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The 23-year-old joined QPR from Swindon in May but he has only made three appearances for the Championship club.
Mark Cooper's League One side have been hit by several injuries this season.
"An injury has meant he's subsequently struggled for game time," said QPR's director of football Les Ferdinand. "He's only away for a month. He's still got a massive future at QPR."
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Swindon Town have re-signed midfielder Ben Gladwin on a 28-day emergency loan deal from Queens Park Rangers. | 34478389 | [
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The Conference Board's index of consumer attitudes fell by 8.3 points to 59.7 in March.
The research group primarily blamed the fall on the US federal budget cuts that came into force at the start of this month.
Separate data on Tuesday from the Commerce Department was more positive, showing a rise in durable goods sales.
Sale of such long-lasting factory products rose by 5.7% in February, the biggest increase in five months.
Yet the Commerce Department also said that sales of new US homes fell in February.
Sale of new residential properties fell to a seasonally adjusted 411,000 in February, 4.6% lower than the 431,000 sold in January, which had been a five-year high.
The government cuts - called the "sequester" cuts - came into force earlier this month. They were due to the federal government running out of funds before a new budget was finally agreed by the US Senate on 20 March.
"This month's retreat was driven primarily by a sharp decline in expectations, although consumers were also more pessimistic in their assessment of current conditions," said Lynn Franco, director of the Conference Board's economic indicators.
"The recent sequester has created uncertainty regarding the economic outlook, and as a result consumers are less confident." | US consumer confidence fell sharply this month, a closely-watched report has suggested. | 21941439 | [
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Emmerson Whittel may need surgery on his jaw, while the club alleges player Josh Lynam was also bitten on the ear.
The RFL's match review panel will look at official video on Thursday, as it does for all on-field incidents.
Keighley have gathered additional video from spectators following an appeal.
Footage already online, shot from the stands, shows a number of fights breaking out on the field between the two sets of players.
Following the incident, Whittel posted on Twitter that brackets and bands had been used to try to re-align his jaw and that he faces at least three months out.
Keighley Cougars of League One, England's third-tier competition, progressed to the Challenge Cup fourth round with a 50-32 win over Fryston Warriors - a side from the second tier of England's amateur game.
The match, a "home" game for Fryston, was played at nearby Featherstone in West Yorkshire after the tie was at risk of being reversed and played at Keighley instead.
Keighley have also complained to the RFL about their off-field treatment before kick-off, as they allege players and members of staff were refused entry to the ground without a valid matchday ticket.
A statement on Keighley's website said: "The players' allocation of 'family and friends' tickets was then claimed to have been used to admit the playing squad and coaching staff into the ground.
"The club is outraged by this development."
The BBC contacted Fryston Warriors, who have declined to comment at this time. | Keighley want the Rugby Football League to consider amateur video footage when they review a brawl during the club's Challenge Cup tie against Fryston, which left a player with a broken jaw. | 39117432 | [
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An IAAF statement on Friday said: "Our commercial relationship concludes at the end of 2016."
The original 11-year agreement started in 2008.
Sources told the BBC earlier this year it was worth, in terms of cash and product, as much as about $8m (£6.3m) per year.
Adidas said the decision was mutual and added "we would like to thank the IAAF for a successful and professional co-operation". | Adidas, the IAAF's biggest sponsor, has announced it is ending its sponsorship deal with athletics' world governing body three years early. | 38188127 | [
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Investigators in Operation Pallial have found evidence of 140 allegations of historical abuse between 1963 and 1992.
Seventy six new complainants have also come forward.
The claims centre on 18 homes involving offences against boys and girls aged between seven and 19.
A total of 84 suspected offenders have been named - 75 male and nine female. Of these, 16 have been named by more than one complainant.
By Mark EastonHome editor
The scale of the investigation is quite a surprise.
We had a huge police investigation in the 1990s and we had a public inquiry led by a former judge, as well as other inquiries.
And here we are all these years later, we look at this again and discover that it is far more widespread - over four decades, going right back to the early 1960s.
Previously, we thought it started during a period from the mid-1970s and the investigation now covers, not just three or four children's homes, but 18 children's homes.
We are talking about systemic, serious sexual and physical abuse that, it would appear, has been conducted by a large number of people.
There are 84 names - 75 men but nine women as well.
If the allegations are true, it's an appalling scandal and a scandal that, as some victims have said, was left unresolved for far too long.
It is believed that 10 of the 16 may be deceased.
Home Secretary Theresa May ordered this inquiry following a Newsnight report in November, that as well as leading to a Tory peer being falsely accused of paedophilia, alleged that child abuse in north Wales in the 1970s and 1980s was far more widespread than had previously been investigated.
North Wales Chief Constable Mark Polin said: "Offenders quite rightly should have to look over their shoulders for the rest of their lives."
Keith Bristow, director general of the National Crime Agency (NCA), has agreed to continue investigations at the request of Mark Polin, the North Wales chief constable.
"I took the decision to ask the director general of the National Crime Agency to investigate these allegations last November conscious that some victims of historic abuse may not have the necessary level of confidence in North Wales Police to report these matters directly to us," Mr Polin said.
"Operation Pallial has now secured accounts from almost all victims who are willing to support an investigation and it makes absolute sense for the officers and staff involved to date to be the core of phase two and to move matters forward as quickly as professionally as possible."
At a news conference in Colwyn Bay, Mr Polin told victims: "It's never too late to report abuse."
He also sent a message to offenders, saying: "If you believe the passage of time will reduce the resolve of Operation Pallial or any police force to identify people who are still alive and to bring them to justice, you are sorely mistaken."
Det Supt Ian Mulcahey of Merseyside Police is leading the day-to-day investigation.
He said: "We're prioritising our work focus on those individuals who pose the greatest risk to the public.
"I want to reassure the community that we are taking their allegations seriously and my officers are dedicated top ensuring that people who are responsible for these offences are held to account regardless of the passage of time."
Mr Bristow said the rest of the investigation would be conducted as quickly as professionally possible.
He said he believed it was "very positive" that so many people had come forward and that he hoped victims would receive more support than perhaps they had done in the past.
A Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) lawyer has been appointed to assist Operation Pallial.
The CPS lawyer has advised "the priority should be given to the most serious allegations and the prioritisation process has been agreed with them".
The investigation involves police officers and staff, primarily from forces in north-west England, supported by members of the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) and the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP Centre).
By December it had heard from 105 victims of alleged abuse.
At the time, Det Supt Mulcahey said the investigation would "follow the evidence without fear or favour".
A separate review by Mrs Justice Macur is investigating the terms of the Waterhouse abuse inquiry, which began in 1996.
It examined the abuse of victims in former north Wales care homes such as Bryn Estyn in Wrexham dating back to the 1970s.
The new inquiry followed a victim's claims that Sir Ronald Waterhouse only uncovered a fraction of the abuse.
Those claims surfaced in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal.
Last week, one man was arrested in Ipswich, Suffolk, as part of Operation Pallial and questioned on suspicion of serious sexual offences against a number of people. He has been bailed until July.
Des Mannion, NSPCC national head of service in Wales, said: "This latest investigation is a major step forward investigating claims of wide spread child abuse.
"Many who have been waiting decades for justice and for their voices to be heard have now finally found the courage to come forward and we mustn't fail them this time."
Keith Gregory, a Wrexham councillor who alleges he was abused as a child while in care at Bryn Estyn, says victims will feel they are now being believed.
"To bring justice these allegations need to be looked at," said Mr Gregory.
"It feels like at last we are starting to be believed."
Malcolm King, who was chair of social services at the former Clwyd county council and who campaigned for a judicial inquiry, called for a royal commission on the issue of child abuse. | An independent investigation examining claims of historical child abuse at children's homes in north Wales has found "significant evidence of systemic and serious sexual and physical abuse". | 22306588 | [
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Since the discovery of the bodies in 2009 the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been tracking down potential relatives in the hope of identifying them.
The remains were spotted during construction work near the French village of Beaucamps-Ligny.
They were found alongside five other bodies which are yet to be named.
All the soldiers were with 2nd Battalion The York and Lancaster Regiment, and are believed to have died in battle on 18 October 1914.
The men are due to be given a funeral with full military honours in October, while investigations continue to try and track down relatives for the remaining bodies.
Retired computer programmer Peter Hague, 70, of Chinley, Derbyshire said he was "astonished" to find that his cousin twice-removed Cpl Francis Carr Dyson was among those identified.
"It is always strange, and poignant moment when you discover you are related to someone like this, I suppose the sadness of his death is mitigated when you know they died during service for their country," he said.
The investigation team is particularly interested in speaking to the families of the following six soldiers who potentially could be among those yet to be named, they are:
Anyone who thinks they may be related to these soldiers should contact the Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre team on 01452 712612 (Ext 6303)
Source: Ministry of Defence
Mr Hague, who is widowed with two children, said some years ago he had researched his own family background and was aware of the existence of Cpl Dyson.
And after posting details on a genealogy website, Mr Hague said he was contacted "out of the blue" by a genealogist working on behalf of the MoD.
"I gave a DNA mouth swab about six months ago, and it has led to this, it's amazing really," he said.
Defence minister Lord Astor of Hever said: "Our thoughts remain with all those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in the service of our country.
"Although these soldiers fell almost a century ago, the Ministry of Defence still takes its responsibility extremely seriously to identify any remains found, trace and inform surviving relatives and to provide a fitting and dignified funeral so they rest in peace."
The funeral of the men has been organised by the 4th Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, which traces its history back to The York and Lancaster Regiment.
The 10 soldiers who have been identified are:
A DNA sample from retired BT manager Barrie Richmond was able to identify his great-uncle Pte Richmond.
Mr Richmond of Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire said: "We are surprised and amazed and excited - and humbled. He was a great-uncle we didn't know anything about - perhaps it was the grief, that people didn't want to speak about it.
"We have found out so much about him. He enlisted in October 1904, signed on for three years, served in India, then worked in the lace making industry before being recalled in 1914.
"He was from Radford, Nottinghamshire, and married wife Ellen, but they had no children."
For 69-year-old retired teacher, Marlene Jackson of Garstang, Lancashire, she discovered she had a great-uncle, when her DNA matched that of Pte Allcock.
She said: "It was quite a surprise when they initially phoned, I had no idea I had a great-uncle, it was never talked about in the family.
"They said would I mind giving my DNA, and I did and now it's confirmed.
"He was the brother of my grandmother Ethel, who died aged 102 in 1988. He had enlisted as a soldier and served in India and Ireland before the war, leaving his wife, also Ethel, and two daughters when he died.
"I feel quite emotional about this, I never knew I had a great-uncle who had died in France. We're going to the re-burial in October."
And for Maureen Simpson, 75, from Stradbroke, Sheffield, who is the grand-daughter of Pte Brameld, the process had allowed her to "close the book" on the mystery of her relative's final resting place.
"It will be lovely to see them properly buried. It is what they deserve," she said. | Ten soldiers who died in World War One and whose bodies were found in France five years ago have been named after DNA analysis of samples from relatives. | 26690387 | [
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Joyce Watson, Labour AM for Mid and West Wales, backs a fingerprint ID system of cashless payments to help poorer children.
She is due to launch a debate on the issue in the Senedd on Tuesday and says some pupils are going hungry to avoid being seen to claim free meals.
She says there is a mixed picture on the use of cashless payment systems.
Her office's research indicates that in Denbighshire, for example, all secondary schools use some sort of cashless system, whereas in Anglesey none do.
Most commonly, in schools where children still pay with cash for their dinners, pupils eligible for free meals are given tickets.
The AM believes this makes it easy for such children to be identified and put at risk of bullying.
She recommends rolling out a system by which children have accounts to pay for school dinners which can be topped up either by their parents or by the local authority if they qualify for school meals.
All pupils would then pay for their meals by a biometric reading of their fingerprint at the till without anyone knowing how their account was funded.
Ms Watson said: "68% is the average take up of free school meals where we have a system that identifies against a near 100% where we have a system that doesn't identify those who have free school meals and those who don't.
She claimed that in schools without a cashless system there were "an awful lot of children simply going hungry" to avoid being seen to have free meals.
"[They] can't concentrate. Their sugar levels fall and their behaviour is also adversely affected by what's happening," she said.
Ms Watson intends to use her short debate during the assembly plenary to remind fellow AMs of a government commitment to roll out such cashless systems.
She said: "[Education Minister Leighton Andrews] did commit to rolling this out by September 2012.
"I want to know that that is happening. And I really think that this archaic practice of identifying children has to stop."
Addressing security concerns, Ms Watson said pupils' fingerprints were stored securely by the company that installed the biometric technology away from the school and could not be accessed by authorities.
One disincentive to move to a biometric system may be the cost, which the AM estimates at up to £30,000 for installation and £2,000 a year for maintenance.
However, Stephen Jones, head teacher of Ysgol Glan-y-Mor in Burry Port, Carmarthenshire, said its piloting of a biometric payment system over the last four years had delivered results.
He said it had cut the time pupils queued for lunches as well as removing any stigma attached to free school meals.
"The children like it," he said.
"It's almost a fun element to having their lunch, the fingerprints.
"It's much quicker so they're happy about that.
"The offshoot, I suppose, would be that parents can actually have computerised printouts of all the food and drink that their children consume and they can keep an eye on whether they're having a healthy diet or not." | Wales should put an end to the "stigma" children face for claiming free school meals, an assembly member claims. | 13850448 | [
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The victim's body was found at Hedderley Walk, near St Ann's Well Road, in the St Ann's area just after 16:00 BST on Sunday.
Several roads in the area were sealed off and officers carried out extra patrols of the area.
The victim was a 43-year-old man but no further details have yet been released. Police have appealed for any witnesses to come forward. | A murder inquiry has been launched in Nottingham after the death of a man. | 32955261 | [
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K Prithika Yashini, who was born male but underwent gender reassignment surgery, applied to become a police sub-inspector in the southern state.
But the state police board did not recognise a third gender, leading her to pursue a legal case against it.
A court in Chennai (Madras) has now ruled in her favour.
"I'm excited," Prithika was quoted as saying by India's NDTV network. "It's a new beginning for the entire transgender community."
A ruling by two judges in Chennai's high court said: "The social impact of such recruitment cannot be lost sight of, as it would give strength to the case of transgenders.
"Yashini must reach the finish line, and not be stopped and disqualified in the middle."
India's supreme court recognised transgender people as a third gender last April, five years after the electoral commission added the category to ballot forms.
The ruling meant the government had to provide transgender people with quotas in jobs and education in line with other minorities, as well as key amenities.
There are an estimated two million transgender people in India.
While the Times of India reports that Tamil Nadu police already have three transgender constables on their books, reports in other Indian media said Prithika will become the first officer in the country.
Prithika was born Pradeep Kumar and left her parents' home before completing a computer studies course and undergoing surgery.
She had wanted to be a police officer since being a child, Indian media said.
The court also ruled that the result of a police physical test, which Prithika failed after being a second late in a 100-metre dash, was not valid. | The Indian state of Tamil Nadu is to hire the country's first transgender police officer after a court cleared hurdles that faced one applicant. | 34753502 | [
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The incident occurred on Great Northern Road near to its junction with Clifton Road at about 12:00 on Saturday.
Police Scotland has appealed for witnesses to the crash.
Police said the collision involved a black Yamaha motorcycle, a black Vauxhall Adam and a silver Volkswagen Caravelle.
Sgt Malcolm Kinross, of Police Scotland's divisional road policing unit, said: "Our thoughts at this difficult time are with the family and friends of Damian Piotrowski.
"We continue to investigate the circumstances of this collision and we are appealing for anyone who was in the area at the time to come forward.
"In particular, we are keen to speak to passing motorists in a white Vauxhall Insignia and a dark coloured Nissan Qashqai who may have witnessed the collision." | A 27-year-old motorcyclist who died following a three-vehicle crash in Aberdeen has been named by police as Damian Piotrowski. | 37082856 | [
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The search giant's all-important advertising revenue was also up 11%, to $16bn.
In a statement Google's finance chief Ruth Porat highlighted ad growth on mobile and YouTube.
Google's shares jumped 7.5% in after-market trading as traders welcomed the better-than-expected results.
The share price had already risen 3.5% during normal trading hours.
Advertisers pay Google only if a user clicks on one of their ads. "Cost per click", or the average price of online ads, fell in the quarter, but was more than offset by the increase in ad volumes.
Google's ad revenue has been under pressure as consumers access its services on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets, whose advertising rates tend to be lower.
Google's share price rise "is reflecting the fact that they've effectively just beat earnings for the first time in several quarters," said Victor Anthony, an analyst at Axiom Capital. | Google's net income rose 17% to $3.93bn in the three months to June from the quarter last year, boosted by an 11% rise in revenues to $17.7bn. | 33557672 | [
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Lights first went off as Ramon Lobo, a pro-government lawmaker, defended the energy policies of President Nicolas Maduro, reports said.
Opposition MP Luis Florido quipped on Twitter: "The country's reality has hit them in the face."
The session was later suspended. Venezuela faces a severe electricity crisis and shortages are frequent.
Reports said other buildings in the same area of the capital, Caracas, were also hit by power cuts, on Wednesday afternoon.
Venezuela's National Assembly is controlled by the opposition.
Delsa Solorzano, an opposition MP, tweeted a video of the chamber in the dark.
MP Freddy Guevara, also from the opposition, said: "What a shame: the parliament session was interrupted because the energy went off. Right on the day we're discussing the energy sector law."
Oil-rich Venezuela is in the middle of a deep economic crisis caused by a drop in global oil prices. The country is suffering from a shortage of basic goods, food and electricity.
Earlier this year, the government introduced power rationing and a two-day working week for public sector workers as ways to tackle the crisis.
It said a major drought, which dramatically reduced water levels at its main hydroelectric dam, was to blame. But the opposition accused authorities of mismanagement.
Some of the measures have already been lifted. | A power cut left Venezuela's parliament in the dark as it discussed a law dedicated to the energy sector. | 37720369 | [
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Due to the level of damage caused, police and fire officers were unable to enter the premises until it could be confirmed as structurally safe.
When a search was later carried out a body was found. The incident was not being treated as suspicious.
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The eruption happened on Sunday morning at 4am local time for more than an hour and a half.
Although the area around the volcano was covered by ash, it didn't affect planes travelling near it.
Air traffic can be seriously affected when ash from volcanic eruptions is in the air.
In 2010, the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland erupted and flights in Europe and across the Atlantic were cancelled because the ash particles in the air made it unsafe to fly.
Check out the video above to see Mount Etna's latest eruption in all its glory. | Europe's most active volcano, Mount Etna, has erupted for the fifth time this year. | 17585392 | [
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27 January 2015 Last updated at 07:56 GMT
Dr Tim Ladbrooke said: "The week before Christmas was 175% busier than any week we'd ever had before."
In the first of a series on London healthcare, BBC London political correspondent Karl Mercer speaks to those feeling the strain, including nurse Eugene Maynard; Andrew Rees, from the Liberty Road Practice; receptionist Lucy Dogley-Darani; and pharmacist Rubinder Authi. | Frontline NHS staff at 111 centres, GP clinics and pharmacies say they are facing unprecedented pressure. | 30994325 | [
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In part the answer might be that they are not as solid as we have been led to believe. After all, the man who headed an inquiry into the future safety of Britain's banks has told the BBC that plans drawn up by the Bank of England to prevent another crash, aren't strong enough.
Sir John Vickers, who led the Independent Commission on Banking, said that banks should have more money in reserve, to enable them to survive any future financial crisis without a bailout from the taxpayer.
With banking shares already being hard hit this year because of worries about their strength and stability those comments by Sir John will be of serious concern and will add to what many will see as logical scepticism.
Before the last financial crisis, we were told that the banking system was solid as a rock. Unfortunately, Northern Rock and Lehman Brothers proved that the Bible is right - even the most solid looking house is vulnerable if it is built on sand. It turned out that a large number of the world's banks were built on very soft and shifting sand.
They had borrowed money short term and lent it long term. They had lent it to clients who couldn't afford to pay it back and put it into risky complicated investments they didn't really understand. It then turned out that the banks had nothing like enough reserves to cushion them from a crisis. They managed to do all this while convincing us that financial services were the future and bankers should be paid a fortune.
The consequence was that the ordinary tax payer, many of whom have probably never had a bonus in their life, had to bail out the banks and the bankers with hundreds of billions of pounds, most of it borrowed. That has hobbled us with huge debts for decades to come; while suffering the worst recession in living memory.
But perhaps the people who suffered the biggest loses were those who had put their life savings into supposedly safe as houses banking shares, they saw their money wiped out. The depositors were saved by the Government, the people who had lent money to banks in the form of bonds mostly got their money back but the shareholders suffered.
It is therefore hardly surprising that shares in banks should be so volatile at the moment. After all, we have received numerous warnings that something is seriously wrong with the world's economy. The price of oil and that of many other commodities have plummeted because of over supply and lack of demand, the Chinese economy is slowing down dramatically and the eurozone still has real problems.
All this while many economies are still being propped up only by emergency medicine eight years after the crisis first started, very low interest rates, the printing of extra money and huge Government borrowing.
Last week Janet Yellen, the head of the Federal Reserve, spooked the markets when she merely suggested that although the American economy was doing well it could be threatened by problems from other countries.
It has all been enough to push share prices lower on fears that another economic crisis might be on the way and like a particularly expensive game of pass the parcel no one wants to be left holding bank shares if, or when, the banks go bust again. But how likely is that?
Some banks are, of course, stronger than others, the Greek banking system has lurched from crisis to crisis even over the last year and doubtless there are others in similar difficulties in plenty of other places.
It would be a brave (as in foolhardy) investor who put their life savings into Greek or even Portuguese bank shares. But those are known risks. The big worry is; how risky are the big international banks? Are the huge international Swiss, British, French, German, American and Japanese banks safe?
In theory the answer is yes. The banks have been told to get their house in order and have been doing just that, especially under something called Basle 3, an international agreement to massively increase the reserves the banks have to hold in case of losses or a massive economic shock.
Then there has been a whole rash of new banking regulations at the national and international levels, designed to stamp out reckless behaviour, limit risks, and make sure that the regulators know what is really going on.
Having covered a few fraud trials recently, it is patently clear that before the crash many banks and bankers treated both regulators and their internal compliance departments with barely concealed contempt and did all they could to get round the rules.
That may still be the case in some banks but you are far less likely to get away with it now. Finally the banks have been desperately trying to improve their balance sheets and profits, they have had to write off billions in bad debts, improve their lending practices and concentrate on core businesses rather than obscure financial instruments.
Even so many are still trying to recover from the trauma of the credit crunch. Only this week Commerzbank, one of Germany's largest banks, announced that it was setting even more money aside to bolster its reserves.
And Deutsche Bank said it is to buy back bonds it has issued, an attempt to strengthen bolster its balance sheet, its shares are down almost a third so far this year. Given the current stock market mood those are probably wise moves. But it show that eight years after the credit crunch there is still more to be done.
There are doubtless plenty of banks out there that are as solid as a rock and capable of withstanding almost anything thrown at them. The problem is not so much finding out which ones they are but the fact that last time they all looked solid as a rock as well.
You can reform, regulate and prop up banks as much as you like, but shareholders should remember the old motto: "Once bitten, twice shy." | If, as we are constantly being told, the world's banking system has been rebuilt and strengthened so that it can resist and survive even the toughest of economic conditions, why does it always seem to be banking shares that fall the most when the markets get nervous about the prospects of another crash? | 35559861 | [
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Overnight visitors from the Republic of Ireland declined by 7% in 2013.
A report for the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI) said "social unrest over parades and flags" had potentially had an impact.
It also said the local tourism industry was worried about "continuing sectarianism and racial prejudice".
The report said there needed to be "concerted action to promote a safe and secure image of Northern Ireland, including targeted marketing".
The review was ordered by DETI minister Arlene Foster last year.
It calls for a need "to deepen the relationship" between the Northern Ireland Tourist Board (NITB) and Invest NI.
It rules out a merger, but suggests a shared office and renaming the Tourist Board either Visit NI or Discover NI.
The recommendations contained in the report have been put out to public consultation.
It calls for an updated strategy and says the Tourist Board needs to improve "partnership working".
"NITB is at a crossroads," the report's author writes.
"Given the board's achievements in recent years... I am confident that NITB will meet the challenge." | An "image problem" may explain a fall in visitor numbers to Northern Ireland from across the border, according to a review of the tourism industry. | 28136326 | [
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Dunfermline made a strong start and twice went close through Joe Carle and Michael Moffat.
But Ayr took the lead with a Ross Docherty header which sneaked over the Pars goal line, his first goal of the season.
Ayr clung on and defended desperately to claim all three points.
Cardle had an early goal-bound shot cleared by Conrad Balatoni before Moffat cracked the post with a glancing headed.
Ayr looked shaky in defence, but they dragged themselves back into the game after looking like they might be swamped by the Pars whirlwind start.
Docherty fired wide from the edge of the 18-yard line, turning and sweeping the shot past the post.
Dunfermline continued to threaten though and John Herron powered a header just past the post after a whipped cross from Callum Higginbotham on the right.
Dunfermline made a flying start to the second half and Moffat immediately forced keeper Greg Fleming to tip his drive over the bar.
But Ayr it was who struck first when Docherty powered a header down which evaded a forest of legs to cross the line.
That emboldened them and Michael Rose and Alan Forrest brought good saves from Pars keeper Sean Murdoch in quick succession.
Dunfermline's Joe Cardle then squandered a fine chance, sclaffing his shot wide of goal, before substitute David Hopkirk forced Fleming into a full length diving save.
The result keeps Ayr United above St Mirren, and moves them just three points behind eighth placed Dumbarton with a game in hand.
Match ends, Dunfermline Athletic 0, Ayr United 1.
Second Half ends, Dunfermline Athletic 0, Ayr United 1.
Lee Ashcroft (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Craig Moore (Ayr United).
Attempt missed. Nicky Clark (Dunfermline Athletic) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Corner, Dunfermline Athletic. Conceded by Conrad Balatoni.
Michael Paton (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Patrick Boyle (Ayr United).
Corner, Dunfermline Athletic. Conceded by Conrad Balatoni.
Attempt blocked. Jason Talbot (Dunfermline Athletic) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. David Hopkirk (Dunfermline Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Jason Talbot (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Michael Rose (Ayr United).
Corner, Dunfermline Athletic. Conceded by Greg Fleming.
Attempt saved. David Hopkirk (Dunfermline Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Substitution, Dunfermline Athletic. Gavin Reilly replaces Joe Cardle.
Substitution, Ayr United. Gary Harkins replaces Alan Forrest.
Attempt missed. Brian Gilmour (Ayr United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
Attempt saved. Michael Paton (Dunfermline Athletic) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
David Hopkirk (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Daryll Meggatt (Ayr United).
Attempt saved. Alan Forrest (Ayr United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Ayr United. Craig Moore replaces Farid El Alagui.
Substitution, Ayr United. Craig McGuffie replaces Ross Docherty because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Joe Cardle (Dunfermline Athletic) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Callum Morris (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Farid El Alagui (Ayr United).
Substitution, Dunfermline Athletic. Michael Paton replaces Kallum Higginbotham.
Substitution, Dunfermline Athletic. David Hopkirk replaces Michael Moffat.
Callum Morris (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Farid El Alagui (Ayr United).
Ryan Williamson (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Daryll Meggatt (Ayr United).
Corner, Ayr United. Conceded by Sean Murdoch.
Attempt saved. Alan Forrest (Ayr United) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Ayr United. Conceded by Jason Talbot.
Corner, Ayr United. Conceded by Sean Murdoch.
Attempt saved. Michael Rose (Ayr United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
Foul by Callum Morris (Dunfermline Athletic).
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Cipriani, 28, will return to his first professional club after four seasons at fellow Premiership side Sale.
He has made 65 appearances for the Sharks - who currently lie seventh in the league - scoring 502 points.
Cipriani, who spent the 2011-12 season at Australian side Melbourne Rebels, has won 14 caps for England but missed out on the squad for the Six Nations.
Wasps, who have relocated to Coventry since Cipriani last played for them in 2010, are fourth in the Premiership.
Cipriani played 95 times for Wasps before leaving for the Rebels and says he returns a more mature individual.
"I'm excited about returning to Wasps next season. For me, it really does feel like coming home," Cipriani told the club's official website.
"I have such good memories of that period in my life, I feel much more equipped to handle and deal with the expectation that comes when you put on the black and gold jersey.
"'Once a Wasp, always a Wasp' is more than just a saying when you've been part of the club and I feel next season will be the right time for a new challenge, at a club which in my heart will always feel like a second home." | Sale Sharks fly-half Danny Cipriani has agreed a deal to rejoin former club Wasps from next season. | 35585157 | [
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Karen Jacquet, 59, was pronounced dead at the scene after officers were called to an address in Mill Gate, Newark, Nottinghamshire, on Wednesday.
Yousef Mohammed, 65, of Mill Gate, Newark, appeared at Nottingham Magistrates' Court charged with her murder.
He was remanded in custody and will appear via a video link at Nottingham Crown Court on Monday.
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The film's trailer attracted more "dislikes" than any trailer ever on YouTube, which suggested a concerted campaign by some fans of the original.
The Guardian is one of the papers that gives the film four stars: "Call off the trolls - Paul Feig's female reboot is a blast," it said.
"Fun oozes from almost every frame," Nigel M Smith said.
"Most crucially, the mean-spirited reception to the film before anyone had seen it does not seem to have put a dampener on the movie itself."
Robbie Collin in The Telegraph said: "The 2016 vintage of Ghostbusters speaks to its time with the same withering comic accuracy and hot-air-balloon-sized sense of fun as the 1984 original."
The New York Times' Manohla Dargis said: "the new, cheerfully silly Ghostbusters is that rarest of big-studio offerings — a movie that is a lot of enjoyable, disposable fun.
"Girls rule, women are funny, get over it."
Empire magazine has given the film three stars. Jonathan Pile said: "an effectively spooky opening gives way to a film that's fun, funny and full of energy. It's almost as if it never mattered that the four main characters were women. Strange that."
While Screen International's critic Tim Grierson said the remake was "a consistently funny pleasure".
"Never quite as sharp or inspired as the 1984 original, but radiating such good cheer that comparisons between the two films don't much matter."
But not all reviews were positive. Vanity Fair critic Richard Lawson was one of those not so impressed. He called it "a flat, occasionally charming disappointment".
"It spends so much time doing battle with its legacy that it forgets to be its own movie, putting a talented cast to waste and marking another disappointment in this dreadful summer movie season."
Chief film critic Peter Debruge with Variety agreed - he said the film spent "far too much energy channelling the original to establish its own identity."
Hollywood Reporter, David Rooney said: "The unfunny mess that hits theatres Friday, like a big goopy splat of ectoplasm, will no doubt make those naysayers feel vindicated.
"But the fact is that an oestrogen-infused makeover, particularly one with such a comedically gifted cast, was a promising idea. Sadly, that's where the inventiveness ended."
The film, which stars Melissa McCarthy, Leslie Jones, Kate McKinnon and Kristen Wiig, had its world premiere in Los Angeles on 9 July.
Speaking at the premiere Ghostbusters director Paul Feig said he understood fans were "nervous" about the film.
"I understand people are very passionate about this movie ... I get it. People are nervous. If I wasn't doing the movie, I would have been nervous.
"All I can say is we came to it with such a purity of spirit and so desperate to give a new audience what we all felt 32 years ago when we first saw it in a theatre."
Jamie East, film editor for The Sun, was one critic who received tweets questioning whether he had been paid for his review.
He tweeted: "Ignore the haters - #Ghostbusters is really, really good."
Helen O'Hara, who reviewed the film for GQ, was also questioned by fans online about her positive review.
"Ghostbusters is a very, very funny and occasionally scary movie, which features jokes aimed squarely at the misogynistic commenters who risked RSI attacking it for its female-led cast," she said.
Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram, or email [email protected]. | The Ghostbusters all female reboot has opened to mainly positive reviews. | 36763112 | [
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The number of pedestrians and cyclists hurt in accidents fell by more than a third between 2012 and 2016 - but the rate was lower in 20mph zones, the city council said.
The council said it will now evaluate the effectiveness of existing zones.
It also agreed to spend the £687,000 road safety pot on alternative schemes.
Since 2014, a 20mph limit has been introduced on more than 1,000 roads and around 138 schools in the city.
This has cost the council about £640,000, according to a BBC Freedom of Information request.
It led to an average speed reduction of 0.7mph in these areas but the "amount of accidents experienced in 20mph zones has not fallen as quickly as initially hoped", the council said.
For example, casualties of cyclists on the city's roads fell by more than 40% between 2012 and 2016 but the drop in 20mph zones was notably lower - 16% in Gorton and 12% in Miles Platting, Newton Heath, Moss Side and Fallowfield.
Last year, one person in Greater Manchester was convicted for exceeding the speed limit in a 20mph zone, police said.
While the review is undertaken, money for road safety will be spent on other traffic calming measures and pedestrian crossings.
Councillor Rosa Battle said: "It's important that we fully understand how effective these zones have been in terms of reducing accidents so far."
Rod King, director of 20's Plenty for Us, welcomed the report but said it was "incorrect to use early, small number datasets which are not statistically valid and compare them to whole city totals". | A plan to expand 20mph zones across Manchester is to be reviewed after their impact on reducing the number of accidents was called into question. | 39231956 | [
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan hit out after German authorities cancelled rallies designed to woo ethnic Turkish voters in Germany ahead of a key referendum.
"Your practices are not different from the Nazi practices of the past," Mr Erdogan said.
German Justice Minister Heiko Maas said the comments were "abstruse, malicious and absurd".
About 1.4m Turks in Germany can vote in the April referendum, which could give Mr Erdogan sweeping new powers.
Voters will be asked whether they back a new constitution, which would transform the country from a parliamentary republic into a presidential one.
That would give Mr Erdogan, as president, new powers over the budget and the appointment of ministers and judges, as well as the power to dismiss parliament.
They are Nato allies and major trading partners but that has not stopped Turkey's president from lashing out at Germany in an exchange you might expect from countries at war.
With a referendum soon to take place in Turkey, German local officials cancelled a political rally of the Turkish diaspora in Germany that Turkey's justice minister had planned to address. Mr Erdogan said that showed Germany had "no relation with democracy".
Berlin was infuriated after a German-Turkish journalist for the newspaper Die Welt was imprisoned in Turkey for alleged terrorism propaganda. Deniz Yucel had written about leaked emails that purport to show the influence of Mr Erdogan's son-in-law, who is the country's energy minister. The German government has called for Mr Yucel's release.
Turkey accuses Germany of harbouring terrorist groups. Mr Erdogan has described the journalist as an "agent" of the PKK Kurdish militants that Germany was "sheltering at the German consulate".
Many see in the president's rhetoric an attempt to win the support of Turkish ultranationalists here before the referendum in April. But in the process, a vital relationship between two countries - Nato partners and major trading allies - has reached a new low.
Speaking to German broadcaster ARD, Mr Maas said banning Mr Erdogan from visiting Germany or breaking off diplomatic ties would "play straight into the arms of [Russian President Vladimir] Putin, which no one wants".
Russia and Turkey have steadily improved ties as both countries' relations with the EU have cooled.
The deputy leader of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union party, Julia Kloeckner, said Mr Erdogan was "reacting like a stubborn child who can't get his own way".
Mr Erdogan has come under intense international criticism amid a far-reaching crackdown on his opponents since a failed military coup last year. Dozens of Turkish journalists and writers have been arrested, and a large number of diplomats and soldiers have sought asylum elsewhere.
Against this background, Turkey is targeting the millions of expatriate voters eligible to cast a ballot in the controversial poll - including the 1.4m in Germany.
However, officials have withdrawn permission for rallies in Gaggenau, Cologne and Frechen.
The Gaggenau authorities said there was insufficient space for the rally, while Cologne officials said they had been misled about the purpose of the event.
Addressing the German authorities at a rally in Istanbul on Sunday, Mr Erdogan said: "I thought it's been a long time since Germany left [Nazi practices]. We are mistaken."
His comments were in reference to the German Nazi party, which Adolf Hitler led to power from 1933 and 1945. The Nazis were responsible for the mass murder of six million Jews and millions of other people during, World War II.
The cancellations of the rallies in Germany came as a German-Turkish journalist was detained in Turkey, accused of being a member of the outlawed Kurdish militant group PKK.
Mr Erdogan has called the journalist - who works for well-established German newspaper Die Welt - a "German agent" and accused Germany of "aiding and harbouring terror".
German officials said such allegations were absurd.
Separately, the Austrian chancellor called for an EU-wide ban on political campaigning by Turkish politicians.
"A collective EU response to prevent such campaign events would make sense so that individual countries like Germany where appearances are forbidden don't end up being pressured by Turkey," Christian Kern told German newspaper Welt am Sonntag.
He also said the decades-long talks over Turkey joining the EU should be abandoned because the country had been "trampling on human rights and basic democratic rights".
"We can't continue negotiating about membership with a country that has been distancing itself from democratic norms and rule-of-law principles for years."
Austria has previously said Mr Erdogan cannot campaign in the country over the referendum. | Turkey's president has compared German officials to Nazis, in the latest escalation in a war of words. | 39173296 | [
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The former Rangers captain will join Killie on a three-year deal to team up with boss Gary Locke at Rugby Park.
McCulloch, 37, was deemed surplus to requirements at Ibrox after Rangers' new management team of Mark Warburton and David Weir arrived in June.
The former Wigan Athletic midfielder won three top-flight league titles and two Scottish Cups with Rangers.
McCulloch, who played many of his 46 games for Rangers last season in central defence, joins striker Kris Boyd and full-back Stevie Smith in making the move to Kilmarnock from Ibrox this summer.
Scotland international McCulloch was involved with Locke in Kilmarnock's preparations for Saturday's friendly against Berwick Rangers.
He joined Wigan from Motherwell in March 2001 and, after more than six years there, moved to Rangers for £2.25m. | Lee McCulloch will sign for Kilmarnock in a player-coach role, his representative has confirmed. | 33492092 | [
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The 19-year-old man was arrested after the incident at Killylea Road during the early hours of Tuesday.
He was detained on suspicion of possessing an offensive weapon and criminal damage.
The teenager has since been released on bail pending further inquiries. | A Samurai sword and an axe have been seized by police and a teenager has been questioned after officers were called to a "disturbance" in Armagh. | 34864393 | [
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It serves as a daily reminder that there are opportunities for those who apply themselves diligently at this tiny school of 81 pupils in a remote Amerindian village in Guyana.
Sometimes, though, the lack of modern teaching aids is a source of concern for long-time head-teacher Stephen Demetro.
"We have no internet and no computers, so we are at a disadvantage. It makes me feel guilty at national assessment time... we just don't have the resources," he said.
"Even the newspapers we get here can be a week late," he added, holding up a dated copy of the Stabroek News.
Home to 400 Macushi people - one of Guyana's nine Amerindian tribes - Moco-Moco is a sleepy conglomeration of traditional thatched-roof homes.
In this part of the Rupununi Savannah, scarlet macaws squawk from palm trees and tapir, deer and paca - which villagers still hunt using bows and arrows - roam wild.
Cassava crops, a staple food for millennia, fringe the settlement, which is linked to the nearest town by a long road dotted with potholes. On either side, giant termite mounds hold sway over the windswept plains like silent sentries.
Amerindians may have been the first people to inhabit Guyana and they still make up nearly a 10th of the six-race nation's population. But they are also among the country's most marginalised.
Sparse infrastructure and employment opportunities are obvious side-effects of life in isolated locations. Some say they are discriminated against as well.
Others describe a loss of identity, as a rich culture dating back 11,000 years is gradually eroded.
On top of that, there are increased threats to Amerindians' agrarian lifestyle from climate change, and encroachment on their historical land from the mining industry, a bulwark of Guyana's economy.
Thomas George, a former "Toshao" or village chief of Moco-Moco, says the lack of jobs drives "young brain-boxes" to the city, diminishing the community's strength.
One plan to combat that is the establishment of a cassava factory to create employment, along with saleable products made from the root vegetables such as tapioca, farine, a type of flour, and cassareep, a popular condiment.
But changing weather patterns pose a constant threat to agriculture. "When we expect sun we get rain, and when we expect rain we get sun. That affects food supplies," Mr George said.
"If the season changes and the floods come, it all goes down the drain."
Indigenous cuisine is something of a dying art in Moco-Moco, as are traditional crafts and even dialect.
A recently-opened youth centre aims to teach young Amerindians about their heritage, with classes on everything from the Macushi language to cooking pepperpot - an indigenous meat stew and Guyana's national dish.
"The school follows the national curriculum and that doesn't cater much to indigenous culture," Mr Demetro said. "It's up to teachers to find our own ways of integrating culture into it."
This year, nearly a billion Guyanese dollars (£4m) has been budgeted by the government for youth training programmes in 106 Amerindian communities across the country, according to Valerie Garrido-Lowe, the junior minister for indigenous people's affairs.
"Parents find it difficult to pay for basic items their children need in secondary school, so many pupils get despondent and leave," she said. "This money will support school dropouts, single parents and young adults who need a second chance in life."
In addition to remedial maths and English, and vocational skills like joinery, carpentry and dressmaking, participants will have the chance to learn about eco-tourism and hospitality in a bid to woo more visitors to Guyana's pristine hinterlands.
"It's about reviving our culture too," said Sydney Allicock, Guyana's first indigenous vice president. "Tourists are usually sympathetic to Amerindians and are interested in hearing our languages and being part of our activities. We want to share our ecosystem with them.
"This programme will help us teach them about jungle survival and traditional medicine; we'll take them hiking and birdwatching."
Mr Allicock says the government is also looking into renewable energy, like solar, wind and biogas, to lessen the impacts of global warming.
"We are seeing the effects in river levels, loss of wildlife, and trees losing their fruit because the temperature suddenly changes," he said. "From time immemorial, Amerindians have been the caretakers of the Earth, working alongside nature, yet we are the hardest hit by climate change."
Read more: South American rivals battle for 'Cinderella county' | Painted on a classroom wall, high above the modest wooden benches and chalkboards, Moco-Moco primary school's motto reads: "Onward upward may we ever go". | 37872304 | [
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Five independent commissioners will provide recommendations to deal with violence against the country's indigenous women.
Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett announced the inquiry at an emotional ceremony in Gatineau, Quebec.
The inquiry will last at least two years and cost up to $53.8m (£30.8m).
Though the federal government has launched the commission, each province has agreed to allow the commissioners to look at all jurisdictions, including whether local law enforcement or governments played a part.
The commission will also have the authority to summon witnesses to testify.
The investigation is expected to focus on the systemic causes of violence against indigenous women as well as recommendations on prevention.
A 2015 United Nations report revealed that young indigenous women in Canada were five times more likely to die under violent circumstances than non-Aboriginal women.
Families of victims have argued that police do not investigate missing indigenous women with the same scrutiny for cases involving white women.
The five commissioners are Marion Buller, British Columbia's first female First Nations judge; Michele Audette, a former president of the Native Women's Association of Canada; Qajaq Robinson, a Nunavut-born lawyer who focuses on aboriginal law; Marilyn Poitras, a law professor at the University of Saskatchewan; and Brian Eyolfson, a First Nations lawyer who served on the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario.
The investigation is set to begin in September and will run through 31 December, 2018.
BBC reporter Joanna Jolly went on the trail of the murdered and missing to find out why so many of Winnipeg's Aboriginal women and girls have been killed. Read full article | Canada has launched an investigation into missing and murdered indigenous women that will cost nearly C$14m (£8m) more than expected. | 36968381 | [
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The 21-year-old was fifth with 250 metres remaining before powering through to win a time of three minutes 31.447 seconds.
The Czech Republic's Josef Dostal took silver in 3:32.145, and Russia's Roman Anoshkin won bronze in 3:33.363.
Walz has an English father and a German mother, but grew up in Majorca, Spain.
Find out how to get into canoeing with our special guide.
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | Oxford-born Spaniard Marcus Walz produced a remarkable finish to take the Olympic kayak 1,000m title at the Lagoa Stadium. | 37098373 | [
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At the other end of the spectrum, there are plenty of people making goods a little better, and more expensively.
And most of these goods come with a big, luxury-brand label attached.
Di Gilpin's knitwear doesn't.
The prices are high, although not eye-poppingly so - in the region of £400 ($600, €550) for a sweater.
From her 15th Century bothy [one room stone cottage], near St Andrews in eastern Scotland, she has also created £4,000 knitted couture pieces for the catwalk.
It's anything other than a sleek, commercial machine: "The bothy sometimes smells quite woody or peaty. Its like walking into a woolly, sheepy environment - a nostalgic smell, comforting and inclusive and homey."
She says her creations also have a strong identity: "When you see a piece walking down the street people recognise what it is.
"Hand-knits become you in a sense. As you wear them they take on you as a personality - you might get recognised in the distance for the garment you're wearing."
Finding quality items with individual personality can be tricky as luxury-branded goods become more ubiquitous.
Uche Pezard, founder of luxury goods management consultancy Luxe Corp, illustrates this: "I was in Dubai last week. I could have been in New York or Shanghai - the malls all look the same.
"Homogenisation of the luxury model is good in a way because it keeps consistency. But it becomes tiring - and boring."
There's little homogeneity about US firm CustomMade.com, a website that claims to connect 12,000 makers with 100,000 buyers.
Customers effectively put their orders out to tender, so typically, these are one-offs.
You tell the site what you want, outline a budget, post an image if it helps, and designers and manufacturers will then offer their suggestions.
Its range of goods is almost limitless. It even made a Quidditch set for one couple.
CustomMade's president and chief executive, Seth Rosen, says: "There are a lot of companies that connect people to existing products - things that are already made.
"We are unique in that we seek to connect people who want to get something that is not yet made, made."
If there's one item that defines consistent luxury - but also individuality - perhaps it is the diamond.
In its pure form, this simple piece of rock doesn't come with a luxury brand label attached. Its appearance - and value - is enhanced by cutting and polishing.
At the SB Jewellery workshop in the UK's jewellery trade centre of Hatton Garden, London, Eddie Taylor is setting a diamond.
The stunningly beautiful stone is worth £18,000.
Part of the point of a diamond is its intrinsic value, he says. But even on a rock, sticking a well-known name on it can dramatically increase its perceived worth.
"If it's a Cartier, or a Tiffany, it will leap in price," he says. "You can easily pay 150% more for a diamond with one of those labelled boxes."
And even without the might of a big brand name, the value of a diamond is not set in stone, so to speak.
Eddie Taylor says that as mining giant De Beers tightly controls the supply of the precious stones, this underpins prices.
"De Beers has six skip loads of diamonds sitting about. Six skip loads. Imagine what that would do to prices if it were suddenly let on to the market. It would kill it."
De Beers' released its diamonds in strictly controlled sales that take place just 10 times a year to specially invited customers. But it says that's not an artificial restriction. It says it only has enough ready to sell to supply two of these sales.
Whatever the case, restricting supply is certainly one of the best-used tricks in the book, says Uche Pezard: "A Birkin or Kelly bag by Hermes costs about €10,000 (£7,200, $10,600). But they are simply not regularly stocked and you cannot go on a waiting list. You have to turn up at the shop and hope they have one on that day and you're in time to buy it."
That means, she says, their resale price far outstrips the original retail.
"In the UAE [United Arab Emirates] it is considered a sign of the most serious intent if the man presents one on a first date. To do that, he has to pay €50,000.
"You know why? He doesn't have time to buy one himself, so he has to go to someone who already has one."
Limiting supply is not a trick open to most smaller craft manufacturers. It is something Di Gilpin's small bothy does well enough in itself.
But getting her name out there is also hampered by its scale - and location. There a limit to the number of people who are going to pop in to browse in rural Fife.
So what do manufacturers do when they don't have the resources of a De Beers, an Hermes, or the other super-luxury brands?
But being the best can sometimes mean you get hunted out regardless.
CustomMade's Seth Rosen says word gets around: "Our approach has been to take care of our makers, keep the customers happy, and the growth takes care of itself.
"Our product is good enough if you just execute really well every day. That's what makes the difference."
When asked about her marketing budget, Di Gilpin laughs. It's so small it barely exists, she says. She will send you a USB stick loaded with films about the work, if you ask.
And that word-of-mouth can bring some impressive connections.
"Sometimes people come to us via quite odd routes," says Ms Gilpin. "Nike came to us looking for an expert in gansey knitting [a type of stitch favoured for fishermen's jumpers].
"It was interested in exploring the concept of knitting to create their running shoes. We discussed why knot [stitch] was better for making those than weaving. The nature of the knot stitch allows the shoe to move with the foot - like a second skin.
"Now, a lot of Nike shoes are knitted rather than woven - and that was through them coming to us."
Read more features in our Life of Luxury series here. | "There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper," said Victorian art critic John Ruskin. | 31091302 | [
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Its Green Budget, which looks at options and issues ahead of next month's Budget, says the UK's finances still have "a long way to go".
To meet plans announced in last year's Autumn Statement departmental spending cuts of £51.4bn, or 14.1%, are needed in the next parliament, the IFS said.
Cuts in the current parliament are expected to reach £38.3bn, or 9.5%.
The IFS said that over the next four years the UK is planning the largest fiscal consolidation out of 32 advanced economies.
It would mean public spending falling to its lowest share of national income since at least 1948, and fewer people working in the public sector than at any time since at least 1971.
But the report is optimistic about UK growth, estimating zero inflation and 3% growth this year.
Andrew Goodwin, senior economist at Oxford Economics and co-author of a chapter in the Green Budget, said: "The prognosis for the UK economy is pretty upbeat", and he predicted "a big turnaround in household finances" over the next year.
The Green Budget said that spending cuts so far have been less than planned.
Paul Johnson, director of the IFS, said: "Mr Osborne has perhaps not been quite such an austere Chancellor as either his own rhetoric or that of his critics might suggest.
"And he has cut departmental investment spending by only half as much as he originally planned.
"The public finances have a long way to go before they finally recover from the effects of the financial crisis.
"One result is that he or his successor will still have a lot of fiscal work to do over the course of the next parliament."
The report said that the high deficit of more than 5% of national income, and total debt of more than 80% of income, is because of poor economic performance at the start of this parliament.
But the coalition government has implemented fewer real spending cuts than originally planned, no net additional tax rises have been implemented, and tax revenues have risen slower than expected.
There has been no real reduction in spending on social security as the number of pensioners and the generosity of the state pension has risen.
The IFS's Green Budget starkly illustrates the central economic choice facing voters in May: bigger cuts with a Tory or Tory-led government; higher public sector debt with a Labour one.
The contest stems from their differing approaches to balancing the books.
The Tories want an overall surplus by 2018 and surpluses thereafter in all "normal" years; Labour wants balance only on the current budget - that's day-to-day spending, excluding investment - by 2020.
The IFS has provided a useful numerical way of understanding Tories' and Labour's conflicting economic visions - which is essentially that the Conservatives believe the imperative is to cut debt and the size of the state, whereas Labour wants potentially bigger budgets for building roads, rail and schools, and for funding the police and prisons.
Both parties promise to protect spending on health, education and overseas aid.
Read Robert Peston in full here.
The IFS said 98% of the remaining consolidation is currently planned to come from spending cuts rather than higher taxes.
It says that the three main UK parties could all cut spending by less than is implied by Autumn Statement plans and still hit their fiscal targets.
The Conservatives would need to reduce departmental spending after 2015/16 by 6.7% (£24.9bn).
And Labour and the Liberal Democrats would need to impose departmental spending cuts of 1.4% (£5.2bn) and 2.1% (£7.9bn) respectively to be consistent with their fiscal targets and stated intentions on tax and benefit policy.
But if Labour plans were continued into the 2020s the reduction in total debt would be 9% of GDP, compared with 19% under the Conservatives' proposed overall budget balance. | The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has said that the worst of the UK's spending cuts are still to come. | 31126283 | [
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The storms over the weekend killed six people, including two Girl Guides who were crushed by a falling tree.
Thousands of homes were also damaged.
Poland's chief forester Konrad Tomaszewski said it would take up to two years to clear the fallen trees, and decades for the lost natural habitat to recover.
He called it "undoubtedly the worst disaster in the history of Polish - and perhaps even European - forestry".
It is estimated the storms brought down over eight million cubic metres of lumber across 45,000 hectares of forest.
Some of the hardest hit areas were Torun, Gdansk, and Poznan - all in the northern and western parts of the country.
In Torun alone, the storms left more than 23,000 hectares of damaged forest. It also destroyed the habitats of rare species.
In a statement (in Polish), Polish State Forests said they found "destroyed bird nests" and "dead animals that failed to escape the storm."
The disaster comes as the Polish government faces criticism for logging in Europe's oldest forest, which is situated in the east of the country.
The Bialowieza forest is a Unesco world heritage site that sits along Poland's border with Belarus, and is home to rare wildlife.
Unesco, EU officials, and green activists have all opposed logging there and last month the European Union's top court ordered that large-scale logging operations be immediately stopped.
Logging banned in Europe's oldest forest
The Polish government responded by saying logging was necessary to protect the forest from an infestation of bark beetle.
The European Court of Justice will meet in a few months to determine whether the injunction will remain in place.
The European Commission is taking legal action against Warsaw, and if Poland loses the case it will be liable for multimillion euro fines. | Tens of thousands of trees have been brought down by storms that wreaked havoc across northern and western Poland, the forestry service says. | 40959863 | [
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"It was an emotional time," he says. "Often we would ask Lebanese people in the bombed south to also take their dogs off their hands… and they would agree only on the condition that we took a child as well".
Then, as a warden of the British embassy in Beirut, he appeared to have found his vocation - finding new homes for over 300 dogs and cats left behind by fleeing British expats.
Remarkably, he along with a US animal charity managed to find the funding to charter a 747 airliner to get them to America, where they were taken in by new owners.
That act was the start of what would eventually become a voluntary organisation called Beta (Beirut for the Ethical Treatment of Animals).
But now, 10 years later, the organisation is facing its own abyss - struggling to house 500 dogs and over 150 cats.
For the past two years, traditional supporters - mainly from the US and Canada - have stopped sending money, resulting in Beta facing possible closure due to mounting debt from food suppliers.
Just recently a campaign raised over $50,000 (£40,000), mainly from Lebanese sponsors, but Mr Barrett does not know if Beta can carry on, as its running costs are around $10,000 per month.
He believes that the Syria war is chiefly to blame for a drop in individual funding from the US, as people prioritise sending money to groups which support Syrian refugees.
The economic cost of the influx of almost two million refugees has also indirectly fuelled a rise in the number of abandoned dogs.
Unregulated dog-selling - a fast-buck business - has led to a growth in breeding farms, and dog-fighting rings have also increased - booming ventures at a time of financial uncertainty.
"It's all business," says Mr Barrett, with a wave of his hand.
He is particularly contemptuous of irresponsible pet owners, citing cases of dogs being bought for a child but becoming a burden, with new owners even unaware of the need to toilet-train puppies or take dogs on daily walks.
The result is a gargantuan number of dogs - around 40,000, according to Beta - on the streets in this tiny country.
"Most people want pure bred dogs, it's the 'show-off' factor. A huge problem here," he says.
"Impulse buying is a real problem and the Lebanese are really affected by Paris Hilton and other celebrities as they like to copy the stars. All the people I know who have dogs tell me that they bought if from South Africa or Russia. Showing off is a big part of it."
The problem is with a section of Lebanese society - as the amount donated to Beta's recent campaign shows, many Lebanese care that animals are well-looked after.
Beta's dog pound was previously a pig farm in Beit Meri in the hills overlooking Beirut.
It looks ramshackle and, like many of its residents, abandoned and unloved.
Helena Hesayne, an architect who gives most of her time to working for Beta, is excitedly greeted by many of the dogs, whom she knows by name.
"We just rescued a dog which was being used as 'bait' for fighting dogs in Saida, who will probably have to lose his leg," she tells me. "He's too thin at the moment to operate on."
"Recently an adult man shot a dog in front of children, although often it's the case that men in Lebanon force children to do acts of cruelty against animals as a way of toughening them up," she explains.
One case, in which a video clip showed a child being goaded to push a kitten off a roof-top, was hotly debated on a local television programme.
Many of the dogs which are rescued are sent to the US, where there is a better chance of them finding new homes, Ms Hesayne says - especially dogs with three legs.
On the day we meet, she is preparing to take six on an Air France flight to a new life in the States.
As we walk through the pen she recalls several of the dogs' heartbreaking ordeals.
"This one has a leg missing, that one was tortured, this one was shot. In fact, we have a number of dogs who have bullet wounds from pistols," she adds calmly.
"The recent fund drive helped us pay about a third of our food bill which was at about $120,000," she says. "But we need more adopters and more regular sponsors. The problem is that people think we are rich just because we have 500 dogs and 150 cats, but it's not the case at all."
Martin Jay is a journalist based in Beirut reporting for a number of British newspapers and Deutsche Welle TV. Follow him @MartinRJay | While Israeli jets pounded Lebanon in the summer of 2006 in its brief war against Hezbollah, John Barrett was breaking into abandoned pet shops to rescue starving animals in cages. | 36703873 | [
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The John Deere tractor was pulled over by officers in the village of Ripley and had two other males on board.
The vehicle had been seen in nearby Harrogate at about 05:00 GMT with no headlights on.
Police said the driver had no licence, was not insured and did not have permission from the tractor's owner.
The vehicle was seized, with the three due to be interviewed by officers.
Posting on Twitter, Insp Chris Galley said: "A strange end to a night shift. 15-year-old lad driving a tractor as a taxi for his drunk mates." | A tractor being driven by a 15-year-old boy "as a taxi for his drunk mates" has been stopped by police in North Yorkshire. | 38872959 | [
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Sylvia Jenkinson lost one of her closest friends in the explosion at Wood Treatment Ltd plant in Bosley, Cheshire, in 2015.
She said the whole community rallied to help the families of those left behind.
Dorothy Bailey, William Barks, Derek Moore and Jason Shingler all died in the huge explosion.
Her friend Dorothy would have been thrilled by the reaction, she said.
Mrs Bailey, 62, would not have believed the amount of love that flowed towards her after her death, Ms Jenkinson said.
"She would have been really, really happy to realise what people thought about her."
On the day of the fire, Ms Jenkinson had been on her way to a nearby school for a leavers service when she heard a sound like a "big bomb".
She realised the extent of the fire straight away, she said.
She had known most of the people involved in the fire, as had most of the people living nearby, and the fundraising started straight away with everybody joining in.
More than £230,000 was raised.
"I feel like I am accepting this award on behalf of Bosley," she said.
She had been absolutely shocked when the envelope with news of the honour arrived, she added.
"I felt thrilled, nervous, humble, privileged - the lot," she said.
"I could not concentrate on anything I was supposed to be doing."
The investigation into the fire continues. | A fundraiser who helped a community after four people died in a mill fire has been made an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours. | 40312887 | [
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Carl Tremarco scored a well-worked goal on the break to give the visitors a half-time lead.
That was extended early in the second period when Miles Storey's effort found the net via the post before Josh Meekings side-footed a third.
Kris Doolan's consolation gave home fans something to clap but Jordan Roberts notched a fourth for Caley.
It was an unusually abject performance from the Glasgow Jags, who were booed several times by their own fans and now sit six points ahead of the relegation zone with three games left.
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The match doubled as a bit of window shopping for Caley Thistle boss John Hughes, who has eyes for a few out-of-contract Partick players.
One of them is Steven Lawless, who should have done better with a left-foot shot that he dragged wide following some combative work by Ryan Edwards.
Partick's pre-match guide pointed out that the hosts had not scored a first-half goal at Firhill since 16 January, and it would be the visitors who hit the back of the net in the opening 45 minutes this time round in Maryhill.
Inverness broke on the counter attack with just under a quarter-of-an-hour gone and a fine pass by Andrea Mbuyi-Mutombo released Tremarco.
At first it seemed the Englishman was not sure what to do as he surged down the left, but he took the correct decision to plough on ahead and send a lovely finish into the far corner with the inside of his left boot.
Sean Welsh watched his free-kick well saved by the diving Owain Fon Williams in the Inverness goalmouth soon after.
Matters did not improve for the hosts after the break. Caley Thistle immediately extended their lead when Meekings found Storey at the right edge of the box. Hands were raised looking for an offside flag but the on-loan Swindon Town man focused on the task of hitting a shot goal-ward and in it went off the far post from a tight angle.
The Firhill crowd got even more uneasy when Roberts' close-range effort hit the post following good set-up play by Mbuyi-Mutombo, then Partick goalkeeper Ryan Scully had to pull off a great stop to deny Storey getting his second of the afternoon.
When Roberts' low drive narrowly missed the target moments later, the home support unleashed a barrage of boos.
Meekings did not miss, however. His controlled side-foot finish from Greg Tansey's corner made it three and very, very easy for Inverness.
Doolan did eventually manage to reduce the deficit, rounding Fon Williams after his initial effort was saved, but it did not take long for the visitors to restore their three-goal lead.
Richie Foran - who has had so many injury problems over the last two years - came on as a substitute and delivered a cross for Roberts to slam home at the back post and remind everyone which team had been in complete control. | Inverness Caledonian Thistle guaranteed Premiership safety by strolling to victory against Partick Thistle. | 36118545 | [
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The party, which is pitching itself as an alternative government for Wales, already launched some of its policies earlier this year.
They included the recruitment of 1,000 extra doctors and 5,000 nurses, the abolition of care home charges for the elderly and a proposal to pay off £18,000 of university debt if students return to Wales.
But the manifesto stretches far beyond the initial nine point plan, with a huge document some 194 pages long.
Plaid promises to save 10,000 lives between 2016 and 2026 through a range of measures, including action on public health actions and promoting individual lifestyle changes.
They include ensuring earlier diagnosis of disease and better access to life-saving treatments. "Overall we will reduce preventable deaths by 25% by 2026," the manifesto says.
And in a major shake-up to how the NHS is run, Plaid says it will fully integrate primary, community and adult social care.
It says it would create a "National Network of Acute and Specialist Hospitals", and consult on whether this will be run directly by the Welsh Government's Department of Health or by an arms-length NHS Board.
Community health services, such as GPs' surgeries, district nurses and mental health, would be run by local government.
Local health boards would be replaced with a "Community NHS" system delivered through new Regional Combined Authorities - new strategic bodies that will provide strategic planning for local government.
Plaid Cymru thinks the current tuition fee grant scheme is unsustainable and wants to end it and replace it with an entirely new system.
In its manifesto the party says it will reform student finance so that Welsh students who work in Wales after graduation will receive £6,000 a year, up to a maximum of £18,000.
Plaid also wants to:
Plaid Cymru promises a "national economic plan" to put Wales on a par with the rest of the UK "within a generation".
It says it aims to close the 30% income gap that has opened up between Wales and the rest of the UK within the "medium-term".
As well as that, the manifesto promises to restore the Welsh Development Agency to promote trade and investment in Wales.
Plaid says it would:
Plaid Cymru is backing the blue route "or a variation of it" to improve the M4. It also says it will invest in improvements to the A55.
It also pledges to:
Plaid says it will "produce proposals" for the reform of the present council tax system into a domestic property tax, which the party says would be fairer for those in less expensive properties.
Partial powers on income tax are due to be devolved in the next assembly term - and Plaid is pledging not to increase it.
The party says replacing council tax would allow the scope to introduce a middle rate of income tax which will be lower than the current UK higher rate of 40%.
Plaid also promising to raise the stamp duty threshold from £125,000 to £145,000, which the manifesto says would remove "over half of all buyers out of tax altogether".
The party says it will:
Plaid Cymru say they will 're-direct' more than £1bn of the Welsh Government's £15bn budget through ending some schemes and finding savings elsewhere.
These savings include:
That cash would be used to fund the party's programme, together withplanned increased to the Welsh Government's block grant by the UK Government.
The constitution isn't devolved, but Plaid Cymru say they'd propose the establishment of a constitutional convention to put together a new framework for co-operation between the different parts of the UK.
While its vision of Wales as a "self-governing country within a confederation of equals" is a medium-term aspiration, the party says independence remains a long-term aspiration.
The manifesto says the party reserves "the right to call a referendum in Wales on the principle of a confederal UK if the UK government refuses to establish a UK-wide convention".
But it adds that, provided its confederation plans can be achieved in a "reasonable" timeframe, the party does "not plan to hold a referendum on Welsh independence in the near term".
Meanwhile the party says it would: | Plaid Cymru is the first out of the blocks with this year's election campaign manifestos - but what does it promise? | 35967862 | [
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China has one of the biggest air pollution problems in the world.
Lots of people living there tend to wear special facemasks to help to filter out the pollution.
Italian architect Stefano Boeri came up with the idea of creating buildings which are full of plants, to help fight pollution.
These two special buildings will be home to more than 1,000 trees and 2,500 shrubs and bushes which should absorb the pollution in the air and help to filter it and make it cleaner.
The buildings will be built in the Chinese city of Nanjing, and should be finished by 2018.
The shorter tower will be a hotel, while the taller one will be home to a museum, offices and an architecture school.
The buildings are the first of their kind in Asia, but will join two other buildings like them, from Italy and Switzerland.
The architect has plans to build similar buildings in other Chinese cities like Chongqing, Shijiazhuang, Liuzhou, Guizhou and Shanghai.
In 2014 China's government said they were working hard to reduce the amount of pollution in the air - and since then they've been closing down coal-burning factories, and limiting the amount of traffic on roads. | These amazing forest buildings could help tackle China's pollution problems. | 38879823 | [
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Kirsty Williams told them they have a "responsibility as stewards of community, city and country", at a speech in Cardiff.
The referendum showed "notions of togetherness" were "perhaps weaker than we imagined", she warned academics.
The Conservatives said she had offered some "nuggets of wisdom" but was "exaggerating a sense of crisis".
Universities and the Ms Williams campaigned for the UK to remain an EU member before the vote in June.
However, Brexit was backed by 52.5% of voters in Wales, with 47.5% supporting Remain.
On Monday, First Minister Carwyn Jones said Wales must get away from the abuse and bitterness of the referendum campaign.
Speaking at Cardiff University on Thursday, Ms Williams claimed there was an "urgency" for universities to "recapture a civic mission" after the Leave vote.
She suggested the existence of much of what is taken for granted in modern life might not be as secure as many people believe.
"The victories that help bend the arc of history towards progress - feminism, opening up access to education, civility in our discourse and towards others, civil rights, even devolution - may be far more fragile than we imagined," Ms Williams said.
"The vote showed that when people and communities think advancements are for the benefit of others - rather than for them, their families or society at large - they will think they have nothing to lose by standing against these."
Urging colleges to do more to reach out to people across Wales, Ms Williams said the referendum exposed the "distance between campus and community".
She warned: "At a UK-level, the pro-EU campaign of universities was too easily dismissed as one of self-interest, almost exclusively focused on income.
"This is not to exempt politicians and government from criticism, far from it. But it is certainly incumbent on universities to reflect on the distance between campus and community exposed by the referendum."
Ms Williams has also announced she is establishing a Welsh Higher Education Brexit Working Group, to advise on the "impact and possibilities" arising from the UK's departure from the European Union.
Six years ago the then Education Minister Leighton Andrews said university governance was "the last resting place of the crachach" - elitist and detached from mainstream Welsh society.
In her first big address to university bosses, Education Secretary Kirsty Williams's tone was distinctly less confrontational.
But her more nuanced message still displayed a view in government that institutions getting millions in public money should do more for their communities and the nation.
"They can't hide behind the walls of their very fine buildings - they have to be a part of the communities in which they are placed and the country as a whole - they recognise that," she told me afterwards.
The EU referendum - in which the universities argued strongly to stay in - is one example of the divide between campus and community, she says.
The universities' response is to say they are committed to bridging the gap and will build on what they already do in their communities.
And both government and universities will hope the Diamond Review on higher education finance, due to report later this month, will go some way to resolving the tensions between them over funding.
Conservative education spokesman Darren Millar accused the minister of "exaggerating a sense of crisis and division".
"There are some nuggets of wisdom in this speech, and few would argue that the gap between campus and community has widened over the course of a generation," he said.
"However, the suggestion that Wales' decision to leave the EU has somehow placed education, civil rights or feminism under threat is absolute nonsense."
Cardiff University vice chancellor Prof Colin Riordan, who chairs Universities Wales, said: "Being part of and contributing to community has always been at the heart of what we do as universities."
He added: "We are proud of our successes, but we can do more to embrace and appreciate the cultural and social diversity of the communities within which we sit." | Universities should help re-unite Welsh society after the Brexit vote, the education secretary has said. | 37299382 | [
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Vokes is now tied to the Turf Moor club until the end of the 2018-19 season.
"My massive goal is to do well at club level and play at the Euros in the summer," Vokes told BBC Radio Wales.
The 26-year-old, who has six goals in 37 games for his country, has been with the Clarets since joining from Wolves in July 2012.
He has scored 31 goals in 137 appearances in all competitions for Burnley, with a total of 64 in 300 career games.
He has netted five times in 27 games for Sean Dyche's side this season.
"It's great to put pen to paper, I've been very happy at Burnley, it's a club I've found a home at in the last few years," he said.
"We are concentrating on pushing for promotion and that was a massive factor in signing the new deal, the belief I have in the club.
"Promotion is a big aim and I think we've got the squad to do that."
A spot in Chris Coleman's 23-man squad for Wales' first major football tournament since 1958 this summer is another priority.
"I'm not guaranteed a spot, it's never a given or something I'd take for granted. You need to be playing well for your club to be picked for your country," Vokes added.
"I need to do well this season and that gives me the best chance of going to France and forcing my way into the team."
Vokes' 2014-15 campaign was hampered by a cruciate ligament injury but has suffered no problems since having surgery.
"Three-and-a-half more years shows faith from the club in me and they stood by me with my injury," he said.
"I'm over the injury, it's behind me now, but the club were great with me.
"Playing week in and week out has helped." | Striker Sam Vokes is aiming for promotion and a place in Wales' Euro 2016 team after signing a new contract with Burnley. | 35382370 | [
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The index crossed the 4,000 mark for the first time since 2008 on Friday.
China's monthly trade data showed its exports fell in March from a year ago by 14.6% in yuan terms, compared with forecasts for a rise of more than 8%.
Imports fell 12.3% in yuan terms compared with forecasts for a fall of more than 11%.
The official numbers mean the country's monthly trade surplus has shrunk to its smallest in 13 months.
Analysts said the export numbers for March were a surprise.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng index closed up 2.7% at 28,016.34 to hit a fresh seven-year high as the market continued to benefit from large inflows of money from mainland Chinese investors through the new stock connect trading link.
Last month, Beijing allowed mutual funds to invest in Hong Kong through the connect plan.
In Japan, the benchmark Nikkei 225 index closed flat, down just 0.01% at 19,905.46 points.
On Friday, the index traded above 20,000 for the first time since April 2000 and it is up nearly 15% this year.
Australian shares were in positive territory early on Monday but lost gains later with the S&P/ASX 200 closing down 0.14% at 5,960.30.
Commodity prices were weighing on shares of some mining companies as iron prices remain depressed.
Australia has said it expects the plunging price of iron ore to slash revenue forecasts by A$25bn (£13bn; $19bn) over the next four years.
Australian Treasurer Joe Hockey told the Australian Financial Review that the price for iron ore, Australia's biggest export, could fall as low as $35 a tonne.
Atlas Iron shares remained suspended. The company said on Friday that it would stop all mining in Australia because iron ore prices were below its breakeven level.
"Despite an extensive cost-cutting programme... the global supply-demand imbalance for iron ore has driven prices down to the point where it is no longer viable for Atlas to continue production," the firm said.
In South Korea, the Kospi share index closed up 0.5% at 2,098.92. | Shares in China were higher on Monday as weaker-than-expected trade data from the mainland raised hopes among investors that Beijing may introduce further stimulus measures soon. | 32281828 | [
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Many of the country's 32 local authorities had voiced concerns about a 2% fall in their income.
Mr Swinney told the local government and regeneration committee he did not underestimate the "on-going challenges".
However, he believed councils had been given a "very credible settlement".
I think some of the talk has been frankly over the top about the impact of the settlement for local government.
The minister said that in 2016/17, local authority spending would be cut by £350m, which equates to a 2% reduction.
Mr Swinney insisted that headline figure was not the full story.
He explained to MSPs: "When we take into account that £250m is going to be spent through the integrated joint boards to support expenditure on services which local authorities are key participants, and given the guidance that I have issued to local authorities as to what they can expect that fund to support, that result is a net reduction in the local authority budget of about £100m, out of £16bn, which equates to less than 1%."
For the last seven years local authorities have carried out a deal with the Scottish government whereby council tax bills have remained frozen.
However, this year Moray Council considered a move to increase council tax bills by 18% to ease the cuts burden.
It decided not to go ahead with the plan because it would have resulted in the Scottish government withholding £1.1m to offset the freeze.
Council leader Stewart Cree said: "We simply cannot proceed with the proposal as the extra penalties it would now attract would have a devastating effect on the services people in Moray tell us they want protected.
"So to make ends meet this year the administration have decided to defer certain works and spending, and to draw the remaining shortfall from reserves."
Responding to a question about Moray Council's proposal to drop the tax freeze, Mr Swinney said: "I think some of the talk we have heard has been frankly over the top about the impact of the settlement on local government.
"I don't underestimate the on-going challenges in delivering public services within a constrained financial environment."
He added: "In all, I think the settlement offered to local government is a very credible settlement, it certainly doesn't merit the type of description it has had from certain voices within local authorities and it most definitely does not merit an 18% increase in the council tax."
Separately, Scotland's first minister has called on councils to "do the right thing" and accept the funding deal being offered by the Scottish government.
Nicola Sturgeon insisted local authorities were being given a "good deal" as part of the budget, with a package containing resources that will help them pay the living wage to care workers.
She made the plea as the 9 February deadline loomed for local authorities to sign up to the financial package. | Scotland's Finance Secretary John Swinney has said talk about reduced council budgets impacting on local services was "frankly over the top". | 35481966 | [
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The fashion designer had told Yahoo that casting directors dressed Hadid in a poncho for a fashion show because she was not as thin as the other models.
But he has now clarified his comments and said the story was misleading.
Hilfiger said: "The suggestion that I thought [Hadid] wasn't thin enough upsets me to no end. Gigi is the epitome of perfection."
In the Yahoo interview, Hilfiger referred to a 2015 fashion show in which Hadid wore a poncho which covered most of her body.
Hilfiger said he wanted Hadid to be dressed in something which better showed off her figure, but members of his creative team disagreed.
"Our casting director said, 'She doesn't really fit because you know she's not quite as tall as the other girls, she's not quite as thin,'" Hilfiger originally said.
"So they put a red, white, and blue poncho on her. It covered a lot of her body unfortunately, but it received millions of hits."
Hadid's appearance in the poncho proved hugely popular, and she later went on to collaborate with Hilfiger, launching her own line of clothing for the brand earlier this year.
After Hilfiger's comments sparked criticism, the designer criticised the original story's headline as "misleading".
Speaking to Page Six, Hilfiger said: "The casting people put Gigi in the poncho, and I was not happy.
"I was saying, 'Don't hide her body.' Even though the poncho ended up being the best-selling piece, I was very unhappy."
The designer also released a statement to Entertainment Tonight, in which he said he was "extremely proud" to have Hadid representing his brand.
"Gigi is truly the definition of a 'Tommy Girl' - her magnetic personality is bright, confident and always optimistic," he said.
"I've known her for many years, and am extremely proud to have her as the ambassador of my brand and as a collaborator of our collections.
"Any statement to the contrary is completely false. The headline from the interview with Yahoo was misleading and has since been corrected."
Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram, or if you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | Tommy Hilfiger has said suggestions he thought Gigi Hadid was not thin enough to model are "completely false". | 37870725 | [
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When Google paid $3.2bn (£2.1bn) to buy Tony Fadell's start-up Nest in 2014, it got much more than just an internet-connected thermostat and smoke detector.
It got the man dubbed the "the iPod's father" - the engineer/designer who sold Steve Jobs on his vision of a portable music player, and then worked alongside Jony Ive to build it, update it and then repeat the process with the iPhone.
Now, the two men are set to go head-to-head. First with wearable tech, and then later, perhaps, with competing car designs - more of which later.
Tellingly, Mr Fadell reveals he recently started testing Sir Jonathan's latest product, the Apple Watch, although he was not wearing it at the time of interview.
"I've had mine for about two weeks now," he says.
"I think they did a tremendous job on the hardware components of it.
"They are trying many different things with that platform - some are going to be great, and some are not."
When Mr Fadell agreed to sell Nest to Google, the reason he gave was that joining forces would accelerate his "thoughtful home" master plan - he hates the term "internet of things", which he says does a "disservice" to his products.
But in January, it became clear that Google's chief executive, Larry Page, had wider uses for his hardware expertise, and the troubled Glass computer was added to his duties.
"It wasn't handed to me and said, 'Tony clean it up,'" Mr Fadell clarifies, "I offered."
"I remember what it was like when we did the iPod and the iPhone. I think this can be that important, but it's going to take time to get it right."
The $1,500 (£965) "explorer edition" of Glass was soon pulled from sale, and Mr Fadell made clear that future test versions would be kept in-house.
That was widely seen as a shift in strategy for Google - a company that took five years to take its Gmail service out of "beta" status, and that still invites users to "play" with preview versions of other products.
Moreover, it caused anger among developers who had sunk time and money into making apps for a product that no longer existed.
But Mr Fadell defends the shift, saying a distinction needed to be drawn between hardware and software.
"If you are only doing services based on electrons, you can iterate quickly, test it, and modify it and get it right," he says.
"But when you are dealing with actual atoms - hardware - and you have to get manufacturing lines and it takes a year or more to develop that product, you better understand what it is and what it's trying to do and specifically what it's not going to do.
"Customers have to spend money to buy those atoms.
"They want something that delivers value or you end up with a real disappointment and you can spoil the market."
For now, that leaves Mr Fadell's reputation dependent on his Nest line-up.
It is limited to three products, including the recently launched Nest Cam.
The motion-detecting camera streams live footage and sound from the owner's home to an app and can save memorable moments in the cloud.
If you get over the creepiness factor of effectively spying on your family, it's fair to say the device shares the crisp, stylish look of the Nest's other products, and reviews have been positive.
But the camera is actually an upgrade to an earlier device made by Dropcam - a company Nest acquired.
That means Mr Fadell's division has not created a new product category of its own since joining Google.
Bearing in mind, Mr Page told him to "keep doing what you're doing, and do it as fast as you possibly can", it raises the question: what's taking so long?
"Talk to me about the number of home product companies who have come out with three different product categories in less than five years... are shipping and they are the number ones in their category," says Mr Fadell, slightly bristling.
"I would love to have more, faster.
"But it takes time - it really takes time to make these products to the level of design and near-perfection that we achieve."
He adds that Nest's biggest goal right now is to expand the range of third-party products its devices talk to - for example its Thermostats can switch LG fridges into energy-saving mode when no-one's in, and its Protect sensors can make Philip's Hue lights flash red if they detect smoke or carbon monoxide.
But such advances have less impact than a new product.
"Despite his substantial success to date and involvement in key products such as Apple iPod, Mr Fadell has arguably not yet reached the truly iconic status bestowed upon Jonathan Ive," Ben Wood, from the tech consultancy CCS Insight, says.
"Given the huge amount Google invested in the acquisition of Nest to secure his services there must be an expectation that he too can deliver his own portfolio of truly disruptive devices with mass appeal.
"Google still lacks a smash-hit consumer electronics device of its own - it would be sensible to assume it hopes Mr Fadell can deliver that missing element."
The two men worked together on first iPods and iPhones, but are credited with different achievements.
With the iPod, Mr Fadell first convinced Steve Jobs of the wisdom of developing a portable music player and then worked out how to incorporate a hard drive - a fragile component - into a device that could be thrown about, sat on and generally abused.
Jony Ive's breakthrough was his design of its thumb-wheel, which scrolled through songs more rapidly as it was spun more quickly.
With the iPhone, perhaps Mr Fadell's greatest feat was finding a way to shrink the tech necessary to offer a multi-touch user interface on a handheld device.
Jony Ive's skill was best summed up by one writer as making the final product look almost more like "a piece of jewellery than a gadget".
In post-Jobs Apple, Sir Jonathan's influence has grown further - extending to the look of the company's operating system software, the creation of its Watch and even the design of its new headquarters.
By contrast, Mr Fadell has thrived beyond - building and selling a multi-billion dollar company, reinventing mundane household devices as desirable gadgets, and becoming one of Google's key figures.
This leads to thoughts about whether Mr Fadell could become involved in other Google projects.
A question about working on its growing roster of robots is rebuffed on the grounds that they are still a long way from leaving the lab.
But self-driving cars, he adds, are much closer to launch and a "big curiosity".
"I don't think you've seen anything of what the design of the car could look like when it first materialises," he says.
"How do you make those occupants feel like they are safe and make sure they are safe?
"How does the car exude safety [and be] fashionable as well?
"How does this 'utility' self-driving car also be a reflection of you, right, as well as itself and also be transparent about its safety?
"Those are very interesting questions that still need to be dealt with."
He adds that he has "some thoughts" about the answers and is sharing them with others involved in Google's self-driving car project.
"We are having discussion about them all the time," he says.
"I always have ideas - it's whether or not people want to hear them."
So, nothing official yet.
But it would not be a surprise if Google eventually announces Mr Fadell is adding automobile design to his list of duties.
And if, as rumoured, Sir Jonathan and his team are also working on their own electric car concept, that could set up a fascinating clash between the two former colleagues in the future. | Is Tony Fadell destined to eclipse his former Apple workmate Sir Jonathan Ive? | 33551340 | [
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Tomer Hemed supplied two goals and scored a third as Chris Hughton's side bounced back from defeat at Cardiff.
Jamie Murphy and former City striker Sam Baldock had the Seagulls two ahead early on before Hemed latched on to Beram Kayal's ball for the third goal.
Mark Little deflected the fourth into his own net, while Kieran Agard hit the crossbar with a late penalty for City.
Victory for Brighton keeps them fourth in the table on an evening when the division's top four sides all won.
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Hemed, a summer arrival from Almeria, scored his ninth league goal of the season to effectively wrap up the points on 56 minutes.
He had already showed his creative side for Murphy's early finish from inside the area, and then Baldock's low drive from the edge of the box in the first half.
The Israel international also went close to a second goal when he drilled a long-range shot just over the bar.
On a night to forget for Lee Johnson and his side, they were denied a stoppage-time consolation from the spot when Agard could only strike the bar from 12 yards.
Bristol City head coach Lee Johnson:
"It was a frustrating night. We huffed and we puffed to try and blow their house down, but theirs was made of brick and ours was made of paper.
"It disappointed me that we ran out of ideas after Brighton's first goal and there are no excuses. We weren't good enough on the night.
"There is a positive in the fact that the bottom three all lost and another round of games has gone by, but we want to be looking up the table."
Brighton manager Chris Hughton:
"I was delighted the penalty didn't go in at the end because it would have put a damper on a near-perfect team performance.
"We had to improve because the display at Cardiff wasn't good enough and Bristol have been in good form and we only won comfortably because we did everything right.
"It was as complete a performance as we have put in all season. We are not a team who scores a lot of goals so to get four was very pleasing." | Brighton got their Championship promotion push back on track with an emphatic win at Bristol City. | 35584346 | [
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They have occupied a floor of the university's administration building.
The students, from the Fossil Free QUB group, began their action following a winter graduation ceremony on Friday afternoon.
They claim they will "indefinitely" occupy the floor, at the rear of the 'quad' in the main Lanyon building.
The building is home to the university's finance, academic and student affairs departments.
The students are calling for the university to withdraw its investments entirely from fossil fuel corporations and to pursue a renewable energy agenda.
One of the students involved, Sean Fearon, said the university was being "intransigent" in refusing to commit to divestment.
"They have offered to review their ethical investment policy, which we see as an attempt to slow the campaign," he said.
"We want a timetable for a five-year programme for the university to withdraw any investments in fossil fuels.
"As the United Nations Conference on Climate Change is ending, it is symbolic that we've taken action to fight for our future and a cleaner planet."
He said the students planned to stay in the building until the university negotiated "properly" about their investments.
In a statement, a spokesman for Queen's said: "At its meeting on 14 October 2015, the university investment committee agreed to carry out a comprehensive review of its investment policy.
"The review is expected to take six to nine months and will be informed by best practice in the area of socially responsible investment.
"As part of this review the university has engaged directly with students of Fossil Free QUB.
"To help inform the investment policy review a workshop will be held in early January 2016 and will include students from Fossil Free QUB." | About 15 students are occupying part of a Queen's University Belfast building in protest at its failure to commit to divestment from fossil fuels. | 35075349 | [
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The 17-year-old scored 330.70 in Kiev to finish ahead of Russian duo Anna Chuinyshena (326.90) and Iuliia Timoshinina (313.30).
"To be honest, I did not expect this victory," said Toulson. "I am not totally satisfied with my dives yet."
The World Championships take place in Budapest, Hungary from 14 July.
Toulson is expected to compete both individually and with Tonia Couch in the synchronised event. | Britain's Lois Toulson won European Championship gold in the 10m platform as she finalises her preparations for next month's World Championships. | 40271195 | [
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Advertising plays a central role at Christmas, and for over 100 years has extended its reach from posters to radio, TV and now online.
Successfully making that last leap has become the holy grail of Christmas advertising.
"The strategy among the retailers now is to get the ad into a prime time spot," says Neil Saunders, managing director of retail research agency Conlumino.
"From then on TV becomes less important as the message goes off into social media, where there is less cost and the reach can be phenomenal, far greater than TV."
So, let's look at how that works with one of the most famous, the John Lewis ManOnTheMoon commercial.
In early November it launched the ad, telling the story of a small child who sees a lonely old man through a telescope living on the moon, and sends him a Christmas present by balloon.
Conventional wisdom might assume that the campaign should spark interest in the retailer - John Lewis - but there's barely a mention of the name.
Instead the aim seems to be to spark interest in the ad itself.
To this end John Lewis actually advertised the advertisement with a 10 second teaser commercial a week before it went live, and fired up social media interest with the #ManOnTheMoon hashtag.
Three hours after the advert was aired, #ManOnTheMoon was trending with 40,000 tweets.
And it doesn't stop there. Of the £7m spent on the campaign, John Lewis spent only £1m on the ad itself, which is just the tip of a merchandising iceberg.
There's an app offering moon-related information. There's a tie-in with a game that can be played on mobiles, sending your presents to the moon by balloon, though at this point Christmas sentimentality is abandoned in favour of eluding surface to air missiles.
Then there's a link-in with ManOnTheMoon telescopes, pyjamas, bedding, mugs and so on.
"The key to the John Lewis ad is that people no longer watch real-time television," says Jacques de Cock of the London School of Marketing.
"They defer their watching to Netflix or YouTube, and to capitalise on this market advertisers have to make their ads into social phenomena."
The reality is that companies are having to make contact with a customer whose habits are dictated not by TV but by the internet.
For instance, view the new Harvey Nichols commercial and the last frame has a "Shop Now" button to take you straight to the store.
You can't do that on TV.
But the customer is doing a lot more than just clicking and buying Uncle Cedric's Christmas socks on Amazon.
He or she is researching, comparing prices and browsing online, before either clicking or physically marching into the store and demanding the socks over the counter.
According to Forrester Research, by 2020, 53% of retail sales across Europe will be influenced one way or another by the online world.
So it is not important to an advertiser by what mechanism the money is spent. What matters is where the customer makes up his or her mind - and that space is increasingly a digital one.
All of which shapes the way ads are made.
Sainsbury's advert "Mog's Christmas Calamity" written by the writer and illustrator Judith Kerr runs for a full three and a half minutes. The traditional TV ad break spot could never support that on a regular basis - but the internet can.
Lifting time restrictions allows for a great deal more creativity. For instance, the Mulberry Christmas commercial turns the gift of a red bag into a parody of the Nativity, attended by shepherds and Wise Men, which is witty both visually and verbally ("It is a thing of wonder" extols one of the Wise Men).
And there are other opportunities to add nuances to your brand.
Click on the end of the Sainsbury's commercial and up come links to Judith Kerr's book, the making of the commercial, Save the Children, competitions, recipes and of course Sainsbury's produce.
"We love working for retail," says James Murphy, chief executive of adam&eveDDB, which made the John Lewis ad.
"Retail is the new rock and roll in advertising. It is a great shop window for your creativity and for your effectiveness."
Some might argue the industry is taking itself a teensy weensy bit too seriously. The Burberry Christmas commercial, borrowing its theme from the play/movie Billy Elliot, rolls its own credits at the end.
Bizarrely, the prize for the most viewed ad this Christmas goes to the German supermarket chain Edeka which has been shared 2.39 million times online, leaving John Lewis (1.3 million) and Sainsbury (917,000) trailing in its wake.
It tells a tear-jerking tale, that some might find in questionable taste, of an old man abandoned by his family at Christmas, until, by faking his own death he manages to bring them round the table for Christmas dinner.
Edeka doesn't have an international retail operation. Yet the ad appears on YouTube with English subtitles, suggesting the commercial is as interested in its own brilliance as it is in trying to sell a product.
Supermarket chain Aldi tried to puncture this sort of self-indulgence by making a parody of John Lewis's ManOnTheMoon ad with the frail old gentleman debating whether he should buy a cheaper telescope at Aldi.
But it raises the question - does any of this actually increase sales?
Marks and Spencer tried to tap into this market in 2014, with its Magic and Sparkle TV commercial showing fairies carrying out gratuitous acts of generosity.
The fairies gathered 42,000 Twitter followers and the campaign was hailed as the most imaginative social media event of the year.
But it didn't work in terms of sales and Christmas turnover slumped.
"The campaign is only successful if you have the right product at the right price," says Neil Saunders.
"People may want to come to the shop, but if they can't find what they want they won't buy."
This year M&S has avoided story-telling and instead opted for what is little more than a glitzy montage of its wares.
However, Robert Jones head of new thinking at agency Wolff Olins argues the campaign was still effective.
"It may not have worked in terms of Christmas sales - but this is part of a long term strategy to create an image. You can't change the way people see you in a single year."
So is the John Lewis ad working?
On the big discount day, Black Friday, sales were up 4.8% on last year. But it is worth noting that whatever the long term effect, the only John Lewis item featured in the ad - a telescope - had sold out online five hours after the ad went live. | The internet is reinventing the Christmas TV commercial, making it more creative, more ambitious - and arguably more self-regarding. | 34745809 | [
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The justices said they would hear a combined case about marriage bans in four states.
But a supreme court ruling on the cases could fully legalise gay marriage in the US.
The court previously struck down a US law preventing federal recognition of marriages in states allowing same-sex unions.
After that ruling, a wave of decisions in the regional federal appeals courts ended numerous state gay marriage bans.
Thirty-six states and the District of Columbia now issue marriage licences to same-sex couples. Fourteen state bans remain.
On Friday, the justices said they would take up cases from gay and lesbian plaintiffs in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee.
In November, a US appeals court overturned rulings striking down marriage bans in those four states, the first appeals court to do so since the Supreme Court's initial gay marriage ruling.
The US high court previously declined to intervene in cases that had made it to the appeals court level, effectively allowing marriages to go forward.
During two-and-a-half hours of arguments, the justices will consider two related questions - whether the US constitution requires states to issue marriage licences to gay and lesbian couples and whether states must recognise such marriages performed in other states.
The case will be argued in April and a decision is expected by late June. | The US Supreme Court will rule this year on whether gay couples have a right to marry across all states. | 30855786 | [
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The US Department of Justice alleged that Mr Clark advised Ulbricht about the best way to run the site and how to evade the police.
The Silk Road website was shut down in late 2013 following raids by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies.
It was a marketplace sited on the dark web through which many people bought illegal drugs. In May this year Ross Ulbricht was sentenced to life in prison for creating and running the site.
The DoJ alleges that Mr Clark was a "high-ranking" operator on the Silk Road and was instrumental in helping Ulbricht run it. He gave advice about ways to improve the technology underpinning the site, boost sales and on the best way for Ulbricht to hide his real identity, said US authorities.
Mr Clark was paid "at least hundreds of thousands of dollars" for this advice, said the DoJ in a statement announcing the arrest.
"Clark may have thought residing in Thailand would keep him out of reach of US authorities, but our international partnerships have proven him wrong," said FBI assistant director Diego Rodriguez.
On the site and in other underground forums, Mr Clark is believed to have used several nicknames including "Variety Jones, "VJ", "Cimon" and "Plural of Mongoose".
Extradition proceedings have been started against Mr Clark to transfer him from a jail in Thailand to the US.
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Both men retired on 105 as they punished a tiring students attack.
Donald, 19, is the second youngest player to reach three figures for Glamorgan.
The record is still held by Mike Llewellyn, who was aged 18 when he scored a century against Cambridge University in 1972.
Donald had previously made 98 in the final game of the 2015 season against Gloucestershire.
"It was nice to tick it off, it's been looming over me a bit during the winter. It's really special, nice to get over the line in the first game of the season," Donald told BBC Wales Sport.
"Pleased for Dai as well, to have two maiden first-class tons in one game was a pretty good effort."
Lloyd, whose previous best was 92 at Northampton in 2015, reached his century with a six.
"I was just pleased to get over the line, and for Aneurin as well," he said.
"Last season was a stepping stone for me and hopefully I can go one step further with bat and ball."
The pair's run-scoring feats are likely to provide a difficult selection decision for Glamorgan's Championship opener against Leicestershire, with South Africa international batsman Colin Ingram yet to come into the side.
"Hopefully we've put ourselves up there for selection. It's about being in the mix, and you can't ask any more of ourselves to both get hundreds," said Donald.
"We accept this year there's going to be more competition for places which is a great thing for the club, pushing us as batters and bowlers."
Donald could still beat Matthew Maynard's record for the youngest Championship century, achieved in 1985.
Earlier Glamorgan's top order had all spent time at the wicket without going on to make big scores, as James Turpin and Alex Thomson claimed two wickets apiece.
The run-scoring exploits came after day one of the three-day match was washed out. | Glamorgan batsmen Aneurin Donald and David Lloyd both hit maiden first-class centuries as they piled up 444-7 against Cardiff MCCU. | 35998571 | [
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Ben Hooper started his 2,000-mile (3,200 km) swim from Dakar harbour in Senegal, west Africa.
Mr Hooper's four-month attempt is due to end in Natal in north-east Brazil, next March.
The 38-year-old long-distance swimmer from Cheltenham is hoping his sponsored Swim The Big Blue challenge will raise £1m for charity.
Other people have attempted the swim, but were not ratified by Guinness World Records.
French swimmer Benoit Lecomte was credited as the first to swim across the Atlantic without a kickboard in 1998, but this was not verified.
Mr Hooper said he faces hazards such as storms and ocean predators.
"The idea is to get across safely and I think my only real fear is if something goes mechanically wrong with me.
"Beyond that I am not too worried about marine life. I am going into their world, so I need to be respectful," he said.
"I've already met sharks and jellyfish and nothing has eaten me yet."
Mr Hooper is swimming freestyle front crawl for up to 12 hours a day, and will have to eat 12,000 calories a day to maintain his strength.
He is accompanied by two support boats. The crews include a medic, body therapist and an official observer who will be reporting back to Guinness.
Nigel Taylor-Schofield, captain of one of the support vessels, said before the swim: "There are not many 'firsts' left in this world and I am looking forward to helping Ben join that exclusive and elusive club."
Mr Hooper has completed 12 million metres (7,456 miles) of ocean and pool swimming in preparation. | A man has set off in a bid to set the first official world record for swimming across the Atlantic Ocean. | 37837271 | [
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BBC correspondents from around the UK reflect on how people have been voting and the implications at a local level.
The north of England has roared back at London - this result underlines the disconnect between the capital and the outlying parts of England, writes Danny Savage.
It showed in the results - London overwhelmingly In, huge parts of the north Out. For many this wasn't just about Europe, it was about a metropolitan elite telling them what to do. And then rebelling against it.
Throughout the campaign nearly everyone I talked to across this vast area was Out. A sunny day at Cartmel races in May saw people sporting 'vote leave' badges.
"This is a north versus south vote", one race-goer told me.
A day in Goole saw elderly women confiding that they didn't recognise their town any more and couldn't understand the language people in it spoke.
One prominent poll got it wrong last night - calling a Remain victory. That was soon shaken by a Remain win in Newcastle but one which was not as large as predicted. The rest is history.
What may be the case is that some people voted against the establishment rather than the EU. As was said during the campaign, the Remain argument was accused of being "too much Hampstead, not enough Hull".
In Scotland the biggest and most pressing question is whether this vote could spell the break-up of the UK and hasten the day we see an independent Scotland, writes Scotland editor Sarah Smith.
Every region in Scotland voted to remain but the UK-wide result means that Scotland will nonetheless be leaving the EU.
This is exactly the scenario SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon envisaged when she said that if Scotland is "dragged out of the EU against its will", that could trigger a second referendum on Scottish independence.
Already, her predecessor as SNP leader Alex Salmond is saying that Ms Sturgeon will now call for a second referendum - indyref 2, as it is known in Scotland.
Ms Sturgeon said a second referendum was "highly likely" on Friday.
It was the biggest single voting district in the UK - around 700,000 registered voters - and one of the closest results of the night, writes Nick Higham.
Birmingham voted Leave by just 3,800 votes. In its West Midlands hinterland the vote was much clearer.
In manufacturing districts like Coventry they ignored the dire warnings from big business that a leave vote would hit the economy.
And some of the poorest areas voted by the largest margin to quit: 68% to 32% in Dudley.
In Birmingham itself the mood of commuters on their way to work ranged from exultation to disbelief.
"We're strong enough and brave enough and confident enough to get out there and show the world what we're really made of," said Lisa, who works in banking.
"We've got our democracy back and we can build an absolutely brilliant future for ourselves," said a smartly-dressed man who did not want to give his name. "It's going to be democracy not bureaucracy."
Area-by-area in maps: See how people voted
But Sam, who works in recruitment, said the decision would have a big impact in his job, and called it a big mistake: "We're going to go into a big recession."
"It's absolutely ridiculous," said a civil servant. "I cannot believe we've gone out. I'm an entrenched European, my girlfriend's German, my car is German, it's ridiculous."
The vote divided families. One woman told me she'd "followed her heart" and voted to leave, but her partner had voted to remain because they had a property in Europe.
And some had opted out altogether. Madeleine, a policy officer, said: "I didn't want to be accountable for my actions if I made the wrong decision."
So what did she think of the outcome? "A good result for maybe ten years time, maybe not so good for now."
As the crystal dawn breaks over the green patchwork landscape of the South West, farmers are already starting their working day when the referendum result is declared, writes Claire Marshall.
On one farm in rural Wiltshire the view from the milking shed is one of surprise - but satisfaction: the future is to be trading "with the world" not "a little club."
There is frustration with labyrinthine regulations and subsidies that support inefficient farms, calcifying the industry "in the hands of the older generation."
So, content, they get on with their job of providing the milk we put in our cups of tea and over which we mull the new landscape.
Fiona Trott writes: In a town where seven out of 10 people backed Brexit, one man I spoke to in Hartlepool summed up the general mood: "It's been a vote against the establishment".
Unemployment here is 9.4%. People feel hard done by. When you stop and talk to voters in the street, they tell you things couldn't get any worse, so why not vote for change?
It's probably why UKIP gained three seats here in the May elections. People here feel like they want to take back control.
What about the financial markets? One shopper told me:"It's just a blip".
"Time for a party", "it's a good day" and "we've got our country back" - just some of the voices in Burnley, writes Ed Thomas.
Voters in this east Lancashire market town sent a loud and clear message - they overwhelmingly voted to leave the EU by a majority of two to one.
Outside the local butchers we find Eric and his wife Lucy, both in their 70s and both in a celebratory mood.
Eric shouts "we are free of the idiots over there." He also says this means the "French will stop sending them (migrants) over the Channel."
Lucy, when asked, says she hates the EU and is glad to "have the power back." It is, she says, a "happy day."
For those voting "Out" there is a sense of achievement, that for the first time in a long time their voices have been listened to.
Burnley has been shaped by immigration and is home to some of the most deprived areas in the UK.
In a local hair salon, just yards from a Romanian busker, we speak to Michael and Stacey. They say "power is back with us" and suggest that the voices of doom "are scaremongering."
But not everyone is celebrating - here we also find 16-year-old Molly with her mother, Liz.
Both are worried - Molly doesn't know what her future holds and wishes the vote was to remain.
And what about the economy, asks Liz - "the pound's dropping, the euro is dropping".
After a long pause, she says: "I woke up today and I'm just sad."
The news that David Cameron is stepping down has sent a shockwave through his Witney constituency, writes Bethan Philips.
He has a lot of loyal supporters here.
He isn't a distant figure in Westminster - he is someone that campaigns here, gets involved in local issues, and during election time, goes door-to-door to gain support.
I was with one local Conservative activist as the news broke - he was visibly shaking with shock.
The big question now for Witney - will David Cameron stay on as MP, after he steps down as prime minister?
Those who experienced the "hard border" that existed between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland during the Troubles will shudder at the memory of long queues of traffic as ID was checked and vehicles searched, writes Vincent Kearney.
On a bad day, the security checks could add a good hour to a round trip between Belfast and Dublin.
Some in the Remain camp argued that a vote to exit the EU would see a return of permanent border checkpoints.
Those in the Leave camp, including Secretary of State Theresa Villiers, insisted that was nonsense.
So what now?
The honest answer is that nobody quite knows.
We have seen a very surprising pattern - working-class Labour voters going fairly solidly "Vote Leave", far more strongly than we were expecting, writes Vaughan Roderick.
Leave won Bridgend - which is First Minister Carwyn Jones' territory - and they won Rhondda Cynon Taff, which is Leanne Wood's home territory.
So maybe it is not the individual politicians we should be looking at - it is actually a question of income and social class more than political affiliation or political leadership.
Are we looking at a situation where people who felt they have had nothing to lose voted to leave, whereas people who feel they have something to lose - Labour or Conservative - decided to vote remain? | Very different visions of where the UK's future should lie have been put under the spotlight by the vote to leave the EU. | 36619444 | [
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It forced the band to remain anonymous for almost a year: No photographs, no interviews, no videos.
But there was an upside. Last year, as she caught a train home from Heathrow, she sat next to a passenger "covered in blood [with] no teeth, looking sorry for himself".
"I tentatively went up to him and his girlfriend and said, 'I just wanted to let you know you'll be fine'," recalls the 27-year-old.
"'Go to the dentist tomorrow, don't panic, you'll be great'. And he was like, 'Oh, thank you so much!'.
"And then this guy opposite us piped up, 'I broke my nose, too!'. And suddenly this whole little carriage was talking about their injuries, which was remarkable.
"When I got off the Tube, I was so excited. Chatting to strangers gives you such a buzz because there's that element of fear before you talk to someone.
"So I walked from Brockley station back to my house, singing into my phone. And I've got this really funny voice note, which is like, 'I'm getting high on humans!'"
Later, Josephine sent the melody to her musical partner, Anthony West, saying, "We have to write a song about this tomorrow".
"I just sent a text back saying, 'You're crazy,'" he laughs, but the demo was worked up into a full song, High on Humans, which features on the band's upcoming second album, Ultralife.
Like her Tube journey, the song tingles with nervous energy, capturing that extraordinary feeling of connecting with other people; a theme that runs through the record.
The duo were moved to write about "what it means to be a human in this day and age" after a head-spinning two years, in which their music became an online phenomenon, resulting in a record deal and a tour that ran to more than 200 shows around the world.
The success caught them completely off guard. Oh Wonder was conceived as a songwriting project, whereby the two musicians could subsidise their solo careers by giving songs to other artists.
In September 2014, they created a Soundcloud page and, prompted to describe themselves, wrote: "Writing duo, one song a month".
"We thought it was a good way to build up a portfolio over a year," explains Josephine. Then their first song, Body Gold, amassed 100,000 plays in just three days.
"We thought it was a fluke," says Anthony. "But then we uploaded something the next month, and the same thing happened. And it just kept snowballing.
"On the first of every month, we'd go to a little coffee shop and just release a song and thousands of people would play it. It was amazing. It was the best year ever."
Initially, they stayed incognito - partly because of their mantra "it's about the art, not the artist", but mainly because of Josephine's injuries.
"I had no teeth," she grimaces. "It was a really ill-timed accident."
"For a while, she had a little lisp," adds Anthony, who had to edit all of his partner's vocals to remove the erroneous "esses".
Recording on a budget of just £200, they hit upon a vocal style where both musicians sing in unison, with Josephine's voice in the centre, and Anthony singing twice, once in the left ear and once in the right.
The technique was actually a happy accident - they'd recorded two sets of vocals so the songs could be pitched to both male and female artists, but their managers advised them to blend the two takes, and it became Oh Wonder's unique sonic signature.
Fans, it seemed, couldn't get enough of it.
"Because we released a song a month over a long period, our fans had a year of their lives soundtracked by our music," says Josephine.
"Rather than just, 'Oh, I really like that song you did,' we get, 'You released that song when I was at university or I had moved to a different country'. We get the most heart-warming stories. Hundreds a week."
Anthony recalls a gig in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where a 50-year-old woman approached the band to express her gratitude for the band's music. Her son, who had recently died of cancer, had been a fan. In his final months, they would wait on tenterhooks for every new release.
"When he died, she was with him and they were listening to his favourite song," says Anthony. "And she said, 'I thank you so much because now, when I listen to that song, my son is there with me.'"
Stories like that helped alleviate the drudgery and loneliness of touring - "when you go from 3,000 people screaming your name to being back in the dressing room, on your own, eating a yoghurt."
Being whisked around the world has changed the two musicians in ways they never expected.
"I've found that I've become fiercely loyal now," says Josephine. "If someone has an engagement party and I've said I will be there, I will cancel everything, even if it really compromises things, in order to make it."
And that, in a nutshell, is what Ultralife - both the album and its title track - is about.
"You and I will both have days where we're really sad, like, 'it's Friday night and I'm in on my own and there's no food in the fridge and I'm miserable,'" says Josephine.
"And the next day you wake up and you're like, 'I feel fantastic, I feel so liberated and empowered and I have loads of mates and it's incredible.'
"Ultralife is the word we use to symbolise the someone or something in your life that pulls you out of those trickier moments and into the celebratory, ultra version of yourself."
So who is that person for Oh Wonder?
"We haven't been asked that yet!" laughs Josephine, before Anthony chips in with a vague answer about friends and family.
Many assume the duo are a real-life couple - but they have been doggedly reluctant to discuss a potential romance, even though they live together and have an uncanny knack for finishing each other's sentences.
"People think we're brother and sister, which suits us just fine," Josephine told one interviewer.
Instead, they want the focus to be their music, which they wrote eyeball-to-eyeball over a piano in a rented AirB&B apartment in New York.
Compared to their first album, Ultralife is "pumped full of energy", a direct response to the audience's reactions on their last tour.
Sonically, it's a big leap forward, while retaining all of the breathless boy-girl beauty of their debut.
The band don't want the album to propel them to Beyonce levels of fame ("I think it would just be very lonely," says Josephine), but it could jeopardise their chances of striking up anonymous conversations on the Tube.
Which, as Anthony attests, could be a blessing.
"I once sat with a Danish friend on the Tube," he says, "And there was two girls opposite me talking in a foreign language.
"Later, my friend told me they were Danish, too, and they were tearing into my shoes, talking about how awful they were.
"I thought they were quite normal shoes, honestly."
Oh Wonder's new album, Ultralife, is released on 14 July by Island Records.
Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | Two and a half years ago, at the start of their career, Oh Wonder singer Josephine Vander Gucht fell over a gate, smashing her front teeth and breaking her nose. | 40248666 | [
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Spendiff took part in a further assault on other men with a co-accused after killing the married 36-year-old last August.
Spendiff, 26, was remanded in custody ahead of sentencing in July.
In CCTV footage shown to the High Court in Edinburgh, Mr Logie could be seen lying motionless on the ground after the assault.
Advocate depute Andrew Brown QC told the court: "Witnesses speak to hearing the sound of a crack as the deceased's head hit the ground and he did not move thereafter."
The construction manager suffered a brain injury and fracture to the back of his head following the attack at Friars Street on 7 August.
Spendiff, of Cullercoats, North Tyneside, admitted assaulting and killing Mr Logie by punching him on the head causing him to fall to the ground where he struck his head.
He also pled guilty to committing a breach of the peace along with Shaun McCarthy by conducting themselves in a disorderly manner and fighting with others.
Both also pled guilty to assaulting Paul Stubberfield and Stuart McKee in a taxi in Friars Street.
The court heard that Spendiff and McCarthy had gone out drinking for the evening after working together as technicians on wind turbines.
Mr Brown said that everyone appeared to be in good spirits, but a member of the stag party and another drinker then became involved in a heated argument.
After patrons left the pub, a general melee broke out which ended with the fatal blow to Mr Logie.
Mr Brown said: "Spendiff punched the deceased, who again had his arms up and out to the side, once on the face with force causing him to collapse to the ground.
"He swung another punch at the deceased as he fell but missed.
"With the deceased now on the ground Spendiff initially moved away before returning and danced round the deceased, at all times being moved away by the accused McCarthy and at one stage a female passer-by."
Mark Stewart QC, for Spendiff, said the killer had expressed his sorrow for the victim and his family.
Judge Lady Stacey remanded both accused in custody, saying the culpable homicide charge had "led to tragic consequences and a man has lost his life". | A man danced around his fallen victim after delivering a fatal blow during a street attack in Stirling, a court heard. | 36549958 | [
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He was pulled from the water by the RNLI's Penlee Inshore Lifeboat at about 13:35 BST on Sunday, Devon and Cornwall Police said.
A crew member swam to the man and "recovered him" after he was found near the bow of an angling boat moored alongside Albert Pier, the RNLI said.
The man, said to be local, was airlifted to the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro and pronounced dead.
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Using a pseudonym of His Royal Gingerness (HRG), the hacker told the BBC he wanted to highlight the website's "vulnerability".
It only took him a few minutes to hack into the site, he said.
Norwich International Airport director Richard Pace condemned the hacking as a crime that police were investigating.
HRG pointed out that while he made his attack to see if he could gain access, a more maliciously-minded intruder could have done damage.
He claimed he knew of someone who had planned to plant a bomb hoax in the system over Christmas, but said he was able to prevent that from happening.
While Mr Pace said the information website was not linked to the airport's operations system, he acknowledged that removing it was a serious inconvenience to passengers.
He admitted malicious hackers could have planted a bomb hoax on the site.
The airport's operations director promised a robust replacement site - with more secure protocols and systems - would be operational within weeks.
In the meantime, passengers can get information by calling 01603 411923.
HRG, who asked not to be identified because he fears prosecution, said he hacked the site "to see if I could".
"I found I could do it and then contacted the airport to let them know," he said.
"It took me between two to three minutes to do this. I do this mostly to see what vulnerability there are in modern systems." | An airport has taken down its passenger information website after a hacker breached security systems, claiming they were too lax. | 34775717 | [
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The Under-20 World Cup is the biggest global tournament in youth football and has been an important launch-pad for a lot of big names in football.
Lionel Messi, Luis Figo, and Paul Pogba were all been part of winning sides in the tournament in the past.
So could this team hold the next generation of English football stars?
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Michael van Gerwen will meet Gary Anderson in next Thursday's other last-four match at London's O2 Arena.
Van Gerwen topped the table after beating Scotland's Anderson 7-4.
Fellow Scot Wright finished second to qualify for his first play-offs with a 7-1 victory over already-eliminated Raymond van Barneveld.
Taylor will go in search of his seventh Premier League crown buoyed by a convincing win over reigning champion Van Gerwen in week 14.
The Stoke thrower, 56, is retiring after the 2018 PDC World Championship concludes in January.
Dave Chisnall (Eng) 6-6 James Wade (Eng)
Phil Taylor (Eng) 7-5 Adrian Lewis (Eng)
Peter Wright (Sco) 7-1 Raymond van Barneveld (Ned)
Michael van Gerwen (Ned) 7-4 Gary Anderson (Sco)
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In the men's event Scottish number one Alan Clyne, who has risen to world number 32, beat Douglas Kempsell.
He won 11-5, 11-5, 11-2 to earn his seventh Scottish title.
The 30-year-old from Inverness said: "I felt good going through the rounds, but I knew that Douglas would put up a real fight in the final because we all know he is a battler.
"That was the way that it panned out, but I managed to get on the front foot and take the win.
"I am often playing abroad, so I love getting a chance to play in Scottish tournaments and I am very proud to be national champion for a seventh time."
Adderley, seen as Scottish squash's best prospect, said: "Coming into the event aged 16 as number one seed brought its own pressures.
"But I had played in this event last year for the first time and that helped me with nerves and what to expect out there.
"I played well in my semi-final on Saturday and that left me feeling good about the final.
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The original drawings, showing bears, panthers, rhinos and other creatures, are roughly 32,000 years old.
President Francois Hollande toured the site on Friday - a copy of the closely-guarded Grotte Chauvet in the Ardeche region of southern France.
The original is closed to the public. The copy, at nearby Vallon-Pont d'Arc, is expected to attract many tourists.
The Chauvet drawings are believed to be the oldest cave art in the world. The limestone cave, with hundreds of vivid charcoal images, was discovered by potholers in 1994 and is now a Unesco World Heritage site.
The cave was closed off by a rock fall about 20,000 years ago, which meant the art was undisturbed by humans.
Unesco says the drawings are remarkable for the skilful use of shading, combinations of paint and engraving, anatomical precision and dynamism.
Specialists spent four years reproducing the cave with the help of hi-tech tools such as 3D imaging, AFP news agency reports. The painstaking project cost €55m (£40m; $58m).
The replica cave - the biggest in the world - will open to the public on 25 April. | France has inaugurated a giant replica cave containing reproductions of prehistoric drawings of animals. | 32248963 | [
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It is that time of the year again, when we take stock of the highs and lows of the last 12 months.
From the perspective of a news reporter, there have been some stand-out moments.
Insecurity was a running concern in many parts of the continent in 2013.
The beginning of the year saw a major operation in Mali led by French forces to recapture cities and towns that had been taken over by militant Islamists and Tuareg rebels.
To a large extent, the operation, which is still ongoing, has been a success.
I could not help but see the irony watching French President Francois Hollande welcomed as a hero and liberator in Mali in the same year the African Union marked 50 years of its existence.
Some of the security concerns of this year will drag on into 2014.
The conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR), which started with a rebellion to overthrow ex-Francois Bozize, is worsening.
2013 will also be remembered as the year the leaders of South Sudan handed their people the worst of holiday gifts.
Political disputes have taken on a military dimension. For a nation that is just two years old and had suffered decades of war before gaining independence, one would have thought the South Sudanese would not see fighting each other as an option.
Elsewhere in the neighbourhood, the M23 rebels were defeated in the Democratic Republic of Congo by the combined efforts of the army and United Nations (UN) troops.
But there is still a long way to go before all the militia who operate in the area are subdued.
The most high-profile terror incident of the year took place in Kenya in September.
I was in London when I woke up to the news that there was an attack at a shopping centre in Nairobi.
I knew Westgate. I had been there several times during my visits to Kenya.
The first news reports I saw did not indicate how serious the crisis was. By evening, it was clear that we were dealing with a situation far more troubling than I had imagined.
The following days were extraordinary. I stood in front of the shopping centre for days watching the military vehicles come and go, separating rumour from fiction.
Finally, the special units moved in and brought the crisis to a violent end.
However there are many questions that have been left unanswered: How could al-Shabab attack a mall in the middle of the capital without warning?
2013 was also the year US President Barack Obama returned to the continent.
Six years after his last visit, I got the sense that some of the enthusiasm for the Obama phenomenon had waned.
Mr Obama visited Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania in an effort to re-calibrate his relationship with the continent.
President Obama will host a summit of African leaders next year. How different this will be from the China-Africa, India-Africa or France-Africa summits? We will have to wait and see.
But 2013 has been a good year too. Economic growth in many countries has remained steady. Africa's middle class is expanding.
If current forecasts hold, Nigeria will soon overtake South Africa as the continent's biggest economy.
Rwanda issued a sovereign bond that was well oversubscribed.
Zimbabwe's presidential election proceeded largely without violence.
Ghana, my team, qualified for the football World Cup.
But 2013 will forever be remembered as the year one of the greatest figures of modern history passed away. On the evening of 5 December, Nelson Mandela joined the ancestors.
It will be one of those moments that will stay with me. Where were you when you heard Mandela had died? I will remember being stuck on a train to Paris and texting back and forth to the managers in London.
Covering the funeral for me will always be a special moment. I will look back on it with a sense of sadness. But also with gratitude. I feel lucky to have been a witness to that part of the Mandela story.
If you would like to comment on Komla Dumor's column, please do so below. | In our series of letters from African journalists, BBC Africa's Komla Dumor looks back at 2013. | 25509775 | [
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Two former Welsh secretaries, Lord Peter Hain and Paul Murphy, want to change the law to ensure all candidates are on the Wales electoral register.
Lord Hain said being represented by people who live outside the country was "insulting to the people of Wales".
UKIP's assembly group leader AM Neil Hamilton - who lives in Wiltshire - was asked to comment.
Mr Hamilton was elected on the regional list as AM for Mid and West Wales last May.
At the time Mr Hamilton became group leader he said he lived "less than an hour from Cardiff".
"For the time being I'm living where I lived for the last 10 years," he said, adding there was a "big logistical problem to solve" about where he based himself.
Under current rules there is nothing to stop people living outside of Wales standing as a candidate for the assembly.
The proposed amendment says a person may not stand as a candidate unless they are recorded on the Welsh electoral register as "living in Wales".
Lord Hain said the current rules were an "anomaly" in the Government of Wales Act 2006 - which he said he was responsible for as Welsh secretary at the time.
Lord Hain, who moved from London when he was elected as an MP for Neath, did not criticise Mr Hamilton directly, saying he would not "personalise" the issue.
The Assembly's independent Remuneration Board is considering a change in the rules to allow AMs to claim more than £8,000 for Cardiff accommodation expenses if they live in England.
The board - which sets pay and expenses - will discuss the responses to a consultation at a meeting in November. | A bid has been launched to bar people who live outside of Wales from standing for election to the assembly. | 37739586 | [
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Japan's benchmark Nikkei index spent most of the day in negative territory to close down 0.19% at 18,264.22.
After surging almost 8% on Wednesday, the Tokyo index closed down 2.5% on Thursday - among Asia's big losers.
Investor concern over whether or not the US Federal Reserve will raise interest rates next week has set in.
Investor sentiment has also been affected by the slowing Chinese economy, which is the world's second-biggest after the United States.
Japan's investors seem to shrug off news that Japan Post is seeking to raise as much as 1.39tn yen ($11.5bn, £7.4bn) in a stock market listing - including its banking and insurance arms - that would be one of the world's biggest this year.
The plan for the state-owned giant would be one of Japan's largest public share sales in more than 30 years.
Chinese shares traded mixed with the Shanghai Composite closing down 0.1% to 3,200.45, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng ended down 0.3% to 21,504.37.
Fresh measures from regulators to ease the volatility in the market may be working as both benchmark indexes did not move dramatically this week.
In Australia, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed down 0.47% at 5,071.10 points despite gains on Wall Street overnight.
Analysts said investors there were also concerned about a possible rise in US interest rates.
After being the one bright spot in Asia yesterday, South Korea's benchmark Kospi closed down 1.06% at 1,941.37. The Bank of Korea left its benchmark rate unchanged at 1.5% on Friday. | Asia's markets were mostly down in trade on Friday following a rocky week featuring particularly volatile swings in Tokyo. | 34217298 | [
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Finally, after all the hype and excitement, consumers are about to get their hands on virtual reality headsets - and we will find out whether there really is a market for this technology. Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive are both released in the next few weeks, and at the Games Developer Conference in San Francisco Sony unveiled its launch date and price.
While Playstation owners will have to wait until October to get their hands on the Sony VR headset, they will pay far less for it than for a Vive or Oculus setup. With nearly 40 million PS4 owners around the world, there's a ready-made market for Sony's offering, so by Christmas it's a fair bet that it will be the leader in VR.
Mind you, while there is now a huge amount of experimentation around VR and 360 degree video (see last week's BBC Click for example) there is still confusion about how it will be used beyond gaming. At a launch event for Nokia's Ozo 360 camera last night, I was shown a number of demos filmed with the device.
I stood next to the vocalist as a band performed, watched as a bear approached a group of nervous people at a campsite, and saw trainee astronauts learning about weightlessness in a swimming pool. The VR headset meant I could choose my own perspective on each scene, but once the novelty wore off the question remained - what is this for? Still, music producers, moviemakers and educationalists are all now producing 360 and VR material, so hopefully they will find an answer to my question.
At the end of a week where Google's AI program AlphaGo defeated a champion Go player, the artificial intelligence community is discussing what this triumph of machine over man means. I visited Microsoft's UK research lab in Cambridge where a number of artificial intelligence projects are under way , including one experiment using AI in the game Minecraft and another where a program examines scans of brain tumours.
The man who runs the lab, Chris Bishop, says it's wrong to paint a dystopian future in which machines gradually replace us as they get ever smarter. Instead he sees AI as a collaboration between humans and computers - for instance doctors using the brain tumour scanning program to assist their diagnoses rather than replacing them.
"We need to talk instead about a partnership in which machine intelligence and human intelligence work together," he says. "It's the case today, and will be the case for some time to come that the capabilities of machines, the capabilities of humans are different and complementary and if they work together they will be stronger than either of them alone."
Incidentally, for a different view, have a look at this piece from Tom Chatfield in the Guardian. He argues that in designing AI systems, we humans are making too many concessions to inflexible computers.
Back to gaming and we look at the boom in a phenomenon which is familiar to anyone under 25 but a mystery to the older generation - watching video games online. The big player in the live streaming of video games is Twitch, which was bought by Amazon 18 months ago. But we hear from a rival, Ian Sharpe, who says his Azubu streaming service has a different approach. While Twitch lets anyone become a broadcaster, playing anything from Call of Duty to Minecraft, Azubu is more focused on professional eSports.
Last week it signed a deal with the Electronic Sports League to stream exclusive content from esports tournaments - and Ian Sharpe tells us that this is going to be a new boom area for media firms looking to reach those elusive "millennials" who don't watch boring old telly.
Tune in to Tech Tent on the BBC World Service at 15:00 GMT for all that and more or catch the podcast later. | On this week's edition of Tech Tent we look at two visions of the future of gaming, and we ask whether we should be worried or excited by the latest advances in artificial intelligence. | 35840935 | [
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Sox was discovered under a car in the city's Kirkton area in March making unusual noises and suffering from hypothermia.
Her owner took Sox to the vet but the cat died the following day.
A post-mortem examination by the animal welfare charity revealed that the three-year-old cat had been poisoned.
Scottish SPCA inspector Robert Baldie said the charity was aware of a number of potential cat poisonings in the area over the past few months.
He said: "The owner in this circumstance reacted in the right way by taking Sox directly to the vet.
"Unfortunately, Sox had already suffered significantly and was in a coma with hypothermia before she then sadly passed away.
"We had suspected poisoning was the cause of Sox' condition and now the results of the post-mortem confirm it was antifreeze.
"It is essential that everyone stores antifreeze out of reach of cats and other animals as it can have devastating effects, as can be seen by the sad outcome of this incident." | A female cat which died after being found in distress in Dundee had been poisoned with antifreeze, the Scottish SPCA has confirmed. | 39528484 | [
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Philae, the first spacecraft to land on a comet, was dropped on to the surface of Comet 67P by its mothership, Rosetta, last November.
It worked for 60 hours before its solar-powered battery ran flat.
The comet has since moved nearer to the Sun and Philae has enough power to work again, says the BBC's science correspondent Jonathan Amos.
An account linked to the probe tweeted the message, "Hello Earth! Can you hear me?"
On its blog, Esa said Philae had contacted Earth, via Rosetta, for 85 seconds on Saturday in the first contact since going into hibernation in November.
"Philae is doing very well. It has an operating temperature of -35C and has 24 watts available," said Philae project manager, Dr Stephan Ulamec.
Scientists say they now waiting for the next contact.
Esa's senior scientific advisor, Prof Mark McCaughrean, told the BBC: "It's been a long seven months, and to be quite honest we weren't sure it would happen - there are a lot of very happy people around Europe at the moment."
Philae was carrying large amounts of data that scientists hoped to download once it made contact again, he said.
"I think we're optimistic now that it's awake that we'll have several months of scientific data to pore over," he added.
This is one of the most astonishing moments in space exploration and the grins on the faces of the scientists and engineers are totally justified, says BBC science editor David Shukman.
For the first time, we will have a hitchhiker riding on a comet and describing what happens to a comet as it heats up on its journey through space, he adds.
Philae is designed to analyse the ice and rocky fragments that make up the comet.
Prof Monica Grady from the Open University told the BBC that scientists now hoped to be able to carry out experiments to see whether comets were the source of life on Earth.
Comets contained a lot of water and carbon, and "these are the same sorts of molecules responsible for getting life going," she said.
"What we're trying to find out is whether the building blocks of life, in terms of water and carbon-bearing molecules, were actually delivered to Earth from comets."
When Philae first sent back images of its landing location, researchers could see it was in a dark ditch. The Sun was obscured by a high wall, limiting the amount of light that could reach the robot's solar panels.
Scientists knew they only had a limited amount of time - about 60 hours - to gather data before the robot's battery ran flat.
But the calculations also indicated that Philae's mission might not be over for good when the juice did eventually run dry. The comet is currently moving in towards the Sun, and the intensity of light falling on Philae, engineers suggested, could be sufficient in time to re-boot the machine.
And so it has proved. Scientists must now hope they can get enough power into Philae to carry out a full range of experiments.
One ambition not fulfilled before the robot went to sleep was to try to drill into the comet, to examine its chemical make-up. One attempt was made last year, and it failed. A second attempt will now become a priority.
Return of the plucky robot
Philae's extraordinary opportunity
Rosetta: The whole story
The Rosetta probe took 10 years to reach 67P, and the lander - about the size of a washing-machine - bounced at least a kilometre when it touched down.
Before it lost power, Philae sent back images of its surroundings that showed it was in a dark location with high walls blocking sunlight from reaching its solar panels.
Its exact location on the duck-shaped comet has since been a mystery.
Esa had a good idea of where it was likely to be, down to a few tens of metres, but could not get Rosetta close enough to the comet to acquire conclusive pictures.
Continued radio contact should now allow precise coordinates to be determined, correspondents say.
Comet 67P is currently 205 million km (127 million miles) from the Sun, and getting closer.
It is due in August to get as close as 186 million km, before then sweeping back out into the outer Solar System.
As it nears the sun, the comet will warm and its ices will melt.
This process will throw out a huge shroud of gas and dust, and if Philae can continue to keep working it will provide scientists with an extraordinary view of what is happening right at the surface of 67P. | The European Space Agency (Esa) says its comet lander, Philae, has woken up and contacted Earth. | 33126885 | [
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The 27-year-old woman was attacked at about 20:00 on 20 February while walking along a path between Byres Road and Glenmalloch Place in Elderslie.
Police said three men seen in the area at the time may have seen the suspect or "unwittingly" witnessed something.
The suspect was white, aged between 35 and 50, and with dark receding hair.
He hit the woman, causing her to fall to the ground, and then raped her.
Det Insp Louise Harvie said: "Extensive inquiries are continuing to trace whoever is responsible for this serious sexual assault.
"There are three men that officers wish to trace as they were seen in the area near to where the incident took place, and may have seen the suspect or unwittingly witnesses something vital to this investigation.
"I would urge them to come forward and speak to police."
The first man was seen in Stoddard Square, Elderslie, at about 20:00 on Sunday 19 or Monday 20 February. He is described as between 30-50 years of age and wearing dark trousers and a light top.
The second man was seen near the Wallace Monument in Main Road, Elderslie, at about 20:15 on 20 February.
He is described as being in his 30s, 5ft 10in, of a stocky build with short, dark hair and clean shaven. He was wearing dark trousers and a dark parka-style jacket.
The third man was also seen near the Wallace Monument at about 01:10 on 21 February. He is described as between 30-40 years old, with a broad build and wearing dark jeans, a black jacket and white trainers. | Officers investigating the rape of a woman in Renfrewshire have appealed for three men to come forward, saying they could be vital witnesses. | 39372760 | [
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Murray, 27, only hit 14 winners to his opponent's 25, but made 17 unforced errors compared to Pospisil's 26.
The Scot now faces eighth seed Gilles Simon of France in the quarter-finals.
The first set went with serve until the eighth game when Murray took advantage of some tame Pospisil serves to break and then he held comfortably to take the first set in 36 minutes.
The world number four then landed awkwardly on his left ankle in the first game of the second set but, despite hobbling and in pain, he took control after breaking Pospisil with a great return down the line to move 3-2 up.
However, the Scot, who beat Frenchman Nicolas Mahut 6-3 6-2 in the first round, then lost his way and was broken back immediately thanks to the Canadian's best return of the match.
Pospisil went in front on his own serve before the world number 59 claimed the vital break to move 5-3 up as Murray picked up a code violation for smashing his racquet.
The Scot showed his mettle to immediately break back and then levelled at 5-5.
Murray then won a hard-fought 11th game of the set after several deuces before serving out to win the match.
He now faces Gilles Simon, who progressed thanks to a routine 6-4 6-3 win over Jeremy Chardy. | Britain's Andy Murray beat Canada's Vasek Pospisil 6-3 7-5 in the second round of the ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam. | 31444648 | [
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News agency AFP said 10 people have been affected by E. coli in Bordeaux.
It is thought a number of them had eaten rocket and mustard vegetable sprouts, believed to have been grown from seeds sold by Thompson and Morgan.
The Ipswich-based company told the BBC it had no evidence of a link. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) said no E. coli cases had been reported in the UK.
However, it has revised its guidance and is advising people not to eat raw sprouted seeds, including alfalfa, mung beans (or beansprouts) and fenugreek.
The agency said these should only be eaten if cooked until steaming hot throughout.
A spokeswoman for Thompson and Morgan said the company sold "hundreds of thousands of packets of these seeds" throughout France, the UK and other parts of Europe every year.
"We are very confident the problem is not with our seeds. People can still grow these seeds and use these seeds with absolute confidence," she said.
"For such a small number of people to have been affected, it does suggest that the problem is perhaps in the local area, how the seeds have been handled or how they have been grown, rather than the actual seeds themselves."
The company was co-operating fully with investigations, she added.
Paul Hansord, the company's managing director, said: "We make sure that everything we do is to a high standard."
He said the firm bought its seeds in bulk from suppliers around the world. The affected seeds may have been sourced from Italy.
Thompson and Morgan also said they did not raise any seeds, instead selling packets via mail order to gardeners.
Seven of those affected by the E. coli outbreak, who ate the sprouts at a country fair at Begres near Bordeaux, needed hospital treatment.
Close contact
The FSA says it is asking the company for more information about the seeds.
There is no suggestion of a link to the German E. coli outbreak, which came from bean sprouts grown on an organic farm, but two people are said to be infected with a similar strain.
Frederic Lefebvre, France's secretary of state for consumer affairs, was quoted by AFP recommending "consumers who bought these same products not use them".
Mr Lefebvre added: "The link between the symptoms and eating of the sprouts so far has not been definitively established."
The sale of the three seed types - mustard, rocket and fenugreek - has been halted in France.
Thompson and Morgan have provided samples of these seeds to investigators in the UK.
An FSA spokesman told the BBC: "We have been in contact with the French authorities about this outbreak and are aware that a UK business has been named in connection with it.
"No cases of food poisoning have been reported in the UK linked with the outbreak in France but we are in close contact with the Health Protection Agency.
"We have asked for further information from the French authorities with regard to the three named type of seeds to help us carry out investigations in the UK." | Officials are investigating a possible link between seeds sold by a UK firm and an E. coli outbreak in France. | 13913513 | [
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Attorneys for Dr David Dao, who lost two front teeth and suffered a broken nose and "significant" concussion in the incident, say they will sue.
His daughter, Crystal Dao Pepper, told the news conference in Chicago they are "sickened" by his treatment.
Video of the incident has been watched millions of times online.
Law enforcement officials dragged Dr Dao off Sunday evening's Chicago to Louisville, Kentucky, flight because it was fully booked, and the airline wanted four passengers to make way for staff members.
The 69-year-old Vietnamese-American physician had refused to leave, saying he needed to go home to see his patients.
Lawyer Thomas Demetrio told journalists on Thursday: "He [Dr Dao] said that he left Vietnam in 1975 when Saigon fell and he was on a boat and he said he was terrified.
"He said that being dragged down the aisle was more horrifying and harrowing than what he experienced when leaving Vietnam."
Ms Dao Pepper, who lives in suburban Chicago, said: "What happened to my dad should have never happened to any human being, regardless of the circumstance.
"We were horrified and shocked and sickened to learn what happened to him and to see what happened to him."
Dr Dao's lawyers have filed an emergency court request for the airline to preserve evidence ahead of a hearing next Monday morning.
The filing with an Illinois state court demands that United Airlines and the city of Chicago preserve all surveillance videos, cockpit voice recordings, passenger and crew lists related to the flight.
United Airlines said it would refund the ticket costs of all passengers on Sunday's flight.
Dr Dao was released on Wednesday night from a Chicago hospital, his lawyer said, adding that he planned to have reconstructive surgery.
Mr Demetrio, and a second lawyer for Mr Dao, said that neither they nor the Dao family had heard from United Airlines yet.
"For a long time airlines, United in particular, have bullied us," Mr Demetrio told the press conference.
"We want respect and we want dignity, that's it! Not a big deal."
The lawyer said he did not believe Mr Dao's race played a factor, despite an email he had received suggesting he was "the modern day, Asian Rosa Parks", a reference to the civil rights activist who refused to give up her seat on an Alabama bus in 1955.
Mr Demetrio also said the family had not heard from United yet.
But the airline said in a statement that its chief executive, Oscar Munoz, and the company had "called Dr Dao on numerous occasions to express our heartfelt and deepest apologies".
The company did not comment on the potential litigation.
On Wednesday, United's CEO said he felt "shame and embarrassment" and vowed it would never happen again.
More than 150,000 thousand people have signed online petitions calling for Mr Munoz to resign, but he has refused to do so.
The CEO said Dr Dao had not been at fault, adding "no one should be treated that way. Period."
However, Mr Munoz initially described Dr Dao as "disruptive and belligerent".
The airline has confirmed it is offering compensation to customers on United Flight 3411 for their flights.
Three aviation security officers involved in removing Dr Dao from the plane have been "placed on leave", says the Chicago Department of Aviation.
The US Department of Transportation is reviewing whether United complied with rules on booking. | A man dragged screaming off a United Airlines flight described his ordeal as "more horrifying" than his experiences in the Vietnam War, his lawyer says. | 39586391 | [
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The prime minister "is committed to free school meals in England", an official spokesman told the BBC.
The coalition government introduced the meals a year ago for all pupils in the first three years of school in England.
But there has been speculation the meals are at risk, after Chancellor George Osborne demanded cuts of between 25% and 40% from unprotected budgets.
The spokesman said the prime minister had made the point that "it was in the manifesto, the manifesto words are very clear - we're proud of what we've done with free school meals".
The Conservative manifesto says: "We will support families by providing free meals to all infants".
The chancellor called for the cuts in July, as part of his spending review, due to be published in November.
The free school meals budget has cost about £600m each year, and there had been speculation over its future.
But the Department for Education has indicated that free school meals will be protected in the spending review.
"We believe that every child, regardless of their background, should have the same opportunities," said a spokesman.
"That is at the heart of what we are doing with school food.
"No child should be hindered because they are not eating a nutritious meal at lunchtime.
"We have provided significant financial support to schools to help them deliver universal infant free school meals.
"We have come a long way, and the new School Food Standards mean pupils of all ages are eating good food that sows the seeds for healthy eating for life."
At the weekend some 40 top health professionals signed a letter warning that scrapping the meals could harm children's health.
"It would be short-term thinking indeed for the government to cut the funding for universal infant free school meals," said the letter.
The National Association of Head Teachers called for "a swift and unequivocal statement" from government that it would honour its general election pledge to fund a meal for all infant children.
"That message could and should be delivered straight away," said NAHT general secretary, Russell Hobby.
"Schools signing contracts with catering companies this term can't afford to wait until the November spending review only to find out the policy has been changed." | David Cameron has dismissed speculation free school meals for all infant children could face cuts. | 34381420 | [
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Steve Finnigan said the county faced the harshest budget cuts in England, which could potentially see the force becoming a "blue light" service, responding to emergencies only.
Mounted and dog sections along with road policing units could be lost and community policing cut.
Since 2010, the force has axed about 700 officers and 275 members of staff.
Lancashire's Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) said "savage" budget cuts would have a "devastating impact" on policing.
Clive Grunshaw said communities would be "left at risk" as the government continued to implement austerity cuts.
Details of the force's cuts will be revealed after the government's Comprehensive Spending Review at the end of November.
But Mr Grunshaw said proposed changes to the way forces are awarded grant funding means Lancashire will have to cut a further £24.8m on top of £74m already saved.
He said: "The likely outcome for Lancashire is far worse than we had expected.
"While the full implications are not yet clear there is no doubt that these savage cuts, which come on top of the already significant savings which have had to be made, will have a devastating impact on the standards of policing which the Constabulary is able to deliver and which our communities have come to expect."
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Cagney the Lhasa apso was trapped for about an hour in her Salford home until the chair's metal frame was dismantled.
Her owner Lyn Kirkwood said she had been searching for the pooch until she "heard a whimper" and saw her back legs sticking out of the chair.
Seven-year-old Cagney seemed "unfazed" after her ordeal, RSPCA officer David Hatton added.
Mrs Kirkwood said the experience had been "horrendous" and that she noticed something was wrong when the Cagney did not bark as usual when her husband's carer visited on Thursday.
After she saw the back legs of the clumsy canine sticking out of the chair, she decided to call for help.
"We called the fire service and the RSPCA, and we had three firefighters with tools trying to get her out," she said.
"When they freed her she just walked off as if nothing had happened."
Fire crew manager Dave Minto said Cagney was "quite distressed" when they arrived but when she saw the crew, she calmed down and "just sat there in total silence".
He said they switched off the electricity supply and took the chair's mechanism apart, freeing Cagney.
Despite her ordeal, Cagney was uninjured and has since "made a full recovery", a spokesperson from Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue said.
Mr Hatton added: "She just wandered off for a drink and came and sat by her owner. It was definitely a first for us though." | A dog has been rescued by firefighters after getting wedged in an electric reclining armchair. | 34681191 | [
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From 2010 until mid-2014, world oil prices had been fairly stable, at around $110 a barrel. But since June prices have more than halved. Brent crude oil has now dipped below $50 a barrel for the first time since May 2009 and US crude is down to below $48 a barrel.
The reasons for this change are twofold - weak demand in many countries due to insipid economic growth, coupled with surging US production.
Added to this is the fact that the oil cartel Opec is determined not to cut production as a way to prop up prices.
So who are some of the winners and losers?
Russia is one of the world's largest oil producers, and its dramatic interest rate hike to 17% in support of its troubled rouble underscores how heavily its economy depends on energy revenues, with oil and gas accounting for 70% of export incomes.
Russia loses about $2bn in revenues for every dollar fall in the oil price, and the World Bank has warned that Russia's economy would shrink by at least 0.7% in 2015 if oil prices do not recover.
Despite this, Russia has confirmed it will not cut production to shore up oil prices.
"If we cut, the importer countries will increase their production and this will mean a loss of our niche market," said Energy Minister Alexander Novak.
Falling oil prices, coupled with western sanctions over Russia's support for separatists in eastern Ukraine have hit the country hard.
The government has cut its growth forecast for 2015, predicting that the economy will sink into recession.
Former finance minister, Alexei Kudrin, said the currency's fall was not just a reaction to lower oil prices and western sanctions, "but also [a show of] distrust to the economic policies of the government".
Given the pressures facing Moscow now, some economists expect further measures to shore up the currency.
"We think capital controls as a policy measure cannot be off the table now," said Luis Costa, a senior analyst at Citi.
While President Putin is not using the word "crisis", Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has been more forthright on Russia's economic problems.
"Frankly, we, strictly speaking, have not fully recovered from the crisis of 2008," he said in a recent interview.
Because of the twin impact of falling oil prices and sanctions, he said the government had had to cut spending. "We had to abandon a number of programmes and make certain sacrifices."
Russia's interest rate rise may also bring its own problems, as high rates can choke economic growth by making it harder for businesses to borrow and spend.
Venezuela is one of the world's largest oil exporters, but thanks to economic mismanagement it was already finding it difficult to pay its way even before the oil price started falling.
Inflation is running at about 60% and the economy is teetering on the brink of recession. The need for spending cuts is clear, but the government faces difficult choices.
The country already has some of the world's cheapest petrol prices - fuel subsidies cost Caracas about $12.5bn a year - but President Maduro has ruled out subsidy cuts and higher petrol prices.
"I've considered as head of state, that the moment has not arrived," he said. "There's no rush, we're not going to throw more gasoline on the fire that already exists with speculation and induced inflation."
The government's caution is understandable. A petrol price rise in 1989 saw widespread riots that left hundreds dead.
Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil exporter and Opec's most influential member, could support global oil prices by cutting back its own production, but there is little sign it wants to do this.
There could be two reasons - to try to instil some discipline among fellow Opec oil producers, and perhaps to put the US's burgeoning shale oil and gas industry under pressure.
Although Saudi Arabia needs oil prices to be around $85 in the longer term, it has deep pockets with a reserve fund of some $700bn - so can withstand lower prices for some time.
"In terms of production and pricing of oil by Middle East producers, they are beginning to recognise the challenge of US production," says Robin Mills, Manaar Energy's head of consulting.
If a period of lower prices were to force some higher cost producers to shut down, then Riyadh might hope to pick up market share in the longer run.
However, there is also recent history behind Riyadh's unwillingness to cut production. In the 1980s the country did cut production significantly in a bid to boost prices, but it had little effect and it also badly affected the Saudi economy.
Alongside Saudi Arabia, Gulf producers such as the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait have also amassed considerable foreign currency reserves, which means that they could run deficits for several years if necessary.
Other Opec members such as Iran, Iraq and Nigeria, with greater domestic budgetary demands because of their large population sizes in relation to their oil revenues, have less room for manoeuvre.
They have combined foreign currency reserves of less than $200bn, and are already under pressure from increased US competition.
Nigeria, which is Africa's biggest oil producer, has seen growth in the rest of its economy but despite this it remains heavily oil-dependent. Energy sales account for up to 80% of all government revenue and more than 90% of the country's exports.
The war in Syria and Iraq has also seen Isis, or Islamic State, capturing oil wells. It is estimated it is making about $3m a day through black market sales - and undercutting market prices by selling at a significant discount - around $30-60 a barrel.
"The growth of oil production in North America, particularly in the US, has been staggering," says Columbia University's Jason Bordoff.
Speaking to BBC World Service's World Business Report, he said that US oil production levels were at their highest in almost 30 years.
It has been this growth in US energy production, where gas and oil is extracted from shale formations using hydraulic fracturing or fracking, that has been one of the main drivers of lower oil prices.
"Shale has essentially severed the linkage between geopolitical turmoil in the Middle East, and oil price and equities," says Seth Kleinman, head of energy strategy at Citi.
Even though many US shale oil producers have far higher costs than conventional rivals, many need to carry on pumping to generate at least some revenue stream to pay off debts and other costs.
With Europe's flagging economies characterised by low inflation and weak growth, any benefits of lower prices would be welcomed by beleaguered governments.
A 10% fall in oil prices should lead to a 0.1% increase in economic output, say some. In general consumers benefit through lower energy prices, but eventually low oil prices do erode the conditions that brought them about.
China, which is set to become the largest net importer of oil, should gain from falling prices. However, lower oil prices won't fully offset the far wider effects of a slowing economy.
Japan imports nearly all of the oil it uses. But lower prices are a mixed blessing because high energy prices had helped to push inflation higher, which has been a key part of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's growth strategy to combat deflation.
India imports 75% of its oil, and analysts say falling oil prices will ease its current account deficit. At the same time, the cost of India's fuel subsidies could fall by $2.5bn this year - but only if oil prices stay low. | Global oil prices have fallen sharply over the past seven months, leading to significant revenue shortfalls in many energy exporting nations, while consumers in many importing countries are likely to have to pay less to heat their homes or drive their cars. | 29643612 | [
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The 18-year-old has established himself in the Wycombe team this season, making 17 appearances in League One.
Harris, who has signed a three-and-a-half year contract, won League Two's apprentice of the year award for the 2010-11 season.
"It's a good deal for all parties," Wycombe manager Gary Waddock told the club's website.
Cardiff manager Malky Mackay has made signing a winger a priority in the January transfer window.
He has failed in his attempts to prize Craig Noone from Brighton, while a bid for Blackpool's wide man Matt Phillips has also been rejected.
Harris broke the record as Wycombe's youngest player when he made his debut in 2009, aged 16 years and 201 days. That record has subsequently been taken from him by Jordan Ibe in 2011, who was 15 years and 244 days when he featured in a Carling Cup tie.
Striker Ibe, now 16, joined Liverpool earlier in the January transfer window.
Waddock added: "Like Jordon Ibe recently, we didn't want to stand in the way of Kadeem and the opportunity for him to play at a higher level.
"I've thoroughly enjoyed working with Kadeem during my time at the club and I wish him every success for the future." | Cardiff City have signed Wycombe Wanderers winger Kadeem Harris for an undisclosed fee. | 16797158 | [
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Born to a Jamaican mother and British father, Eric Johnson, 31, moved to the UK from the Caribbean aged four.
The Home Office had been seeking to deport him as a "foreign criminal".
The Supreme Court ruled this was discriminatory, saying he would not be removed if his parents had married.
The deportation case came down to "an accident of birth" was the view of the five Supreme Court justices on Wednesday.
Lady Hale, who headed the panel, said in a written ruling: "In this case, what needs to be justified is the current liability of the appellant to be deported when they would not be so liable had their parents been married to one another at any time after their birth.
"That is a present distinction which is based solely on the accident of birth outside wedlock, for which the appellant is not responsible."
Johnson began his fight with the Home Office in 2011, after being jailed for nine years in 2008.
The justices pointed out that new immigration rules that came in to effect in 2006 gave people in Johnson's position automatic British citizenship at birth, but that the changes had not been applied retrospectively.
The law is quite complex around the definition of a British citizen, but here are the guidelines from the Home Office: | A man jailed for manslaughter has won his battle against deportation after judges ruled he was being discriminated against because his parents were unmarried. | 37705495 | [
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The hosts, chasing 379 to win, began slowly and Chopra's caution increased after a middle-order collapse of three wickets for 25 runs.
The opener laboured for five and a half hours for his 17th first class century off 269 balls and ended on 119 not out.
Tim Ambrose (29) also played a patient innings, despite being forced to use a runner after suffering a leg injury.
Hampshire bowled tightly on a pitch that became easier for batting as the day went on, with Warwickshire scoring 65 runs in the morning session.
Ian Westwood (40) was trapped lbw by Andre Adams before lunch and three quick wickets after the interval strengthened the home side's decision to play for the draw.
James Tomlinson picked up two scalps, including Ireland captain William Porterfield (29), before Chopra guided his side to safety.
Despite scoring just 26 runs in the post-lunch session, Chopra scored more freely as he moved towards his first century as Warwickshire skipper.
The draw came shortly after Ambrose chipped a full delivery from Will Smith to Gareth Berg at extra-cover.
The wicket-keeper batted for an hour with a runner after suffering a gluteal strain before tea, which may rule him out of Sunday's game against champions Yorkshire.
Warwickshire captain Varun Chopra:
"They bowled well and made it hard for us to score on a pitch which got slower the longer the game went.
"At the start of the day our intention was to go for the win but it was a case of taking it session by session. After Sam Hain got out and we were four wickets down, and we didn't really have any momentum to the scoring, it was always going to be pretty tough.
"But overall I was quite pleased with the way we played. There were some good performances from us, with a six-for and two centuries."
Hampshire captain Jimmy Adams:
"At the start of the last day I thought a draw was probably the least likely result.
"The previous evening Warwickshire had got away from us a little bit and if they had started the same way today then things could have been a lot different.
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The judge held that Mr Durkan acted unilaterally and unlawfully in authorising the Belfast Metropolitan Area Plan (BMAP) without securing consent from executive colleagues.
His verdict came in a challenge to the SDLP environment minister's decision.
It was brought by former enterprise minister Arlene Foster of the DUP.
The judge backed claims that because its significance stretched across departmental responsibilities it needed approval from the Stormont cabinet.
A decision on what remedy to grant in the case will be taken at a later date.
BMAP identifies zones for retail, residential and commercial development across the city and outlying areas such as Carrickfergus, Lisburn, Newtownabbey and north Down.
Among the most contentious aspects of the blueprint is a retail zoning which restricts future expansion at the Sprucefield shopping centre to bulky goods only.
That would mean a long-proposed John Lewis store could not be built there.
Mrs Foster, now the first minister, issued proceedings amid claims her colleague in the power-sharing administration breached the ministerial code.
Mr Durkan had said efforts were made to get the issue on the agenda at executive meetings.
During the hearing it was confirmed that the legal action involved a disagreement split down party political lines.
The DUP is opposed to the restrictions adopted by the SDLP minister in BMAP, the judge was told.
Counsel for Mrs Foster repeatedly argued that the planning framework was a cross-cutting, controversial matter which needed the agreement of the whole executive.
He claimed "battle lines were well drawn" in the debate over allowing unrestricted retail development at Sprucefield, with the potential impact on town and city centre shopping.
He alleged the environment minister was only interested in securing approval for his own pre-determined outcome.
The judge was told seven of the other 10 Stormont departments were concerned enough about BMAP to want to take part in a special executive sub-group set up to deal with the issue.
Mr Durkan's barrister contended that attempts were made to coerce him into ignoring his legal duties in dealing with the planning blueprint.
He also claimed the environment minister was put under pressure by DUP ministerial colleagues over a policy which effectively blocked attempts to build a John Lewis store.
However, the judge held that the decision did cut across responsibilities of others in the executive under the terms of the 1998 Northern Ireland Act.
He confirmed: "It was therefore a function of the executive committee to discuss and agree upon it, rather than for the respondent to act unilaterally."
In a statement following the ruling, the Department of Environment said: "DoE planning is carefully considering Mr Justice Treacy's full judgement and the outcome of today's decision." | Environment Minister Mark H Durkan had no legal power to approve a major new planning blueprint for greater Belfast, a High Court judge has ruled. | 35787280 | [
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The Baggies took the lead before the break when Saido Berahino finished well, before Craig Dawson doubled the lead in the 54th minute with a header.
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A minute later Lukaku rose to nod in Gerard Deulofeu's cross, and then set up Arouna Kone who fired in to level.
Belgium striker Lukaku grabbed the winner with a close-range strike from another excellent Deulofeu delivery.
The result moves Everton up to fifth on 12 points, while West Brom, who have yet to win at home, drop to 15th with eight points.
It was a certainly a game of two halves, following a dire opening 40 minutes, but Lukaku himself had a contrasting 90 minutes.
The 6ft 3in 22-year-old has had to carry the burden of a £28m price tag ever since he signed on a permanent deal for the Toffees in July 2014, following a successful season on loan in 2013-14.
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And despite scoring 20 goals last season, his performances were mixed, which prompted manager Roberto Martinez to defend him.
Everton fans must have been wondering which Lukaku they would see at The Hawthorns. They saw both.
The left side of the graphic below shows that Lukaku found himself in deep positions in the first half as he tried to get into the game.
However, with Everton chasing the match after the break, he moved further forward and became more of a threat in and around the area. The service also improved from Spaniard Deulofeu, who delivered two fantastic crosses for the Belgian's goals.
For a team that came into the game having conceded only six goals in six matches, shipping three goals in one half would be a surprise to the casual observer.
However, two injuries caused the Baggies' tight defence to become flaky.
The first occurred when Gareth McAuley was hurt in training prior to the match, and the second when Jonas Olsson came off in the 28th minute with what appeared to be a groin problem.
Everton's defence also looked brittle in the first half, which again could be attributed to injuries, with John Stones, Seamus Coleman and Leighton Baines missing. Fortunately for the inexperienced backline, the team's emphasis focused on attack as they chased the game after the break.
West Brom boss Tony Pulis: "The first goal kills us. We should deal with it. The other two goals are poor goals - the second one looks offside, the linesman is looking the wrong side. It's a poor decision.
"It's really, really disappointing because before we scored the second goal we had some good chances. We switched off and Everton will punish you."
Everton manager Roberto Martinez: "We were very disappointed with the first half. We were off, every single individual.
"The mountain we had to climb, it would have been easy to lose focus but we got three goals against the best defensive structure in the Premier League.
"Every three points is huge but it feels extra good. Deulofeu took extra responsibility, he wanted the ball all night and it was a real mature performance."
BBC Radio 5 live's Steve Claridge at the Hawthorns: "Everton looked far more comfortable when they threw the shackles off and went for it. Going 2-0 down was the best thing that could happen to them."
A brilliant win sets Roberto Martinez's Everton up nicely for Sunday's Merseyside derby at Goodison Park, with Liverpool only a point behind them in the table. As for West Brom, they are away at seventh-place Crystal Palace on Saturday. | Romelu Lukaku scored twice as he led a superb comeback by Everton, who battled from 2-0 down to win at West Brom. | 34311167 | [
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Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said judiciary chief Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani had agreed to contribute towards the cost.
The prison, covering 43 hectares (106 acres) in the north of city, has thousands of inmates, including many of Iran's political prisoners.
Human rights activists say they have documented systematic abuses there.
Last year, the head of Iran's prison service was replaced amid allegations that inmates at a special wing at Evin used to hold political prisoners, academics, intellectuals and journalists were badly beaten by guards.
Iranian dailies welcomed the Tehran municipality's plans to turn Evin prison into a park.
"Converting the prison into a museum or park has been a long-time wish of many citizens," said the centrist Ebtekar daily. "It is good news as Evin is among the few regions in Tehran that has good weather and the city's residents could make good use of the park."
But many commentators on news websites and social media were critical.
One Facebook user said that the planned park "would reek of blood". "How can I walk in a park which is tied to the bitterest moments of my life," tweeted another.
Others wondered about the logistics of the move.
"There is concern that moving the prison out of Tehran will inflict more problems on the prisoners and their families," suggested an opinion piece on the moderate Asr-e Iran website.
Evin was also used to detain many activists arrested when millions participated in protests after the disputed re-election of former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2009.
Several are believed to have died as a result of torture, ill treatment, or medical neglect.
Judiciary officials have said they plan to move prisons and military bases outside the capital, and two months ago plans were presented to change Evin's purpose, according to the AFP news agency.
On Monday, Mr Qalibaf told reporters that he had discussed the future of Evin at a meeting with Ayatollah Larijani.
"He told me that [the judiciary] had reviewed the [Tehran] municipality's proposal and that they were ready for the municipality to start talks to turn the Evin prison complex into a green space," he was quoted as saying by the Tasnim news agency.
The mayor cited the example of Qasr prison, which was closed in 2008 and turned into a museum. | The mayor of Tehran hopes to transform the notorious Evin prison in Iran's capital into a public park, after receiving the judiciary's approval. | 32703629 | [
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Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (OCCG), which overseas health services, has said the non-emergency service lacks "resilience".
South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS) runs the phone line and has said calls have increased by 16% in the last year.
It claimed staff shortages contributed to problems in answering calls.
In a risk assessment report published by OCCG, it said: "Patient safety in the 111 service will be compromised due to performance issues caused by a lack of resilience to peaks in demand."
OCCG has ranked the phone line as a "red risk", the highest category for risks to patient safety.
It comes after an undercover investigation by the Daily Telegraph in June recorded a worker at SCAS's 111 call centre in Bicester, Oxfordshire, saying all staff had "killed someone indirectly".
After the report prompted an investigation in January, the Care Quality Commission said the service was "safe and effective".
The ambulance trust said that a 16% increase in call volume meant phone handlers could not answer calls "as quickly as we would like".
In January alone, the service received 173,563 calls on both their 999 and 111 phone lines.
SCAS has also said that a recruitment shortfall has contributed to issues in responding to calls.
A spokesperson added: "We are working hard to improve our response to the patients who require our assistance.
"We are continuing to recruit staff to the NHS 111 service across our area."
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A late first-half goal from Quinn Saunders helped St Peter's into a 1-8 to 0-5 interval lead at Inniskeen.
The Derry school were boosted by an early second-half goal by Kevin Small but Rory O'Connor netted to make it 2-9 to 1-6 to St Peter's after 40 minutes.
A late rally by St Mary's yielded 1-3 without reply, Cormac Murphy scoring the goal, but it was not enough.
The Wexford school, who will contest the Hogan decider for the first time in their history, led by seven points, 2-10 to 1-6, with eight minutes remaining.
They will take on reigning champions St Brendan's of Killarney in the final on Saturday 1 April.
St Peter's were last in action in late January when they ended a 25-year wait for a Leinster senior crown, while St Mary's claimed their first MacRory Cup title by defeating 19-times winners St Colman's Newry on St Patrick's Day.
The semi-final was switched from Drogheda to the Monaghan venue. | St Mary's Magherafelt lost 2-10 to 2-9 to St Peter's Wexford in the semi-finals of the Hogan Cup on Wednesday. | 39355651 | [
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The art of Kremlinology has moved on since then. And I'm proud to say I've come up with my own 21st Century method for keeping up to date with the current thinking in the corridors of Russian power: it involves walking to the train station opposite the BBC Moscow office, going up to the souvenir stand and looking at the fridge magnets on sale.
You can tell a lot from Russian fridge magnets. This week's selection includes several different "Vladimir Putin in military camouflage" magnets, complete with patriotic slogans, like: "Together we are a force to be reckoned with!" and "We will always look out for our guys!"
Kremlin policy in a nutshell.
One fridge magnet in particular caught my eye. It looks just like a $100 bill but, in place of the American founding father Benjamin Franklin, there is a portrait of Vladimir Putin.
I know. It's only a fridge magnet. But it encapsulates the whole Putin-Trump/Russia-America saga. After six months of Donald Trump in the White House, Russians are beginning to feel that their country enjoys considerable influence over America.
And who could blame them for thinking that? Particularly in light of allegations of the Kremlin hacking a US election and putting a Russian puppet in the White House, and with all the rumours of Russian lawyers, Russian lobbyists and Russian oligarchs conspiring with the Trump team and the Trump family.
It will be up to official investigations to establish whether there was, indeed, collusion. But even the suggestion that there may have been has got the whole world talking about the power of Putin's Russia and the weakness of Trump's America.
There are times when Vladimir Putin seems to be basking in the infamy of running a cyber superpower.
There is just one problem for President Putin. It's the problem of all fridge magnets, really. They look so pretty when you buy them in the shop. But they don't stick to every fridge.
When it began, Donald Trump's presidency looked very pretty to Moscow. The Russians expected that America's new leader would herald a new era in US-Russian cooperation.
At the time, a news anchor on Russian State TV described Trump as "an Alpha male... a real man." The day after America's presidential election, one Russian state official told me that she had celebrated Trump's victory with a cigar and a bottle of champagne.
But, after six months of President Trump, US sanctions against Russia remain in place.
The two Russian diplomatic compounds, closed by President Obama last December, remain shut. And the idea of a "Grand Deal" with America, much hoped for here at the start of the Trump presidency, has disappeared from the pages of the Russian dailies.
Moscow is not blaming Donald Trump directly for this. One Russian newspaper, Nezavisimaya Gazeta, explained recently that, in the current atmosphere, "Trump doesn't have the slightest possibility to improve Russian-US relations, since any step, any glance even in the direction of Russia is met with suspicion back home and even viewed as treason."
A few days ago I was chatting to a Russian senator. He complained that the intense pressure President Trump was facing over the Russia question was complicating US-Russian diplomacy.
"Trump is like a prisoner," he told me, "And how can you talk to a prisoner?"
But Russia and America are talking. Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump have now met, on the sidelines of the G20 summit. And, although progress is slower than Moscow would like, there is cautious talk of cooperation: in Syria, for example, and in the area of cyber security.
Mr Trump continues to argue there is nothing wrong in seeking a closer relationship with Russia. He insists it is in America's interest to do so.
And, while America's president and America's Western allies often appear poles apart on a variety of issues, Donald Trump seems drawn like a magnet to Vladimir Putin.
Indeed, he has openly praised the Kremlin leader. Yet Russia is casting a shadow over the US administration. For Donald Trump, could this prove to be a fatal attraction? | There was a time when to work out what was happening in Moscow you needed to read between the lines in Pravda, or look at the line-up of Soviet officials at a Red Square parade and study who was standing next to whom. | 40683083 | [
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A row erupted after council proposals for new contracts for more than 2,000 staff that would result in wage cuts of up to 23%.
The authority fears it could face equal pay claims from other employees if it does not make the cuts.
Hundreds attended a rally to "celebrate the work of Durham's teaching assistants".
Claire Williams, Northern Regional Secretary of Unison said: "There is positive progress being made... we are really keen to get a resolution to this dispute quickly for our teaching assistants as it's been a very stressful year for them."
The new contracts were originally proposed for January but after industrial action in November the plan was suspended.
Members of the Unison and ATL unions were due to strike again for three days in December but that was called off to restart talks.
The council says its review of the matter should be completed in September. | Talks held between teaching assistant unions and Durham County Council are "progressing positively", Unison said. | 39392409 | [
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Thomas Fendall and Jessica Hussell, who were in a relationship, used their positions within Greater Manchester Police to access restricted material.
A court heard they targeted Hussell's ex-boyfriend, who lost his job after he was wrongfully arrested.
Fendall was jailed for 19 months and Hussell was sentenced to 16 months.
The pair provided false information to the charity Crimestoppers, naming Hussell's former boyfriend as being responsible for a fail-to-stop collision in which another PCSO was injured.
Brett Gerrity, senior crown prosecutor for CPS North West, said: "Thomas Fendall and Jessica Hussell, who were in a personal relationship, abused their positions within the police to access restricted material on the police computer system for their own use and to settle a personal grievance.
"Fendall used the police computer system to research background information on people he and Hussell knew, and shared information and documents with others.
"They provided Crimestoppers with bogus information leading to an innocent man being investigated by the police for attempted murder."
He continued: "They also supplied the DVLA with fictitious intelligence, which led to the same man having his driving licence revoked.
"He had to prove he was medically fit to drive before his licence could be reinstated two months later."
Sergeant Lee Westhead, of GMP's Serious Collision Investigation Unit, said: "The actions of Fendall and Hussell undermine everything that is at the heart of policing in this country."
Hussell, 19, from Glossop, and Fendall, 26, from Denton, each pleaded guilty to misconduct in a public office.
They also pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice in relation to providing false information to Crimestoppers.
Fendall had pleaded guilty to another count of misconduct in a public office and four counts of computer misuse relating to the GMP intelligence system.
The pair were arrested in August 2015 after an investigation by GMP's Serious Collision investigation Unit. They were suspended from GMP upon arrest. | Two police community support officers have been jailed for using force computers to try to frame an innocent man for attempted murder. | 39306738 | [
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The stamps are designed by comic book artist John Higgins, who has used a graphic novel style of illustration.
They feature scenes from the start, spread and aftermath of the Great Fire, using a street map design.
Higgins has contributed to titles such as Judge Dredd and 2000 AD.
Philip Parker, from Royal Mail, said: "Despite the terrible devastation caused by the Great Fire, it provided the opportunity for the regeneration of large swathes of the city and shaped the London we know today.
"It was the catalyst of the building of iconic landmarks such as St Paul's Cathedral and dozens of parish churches.
"It is fitting that we mark the anniversary of the fire with an innovative set of stamps that re-imagine the events." | The 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London is being commemorated with a set of six new stamps. | 37247565 | [
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The former Manchester United stars put the project on hold following criticism from conservationists.
Historic England said the plan was "getting there".
The revised proposals had the potential to "enhance" the area's character "rather than dominate it", it said.
The public body said the previous scheme threatened to "erase" the area's history.
The St Michael's development plan includes a five-star hotel, apartments, offices and a synagogue.
Neville said the scheme would make a "significant contribution" to the growth of Manchester city centre and create 1,500 jobs.
He said they had not shied away from the "passionate debate" on the original proposals and addressed the issues raised "head-on".
"At the same time, we have kept faith with our central vision of creating a true mixed-use destination with a signature development of the highest quality including residential living, Grade A offices, a five-star hotel, exciting retail and leisure units and world-class outdoor spaces," he said.
Work could start by spring or early summer 2018, subject to planning approval, he added.
The plans still include a new synagogue and a public square outside the Sir Ralph Abercromby, the developers said.
Catherine Dewar, from Historic England, said: "The new masterplan still needs work but it's getting there.
"The new proposals... have the potential to enhance the character of the Deansgate/Peter Street conservation area, rather than dominate it, as the previous scheme threatened."
Ms Dewar said the change to the plan for a single tower further away from the town hall and twisted around would have much less impact on the Grade II-listed Central Library, Grade I-listed Town Hall and Grade I-listed St. Ann's Church.
The former police headquarters and the Sir Ralph Abercromby pub "have soul and tell important stories about our city's past", she added. | Ex-footballers Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs's £200m plans to redevelop part of central Manchester have been revised. | 40571633 | [
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It is believed she was standing with a group when they were "approached by a number of suspects possibly on pedal cycles", a Met Police spokesman said.
A shot was fired at the group and the woman was killed.
The victim's family has been notified and a post-mortem examination is due to take place later. | A woman was shot dead by attackers who may have been on bicycles, police have said. | 40069297 | [
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Properties in Manchester, Essex and London are also being searched.
The suspects are currently in custody and being questioned on suspicion of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.
They include four men from London, aged 25, 28, 29 and 56, a 45-year-old man from Northolt, two men from Poland, aged 32 and 48, and a 44-year-old man from the Netherlands.
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Also known as sharp-nosed mackerel sharks, they are usually found in tropical and temperate seas.
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A monthly travelcard costs £135 ($174), according to a Deutsche Bank report - £33 ($43) more than Dublin, which was ranked second priciest city.
Auckland, where a ticket costs £95 ($123), came third, while New York City, at £91 ($118), came fourth, and Tokyo fifth at £86 ($111).
Transport for London (TfL) said the findings did "not show the true cost of transport in other countries".
The survey also found the cost of travel in the capital dropped since 2014, when commuters paid £165 ($213).
Source: Deutsche Bank
Its authors ranked London tenth most expensive for petrol, and the third for car hire.
Hong Kong had the priciest petrol, while Amsterdam was the most expensive for a daily car rental, the report said.
London's taxis fared slightly better, ranked 20th in a list of 47 cities, with Zurich topping the list for the most expensive fares.
For quality of life, London was ranked 33rd in the world, similar to other "mega cities" such as Tokyo, Paris and New York.
According to the report, these cities "rank very low" for quality of life, mostly due to "high living costs, crime, pollution and commuting time".
"This is highly subjective and one person's long commute may be another person's chance to catch up on Netflix," the report said.
"Megacity dwellers may also forsake short-term quality of life for aspirational reasons," the report added.
Wellington, in New Zealand, was ranked as the best city to live in in terms of quality of life, followed by Edinburgh, Vienna. Melbourne and Zurich.
In February, TfL revealed its fares income was down £90m last year.
TfL is currently planning to cut £16bn from its budget by 2020/21 as it aims to become self sufficient with its operating costs.
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has frozen fares on buses and trams until 2020, but travelcard prices are set by train operating companies and so are not under full TfL control.
A TfL spokesman said: "London also has one of the most extensive set of travel concessions in the world with free or discounted travel for children, the over-60s, students and veterans." | Public transport in London is the world's most expensive, a report says. | 39806865 | [
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Sports Minister Dayasiri Jayasekera said a suspected bookmaker had approached two Sri Lankan players ahead of the match to try to convince them to under-perform and lose the match.
Both players turned down the approach and the authorities were informed, Mr Jayasekara said.
Sri Lanka went on to win the game.
Wicketkeeper Kusal Perera and bowler Rangana Herath were approached shortly before the match in Galle, Sri Lanka, in October, the minister said.
"After Kusal turned down the offer, the man approached Herath who also rejected the offer and alerted the authorities," he added.
Both a police inquiry and anti-corruption investigation by Sri Lanka Cricket have been launched.
The International Cricket Council has also been informed. | Sri Lankan authorities are investigating an attempt to fix an international cricket match involving the national team and the West Indies. | 35136167 | [
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It was a memorable win for the Liberians against Kabylie who are among the 10 most successful clubs in African competitions.
Mulbah broke the deadlock in a goalmouth scramble on 58 minutes and completed the rout after Sarkoh punished a blunder from Algeria goalkeeper Malek Asselah.
The unexpectedly heavy loss for Kabylie was another blow to Algerian football, after the Desert Foxes were eliminated from the recent Africa Cup of Nations at the group phase.
Kabylie's loss was followed by defeat for another Algerian side, Mouloudia Alger, who are also former African champions.
They were beaten 2-1 away to debutants Bechem United of Ghana, but will at least have an away goal to take into their return leg next weekend.
Elsewhere, Rayon Sports of Rwanda are virtually assured of a last-32 place in Africa's second-tier club competition after beating newcomers Al Salam Wau of South Sudan 4-0 in Juba.
Savio Nshuti triggered a second-half goal rush by netting after 54 minutes and Pierrot Kwizera, Nova Bayama and Moussa Camara scored in the final quarter as Salam collapsed.
Bosnian Enes Sipovic notched the second-half winner as Ittihad Tanger of Morocco, experiencing continental football for the first time, came from behind to defeat Douanes of Niger 2-1 in Niamey.
There was more success for Morocco as second division outfit MAS Fes used home advantage to build a 3-0 lead over former African champions CARA of Congo Brazzaville.
An embarrassing blunder by the Congolese goalkeeper, who allowed a harmless low cross to slip from his grasp, gifted Ivorian Koffi Boua the first goal for 2011 Confederation Cup winners Fes.
Al Hilal Benghazi of Libya overcame the handicap of not being able to play at home by beating fellow Confederation Cup debutants Ulinzi Stars of Kenya 1-0 in Cairo.
Ahmed Al Abbar scored the winner just after half-time for Hilal, who were forced to move the fixture to Egypt on security grounds.
Volcan of the Comoros exceeded expectations by drawing 0-0 with Vipers of Uganda in Kampala, raising the prospect of a first overall African success by a club from the multi-island Indian Ocean nation.
Record three-time title-holders CS Sfaxien of Tunisia are among 12 clubs who received byes into the round of 32.
Like the Champions League, the Confederation Cup will have a new look this season and increased prize money.
The number of qualifying rounds before play-offs against Champions League last-32 losers has been cut to two and the group phase expanded from eight clubs to 16.
Prize money has been given a 170% boost, including $1.25m (£1.16m) for the winners and $275,000 (£220,000) for the lowest-placed group finishers. | Monrovia Breweries of Liberia made a dream African Confederation Cup debut by trouncing twice former African champions JS Kabylie of Algeria 3-0 in the first leg of their preliminary tie. | 38922091 | [
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Forecasters are uncertain about how heavy and persistent the rain will be.
The warning covers Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Powys, Caerphilly, Merthyr Tydfil, Neath Port Talbot, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Bridgend, Cardiff, Swansea and Vale of Glamorgan.
A moist southerly airstream is set to bring the bulk of the rain in a four-hour period, with the Met Office saying it will issue further updates to the warning throughout Monday.
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A JCB spokesperson confirmed that the company had ended its membership of the CBI, but did not give reasons why.
Sky news had earlier reported that it was due to the group's response to the referendum outcome
JCB's chairman, Lord Bamford, was a prominent supporter of the Brexit campaign.
During the campaign he said: "The UK is the world's fifth largest trading nation. We therefore have little to fear from leaving the EU."
He also wrote to his 6,500 UK employees to explain why he favoured a vote to leave the European Union, saying he was "very confident that we can stand on our own two feet".
The CBI, on the other hand, warned that a UK exit from the EU would cause a "serious economic shock", potentially costing the country £100bn and nearly one million jobs.
A CBI spokesman said: "It's always a shame to see any member leave the CBI, but we recognise that businesses have competing priorities and we respect that."
A spokesperson for JCB said only: "I can confirm that JCB is ending its membership of the CBI."
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It said 50 were also wounded in the Hijaz Square explosion, which hit the offices of the railway company.
Eight people were also killed by a rare blast in the town of Suweida, home to Syria's Druze minority, say reports.
Suweida has remained under government control through the conflict, and had so far been largely free of violence.
Wednesday's blast there went off outside the headquarters of the Air Force Intelligence, the most feared security service in Syria.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based activist group, said it had been a suicide car bomb and that the intelligence branch chief was among those killed.
Sana blamed the attack on "terrorists", the government's way of referring to rebels forces.
Syria's Druze minority - adherents of an offshoot of Shia Islam - numbers about 700,000. Its main leadership has so far stayed out of the conflict publicly.
The Observatory said were conflicting reports about whether the Damascus explosion had been caused by a bomb or a mortar shell.
No group has said it was behind the blast but Sana again quoted police sources blaming "terrorists.
Last month, an explosion near Damascus airport cut off power to large parts of Syria.
The attacks come a day after the latest round of international diplomacy failed to fix a date for a long-delayed peace conference on the Syrian conflict.
The UN-Arab League envoy on Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, had hoped to hold the conference in Geneva this month.
But he said he was not able to announce a date, despite a day of meetings first with senior diplomats from the US and Russia, then with the other permanent members of the UN Security Council - the UK, France and China - as well as Syria's neighbours Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan and Turkey.
Mr Brahimi said he was still "striving" for a summit by the end of the year.
Interactive: Tent city now home to 130,000
Attempts to set up a conference have been going on for months amid disputes over who should attend and its agenda.
The Syrian opposition has insisted President Bashar al-Assad should resign before any talks can take begin, but the government has rejected this.
The US and Russia disagree on whether Syria's key regional neighbour Iran should be present.
The idea of a conference was first mooted in May, and in September UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced a tentative date of mid-November after the Security Council passed a binding resolution on Syrian chemical weapons.
On Wednesday, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov was quoted as saying that Moscow was ready to host "informal" talks between President Assad and the Syrian opposition to begin the peace process.
Mr Bogdanov, who was involved in the talks with Mr Brahimi, said such a meeting would help to create "a favourable atmosphere, so that people can meet and discuss existing issues", Russian media quoted him as saying.
Source: UNHCR - Nov 2013
Meanwhile, aid agencies have warned that more than nine million Syrians, almost half the population, are now in need of humanitarian relief.
The UN estimates that more than two million people have fled Syria since the unrest began in March 2011, resulting in a humanitarian crisis.
Most have sought refuge in Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt.
More than 100,000 people are estimated to have been killed since the conflict began. | Eight people have been killed in a blast in the centre of the Syrian capital, Damascus, the Sana state news agency reports. | 24835012 | [
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The venomous green-and-yellow snake has been missing since Wednesday, its owner told the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
The owner is an "experienced snake handler" and has a permit to have the snake as a pet, said the commission's spokesman Greg Workman.
Local residents are warned not to get close to the snake.
The owner, Mike Kennedy, is an exotic animal dealer and star of the Discovery Channel reality show Airplane Repo.
He could face criminal charges for not alerting authorities about the escape immediately.
Officials are scanning the area surrounding the home in the search for the reptile, which is not native to Florida.
"Most likely no one is going to see it," Florida Fish and Wildlife captain Chris Roszkowiak said. "We believe it's going to stay on the property here."
His group is asking people to call an alert hotline if they spot the snake, but the escape has neighbours on edge.
"I'm going to go load my guns. Well, they're already loaded, but I'm going to have them ready for sure. I mean, that thing's big enough to take you down for sure," James McLeod told WESH, a local TV station. | Florida wildlife officials are hunting for an 8-foot-long (2.4m) king cobra snake escaped from an Orlando home. | 34143242 | [
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Vickilee Galloway, 37, set her dog on Stacey Findlay after the two women started arguing in February last year.
Part of Ms Findlay's ear was torn off. A man was also attacked.
Galloway admitted assault by inciting her pet to attack Ms Findlay. Sentence at the High Court in Aberdeen was deferred, and she was remanded in custody.
She also pled guilty to being the owner of a dog that was so dangerously out of control that it attacked Brian Pennie.
Both victims had parts of their ears missing and needed hospital treatment.
Advocate depute Gillian Ross told the court that the incident happened after Galloway fell out with Ms Findlay while drinking in Mr Pennie's flat.
She said: "The accused started telling the complainer that her name was not in fact Stacey."
Ms Ross said Galloway then told her pet dog Jake to attack the other woman.
She told the court: "She used the words 'get her', 'Jake attack', or something similar.
"She was bitten on the arm which caused her to fall to the ground.
"The dog then started biting and attacking her left ear."
Galloway eventually managed to get the dog under control by grabbing his collar after it injured Mr Pennie and an ambulance was called.
Galloway sobbed in the dock as Lord Kinclaven remanded her in custody.
Sentence was deferred until 5 October at the High Court in Edinburgh for background reports. | A dog owner has admitted ordering her Staffordshire bull terrier to attack another woman in Peterhead. | 37297934 | [
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This is the stuff of Donald Trump's dreams, only his wall would be bigger and better of course, not to mention longer, stronger and vastly more expensive.
Between the fortifications, in what is effectively no-man's land, a yellow line painted on the concrete marks the end of the mainland United States and the beginning of Mexico.
The border here owes its defences to Operation Gatekeeper, a controversial programme enacted in 1994 under President Bill Clinton which built barriers, added patrols and spruced up technology such as movement sensors.
All these years on, it appears to have worked, up to a point.
"It's like water," says border agent Shawn Moran as he drives the route near San Diego which he has patrolled for two decades. "They're going to take the path of least resistance and right now there's a lot of resistance out here."
Elsewhere the frontier looks very different. In Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, says Mr Moran, "you still have wide open areas of wilderness and desert where people are able to get across".
That is if they don't die trying.
Donald Trump reckons he has the answer - a "beautiful" wall spanning all four states which abut Mexico. It is a plan which goes down well with the men and women on the front line.
As vice president of the National Border Patrol Council, Mr Moran is union spokesman for 17,000 border agents who are, collectively, supporting the presumptive Republican nominee for president of the United States.
"Mr Trump seems to be the only candidate that's actually talking about border enforcement and fixing the immigration laws of the United States," says Mr Moran.
"This is a country built on the rule of law and over the past few decades we have carved out entire sections of our immigration laws and just ignored them. President Obama has just thrown out enforcement."
It is certainly true that the United States has looked the other way for many years as millions of illegal migrants set up home, although the question of enforcement is complex.
Any Mexican you ask in California will tell you they are there to work - often as builders, nannies, farmhands and cleaners, propping up the American economy, they say.
Mr Trump, in contrast, accuses immigrants of costing the US billions of dollars in education, healthcare, housing and welfare as well as of committing crimes and putting Americans out of work.
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Naming the people who die in the desert
Shopping for a perilous journey
It is this potent mix of nationalism and protectionism which is animating his supporters in this angriest of elections.
And so Mr Trump wants to throw out every single undocumented immigrant. They would later be allowed to reapply for legal entry, he says, as long as they paid a hefty fee.
It is, by definition, difficult to count people living in the shadows and the numbers are therefore contested, but research estimated the number of unauthorised immigrants inside the United States in 2014, from all countries, at 11.3 million.
Exactly how they would be expelled and how much it would cost is, as with so much of Mr Trump's policy platform, not at all clear.
The tycoon-turned-politician has though given a sliver of detail about the "beautiful" wall he says he would build along the 1,989 mile border.
Mexico, he says, would pay for its construction or else Mexicans in the US would be prevented from sending money back to their families.
A Trump White House would "impound all remittance payments derived from illegal wages," according to the presidential contender's website.
That is no small threat - remittances from all Mexicans abroad were worth $24.8bn in 2015 according to the Bank of Mexico, more than the country's oil revenues - but could it be done?
"Is Trump going to steal the money," asks the former president of Mexico, Vicente Fox Quesada, incredulously. "How can any human being think like that? It's incredible!
"It's not going to happen," he tells the BBC. "Forget it. We're not going to pay for that [expletive] wall!"
This sentiment is echoed in Tijuana itself, often in similarly robust language.
Mr Trump's description of Mexican immigrants as killers and rapists hasn't done much for his popularity here - an ugly mural with the caption "Rape Trump" adorns the border wall on the southern side - and in the colourful markets where Trump piñatas (papier mache effigies filled with sweets which children whack open at birthday parties) are selling like hot tacos, they have a wary eye on the superpower nextdoor.
Beating the American businessman with a stick is popular, it seems.
"People are worried by everything he's saying about Mexico and Mexicans," says Carmen Espinoza, in Spanish, behind the counter of her shop which has just one Trump piñata left.
"We're not criminals, we're nothing like that. We are hardworking people who simply want to find work. Don't vote for him!"
Of course some Mexican immigrants are criminals and in the past few years many have faced deportation from the US.
In fact, President Barack Obama has reportedly deported more illegal immigrants than any president before him, although critics say that number has fallen sharply during his second term.
As a result, across Tijuana we find what could be the scene from another Donald Trump dream - a room full of freshly deported "illegals".
In this half-way house for new arrivals - the Casa del Migrante, a Christian mission which offers shelter, legal advice and psychological support - they're serving dinner.
For some of the men and women here this is the first real taste of Mexico since they were children.
11.3 million
Estimated unauthorised immigrants in the US
235,413 Number of people US Immigration and Customs Enforcement "removed or returned" in 2015
Victor Manuel Perez Monroi, who lived in Spokane, Washington, from the ages of six to 61, is typical. After 55 years in the US he was expelled, he says, after being stopped at a traffic light, because his papers were not in order.
"It was very hard for me," says Mr Perez whose son was shot and killed in Texas six months ago. "I can't visit his grave because I can't cross the border."
Mr Perez argues that there would be two consequences of an attempt to deport 11m people from the US - a potential uprising "if the families will gather up like the blacks did" and an economic collapse.
"You guys are going to have to work on the fields," he says, arguing that the hard labour in the US is all done by Latinos. "Blacks don't want to do it, whites don't want to do it.
"The economy would go down. They would go bankrupt."
Mr Perez is not the only one here struggling with his new life. Other migrants tell similar stories of infractions, minor and major, which resulted in their deportation and, often, in the potential of permanent separation from their families.
Looking across at Tijuana from the US side, is the border patrol agent Shawn Moran sympathetic?
"Oh, yes," he insists. "If I was in the same situation, I would try to get my family out of there and go somewhere where I could make some money and give them a better way to live.
"But we have a system in place for that. I am not against immigration at all. I'm for legal immigration. I'm against illegal immigration."
It is this simple defence of the laws of the United States which encapsulates why many Americans have turned to Trump - but it also explains why, for many Mexicans, the prospect of his winning the White House would be their worst nightmare. | At the south-western tip of California, straddling the dirty trickle that is the Tijuana river, stands a wall - or rather a series of walls, fences and ditches. | 36375011 | [
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Biologists studied a group of Sydney octopuses off Australia's east coast and observed a range of behaviour that may indicate complex social signalling.
Octopuses that stand tall, turn dark and spread their web in a "Nosferatu pose" are likely showing aggression.
Conversely, octopuses may display a pale colour after losing a fight or when trying to avoid conflict.
It was previously believed that octopuses were largely solitary creatures. Changes to body colour and other behaviour were interpreted as tactics to avoid predators.
But Prof Peter Godfrey-Smith said the unique study, based on 53 hours of footage and published on Friday in the journal Current Biology, provided a novel perspective on octopus behaviour.
"[An aggressive] octopus will turn very dark, stand in a way that accentuates its size and it will often seek to stand on a higher spot," Prof Godfrey-Smith, who co-authored the report, said.
"Clearly the unusual stance is not a physiological response. It makes it look as big as it can possibly be, with its arms spread out below and the mantle, the back part of the animal, raised over the head.
"The dark colour is produced in concert with those size-accentuating behaviours. There's no particular physiological reason why darkness should be associated with aggression, but it does give the impression of a larger object."
The researchers, based in Australia and the US, dubbed the stance the "Nosferatu pose", referring to the classic 1920s horror film, because the spread of the octopus's web was reminiscent of a vampire's cape.
Octopuses frequently turned pale while retreating from aggressors and also produced high-contrast patterns known as deimatic displays.
The contrasting patterns were most frequently observed when octopuses were attempting to return to their den after they had been forced out, or in the presence of an aggressive individual.
"Suppose there's a large, aggressive guy there and you want to get back into our den, if you approach with a pale colour it could be interpreted as a non-confrontational behaviour," Prof Godfrey-Smith said.
The study also found that two octopuses displaying dark colours were likely to fight if in close proximity, while a darker-coloured octopus was likely to stand its ground against a lighter-coloured octopus.
Another cephalopod, the cuttlefish, shows a similar set of features, with aggressive males darkening their faces and paler males withdrawing from fights.
The unusually high number of octopuses living together in the colony off Jervis Bay, south of Sydney, allowed a more in-depth observation of interactions than had previously been possible.
Prof Godfrey-Smith's co-author David Scheel and his students combed through 53 hours of footage and observed 186 interactions between the octopuses.
This included the Nosferatu pose, along with reaching, grappling and mating.
Watching these long videos was "much more exhausting than I expected", Prof Godfrey Smith said.
"Identifying an individual from minute to minute is very difficult, because they change colour and shape.
"If the octopus wanders out of the frame, there's not much you can do." | Octopuses may have more complex social interactions than previously believed, a new study has found. | 35426361 | [
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