopacz, of Civic Platform, has already accepted defeat.
Three other parties also won enough votes to get seats in parliament: a new right-wing party led by rock star Pawel Kukiz with 8.8%; a new pro-business party, Modern Poland, with 7.6%; and the agrarian Polish People's Party with 5.13%.
PiS is close to the country's powerful Roman Catholic Church and has promised increased benefits and tax breaks.
It supports a ban on abortions and in-vitro fertilisation and believes a strong Nato is necessary to offset the perceived threat from Russia.
Civic Platform, for its part, sought closer ties with the EU. | Poland's conservative Law and Justice party won enough votes in Sunday's parliamentary elections to govern alone, final results show. | 34648575 | [
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John Porter's brother Mike, 66, died at the scene after the men were knocked to the ground by cows in Wiltshire.
After an inquest jury returned a verdict of accidental death, he said he hoped more could be done to prevent a further tragedy.
The jury noted that there had been previous attacks in the same fields.
And jurors noted a lack of separation between cattle and public, in a narrative accompanying their verdict.
Mr Porter, 74, from Monkton Combe, near Bath, told the BBC: "Accidents will always happen, sadly. But I do think that we do need to look at ways in which we can make our footpaths safer."
His brother was visiting from Edinburgh in May 2013 when they walked dogs on leads across a public footpath through Elbow Field, Turleigh. They were knocked to the ground by two cows and stamped on. Mike died at the scene of internal bleeding.
The inquest heard that Simon Dark, Bleddyn Griffiths and David Billington had also suffered injuries after being trampled in the fields in 2008 and 2011 - although it was not possible to say whether the same cows were involved.
The farmer Brian Godwin, 81, had been visited by the Health and Safety Executive after Mr Billington was injured. He had put in place some safety measures, including signs and some electric fencing. He has since sold the cattle and is trying to establish a new herd.
The lawyers representing Mike Porter's partner Adrienne Sillar and their two sons said there was a "clear issue" about whether Elbow Field should remain a public right of way and "whether cows should share the enclosure". | A man who survived a cow trampling attack in which his brother was killed has told the BBC public footpaths need to be made safer. | 33286231 | [
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Colin Gregg, 75, is said to have indecently assaulted four boys aged between 10 and 14 over three decades.
Leeds Crown Court heard how Mr Gregg, of Gosforth, Newcastle, who helped build the family business in the 1960s, molested boys at his home, in his car and in a swimming pool.
He denies nine counts of indecent assault.
Paul Greaney QC, prosecuting, told the court Mr Gregg concealed his true nature behind a "veneer of respectability" and despite a life of distinction was "an abuser of children."
The allegations relate to a period when Mr Gregg was a teacher and head teacher, beginning in 1963.
He has dismissed the allegations as "evil lies" motivated by money.
The jury were told of Mr Gregg's time building up the bakery chain into one of the most recognised brands on the high street and of charity work in the north-east of England.
Mr Greaney said: "On the surface Colin Gregg deserves the respect and thanks of our community.
"The prosecution case is that he was an abuser and that during two periods 20 years apart, he engaged in the sexual abuse of boys."
The trial, which is due to last two weeks, continues. | The heir to the Greggs bakery business has gone on trial accused of sex offences against boys. | 38895686 | [
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The Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) has also built up a £27m surplus after the British government ramped up its donations.
The NAO has urged ministers to keep a much closer eye on the PIDG's spending.
Recent projects funded by the agency include a steel foundry in Nigeria and a Ugandan hydropower scheme.
The PIDG said it had revised its travel policy, which had seen board members claiming for more expensive flexible business class tickets.
But Margaret Hodge, chairman of the Commons Public Accounts Committee, said the Department for International Development (DfID) was to blame for not keeping a tight enough rein on spending.
"It's outrageous that 15 flights were booked from 2011, each costing over £5,000," said Mrs Hodge.
"Only this month has PIDG revised its travel policy. DfID should get a grip on administrative costs like this."
The PIDG was founded in 2002 by four countries - the UK, Switzerland, Holland and Sweden - to back private investment in infrastructure projects in developing countries, including roads, telecoms, sanitation, housing, agriculture, power and industry.
But the UK provides 70% of its funding, which is expected to hit £700m in total by 2015.
UK funding for the agency was increased fivefold by the coalition government in 2011, in line with its policy of encouraging private investment in the developing world.
But the NAO found much of that money had yet to be spent on development projects and the PIDG Trust was sitting on £27m in its bank account.
Amyas Morse, head of the National Audit Office, said: "The Private Infrastructure Development Group is providing important benefits to poor people in difficult environments, but DfID does not have enough good evidence to show that funding PIDG is the best option.
"Furthermore, DfID's financial control has been lacking, allowing the PIDG Trust to hold nearly £27m worth of DfID funding since 2012.
"The department has recently made good progress in tackling these issues, which will put it in a better position to demonstrate value for money, but I consider that it should have taken more action earlier given its decision in 2011 to increase funding for PIDG fivefold."
The report also criticises two of the agency's subsidiaries, GuarantCo and the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF), set up by then UK Prime Minister Tony Blair in 2002, which are incorporated in the tax haven of Mauritius.
This arrangement has come in from criticism from War on Want, which claims it flies in the face of Prime Minister David Cameron's commitment to tax justice for poor countries. The NAO said it "raises reputational risks" for DfID.
A spokeswoman for DfID said: "The NAO has recognised that we are already improving the group's operations to drive even more job-creating private investment into developing economies, which is the only sustainable way to end dependency on aid.
"Since 2012 we have agreed new financial controls including value for money rules which restrict business class travel and ensure funds are only committed when projects are ready." | Board members at a UK-funded development agency made large expenses claims, including £5,000 air tickets, the National Audit Office has revealed. | 28141535 | [
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The Holiday Inn Express in Picardy Place was put up for sale in November after its Aberdeen-based owners, the European Development Company (EDC), ran into financial difficulties.
It was bought by International Hotel Properties Limited (IHL) for £17.7m, plus costs.
The property takes IHL's portfolio to nine hotels.
The sale was announced by administrators from FRP Advisory.
The Grade B listed building consists of 161 rooms and has planning permission for a 20-bedroom extension at the rear of the property.
FRP said it was continuing to operate two other hotels in Aberdeen which were also placed under administration following EDC's collapse.
The Holiday Inn in Westhill and Holiday Inn Express on Chapel Street will be placed on the market "shortly", the administrators said.
Joint administrator Iain Fraser added: "Trade has been firm over the festive period and the administration of EDC represents a rare opportunity to acquire quality hotels in Aberdeen in busy locations.
"We would therefore encourage interested parties to contact the Aberdeen office of FRP Advisory as soon as possible." | A prominent Edinburgh hotel has been sold by administrators in a multi-million pound deal. | 38636595 | [
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The public car park is just off the Upper Newtownards Road, one of the main routes into the city.
Thousands of wooden pallets are now piled up where previously there were parked cars.
The bonfire makers are involved in a dispute with the city council over the storing of pallets.
They say the council collected pallets from the area earlier this year, agreed to store them and return them this month but failed to do so.
Bonfire builder Macauley McKinney, 21, said: "We had an agreement with the council that they were going to store the pallets in a safe place, and now because the agreement was broken, they've let us down."
Belfast City Council is not commenting in detail on the issue, as an investigation has been called into the storing of pallets.
A spokesperson said: "It was agreed at a meeting of Belfast City Council's Strategic Policy and Resources Committee on Friday that an investigation and full review, led by the chief executive with independent input, would be carried out into the issue of collection and storage of bonfire material, and the future approach of bonfires across the city."
The committee's decision needs to be approved at a full council meeting next week.
Traditionally, bonfires are lit in many loyalist areas of Northern Ireland on the "eleventh night" - the eve of the Twelfth of July, an annual celebration to mark William of Orange's victory over King James II at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. | A car park in east Belfast has been closed to the public by young men building bonfires. | 40437158 | [
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Newspaper reports have suggested the 33-year-old, whose deal at the Britannia Stadium expires at the end of the season, could join former Stoke boss Tony Pulis at The Hawthorns.
But Hughes said: "There's nothing in it. People are adding two and two together and making five.
"He's a big part of what we're doing here. His future is with us."
Crouch was signed by Pulis in September 2011, joining Stoke from Tottenham for £11m.
The striker - capped 42 times by England - has scored 29 goals in 117 Premier League games for the Potters and has attracted interest from elsewhere, most notably when linked with QPR in 2013.
Crouch has started all but one of Stoke's last six games and provided the header from which Ryan Shawcross scored the opening goal in the 1-1 draw against Manchester United on Thursday.
"You saw by his performance he wasn't bothered by any speculation," added Hughes.
Rather than offloading a forward in January, Stoke could be stretched by Mame Biram Diouf leaving to play for Senegal in the Africa Cup of Nations and Bojan's hamstring injury.
The former Barcelona man missed the draw with United, but Hughes is hopeful of a swift return.
"We have had Bojan checked," said Hughes. "He has a slight tear, grade one. It can be 10 days out or a couple of weeks. Hopefully he'll be back soon.
"We asked the Senegal FA about Diouf. They are within their rights to call him up on what I think is 5 January.
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James Davies, 20, was convicted of murder, and Anthony Baines, 30, and Mark Ennis, 30 were convicted of manslaughter at Mold Crown Court.
Jake Melia, 21, previously admitted the charges and the four will be sentenced in June.
Davies, Baines and Ennis, all from Liverpool, denied murdering Mr Mason.
They also denied maliciously wounding Justin Trickett and Sam Illidge - who were in the same vehicle as Mr Mason - with intent to inflict grievous bodily harm.
Mr Trickett and Mr Illidge were also stabbed in the attack, but their wounds were less severe.
Baines was found guilty of one count of wounding, but Davies and Ennis were cleared of those charges.
Mrs Justice Nicola Davies remanded all three in custody until sentencing, which she said would take place over three days.
The trial heard the attack was the result of a turf war which had erupted between two rival gangs over the control of the drugs trade in Rhyl.
Paul Lewis QC, prosecuting, told the trial Mr Mason, a father of two, was "repeatedly and fatally stabbed" by the three defendants and Melia as he sat in the passenger seat of a van in the car park.
He was stabbed 22 times in less than a minute.
The four killers were members of the "Pensarn Crew", sometimes called "Ste's Crew", Mr Lewis said.
Mr Mason, Mr Trickett and Mr Illidge were members of "Mark's Crew", or "Marco's Crew" - although it was not suggested Mr Mason was the leader.
"The fatal attack appears to have been an act of retribution on the part of the defendants and Melia," said Mr Lewis.
Jurors were shown CCTV footage of a white Renault van near The Cob area of Rhyl on the afternoon of 27 October which showed the white van being stopped by a black BMW 4X4.
Shouts of "stab him" and "kill him" could be heard.
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James Vaughan claimed a 16th-minute opener for the Shakers before strike partner Tom Pope doubled their lead on 40 minutes.
Stuart Beavon pulled one back for rock-bottom Coventry with a 65th-minute header but despite some late pressure, the Sky Blues could not avoid a seventh defeat from nine in the league.
Bury, meanwhile, are now four points above the bottom four after taking 13 points from 15, with three straight wins since Lee Clark took charge.
Coventry keeper Lee Burge had to deny Paul Caddis and Vaughan before the latter showed neat footwork to beat two defenders and sidefoot into the bottom corner.
The visitors replied with Charles Vernam and Callum Reilly going close, before Pope latched onto a Callum Styles through-ball to slot home and double the home side's lead.
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Burge then kept out a Taylor Moore header but Bury keeper Joe Murphy pulled off two fine saves to deny Kevin Foley and Reilly an equaliser.
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Match ends, Bury 2, Coventry City 1.
Second Half ends, Bury 2, Coventry City 1.
Hand ball by Kwame Thomas (Coventry City).
Corner, Bury. Conceded by Jordan Willis.
Tom Beadling (Bury) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Corner, Coventry City. Conceded by Joe Murphy.
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Corner, Bury. Conceded by Jordan Willis.
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Wales have qualified as Group B winners thanks to their 3-0 win over Russia which is being described as arguably their greatest ever performance.
They will play either Northern Ireland, Turkey or Albania in Paris on Saturday.
"Now that we've qualified we want to see where we can go, and anything can happen now in these games. We are trying to get through," Ramsey said.
"Our main target was to get out of the group, and to finish top of the group is a fantastic feeling. It means so much. I think we've made the fans proud."
Ramsey's superb display against Russia saw him win the Uefa man of the match award, scoring the first goal before Neil Taylor and Gareth Bale added gloss to a glorious night for Welsh football.
Wales are playing in a first major tournament for the first time since the 1958 World Cup.
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Defender James Chester says Wales will test anyone at Euro 2016 if they reproduce the form that saw them clinch top spot in Group B.
"If we perform like we did against Russia and keep clean sheets, which is another bonus, then we're confident that we can make it difficult for anybody," he said.
"The way we dug in for the game and to lose so late on against England was a big kick in the stomach.
"But we knew that result wouldn't define the group.
"I said after the England game from what we'd seen of Russia I was confident we could get something from the game and that proved to be correct."
Wales captain Ashley Williams agreed with the sentiment.
"Whoever we get we're not too fussy, you just have to play whoever's put in front of you and we've played three very good teams so far in this tournament, so whoever it is we'll prepare for them," he told BBC Radio Wales Sport.
"I'm sure the Welsh fans will come again in their numbers and make a lot of noise. We're just happy we got on top of the group. Whoever we get, we will try and progress as much as we can."
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Chester says Wales owe a debt to the efforts of Bale.
The world's most expensive player scored seven times in 10 qualifiers and now has three in the tournament itself.
Bale's goal against Russia took him to joint fourth on Wales' all-time scoring list with 22, six behind record goalscorer Ian Rush.
"I'm not sure there's a better player individually than Gareth in the tournament," said Chester.
"We know how fortunate we are to have him in our team and if we can keep clean sheets then we know we give ourselves a real good chance.
"I can't speak for any of the other top players in the tournament - I don't know them - but Gareth is very passionate about playing for the national team.
"He turns up pretty much every time we have a game, which some of the top players maybe don't do.
"I think it's an environment that he really enjoys and we all get on really well together.
"As big a superstar as he is, he's still one of the lads."
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Allan Stanley, 76, of Nefyn, was snorkelling around the island of Gozo when he was hit on 19 June.
His widow Diane told the inquest in Caernarfon it happened in seconds. She said: "There wasn't enough time for me to shout or do anything."
A conclusion of accidental death was recorded by coroner Dewi Pritchard-Jones.
The inquest heard Mr Stanley was snorkelling in a bay when a rigid inflatable boat started up.
"A person snorkelling is very difficult to see," Mr Pritchard-Jones said.
"At best it's only part of the top of the head that can be seen.
"Whether the person operating the boat looked or made any efforts to see if anyone was in the water, I can't say."
Pathologist Dr Mark Lord told the inquest Mr Stanley suffered head injuries and his death was "likely to have been virtually instantaneous". | A grandfather from Gwynedd died after being hit by a boat's propeller off the Maltese coast, an inquest has heard. | 37365874 | [
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The 72-year-old, formerly of Eliza Street Close, Belfast faced 12 counts of child sex abuse.
He was accused of abusing a 15-year-old girl between 2009 and 2010. He denied all the charges.
The 12-member jury had spent more than six hours deliberating before being discharged on Wednesday.
The judge thanked the 10 women and two men for their time.
The trial at Belfast Crown Court started on 28 May. | The jury in the trial of well known Irish traditional musician, Francis McPeake, has been discharged over a legal issue. | 27793686 | [
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After their engine failed and their anchor was lost off the coast of India's Andhra Pradesh state in June last year, the men were left stranded in dangerous waters.
They drifted helplessly for a week in the Bay of Bengal until an oil tanker under the command of Capt Menon came to their rescue.
Her efforts have now been recognised with the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea, handed out in London on Monday.
Not only is Capt Menon the first female captain in the Indian Merchant Navy, but she is the only woman to have won the award, which recognises those who risk their own lives to save others at sea.
As waves rose to 9m and wind speed reached 60-70 knots, she commanded a rescue operation last June that required three attempts to get the fishermen onboard the massive tanker via a pilot ladder from their small boat.
The Sampurna Swarajya tanker's second officer had earlier spotted the fishing boat 2.5km away off the coast of Gopalpur in Orissa. The men had been surviving off ice from their cold storage after food and drinking supplies were washed away.
"The sea was very, very turbulent, there was a depression... which was stagnant for two or three days and it had intensified into a deep depression," Capt Menon told BBC World News TV.
"It was a very difficult task but we had to do it because if I didn't do that I was knowing very well that these fishermen never stood a chance of rescue, no survival at all."
As far as being a path-breaking female ship captain goes, Radhika Menon doesn't appear to make a big deal of it. She says gender means little on the kind of ships she works on.
"[It is] gender neutral in the sense that even if you are female, you know how to do your job," she says.
"People appreciate you, they respect you, you'll be able to carry out your orders and all that." | Seven fishermen owe Captain Radhika Menon their lives. | 38063326 | [
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Previously, trainee doctors had to wait up to four years to experience the consultation room.
GP Live was developed by Aberdeen University and uses streaming software to enter the consultation room.
Researchers hope it will encourage more students to join general practice and help ease a recruitment crisis.
The software will stream consultations just moments after they happen in an effort to give students a flavour of life as a GP.
The system utilises one of the University's Digitally Enhanced Learning Spaces (DELS), where students can engage in interactive learning with the aid of 55-inch display screens and state-of-the-art web conference tools.
It was developed by Dr John McKeown, a senior clinical lecturer and GP at Cults Medical Group in Aberdeen.
He said: "The biggest appeal for students is that they are seeing consultations that are almost live, and this adds a sense of immediacy that appeals to students who have grown up in an era where digitisation has made learning far more interactive.
"We aim to make the sessions as engaging as possible by discussing the GP's approach while the consultation takes place - for example how they communicate, the direction that they take the consultation, and of course their recommended course of action."
Dr McKeown said that one of the main benefits of the system was that students and lecturers would be able to discuss consultations that have taken place at a variety of practices, where the issues could be very different.
He added: "This means that students get a real insight into the challenges facing GPs who might operate in less affluent areas, or in remote rural locations.
"The system also allows us to work through a number of different consultations in succession, which very much mimics a typical morning for a GP.
"This allows us to see the range of skills - interpersonal, diagnostic and otherwise - that they bring to a normal working day."
Dr McKeown said that by the time current first year students graduated there would be a pressing need for new GPs in Scotland. | A new project has been developed to allow first-year medical student in Scotland to watch GP consultation for the first time. | 39593461 | [
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All 42 Scottish clubs discussed league reconstruction on Tuesday, with a 16-team top-flight among the proposals.
That is the number of teams in the Czech top division and Fitzel believes young talent would have a greater chance to shine in a bigger league.
"I am sure a 16-team league has helped our youth development," he said.
Fitzel was involved with the Czech youth teams from 1998 to 2005, and helped bring through the likes of Tomas Rosicky and Petr Cech.
After a spell as the national coach of Malta he has returned as technical director and general manager of the Czech Republic national team. Fitzel has overseen improved fortunes at all levels of the game after the country missed on qualification for the 2010 World Cup.
Since then, the Czech Republic were quarter-finalists in the 2012 European Championships and finished top of their Euro 2016 qualifying group.
"If we did not have a 16-team league and we only had 12, only a few youth players would get a chance," Fitzel told BBC Scotland.
"The bigger the league, the more teams are playing at a higher level, and the more young players are getting a chance. The more they play, the more they improve through experience of playing in the top league."
From next season, the Czech First League will be ranked nine places above Scotland in the Uefa coefficient rankings, with two teams qualifying for the Champions League qualifiers.
However, Fitzel admits a 16-team league does have its pitfalls and they could end up moving in the opposite direction.
"Currently here in the Czech Republic we are discussing maybe having 10 or 12 teams playing each other four times," Fitzel said. "At the moment we do not play enough games.
"A 16-team league has allowed us to have a winter break of two-and-a-half months. We finish at the end of December and start again at the beginning of March. But it means we only play 14 games in spring and all the clubs are saying we should have more games.
"In a smaller league, maybe there are more interesting games. We are looking at the ice hockey league, where right now they have play-offs and the stadia there is sold-out; even the relegation play-offs. That's fantastic income for the clubs and the stadiums hold 13,000 - 15,000 people."
Fitzel, like many in Europe, has looked on with interest at the Scottish game in the last few years. He says the 12-12-18 set-up that was proposed in 2013 was interesting, but feels clubs should listen to what the supporters want.
"It's an interesting idea," he added. "It is something new, and I always feel if you don't try it then you don't know.
"From my point of view it is interesting to play for relegation or promotion. It could be a long period of games.
"It seems interesting, but the question is do the people want to see this?
"If you have enough teams for a 16 top division, they don't need to be equal. Obviously in Scotland you have two big teams, though now there is a problem with Rangers playing out-with the top tier, but still there is two or three dominant teams." | Scottish football should consider a bigger league to help young talent, according to Czech Republic director of football Dusan Fitzel. | 22051542 | [
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Lee Radford's side crossed eight times as they thrashed Salford at home in their opening match of the season.
Fetuli Talanoa touched down twice in France, adding to scores from Sika Manu, Josh Bowden, Jack Logan, Jamie Shaul and captain Gareth Ellis.
Winger Pat Richards scored all 10 of Catalans' points in the first half.
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The Dragons have lost their first two games of the campaign and such a heavy home defeat early in the season will be a concern, with much of their success in recent years being based on a formidable home record.
Hull top the table ahead of Wigan, with both sides starting the campaign with two victories.
Former England international Ellis was making his first appearance for the Black and Whites since July after recovering from a serious Achilles injury.
Catalans Dragons: Gigot; Yaha, Inu, Duport, Richards; Carney, Myler; Anderson, Pelissier, Bousquet, Stewart, Horo, Baitieri.
Replacements: Taylor, Mounis, Bosc, Elima.
Hull FC: Shaul; Michaels, Logan, Tuimavave, Talanoa; Pryce, Sneyd; Taylor, Houghton, Watts, Minichiello, Manu, Thompson.
Replacements: Pritchard, Ellis, Bowden, Washbrook.
Referee: Robert Hicks | Hull FC secured a second convincing Super League win in succession, scoring seven tries in a stunning victory against Catalans Dragons in Perpignan. | 35535826 | [
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Like a sort of officially sanctioned graffiti, the initials of the housing department of Rio de Janeiro were sprayed on homes marked for demolition.
Almost 900 families, many of which lived on Rua da Esperanca (Hope Street), were facing eviction because their houses stood in the way of the planned route for the Transolimpica bus rapid transit system (BRT).
The extension of the BRT is part of the upgrades planned ahead of the 2016 Olympic Games, which the city is hosting.
The new 25km (15 mile) rapid bus route is expected to carry 70,000 passengers a day.
It will link Barra da Tijuca, which will host the athletes' village, to Deodoro, the venue for several Olympic events.
Rio City Hall intended to relocate the families from Vila Uniao to small social housing apartments or offer compensation packages.
But many residents did not want to leave their 30-year-old community.
After two years of uncertainty and a small yet vocal campaign of resistance, they have managed to save it from demolition.
Instead of running straight over the neighbourhood, the new $555m-bus system (£370m) will now cut around Vila Uniao.
This means only 191 families will need to be relocated, a 78% reduction in the original number of expected evictions.
"We're celebrating a lot because it was 900 families and now it's 191," said Robson da Silva Soares, one of those leading the resistance to the demolition of Vila Uniao.
But the victory was bittersweet for the residents, who, in 2012, had been promised investment as part of an initiative to improve the city's poor neighbourhoods by 2020.
Months later, the Transolimpica project was announced and along with it, the need to relocate hundreds of families.
Many of the homes earmarked for demolition were bigger than the government-funded apartments residents were being offered, explained 68-year-old Francisco Gabriel.
"I've been here 20 years and if it's a choice between leaving for the [government-funded] Colonia Juliano Moreira apartments or staying here, I'd prefer to stay here," he said.
"The homes there are smaller."
According to Rio City Hall, plans for the Transolimpica were redrawn to reduce the impact on Vila Uniao.
"We managed to get public land belonging to the federal government to alter the project and attend to the needs of the residents," a spokesman said.
Rio City Hall said the project, while causing disruption to some, also had huge potential to improve the lives of locals by linking their neighbourhood to other public transport lines.
"The future corridor will benefit the population leaving a huge legacy of mobility: a fully integrated transport network with the Transoeste and Transcarioca BRTs already opened, and the rail network in Deodoro," officials said.
But while the reduced number of evictions was welcomed by the majority in Vila Uniao, it did not satisfy everyone, leaving the community divided.
Cintia Neves, who runs a lunchtime cafe in the neighbourhood, has lived here almost her whole life.
The 26-year-old shares the house her late father built when she was six months old with her mother and brother.
"The vast majority [in the community] think the change is good but there are some who wanted to leave," she says, explaining that some homes in Vila Uniao were barely more than hovels.
"We are staying for now" she said about her family.
But even though the relief of those residents whose homes have been saved is palpable the new route is still likely to affect the community.
There is the local football pitch, for example. The original plan spared it but the new project runs over it instead.
Rio City Hall said it was in talks with the owner of a local football ground to provide a new pitch.
There were also concerns that those moving to the new social housing would lose the community feel they enjoyed in Vila Uniao.
"I grew up in the community with my parents and four brothers," Mr Soares said.
"There's a market, a bank, a school. But the place where the families are moving to doesn't have any of this. They have to start everything again."
Mr Soares said he and his fellow campaigners would not give up: "My house was in the path of the BRT and now I don't have to leave.
"But even so, I will continue with the same fight because independent of me, we're fighting for residents to have their rights."
And he is confident he can drive down the number of those facing eviction even further. "We see the possibility of removing fewer still than 191," the 37-year-old electromechanical technician said. | Nearly all of the chaotically built homes in the small community of Vila Uniao in the west of Rio have "SMH" painted onto their walls. | 31090761 | [
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Writing on his Instagram account, the singer explained he was "taking the opportunity of not having to be anywhere... to travel the world".
He also confirmed to fans that his third album is "on its way" and "is the best thing I have made thus far".
Sheeran has 16 million Twitter and 5.5 million Instagram followers.
He has just completed a world tour of his number one album x (pronounced "multiply") in Auckland, New Zealand.
Before the final show, he also tweeted that he was "buggering off for a while".
His world tour saw him play three sold out dates at London's Wembley Stadium.
His second album x topped the chart in the UK, Australia and the US and was nominated for album of the year at the Grammys. It won the Brit award in the same category.
Sheeran recently set up his own label, Gingerbread Man Records, and signed newcomer Jamie Lawson - whose album topped the UK chart - and Northern Irish singer Foy Vance. | Singer Ed Sheeran has announced he is "taking a break" from social media as he is "seeing the world through a screen and not my eyes". | 35086793 | [
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The men were believed to have been working on the northbound carriageway of the A361 at Gornhay Cross, Tiverton, when they were hit.
One was flown to Plymouth's Derriford Hospital, while a second Devon Air Ambulance flew the other man to the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.
The van driver has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving.
The condition of the two injured men, who are both in their 40s, is not known.
Devon and Cornwall Police said a third man was hurt in the incident, but he is described as the "walking wounded".
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For a short time on Monday night, US time, the stocks of the likes of Apple, Microsoft, Amazon eBay and Zynga were all listed at $123.47.
Nasdaq blamed the erroneous use of test data, and said the situation had been fixed. And with markets closed for the 4 July holiday, there'll be no impact on trading.
But it got us wondering. What can you buy for $123.47?
Danish pop group Aqua is reuniting for world tour to mark the 20th anniversary of hit single Barbie Girl.
But even though they've been out of the spotlight for a long, long time, it's not cheap to go and see them.
Our budget wouldn't stretch to the best seats for their Singapore show. But a Category B ticket will cost 168 Singapore dollars (about $123). We know, we know....
Including cheddar, creamy Lancashire and white stilton with cranberry, this small cheese celebration cake from Marks and Spencer will serve about 70 portions.
It comes in at £95 which is pretty much bang on the equivalent of $123.47.
A tasty investment.
Smartphone growth is booming in India with something for every price point. Including the $123.47 budget.
That works out at almost exactly 7,990 rupees, which will get you a Samsung J3 from local online retailer Flipkart.
Perfect for your future share trading.
Zynga - the company behind online games like Farmville and Words With Friends - was one of those whose share price changed dramatically in the glitch.
Rather than trading for $123.47 each, their current stock price is around $3.60.
So you could snap up around 34 shares and hope to make a profit one day.
But remember, the price of shares goes up as well as down. Sometimes by more than anyone expects...
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Doctors say it is too early to predict whether he will play football again.
But Dr Tobin said he is amazed by the 23-year-old's recovery so far.
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In an emotional interview, Dr Tobin said: "It was 48 minutes when he collapsed to reaching hospital and a further 30 minutes after that. He was, in effect, dead at that time."
He added: "We were fearing the worst and didn't think we would get the recovery we had. It's incredible."
Muamba suffered a cardiac arrest in Wanderers' FA Cup tie
Dr Tobin told BBC Sport's Dan Roan how Bolton physio Andy Mitchell was the first to spot the player had collapsed.
The doctor recalled: "He screamed, 'Get on the pitch, get on the pitch'. It was obvious something major was happening."
Dr Tobin said Muamba was given two defibrillator shocks on the pitch, one in the players' tunnel and a further 12 in the ambulance on the way to hospital but none worked.
The doctor said it was only when medics at London Chest Hospital took over that the situation began to sink in. He added: "I went into the corridor and cried.
"This is Fabrice, not someone who has gone down in the street. I know him, know his family, joke with him every day."
Tottenham club doctor Shabaaz Mughal was among those who rushed to Muamba's aid. He said: "He appeared to take a couple of gasps but was then unresponsive."
The pair were further helped by Dr Andrew Deaner, Consultant Cardiologist at London Chest Hospital, who was at the game as a fan, and ran on to the pitch to lend his expertise.
He said: "As soon as I saw them start CPR, something twitched in me. You always hope that, if you have a defibrillator and get there quickly, they will respond to at least two or three shocks. The longer the resuscitation, the less the chances of survival. But this is a very fit 23-year-old and those attending him are trained in CPR.
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"If I was ever going to use the term miraculous it could be used here. He has made a remarkable recovery so far.
"Two hours after [regaining consciousness] I whispered in his ear, 'What's your name?' and he said, 'Fabrice Muamba'. I said, 'I hear you're a really good footballer' and he said, 'I try'. I had a tear in my eye."
The consultant added: "We don't want to get ahead of ourselves but, as things stand, his life is not in danger at this time.
"It is early days so it is not possible to say [if he will play again]."
Dr Sam Mohiddin, the Consultant Cardiologist now looking after Muamba, said: "Fabrice has continued to demonstrate positive signs of recovery.
"His outcome has been extraordinary as a result of extraordinary care.
"He has exceeded our expectations but this remains very early in what could be a very lengthy recovery period.
"The critical thing was the rapid, prompt and very effective CPR at White Hart Lane and expertise from the London ambulance service.
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The study, by the Institute of Education, London University, examined the reading habits of 6,000 children.
It indicated reading for pleasure was more important to a child's development than how educated their parents were.
The researchers concluded a wide vocabulary helped children absorb information across the curriculum.
They analysed the results of tests taken at the age of 16 by 6,000 children, all born in one week, from the 1970 British Cohort Study.
The findings showed those who had read often at the age of 10 and had been reading books and newspapers more than once a week aged 16 had performed better than those who had read less.
There was a 14.4% advantage in vocabulary, a 9.9% advantage in maths and an 8.6% advantage in spelling, the research found, once parents' background and reading habits were taken into account.
The study said: "The influence of reading for pleasure was greater than that for having a parent with a degree."
The total effect on children's progress of reading often - reading newspapers at age 16 and being a regular library user - was four times greater than the advantage of having a university-educated parent, the study suggested.
The Institute of Education also looked at the impact on test scores of having brothers and sisters and found that those youngsters with older siblings were less likely to do well, particularly in vocabulary.
It suggests this could be because children in larger families spend less time talking one-to-one with their parents and have less chance to develop their vocabulary skills.
There was less effect if children had younger brothers and sisters, although they may score lower on vocabulary, the study found.
Study author Dr Alice Sullivan said: "It may seem surprising that reading for pleasure would help to improve children's maths scores.
"But it is likely that strong reading ability will enable children to absorb and understand new information and affect their attainment in all subjects."
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, she said: "It absolutely makes sense that you would expect reading for pleasure to improve children's vocabularies.
"But I think that that also does improve children's ability to take on new information and new concepts across the curriculum.
"A child who has a narrow vocabulary may constantly be coming across things they don't understand." | Children who read for pleasure are likely to do better in maths and English than those who rarely read in their free time, research suggests. | 24046971 | [
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Paula Vasco-Knight, 53, broke down as she changed her plea on the second day of her trial at Exeter Crown Court.
She used £11,072 of NHS cash to pay her husband Stephen, 46, for work on an equality and diversity publication called Transform, which never existed.
Her husband also changed his plea to admit fraud.
More on the fraud case and other stories from Devon and Cornwall
Former nurse Vasco-Knight, of Runcorn, Cheshire, shook and sobbed uncontrollably as she changed her plea to one of the two charges of fraud she faced.
Recorder Don Tait adjourned sentence until March but warned the Vasco-Knights that a "custodial sentence is a distinct possibility".
He told the jury: "As far as Mrs Vasco-Knight is concerned, she has fallen a long way, hasn't she, but that is her responsibility."
Vasco-Knight was CEO at the South Devon NHS Foundation Trust and the national lead for equalities for NHS England when the offence occurred.
The newsletter was commissioned by her in April 2013 and produced by her husband's firm Thinking Caps that July, the court heard.
But it was a "sham", cut and pasted from a research paper by the Kings Fund charity, said Gareth Evans, prosecuting.
He said Vasco-Knight's failure to declare an interest in Thinking Caps was a criminal offence and a "massive breach of trust and abuse of her position as chief executive".
Vasco-Knight later tried to blame Habib Naqvi, a senior manager in the NHS, for commissioning the newsletter.
Mr Naqvi, 28, of Bristol, was cleared of two counts of aiding and abetting.
The prosecution offered no evidence on the second fraud charge against Mrs Vasco-Knight of swindling £9,000 from the NHS.
She and her husband were released on bail to 10 March for sentencing.
Sue Frith, managing director of NHS Protect, which conducted the investigation, said Vasco-Knight's meteoric career path had been "an inspiration to so many" and her fraud was a "huge disappointment and shock to many". | A former NHS equality boss has been warned she could face jail for swindling £11,000 by diverting funds to her husband. | 38761763 | [
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But the news so far has been bigger - and worse - than they can possibly have imagined.
The US investigation into corruption at the highest levels of the world's most popular game will have far-reaching implications for how the game is run - and who runs it.
As news of arrests at the top of Fifa began to sink in, the organisation said it was planning to go ahead as scheduled with the election of its president - which was expected to result once again in a kind of coronation for Sepp Blatter, the great survivor of world sports administration.
But there's another item on the agenda too - one that may still be troubling delegates far into the future when Mr Blatter is eventually gone and the corruption story has played itself out.
The Palestinian delegation wants Fifa to suspend Israel from world football.
This is not just about sport of course.
The Palestinians are pursuing a strategy they call "internationalisation" - which means bringing their grievances against Israel into as many international arenas as possible. And arenas don't come any bigger than Fifa.
The issue has been raised in previous years but some sort of deal was worked out to prevent the issue from coming to a vote.
This time the head of the Palestinian Football Association (PFA), Jibril Rajoub, says nothing will persuade him to remove the request from Fifa's formal agenda. There won't be any backroom deals - there will be a vote.
"I am going to end the suffering and the humiliation of the Palestinian footballers," he told me. "It is our right."
The Palestinians believe their case is strong.
They complain about how police and army checkpoints which restrict freedom of movement around the occupied Palestinian Territory of the West Bank hamper the ability of players and officials to get to games.
The point is illustrated in a video presentation in which a middle-aged Palestinian called Farouq Assi is captured on the cameras of a human rights activist blindfolded, handcuffed and in custody at an Israeli checkpoint in the West Bank.
It's not a rare event. It's in the presentation because Mr Assi is a football referee and he was on his way to take charge of a game in Jericho when he was detained. The match was abandoned.
Palestinian territory is divided into two parts - Gaza and the West Bank. Israel controls all movement into and out of the West Bank through a series of checkpoints and it maintains strict controls at its crossing with Gaza through which players and officials have to travel to play West Bank teams.
Israeli sports officials argue they have no control over the policies applied at those checkpoints by Israeli security and intelligence agencies.
Mr Blatter made a trip to Israel and the Palestinian Territories ahead of the Fifa Congress in what appears to have been a failed attempt to stop the issue from being pushed to a vote.
Not long after he left an incident at an Israeli-controlled border crossing with Jordan illustrated the problem.
The Palestinian national team was leaving through the checkpoint on its way to play an overseas fixture - it flies through Amman in Jordan, a short drive across the desert rather than from Israel's main airport in Tel Aviv.
As they were leaving there were reports that one of their players, Sameh Maarabe, had been arrested by Israeli officials.
Israel explained later that Maarabe had been convicted last year of using an overseas trip to smuggle money and messages back into the West Bank on behalf of the militant group Hamas.
To Palestinians that's a story about the harassment of a footballer - to Israelis it's about issuing a warning about re-offending to someone who has a criminal record and who happens to be a footballer.
There are other grievances too - including the presence on Occupied Palestinian Territory of teams from Jewish settlements which are allowed to play in the Israeli league.
But Israel feels it has a positive story to tell about sport.
There are Arab players in the Israeli national team and at most top-flight clubs - although there is an exception in that Beitar Jerusalem has often attracted criticism for the racism of its nationalist fans.
Former English Premier League star Yossi Benayoun, who's arguably Israel's best-ever player, told me: "Sport is one of the only things that brings people together. In my experience I played with Muslims, Christians and any other religion and it's the same in Israel - during my time in the national team we always played with Arab players and it was the same for them.
"I hope it doesn't come to this decision, because it's nothing to do with sport."
For now the Israeli sports authorities have left their argument at that, but not everyone in Israel has been so diplomatic.
The well-connected Israeli legal campaign group Shurat HaDin, for example, has drawn attention to Jibril Rajoub's membership of the central committee of the Fatah movement, which has an armed wing.
It has found several militaristic quotes from Mr Rajoub talking about the Palestinian conflict with Israel and has written to Fifa demanding that he should be expelled, instead of the Israel Football Association (IFA).
Their letter is an illustration of the fear inside football that giving in to one expulsion request is bound to trigger others - what if Ukraine should demand the suspension of Russia over the annexation of Crimea for example, when the Russians are scheduled to host the next World Cup?
Within the world of sport there's always a tendency to keep difficult issues at bay by arguing that sport and politics don't mix - but of course in extreme cases they do.
Both apartheid-era South Africa and the now-vanished Yugoslavia led by Slobodan Milosevic were expelled from international bodies - the Palestinian chances of success at Fifa will depend on persuading enough delegates that their case matches those precedents.
Israel for now seems confident - partly because Sepp Blatter has clarified that the rules for suspension require a 75% majority, and partly because, in the words of the Israeli expert on international law Alan Baker, this is "a familiar grievance in a new forum".
The dramatic arrests which overshadowed the start of the Fifa Congress may have shifted the spotlight from the Palestinian case for now but this is an issue that won't go away.
Whatever happens to the proposal in 2015, there is nothing to stop the Palestinians from putting it back on football's agenda in the future. | The football bureaucrats of the world were probably expecting to make global headlines as they gathered for the Fifa Congress in Zurich. | 32898999 | [
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Lanarkshire-based AG Barr reported pre-tax profits up 4% to £43m in the year to 31 January, on flat sales at £257m.
The firm said it had shed 100 staff in a cost-cutting drive, with a one-off cost of £3m but saving it a recurring £3m per year.
It now plans to restart glass bottling at its Moodiesburn base.
The plastic bottling capacity at its new Milton Keynes plant will also be extended.
AG Barr said it had held its share of a soft drinks market that faced falling retail prices in the first half of last year.
It cited industry figures showing the soft drinks market rising 1.2% by value in the past year and 1.6% in volume. This masked volatility over the year and between sub-sectors.
It faced rising costs in the second half of the year, resulting from the weaker pound affecting input prices.
Sales of Irn Bru were up 3.2% by value in the year to 31 January. Sales of Rubicon, the tropical fruit drinks, were up 4.9%. Funkin, the cocktail mixer brand which AG Barr bought recently, was up 27%.
There was a tougher time for Strathmore bottled water.
While the carbonated drinks market saw no increase in volume, there was a slight rise in the value. The reverse was true of non-fizzy drinks, with still water being the main driver of sales volume.
AG Barr has set a target, by this autumn, of 90% of brands having low or no sugar content.
It claimed this was in response to consumer demand. However, the target threshold of getting below 5g of sugar per 100ml is the same threshold being used by the UK government as it plans to introduce a tax on sugary soft drinks.
Chief executive Roger White said AG Barr had made "considerable progress, with a solid financial performance in volatile and uncertain market conditions".
"As consumer tastes and preferences continue to change, our recent announcement that 90% of company-owned brands will contain less than 5g of total sugars per 100ml by the autumn of 2017 is a positive demonstration of how the business is responding to consumers' needs with both pace and commitment," he said.
"The UK consumer environment remains uncertain. However, we are confident that our great brands, effective business model, clear strategy and strong team ensure we are well placed to realise the full potential of our business and to deliver consistent long-term shareholder value." | The maker of Irn Bru has announced an increase in its annual profit as it plans to cut the sugar content of many of its drinks. | 39415738 | [
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David Ellam, 52, was attacked as he walked his Yorkshire terrier, Rolo, near his home in Sheepridge, Huddersfield, last August.
At Leeds Crown Court, Aaron Joseph, 29, denied being the owner of a dog that caused injury while dangerously out of control in a public place.
Mr Joseph was released on bail and a trial date has been set for 5 February.
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Judge Peter Collier QC, the Recorder of Leeds, said he hoped the trial date could be brought forward.
Police were called to Riddings Road on 15 August, and Mr Ellam was taken to Huddersfield Royal Infirmary where he was later pronounced dead.
Mr Joseph, of Riddings Road, pleaded guilty to possessing a quantity of cannabis on the same day. | A man has denied being the owner of a dog which attacked and fatally injured a neighbour. | 39441269 | [
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Bill Cosby 77 was to have been streamed from 27 November. It is not clear when or if the special will now be shown.
Netflix's announcement came shortly after Tuesday's airing of an interview with a model and TV host who claimed Cosby sexually assaulted her in 1982.
Cosby's lawyer previously said the comedian would be making no comment.
John P Schmidt said the allegations were a "decade-old [and] discredited" and that he did not intend to "dignify [them] with any comment".
A follow-up statement amended the earlier denial to say it did not refer to Andrea Constand, an accuser whose civil action against him was settled in 2006.
The latest allegation came from TV presenter Janice Dickinson, who accused Cosby of sexually assaulting her after a dinner date in Lake Tahoe, California.
"The next morning I woke up and I wasn't wearing my pyjamas," she told Entertainment Tonight. "I remembered before I passed out that I had been sexually assaulted."
Dickinson claimed she had written about the alleged assault in a 2002 autobiography but had been pressured by Cosby's lawyer and her publisher to remove the details.
Dickinson, a contestant in the 2007 series of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, is one of several women to have accused Cosby of sexual assault going back almost 30 years.
Cosby remained silent during an NPR radio interview that aired on Saturday when he was asked to comment on the accusations levelled against him.
The veteran comedian is best known for playing Cliff Huxtable, benign patriarch of an African-American family in hit US sitcom The Cosby Show. | Streaming service Netflix has postponed a Bill Cosby comedy special in the wake of allegations of sexual assault that have resurfaced in recent weeks. | 30111010 | [
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The aerodrome's owners had claimed that "permanent unrestricted planning permission" was granted in 1951.
However, this was rejected by Waverley Borough Council in July 2011 and the planning inspector in April 2012.
A judge at the High Court said the 1951 permission did not grant permission for unrestricted flying.
Lord Justice Sullivan said the permission for "flight testing" did not amount to consent for unrestricted flying of aircraft.
He said the certificate sought by the owners was pursued on the alleged basis that there was no material difference, in land use terms, between unrestricted numbers of passenger or cargo flights, and flight testing.
He said: "The use of land as a bus station is not the same thing as use of land for the testing of buses."
He added: "There can be no doubt that, properly construed, the 1951 planning permission does not permit the airfield to be used for unrestricted aviation activities."
Dunsfold Park was constructed during World War Two by the Canadian Army. It is now used by about 100 commercial operators and most famously as the venue for the filming of Top Gear.
The owners have the right to appeal the latest decision to the Supreme Court. | The owners of Dunsfold Park aerodrome, which is home to the BBC's Top Gear, have lost their latest fight for unrestricted flying. | 26971936 | [
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He made his professional debut against Nottingham Forest in August.
Bingham, 21, joined Mansfield from Wigan Athletic in the summer and has scored four goals in 20 games for the Stags in all competitions.
Pools are awaiting clearance from the Football Association and the Football League for the duo to feature against Wycombe Wanderers on Saturday. | Hartlepool United have signed Reading midfielder Aaron Tshibola on a one-month loan deal and Mansfield striker Rakish Bingham on a season-long loan. | 30657223 | [
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Concerns had been raised by the Pakistan Cricket Board over threats from Hindu extremists, who attacked the offices of Indian cricket's governing body last year.
However, PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan said on Thursday that the team had been cleared to play in March and April.
"I am pleased that our government has given its consent," said Shaharyar.
"As a duty of care, we have asked [world cricket governing body] the ICC to put in place special arrangements for the Pakistan cricket team while in India."
India and Pakistan have not played a Test series since 2007 due to fallout from the terrorist attacks on Mumbai in 2008, blamed on militants based across the border.
Since 2009, Pakistan have played their 'home' Test series in the UAE after a terrorist attack on the visiting Sri Lankan team led to a boycott on tours to the country.
The World T20 runs from 8 March to 3 April.
Pakistan are scheduled to play a qualifier team on 16 March in Kolkata, then hosts India on 19 March in Dharamsala. | Pakistan will play in the World Twenty20 after the government approved their participation in India. | 35659619 | [
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Garbutt, 26, was sent off in the 71st minute of his side's 38-4 loss for punching opponent James Tamou.
The Australian was banned for two games by the Rugby Football League on Monday.
"It's not something that I am about. I don't condone violence and I sought James out after the game to apologise," said Garbutt.
"I accepted the ban and I'm very disappointed I won't be out there with the boys for the next couple of weeks."
"Everyone that knows me knows I'm not the sort that does that kind of thing." | Leeds Rhinos prop Mitch Garbutt has apologised for his red card in Sunday's World Club Challenge defeat by North Queensland Cowboys. | 35643899 | [
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The figure was even higher, at 45%, when athletes at the 2011 Pan-Arab Games were asked the same question.
More than 5,000 athletes competed at the events and 2,167 were asked if they had taken banned drugs.
"The true prevalence of doping remains unknown," the researchers said.
Just 0.5% of doping tests at the 2011 Worlds in Daegu, South Korea - where every athlete was tested - were positive.
In Qatar for the Pan-Arab Games, the figure rose to 3.6%.
"The study shows that biological tests of blood and urine reveal only a fraction of doping cases," said Harvard medical professor Harrison Pope.
"This is likely due to the fact that athletes have found numerous ways not to be caught during tests."
The research was carried out by Germany's University of Tuebingen and Harvard Medical School in 2011.
However, the team claimed the publication of their work had been delayed by talks with Wada and athletics' governing body the IAAF over how it should be published.
Doping has overshadowed athletics in recent years following an investigation into a state-sponsored Russian doping programme which led to the country's track and field team being banned from the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Russian athletes taking part in the World Championships in London earlier this month were only allowed to compete as neutrals.
A re-testing programme run by the International Olympic Committee to look at old samples using new methods has found more than 100 athletes used banned substances at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games. | More than 30% of athletes competing at the 2011 World Championships admitted to using banned substances during their careers, according to a World Anti-Doping Agency-commissioned study. | 41084175 | [
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A health tribunal has found Peter Sutcliffe no longer needs any treatment for any mental disorder.
In 1981 he was convicted of 13 murders and seven attempted murders and given 20 life sentences.
Moving Sutcliffe would need to be approved by the Ministry of Justice.
The BBC understands that transferring Sutcliffe to a prison could save up to £250,000 a year.
Between 1975 and 1980 Sutcliffe preyed on women across Greater Manchester and Yorkshire. He mutilated them and beat them to death.
Sutcliffe was initially sent to Parkhurst Prison on the Isle of Wight but after three years he was moved to Broadmoor in Berkshire, where he has remained since being diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.
A former lorry driver from Bradford who now calls himself Peter Coonan, he was caught when police found him with a prostitute in his car.
They became suspicious and found he had a fake number plate and weapons including a screwdriver and hammer in the boot.
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a diagnosis doctors use if someone is experiencing a cluster of psychological symptoms.
These include "psychotic experiences, such as hearing voices or seeing things that don't exist (hallucinations) and having unusual beliefs that are not based on reality (delusions).
There are different subtypes of schizophrenia - paranoid schizophrenia is one example and this is when the person experiences false beliefs of being persecuted or plotted against.
Schizophrenia is a fairly common mental health condition, affecting about one in every 100 people.
Dr Stephen Shaw, a retired criminal psychiatrist from Leeds who interviewed Sutcliffe after his arrest, said he was not surprised by the tribunal ruling.
"I saw him in Armley [prison in Leeds] when he was on remand," he said.
"He was no more a schizophrenic than I was. I thought this guy was not mentally ill."
Speaking last year when it was suggested Sutcliffe may be moved, Brian Dow, director of external affairs at the charity Rethink Mental Illness, said: "There's no cure [for schizophrenia] as such.
"There's no medication that will make it go away, but people will often be able to manage their symptoms to a point where they can lead a very normal life.
"Presumably... he is sufficiently well that he no longer needs to be treated in a clinical setting.
"That's very possible as the treatments he may have had may have got him to a point where they deem him to be able to be incarcerated in a prison rather than a high-security ward."
A Ministry of Justice spokesman said: "Peter Coonan will remain locked up and will never be released for his evil crimes.
"Decisions over whether prisoners are to be sent back to prison from secure hospitals are based on clinical assessments made by independent medical staff.
"The High Court ordered in 2010 that Peter Coonan should never be released. This was upheld by the Court of Appeal.
"Our thoughts are with Coonan's victims and their families."
Wilma McCann, aged 28, Leeds, October 1975
Emily Jackson, aged 42, Leeds, January 1976
Irene Richardson, aged 28, Leeds, February 1977
Patricia Atkinson, aged 32, Bradford, April 1977
Jayne McDonald, aged 16, Leeds, June 1977
Jean Jordan, aged 21, Manchester, October 1977
Yvonne Pearson, aged 22, Bradford, January 1978
Helen Rytka, aged 18, Huddersfield, January 1978
Vera Millward, aged 41, Manchester, May 1978
Josephine Whittaker, aged 19, Halifax, May 1979
Barbara Leach, aged 20, Bradford, September 1979
Marguerite Walls, aged 47, Leeds, August 1980
Jacqueline Hill, aged 20, Leeds, November 1980 | The Yorkshire Ripper is expected to move out of Broadmoor psychiatric hospital and into a prison after medical experts ruled him mentally fit, BBC News understands. | 37056007 | [
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UKSE is the Tata Steel subsidiary set up to assist growing companies in traditional steel areas.
ID Systems works in the industrial and commercial utilities sector from its offices in Grangemouth and Glasgow.
Its clients include Scottish Water, Forestry Commission and National Grid.
The company, which already employs 80 staff, is looking to create the new jobs in the Glasgow and Lanarkshire areas as part of an expansion drive..
The move comes after ID Systems secured a number of long-term projects, including off-site manufacturing of wastewater pumping stations and water booster sets.
The loan and equity backing from UKSE will help fund ID System's growth strategy. A new senior management team will be created which, along with UKSE, will have a shareholding in the company.
ID Systems finance director Stuart Devine said: "We had a tremendous opportunity to more than double the workforce with the recent contract win and this funding from UKSE will allow us to make that happen as smoothly as possible."
UKSE regional executive Scott Webb said: "This long-standing, growing business will now have the structure to continue expansion along with the necessary funding from UKSE to allow this to happen." | Scottish engineering services company ID Systems Ltd has announced plans to create 120 new jobs after securing a six-figure investment from UK Steel Enterprise (UKSE). | 37220139 | [
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Players did not speak to the media before and after Friday's 2-0 friendly win over Romania in Falkirk.
Their stance comes as Anna Signeul's squad prepare for next month's Euro 2017 finals in the Netherlands.
The Scottish FA said in a statement that it was "disappointed they have chosen not to undertake their media responsibilities".
But the governing body hopes to resolve the matter before Tuesday's friendly against Sweden in Vaxjo.
"We can confirm that we are in discussions with the Scotland Women's national team players regarding terms and conditions ahead of the women's Euros in the Netherlands next month," it said.
"We will endeavour to resolve this matter at the earliest opportunity through discussions with their advisors."
Scotland's home-based players are being funded to go full-time as they prepare for the finals, where Scotland meet England, Portugal and Spain.
A package agreed between the Scottish Football Partnership, Sport Scotland and energy firm SSE will provide finances until the tournament is over.
Around half the squad are expected to benefit from the scheme.
Head coach Signeul distanced herself from the dispute, saying she feels coaches should not be involved as it is between the players and the SFA.
"I'm not involved at all in that process," said Signeul, who suggested it was the same for men's head coach Gordon Strachan.
"They do this on the men's side as well, they negotiate contracts.
"It is between the SFA and the players and I don't think Gordon has anything to do with this either, it's nothing to do with us coaches."
Signeul will name her squad for Euro 2017 on 20 June. | Scotland's women are refusing to carry out any media or commercial activity due to a dispute with the Scottish FA. | 40230767 | [
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The firm said market conditions "continued to be challenging" but that they anticipate a return to growth in 2014.
Northstone showed a pre-tax profit of ??6m on turnover of ??239m, compared to 2012 when profit of ??8m was achieved on a ??299m turnover.
Its best-known trading business is the Farrans construction firm.
It also sells quarry products and ground access systems for the utility industries.
The fall in group turnover in 2012 was all attributable to its building/civil engineering division where turnover fell from ??226m to ??153m.
The company's workforce fell from 992 to 968 over the year and the accounts show redundancy costs of ??358,000.
During the year, the firm bought the Cemex (NI) cement business for an undisclosed sum.
Northstone is ultimately owned by CRH plc, the Dublin-based building materials group which is worth around ??10bn. | Northstone, one of Northern Ireland largest construction groups, reported reduced turnover and profits in 2013. | 29512468 | [
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The band have revealed they were asked to write a signature tune for the movie, but it "didn't work out" and the song was not used.
Sam Smith's Writing's On The Wall ended up as the movie's theme song instead.
Radiohead have now made their brooding, orchestral song, titled Spectre, available as a free download on Soundcloud.
Singer Thom Yorke wrote on Twitter: "Last year we were asked to write a theme tune for the Bond movie Spectre.
"Yes we were. It didn't work out, but became something of our own, which we love very much.
"As the year closes we thought you might like to hear it. Merry Christmas. May the force be with you."
Many fans expressed their approval on Twitter. Music critic Pete Paphides was among them, writing: "It sounds exquisite on first listen, sensational string arrangement."
Before Spectre came out in October, there had been speculation that Radiohead had been chosen for the coveted task of recording the theme tune.
In July, one bookmaker suspended betting on the identity of the act that had recorded the theme after one punter tried to bet £15,000 on Radiohead.
Bond actor Daniel Craig is known to be a fan of the band, having quizzed Yorke for Interview magazine in 2013.
Sam Smith's theme received mixed reviews when it was released in September, with BBC entertainment correspondent Colin Paterson saying it was "good enough, but not a classic".
But former Bond actor Sir Roger Moore called Writing's On the Wall "very haunting and wonderfully orchestrated".
The song made history by becoming the first Bond theme to reach number one in the UK, achieving combined chart sales and streams of 70,000 copies.
Smith was the first solo male British act to perform a Bond film's theme song since 1964, when Tom Jones was heard over the opening credits of Thunderball. | Radiohead have released the song they recorded to be the theme for the latest James Bond movie Spectre. | 35178921 | [
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On Friday, Facebook was given 72 hours to take down the page 'Keeping our kids safe from predators', which had focused on paedophiles in Northern Ireland.
The man took the case after discovering that his photograph and threatening comments were posted on the page.
Facebook complied with the order, but a similar page appeared within hours.
The High Court judge who ordered the removal of the original page, Mr Justice McCloskey, held that the contents of the original version amounted to prima facie harassment of the man and risked infringing his human rights.
While the judge granted anonymity to the sex offender, he also stressed that the ruling does not suppress information about him or his criminal record that is already in the public domain.
A detailed written version of the judge's verdict discloses further details about the man's catalogue of crimes.
Known only as XY, the man at the centre of the case has a total of 15 convictions for sexual offences, all of which were committed in the 1980s.
He was released after serving half his prison sentence, only to be detained for a further six months for breaching a condition of his licence.
The judge who sentenced him reportedly expressed particular concern about his lack of insight into his offending.
It has also been confirmed that he first offended when he was still a juvenile.
When he issued the proceedings against Facebook, the man claimed harassment, misuse of private information, and a breach of his right to privacy and freedom from inhuman or degrading treatment.
Mr Justice McCloskey's written judgment discloses that one of the remedies being sought is a claim for damages against Facebook Ireland Ltd.
That issue has not been determined, with the ruling only on interim relief.
The court heard the man suffers from ill health and fears being attacked or burnt out of his home.
In a statement filed as part of his case he said: "I am in fear for my safety and in a state of constant anxiety as I believe if this material continues to be published it will only be a matter of time before the threats materialise into an attack on me or my home.
"The defendants are publishing comments intended to vilify me, some of which are directly threatening.
"By publishing this material about me, the defendants are providing a vehicle for others who may have criminal intent to gain information about where I live and to stir up hatred against me."
Mr Justice McCloskey ruled in his favour after balancing the competing rights to privacy and freedom of expression.
He pointed out that the interim injunction would cause minimal disruption to Facebook.
The judge added that details about the man's name, physical appearance, criminal record and whereabouts were already in the public domain.
"This information will remain in the public domain, come what may," he said.
"The order of this court does not suppress publication of this information in any way.
"Rather, it simply requires certain modest steps to be taken by the operator of a social networking site to ensure that, pending the substantive trial of this action, the plaintiff is not exposed to further conduct which I consider, to a high level of arguability, to be unlawful."
The judge also emphasised that cases of this type will be "intensely fact-sensitive".
He said: "The court is mindful of the contemporary controversy surrounding other contexts, such as online bullying of schoolchildren and the potentially appalling consequences of this gravely worrying phenomenon.
"This judgement does not speak directly to other contexts. Rather, it is confined to the particular litigation context in which is it provided." | A convicted child sex offender, who won a landmark court case forcing Facebook to take down a website page monitoring paedophiles, is now seeking damages. | 20585862 | [
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Erin Cross, from Chester, received gene editing therapy in the USA after a £100,000 appeal raised the cash.
Doctors have told her parents she is now in remission after the therapy which took place in August.
Her mother Sarah Cross said: "It means she is now able to have a bone marrow transplant in Manchester."
She added: "I'm so glad I pushed for her to get on the trial here at Seattle, if I hadn't she wouldn't be here today."
Erin was treated for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia using CAR (Chimaeric Antigen Receptor) T-Cell therapy which re-engineers the cells in the lab to attack and kill cancer cells when injected back into the patient's body.
"We got a call from the hospital who told us the cancer cells have gone - we couldn't believe it as she has never come back clear from any treatment before," said Ms Cross.
"She is running round now like any six year old," she added.
Erin is due to return to the UK within the next month for a transplant at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital where a donor has already been found. | The family of a six-year-old girl suffering from leukaemia are celebrating pioneering treatment which they say has "saved her life". | 37554205 | [
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ActiveQuote's software provides information on specialist health and protection insurance products.
It has won four contracts to operate price comparison sites on behalf of online businesses, such as uSwitch.
The Welsh government will provide £600,000 to back the firm.
It was established by Dr Richard Theo who has a PhD in computer networks from Cardiff University. | More than 70 jobs are being created by a Cardiff Bay finance firm which acts as an online insurance broker and provides data for price comparison websites. | 30344804 | [
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Jack Marriott beat two defenders before finishing to put the home side ahead, with Paul Benson adding the second with a low strike after the interval.
Marriott got his second of the game after with a composed finish.
Aston Villa loanee Callum Robinson pulled a goal back for City, but they lost for the second game in a row.
Luton manager John Still:
"We played against a good side and said before the game that they're very fluid with the 3-5-2, so we matched up and knew we were going to have to work hard early on to work out their movement.
"It's very clever and you can't coach that, you've got to work it out as you go. Once we did that, we exploited their players going forward and the first goal was a classic example of that."
Bristol City boss Steve Cotterill:
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"We needed to get another goal very quickly after we got that first goal in order to be really pushing at the end. We've put enough balls in the box tonight, enough balls across the face of goal, but we need to be putting those chances away." | League Two side Luton moved into the second round of the League Cup with victory over Championship newcomers Bristol City. | 33768444 | [
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Dene Magna School in Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire, has about 750 pupils on its roll.
Headteacher Stephen Brady said: "It's just got worse and worse - we had to send 26 pupils home today, sometimes common sense has to rule."
A private cleaning firm will begin a deep clean on Friday to sterilise the school ahead of it reopening.
The school normally has an attendance of 97%, with fewer than 20 students off in a day, but on Thursday this had fallen to 80%.
"We've had a steady increase in the number of students and staff coming down with this. I think we've been hit with what is a perfect storm of bugs," Mr Brady said.
"Some of the students have experienced nausea and sweating, others with vomiting and diarrhoea."
He also said a supply teacher had come in for one day but was forced to go home, after falling ill within a matter of hours.
It is expected that the pupils will recover from the bug within 72 hours.
"My only message is with the students don't let them go out and about at the weekend," added Mr Brady.
"If you can keep them in so they don't spread this amongst their friends.
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The 27-year-old has agreed a three-year contract with Sarries and will move to Allianz Park this summer.
Clark made his Premiership debut aged 18 for Leeds in 2007 and he has won one international cap for England, which came against France in August 2015.
"Calum is a very talented player and will fit in brilliantly here," Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall said.
"He is still a player with a huge amount of potential and in our opinion he has his best years ahead of him."
Clark is Saracens' third signing for the 2017-18 season, after the announcements Wales international Liam Williams and Toulouse hooker Christopher Tolofua will join the European and Premiership champions. | Saracens have agreed a deal to sign flanker Calum Clark from fellow Premiership side Northampton Saints. | 38651930 | [
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Under US law, 40% of the corn harvest must be used to make biofuel, a quota which the UN says could contribute to a food crisis around the world.
A drought and heatwave across the US has destroyed much of the country's corn crop, driving up prices.
The US argues that producing much of its own fuel, rather than importing it, is good for the country.
The latest forecasts from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) suggest that this year's corn yield - the amount produced per acre - will be the lowest since 1995-6.
Total production will be the lowest for six years, it forecast, due to the extreme heat and dryness.
As a result, the USDA is predicting further rises in prices. It now thinks farm prices for corn will average $7.50-$8.90 per bushel, a sharp rise on the $5.40-$6.40 per bushel it predicted just a month ago.
By Mark MardellNorth America editor
Writing in the Financial Times, the director general of the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Jose Graziano da Silva, said suspension of the quota would allow more of the crop to be diverted for food production.
"The worst drought for 50 years is inflicting huge damage on the US maize crop, with serious consequences for the overall international food supply.
"The situation reminds us that even the most advanced agricultural systems are subject to the vagaries of the weather, leading to volatility in supplies and prices, not just on domestic markets, but also internationally."
Concerns about the impact of the dry weather in the US pushed maize prices up by 23% in July, according to the latest FAO food price index.
But the US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said the biofuels standard was having a positive impact on the country.
"It is impacting in a positive way the cost of gasoline in this country - some estimates put it at 25 cents to as much as $1.30 less for gas because we have a biofuel industry.
"There are jobs connected to that industry and less reliance on foreign oil. The question is: Is the market responding to concerns about supply and the answer is yes.
"Exports are down just a bit and ethanol production is down from between 10% and 30%, depending on the part of the country."
By law, 13 billion gallons of biofuel must be produced in the US this year. The country's Renewable Fuel Standard, as the law is known, was designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and dependence on imported oil. It has long been controversial, with many blaming the quota for pushing up corn prices.
The United Nations is not alone in calling for the quota to be suspended. Livestock producers in the US, worried about the cost of cattle feed, also want it scrapped and the governments of China, India and France have expressed concerns about the policy. | The United Nations (UN) food agency has called on the United States to suspend its production of biofuel ethanol. | 19206199 | [
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One of the first out of the blocks is a touring production of All My Sons by black-led theatre company Talawa.
The story centres on all-American couple Joe and Kate Keller, whose son is missing after World War Two.
Its director Michael Buffong tells arts correspondent Tim Masters what makes the play a 20th Century classic.
What does it mean to you to be taking All My Sons on the road in Miller's centenary year?
The fact that it's a centenary year shines an even brighter spotlight on what is an amazing piece of work and an amazing writer.
We originally performed this in 2013 and I'd love to say I planned the tour for the centenary, but the truth of it is that it's a coincidence.
What makes All My Sons an American classic?
The themes are so universal. On one level it's about chasing the dream and the cost of trying to live it. The themes that come out of the play are issues of loyalty and trust and betrayal, and secrets within families and how people collude and how ultimately everything can come falling down.
The themes are so universal - what would you do for your family? Joe Keller thinks anything is forgivable because it's been done for his family but he doesn't have a wider social responsibility. That's his downfall.
The 2013 production earned five star reviews - does that add pressure to taking it out two years later?
I haven't thought about it. If I did I might not sleep too well. I guess it might add a bit of pressure.
I read reviews, you can't help it. One has to be able to take them - the good and the bad.
Given that it was such a hit, how much are you tweaking this time round?
Like with any fantastic play once you get to revisit it you realise its depth - we are finding so many new things. Half the cast are different so it can't be the same because they bring new elements. It just goes to show the quality of the text: there's always more to unearth.
Does having a black cast give the play a new perspective?
It certainly gives it a nuance. If you think of a black family trying to achieve the American dream suddenly the stakes become higher still because of black history in the US.
But it essentially remains the same story: it's a family drama, and this family is an all-American family.
You took over Talawa in 2012 - are there still things you want to achieve?
I'm just at the beginning. The past three years have been great and we are starting to achieve some of things we set out to do. It's great that we get do do All My Sons, and we get to work with the companies like the National Theatre as we did last year with Moon on a Rainbow Shawl.
We've got a writers' programme working with the Bush and Soho Theatres and the BBC, and we have a space we are desperate to develop into a 100-seat venue. We are looking for funding to do that.
What's the latest on workshops you've had with Lenny Henry on a play about the American comedian Richard Pryor?
We are still in the workshopping process. It's in development. I hope it will come to the stage. We are both keen to see it happen.
All My Sons, with a cast led by Ray Shell and Dona Croll, has opened at Ipswich's New Wolsey Theatre, and tours until 25 April. A full list of tour dates is on the Talawa website.
Following its sell-out run at the Young Vic, A View from the Bridge, with Mark Strong leading the cast, opens at the West End's Wyndham's Theatre on 16 February, and is now in preview.
The RSC's production of Miller's 1949 Pulitzer prize-winning Death of a Salesman begins previews in March at Stratford-upon-Avon, with Antony Sher and Alex Hassell as father and son, Willy Loman and Biff.
Sian Phillips leads the cast of Sheffield Theatres' revival of Arthur Miller's Playing for Time from 12 March - 4 April at the Crucible.
A drama originally written by Miller for the big screen, The Hook - about corruption in New York's docks - has its world premiere at Northampton's Royal and Derngate theatre on 5-27 June. | The centenary year of playwright Arthur Miller's birth is being marked with an explosion of productions around the UK in 2015. | 31363531 | [
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Officers received a report of an attack on a woman, 19, at Gorsedd Gardens near Cardiff Civic Centre at 04:30 BST on Thursday.
Police said the man, 23, from Cardiff, had been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault.
He has been taken to Cardiff Bay police station. | A man has been arrested in connection with an alleged sex attack at gardens in Cardiff city centre. | 34368777 | [
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Ceding control of ARM is an example of the City mindset of "don't back [the] British economy", he told the BBC.
But Treasury advisor Eileen Burbidge said the sale was a "great deal".
On Tuesday, 95% of ARM shareholders voted to back the acquisition by Softbank.
Lord Myners said ARM, which provides chip designs used by firms including Apple, was a company "at the heart of the ecosystem of modern technologies".
He said control of ARM was now passing to a "very heavily-indebted, very unfocused business in Japan which does not have a good record of buying foreign companies and continuing to invest in them".
Decisions on the company's future would be made in Tokyo rather than Cambridge, he said.
Lord Myners added that commitments made by Softbank to the UK government to double the number of UK employees over the next five years and to keep the headquarters of the firm in Cambridge were "probably not legally enforceable".
"If ARM was an American company, a German, a French company or a Japanese company, it would not be able to be sold in 60 days - there would be a question of national significance and public policy to determine whether we should sell," he said.
However, Ms Burbidge said the £24.3bn deal was at a 43% premium above the closing share price the day before the deal was announced.
"It's obviously a very good deal for shareholders, [and] for a company that generated just shy of £1bn in turnover last year, it represents... a really great multiple and demonstrates that Softbank saw a lot of growth potential and opportunity in the company," she said.
She added that on the question of control, the company's designs were in 95% of the world's smartphones, so it was already making operational decisions based on a client base which was mainly outside the UK.
"It was being led by technology advances in [phone] handsets... by people outside of the UK, mostly from Asia, a lot from the North American companies, and so a lot of it was being defined by the market anyway." | The £24.3bn deal to sell UK tech firm ARM to Japan's Softbank is an example of the UK "selling out of our winners", former City minister Lord Myners has said. | 37219633 | [
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Cardinals held prayers and swore oaths of secrecy at their first meeting, held by the College of Cardinals.
There will be a series of daily meetings leading up to a conclave, expected to begin next week, in which a new Pope will be chosen.
The election process comes after Pope Benedict XVI stepped down last week.
He was the first pontiff to resign in 600 years, after nearly eight years in office leading the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics.
The first pre-conclave meeting on Monday morning was headed by the dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Angelo Sodano.
The Vatican said 101 of the 115 cardinals involved in the conclave have arrived in Rome. A further 12 are due to arrive either today or tomorrow, while two are not attending.
They are the UK's Cardinal Keith O'Brien, who is standing down amid allegations of improper behaviour, and Indonesia's Julius Darmaatmadja, who is ill.
At the pre-conclave meetings, cardinals - known as the "princes" of the Church - will discuss future challenges and discreetly weigh up possible papal candidates.
The conclave - to be held in the Sistine Chapel - is expected to take place next week, though the exact date will be agreed on in the coming days.
Correspondents say the cardinal electors, those under the age of 80 who will take part in the conclave, will want the new Pope to be officially installed in time to preside over Holy Week.
Ceremonies start with Palm Sunday on 24 March and culminate in Easter the following Sunday.
Last year's "Vatileaks" scandal is expected to be high on the agenda during the meetings.
Corruption and infighting in the Vatican were exposed through a series of leaked documents, and the cardinals are expected this week to be briefed on a confidential report into the scandal seen by Pope Benedict.
The BBC's David Willey in Rome says strict precautions against leaks of unauthorised information will be in operation at the Vatican until the next Pope has been chosen.
Technicians will debug the cardinals' lodgings and mobile phones will be banned altogether during the conclave.
But some cardinals have suggested the internal workings and possible failings of the Vatican's bureaucracy will not be a major factor in the decision to elect the next pope.
"I think the real priority in the conclave is to choose the pope who is going to deal with these great, global issues," said Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington, speaking to the Associated Press in Rome, before the meetings began.
"If there are some internal problems in the Vatican, administrative problems in the Vatican, that'll eventually be dealt with. But it certainly isn't going to condition how I am going to be looking at who is going to guide and lead the church in the next years."
The church's handling of allegations of sexual abuse is another recurring issue.
Cardinal Keith O'Brien, formerly Britain's former most senior Roman Catholic cleric, has said he will not take part in the conclave after standing down amid allegations of improper behaviour.
On Sunday, he admitted his sexual conduct had at times "fallen beneath the standards expected of me".
He apologised and asked forgiveness from those whom he had "offended".
Cardinal O'Brien resigned as Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh last Monday after three priests and a former priest made allegations against him dating back to the 1980s.
Benedict, 85, officially ceased to be the Pope at 20:00 local time (19:00 GMT) on Thursday.
He left the Vatican by helicopter, flying to the papal retreat at Castel Gandolfo, near Rome.
He has vowed "unconditional obedience and reverence" to his successor.
The German pontiff, who was born Joseph Ratzinger, will continue to be known as Benedict XVI, with the new title of "pope emeritus".
The theologian is expected to retire to a monastery on a hill inside Vatican City. Officials say he will not be able to intervene publicly in the next papacy although he may offer advice. | Roman Catholic cardinals from around the world have gathered in Rome to begin the process of electing the next Pope. | 21651491 | [
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The singer died in April from an accidental overdose of the painkiller fentanyl, but he did not leave a will and did not have any children.
Reports in Minnesota say his estate may be worth at least $300m (£227m).
A judge has now ordered genetic tests to be carried out on six people with claims to be relatives of the singer.
Four siblings or half-siblings, as well as two women believed to be a niece and a grand-niece, will be tested.
Genetic tests had already ruled out the claim of a man in jail in Colorado who said he was Prince's son.
And, as part of the latest ruling, Judge Kevin Eide decided a claim by a Georgia woman, who said she and Prince were once married, was not valid. She had said the CIA was keeping their marriage record secret.
Minneapolis' Star Tribune newspaper said the case was thrown out against five men who said Prince was their father.
Prince was found unresponsive in a lift at his Paisley Park Studios on the morning of 21 April, local officials said. First responders tried to revive him with CPR but he was pronounced dead shortly afterwards.
Prescription painkillers were in the 57-year-old's possession following his death, officials told US media in May.
He is believed to have suffered from knee and hip pain from years of performing.
According to the autopsy report, Prince self-administered fentanyl, an opioid many times more powerful than heroin.
A singer, songwriter, arranger and multi-instrumentalist, Prince recorded more than 30 albums. His best known hits include Let's Go Crazy and When Doves Cry. | A judge in the US state of Minnesota has dismissed claims by 29 people who said they were owed a share of Prince's inheritance. | 36928186 | [
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Ranieri guided Leicester to the title despite them being rated 5,000-1 shots at the start of the 2015-16 campaign.
The Foxes are 17th this season and lost to League One Millwall in the FA Cup.
"It is very sad," said Match of the Day presenter Lineker. "It is inexplicable to me. It's inexplicable to a lot football fans who love the game."
Speaking to BBC Radio 4, the 56-year-old added: "I suppose you can explain it in terms of a panic decision and for me a wrong decision.
"I shed a tear last night for Claudio, for football and for my club."
After news of the 65-year-old Italian's dismissal broke on Thursday, former England captain Lineker, who played for his hometown club for seven seasons, said the "game's gone" in a post on social media.
"It's a sign of modern football, what happened last season was truly extraordinary, " he added on Friday. "The lack of gratitude from the owners of the club and who knows who else involved in such a decision beggars belief.
"That season will remain with us forever, it was truly special and a lot of that was down to the management.
"The same guy cannot be considered incapable of doing the job a few months months later after achieving what, for me, was the biggest miracle in sport."
Chelsea dismissed Jose Mourinho as manager the season after their 2015 title and Lineker says while that is "expected at big clubs", the decision to sack Ranieri "takes away from the glory" for the Foxes.
"For a club like Leicester to win the league last season, the magnificence of the story, the likeability of the club under Ranieri - the ultimate gentleman - it kind of demeans the club.
"Leicester were hugely popular right around the world. To do something like this now loses a lot of that popularity."
France midfielder N'Golo Kante moved to Chelsea for £30m in the summer and Lineker said losing the 25-year-old was "huge".
He added: "There were a whole host of things that made the season fairly inevitable in the sense it would never be anything like last season.
"They had a journeyman back four that was protected brilliantly by Kante. They were an ageing back four, who are a year older.
"All of a sudden they were on pre-season tours, playing Barcelona, travelling all over the world. They were not prepared for the new season and then the confidence aspect sneaks in."
Former Leicester and England goalkeeper Peter Shilton, said the club's struggles this season made Ranieri's sacking understandable.
Speaking to Radio 4, he said: "Going down would be a disaster for Leicester and I suppose the board have made a very brave decision.
"If they stay in the Premier League then they've made the right decision. A lot of people will say there's no sentiment in football, look at what he's done for the club, but he's had a lot of the season to get things going.
"There's obviously some reason why not. We're not privy to that - maybe the board are. Maybe there's unrest in the dressing room, who knows? Maybe the players just aren't performing."
Leicester owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha used social media platform Instagram to explain why he sacked Ranieri.
"We have done our best as management, we do not have only one problem to solve, but there are a million things to do to make our club survive, " the billionaire wrote.
"Please respect my decision, I will never let the club down".
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Jason Bourne, BBC Radio Leicester
"There's almost a sense of grief in the city today, with many having lost their 'favourite uncle'.
"Claudio Ranieri was the man that brought the dream to life by winning the Premier League title. It has gone sour this term with players underperforming, new signings not working out and baffling tactics at time from the Tinkerman.
"I thought they would get relegated with Ranieri in charge. I hated to say it. I hoped it wouldn't come true and I'd be proved wrong.
"This gives them a chance. A different kind of chance to stay up."
Phil McNulty, BBC chief football writer:
It is almost the thought that dare not speak its name amid the wave of shock, outrage and disgust at Leicester's decision to ruthlessly dismiss the hugely popular 65-year-old, who won the hearts of all supporters with his good humour, class and dignity as he led the Foxes to the title.
But is there actually method in what many see as the madness of the club's Thai owners?
Leicester's fall has been more dramatic than anything they could have foreseen in their worst nightmares. A win for any of Sunderland, Crystal Palace and Hull City this weekend would put the Foxes in the relegation places. Wins for all three and they would be bottom by the time they face Liverpool on what will now be a highly charged occasion at the King Power on Monday.
After 26 games last year they were top on 53 points, two ahead of Spurs. This season they are 17th after 25 games, with only 21 points. Last season they had lost only three games compared with 14 in this campaign, and conceded only 29 goals compared with 43 this term. Indeed, they only conceded 36 in the entire 2015-16 season.
The difference is stark and, very clearly in the opinion of Leicester's owners, dangerous.
Pat Murphy, BBC Radio 5 live
I understand some influential players in the dressing room, who were part of the Nigel Pearson squad a couple of years ago, were making graphic contrasts with team spirit and the organisational qualities of Pearson compared with Ranieri this season.
The club never really lost faith in Pearson this time two years ago. Despite the fact they were in the parlous position, the general feeling was that he had the dressing room and knew where he was going. He left in the summer of 2015 for different reasons - personal reasons associated with his son, who was on the staff.
Quite clearly, Ranieri had lost a lot of key allies in that Leicester dressing room with long memories.
On 7 February, Leicester issued a statement saying Ranieri had their "unwavering support". Sixteen days later they sacked the 65-year-old Italian, who had signed a new four-year deal in the summer.
His departure came a day after the Foxes won praise for their performance despite losing 2-1 in their Champions League last-16 first-leg tie at Sevilla.
"Ranieri was told he was sacked on Thursday afternoon in Leicester once the team returned from Spain, but the suggestion is the owners decided before that defeat by Sevilla," said BBC sports editor Dan Roan.
"The decision was taken very reluctantly but the club's owners are desperate to avoid relegation and its consequences."
Foxes vice-chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha said: "This has been the most difficult decision we have had to make in nearly seven years since King Power took ownership of Leicester City.
"But we are duty-bound to put the club's long-term interests above all sense of personal sentiment, no matter how strong that might be.
"Claudio has brought outstanding qualities to his office. His skilful management, powers of motivation and measured approach have been reflective of the rich experience we always knew he would bring to Leicester City."
Srivaddhanaprabha added: "His warmth, charm and charisma have helped transform perceptions of the club and develop its profile on a global scale. We will forever be grateful to him for what he has helped us to achieve.
"It was never our expectation that the extraordinary feats of last season should be replicated this season. Indeed, survival in the Premier League was our first and only target at the start of the campaign.
"But we are now faced with a fight to reach that objective and feel a change is necessary to maximise the opportunity presented by the final 13 games."
A news conference with Leicester assistant manager Craig Shakespeare will take place at 13:00 GMT on Friday.
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14 February 2016: Leicester lose 2-1 at Arsenal, their final defeat of the 2015-16 season before a 12-game unbeaten run.
2 May 2016: The Foxes are crowned champions of England for the first time in their history as Tottenham draw at Chelsea.
16 July 2016: Midfielder N'Golo Kante leaves to sign a five-year deal with Chelsea.
13 August 2016: Leicester lose their first game of the 2016-17 season - a 2-1 defeat at Hull City.
15 October 2016: The Foxes are hammered 3-0 by table-topping Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
22 November 2016: Leicester secure top spot in their Champions League group with one game to spare.
18 December 2016: Ranieri is named Coach of the Year at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards.
7 February 2017: After a run of two wins in 15 league games, Leicester give Ranieri their "unwavering support".
22 February 2017: The Foxes lose 2-1 to Sevilla in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie.
23 February 2017: Ranieri is sacked. | Leicester's decision to sack Claudio Ranieri nine months after winning the Premier League made former Foxes striker Gary Lineker "shed a tear". | 39072867 | [
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Silverwood's side head the Division One table by 41 points with five games remaining, the first of them at home to Somerset starting on Monday.
Only Notts, in 2005, have won the title following promotion the previous year.
"In our first year back up in Division One, to bring it home would be pretty special." Silverwood told BBC Essex.
Essex lifted the trophy six times in the days of a single-division Championship, most recently in 1992 when Graham Gooch was captain.
Now, current skipper Ryan ten Doeschate has the task to leading the team to their first silverware of any kind for seven years following the end of their involvement in this summer's T20 Blast.
Only two of Essex's last five matches are at home, and they will have to manage without England batsmen Alastair Cook and Tom Westley, their two leading run-scorers in the Championship, because of the current Test series against West Indies.
"We are in a great position, but there's still a lot of work to be done and we won't take anything for granted," said Silverwood.
"We have got five games of Championship cricket left and we can look at them with a lot of excitement. We'll go out there and give every ounce of energy, blood sweat and tears.
"It's the holy grail, and certainly in our dressing room and among the members, although it's great to win (other) competitions, we want to bring that one home." | Essex head coach Chris Silverwood has set his sights on "the holy grail" of winning the County Championship before their return to red-ball action. | 41023426 | [
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He made 12 appearances for Wales and played in four of the six Tests in the 1959 Lions tour. He also played three times for the Barbarians.
John was also the son of former international referee and former president of the Welsh Rugby Union, Wilf Faull. | Former Wales and British and Irish Lion John Faull has died aged 83. | 40361189 | [
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Flood water swept through Linen Green, near Dungannon. Several vehicles were damaged at a nearby Road Service depot.
Twenty four people were helped to safety as flooding affected parts of Northern Ireland.
Counties Tyrone, Londonderry and Fermanagh were worst affected, as Storm Desmond brought high winds and heavy rain on Saturday.
A number of roads remain closed due to flooding and fallen trees.
Gareth Bell, whose shoe shop was one of 31 units affected by flooding at the Linen Green complex, said there were "a lot of people in disbelief".
"As retailers, it's hard to fathom just how much it can ruin things over Christmas for everybody," he said.
Rivers Agency chief executive David Porter said the flooding was caused by a blocked culvert grille that caused the water to overflow.
He said the grille had been cleaned on Friday as part of weekly maintenance checks, but the sheer amount of rainfall brought down debris to block it.
"We were just hit by nature and a very significant rainstorm, although I would say that what we have seen, particularly in the west of the province, is a very good multi-agency approach to dealing with the flooding," he said.
The Fire and Rescue Service said it dealt with 31 flooding incidents. Most of those rescued were in vehicles that had become stranded in flood waters.
In one incident in Strabane, County Tyrone, 10 people were rescued from flooded properties at a housing development.
"We used ladders and inflatable rescue sleds to take them to safety, and other agencies have been involved in providing emergency accommodation," said Group Commander Andy Sinclair.
Assistant Chief Fire Officer Alan Walmsley said it had been a busy night for them.
"We started receiving our first calls for assistance to flooding incidents late in the afternoon, and those calls continued throughout the evening, spiking in the early hours of Sunday," he said.
A "high volume pumping team" worked for 13 hours in Lisnaskea, County Fermanagh, to "try and hold back flood water from impacting on the local community", he said.
He said the worst affected areas were "around the Strabane area, also Fintona and Enniskillen, and in the early hours it moved inward to around Cookstown".
In Clady, County Tyrone, an elderly man trapped by rising flood waters was rescued by a team that used a mechanical digger to reach him.
Gerard Foley, who lives in Clady, said on Sunday morning that the village was still badly affected by flooding.
"There are houses on the hill, and the rest is just water - Clady is a complete river," he said.
"You couldn't even pinpoint where the river is."
Road users have been warned about the risk of surface water flooding, as well as the risk of fallen trees or branches and other debris.
Stormont Environment Minister Mark H Durkan said households affected by flooding can apply to local councils for an emergency payment.
Mr Durkan said: "Individual householders will be eligible for a £1,000 payment as an offer of practical assistance to those who have suffered severe inconvenience, to ensure homes are made habitable as quickly as possible."
He added: "If you feel that you may be entitled to the payment, contact your local council as soon as possible and they will arrange for an urgent inspection of your property." | A shopping complex in County Tyrone has been flooded, causing stock damage thought to be worth millions of pounds. | 35021052 | [
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The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) also said emergency workers had to delay their response because some explosive cartridges were still live.
Its report said the seats were a "significant hazard" that delayed rescue teams until they were made safe.
The Hawker Hunter jet plummeted on to the A27 on 22 August killing 11 men.
A final report is still to be published by the AAIB, but seven safety recommendations have been made in the bulletin, which has looked at the safety of ejection seats and the maintenance of ex-military aircraft.
The AAIB said manufacturer support for the jet had ended after it was retired from military service, and its technical manual had not been updated.
The explosive cartridges for the jet's ejector seat and canopy had expiry dates of June and July 2014, more than a year before the crash.
Sussex Police said officers were at the scene immediately after the crash and the issue of the ejector seats arose when victim recovery was taking place and the aircraft had to be lifted.
The AAIB report also said investigators could not determine if the aircraft met the requirements of its permit to fly from December 2014 onwards.
Aircraft that do not qualify for a standard certificate of airworthiness - generally former military or amateur-built planes - are able to operate with a permit to fly granted by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
But the AAIB report revealed that initially the CAA "could not determine" if the Hawker Hunter met the requirements of its permit, because of doubts over the validity of the maintenance of its Rolls-Royce engine.
It recommended the CAA review its procedures over issuing such permits to ex-military aircraft.
A CAA spokesman said it was examining the AAIB bulletin in detail, but stressed it did not contain any information about the cause of the crash.
He said the CAA had told the AAIB investigation the jet had a valid maintenance record at the time of the crash.
"The aircraft did have a valid permit to fly at the time of the accident and was therefore permitted to operate," he added.
Work had been carried out on the aircraft in January 2014 and the next inspection was due in January 2016, the CAA said.
The AAIB said investigations would continue and it was still examining the aircraft and its maintenance records to determine its exact condition before the accident.
Pilot Andy Hill has been interviewed by police, it was confirmed last week. | A jet that crashed during the Shoreham air show, killing 11 men, had expired ejector seat parts and an out-of-date technical manual, a report has said. | 35153660 | [
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While the site has remained quiet about its canary's demise, it has hosted a discussion on the subject by a group of lawyers.
A warrant canary is a statement saying a company has not received secret requests for user data by government or law enforcement officers.
It is named after the birds that were taken down mineshafts to alert workers to toxic gases.
If the canary died in the mine the workers knew they had to leave quickly.
Similarly, the existence of a warrant canary on a website indicates the "all clear". When it disappears, visitors might assume the website has received classified requests for data.
Many websites publish a warrant canary in an effort to be transparent with visitors. The concept gained popularity after the extent of US government surveillance was revealed by whistleblower Edward Snowden.
In the US, law enforcement can issue requests for user data that come with a gagging order, preventing the demand from being disclosed.
Demands known as national security letters are designed to allow law enforcement agencies to conduct an investigation without interference or alerting the target.
But critics say the confidential nature of national security letters, which can be issued without a court order, makes them ripe for abuse by law enforcement.
Reddit, Adobe and Tumblr are among the sites that have published warrant canaries.
The disappearance of a warrant canary usually only reveals that a website has received at least one secret surveillance request. They are often written in broad terms, as their legality has not been tested in court.
"The more practically useful and informative they are, the more legally risky they are too," said Brett Max Kaufman, a lawyer at the American Civil Liberties Union.
Before it was killed, Reddit's warrant canary said: "Reddit has never received a National Security Letter, an order under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or any other classified request for user information."
One Reddit member asked whether websites could print an individual warrant canary on every member's profile, making it immediately obvious when a specific user had been targeted by a secret request.
"The government would have a pretty strong argument in that case that the removal of the individual's canary was simply an end-run around the gag order, and that it would jeopardise the government interests in completing its investigation without interference," said Mr Kaufman.
"That's not to say an individualised canary could never be lawful."
While the disappearance of a warrant canary could indicate that a company has received a classified data request, it remains possible that Reddit removed the canary to avoid a future fight over its legality.
"I strongly suspect it is the first," said Alex Abdo of the ACLU.
"Unless they received a national security request, nothing else would have changed between the 2014 transparency report and now.
"If they abandoned it for the second reason, Reddit likely would not have issued the very cryptic statement that they could not comment on the disappearance of the canary."
Reddit did not respond to the BBC's request for comment.
One Reddit member questioned whether the government could force a website to falsely keep its warrant canary online, disguising the existence of a national security letter.
"If the government asked a company to leave its warrant canary up (and therefore communicate something false to the public), the company would have the right to challenge any gag (under the First Amendment... or under certain provisions of the USA Freedom Act) in court," said Mr Kaufman.
"But if a court upheld the government's request... the public would be none the wiser, at least for some time.
"Indeed, that would be the entire objective from the government's perspective."
When asked whether the disappearance of Reddit's canary was a cause for alarm, Mr Abdo said it was "difficult to know".
"It's possible that the request was very targeted and in pursuit of someone we would all agree should be investigated," he said.
"But we don't know the facts at this point, and we don't even know which legal authority the government was relying on.
"And we might not know either of those things for a long time." | In March, online community Reddit killed its "warrant canary" - a statement on its website declaring that it had not received any secret data snooping requests from government or law enforcement agencies. | 35969735 | [
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Four people were badly injured when a carriage on the Smiler ride hit an empty one on 2 June.
Leah Washington, 18, from Barnsley and Vicky Balch, 20, from Lancashire, later each had a leg amputated.
Ms Washington's boyfriend Joe Pugh, 18, also from Barnsley and Daniel Thorpe, 27, from Buxton, Derbyshire, suffered leg injuries.
Twelve other people were trapped 25ft (7.6m) off the ground for several hours as emergency services attempted to rescue them.
"My first words to the [fire] crews were this is probably going to be the most technical rescue they will ever carry out in their careers," Incident Commander Dale Harrison said.
The Staffordshire Fire and Rescue officer, with 21 years' experience, was in charge on the day of the crash.
"The first thing was the difficulty in getting access to the ride itself," he said.
"We had to go down steep steps to get to the accident itself... there were a lot of people already there and we could see that this was not going to be an ordinary rescue."
He said a helicopter filming the incident as it unfolded and streaming pictures to news channels around the world, coupled with running commentary on social media, made the rescue all-the-more challenging.
"There was scrutiny of every move we made," he said.
"I don't think I've been under that level of scrutiny before."
More than 30 firefighters worked alongside ambulance crews and engineers from Alton Towers. It took four hours to free the last passengers.
Watch Manager Paul Hewson was on a special platform built to help remove the most seriously injured.
"The courage of those individuals on that ride in a horrible situation was phenomenal," he said.
Three hospital trauma team consultants were brought in to help treat passengers at the scene.
Accident and Emergency consultant Richard Hall said they also helped surgeons and nursing teams at the Royal Stoke to prepare and get the most critically injured into operating theatres as quickly as possible.
Some of the firefighters involved in the rescue, including Mr Hewson, have since visited the crash victims in hospital.
Describing them as "inspirational", he said he was able "fill in some of the gaps" for them.
"They were obviously in a lot of pain [at the time], in an awful situation and were unaware and couldn't see quite a lot of what was happening," he said.
Mr Hewson said his last images from the scene were "quite distressing" and meeting the victims helped him come to terms with the incident.
One of the most badly injured Leah Washington tweeted pictures from her 18th birthday celebrations on Tuesday evening.
Well-wishers on Twitter praised her as "courageous" and inspiring".
Max speed: 52 mph
Ride time: 165 seconds
Highest drop: 30 metres
Loops: 14
Cost: £18 million
Opened: 2013
Some of those injured received interim payouts at the end of last month to help with their rehabilitation.
Alton Towers' owner Merlin Entertainment said the crash was the "most serious" incident in the park's history and quickly promised compensation to those affected.
Extra safety protocols have been brought in at all Merlin-owned theme parks.
On Monday, the firm issued a warning to shareholders, saying the crash was expected to result in a £47m drop in profits. | The rollercoaster crash at Alton Towers led to the "most challenging" rescue of his career, one firefighter has said. | 33706903 | [
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"Hope made a poor decision that has resulted in a negative impact on US Soccer and her team-mates," head coach Jill Ellis said.
Solo, 33, will now miss matches on 8 February against France and 13 February against England.
This month, domestic violence charges against Solo were dropped.
In 2012, Solo, tested positive for a banned substance a month before winning a second Olympic gold medal.
She maintained she was not aware the pre-menstrual medication she had been prescribed contained a banned substance and she was cleared of any wrongdoing.
The US are preparing for the Women's World Cup in Canada in June when they will aim to win their third title following victories in 1991 and 1999.
The latest incident surrounding Solo concerns a training camp being held by the team in Carson, California.
Solo's husband, former Seattle Seahawks NFL player Jerramy Stevens, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence in Los Angeles in the early hours of Monday morning.
Media reports claimed Solo was in the car but she was not cited in the incident by Manhattan Beach police officials.
Solo tweeted: "I think it's best for me to take a break, decompress from the stress of the last several months and come back mentally and physically ready to positively contribute to the team." | The United States women's team goalkeeper Hope Solo has been suspended for 30 days by US Soccer following an incident during a training camp. | 30931494 | [
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Mr Abe described the 90-minute meeting in Trump Tower, New York, as "candid", with a "warm atmosphere".
Some of Mr Trump's campaign rhetoric cast doubt over long-standing US alliances, including with Japan.
The meeting was Mr Trump's first face-to-face with a world leader since winning the presidential election.
The US and Japan have been key allies since the end of World War Two, when the US helped Japan rebuild its economy.
The president-elect has vowed to scrap the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, which Mr Abe strenuously supports as a means of countering China's growing economic strength.
The deal was approved by the Japanese parliament, despite the likelihood that it would be cancelled when Mr Trump takes office.
Mr Trump has also said Japan needs to pay more to maintain US troops on its soil, and has floated the idea that Japan and South Korea should develop their own nuclear weapons to counter the threat from North Korean missiles.
The meeting was reportedly arranged when Mr Abe rang the president-elect to congratulate him, mentioning that he would be passing through New York on the way to an Asia-Pacific trade summit in Peru.
Speaking after the meeting, Mr Abe said: "We were able to have a very candid talk over a substantial amount of time. We held it in a very warm atmosphere.
"I do believe that without confidence between the two nations the alliance would never function in the future and as the outcome of today's discussion I am convinced Mr Trump is a leader in whom I can have great confidence."
The Japanese leader gave few details of the meeting but added the two agreed to meet again for deeper talks on a wider range of issues.
Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner, who have emerged as key advisers to Mr Trump since his surprise election victory, also met Mr Abe at Trump Tower.
Media speculation over her role has included the possibility of her becoming ambassador to Japan.
In the days since the election, Mr Trump has been speaking to dozens of world leaders as well as possible cabinet appointees from his home and office inside the Manhattan skyscraper.
In other developments:
Elsewhere, vice president-elect and Trump transition lead Mike Pence has said he is confident Donald Trump's administration can work with Democrats.
Emerging from meetings with Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Mr Pence said he looks "forward to finding ways that we can find common ground and move the country forward".
Meanwhile, US President Barack Obama has urged his successor to stand up to Russia if it deviates from US "values and international norms".
Speaking after talks with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin, Mr Obama said he hoped Mr Trump would "not simply take a realpolitik approach" to dealing with Russia. | Japan's PM Shinzo Abe has said he has "great confidence" in US President-elect Donald Trump and he believes they can build a relationship of trust. | 38021814 | [
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Plans were approved for Coastal Oil and Gas Limited to drill in a field at St Nicholas.
The permit does not allow the company to carry out fracking - hydraulic fracturing of the land - to extract any oil or gas.
Fracking is subject to a temporary ban in Wales until decision-making powers on the practice are devolved.
Natural Resources Wales said it had carried out a "thorough assessment" of the company's plans before approving them, with all work including reinstatement of the land to be completed within 12 months.
"It's important that any activity of this kind doesn't harm the environment, and this permit makes it clear what Coastal Oil and Gas Limited will need to do to comply with this," a spokesman said.
"Once the work begins, our officers will regulate and monitor the site to ensure it complies with the conditions of the permit, to protect people and the environment."
The permit for exploratory drilling comes despite a moratorium on fracking in Wales pending devolution of responsibility for such decisions.
In August, the UK government urged councils in England to speed up the process of approval for fracking projects.
However, Natural Resources Minister Carl Sargeant said fracking technology was "unproven", and that Welsh Labour ministers preferred to look at renewable energy. | Permission has been given for exploratory drilling for oil and gas in the Vale of Glamorgan. | 34157697 | [
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To secure more rights for people with disabilities, she makes frequent visits to courtrooms where the world of beauty contests is but a dream.
But the first Miss Wheelchair India contest in Mumbai in late November changed much of that.
She found herself amid the humdrum of the green room, glitter of the stage and the usual chatter one associates with a beauty pageant.
But there were some marked differences - the stage was much smaller than the ones set up for Miss India pageant and the contestants were treated as winners even before the event started.
Ms Kewlani's reply is an emphatic "no" when asked if the smaller stage and venue dimmed the importance of India's first Miss Wheelchair contest.
"Nobody really cared about how many people attended the event or how big the stage was. It was a night to celebrate the courage and fighting spirit of the contestants. We all won that night."
She says that her "rich and challenging" life has taken another positive turn after winning the contest.
"Polio made me wheelchair-bound early on in life but I never saw it as a disability and worked hard to be trained as a media professional like other normal people in the country.
"And winning the pageant is just another way of showing that disability cannot stop you from feeling and looking beautiful," the 41-year-old says.
Divya Arora feels her first runner-up crown has strengthened her belief that "beauty is boundless".
Ms Arora, who earlier worked for a leading newspaper, says her faith that "disability can never overshadow her beauty and abilities" helped her do well in the pageant.
The contest is the idea of tax consultant Sounak Banerjee whose life changed in 2006 when muscular dystrophy forced him to use a wheelchair to get around in the bustling city of Mumbai.
Mr Banerjee liked watching Bollywood films and TV shows but often found the absence of people with disabilities in the entertainment industry "disturbing".
"Disabled people are also consumers of the entertainment industry but they are seldom represented," he says.
He then came up with the idea of the Miss Wheelchair India contest to fill the gap and provide a platform they could call their own.
Planning the event was tough due to a lack of funding and human resources, he says but adds that the struggles were forgotten when the final day approached.
"I felt satisfied and happy when I saw these women wearing their best costumes and a winning smile. It all came together nicely in the end - I had done something for these courageous contestants," he says.
"I found the contest very unique because it honoured beauty irrespective of contestants' physical disabilities," says scientist Gopika Anand, 31, who won the second runner-up crown.
Ms Anand met with a road accident while studying engineering and was soon confined to a wheelchair. But she persevered, completed her course and found work as a scientist at a leading consumer manufacturing firm.
Shelly Bhutani, another contestant, hopes that the corporate world will take notice of the event in the future.
"I feel we too deserve to be in front of the camera and get brand endorsements like Miss India winners," she says.
Ms Arora, however, felt the organisers were not well prepared for the event and did not provide the kind of support she had hoped for.
Mr Banerjee accepts that a lack of sponsorship made the job of organising the event tough.
"I agree that there were problems at the event. We will work harder and hope that more people will support the event next year," he says.
But other contestants want to see change at a more basic level.
India is not known to be a disabled-friendly country as most public places, monuments and buildings do not have facilities catering to their specific needs.
Bhavna Sharma, who won the contest in a category that honoured people who are disabled but not necessarily confined to a wheelchair, says citizens with disabilities do not feel inferior and have achieved success in almost every field.
"But it's the country's poor infrastructure for disabled people that lets us down," the 27-year-old says.
Some years ago Neenu Kewlani travelled all over India in a chauffer-driven car to highlight the problems faced by those with physical challenges while commuting.
She says the problem is even more severe in rural areas and smaller towns where people with disabilities are virtually confined to their homes. Nearly every contestant expressed concern over a lack of sensitivity about disability rights.
But not one of them is willing to give up hope.
Ms Kewlani says there is a long way to go in making India a disabled-friendly country but "we are not ready to give up as we are fighters".
"Facilities are improving in cities but we will continue to put pressure on governments to ensure they provide better opportunities and infrastructure for the disabled," she adds.
Calcutta-based Sarmistha Sinha says disability rights activists will have to continue fighting like other marginalised sections of the society.
An accident in 2006 confined the 41-year-old doctor to a wheelchair, but she says her "thoughts and ability to stay positive remained free".
Ms Sinha won in a category which honoured married women in a wheelchair. But winning was not everything for her as she wanted to use the platform to showcase her talent.
The wheelchair dancer saw the contest as an opportunity to present her skills and meet people like herself from all over the country. "I only wanted to dance as such opportunities are rare but the feeling that I have won a beauty pageant is slowly sinking in," she adds.
For Gopika Anand the real winning moment came when she saw her father's moist eyes as the results were announced.
"I was overwhelmed to see her with the crown. I am very proud today to be recognised as Gopika Anand's father," says Anand Mohan.
BBC Monitoring reports and analyses news from TV, radio, web and print media around the world. For more reports from BBC Monitoring, click here. You can follow BBC Monitoring on Twitter and Facebook. | Neenu Kewlani is a communications professional and works for disability rights in India. | 25196281 | [
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Sale had raced to a 31-9 lead just after half-time at AJ Bell Stadium before Wasps found their groove.
Tries from Josh Bassett and Ashley Johnson put them back in touching distance at 31-21 before Sale's Will Addison delivered a vital three points.
Kurtley Beale scored Wasps' third try 11 minutes from time and that made for a tense finish but Sale held firm.
Wasps had been unbeaten in their past six Premiership matches but looked off the pace from early on. Conversely, Sale showed quickly they wanted to make a statement and did so through rugby league covert Solomona.
His move from Castleford Tigers has attracted controversy off-the-field, but on it, his hat-trick took his try tally to seven in his first five matches - a new Premiership record.
Another new face, South Africa international Willie Le Roux made his Premiership debut for Wasps and the full-back set up Beale's try after coming off the bench.
But as Wasps threatened in the closing stages, Sale replacement scrum-half Peter Stringer gained a vital turnover and marshalled his pack to help run down the clock.
Sale remain in 10th place, but open up a 10-point gap above Worcester, who lost to Exeter this weekend.
At the other end, Wasps remain top by six points, but missed the chance to go as much as 10 points clear of Saracens and Exeter in joint-second.
Sale director of rugby Steve Diamond:
"First half was particularly good. It was a training ground move for the first try.
"Denny's shown his true class a couple of times and he should have got another one really shouldn't he?
"Denny takes his opportunities and makes his opportunities and that is what we knew he'd bring to the party. If he keeps doing that, he'll go a long way.
"It's good to get us past the 25-point mark, which I always think you need to stay in league."
Wasps director of rugby Dai Young:
"I'm sure there will be accusations of complacency, but I don't think that was the case.
"It is very hard to argue that we weren't where we should be at mentally. We made uncharacteristic mistakes first half that we haven't done all season.
"I thought they were the better team, had more edge to them than we did and I thought they deserved their win.
"We haven't lost too many physical battles this season so you have to look at yourself really - they had an edge today that we didn't have."
Sale: Haley; Solomona, Addison (capt), Jennings, McGuigan; James, Phillips; Harrison, Webber, Aulika, Evans, Nott, Ioane, Lund, Beaumont.
Replacements: Nield, Flynn, Longbottom, T Curry, B Curry, Stringer, MacGinty, Leota.
Wasps: Beale; Wade, Gopperth, Eastmond, Bassett; Cipriani, Robson; Mullan, Taylor, Cooper-Woolley, Symons, Gaskell, Johnson (capt), Young, Rieder.
Replacements: Festuccia, McIntyre, Moore, Rowlands, Willis, Simpson, Leiua, Le Roux.
Referee: Matthew Carley.
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15th-16th centuries - Expansion into Asia and Africa.
1683 - Ottoman advance into Europe halted at Battle of Vienna. Long decline begins.
19th century - Efforts at political and economic modernisation of Empire largely founder.
1908 - Young Turk Revolution establishes constitutional rule, but degenerates into military dictatorship during First World War, where Ottoman Empire fights in alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary.
1918-22 - Partition of defeated Ottoman Empire leads to eventual triumph of Turkish National Movement in war of independence against foreign occupation and rule of Sultan.
1923 - Grand National Assembly declares Turkey a republic and Kemal Ataturk president.
Europe meets Asia in Turkey's largest city
1928 - Turkey becomes secular: clause retaining Islam as state religion removed from constitution.
1938 - President Ataturk dies, succeeded by Ismet Inonu.
1945 - Neutral for most of World War II, Turkey declares war on Germany and Japan, but does not take part in combat. Joins United Nations.
1950 - First free elections won by opposition Democratic Party.
1952 - Turkey abandons Ataturk's neutralist policy and joins Nato.
1960 - Army coup against ruling Democratic Party.
1963 - Association agreement signed with European Economic Community (EEC).
Multi-ethnic state lasted more than 600 years
Empire of the Ottomans
BBC: Ottoman Empire (1301-1922)
1965 - Suleyman Demirel becomes prime minister - a position he is to hold seven times.
1971 - Army forces Demirel's resignation after spiral of political violence.
1974 - Turkish troops invade northern Cyprus.
1978 - US trade embargo resulting from invasion lifted.
1980 - Military coup follows political deadlock and civil unrest. Imposition of martial law.
1982 - New constitution creates seven-year presidency, and reduces parliament to single chamber.
1983 - General election won by Turgut Ozal's Motherland Party.
1984 - Turkey recognises "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus."
Kurdistan Workers' Party launches separatist guerrilla war in southeast.
Founder of the Turkish republic
BBC History
1987 - Turkey applies for full EEC membership.
1990 - Turkey allows US-led coalition against Iraq to launch air strikes from Turkish bases.
1992 - 20,000 Turkish troops enter Kurdish safe havens in Iraq in anti-PKK operation.
1993 - Tansu Ciller becomes Turkey's first woman prime minister, and Demirel elected president.
1995 - Major military offensive launched against the Kurds in northern Iraq, involving some 35,000 Turkish troops.
Pro-Islamist Welfare Party wins elections but lacks support to form government - two major centre-right parties form anti-Islamist coalition.
Turkey enters EU customs union.
1996 - Centre-right coalition falls. Welfare Party leader Necmettin Erbakan heads first pro-Islamic government since 1922.
1997 - Coalition resigns after campaign led by the military, replaced by a new coalition led by the centre-right Motherland Party of Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz.
Kurdistan Workers' Party leader Abdullah Ocalan is serving a life sentence
Kurdish leaders charged in Turkey
1998 January - Welfare Party - the largest in parliament - banned. Yilmaz resigns amid corruption allegations, replaced by Bulent Ecevit.
1999 February - PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan captured in Kenya.
2001 June - Constitutional Court bans opposition pro-Islamic Virtue Party, saying it had become focus of anti-secular activities.
2002 January - Turkish men are no longer regarded in law as head of the family. The move gives women full legal equality with men, 66 years after women's rights were put on the statute books.
2002 August - Parliament approves reforms aimed at securing EU membership. Death sentence to be abolished except in times of war and bans on Kurdish education, broadcasting to be lifted.
2002 November - Islamist-based Justice and Development Party (AK) wins landslide election victory. Party promises to stick to secular principles of constitution. Deputy leader Abdullah Gul appointed premier.
2002 December - Constitutional changes allow head of ruling AK Party, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to run for parliament, and so to become prime minister. He had been barred from public office because of previous criminal conviction.
The PKK - Kurdistan Workers Party - is a rebel group fighting for an independent Kurdish state within Turkey
2003 March - AK Party leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan wins seat in parliament. Within days Abdullah Gul resigns as prime minister and Erdogan takes over.
Parliament decides not to allow deployment of US forces ahead of war in Iraq but allows US use of Turkish air space. It authorises dispatch of Turkish forces into Kurdish areas of northern Iraq.
2003 June-July - Eyeing future EU membership, parliament passes laws easing restrictions on freedom of speech, Kurdish language rights, and on reducing political role of military.
2003 November - 25 people are killed and more than 200 injured when two car bombs explode near Istanbul's main synagogue. Days later two co-ordinated suicide bombings at the British consulate and a British bank in the city kill 28 people.
2004 January - Turkey signs protocol banning death penalty in all circumstances, a move welcomed in EU circles.
2004 May - PKK says it plans to end a ceasefire because of what it calls annihilation operations against its forces.
2004 June - State TV broadcasts first Kurdish-language programme.
2004 September - Parliament approves penal reforms introducing tougher measures to prevent torture and violence against women. Controversial proposal on criminalising adultery dropped.
2004 December - EU leaders agree to open talks in 2005 on Turkey's EU accession. The decision, made at a summit in Brussels, follows a deal over an EU demand that Turkey recognise Cyprus as an EU member.
2005 January - New lira currency introduced as six zeroes are stripped from old lira, ending an era in which banknotes were denominated in millions.
2005 May - Parliament approves amendments to new penal code after complaints that the previous version restricted media freedom. The EU welcomes the move but says the code still fails to meet all its concerns on human rights.
2005 June - Parliament overturns veto by secularist President Sezer on government-backed amendment easing restrictions on teaching of Koran.
2005 October - EU membership negotiations officially launched after intense bargaining.
2005 November - Multi-billion-dollar Blue Stream pipeline carrying Russian gas under the Black Sea to Turkey opens in the port of Samsun.
Murder of journalist Hrant Dink shocked Turkey
Turkish-Armenian writer shunned silence
2006 May - Gunman opens fire in Turkey's highest court, killing a prominent judge and wounding four others. Thousands protest against what they perceive as an Islamic fundamentalist attack.
2006 June - Parliament passes new anti-terror law which worries the EU and which rights groups criticise as an invitation to torture.
2006 July - Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline opened at ceremony in Turkey.
2006 30 September - Kurdish separatist group, the PKK, declares a unilateral ceasefire in operations against the military.
2006 December - EU partially freezes Turkey's membership talks because of Ankara's failure to open its ports and airports to Cypriot traffic.
2007 January - Journalist and Armenian community leader Hrant Dink is assassinated. The murder provokes outrage in Turkey and Armenia. Prime Minister Erdogan says a bullet has been fired at democracy and freedom of expression.
2007 April - Tens of thousands of supporters of secularism rally in Ankara, aiming to pressure Prime Minister Erdogan not to run in presidential elections because of his Islamist background.
Ruling AK Party puts forward Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul as its candidate after Mr Erdogan decides not to stand. He narrowly fails to win in the first round.
2007 May - Parliament gives initial approval to a constitutional change allowing the president to be elected by a popular vote, but the amendment is vetoed by President Sezer.
The headscarf issue divides religious and secularist Turks
Headscarf issue challenges Turkey
Why Muslim women wear the veil
Quiet end to Turkey's college headscarf ban
2007 July - AK Party wins parliamentary elections. Abdullah Gul elected president the following month.
2007 October - Voters in a referendum back plans to have future presidents elected by the people instead of by parliament.
2007 December - Turkey launches a series of air strikes on fighters from the Kurdish PKK movement inside Iraq.
2008 February - Thousands protest at plans to allow women to wear the Islamic headscarf to university.
2008 July - Petition to the constitutional court to have the governing AK Party banned for allegedly undermining the secular constitution fails by a narrow margin.
2008 October - Trial starts of 86 suspected members of shadowy ultra-nationalist Ergenekon group, which is accused of plotting a series of attacks and provoking a military coup against the government.
2009 July - President Abdullah Gul approves legislation proposed by the ruling AK Party giving civilian courts the power to try military personnel for threatening national security or involvement in organised crime.
Turkey and Armenia began edging towards a restoration of ties in 2009
Turkey, Armenia split on new ties
2009 October - The governments of Turkey and Armenia agree to normalise relations at a meeting in Switzerland. Both parliaments will need to ratify the accord. Turkey says opening the border will depend on progress on resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
2009 December - The government introduces measures in parliament to increase Kurdish language rights and reduce the military presence in the mainly-Kurdish southeast as part of its "Kurdish initiative".
2010 April - Parliament begins debating constitutional changes proposed by the government with the stated aim of making Turkey more democratic. The opposition Republican People's Party says the Islamist-leaning ruling AK Party is seeking more control over the secular judiciary.
2010 May - Relations with Israel come under severe strain after nine Turkish activists are killed in an Israeli commando raid on an aid flotilla attempting to reach Gaza.
2010 September - Referendum on constitutional reform backs amendments to increase parliamentary control over the army and judiciary.
Hundreds of army officers have been tried in connection with alleged coup plots, in what is seen as a blow to the military's power
2010 November - The whistle-blowing website Wikileaks publishes confidential cables revealing that France and Austria have been deliberately blocking Turkey's EU membership negotiations.
2011 June - Ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party wins resounding victory in general election. PM Erdogan embarks on third term in office.
Thousands of refugees fleeing unrest in Syria stream into Turkey. Ankara demands reform in Syria.
2011 August - President Gul appoints top military leaders after their predecessors resign en masse. This is the first time a civilian government has decided who commands the powerful armed forces.
2011 October - PKK rebels kill 24 Turkish troops near the Iraqi border, the deadliest attack against the military since the 1990s.
2012 June - Turkey permits schools to offer the Kurdish language as an optional course.
2012 October - Tension rises with Damascus. After Syrian mortar fire on a Turkish border town kills five civilians, parliament authorises military action inside Syria, and the armed forces respond with artillery fire into Syria.
2013 March - Following protracted talks between Turkish government and jailed PKK leader, Mr Ocalan announces end of armed struggle and ceasefire.
Anger at plans to redevelop an Istanbul park spilled over into protests against perceived government authoritarianism in mid-2013
2013 May-June - Mass anti-government protests spread to several cities, sparked by plans to develop one of Istanbul's few green spaces. The police respond with violence, and two protestors die. Prime Minister Erdogan responds with defiance.
2013 December - Government sacks numerous police chiefs over arrests of pro-government public figures on corruption charges. Observers see this as part of power struggle with former AK Party ally and influential US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen.
2014 August - Prime Minister Erdogan wins the first direct popular election for president.
2015 March - The "Sledgehammer" coup plot trial collapses when a court clears 236 military officers accused of involvement in an alleged conspiracy to remove former Prime Minister Erdogan from power in 2003.
2015 June - The pro-Kurdish leftwing People's Democratic Party (HDP) enters parliament at elections, depriving the governing AK party of its majority and scuppering plans for a referendum on executive powers for President Erdogan.
2015 July - Turkey announces air strikes against Islamic State militant group after suspected IS suicide bomber kills 32 young activists at rally in Suruc, on the Syrian border.
Ceasefire with the Kurdish rebel PKK - declared by jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan in 2013 - finally crumbles under the weight of tensions aggravated by the Syrian civil war and the role of both Turkey and the Kurds in the war. Kurdish insurgency erupts once more.
2015 October - Turkey accuses Islamic State of twin suicide bomb attacks on Ankara peace rally by Kurds that kills 100 people.
2015 November - Governing AKP party regains parliamentary majority in snap elections, but falls short of numbers needed for referendum to boost President Erdogan's powers.
Turkey shoots down a Russian military jet on Syria bombing mission. Russia, Turkey's second-largest trading partner, imposes economic sanctions.
European Union strikes a deal whereby Turkey restricts flow of migrants into Europe, in return for €3bn ($3.17bn) and concessions on stalled EU accession talks.
2016 February - Bomb attack on military convoy in the capital Ankara kills at least 38 people. A hard-line breakaway PKK faction - the Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK) - claims responsibility.
2016 March - Authorities put Turkey's biggest newspaper, Zaman - closely linked to Erdogan rival Fethullah Gulen - under state control.
Suicide car-bomb attack in Ankara kills 37 people. TAK again claims responsibility.
2016 May - Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu resigns as prime minister after falling out with President Erdogan.
President Erdogan says that deal on restriction of flow of migrants into Europe - largely negotiated by Mr Davutoglu - could collapse if Turks are not granted visa-free access to the EU.
2016 June - Turkey recalls its ambassador to Berlin after German parliament adopts resolution declaring as genocide the killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turkish forces during WW1.
A gun and suicide attack on Istanbul's Ataturk airport kills 42 people, including 13 foreign nationals. Turkish authorities believe the attack bears the hallmarks of so-called Islamic State.
2016 July - The authorities detain thousands of soldiers and judges on suspicion of involvement in a coup attempt that President Erdogan says was inspired by his exiled opponent Fethullah Gulen.
The government also shuts down dozens of media outlets - including 16 TV channels - during a continuing crackdown in the wake of the failed coup attempt.
2016 August - President Erdogan visits St Petersburg for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The two men pledge to restore the close economic ties that were badly affected after Turkey shot down a Russian bomber on the Syrian border in November 2015.
The visit - President Erdogan's first trip abroad since July's failed coup - is regarded with suspicion by European leaders, who have been critical of the widespread detentions and civil liberties restrictions implemented by the Turkish authorities following the coup. | A chronology of key events: | 17994865 | [
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Duminda Silva was found guilty with four others of shooting dead Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra and three of his supporters during local elections in Colombo in 2011.
The two men were both members of the then governing party.
The defendants are likely to serve long jail terms because of Sri Lanka's moratorium on executions.
Their lawyers said they would appeal against the sentences.
Silva sustained gunshot wounds and was flown out of the country, apparently for treatment, after the shooting.
He was a close ally of the powerful Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa, whose brother Mahinda was president until losing elections in 2015.
Many hailed the verdict as proof that judicial independence had been restored in Sri Lanka.
"This verdict was only possible because we have a new president," Hirunika Premachandra, the murdered man's daughter who is now an MP herself, told reporters.
"I hope there will be justice for all the murders that happened during the previous era, including the killing of former editor Lasantha Wickrematunge, disappeared journalist Prageeth Ekneligoda and rugby player Wasim Thajudeen, so their families can get justice." | A Sri Lankan court has sentenced a former MP to death for the murder of a rival politician five years ago. | 37310795 | [
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The former England midfielder, 37, retired at the end of last season and has been coaching at Old Trafford.
He will help United through their injury crisis and came off the bench for the final 31 minutes of Sunday's 3-2 win at Manchester City.
Scholes said: "I'm delighted the manager feels I can still make a contribution to the team."
The Salford-born player's return was announced only an hour before kick-off and two-goal hero Wayne Rooney revealed afterwards that the decision was a closely-guarded secret inside the club.
"It was a bit of a shock about Scholes - we didn't even know until we were in the dressing-room. But it's great to have such a quality player coming back," he told ITV Sport.
The veteran midfielder spent his entire career at Old Trafford and made his debut in the League Cup in 1994.
Born: 16 November 1974, Salford
Man Utd debut: 21 September 1994, v Port Vale, League Cup (scores two goals)
Last appearance: 28 May 2011, v Barcelona, Champions League final
Man Utd appearances (goals): 676 (150)
Man Utd honours: 10 Premier League titles; three FA Cups; two League Cups; five Community Shields; two Champions League titles
England caps (goals): 66 (14)
Scholes went on to make 676 appearances for United, winning 10 Premier League titles and two Champions League trophies.
The Premier League champions are beset by injury concerns in midfield, with Darren Fletcher ruled out for the rest of the season by a bowel condition and Tom Cleverley struggling with an ankle problem.
Scholes, who made only 16 Premier League starts for United last season, made what was thought to be his final appearance in United's 3-1 defeat by Barcelona in the Champions League final in May.
He added: "I've been pretty clear since I stopped playing that I miss it.
"I'm looking forward to playing my part in trying to bring more success to this great club."
United manager Sir Alex Ferguson feels Scholes, who quit international football in 2004 after winning 66 England caps, retired too soon.
"It's fantastic that Paul has made this decision," said Ferguson. "It's always sad to see great players end their careers, but especially so when they do it early.
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"But he has kept himself in great shape and I always felt that he had another season in him. It's terrific to have him back."
Ferguson has described Scholes as a "player of a lifetime" and admitted that replacing the midfielder would prove impossible.
He revealed he had been in talks with Scholes for several weeks about his return and is sure the midfielder can make an instant impact.
"It's been in the offing for a few weeks," Ferguson told ITV. "He has been playing really well. He came to see me and said he was missing it too much.
"There were no negatives as far as I'm concerned. The fans will be happy and I am happy.
Of players to attempt over 1,000 passes in the Premier League last season, Paul Scholes had the highest success rate (90.2%)
Source: Opta
"Everyone knows he is one of the greatest players in Manchester United's history. He has not lost his real fitness."
Former United captain Roy Keane was shocked by the news but insists neither Ferguson nor Scholes have anything to lose.
He told ITV: "I'm very surprised, I have to say. I can understand that it's probably worth a gamble.
"But Scholesy retired seven or eight months ago because he thought his legs were gone and wasn't contributing in big games, so in that respect I'm surprised. But it's probably worth the gamble to lift the squad."
BBC pundit Robbie Savage believes Scholes, who turned down the chance to feature in the 2010 World Cup squad, could even force his way into Fabio Capello's Euro 2012 party.
He said: "What if Scholesy does well for another season - does he play for England? If he plays exceptionally well, then you never know."
Scholes will use the squad number 22 after Ashley Young took over his iconic number 18 at the start of the season. | Paul Scholes has come out of retirement after agreeing to play for Manchester United until the end of the season. | 16460340 | [
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The action sports game, based on Mexican 'Lucha Libre' style wrestling, sees players compete in arenas used by official administrative body the AAA (Asistencia AsesorÃa y Administración) and other traditional Mexican settings.
Traditional Mexican wrestling is a fast-paced sport, with competitors donning colourful costumes, masks and make up.
Popular in Mexico for more than 100 years, the sport has expanded into the United States and has started to gain fans across the globe.
Players of the video game have 30 wrestling characters to choose from.
As is the case in real life wrestling, the aim of the game is both to win and to avoid humiliation - in the Mask vs. Hair contest the loser either has their head shaved on stage or forfeits their trademark wrestling mask for life; the ultimate symbol of pride for many real Lucha Libre wrestlers.
To mark the launch, Hispanic publisher Slang staged a real life Lucha Libre event in the middle of E3. The winner was Dr. Wagner Jr, and his prize was to become the main image on the game's packaging.
Due for release in August this year on all console and hand-held formats, the game will ship with a single player campaign that will let players customise and improve their character, coupled with an online match-up that sees users enter forfeit matches, such as Mask vs. Hair.
Mexican wrestlers have appeared in video games such as Tekken and Street Fighter IV before, but this is the first time that a game dedicated to Lucha Libra has been released.
The developers say that future editions are already in the works. | One of the more unusual titles at E3, the worlds largest video games exhibition held each year in Los Angeles, is Konami's Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring. | 10348755 | [
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They were denied a win as Andre Ayew's deflected free-kick cancelled out Kelechi Iheanacho's close-range opener.
The draw leaves them three points ahead of Manchester United, whose final game, against Bournemouth, was abandoned.
City's vastly superior goal difference means United would need a 19-0 win over the Cherries to take fourth place.
Listen to BBC Radio 5 live commentary of the goals
In many ways, Manchester City's display at the Liberty Stadium was a fitting way to end an underwhelming season that began with such promise before limping to a satisfactory but below-par conclusion.
Iheanacho - the on-field embodiment of a potentially exciting future - again demonstrated his sharpness in front of goal to poke home the opening goal after a Sergio Aguero shot had been saved in the fifth minute.
It was the 19-year-old's 14th goal of the season and his eighth from his first 12 shots on target in the Premier League.
But he and his side failed to build on it, missing numerous chances to put the game to bed, with the young forward and his usually lethal Argentine partner Aguero particularly wasteful.
It left them vulnerable to a Swansea equaliser - which came courtesy of a 25-yard Ayew free-kick that deflected in off Fernando's head - and a potentially devastating second in a tense second half for the away side.
In securing a top-four finish, Pellegrini has achieved the very minimum required of him before handing over to Pep Guardiola this summer, but it does not mask the failings of the Chilean's final campaign.
Despite winning the League Cup for a second time in three years and going further in the Champions League than ever before, City's expensively assembled squad have underachieved in the league.
Their haul of 66 points is their lowest in the top-flight since the 2008-09 season - the first under Sheikh Mansour's ownership.
Pellegrini leaves the Etihad with a league title to his name, the best win percentage of any Premier League manager barring Sir Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourinho and as the only City boss to have never finished below United.
But after starting so strongly, his reign has limped to its conclusion with a squad in need of an overhaul.
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In their previous two matches, Swansea had ended the top-four hopes of both Liverpool and West Ham.
Despite resting goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski, captain Ashley Williams and top scorer Gylfi Sigurdsson and being without Ki Sung-yueng because of his military service in South Korea, boss Francesco Guidolin came close to making it a hat-trick.
Since the Italian joined the club in January, the Swans have improved significantly, losing only five of his 16 matches in charge.
And they once again demonstrated their newly acquired stubbornness to extend their unbeaten home run to five games, during which they have conceded just twice.
Having tied Guidolin down to a two-year deal this week, the Swans will be optimistic of building on this next season and avoiding the kind of poor form that prompted his arrival.
Swansea boss Francesco Guidolin: "I am happy because the moment was not simple in January [when he took over]. Now we have a comfortable position in the table. I am happy. I am proud. My players deserve this position because we have a good team."
"It was a good performance, a good result, against in my opinion he best team in the Premier League in terms of quality, a lot of big, big players. And the game was good, we played well.
"I am happy, now. Only this for us and our players. This is a good memory."
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini to BBC Sport: "I wanted to win the Premier League this season, but the atmosphere from February when the club announced the new manager was maybe not the best atmosphere.
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"We lost two important games at home when we were three points behind the leaders.
"The only option we had today was that we needed to get the point to get Champions League for next year."
Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart, speaking to BBC Sport: "It is not what we set out to do at the start of the season but we will have to take it (fourth place).
"It was strange day, getting the job done, barring a mathematical freak, we have Champions League football next season.
"At the start of the season, well into this season we were well in the title race, but we let ourselves down, we will take positives of a trophy and semi-final of the Champions League, which was history for our club and we have Champions League next year and we have to take that.
"I have enjoyed our time under Manuel, it was important we finished off a good three years working with him."
Match ends, Swansea City 1, Manchester City 1.
Second Half ends, Swansea City 1, Manchester City 1.
Foul by Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City).
Angel Rangel (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Manchester City. Yaya Touré replaces Sergio Agüero.
Foul by Eliaquim Mangala (Manchester City).
Jack Cork (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Gaël Clichy (Manchester City).
Modou Barrow (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Swansea City. Bafétimbi Gomis replaces Jefferson Montero.
Delay in match Bacary Sagna (Manchester City) because of an injury.
Foul by Bacary Sagna (Manchester City).
Jefferson Montero (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Bacary Sagna (Manchester City).
Jefferson Montero (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Samir Nasri (Manchester City).
Angel Rangel (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Angel Rangel.
Leon Britton (Swansea City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Leon Britton (Swansea City).
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Manchester City. Samir Nasri replaces Kelechi Iheanacho.
Attempt missed. Kelechi Iheanacho (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Jesús Navas.
Foul by Sergio Agüero (Manchester City).
Jordi Amat (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Bacary Sagna (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Bacary Sagna (Manchester City).
Jefferson Montero (Swansea City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Eliaquim Mangala (Manchester City).
André Ayew (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Fernandinho (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Kelechi Iheanacho.
Attempt missed. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Offside, Manchester City. Jesús Navas tries a through ball, but Kevin De Bruyne is caught offside.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Angel Rangel.
Foul by Leroy Fer (Swansea City).
Fernandinho (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Swansea City. Modou Barrow replaces Wayne Routledge.
Attempt missed. Federico Fernández (Swansea City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Stephen Kingsley with a cross following a corner.
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Surrey's six-wicket victory in front of a crowd of 2,250 at The Oval consigned Diamonds to their second defeat in two games since the competition started.
Yorkshire posted 134-5, Hollie Armitage leading the way with 43.
Beaumont shared a 65-run first-wicket stand with Bryony Smith to help the Stars triumph in their first home game.
Assisted by a quick outfield, the visitors raced along to 74 without loss before Alex Hartley struck twice in three balls - the England off-spinner taking a simple caught and bowled after a leading edge from Lauren Winfield before she bowled Armitage.
Stars skipper Natalie Sciver, with one stump to aim at, ran out Beth Mooney after collecting the ball sharply at extra cover, as the hosts battled their way back into the contest brilliantly and the visitors stuttered.
The home side looked to attack the ball from the off and Diamonds debutant Laura Spragg's only over went disastrously wrong, with the former England bowler opening up with three wides on the way to conceding 16 runs in an 11-ball over.
Smith batted fearlessly, hitting four boundaries in one Katherine Brunt over, before being caught at point off Jenny Gunn for 31.
Beaumont was largely untroubled, hitting six fours in her 45-ball innings, and was eventually caught off Stephanie Butler late on - with Sciver left to lead her side home with 11 balls to spare. | England opener Tammy Beaumont top-scored 47 against Yorkshire Diamonds to lead Surrey Stars to their first Super League win. | 36982548 | [
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Frazier Glenn Miller Jr, 74, targeted the sites in Kansas last year and will be put to death by lethal injection.
Johnson County District Judge Thomas Kelly Ryan said: "Your attempt to bring hate to this community, to bring terror to this community, has failed."
Miller responded to the sentence, by shouting "heil Hitler" before he was removed from the courtroom.
He was convicted of one count of capital murder, three counts of attempted murder, and assault and weapons charges.
Miller, also known as Frazier Glenn Cross, represented himself during the trial.
He admitted to killing William Corporon, 69, and his grandson Reat Griffin Underwood, 14, outside the Jewish Community Centre in Overland Park, Kansas.
Terri LaManno, 53, was killed outside a Jewish retirement centre.
Miller told the jurors he "knew" they were going to put him on death row, and he did not care what sentence he would receive.
He said he was motivated to kill Jews before he died because he believes they have too much power.
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Three prisoners have been recaptured while 57 others managed to escape and remain at large.
Authorities have warned that the escaped inmates, some of them still awaiting trial, pose a serious threat to the safety of the area.
The prison in Lae, Papua New Guinea's second largest city, has seen repeated similar escapes over the past years.
"The majority of those who escaped were arrested for serious crimes and were in custody awaiting trial," police Chief SuperÂinÂtendent Anthony Wagambie was quoted in several local media.
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He warned the escapees that they would be caught and encouraged them to surrender themselves to community leaders, church elders or family members to then be taken back to prison.
Prisons in Papua New Guinea often suffer from overcrowding, poor conditions and long waiting periods for prisoners awaiting trial.
In 2016, at least 11 prisoners were shot dead and more than 70 escaped when they stormed the main gate, overpowering the guards.
The previous year, some 50 prisoners managed to escaped in a similar way. | Prison guards have shot dead 17 inmates after a mass breakout at Buimo prison in Papua New Guinea. | 39918648 | [
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The 57-year-old took over at Elland Road in April and is currently with the players on their pre-season tour of his native Italy.
"Next season I do not want one single player who lives outside of Leeds, no way. That is mandatory.
"Last year there were players who were coming late to games," Cellino told BBC Radio Leeds.
Cellino added that next season before a home game the players will stay together, have dinner together and go to games together.
"It is important to do this because the players must be able to sleep well the day before a game and maybe they cannot do that if they have small children or if their neighbour is having a party," he said.
"I found out that most of the games that are close to Leeds we go to by bus, but we don't have our own. Why not? I would love to have a Leeds bus and I am going to buy one."
Cellino is confident the club are close to bringing in more new signings following the £11m departure of striker Ross McCormack to Fulham.
The Championship side have brought in two players so far this summer, goalkeepers Stuart Taylor and Marco Silvestri.
Midfielder Tommasso Bianchi and defender Jonathan Rossini, both of Serie A club Sassuolo, are currently training with the team, while Catania striker Souleymane Doukara is also expected to join.
Leeds announced losses of £9.5m for the 2012-13 financial year and Cellino said the club had to "stop wasting money that isn't ours" when he took over.
Cellino, who claims that the club is now debt free, is now targeting a buyout of the 25% of the club still in the hands of previous owners GFH Capital as well as buying back Elland Road.
"There is no debt anymore and we have found a deal with GFH and I am glad for that," he added.
"We are close to raising £30m of capital and that is without the money we got for McCormack. We did not budget for his sale because we did not want him to go.
"The decision to buy back the stadium had been made before Ross was sold but now we can use that money for the deal. We want to take back our house." | Leeds United owner Massimo Cellino has ordered that all of the club's players must live in the city. | 28264767 | [
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In the article on Lena Dunham's site Lenny, she said: "I'm over trying to find the 'adorable' way to state my opinion and still be likable!"
She said she only found how much less she was being paid when emails from Sony Pictures were hacked last year.
"I didn't get mad at Sony. I got mad at myself. I failed as a negotiator because I gave up early," she said.
Sony's internal computer system was hacked in November. The leaked emails started making headlines soon afterwards.
One of the biggest stories involved emails from Sony boss Amy Pascal that revealed Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Adams were paid much less than their American Hustle co-stars.
In her essay, The Hunger Games actress went into more detail about her reasons for not fighting for more money.
"I would be lying if I didn't say there was an element of wanting to be liked that influenced my decision to close the deal without a real fight. I didn't want to seem 'difficult' or 'spoiled'.
"At the time, that seemed like a fine idea, until I saw the payroll on the Internet and realised every man I was working with definitely didn't worry about being 'difficult' or 'spoiled'."
She also opened up about how she is treated as a woman in Hollywood.
"All I hear and see all day are men speaking their opinions, and I give mine in the same exact manner, and you would have thought I had said something offensive," she said.
"I'm over trying to find the "adorable" way to state my opinion and still be likable!"
Last week, Meryl Streep - one of Hollywood's most successful actors - spoke out about sexism in the film industry, saying that even she receives less pay than male co-stars.
Streep was talking to the BBC ahead of the London premiere of her film, Suffragette, about the militant campaign in support of women's voting rights in the UK.
Suffragette opened the London Film Festival which is also held a global symposium on gender in the media with Oscar-winning actress Geena Davis.
At the symposium Davis called for more women on screen and more challenging female roles in TV and film.
"We are unwittingly training generation after generation to see men and women as unequal," said Davis who was speaking on gender in media in London.
"Surely in the 21st century we should be showing kids that boys and girls should be sharing the sandbox equally?"
Earlier this year Davis launched a Hollywood film festival to both highlight the problem and showcase the work of female talent in the industry.
In one hacked Sony email, actress and director Angelina Jolie was referred to as a "spoiled brat".
Lawrence ended her post by saying that, after her experience, she wasn't surprised.
"For some reason, I just can't picture someone saying that about a man." | Jennifer Lawrence has written an essay expressing her anger at getting paid less than her male co-stars. | 34516084 | [
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The 26-year-old England tight-head prop, who was sent off, pleaded guilty at a disciplinary hearing on Tuesday.
Brookes will miss Saints' Premiership game at Leicester on Saturday and their Champions Cup game with Leinster.
Newcastle lock Calum Green, 26, has also been banned for a week after admitting striking with his arm.
Green, who will miss Falcons' home game with Harlequins on Sunday, struck Brookes with his forearm during the same game and was cited by the citing commissioner after the incident was missed by referee Andrew Jackson.
Brookes was dismissed in the 38th minute of Saints' 22-16 defeat when he charged into the ruck and struck the head of Newcastle hooker Scott Lawson with his shoulder. | Northampton's Kieran Brookes has been banned for two weeks after admitting charging into a ruck without using his arms in Friday's loss to Newcastle. | 38152471 | [
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The club's latest accounts, for the year ending May 2014, also show the Bluebirds owe around £174m - most of it to owner Vincent Tan.
This was despite revenue increasing more than five fold to almost £80m.
The club's annual report says support from Malaysian investors "will continue" as long as "the business develops as planned".
The financial figures showed that the club's broadcasting and commercial income rose from from £8m to more than £70m.
Wages and salaries went up from just over £27m to £46m.
During their time in the Premier League Cardiff sacked Malky Mackay and replaced him with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
The club said they paid just over £2m on "exceptional costs" relating to the change of football and senior management.
The accounts show the club received loans of around £130m - mainly from Tan, but also including a loan of £7.5m from Torman Finance, understood to be chairman Mehmet Dalman's company.
The report adds: "Following relegation from the Barclays Premier League the owners are aware that they needed to again invest in strengthening the playing squad, but that they needed to spend wisely.
"Whilst long term funding is not guaranteed, the Malaysian investors have indicated that providing the business develops as planned, they will continue to support the company in the foreseeable future and provide additional finances in order that it can settle its liabilities."
Tan has previously said he will convert the club's debt into equity.
Keith Morgan, a chartered accountant who sits on the board of Cardiff City Supporters Trust, told BBC Radio Wales Sport: "The club is highly insolvent.
"It has far more liabilities than assets and at any point in time it could be called upon to repay that debt owed to Vincent Tan." | Cardiff City lost nearly £12m during their debut season in the Premier League. | 31649303 | [
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Lee Gregory could have put the Lions ahead, but shot over from close range.
Visting goalkeeper Jordan Archer made a fine save to deny Elliot Lee before Gregory and Chris Taylor both missed chances at the other end.
Taylor almost sealed three points for Millwall late on but his defected effort hit the post, meaning the Londoners drop to sixth in the table.
They are four points ahead of Barnsley, who have a game in hand, while Colchester remain in 23rd place, still seven points adrift of safety.
Millwall boss Neil Harris told BBC Radio London:
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"I don't think we were really quite as clinical as we have been.
"I thought we were very lacklustre in the first half and never really imposed our tempo on the game.
"I think we can focus on the fact that it's a really good clean sheet, it's another point gained.
"Having said that, I'm obviously disappointed. I thought we should have come here and won today." | League One strugglers Colchester United had to settle for a point against play-off chasing Millwall. | 35902302 | [
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Pop Recs Ltd hosted in-store gigs by acts from Franz Ferdinand to James Bay.
It also earned the group an award for Britain's hardest-working band from the Association of Independent Music.
Drummer Dave Harper, who runs the shop, is now looking for a new site. "We need to be somewhere else," he said. "Not existing is not an option."
The band opened Pop Recs Ltd to sell their own album in 2013 after realising there were few bricks-and-mortar stores left to sell it.
Housed in the city's former tourist information office, it was originally only meant to be open for a few weeks.
But the band kept it going and their DIY attempts to buck a music industry decline gained support from other independent artists.
It also became a community hub, hosting regular music tuition plus poetry, stitching and toddler groups.
Now, however, they have moved out after Sunderland City Council, which owned the building, sold it for student flats.
Pulled Apart By Horses played the shop's final gig on Saturday.
Harper said he was looking at one possible new premises, and that comments from the shop's regulars had made him realise it was important to reopen.
Things like the poetry group, which has 40 members, and the Saturday morning "stitch and bitch", will "stop happening here", Harper said.
"That's absolutely terrifying because, if you walk around this city, and if you don't want baked pastry goods or go to a charity shop or cash a cheque or put a bet on, I don't know what people do.
"I'm standing here with grease on my hands and I hadn't cried for years until I realised this place was done, and people were saying pleasant things about it. It's really driven home so acutely what this place has meant to people."
Members of shop's the regular meetings have told him that the groups help with their mental health problems, he said.
"They feel comfortable here and they don't feel comfortable anywhere else that's state sponsored or medication related," he said. "I didn't know we were doing this.
"People have just come and told us recently, and that was infinitely more upsetting, yet satisfying, that we were achieving things we didn't even realise under our own noses."
The band have always known the council was trying to sell the building, Sunderland City Council's cabinet secretary Councillor Mel Speding said.
"That has now been secured with its development into student accommodation.
"This is in line with council objectives to see more people living and working in the city centre and, in the interests of council tax payers in these financially challenging times for local authorities, it secures a capital receipt.
"Naturally, with the success and popularity of Pop Recs, the council and others have been looking at ways and means of continuing and securing a similar venture elsewhere in the city centre." | A record shop opened by indie band Frankie and the Heartstrings in their home town of Sunderland two years ago has shut after the premises was sold. | 33335482 | [
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Spokesman John Kirby said the two officials - who have not been named - were told to leave on 17 June.
Mr Kirby said that earlier that month, a Russian policeman attacked the US diplomat near the US embassy in Moscow.
"The action was unprovoked," he said. Russia said the diplomat worked for the CIA and had refused to show ID papers.
Last month, US officials said harassment against US diplomats by Russian security and intelligence services was on the rise.
Russia has denied the allegation.
"On 17 June, we expelled two Russian officials from the United States to respond to this attack," Mr Kirby said on Friday.
He said this was in response to the attack on the US diplomat on 6 June.
The assault happened after the accredited American official had identified himself to the policeman, Mr Kirby said.
"The action was unprovoked and it endangered the safety of our employee. The Russian claim that the policeman was protecting the embassy from an unidentified individual is simply untrue."
Russia said earlier this week that the US official was a CIA agent who had refused to provide his identification papers and hit the policeman in the face.
"Instead of the CIA employee, who was in disguise, as we understand, it could have been anyone - a terrorist, an extremist, a suicide bomber," Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
Russian media have also released a video of what they say was the scuffle between the US diplomat and the Russian policeman.
Last month, the US said it had raised the issue of the alleged harassment of US diplomats in Russia directly with President Vladimir Putin.
Washington said the problems began two years ago after the US - as well as the EU - imposed sanctions against Russia over its annexation of Ukraine's southern Crimea peninsula and its ongoing involvement in the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
Specific incidents have not officially been revealed.
But the Washington Post said last month they included breaking into the homes of embassy staff, rearranging furniture and even killing a family pet.
No official response has been made by Russia but a statement to the Post did not deny the charge and said there had been US provocation against Russian diplomats.
The former US ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul, told the newspaper that while his family was living in Moscow, they were routinely followed by security services that wanted him to know they were being watched. | The US has expelled two Russian diplomats in response to an attack on an American diplomat in Moscow, the state department says. | 36752579 | [
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The Dutch Sunweb rider began Tuesday with a two minutes 41 seconds advantage but stopped temporarily 33km from the finish to deal with "stomach problems".
Controversially, the rest of the riders did not wait for him and carried on.
Italian Nibali's stage win takes him third in the overall standings, behind Dumoulin and Colombian Nairo Quintana.
The defending champion held off Team Sky's Mikel Landa in a sprint finish after escaping from Quintana during a high-speed final descent into Bormio.
Dumoulin said he was "very disappointed" and "very angry" immediately after the race, but later wrote on Twitter that he was not upset that the "other teams didn't really wait".
"A day to quickly forget! Good legs, but very disappointed that I lost two minutes because nature called," he added.
"It was not the moment or the time in the race anymore to come to a complete shutdown because nature called me."
Wednesday's stage 17 is a 219km race from Tirano to Canazei.
1. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita/Bahrain) 6hr 24min 22sec
2. Mikel Landa (Spa/Team Sky) same time
3. Nairo Quintana (Col/Movistar) +12secs
4. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita/AG2R) +24secs
5. Ilnur Zakarin (Rus/Katusha) +32secs
6. Davide Formolo (Ita/Cannondale) +1min 26secs
7. Bauke Mollema (Ned/Trek) +1min 35secs
8. Bob Jungels (Lux/Quick_Step) same time
9. Adam Yates (GB/Orica)
10. Thibaut Pinot (Fra/FDJ)
1. Tom Dumoulin (Ned/Sunweb) 70hrs 14mins 48secs
2. Nairo Quintana (Col/Movistar) +31secs
3. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita/Bahrain) +1min 12secs
4. Thibaut Pinot (Fra/FDJ) +2mins 38secs
5. Ilnur Zakarin (Rus/Katusha) +2mins 40secs
6. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita/AG2R) +3mins 05secs
7. Bauke Mollema (Ned/Trek) +3mins 49secs
8. Bob Jungels (Lux/Quick-Step) +4mins 35secs
9. Steven Kruijswijk (Ned/LottoNL) +6mins 20secs
10. Adam Yates (GB/Orica) +7mins | Tom Dumoulin saw his overall Giro d'Italia lead cut to 31 seconds after an unscheduled toilet stop during stage 16, which was won by Vincenzo Nibali. | 40020548 | [
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The 19-year-old is in her second year of competition at the Federation Internationale du Ski (FIS) snowboard cross World Cup circuit.
Qualification for PyeongChang 2018 depends on points accumulated from races during the season of the Games.
The 2018 games' opening ceremony takes place on 9 February 2018 in South Korea.
Potter, who is from Bangor, said: "It [the Winter Olympics] is definitely on my mind, I'm still part of Olympic qualification.
"I am just taking every race one step at a time and I'm not getting too ahead of myself and I am aiming for that. I just want to see how things turn out
"I have still got time, I have still got a year to go."
She competes in Germany this weekend looking to improve on her season best finish of 26th place claimed in the USA on 21 January. | Welsh snowboarder Maisie Potter says the 2018 Winter Olympics are on her mind a year away from the games' start. | 38925731 | [
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Up to 40% of goods Venezuela subsidises for its domestic market are smuggled to Colombia, where they are sold at much higher prices, the authorities say.
The border was closed on Monday night, and will be each night for a month.
The move has been agreed with the Colombian government.
The Venezuelan government initially announced that it planned to close the 2,200km-long (1,360-mile) border every night for an indefinite period.
But later the general in charge of the operation, Vladimir Padrino Lopez, clarified that the ban will be lifted after a month.
The border is being closed between 22:00 local time (02:30 GMT) and 05:00 (09:30 GMT).
Cargo vehicles, including vans and lorries, will be banned from crossing from Venezuela to Colombia between 18:00 (22:30 GMT) and 05:00 (09:30 GMT).
Venezuela, which has the world's cheapest petrol prices, estimates 100,000 barrels of petrol are smuggled through its western border every day and sold illegally in Colombia.
The 17,000-strong contingent "will be enough to guarantee security" along the border, said Gen Padrino Lopez.
The governor of Venezuela's western state of Tachira, Jose Vielma Mora, said that regional leaders support means the measure will be effective.
"There is plenty of evidence to show that most of the smuggling is done overnight," he told El Universal.
Dissatisfaction with the shortage of many staples, as well as rampant crime and high inflation, led thousands of people in the western Venezuelan states of Tachira and Merida to take to the streets in January.
The protests quickly spread to the rest of Venezuela, which faced similar problems.
The opposition blames failed left-wing policies of the past 15 years - initiated with the late president, Hugo Chavez - for the country's economic crisis.
The smuggling of cheap goods from Venezuela is also seen as a major problem in Colombia.
The Colombian government says it leads to a big loss in taxes and complaints of unfair competition by local businesses.
The profits from are often used to finance drug gangs and left-wing guerrillas, says the BBC's Arturo Wallace in Bogota.
President Nicolas Maduro discussed the measures with his Colombian counterpart, Juan Manuel Santos, at a summit on 1 August. | Venezuela says it has deployed 17,000 troops along its border with Colombia, which was closed on Monday for the first time as part of an anti-smuggling operation. | 28749622 | [
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Prof Allyson Pollock and colleagues at Queen Mary University of London say the contact sport is too dangerous.
They do not want an outright ban but say the sport must change and safeguards are needed.
The Rugby Football Union said steps had been taken to make the sport safer.
The RFU says the physical and social benefits that rugby offers to children "massively outweigh any potential drawbacks" and that myriad safety measures are already in place.
These include the provision of a safe environment through investment in pitches and facilities, ensuring adequate first aid and medical facilities, and fully training coaches in methods to prevent injuries to young players.
Ministers also want to see more children taking up sport.
In 2012, then Culture Minister Jeremy Hunt announced a plan to link up thousands of schools with rugby clubs.
But Prof Pollock fears there are not enough safety checks and measures to support this, meaning children could get hurt. She wants to see an increase in the recording of injuries and better injury prevention analysis. She claims that, compared with New Zealand, the UK has few strategies to protect players.
Each season, children have about a one in 10 chance of getting injured badly enough that they need at least seven days off the pitch.
Some injuries are minor, but others can cause permanent disability.
Most rugby injuries occur during the tackle, as players collide at speed.
But scrums are the most dangerous part of play, where some of the most serious injuries occur, Prof Pollock and colleagues say in their report in the British Medical Journal.
Concussion and spinal trauma are the big concerns.
Some injuries can prove fatal - as the Robinson family from County Antrim know only too well after their 14-year-old son, Ben, died having been hurt in a school rugby match in 2011.
He collapsed at the end of that match after he was involved in a series of heavy tackles. An inquest heard that the teenager died from brain injuries.
Prof Pollock says not enough is being done to put in place injury monitoring and prevention strategies - and little is known about what really works.
"Only by collecting injury data and by providing feedback to individuals and organisations working on safety initiatives will the short - and long-term impact of injury prevention programmes, whether for rugby or any other sport, be known," she said.
She added some measures - such as matching child rugby players by size rather than age, playing only non-contact matches and having fewer players on the pitch at any one time - may help reduce the frequency of the most severe injuries.
The RFU says set-phase play such as scrums and line-outs are introduced gradually, according to a child's rugby development, with scrums initially only containing three players per side and are uncontested.
An RFU spokesman said: "We take player safety extremely seriously, and this is at the core of all the training we deliver to coaches, referees and medics, at all levels of the game.
"Rugby for young people at schools or clubs in England exists in different forms, both contact and non-contact.
"Significant work has been undertaken over a number of years to develop new rules of play to ensure maximum possible safety, with a structured progression to cover the introduction, playing, teaching and refereeing of the game from under-seven to under-18."
A government spokesman said: "Player safety in schools and at all levels of sport is absolutely paramount and sports governing bodies and the government are completely committed to it.
"The rugby governing bodies work hard to ensure the sport in schools is played as safely as possible and that young people reap the benefits of participating - boosting their health, self-esteem and encouraging teamwork." | A government drive to boost participation in rugby in English schools is ill-conceived and risks children getting seriously hurt, public health doctors have warned. | 32383607 | [
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A panel of judges compiled a list of the country's 100 most influential females for Radio 4's Woman's Hour.
Further down were author JK Rowling at seventh and Scottish Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at 20th.
One judge, journalist Eve Pollard, said the list highlighted the sectors where women were still under-represented.
The Queen's granddaughter-in-law, the Duchess of Cambridge, did not make the list but the judges noted her potential to do so.
Ms Pollard said: "Most women on our list were judged to have power because they had reached a place where they have control - of policy, of direction, of influence, of staff.
"The panel, a democratic group, also felt that we should include some women who have what we describe as soft power - not hire and fire or innovative financial decisions but the ability to transform the way we think about ourselves.
"Inevitably, not everyone will agree with the 100 we have chosen. There are some omissions. For example, we had long debates about the Duchess of Cambridge. Is she influential? Hugely. Is she powerful? Not yet.
"What this list does is shine a light on those sectors where too few women are getting to the top, like politics, FTSE companies, the military and journalism.
"Our legacy, we hope, is that this list might change that."
David Cameron's speechwriter Clare Foges, singer Adele and broadcaster Clare Balding were among those outside the top 20 but on the full list.
The judging panel also included Conservative MP Priti Patel, Labour peer Oona King and crime novelist Val McDermid.
Figures compiled by the BBC News website last year showed fewer than a third of the UK's most influential jobs were held by women.
Women occupied on average 30.9% of the most senior positions across 11 key sectors analysed, including business, politics, the judiciary and policing.
Campaigners said progress was still too slow.
The top 20 names in the Woman's Hour list are:
More information about the Women's Hour Power List can be found here. | The Queen, Home Secretary Theresa May and Santander bank boss Ana Botin have been declared the UK's top three most powerful women in a BBC survey. | 21420189 | [
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The 29-year-old striker arrived on Wearside last week and made his debut before his first training session in Saturday's 3-0 defeat by St Johnstone.
He has joined a Black Cats side relegated from the Premier League last season, but eager to do well.
"Some of the lads I can see really want it," Vaughan told BBC Newcastle.
"The Championship is definitely relentless, a completely different game, it's Saturday-Tuesday every week pretty much and the lads need to be mentally tough.
"If we all stick together and work hard, we'll get there."
Wearsiders manager Simon Grayson brought in Vaughan, with whom he previously worked at Huddersfield, to bolster his squad after Jermain Defoe and Fabio Borini left at the end of last season.
He joins teenagers Josh Maja and Joel Asoro among the striker options at the Stadium of Light, but says there is no pressure to be the main source of goals this season.
"It's not about me scoring goals," Vaughan added. "It's about me working hard for the team. I'll do that every week.
"If the goals come, they come but if they don't it's no issue, it's just about us getting the three points." | Sunderland have the necessary mental toughness within the squad to cope with a gruelling Championship campaign, according to new signing James Vaughan. | 40633647 | [
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The discovery of the body in Northampton is being linked to the disappearance of Adeyemi Olugbuyi, 32, known as "Big Man", in September 2013.
Nigerian Mr Olugbuyi, who was last seen in North Holme Court, Thorplands, had been involved in an "altercation" in the area.
Police said officers were treating the death as murder.
Known as "Baz" or "Big Man", he is believed to have been involved in an altercation in the area just after 08:00 BST on 13 September.
Click here for more on this story and other news from Northamptonshire
Since that time, he has not been in any contact with family or friends.
A police spokesman said: "Investigators believe the body is likely to have been there for some considerable amount of time, possibly months or years."
Police said formal identification had yet to take place.
Officers have been searching green areas around Billing Brook Road, where the body was found, and were using a dog unit at the scene. | The body of a man found in a hedge by litter pickers might have lain undetected for years, police have said. | 35429986 | [
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Henry Reilly was UKIP's Northern Ireland candidate in last year's European elections, receiving more than 24,000 votes.
The Newry, Mourne and Down councillor was suspended from the party in September, although Mr Reilly denied at the time that this had happened.
A UKIP spokesman confirmed on Tuesday that Mr Reilly had been expelled.
"At midday, Henry Reilly was advised that resulting from his suspension, a disciplinary meeting held yesterday took the decision to expel him from UKIP membership," he said.
"There will be no further comment on this internal party decision."
In September, UKIP's leader in Northern Ireland, David McNarry, confirmed to the BBC that Mr Reilly had been suspended after party leader Nigel Farage visited Belfast.
However, Mr Reilly, who is from Kilkeel, County Down, had described it as a "technical issue" involving a discussion with a journalist and denied being suspended. | One of UKIP's most high profile figures in Northern Ireland has been expelled from the party. | 34713344 | [
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The net benefit is about £257m each year and takes into account the impact on public services such as the NHS.
In 2014, 34,670 students travelled from outside the European Union (EU) to study in Scotland.
But PwC said its research showed the overall experience of foreign students is compromised by the UK's complex immigration system.
The auditors claim this also has an impact on their ability to secure work following graduation and has called on the UK government to improve its data collection around migration.
The PwC calculation does not include the value to Scotland of non-fee spending (including accommodation, travel and leisure) by students from outside the UK, or non-fee spending by EU students, most of whom do not have to pay tuition fees.
Lindsey Paterson, from PwC in Scotland, said: "With a lot at stake, not just for the Scottish and UK economy but for the future growth and prosperity of our higher education establishments, it's clear that more needs to be done to inform and improve immigration policies and targets."
She added: "Our Scottish universities and colleges are competing in a global marketplace and it's vital that government supports them in attracting the brightest academic talent not just from here in the UK, but from the EU and further afield.
"International students not only help to broaden our own students' vision and perspective in the classroom but have a major economic impact through their fees and consumer spending."
PwC has recommended that the UK classify students as temporary visitors, not migrants, as is the case in Canada and Australia. It claims this will make it easier for international students to work in the UK post-graduation. | Overseas students boost the Scottish economy by about £312m each year, according to figures from auditors PwC. | 32919517 | [
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The operation took four hours. IS continued to fire mortars at the airport from further inside the city after losing the ground to the army.
The jihadists have also entered a nearby military base amid further clashes, a military spokesman said.
Eastern Mosul was retaken last month.
The airport's runway has been destroyed by IS, but BBC Middle East Correspondent Quentin Sommerville, who is embedded with Iraqi federal police units, says it still has value.
It's a large piece of land, and controlling it will help secure southern routes to west Mosul, our correspondent says.
The assault began with overnight air strikes by the US-led coalition before armoured columns advanced to the airport's perimeter.
An Iraqi lieutenant was killed by one of the roadside bombs planted in the area by IS, the BBC has learned.
Iraqi forces also came under fire from IS militants who had holed up inside airport buildings, reports said.
Foreign troops from the US-led coalition were with the attacking troops, officials told AP, without specifying their nationality.
The airport and the al-Ghazlani base are on Mosul's southern outskirts on the western side of the Tigris river.
Thousands of Iraqi troops, backed by artillery and air power, are involved in the assault to retake Mosul.
Leaflets warning residents of an imminent offensive were earlier dropped over western Mosul, where military officials say narrow winding streets could make retaking the area particularly difficult.
Although slightly smaller than the east, western Mosul is more densely populated and includes districts seen as pro-IS.
The UN has voiced concern about the welfare of civilians trapped in the city, amid reports that they could number up to 650,000.
More than 160,000 people have already fled their homes in and around the city.
The UN said in late January that almost half of all the casualties in Mosul were civilians.
All bridges linking the east and west of the city, across the Tigris river, have been destroyed by air strikes.
IS jihadists overran Mosul as they spread across much of northern and western Iraq in 2014. | Iraqi security forces have recaptured Mosul airport, a key part of the government's offensive to drive the so-called Islamic State (IS) from the western half of the city. | 39061811 | [
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Grant's side are in the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations but that has not stopped some Ghanaians expressing dissatisfaction with the performances.
"Every player had has criticism at one time or another. I would like that to change," said the Israeli.
"I don't know why they target players. I would like them to respect the payers, who are giving everything."
Ghana are seeking an elusive fifth Nations Cup title in Gabon - their last came in 1982.
And they are showing the kind of resilience and quality necessary to end that 35-year wait, having beaten DR Congo 2-1 in Sunday's quarter-final to reach the last four.
But some people have questioned whether the team is sufficiently equipped to go all the way, and Aston Villa forward Jordan Ayew appears to be the focus of the doubters' negativity.
"Jordan is having a great tournament," Grant countered. "He gave a great assist to Asamoah Gyan against Mali and scored a great goal against DR Congo in the quarter-final.
"Also his performance statistics are great and they show he is running a lot. He is answering his critics on the pitch."
The Black Stars will meet Cameroon on Thursday for a place in the final.
"It will be very tough, we saw Cameroon's quarter-final win over Senegal and they played very well," Grant said.
"Cameroon will have one more day rest than us but we've shown we can deal with difficulties.
"My team is improving, every game we get fitter and sharper. And this team has a big heart." | Ghana coach Avram Grant says his team deserve respect following criticism by some fans and sections of the media. | 38796977 | [
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It said it plans to replace them with less obtrusive surveillance.
However Muslim leaders have called on worshippers to continue boycotting the sacred compound for now.
There were deadly clashes after the metal detectors were set up, which Palestinians saw as an Israeli attempt to assert control over the site.
Israel said they were necessary to prevent weapons being smuggled in.
It followed the killing on 14 July of two Israeli policemen by Israeli-Arab gunmen, who police say had hidden their weapons on the hilltop site known to Jews as the Temple Mount and Muslims as Haram al-Sharif.
The Israeli prime minister's office said the state security bodies had recommended replacing the metal detectors with "advanced technologies and other means".
It said the new, unspecified, measures, costing 100m shekels ($28m; £21m), would be put in place over the next six months. Until then, extra police would be deployed around the site, it added.
However, the Muslim body which oversees the holy compound, the Waqf, called on worshippers to stay away from the site until it advised otherwise.
Many Palestinians had been refusing to visit the complex as long as the metal detectors were there, holding prayers in the street outside the Old City instead.
Tom Bateman, BBC Jerusalem correspondent
The crisis at this revered site was about much more than the existence of the airport-style gates and electronics of the metal detectors themselves.
For Palestinians, their installation symbolised what they saw as an attempt by Israel to assert further control over the site of their holy shrine in occupied East Jerusalem - the mosque that also acts as a powerful symbol of their national aspiration.
For Israel's government, the move represented the need to secure what one minister called "the most sensitive location on Earth" - Judaism's most holy place - after the murder of two Israeli police officers close by.
Leaders will have felt pressure from within their own constituencies not to be seen to back down.
International calls for a solution have added to the pressure on both sides - which were dealing with complex internal politics too - but it is still not clear this crisis has been entirely resolved.
The installation of the metal detectors the day after the police were killed drew angry protests from Palestinians and days of clashes with Israeli security forces.
The violence left four Palestinians dead in East Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank, while three Israeli civilians were stabbed to death by a Palestinian who had said he was avenging Israeli measures at the holy site.
On Monday the UN's Middle East envoy warned of "potential catastrophic costs" even beyond the region if the issue was not resolved by Friday, when Muslims traditionally flock to the site for prayers.
There is speculation that Israel agreed to remove the metal detectors in return for Jordan letting Israeli embassy staff leave the country following a diplomatic stand-off.
Jordanian authorities wanted to question an Israeli security guard who Israel said shot dead a Jordanian who had attacked him with a screwdriver in a residence next to the embassy. A second Jordanian who died was inadvertently killed by the gunfire, Israel said.
Israel said the guard had diplomatic immunity and both he and all the staff were confined to the embassy compound amid attempts to find a solution.
In a phone call on Monday night, Jordan's King Abdullah and Mr Netanyahu discussed the crisis surrounding the holy site and the incident at the embassy. The king called on Mr Netanyahu to remove the metal detectors. At around the same time, it was announced that the embassy staff had returned to Israel.
Jordan, which has a large Palestinian population, has an historical role as custodian of the Jerusalem holy site.
Mr Netanyahu's office said the embassy staff's return "was made possible thanks to... tight co-operation" with Jordan.
The Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem's Old City is sacred to both Jews and Muslims. Jews revere it as the location of two Biblical Temples and holiest site in Judaism. It is also the al-Aqsa mosque compound, the third holiest site in Islam.
The area, in East Jerusalem, has been under Israeli occupation since the 1967 Middle East war.
The site is hugely politically sensitive and has been subject to a delicate set of arrangements - commonly referred to as the "status quo" - governing access, security and administration, for the past 50 years.
Under the arrangement, Israel is responsible for security and a Jordanian-funded religious trust, or Waqf, looks after the day-to-day running of the site.
Palestinians said the placing of the metal detectors upset the status quo, which Israel has repeatedly pledged to maintain. Israel said Palestinians were using the issue as a pretext to spread hostility against the Jewish state. | Israel has removed metal detectors from outside a holy site in East Jerusalem after uproar from Palestinians over their recent introduction. | 40712797 | [
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The union announced in August that Glasgow Warriors boss Townsend would replace Cotter in June.
Former Clermont head coach Cotter has subsequently secured a return to France with Montpellier for next year.
"Holistically, I understand," said Cotter, who has named his squad for November's autumn Test series.
"As a competitor, you're always disappointed if you're doing something and you want to go somewhere and you've got objectives in mind, naturally, but that's the deal and that's done.
"The decision was made to put Gregor in place. I think it's a good decision and the executives made their decision. I respect it and just move on."
Cotter, whose side face Australia (12 November), Argentina (19 November) and Georgia (26 November) in his last autumn internationals as Scotland head coach, says the "big year" ahead should keep the players focused.
"There's more important things than just us," he said of himself and Townsend. "It's a Lions year, there's places to be taken on that trip in June against New Zealand.
"The players are professional and they'll be wanting to play well for their club, whether it's Glasgow, and then shifting through to international stuff - whether it's a young player or established players.
"Look at [Edinburgh hooker] Ross Ford. It could be his 100th game [for Scotland]. Those sort of things take precedence.
"It's not about us, it's about the bigger picture." | Vern Cotter is "disappointed" he is leaving his job as Scotland head coach but "respects" Scottish Rugby's decision to appoint Gregor Townsend. | 37763931 | [
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However, Tesco said it exceeded its full-year operating profit target.
Like-for-like sales, which strip out the impact of new store openings, grew 1% in the year to 28 February.
UK like-for-like sales were up 0.9%, their first reported growth since 2009-10.
However, Tesco shares closed down 5.7%, making it the biggest faller on the FTSE 100. The stock has now declined more than 10% this year.
Tesco chief executive Dave Lewis said the results showed "another solid year of progress" at the supermarket giant.
"The very pleasing thing is that on every dimension of customer service we've had positive feedback from customers of the service that we're giving, and that's allowed us to drive an improvement in both sales and indeed profitability," he told the BBC's Emma Simpson.
Full year pre-tax profit, which includes one-off charges such as legal costs, fell from £202m to £145m.
But Tesco's operating profit figure, which strips out exceptional items and reflects the performance of the business, was £1.28bn, exceeding Tesco's £1.2bn target.
By 2020, Mr Lewis wants Tesco to make between 3.5p and 4p of operating profit for every £1 spent by shoppers, up from 2.3p in 2016-17. The company is banking on rising sales, allowing it to cut £1.5bn of costs.
The supermarket also needs strong results to help it persuade shareholders to back its attempt to buy wholesaler Booker.
Last month, one of its biggest shareholders said it had "major concerns" about the £3.7bn bid, saying it was overpaying.
Tesco said the deal would improve its recovery plans.
The supermarket giant's pension deficit more than doubled from £2.6bn to £5.5bn after higher inflation, said Hargreaves Lansdown analyst Laith Kalaf.
"The supermarket is facing the prospect of a rise in pension contributions because its scheme valuation is rather inconveniently taking place now, when interest rates are low and inflation is rising, both of which will serve to magnify the deficit," he said.
Kantar Retail analyst Ray Gaul said Tesco can "successfully put the accounting scandals of the past behind them having settled legal affairs".
"Now, Tesco will begin to fight all of its battles on the front foot," he said.
Upcoming "battles" include regulatory battles over the proposed Booker deal.
Suppliers raising prices to cope with increased costs will be another test, Mr Gaul said. The pound has substantially weakened since the UK's vote to leave the European Union in June, pushing up the cost of imports.
The rate of grocery price inflation is expected to rise to 2.3%, with higher rises on the horizon, he added.
Dave Lewis told the BBC that Tesco "want to do everything we can to stop prices rising ... but the fact is, they are, and there is some pressure in terms of pricing".
He said customers were starting to shift spending to "fresh food" and "everyday essentials" rather than "luxuries".
Supermarkets have been contending with factors including rising costs, the devaluation of the pound and structural shifts in the industry.
Mr Lewis said: "It's no surprise that the industry has been under pressure, but it has been under pressure for the last three or four years as well. Actually I think that where we sit as Tesco now is stronger than we've been for quite some time." | Supermarket giant Tesco has reported a fall in full-year pre-tax profit after it was fined for overstating its profits in 2014. | 39575032 | [
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He succeeds Laurent Fabius, 69, who announced on Wednesday he was stepping down as part of a cabinet reshuffle.
Mr Ayrault is, like Mr Fabius, a former prime minister, leading the government from 2012-14.
The leader of the Greens, Emmanuelle Cosse, has been named housing minister, and two other Green politicians have been given junior posts.
Segolene Royal - a former presidential candidate and Mr Hollande's ex-partner - has been given an expanded portfolio, becoming minister for environment, energy and the oceans, the Elysee Palace said.
Mr Fabius was seen as the architect of an interventionist foreign policy that saw French troops battle militants in Mali and take part in coalition air strikes against the so-called Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq in recent years.
Mr Fabius has been named to head France's Constitutional Council, which ensures bills comply with the constitution. | French President Francois Hollande has named Jean-Marc Ayrault as his new foreign minister. | 35553747 | [
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Hamilton, 30, won a thrilling United States Grand Prix to seal the drivers' title with his 10th victory of 2015.
He pressured team-mate Nico Rosberg into a mistake during a frantic last 10 laps after a safety car and swept by.
It was an exciting climax to a race of fluctuating fortunes, lead changes and superb racing in changing conditions.
Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel could have kept the race open until Mexico next weekend had he finished second, but could manage only third place behind Rosberg.
"Amazing," Hamilton told singer Elton John during the podium interviews. "I can't find the right words to tell you how amazing this feels.
"I love you guys and everything you do for me. For all my family, I love you all."
Rosberg's error came a lap after a restart following one of two safety car periods in a race that also featured two interruptions by the virtual safety car.
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Before that, the advantage had continuously swung back and forwards between the two Mercedes drivers in a race of fluctuating fortunes.
With 15 laps to go, it appeared as if Hamilton was going to miss out, as he led the race but appeared a sitting duck with Rosberg on fresher tyres and closing in behind after stopping under a virtual safety car period while Hamilton stayed out.
But then a heavy crash for Red Bull's Daniil Kvyat when the Russian lost control at Turn 19 gave Hamilton a lifeline when the actual safety car was deployed.
He stopped for fresh tyres and rejoined in second place, right behind Rosberg, and the two were set up for an all-out battle for victory in the closing 10 laps.
Now Hamilton had the advantage, on tyres eight laps fresher, and on lap 48 of 56 Rosberg lost traction out of the Turn 12 hairpin at the end of the long back straight, his car flicked from side to side and he ran wide off the track as Hamilton swept into the lead.
The German tried to come back at Hamilton but the Englishman held him comfortably at bay.
Hamilton was told he had won the title over the radio on his slowing down lap and initially struggled to speak, apparently fighting back tears, before managing to thank the team and his family for their support.
He then performed donut spins for the fans in the stadium section towards the end of the lap before touring back to the pits for the ceremonies.
Hamilton's team-mate Rosberg congratulated the Briton as they prepared for the podium interviews, but then appeared furious when Hamilton tossed a 'second place' cap towards the German, who then launched it back toward the champion.
Rosberg said: "It has never happened to me ever something like that [the error], I can't explain it. I just need to look into it afterwards. It was really tough at the time to lose the lead like that and the win.
"Turn One for sure was very aggressive [by Hamilton]. I haven't seen it so I can't comment until I have seen it. Extremely aggressive and we hit each other. Or I should say Lewis came into me, so that's not good. I can't say more than that."
The race started on a wet track but with the sun finally breaking through after a weekend badly affected by rain on the periphery of tropical storm Patricia, which had forced qualifying to be held on Sunday morning.
Hamilton immediately put himself in a position to win the title, making a better start from second on the grid behind Rosberg and taking the lead at the first corner, forcing his team-mate wide in the process and giving the Red Bulls of Daniil Kvyat and Daniel Ricciardo the chance to demote Rosberg to fourth.
On a wet track on treaded intermediate tyres, the Red Bulls were faster than the Mercedes and Hamilton faced an initial attack from Kvyat.
The top four were locked together for the first 19 laps as Rosberg moved into second, only for Ricciardo to pass him and then Hamilton to take the lead.
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But once the track began to fully dry, the Red Bulls lacked the pace to challenge and dropped back and the race developed into a battle between the two Mercedes drivers.
Hamilton initially struggled as Rosberg, driving what for a while looked set to be the best race of his career, took control.
Hamilton began to push Rosberg hard after the first safety car period to recover a stranded car in the middle of the race, only for the virtual safety car to hand Rosberg what appeared as if it might be a decisive advantage.
Rosberg pitted for fresh tyres just as the brief caution was poised to end and came out behind Vettel but on fresh tyres and with an apparently strong advantage.
But then Kvyat's crash added a final twist and Hamilton sealed a title for which he has appeared on course since the very beginning of the season.
Full United States GP results
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John Bieniewicz, 44, was struck on Sunday during the game in a park.
He was unconscious on the ground in the park when authorities arrived and died in hospital on Tuesday.
Baseel Abdul-Amir Saad, 36, has been charged with assault with intent to do great bodily harm.
But authorities say the charges could be amended following further investigation.
Bieniewicz was an experienced referee who worked at all levels of competition, and a husband and father of two sons, according to media reports and a memorial page set up in his memory.
"I speak for all his friends when I say we are devastated. Crushed. Just a senseless way for a great guy to go out," Bieniewicz's friend Jim Acho told the Associated Press news agency.
Witnesses at the game in Livonia reported seeing Bieniewicz stop play to eject Mr Saad, who had complained about a call and was issued a second caution.
Player Scott Herkes told the Detroit Free Press Bieniewicz was looking down and did not see the punch coming.
"The ref did nothing to provoke this attack," Mr Herkes said. "I have never in my life seen something like this."
Mr Saad reportedly left the field after the incident, and several players got the license plate number of his vehicle as he left.
His lawyer Brian Berry told local media his client was co-operating and had voluntarily turned himself in to police.
"Based on certain witness statements that have not yet been published, it is believed that the facts of this case have been mischaracterised," Mr Berry wrote in an email to the Detroit Free Press.
"As tragic as this event is, we must keep open minds and listen and wait for all the facts of this case to unfold."
It is the second such fatal case in as many years.
In April 2013, a teenaged player punched referee Ricardo Portillo during a football game in Utah.
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While the club investigates Pearson's behaviour for unspecified reasons, contact between the manager and Rams staff is not allowed.
Powell, Pearson's assistant, led Derby to victory at Cardiff hours after his boss was removed from his role and be in charge at Reading on Saturday.
"It's a situation that no one wants to be in," Powell told BBC Radio Derby.
"But in this game that we love, we know that things change and happen and we have to do our best to move on, take care of what is happening now and try to plan for the future - and the immediate future is Reading on Saturday."
Beyond the weekend, however, Powell admits he does not know what will happen.
Since Pearson's suspension, first-team manager Inigo Idiakez has also left the club.
"We have to get on with the job in hand." Powell said.
"We have a responsibility to carry on with the jobs we do and make the sure the team is focused and the players are prepared and coached in the same manner.
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Saunders, working in France as a pundit for the BBC, left his car in a short stay area at Birmingham Airport thinking Wales would go out early.
But they have reached the semi-finals and Saunders said he expected to see his parking charges rise to £1,000.
The airport said on Twitter that if Wales win the tournament, it would "waive his parking fee".
Wales came from a goal down to beat Belgium 3-1 on Friday and reach the semi-finals of a major tournament for the first time.
Captain Ashley Williams equalised, before Hal Robson-Kanu, a striker without a club, gave them the lead and substitute Sam Vokes added a third to set up a last-four clash against Portugal on Wednesday.
Saunders, who won 75 Wales caps and whose former clubs include Liverpool and Aston Villa, also said he was running out of clean clothes.
The airport posted: "We can't help Dean with his clothes situation but if Wales win #EURO2016 we'll waive his parking fee!" | An airport will rip up former Wales striker Dean Saunders's huge parking fee if his home nation wins Euro 2016. | 36695131 | [
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He would go on to become an iconic figure in Cornish rugby, paving the way for other Pacific islanders to play rugby in the UK, and this week a capacity crowd of 3,000 turned out in his honour.
A charity rugby match to raise money for the Marie Therese hospital in Hayle, which has become the former player's home since he was left paralysed in an operation last year, was organised by his sons and featured a fly-past by a helicopter from RNAS Culdrose.
All three of Mr Matavesi's sons play rugby professionally and they called upon some of their illustrious colleagues to take part while others, like England international Jack Nowell, donated signed shirts that helped raise nearly £8,000 in an auction.
Ex-All Blacks player Jerry Collins, who died in a car crash earlier this month, had been due to play.
The event was the latest in a story that started with less fanfare when Matavesi senior came to the UK on a rugby tour with the Fiji Barbarians, in 1985.
He made such an impression during a match in Cornwall that Camborne rugby club paid for him to return to play for them.
As rugby union was an amateur sport in the 1980s, the club had to find him a job and the former coconut farmer, from the remote Vanua Balavu island in eastern Fiji, was taken on as a miner at South Crofty.
"The only job available was tin mining, there was a lot of banter down there and I loved it," Mr Matavesi said.
"All the rugby players worked down at the mine and everybody looked after each other, apart from at the weekend when we would play against each other and try to kill each other, that was the Cornish way of life.
"Rugby was completely different in Fiji, I couldn't even afford a pair of boots. I had to borrow my dad's which were size 14 and pack them with pieces of cloth and paper."
He returned to play for the club for several seasons before making Cornwall his permanent home after meeting Camborne local Karen Lean, with whom he started a family after they married.
When she died in 2005, Mr Matavesi was left to bring up eldest son Josh, 24, who plays for Swansea's Ospreys and features in the Fijian World Cup squad.
His middle son Sam, aged 23, whose regular job is with Plymouth Albion, has also represented Fiji and his youngest son 20-year-old Joel, is up and coming at Ospreys, too.
"It's so weird watching the boys on TV. I'm in the hospital with an iPad, that they had to teach me how to use - it's not like smoke signals in Fiji," Mr Matavesi quipped.
"That was one proud moment for me, when I saw Josh run out and sing the national anthem, I didn't know if he could speak Fijian or not but I saw his lips moving!"
The 59-year-old describes his Marie Therese home as "one of the best places that ever existed," but was moved to organise the charity match when he realised its facilities were lacking.
"I suddenly found my strength here, it's the way the staff treat us, we're not treated as a number," he said.
"The nurses are doing a lot of physical lifting as there are three lifts and two of them don't work.
"The gym is empty, whatever we can screw, velcro or tie together, we'll use. I'm lucky enough to see this and be looked after by these dedicated staff."
He approaches his life there with the same spirit Roger Moyle recognised in the 1980s.
Mr Moyle was one of the men who was instrumental in bringing him to Cornwall in the first place, a decision he describes as "one of the greatest things we ever did."
"He had a massive frame and he entered the clubhouse like a true south sea island warrior, he turned out to be an iconic player for us, loved wherever we went," he said.
Mr Matavesi joked that it did not take long for his massive frame to be enhanced by the local delicacy.
"When I came over I was about 15-16 stone and I was playing as a loose forward," he said.
"Then, after so many pasties, I had to be pushed in front to prop - I was beginning to look like a pasty." | After a chance encounter on a rugby tour 30 years ago, Fijian farmer Sireli Matavesi swapped the south Pacific sunshine for the bleak darkness of a Cornish tin mine. | 33148916 | [
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Tom Queally, 30, from Oak Lodge, Newmarket in Suffolk was found asleep in his car in Cheshire in March.
He admitted the charge and received the ban and a £1,350 fine at Crewe Magistrates' Court.
But his lawyer, Nick Freeman, argued he had been forced to plead guilty because the law did not recognise the sleep walking argument.
The prosecution said Queally, famous for being the regular jockey of "wonder horse" Frankel, was found asleep at the wheel of his BMW at a filling station in Chelford, Cheshire,with the engine running and the lights on at 05:40 GMT on 16 March.
A breath test showed a reading of 84 microgrammes of alcohol in 100ml of blood, when the legal limit is 35 microgrammes.
His defence argued that Queally, who is originally from Dungarvan in the Irish Republic, had been a sleep walker since he was five years old.
He had been out in Hale, Cheshire, and his last recollection was reading a magazine on a bed at his manager's house at 02:00 GMT.
Mr Freeman said: "The thrust of my mitigation is he's completely unaware of what he's doing - he's sleep driving.
"I don't think the law has kept up with scientific developments, because it seems simply unfair for a man of this quality now to have a criminal conviction for something which in my view, he's morally totally innocent."
District Judge Bridget Knight said the law had previously ruled that sleep walking was not a defence for drink driving.
Queally was also fined £1,350 and ordered to pay costs of £3,500.
Speaking afterwards, Mr Freeman said: "The law needs to be changed to reflect this unique set of circumstances." | A top jockey has been banned from driving for 22 months after claiming he was sleep walking while drink driving. | 30088748 | [
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The Republic of Ireland currently has strict abortion laws, which only allow a pregnancy to be terminated if there is a serious risk to a woman's life.
The Citizens' Assembly voted 64% to 36% in favour of having no restrictions.
Anti-abortion groups have condemned the result of the vote, but any change to the law would require a referendum.
The Citizens' Assembly was set up by the Oireachtas (Irish Houses of Parliament) to advise elected representatives on a number of ethical and political dilemmas facing the Irish people.
These include abortion, climate change and how the Republic of Ireland deals with the challenge of providing for its aging population.
The body is made up of 99 members who were chosen at random to broadly represent the views of the Irish electorate.
Its most controversial task was to consider a campaign to repeal the Eighth Amendment of the Irish Constitution - which gives an equal right to life to a pregnant woman and an unborn child.
Assembly members held 10 days of intensive and emotive debates over the past five months, culminating in this weekend's series of votes.
On Saturday, members voted against repealing the Eighth Amendment, but they did support change - voting to amend or replace the law.
On Sunday, a majority of Citizens' Assembly members approved 13 separate grounds for legal terminations in the Republic of Ireland.
Of the votes cast, 89% were in favour of allowing abortion on grounds of rape or fatal foetal abnormality - when doctors believe an unborn child is likely to die before, during or shortly after birth.
There was less support for legal terminations for "socio-economic reasons" but still, 72% of members who took part voted in favour of abortion in those circumstances.
However, anti-abortion campaigners dismissed the results of the ballots as a "muddled and confused farce".
Cora Sherlock of the Pro Life Campaign accused the assembly of having a "chaotic" and "one-sided approach" in how it conducted its business from the beginning.
She added: "There is nothing liberal or progressive about the assembly recommending a referendum to strip unborn babies of their right to life in law and also ignoring the negative consequences of abortion for women."
The Citizens' Assembly is chaired by the Supreme Court judge, Ms Justice Mary Laffoy, who will now present a report on members' recommendations to the Oireachtas by late June.
In a statement, the chair said members had "reached a conclusion of sorts" and she thanked them for having "engaged with some of the most complex pieces of legislation, immersed themselves in medical and ethical discourse, and listened with respect to the voices and opinions of others".
"I also wish to acknowledge those whose perspectives or opinions did not emerge in the final vote," the judge added.
"This is an exercise in deliberative democracy and their vote remains important to me because of the very fact it captures that other perspective, that dissenting voice, the different interpretation and I wish to assure them that their votes and voices will be recorded and have a place in the report."
On receipt of her report, elected representatives will consider members' calls for a change in the law, and whether or not to hold a referendum. | A public forum that advises the Irish government on constitutional issues has voted to recommend the introduction of unrestricted access to abortion. | 39687584 | [
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Sian Grigg, from Cardiff, has been nominated for an Academy Award for her work with DiCaprio on The Revenant.
He thanked Ms Grigg during his acceptance speech at the Golden Globes, where he won the best actor award for the film.
"My make-up artist, Sian Grigg, you are an unbelievable talent," he said.
Ms Grigg has worked with DiCaprio on several films including Titanic, Inception and The Great Gatsby.
"I had a lovely art teacher at Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf, Mr Anthony Evans," she told BBC Wales' Cymru Fyw last week.
"He encouraged me and helped me get a place on the foundation course at Cardiff Art College."
She then specialised in make-up at London Fashion College before forging a career working on films including Saving Private Ryan, 28 Days Later, Ex-Machina and Suffragette.
But the make-up artist was keen to return to her home town, moving back to Cardiff six years ago.
"I noticed that I was always away on location so there was not much point staying in London.
"Although I've worked in many amazing countries, Wales will always be home. It's hard to beat Wales," she said.
Pembrokeshire-born actor Christian Bale has also been nominated for an Oscar in the best supporting actor category for his role The Big Short. | A Welsh make-up artist described as a "genius" by actor Leonardo DiCaprio has been nominated for an Oscar. | 35310871 | [
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Similar techniques to make simple body parts have already been used in patients, but the kidney is one of the most complicated organs made so far.
A study, in the journal Nature Medicine, showed the engineered kidneys were less effective than natural ones.
But regenerative medicine researchers said the field had huge promise.
Kidneys filter the blood to remove waste and excess water. They are also the most in-demand organ for transplant, with long waiting lists.
The researchers' vision is to take an old kidney and strip it of all its old cells to leave a honeycomb-like scaffold. The kidney would then be rebuilt with cells taken from the patient.
This would have two major advantages over current organ transplants.
The tissue would match the patient, so they would not need a lifetime of drugs to suppress the immune system to prevent rejection.
It would also vastly increase the number of organs available for transplant. Most organs which are offered are rejected, but they could be used as templates for new ones.
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have taken the first steps towards creating usable engineered kidneys.
They took a rat kidney and used a detergent to wash away the old cells.
The remaining web of proteins, or scaffold, looks just like a kidney, including an intricate network of blood vessels and drainage pipes.
By James GallagherHealth and science reporter, BBC News
Grow-your-own organs might seem like a fantasy, but there are people walking around today with organs made in this way.
A major breakthrough came in 2006 when bladders made from patients' own cells were implanted.
Grown windpipes have also been transplanted.
In regenerative medicine there are four levels of complexity: flat structures such as skin; tubes such as blood vessels; hollow organs such as the bladder; and solid organs such as the kidney, heart and liver.
The last group is the most difficult as they are complex organs containing many types of tissue.
However, there have been early glimmers of success.
Beating rat hearts have been produced, and grown lungs have been able to keep rats alive, if only for a short time.
Growing solid organs is still in its infancy, but these animal studies provide an interesting window on what could be the future of organ transplants.
Will we ever grow replacement hands?
This protein plumbing was used to pump the right cells to the right part of the kidney, where they joined with the scaffold to rebuild the organ.
It was kept in a special oven to mimic the conditions in a rat's body for the next 12 days.
When the kidneys were tested in the laboratory, urine production reached 23% of natural ones.
The team then tried transplanting an organ into a rat. Once inside the body, the kidney's effectiveness fell to 5%.
Yet the lead researcher, Dr Harald Ott, told the BBC that restoring a small fraction of normal function could be enough: "If you're on haemodialysis then kidney function of 10% to 15% would already make you independent of haemodialysis. It's not that we have to go all the way."
He said the potential was huge: "If you think about the United States alone, there's 100,000 patients currently waiting for kidney transplants and there's only around 18,000 transplants done a year.
"I think the potential clinical impact of a successful treatment would be enormous."
There is a huge amount of further research that would be needed before this is even considered in people.
The technique needs to be more efficient so a greater level of kidney function is restored. Researchers also need to prove that the kidney will continue to function for a long time.
There will also be challenges with the sheer size of a human kidney. It is harder to get the cells in the right place in a larger organ.
Prof Martin Birchall, a surgeon at University College London, has been involved in windpipe transplants produced from scaffolds.
He said: "It's extremely interesting. It is really impressive.
"They've addressed some of the main technical barriers to making it possible to use regenerative medicine to address a really important medical need."
He said that being able to do this for people needing an organ transplant could revolutionise medicine: "It's almost the nirvana of regenerative medicine, certainly from a surgical point of view, that you could meet the biggest need for transplant organs in the world - the kidney." | A kidney "grown" in the laboratory has been transplanted into animals where it started to produce urine, US scientists say. | 22123386 | [
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