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Glamis Hall hosted a lunch club, including a three-course meal and activities, at its Wellingborough home.
The hall was transferred to the control of community group Glamis Hall for All at the end of last year.
Wellingborough Borough Council had planned to close it saying the hall was "no longer fit for purpose".
Graham Campbell, whose father had been going to Glamis Hall for 20 years since he suffered a stroke, called the re-opening "just brilliant".
He said: "The people we have spoken to are so pleased. That is what makes it all worthwhile."
About 180 people use the hall's facilities regularly, but the borough council decided in June that the 40-year-old building was no longer fit for purpose and needed extensive refurbishment.
It was deemed too expensive to run and had been supported using discretionary funding that was no longer available.
The council decided to close Glamis Hall at the end of the year sparking a protests from users, their carers and community groups.
Glamis Hall for All was set up in response and raised a 10,000-signature petition to save the centre.
Freehold of the building was granted to the group after it presented a business plan to run it as a community amenity.
The borough council also confirmed the group would be given a one-off capital grant of up to £250,000 to help repair and refurbish the building.
Mr Campbell said the group would need plenty of volunteers and would have to apply for more funding.
He said: "We can work on that. No-one thought we would get that far." | A day centre for older people which had been threatened with closure has opened for the first time under the control of the group which saved it. | 30783188 | [
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Martin will replace Bruce Anstey in the team, who won last year's race.
McGuinness had been on his way to a third straight victory before suffering a technical issue, and eventually finished fourth.
The team said the duo, who will also be team-mates at Honda at the TT races, will target the first 120+mph lap.
McGuinness still holds the lap record for the class of 119.279mph (18:58.743), which he set on way to victory in 2015.
Martin, from Grimsby, missed last year's TT and North West 200 to compete in the 2,712-mile Tour Divide mountain bike race in the United States.
The 35-year-old has not raced since suffering multiple broken vertebrae and a fractured sternum in a crash in the Dundrod 150 Superbike race in 2015.
The truck mechanic and TV personality is still looking for his first TT victory, having finished on the podium 16 times. | Guy Martin and John McGuinness will race for the Japanese-based Mugen team in this year's TT race for electric-powered machines. | 38967412 | [
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The department is funding redundancies for 212 staff who have already applied to leave before the 2015/16 academic year.
It has told a further 285 staff they can leave during the year.
Those taking redundancy include lecturers and college support staff.
If all the staff go that will reduce the further education workforce in Northern Ireland, which stands at about 4,100 full-time equivalent staff, by just over 12%.
The cost of the redundancies was due to be funded under the civil service voluntary exit scheme.
As part of the Stormont House Agreement, the £700m scheme's future is uncertain due to the Northern Ireland Executive's continuing discord over welfare reform.
DEL Minister Stephen Farry has now decided to use his department's budget to fund the initial 212 applications.
That will cost £9.4m.
Mr Farry said that, in the absence of the voluntary exit scheme being agreed, he may also use his department's budget to meet the costs of the additional 285 staff who have been made offers to leave later in the academic year.
He said the initial 212 redundancies would save his department money in the long run.
"We will be finding a saving of £7.5m year after year, so it makes sense to proceed even though there is a degree of risk," he said.
"In the event a decision is taken on the main scheme for the public sector as a whole, then we hopefully will be able to backdate the money out of that scheme itself."
He said that colleges had prepared for the reductions in staff.
"If you look at the further education sector, they have a very heavy proportion of their budget spent on staffing themselves," he said.
"So whenever we pass on, very regrettably, cuts to the sector, they've very little alternative than to look at their staffing complement.
"But I'm confident the sector can respond very positively to this.
"We've worked closely with the colleges and the trade unions, and I think everyone understands this is something we have to go through to ensure we have a modern, fit for purpose, public sector."
Mr Farry also said it was important he acted now to end uncertainty for colleges and staff.
"If I was to stand back and allow this situation to drift over the summer, we would be a year delayed in making those efficiencies, and there would be many more costs to be borne by the sector itself."
The department's budget was reduced by £62m earlier this year, from £756m to £694m.
As a result, the further education sector faces budget cuts of £12m.
The initial 212 staff had ended the summer term unsure if they would have to return to work, but were told on 9 July that their redundancy applications had been approved.
They are entitled to a redundancy payment of one month's gross salary for every year of service, up to a maximum of 21 months, as part of the process.
About a quarter of further education staff - more than 1,100 - had initially expressed interest in the voluntary redundancy scheme.
The Stormont House Agreement included plans for the Northern Ireland Executive to borrow up to £700m over four years to fund the scheme.
Of that figure, £200m was to be made available to fund public sector voluntary redundancies in 2015/16.
As a result of the uncertainty over the agreement, many public sector staff are unsure whether they will be allowed to take redundancy in September.
More than 7,000 civil servants have expressed interest in the scheme and 1,200 of those have been told they can leave, depending on funding.
DEL is the second executive department to decide to use its own budget to fund redundancies for some staff, in the absence of agreement on the wider scheme.
Earlier this month, the Education Minister John O'Dowd decided to spend £5m to allow 131 school staff to leave their posts. | Voluntary redundancy deals have been offered to almost 500 staff in Further Education (FE) colleges by the Department for Employment and Learning (DEL). | 33628061 | [
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The man - identified as a 30-year-old surnamed Pang - was held in the southern Guangxi region and brought back to the capital, Xinhua said.
Pang made a 37.5km lap around Beijing in 13min and 43 sec, driving three times faster than the official limit.
A video of his feat in August soon became an internet sensation in China.
In April, two men crashed a Ferrari and a Lamborghini as they staged what reports said was a "real-life Fast and Furious" race in the capital, referring to the film franchise.
The drivers were later sentenced to five and four months in jail. | A motorcyclist who reached the speed of 237km/h (147mph) on Beijing's ring road has been detained by Chinese police for dangerous driving, state media report. | 34439145 | [
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From September, it will offer the language to students also reading international business and politics.
While shorter courses are available at other universities, this is the first time Urdu has been included in the title of an official degree.
About 100 million people speak it in the world, including 400,000 in the UK.
Yasmin Hussain from the Routes Into Languages university consortium campaigned for the introduction of the new degree.
She said: "The discourse is that modern foreign languages like French and Spanish are more important. Minority languages aren't seen to be as valued and so it has taken a long time."
Students on the full-time courses will have the chance to learn how the language has been used in film and literature, as well as using Urdu to discuss topics related to their core subject.
The launch of the course saw students from local schools take part in workshops and activities, as well as performances by poets and musicians.
Writer Sabeena Khan was among those at an open day to launch and promote the Urdu courses.
She believes young British Pakistanis in particular would benefit from having Urdu as part of their degree.
Ms Khan said: "The language is rich in meaning, its style and usage. It's beautiful and I don't want to see it die out, I want to see more people learning Urdu."
Urdu facts...
... And it has also contributed a few words to English
Sheraz Ali is one of the lecturers who will be teaching the new undergraduate degree course.
"There is a demand for Urdu-related jobs not just in this country but also in many others, especially within professions such as teaching and the health and legal sectors," he said.
Mr Ali believed the course would attract students from different backgrounds and not just native speakers of the language.
He added: "The Urdu degree is open to everyone, not just people from the South Asian diaspora. We live in a multicultural society, where language isn't only a pile of words but something which can bring people together."
You can hear more on this story on BBC Asian Network at 17:00 GMT on Friday, or after that on the BBC iPlayer. | Manchester Metropolitan University has become the first higher education institute in the UK to offer students the chance to earn a degree in Urdu. | 32086223 | [
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College baseball player Christopher Lane, 22, was shot in the back in the town of Duncan on Friday.
Police said one of the accused admitted Lane was killed for "the fun of it".
Chancey Luna, 16, and James Edwards, 15, were charged with first-degree murder; Michael Dewayne Jones, 17, has been named as accessory to the crime.
Lane, from Melbourne, had been visiting his girlfriend's family in Duncan. He was entering his final year at East Central University in the city of Ada, some 85 miles (137km) east of the town.
Because of the severity of their alleged crime, all three of the accused will be tried in adult court.
At Tuesday's hearing, Michael Dewayne Jones cried after he tried to speak about the incident but was cut short by the judge, who said the facts of the case would be determined at another hearing.
Bail for him was set at $1m (£640,000). The two younger accused were denied bail.
Duncan Police Chief Danny Ford told local television on Monday that one suspect had said Lane was killed at random.
"They saw Christopher go by, and one of them said, 'there's our target,'" Chief Ford said.
"The boy who has talked to us said, 'we were bored and didn't have anything to do, so we decided to kill somebody.'"
Mr Ford said they followed Lane in a car and shot him once in the back before driving off.
Witnesses rushed to help Lane after seeing him collapse on the road in Duncan, which has about 24,000 residents.
Family and friends in the US and Australia have been mourning him.
His American girlfriend, Sarah Harper, wept as she laid a cross by a memorial in Duncan at the spot where he was shot.
Melbourne's Herald Sun newspaper reported that roses and a baseball were placed on the home plate where Lane played baseball as a boy in a suburb of the city.
It was accompanied by a message that read: "A wonderful young man taken too soon. Why?"
The victim's father, Peter Lane, said there was no explanation for his son's death.
"It is heartless and to try to understand it is a short way to insanity," he told Australia's Sky News.
The mother of one of the accused was quoted by Australian broadcaster ABC News as saying that she could not believe her son was at fault.
"I get off work at three," she said. "It takes me five minutes to get home and he was there. That's what time they said it happened." | Three Oklahoma teenagers have been charged in the death of an Australian who was gunned down in broad daylight as he jogged on a road in the US state. | 23771858 | [
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Last year's runner-up will bid to become the first top weight to triumph since Red Rum in 1974.
A sell-out crowd of 70,000 is expected at Aintree Racecourse on Merseyside.
Vieux Lion Rouge and Definitly Red are among the favourites with bookmakers expecting up to £300m to be wagered on the race.
Travel for racegoers was expected to be disrupted as workers at three rail companies carried out a a 24-hour strike on the day of the Grand National.
The official going at the track is described as Good, Good to Soft in places and a dry, sunny day is forecast with temperatures reaching 16C.
Jockey Liam Treadwell will miss the big race after a fall at Aintree on Friday.
Treadwell, who won the National in 2009 on 100-1 shot Mon Mome, will be replaced on 40-1 chance Tenor Nivernais by Aidan Coleman.
Vieux Lion Rouge, which translates from French to Old Red Lion, is a leading fancy after winning the Becher Chase over the National fences in December and February's Grand National Trial at Haydock.
Seventh in the National last year, he is one of four runners trained by David Pipe, and is about a 10-1 chance along with Definitly Red, an impressive winner at Doncaster last month for Brian Ellison.
The National is a handicap chase, with each runner allotted a different weight to carry by the official handicapper Phil Smith.
With 11st 10lb, The Last Samuri will be carrying more than a stone more than last year.
Other contenders near the top of the betting include the JP McManus-owned pair More Of That and Cause Of Causes, Haydock runner-up Blaklion, and the Scottish-trained One For Arthur.
However, the National has a habit of throwing up surprise results, as evidenced by recent years.
The past five winners have started at odds of 33-1, 25-1, 25-1, 66-1 and 33-1.
Irish trainer Mouse Morris scored an emotional victory last year with the now-retired Rule The World - 10 months after the death of his son Christopher.
Morris, who runs Irish National winners Rogue Angel and Thunder and Roses this time, said: "We're going there with no pressure as the likelihood of winning it two years in a row is probably non-existent."
Coverage of the National, over 30 fences and more than four and a quarter miles, is said to be followed by 600 million people worldwide.
The marathon test see runners negotiate iconic obstacles such as Becher's Brook and The Chair.
Terminally ill five-year-old boy Bradley Lowery is to be given honorary 41st place in the National racecard.
The race is again due to start at 17:15 BST, having been put back an hour by organisers last year in an effort to further increase the audience.
Armed police have been in attendance at the course during the three-day meeting which started on Thursday.
This year's race comes in the wake of the Westminster terror attack and marks the 20th anniversary of the National being delayed by an IRA bomb scare.
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Katie Walsh will seek to become the first female jockey to win the National after overcoming a late injury scare.
Walsh was initially reported to be ruled out with a broken arm following a fall in the Foxhunters' Chase over the big fences on Thursday, but escaped with bruising.
"I feel fine, a bit sore but I'm 100%," said 32-year-old Walsh, who will ride 33-1 chance Wonderful Charm, with opponents including brother Ruby on Pleasant Company.
"There is only one Grand National and to get the opportunity to ride in the race again is brilliant."
Wonderful Charm is one of five runners for Paul Nicholls - along with Cheltenham Gold Cup fifth Saphir Du Rheu, Scottish National winner Vicente, Le Mercurey and Just A Par.
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Known as a unique challenge for horse and rider, the race draws criticism from opponents, including animal welfare groups.
Officials believe amendments to the fences, and other alterations, introduced four years ago have helped improve safety.
The course spent £1.5m on changes after two horses were fatally injured in each of the Grand Nationals of 2011 and 2012.
Since then there have been no fatalities in the National itself, although in the same period there have been six in the four other races staged over the track during the year.
BBC racing correspondent Cornelius Lysaght
Pleasant Company is my selection to win for trainer Willie Mullins and jockey Ruby Walsh. The team triumphed with Hedgehunter in 2005 and Walsh was also successful on Papillon, trained by his father Ted, five years earlier.
Pleasant Company put in a most encouraging performance to win at Fairyhouse. He'll keep out of trouble, before - hopefully - gradually picking off rivals and arriving late on the scene.
The Jonjo O'Neill-trained More Of That was a champion over hurdles, and a respectable sixth in this season's Cheltenham Gold Cup, giving the impression he's coming to the boil.
Scotland's One For Arthur is another gradually building his reputation, while Lord Windermere - who's not won since the 2014 Cheltenham Gold Cup - had top weight two years ago, but much less this time, and will have his favoured drier ground conditions. I can see him going well at big odds.
Cornelius' 1-2-3-4: 1 Pleasant Company 2 More Of That 3 One For Arthur 4 Lord Windermere
Jump jockey and BBC Radio 5 live pundit Andrew Thornton
"It's still a great test of skill. You need some luck and your horse to take to the fences.
"There's 40 runners, when most races wouldn't be near half that size, so you're hoping for a clear passage.
"It's wide open this year. Definitly Red is likely to be popular on Merseyside with supporters of Liverpool FC.
"I like Blaklion. The better ground will suit him, his jockey's in red-hot form and his trainer has won the race twice before." | A field of 40 horses headed by The Last Samuri is set to contest the 170th running of the Grand National on Saturday. | 39530709 | [
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The sanctions freeze the US assets of those affected, and stop US entities from doing business with them.
Those targeted include the interior minister and the head of the army.
Last week, President Donald Trump vowed "strong and swift economic actions" if Mr Maduro held the poll, due on Sunday.
"Who do these imperialists in the United States think they are?" Mr Maduro said on Wednesday. "The government of the world?"
He also called the sanctions "illegal, insolent and unprecedented".
The vote, which Venezuela says will proceed as planned, is to choose the 545 members of a new constituent assembly that would rival the opposition-held National Assembly.
Critics say the president is trying to cement a dictatorship. He argues it is the only way to bring peace back to the divided nation.
The US sanctions also target the head of Venezuela's National Electoral Council, Tibisay Lucena, and former vice president Elías Jaua, who is leading the presidential commission organising Sunday's vote.
The inclusion of senior figures from the state oil company PDVSA underlines a further threat from Washington that sanctions on Venezuela's oil sector could be next.
Announcing the sanctions, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the US "will not ignore the Maduro regime's ongoing efforts to undermine democracy, freedom, and the rule of law".
"Anyone elected to the National Constituent Assembly should know that their role in undermining democratic processes and institutions in Venezuela could expose them to potential US sanctions," he said.
Mr Maduro has accused the US of stoking unrest against his government, but President Trump said last week that Washington "will not stand by as Venezuela crumbles".
A 48-hour general strike is currently under way in Venezuela, in protest at the planned vote.
A 30-year-old man was killed on Wednesday at a protest in Ejido, in the western state of Mérida. The cause of his death was not initially given.
More than 100 people have been killed in protest-related violence, since almost daily anti-government protests began on 1 April.
The unrest has further hammered an imploding economy that is running short of food and medicine.
Venezuela's opposition is refusing to take part in the elections for the assembly, which it says is a tool for Mr Maduro to entrench himself in power.
On Tuesday, opposition leader Leopoldo López called on Venezuelans to step up street protests, saying the president's plan to rewrite the constitution would bring an end to the country's democracy.
Speaking from his home, where he is held under house arrest, he called on the military to withdraw its support from the government.
"I invite you to not be accomplices to the annihilation of the republic, to a constitutional fraud, to repression," he said in a video posted on Twitter [in Spanish].
Demonstrations and a 24-hour strike held last week seem only to have hardened the government's resolve to go ahead with the election.
But the opposition says it is confident it will be able to shut down most of the country until Friday, when a massive demonstration has been scheduled in the capital, Caracas. | The US government has imposed sanctions on 13 senior Venezuelan officials as pressure mounts on President Nicolás Maduro ahead of a controversial vote for a new constituent assembly. | 40731041 | [
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The turkey firm was sold to the food tycoon Ranjit Boparan on Tuesday.
There had been fears that the new owners would not take on the existing workers' pension scheme.
But Unite regional officer Steve Harley said: "We had productive talks and we were given guarantees that all current agreements will be honoured."
Unite said it understood that the Bernard Matthews final salary pension scheme was closed in 2004 and that its members presently have an alternative pension scheme which is unaffected the takeover.
The Boparan Private Office, the "chicken king" Mr Boparan's private investment, confirmed that the current pension arrangements with Bernard Matthews would continue under the new ownership.
Mr Harley met with representatives from Boparan at the Great Witchingham headquarters.
He said: "It was made clear that the new owner wishes to restore Bernard Matthews to its former position as a highly profitable business.
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Unions said the action could affect all of Diageo's 50 sites in Scotland, as well as other locations in Northern Ireland and Cheshire.
The dispute is over plans to move staff from a final salary pension scheme.
Diageo described the move as "clearly disappointing", adding that it was "premature" as talks between the company and unions were ongoing.
Both GMB Scotland and Unite members voted in favour of action, which could take place in the run-up to Christmas.
In Scotland, Diageo runs 29 distilleries and two bottling plants at Leven in Fife and Shieldhall, Glasgow.
Its brands include Johnnie Walker, Bells, Talisker and Dalwhinnie.
GMB Scotland, which has 1,200 members working with Diageo in Scotland, said members voted for strike action by a majority of 63% and action short of strikes by a majority of 69.7%.
Scotland organiser Louise Gilmour said: "Our members have sent a strong message to Diageo that the company needs to think again if it wants to avoid damaging strikes across Scotland.
"Diageo is happy to significantly increase executive pay in the wake of billions of pounds of profit but they won't protect the pensions of the workforce who have contributed massively towards the success of the business."
Unite, which has more than 700 members at Diageo sites around the UK, said its ballot showed 82% in favour of industrial action short of a strike, and 77% in favour of strike action.
It said sites in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Runcorn, Cheshire, could be affected by the dispute.
Unite regional officer Pat McIlvogue said: "We are proud of our members, who have sent a clear message to Diageo that they must keep their pension promises.
"No-one takes industrial action lightly - especially with Christmas coming up - but Diageo is behaving like Scrooge."
Diageo said it had been holding a consultative review with employees of its final salary pension scheme since February this year.
In a statement it said: "This process has involved detailed discussions on the future of the scheme and employee pension priorities as well as a proposal for change.
"More recently the company and union representatives concluded discussions at ACAS which resulted in an alternative proposal for change."
On the outcome of the ballots, Diageo said: "This is clearly disappointing and the company feels premature whilst we were in ongoing discussions.
"The company and employees are in a consultative process and have not yet moved into consultation on the alternative proposal.
"It is also far from the positive industrial relations of past decades that the company has had with its employees and which has helped build the reputation our supply business has today."
It added: "If and when strike action is taken the company will focus on ensuring that our business continues as usual as far as possible." | Workers at the drinks giant Diageo have voted to take industrial action in a dispute over pensions. | 38057703 | [
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At least a dozen Republicans have said they will not be voting for him, since the comments emerged on Friday.
Mr Trump says he will never drop out of the race to be president and will never let his supporters down.
He has been under pressure after a tape from 2005 of him bragging about groping and kissing women was broadcast.
The latest to withdraw their support are former Republican presidential candidate John McCain and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Mr McCain said Mr Trump's comments "make it impossible to continue to offer even conditional support for his candidacy", while Ms Rice said: "Enough! Donald Trump should not be President. He should withdraw."
New Hampshire Senator Kelly Ayotte said in a statement: "I cannot and will not support a candidate for president who brags about degrading and assaulting women," she said
Ms Ayotte - who faces a competitive race for re-election - said she would not vote for Mrs Clinton but instead would "write in" Mike Pence, Mr Trump's vice-presidential running mate, on her ballot paper.
Several other Republicans also said they would vote for Mr Pence.
Mr Trump himself stressed that there was "zero chance I'll quit", adding that he was getting "unbelievable" support.
And in a tweet, the Republican candidate said "the media and establishment want me out of the race so badly".
Mr Trump's wife Melania issued a statement on Saturday saying: "The words my husband used are unacceptable and offensive to me."
She said her husband had "the heart and mind of a leader".
Mr Pence said he was "offended" by Mr Trump's video, but grateful he had expressed remorse and apologised to the American people.
"We pray for his family," he said in a statement.
House Speaker Paul Ryan had originally invited Mr Trump to attend a campaign event in Wisconsin this weekend but rescinded his invitation, saying he was "sickened" by what he had heard. Mr Pence was due to go in his running mate's place, but declined to attend.
Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton, Mr Trump's Democratic election rival, called his comments in the tape "horrific".
In the recorded comments, which date back to 2005 when Mr Trump was appearing as a guest on a soap, he says "you can do anything" to women "when you're a star" and is heard saying "grab them by the pussy".
The candidate released a video statement apologising for the comments.
Mr Trump's 2005 comments, posted by the Washington Post, overshadowed the release of transcripts of Mrs Clinton's speeches to private events, by the whistle-blowing site Wikileaks.
The candidate had married his third wife Melania a few months before the recording. She said on Saturday: "I hope people will accept his apology, as I have, and focus on the important issues facing our nation and the world."
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The second TV debate between Mr Trump and Mrs Clinton will take place on Sunday evening in St Louis.
Mr Trump recently said he would not bring up stories about Bill Clinton's infidelities in the debate, after previously threatening to do so.
But in his video apology, he attacked the former president directly:
"Bill Clinton has actually abused women, and Hillary has bullied, attacked and shamed his victims.
"We'll discuss this in the coming days," he said. "See you at the debate on Sunday."
The day after a video emerged in which he suggested he could have any woman he wants because he's a star and so could just grab them by the pussy, Mr Trump is in a whole ocean of hot political water.
Enough, quite possibly, to sink any chance he had of winning the White House.
There is a violence in the phrases "grab 'em by the pussy" and "you can do anything" that any victim of abuse would recognise and that most women would find sickening.
But this tape doesn't just offend women, judging from the reaction in the Republican party. It has offended a lot of men too. Whether those men will now withdraw their endorsements of him is yet to be seen.
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The 18-year-old came on from the bench in Wales' 33-0 win against Russia in Wellington on Saturday.
Botham is the grandson of former England cricketer Sir Ian Botham and son of former Cardiff wing Liam.
Liam turned down an offer to play a trial for Wales during his career, saying he wanted to play for England.
James, who is part of the Cardiff Blues academy, has also represented Wales Under-18 and scored on his debut against Scotland in 2016.
Wales went on to lose to 28-5 to Canada in a shock defeat in Wellington before they were beaten 31-7 in their final Pool D game. | James Botham made his debut appearance for Wales Sevens in the World Sevens Series in New Zealand, committing him to Wales for life. | 38768980 | [
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The girl from Teesside was found earlier, after being reported missing at 22:00 BST.
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The Department for Transport said up to 60 trains, capable of speeds of about 225mph, were needed.
The contract, which will also involve maintaining the fleet, will be awarded in 2019.
The trains are for the first phase of the project, due to open in 2026 and run between London and Birmingham.
Construction will begin later this year and it is expected to reduce rail times between Birmingham and London by 32 minutes.
A second Y-shaped phase of HS2 will open in two stages.
The line from Birmingham to Crewe will launch in 2027, with the remaining construction - which includes a spur taking HS2 to a new station at Manchester Airport - due to finish six years later.
There will be separate contracts in the future to supply trains for this phase.
Transport secretary Chris Grayling said the new railway would carry more than 300,000 people a day.
"Hundreds of jobs will be created in building and maintaining these trains, representing a great opportunity for British-based businesses and suppliers.
"In total 25,000 jobs and 2,000 apprenticeships will be created during HS2 construction and we have held discussions with UK suppliers to make sure they are in the best possible position to win contracts," he added.
Friday's launch comes ahead of a formal start of the process in spring 2017, when companies interested in bidding can learn more about the process. Formal invitations to tender will be made in 2018.
Hitachi Rail Europe said it will bid for the contract to build the HS2 trains.
The rail manufacturer is headquartered in London and builds trains at its plant in Newton Aycliffe in County Durham.
Its sales director, Nick Hughes, said: "Our HS2 trains would be built in Britain, for Britain, and combine world-leading Japanese Shinkansen technology with British manufacturing know-how."
Gordon Wakeford, managing director of Siemens Mobility, said a manufacturing contract of this scale was "exciting news" for the rail industry and would have a "positive impact on the wider UK supply chain".
The company had recently "ramped up" its HS2 activity with the appointment of two executives to lead the HS2 rolling stock bid team, he added.
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Transparency International accuses western governments, including the UK and the US, of ignoring corruption as a major driver towards terrorism, notably in the Middle East.
It calls on them to press far harder for accountability in military budgets.
The report comes as Iraqi forces advance on the IS stronghold of Mosul.
The report, entitled The Big Spin, argues IS took advantage of corruption to radicalise and recruit people, presenting itself as the antidote while ignoring its own dishonest activities.
"Corruption is a rallying cry, an enabler and a key modus operandi for IS," said Katherine Dixon, director of Transparency International Defence and Security.
"The failure to grasp this undermines efforts to tackle the rise of violent extremism.
"The international community expends great efforts tackling the 'ideology' of groups such as ISIS, focusing on the religious rhetoric they produce, yet completely ignoring the material circumstances in which they thrive."
Transparency International, which campaigns against corruption in governments, outlines a number of recurring themes used by IS to recruit people in its research.
In social media posts, it highlights systematic corruption - including nepotism and bribery - while presenting itself as a provider of security, justice and welfare.
It also plugs into a sense of discrimination felt by Sunni groups, and suggests the West and its allies are complicit in the corruption.
What's more, corruption has physically weakened some forces - like the Iraqi army, which did not have enough soldiers to combat IS when it first attacked Mosul because thousands of people were being paid, but not actually working.
Ms Dixon warns this means that without addressing the problem at the highest level IS will not be defeated.
In particular, Ms Dixon - who co-authored the report - said "what we shouldn't be doing is putting western taxpayers' money into helping create exploitative, predatory state forces".
"This is not just about closing off the corrupt channels that enable the day-to-day operations of groups like IS, but rethinking relationships with the Mubaraks [in Egypt], Gaddafis [in Libya] and Malakis [in Iraq] of the future," said Ms Dixon.
"Corruption is a real security threat, more than just a means for elites to line their pockets. In the end corrupt governments by fuelling public anger and undermining institutions, are the architects of their own security crises." | So-called Islamic State (IS) will never be defeated unless the corrupt conditions that help it to thrive are addressed, a new report claims. | 39033875 | [
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Coleman senior died in 2014 after his son's first campaign in charge of Wales had ended with the failure to qualify for the World Cup in Brazil.
"I probably helped to put him where he is now," Coleman said before Wales meet Belgium in Lille on Friday evening.
"He loved football and would have loved this. He would have been ecstatic."
Coleman, 46, went on to lead Wales to a first major international tournament for 58 years and even surpassed rivals England in reaching the quarter-final stages of Euro 2016.
"My dad was a huge football fan and unfortunately he witnessed the first campaign," Coleman continued.
After his playing career was cut short by injury, Coleman was appointed Fulham manager in April 2003 and kept the Cottagers in the Premier League in his debut season.
"If you manage your country it is different to managing a club. Your family feel it much more," he added.
"Not getting a result, they feel it. They do. It is a tough one. Equally when it is going great, they are on cloud nine - and at the moment they are loving it." | Chris Coleman wishes his father Paddy was alive to see Wales reach the quarter-finals of the European Championships. | 36679526 | [
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Scottish FA regulations prohibit players from betting on any football.
Annan Athletic chairman Henry McClelland and Inverness player Lewis Horner were this week charged by the national body with gambling offences.
"We have to have an adult conversation regarding a number of issues relating to gambling," Wishart said.
"The effectiveness of the rule when people are still gambling, is it fit for purpose in the modern day, why are individuals still gambling, are there financial problems, mental health problems, addictions behind the scenes?
"Since the rule was brought into place, there's been nobody charged with spot-fixing or match-fixing, which is very, very important, and therefore the game perhaps is suffering from poor headlines and I don't think the situation at the moment is helping the image of Scottish football."
Wishart admits he is uncertain whether the existing regulations are adequate, and reiterates his belief that Scottish football's authorities must join forces to tackle the problem.
"Sometimes I move from one side to the other," Wishart told BBC Scotland of his appraisal of the rules. "I can absolutely see why the rule is in place, because we want to stop and discourage people from spot or match-fixing. And that was the original purpose of the regulation.
"But since then, [the Scottish FA] have brought in a specific regulation that addresses spot and match-fixing, and has much, much heavier sanctions. If we sit in Scottish football as stakeholders and don't do anything, don't address or discuss the issues then I don't think we're doing our jobs.
"Because at the moment player after player, perhaps betting on games across Europe, now we've got a chairman and we may have others as well, traipsing up the steps at Hampden to massive negative headlines, and I don't think it's doing our game any good. I would just call for a proper and adult discussion on all these issues."
PFA Scotland's chairman, former Dundee United midfielder John Rankin, told BBC Scotland in April that gambling is "rife" throughout Scottish football.
Ex-Inverness player Barry Wilson believes there should be an amnesty for players regarding historical bets - a suggestion Wishart says should be considered.
"Certainly, we should be looking at and considering an amnesty," Wishart added. "There are a number of people who have been charged for what are ostensibly historical issues going back a number of years when perhaps they weren't aware on the rules.
"So I thought perhaps an amnesty would give us a start from zero, and then with a renewed education programme we cam move on from there.
"We're trying to address the issue and the individual. We see the problems individuals have that perhaps people in the public don't see, where people have mental health problems, financial problems and addiction issues, which are huge things.
"I think we have to get away from the headline-makers - are people breaching the regulations? Yes, they are. That's wrong and if people are breaching a rule, we have to look at the effectiveness of that rule, and the issues around that, and that's where we're trying to take the conversation." | PFA Scotland's chief executive Fraser Wishart argues the effectiveness of Scottish football's gambling rules should be examined. | 39883904 | [
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The best-selling author of Fatherland and Archangel said the corporation "owes it to books to do what it used to do, which is to give something back".
The former BBC journalist was speaking at the presentation of the 2014 Costa Book Prize, whose jury he chaired.
A BBC spokesman said books and authors were "at the heart" of the corporation.
"From dedicated strands like Meet The Author and Talking Books on the News Channel, to Radio 4's Open Book and Radio 2's Simon Mayo's Book Club," he said.
"We show documentaries throughout the year like Imagine: Colm Toibin (BBC One) and BBC Four Secret Life of Books and have recently launched our new online service, Books at the BBC.
"We also run the BBC National Short Story Award and children's writing competition 500 Words on Radio 2 and cover major literary prizes such as Costa, Man Booker and the Samuel Johnson Prize."
Harris, though, told reporters the BBC should have "a dedicated books programme".
"I do wish the BBC in particular would fulfil that bit of its charter remit," he said.
Helen Macdonald's memoir H is for Hawk was named Costa Book of the Year on Tuesday, beating four other finalists.
Previously called the Whitbread award, the £30,000 prize aims to honour outstanding books by authors based in the UK and Ireland. | Novelist Robert Harris has called on the BBC to give books more coverage "at a time when they're really fighting like crazy for a bit of space". | 31016873 | [
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The remains of the creatures were unearthed in south west China and are about 190 million years old.
They belong to a group of dinosaurs called Lufengosaurus, long-necked beasts that fully grown would have stood about 9m (30ft) in height.
The creatures were preserved at different stages of their development, shedding light on life inside the egg.
Lead researcher Robert Reisz, a palaeontologist from the University of Toronto Mississauga, in Canada, said: "We are looking at various stages in the embryonic life of this animal, and we can put this together to get a growth trajectory of the embryo itself - something that has never been done before."
Reporting the findings in the journal Nature, the international team concluded that the animals would have grown extremely quickly during their incubation period.
Short lives
Fossil finds have revealed a wealth of information about the dinosaurs that once roamed the Earth, but little has been known about the very earliest stages of their lives.
Three years ago, palaeontologists discovered fragments of fossilised bones in China's Yunnan Province.
An analysis revealed that these were the remains of about 20 Lufengosaurus embryos, whose lives were cut short by a flood.
Prof Reisz said: "The nests were inundated by water and basically smothered, and the embryos inside the eggs died and then decayed.
"And then more water activity moved the bones and concentrated them into a very small area. We only excavated 1sq m of the 'bone bed' and we got more than 200 bones."
The researchers studied the fossils using a variety of techniques, including histology and infrared spectroscopy with a synchrotron in Taiwan.
"The neat thing is that we can get these materials in our hands, we can handle them, cut them, we can look inside the bones - and what we found out is they are growing quite fast, faster than other dinosaurs and faster than a lot of living animals whose embryology we know very well."
While the researchers cannot establish how long the incubation period was, this finding does suggest that it was short. The team believes the animals emerged well developed and might have continued to develop quickly.
Professor Reisz said: "We are hypothesising if this very fast growth rate we see in the embryos was maintained in the hatchlings and the juveniles, then we have a very fast growth rate in the initial stages of the life of this animal."
The Lufengosaurus belongs to a group of dinosaurs called the sauropodomorphs, and is a predecessor of the sauropod, a true giant of the dinosaur world that could grow up to 60m (200ft) in length.
You can hear more about this research on the BBC World Service programme Science in Action; a schedule of broadcasts can be found here. Or you can listen anytime here or download the podcast here. | Scientists have gained a remarkable insight into some of the oldest dinosaur embryos ever found. | 22085535 | [
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La Liga and European champions Madrid won 2-0 on Wednesday night to complete a 5-1 aggregate victory.
Pique, 30, who has been at Barca for nine years, said: "We are not in the best moment, as a team or a club.
"This a long process and there is room for improvement, We must stay as close as possible and keep moving forwards."
Real were without Cristiano Ronaldo, who is serving a five-match suspension after being sent off in the first leg, and left Gareth Bale and Isco on the bench.
Barcelona, who are lacking in attacking options since the world record transfer of Neymar to Paris St-Germain, scored their only goal over the two legs from the penalty spot.
General manager at the Nou Camp, Pep Segura, claims the signings of Philippe Coutinho and Ousmane Dembele are "close".
Liverpool are adamant that Brazilian playmaker Coutinho, who has submitted a transfer request, will not be sold in this transfer window but Segura has told Spanish television: "We are discussing their deals but do not know when it will be done."
Borussia Dortmund suspended Dembele after the 20-year-old forward failed to turn up for training.
"We know we have to strengthen this team and that is what we are doing," Segura added. "We have to help the team." | Barcelona defender Gerard Pique says he felt "inferior" to Real Madrid for the first time after being thrashed by their rivals in the Spanish Super Cup. | 40958312 | [
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The 33-year-old goalkeeper was busy in a 3-3 draw, his first taste of the Champions League group stage.
Having been the number one choice for the past two seasons, Gordon was playing after Dorus de Vries picked up an injury at the weekend.
"I was happy with how I played - that's all I can do," he said.
"Everybody wants to be a part of nights like that. There is no bigger incentive to play well and keep your place."
Former Hearts and Sunderland keeper Gordon started the first nine matches of the season but lost his place to summer recruit De Vries in mid-August.
Gordon was a half-time replacement in Saturday's win over Kilmarnock, with the 35-year-old Dutchman suffering a chest injury.
De Vries was fit enough to be among the substitutes in a thriller with Manchester City in which Gordon made two good stops to deny Ilkay Gundogan, one late in the game from a deflected strike.
"This is the highest level of club football and to finally manage that at the age of 33 is a special moment for me," said Gordon.
"We'd have liked to get the three points but it was an incredible effort against a top quality side."
Asked how the match ranked in his long career, he replied: "It's right up there. The atmosphere was just incredible.
"The noise was unbelievable. There was a couple of times when I was absolutely screaming at Kolo [Toure] to leave the ball and he just couldn't hear me. I couldn't have shouted any louder."
Gordon, capped 44 times for Scotland, insists his self-belief has not wavered since dropping to the bench and is hoping manager Brendan Rodgers will find it difficult to reinstate De Vries.
"I've always been confident in what I'm able to do," he added. "It was other people saying my confidence was gone.
"If I've not been selected, that's the manager's decision and I fully respect that.
"The other side of that is that I want to play every game.
"I think I've done pretty well in stages this season and if I can get a run in the team then hopefully I can go from strength to strength." | Craig Gordon hopes an impressive display against Manchester City can help him retain a regular starting position at Celtic. | 37499133 | [
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The announcement was made on Friday by Alex Jones and Chris Evans on BBC One's The One Show.
Denise White from Eglinton village is the founder of Something Special, a musical and creative arts group that educates almost 100 students with learning disabilities.
In a tribute video, her students described her as an "inspiration".
"Denise has helped my confidence, she's got us out singing," said Sorcha Friel.
"There are some students in here that have nothing else, coming in here makes their week, without Something Special they would have nothing to do."
Ms White is one five recipients of BBC Music Day's Unsung Hero award.
"I could see that music worked some kind of magic with young people and that it could really change things for them," she said.
The Unsung Hero award was launched as part of this year's BBC Music Day on Friday 5 June.
It is a nationwide celebration of music, aiming to bring people together across generations and communities.
The day will be reflected across BBC television and radio programmes with numerous events and concerts taking place in towns and cities in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
BBC Music Day events in Northern Ireland include performances from Sir James Galway, Andrea Begley, Villagers, The Priests, The Ulster Orchestra and the Belfast Community Gospel Choir. | A County Londonderry woman who uses music to "transform the lives of people with disabilities" has been honoured with a BBC Unsung Hero award. | 32940693 | [
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McClaren, who led the Magpies to six wins in 28 Premier League matches, was replaced by Benitez in March, but the Spaniard could not prevent them from being relegated to the Championship.
"I conceded too much, especially early on, instead of saying 'we need this and this'," McClaren told BBC Radio 5 live.
"I hope they've allowed [Benitez] control of everything."
He added: "Listen to him, this is what he wants, these are his requirements, this is the team he needs to make."
Newcastle sat 19th in the table when McClaren departed, with a 3-1 home defeat by Bournemouth his final match in charge.
"The mistake I made was I compromised too much," said the former England, Derby and FC Twente manager.
"I wanted to get enough results on the field so I could gradually gain a bit more control. But I think you have to be domineering as you go in, you have to make sure you get what you want."
The 54-year old is confident the Magpies have learnt from his experience and will afford Benitez greater control as he bids to return Newcastle to the top flight.
"I think now with Rafa being in there he will be allowed to take control of media, of staff, and of recruitment - which is the most important thing," he said.
"You have to make sure that you work together to establish what you want, what you're comfortable working with." | Ex-Newcastle United boss Steve McClaren hopes new manager Rafael Benitez will be allowed greater control at the club. | 36516098 | [
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It comes as an Inverness sufferer claimed that his former employer was deliberately ignoring his correspondence.
James Nicol believes he was exposed to asbestos while working on council houses in the 1980s.
He wants Highland Council to acknowledge that he was exposed.
The local authority said it could not comment on Mr Nicol's case, adding that any claims would be handled by solicitors.
The 85-year-old worked for Highland Regional Council, now Highland Council, as a labourer.
He believes that he came into contact with asbestos while refurbishing council properties in Inverness. Mr Nicol also later worked for the regional council as a school janitor.
In March this year, the pensioner was diagnosed with mesothelioma, an incurable lung cancer almost always caused by asbestos exposure.
He said he had first noticed a change in his health during a swimming session.
"I could swim, but not the same speed and that was why I went to my doctor," Mr Nicol told BBC Scotland.
"I went to my GP and from then on it was x-rays, scans and a biopsy in Aberdeen."
Mr Nicol was given his diagnosis at his local hospital, Raigmore in Inverness. He said: "The consultant told me it was 'all bad, no cure Mr Nicol'."
While still in receipt of a local authority pension, he claims Highland Council has turned its back on him by failing to reply to correspondence from his solicitor on his condition.
A Highland Council spokesman said: "We cannot comment on this matter.
"However, we can confirm that where individuals appoint solicitors to make claims against Highland Council, communications would be made via the person's solicitor and not direct with the claimant."
The charity Clydeside Action on Asbestos was set up in 1984 and initially dealt with shipyard workers.
However, senior welfare rights officer and director Phyllis Craig said the charity was now increasingly seeing people from other areas of employment, and also more women.
She said: "We are seeing a lot of people from the construction industry and we are seeing teachers, nurses, doctors, policemen and firemen.
"Many of them had been exposed 20 years ago.
Ms Craig added: "There is a myth that women were only exposed to asbestos if they washed their husband's overalls."
She said women were just as prone to the risk of being exposed to asbestos fibres working in a building, such as a hospital or school, as their male colleagues were.
Law changes in Scotland give sufferers and their families north of the border more rights than anywhere else in the UK.
Some sufferers, such as former textile factory worker Annie McGhee from Motherwell, may be eligible for a one-off payment from the government.
She believes she was exposed to asbestos while working at a knitwear factory before she married and raised a family.
Mrs McGhee said: "It was the only place where I worked. I worked there for eight years solid.
"I worked in the steam presses and there were lots of big pipes up above and there were no windows in the place."
Two years ago this month, Mrs McGhee was diagnosed with terminal cancer following a year and half of experiencing shortness of breath because of fluid in her lungs.
The use of asbestos was banned in 1999 and campaigners warn that the legacy of the material will continue for decades yet with case numbers unlikely to peak for another 20 years. | Campaigners have called for greater support for victims of asbestos-related cancer who are fighting for civil compensation. | 37371856 | [
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A report urges European aviation safety officials to take immediate action to ensure Super Puma H225 helicopters are safe.
The Norwegian Air Accident Board warned that current fault detection measures may be inadequate.
Iain Stuart from Aberdeenshire was among those killed in the crash.
Mr Stuart, 41, from Laurencekirk, worked for the oil field services company Halliburton.
The Airbus Super Puma was travelling from the Gullfaks field to Bergen when it crashed near the small island of Turoey on 29 April.
A preliminary report issued by the Accident Investigation Board Norway (AIBN) said it had found "features strongly consistent with fatigue" in parts of the main gearbox (MGB).
It added: "It cannot be ruled out that this signifies a possible safety issue that can affect other MGBs of the same type.
"The nature of the catastrophic failure of the LN-OJF main rotor system indicates that the current means to detect a failure in advance are not effective."
The Super Puma H225 helicopter is currently grounded in the UK and Norway but the manufacturer Airbus has lifted a recommendation that flights be suspended worldwide.
Airbus said at the time there was no evidence to link the crash with two previous incidents in Scotland involving the same model of helicopter.
An online petition calling for all Super Puma 225s to be "permanently removed from service" has attracted nearly 30,000 signatures. | Air Accident investigators have found signs of metal fatigue in the gearbox of a helicopter that crashed off Norway, killing 13 people in April. | 36428236 | [
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Yet today we expect new inventions to be born in anonymous laboratories after the submission of several grant proposals.
But the age of the home-grown inventor may not be over.
David Williams and John Dingley are consultant anaesthetists at Morriston Hospital in Swansea. Their moment of genius came in their garages while tinkering with glue-guns and car-body filler.
Inspired by Trevor Baylis's wind-up radio, they wondered "almost jokingly" whether it might be possible to make something similarly economical and easy-to-use in the medical world.
And having worked in remote settings, Dr Williams was aware of how crucial equipment that does not require a constant power source could be. In Zambia he had noticed entire operating theatres remaining unused because of a lack of replacement light bulbs or a reliable mains power supply.
So the doctors set themselves the challenge of inventing essential kit for the doctor's bag on a budget.
And after a week spent attacking conventional medical equipment with power tools, they had the first prototype of a device which has the potential to save lives.
The ShakerScope is a light source which can be quickly adapted to look in people's eyes, ears and throats. But unlike regular devices it does not need batteries.
Dr Patrick Finlay, of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers said: "According to the World Health Organisation, 95% of medical devices fail to work in developing countries. Often designers in the West don't understand the conditions elsewhere.
"This type of invention is very important. With these scopes you would normally need three different instruments for each examination, each one requiring batteries. For low income countries this is a joke. "
At the core of the ShakerScope is a powerful moveable magnet, surrounded by a coil of wire.
As noted by Michael Faraday in 1831, as the magnet moves over the wire the magnetic field induces an electric current in the coil. And shaking the ShakerScope for 30 seconds produces enough current to light the device for three minutes.
"That might not sound like long but it is more than enough time for most ear or eye examinations or to insert tracheal tubes," Dr Williams said.
Once the scope is shaken the charge can be stored for many weeks. And instead of using a conventional light bulb, it uses a light emitting diode which can last up to 10,000 hours.
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The team has designed changeable heads allowing it be converted into a number of devices.
One of its most promising uses so far has been as a laryngoscope - an instrument which lights-up the back of the mouth allowing anaesthetists to insert breathing tubes when people are unable to breathe for themselves.
It has already been tested in military hospitals in Afghanistan, in Uganda and after the earthquake in Haiti in 2010.
"In Haiti we saw a lady with a neck injury who urgently needed a tracheal tube to help stabilise her. There were no other functioning laryngoscopes close by and the ShakerScope worked well despite the difficult case," said Dr Williams.
According to Dr Williams the project has been a series of steep learning curves.
"Having the good idea is the easy part. Making it into a reality required an almost obsessive degree of dedication," he said.
In the early days the doctors tried to do as much as possible from home - from teaching themselves microelectronics to perfecting their computer-aided design skills.
Luckily for Dr Williams, his wife is a sculptor who works on large pieces of metal.
He has been known to borrow her workshop, saws and glue-gun on many occasions. But he says he learned very early on that the kitchen may not be the best place to melt plastics.
Dr Jerry Nolan, a consultant anaesthetist at Bath Royal United NHS Trust, who was not involved in the research said: "The ShakerScope has the potential to be invaluable in remote locations.
"That they have taught themselves the skills to get a final version near to market is even more remarkable and surely disproves the adage doctors make poor businessmen."
The device is one of many frugal, home-grown devices recently showcased at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in the UK.
Having made several fully-functioning versions tested across the world, the doctors say they recently reached the limit of their technical abilities, and passed on further manufacturing and design to a larger company.
But these anaesthetists have returned to their sheds and have many other possible irons in the fire. | Archimedes did it in the bath, Tesla with a walking stick and the father of the sticky note had his flash of inspiration while singing in church - or so legend has it. | 24355353 | [
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They say the government is failing to promote back-to-nature schemes which protect lowland homes by deliberately creating floods in the hills.
The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) say upland schemes to slow river flow cost a fraction of conventional flood walls – and should be spread round the UK.
Ministers back the principle but say the details need to be worked out.
The idea of creating floods upstream to prevent floods downstream was a key message from the Pitt Review into the 2007 floods.
A handful of pilot projects have pioneered cheap small-scale measures like felling trees into streams to slow down the flow, and building earth banks to catch run-off water and allow it to soak away.
One low-tech scheme in the hills above Belford in Northumberland cost about £300,000. It was put in place after a study suggested the cost of conventional flood defences would cost £4m.
But progress nationally has been slow, with funding a major problem.
Katherine Pygott, from CIWEM, told the BBC: “Flooding is getting worse with changing weather patterns, but these schemes are taking a very long time and a lot of energy.
“Projects working with nature to reduce flood risk are needed right across the country but it is complicated with many different organisations involved and it will need political leadership from the highest level to make it happen. So far we haven’t seen that leadership.”
The upland schemes are designed to reduce the regularity of flooding, not remove risk completely. Conventional flood defences will still be needed but CIWEM estimates that re-wilding rivers will save ten of millions by reducing the peak flow and lowering the specification for flood walls. The projects should also benefit wildlife.
Phil Welton, from the Environment Agency, says the UK should aspire to have "a pond in every field in the areas where flood prevention is needed.
"We have got to give incentives to farmers to persuade them to capture water on their land," he argues. "Farmers will lose a bit of land – but these areas are only wet for two to three days a year and quite often they are on bits of land that farmers don't use – boggy areas or buffer strips.”
Incentives for farmers are one key sticking point. In theory, funds from the Common Agricultural Policy can be used for catchment management but in practice Ms Pygott says that the standard of proof is much higher than for biodiversity projects which can also be supported under the CAP.
“With biodiversity schemes a farmer simply has to show that he has changed the land in a way that’s expected to benefit wildlife," she adds. "With flood schemes they have to prove what the benefits will be and that’s very hard.
"We obviously don’t want to be wasting government money on the wrong projects but with weather patterns changing it really makes sense to take a leap of faith on this and say it’s obvious these schemes are going to help if you get them in the right place.”
While farmers’ union NFU supports the idea in principle, it maintains it is not a "panacea" and will not alleviate flood risk in all parts of the country.
"It is most beneficial in steeper catchments where rainfall is quickly funnelled into rivers that can result in high peaks in flows," its flood adviser Ian Moodie warned. “The measures are less likely to be beneficial within lowland areas such as the Somerset Levels where we’ve seen a lot of flooding in recent years.”
Taking the pilot schemes into upland areas nationwide will not be easy. CIWEM say thousands of farms need to be visited and surveyed to see where micro-schemes can be placed to protect catchments – a tough demand when Defra and the Environment Agency are shedding staff.
Environment Secretary Owen Paterson told the BBC he was "passionate about keeping water in the uplands but details of how to do this need to be resolved".
CIWEM say the quickest results for back-to-nature drainage will come in areas where land is owned by a few people.
For instance, near Pickering in Yorkshire, flood zones are being created and moorland drains stuffed with heather with the co-operation of just three large landowners including the Forestry Commission.
It was the need for forestry and farm output which saw the UK’s uplands drained in the first place when the farm department MAFF urged landowners to maximize productivity to overcome the U-boats during the Second World War.
Nearly seven decades later there’s still no concerted nationwide attempt to keep the rain on the uplands where it falls.
Follow Roger on Twitter @rharrabin | Water experts are calling on ministers to show greater leadership on flooding. | 25752320 | [
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Speaking at the London Guildhall, Mr Valls said the British media consistently portrayed France as "left-wing and anti-business".
Earlier in the day, Mr Valls met David Cameron in Downing Street.
The two prime ministers spoke about the ongoing threat of European recruits to Islamic State, as well as economic co-operation.
Mr Valls, a member of the French Socialist Party, was appointed prime minister by President Francois Hollande in March.
Chancellor George Osborne was also in attendance.
Mr Cameron said the two nations were "strong allies" who faced "the same challenge in responding to Isil [Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant] in Iraq and Syria".
He added that although he and his French counterpart were from "different political families", he was confident "there is a lot we can share in terms of experience about what needs to happen" in the future.
The two men also discussed immigration in the European Union.
A Downing Street spokesman said: "The prime minister raised the issue of free movement and said it should not be an unqualified right."
"The prime minister thanked Prime Minister Valls for their co-operation in stronger security measures at Calais, and they agreed that more should be done across Europe to reduce the pull factors and to get countries where migrants arrive first to take responsibility for them."
In his speech to a group of financiers and executives in the City of London, Mr Valls said sections of the British media and business classes needed to get past a "caricature" of France.
He opened the speech by saying: "A French prime minister in the City is an event - a socialist French prime minister in the City is a revolution.
"Every day I read your press, I listen and I watch what is being said about France. Too often I see in some of your newspapers some bias, prejudices and attacks as well," he said, with a tendency to portray France as "left-wing and anti-business".
He also referenced the comments of John Lewis managing director Andy Street, who apologised last week after describing France as a nation "in decline" and saying he would advise anyone with investments in the country to "get them out quickly".
Mr Valls said on Monday: "Let me remind this British businessman who all of a sudden had some sort of startling vision and said that France was finished.
"He has presented excuses and apologised, and I would like to thank him for doing that, because he had forgotten that France was the fifth-largest economy in the world and second in Europe."
Describing his government as "pro-business", Mr Valls went on to say that the 75% tax rate on high earners introduced by President Hollande would be reversed next year. He also announced that shops and museums in France would soon be permitted to open on Sundays.
The visit comes in the wake of news last week that the European Commission is likely to reject France's draft budget at the end of this month, invoking for the first time its power to demand changes to a national budget.
The commission will do so to ensure France meets its deficit reduction target of ensuring the deficit is under 3% of GDP by 2015.
Mr Valls said this was "technically speaking simply not possible", and the French government has said 2017 will be the earliest it can reach this goal. | French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has attacked the British "caricature" of France. | 29505098 | [
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Norma Diffley, who ran a boutique in Donaghadee, died in the accident on the A2 dual carriageway between Bangor and Holywood close to the Devil's Elbow at Carney Hill on Monday afternoon.
The 33-year-old man is being questioned on suspicion of dangerous driving causing death.
He was arrested on Tuesday. | A 33-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a two-vehicle crash which claimed the life of a 75-year-old woman in County Down. | 35237390 | [
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The world number one, 32, beat Waters 11-2 11-5 11-4 in just 24 minutes at the National Squash Centre to secure a first national title since 2012.
"I am really happy that I played well all week to win the title again," she told the tournament website.
In the men's event, Nick Matthew beat James Willstrop 11-2 6-11 11-3 11-3 to win his eighth British title.
World number three Matthew, 35, lost his first set of the week but recovered to win the final in 50 minutes. | Laura Massaro won her third British title with a straight-set final victory over Alison Waters in Manchester. | 35575132 | [
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Shaun Ingram from Saltash booked his Ford Focus ST in for a major service at Halfords Autocentre in Plymouth in March.
On its return he discovered the dashboard camera recorded footage of his car being driven 57 mph in a 30 mph zone.
Halfords said the mechanic was a temporary employee who had been let go.
After the complaint the company has apologised and offered to refund the £255 for the MOT and service.
Mr Ingram said the camera was in plain sight on the windscreen and was not left on to "catch anybody out" during the service.
The camera recorded almost seven hours of footage including the mechanic swearing and talking about test-driving the car.
Mr Ingram said: "When I saw the footage I was left open-mouthed. The mechanic was abusing my car and my trust.
"As a nationwide company I thought I had nothing to worry about. I feel very let down."
The regional manager for Halfords Autocentres, Daren Stone, told Mr Ingram that the mechanic's behaviour was unacceptable.
He said: "He drove your car in what I can only describe as an appalling manner.
"I do not and will never condone that level of pure neglect which is why the mechanic in question has been removed from working within the Halfords Autocentre Group."
Mr Ingram said: "From now on I will always wait by the car whilst it is being serviced."
A spokesperson for Halfords head office said: "We are looking into the full details of the incident and will deal with this issue internally as a matter of urgency to ensure this type of incident does not occur again in the future." | A Halfords customer's dashboard camera caught a mechanic speeding in his car while it was booked in for an MOT. | 32283758 | [
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Meanwhile a raccoon climbed a crane in Toronto and a lorry full of honeybees overturned in Washington state.
And all this as the internet recovers from the great llama escape of 2015.
Bernard Luyckx, a friend of the zebras' owner, said the animals were apparently upset by the sale of some of their stable-mates.
"Some of the horses got sold and the other zebras got mad and trampled the gates and fled into the streets. Luckily there were no injuries, nobody got hurt, the zebras too."
He said locals got "a free safari" on Friday.
And the dazzle of zebras, to everyone's delight, did at one point appear to cross a zebra crossing.
The raccoon, who was on his own so does not get a collective noun, was photographed by a crane operator more than 200 metres up a skyscraper.
Rob MacFarlane told the Toronto Star the raccoon safely made it back to the ground again.
"It's not unusual," he said. "Raccoons seem to like cranes." | Three zebras have gone on the loose in the Belgian capital Brussels, capping a generous helping of "animals at large" stories. | 32357986 | [
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Frayssinous, 40, is a former Catalans and France stand-off who became the first French coach of the club when he replaced Trent Robinson in 2012.
Coaches Jerome Guisset and Michael Monaghan and general manager Alex Chan will take charge of the first team. | Catalans Dragons have parted company with head coach Laurent Frayssinous. | 40000189 | [
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The former Chesterfield first team coach replaced Ashley Hoskin as manager in October 2015.
But the Seagulls managed four league wins under Lynch and are nine points from safety with eight games remaining.
"We thought he was the man for the job but unfortunately it didn't work out," Bay chairman Dave Titchiner said.
Captain Carl Rodgers and Luke Denson will be in charge for Thursday's home game against Mickleover Sports.
Colwyn Bay were relegated from the Conference North at the end of the 2014-15 season. | Evo-Stik Northern Premier Division strugglers Colwyn Bay have sacked manager Kevin Lynch following Easter Monday's 3-0 home defeat to Marine. | 35913633 | [
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Officials earlier identified the remains as belonging to a female passenger called Hayati Lutfiah Hamid.
Ms Hamid, 49, was buried at a ceremony attended by family and friends in the Indonesian city of Surabaya.
The discovery of two bodies on Thursday brings the number recovered to nine. Bad weather has continued to hamper the search for the plane and other victims.
The Airbus A320-200 came down four days ago en route from Indonesia to Singapore with 162 people on board.
No survivors have been found and the cause of the crash remains unknown.
The identity of Ms Hamid was confirmed using fingerprints "and other means," East Java disaster official Col Budiyono said. Her body was handed over to family members in a brief ceremony at a police hospital in Surabaya.
The coffin was then transported to a village, before being buried according to Islamic burial customs.
One of Ms Hamid's relatives told AP news agency: "We have been fraught with worry because at this point, three of our family members are still missing... we pray together every night that they will be found soon."
Previous media reports had incorrectly identified Ms Hamid as a flight attendant.
The nine recovered bodies were flown to an airbase in Borneo but some have since been sent onto Surabaya where relatives, providing DNA samples, are waiting for them to be identified.
For a second day in a row, search efforts have been hampered by heavy rain and rough seas.
Some 50 divers from Indonesia were on standby to investigate a large shadow in the sea, thought to be part of the airliner, but they were unable to gain access due to the bad weather.
AirAsia chief Tony Fernandes said on Thursday he believed the search was closing in on its final location, tweeting: "I am hoping that the latest information is correct and aircraft has been found."
Ships and planes have been scouring the Java Sea off Borneo since the plane disappeared on Sunday. Malaysia, Australia and Thailand are helping Indonesia with the search, while the US destroyer USS Sampson has been sent to the zone.
They are hoping to locate the fuselage of the plane on the seabed and find the plane's "black box" recorders, which could provide clues about the cause of the crash.
"It's possible the bodies are in the fuselage," said search and rescue co-ordinator Sunarbowo Sand.
"It's a race now against time and weather."
Flight QZ8501, from Surabaya in Java to Singapore, disappeared on Sunday. Debris from the plane was located in the sea on Tuesday.
There were 137 adult passengers, 17 children and one infant, along with two pilots and five crew, on the plane.
The majority of those on board were Indonesians.
Some investigators are reported to believe that the plane may have gone into an aerodynamic stall as the pilot climbed steeply to avoid a storm.
Officials quoted by the Reuters news agency say that the plane was travelling at 32,000ft (9,750m) when it requested to climb to 38,000ft to avoid bad weather.
When air traffic controllers consented to allow it to climb to 34,000ft a few minutes later, they got no reply.
A source quoted by Reuters said that radar data appeared to show that the aircraft's "unbelievably" steep climb may have been beyond the Airbus A320's limits.
However, the unnamed source emphasised that more information was needed before a definitive conclusion could be reached.
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A new date for the match has yet to be confirmed by Uefa.
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Goals from Wilfried Zaha, Christian Benteke, Luka Milivojevic and Patrick van Aanholt secured Palace's own safety and sent Hull down.
Hull could not afford to lose after Swansea had opened a four-point gap with a 2-0 win at Sunderland.
Swansea's survival marks a remarkable turnaround in fortunes under Paul Clement.
Clement, Swansea's third manager of the season after Bob Bradley and Franceso Guidolin, took over a side in January that was bottom with only 12 points from 19 game.
The former Derby County manager's arrival at the Liberty Stadium saw an initial revival with Swansea winning three of his first five games in charge.
But between the beginning of March and mid-April the Swans claimed only a single point in six Premier League games.
Swansea's 2-0 home win over Stoke City on 22 April was the start of a three-match unbeaten run which boosted their hopes of escaping relegation.
Their 1-0 home victory over Everton saw them leapfrog Marco Silva's Hull, who had lost 2-0 at home to Sunderland earlier on Saturday, 7 May.
And Swansea extended their unbeaten run to four games with a win in their penultimate game at already relegated Sunderland, which opened a four-point gap between the Welsh side and 18th-placed Hull.
Hull's defeat at Selhurst Park sealed the Tigers' fate and ensuring Swansea will remain in the Premier League for a seventh successive season. | Swansea will play in the Premier League next season after Hull were relegated after a 4-0 defeat at Crystal Palace. | 39914450 | [
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The grey seal was found at Cruden Bay on Tuesday.
The Scottish SPCA removed the seal from beach and took it to the charity's rescue centre where it was cut free.
Ch Insp John Carle said: "The amount of netting tangled around the seal's neck was the largest I have ever seen. It was a lovely moment watching the seal heading back into the water."
He added: "He was so large and heavy it took three of our officers to lift him and take him to our centre in Drumoak where we cut the net away.
"If he hadn't been discovered and freed the net would eventually have cut through his skin which could have resulted in septicaemia or other infections.
"Thankfully there were no injuries in this case and we were able to release him relatively quickly.
"This was a very happy ending and we're so glad we were able to help." | A seal found tangled in nets on an Aberdeenshire beach has been returned to the sea. | 36043765 | [
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The former Manchester United captain wants to build the futuristic four-bedroom property on greenbelt moorland between Bolton and Bury.
The partially-underground house was labelled a "Teletubbies" home because of its petal-shaped design.
The planning committee approved the development by 12 votes to nine.
The application will now be referred to the Government Office for the North West for consideration.
The 36-year-old plans to have the kitchen in the flower's stigma, with its petals being bedrooms, bathrooms, a garage, a children's play area and a swimming pool.
The planning application was turned down when it went before the planning committee last June.
Officers from Bolton Council recommended its approval because of "its exceptionally high quality of design" and "sensitive relationship with the surrounding landscape".
But committee members ignored the report's advice and voted 14-6 to refuse the application.
The application was re-submitted with the height of a wind turbine lowered.
A council spokeswoman said: "The committee has approved the plans and the application will now be referred to the Government Office for the North West (GONW) for consideration.
"Should GONW consider it justified the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government has the power to intervene, and call in the application for him to consider.
"However, if the scheme is approved by GONW and the scheme is not called in for review, then the application will be referred back to the council. The Director of Development and Regeneration will then ratify the decision, under delegated powers." | Footballer Gary Neville's controversial plans for an eco-friendly "Teletubbies" house have been given the go ahead by Bolton Council. | 12641716 | [
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That bargain could have backfired in a way that was neither good for his golf nor his social standing. Thankfully for the Spieth family, the lure of the clubs was too strong to resist. Eighteen years on, the obsessive kid has become a record-breaking champion.
Ben Crenshaw, another Masters winner schooled in the high winds and heat of Texas, has spoken of looking into the 21-year-old's eyes and seeing the dead-eyed stare of Wild West gunslinger Wyatt Earp.
The final day here at Augusta is often a shoot-out. The pressures of the back nine - greens like glass, fairways steep and narrow, water, water everywhere - have broken older men with far greater experience of these beautiful and brutal yards.
Spieth admitted afterwards that he had struggled to sleep on Saturday night, self-effacingly pointing to his prematurely receding hairline as an indication of the stress he has been under.
Yet even with so many big guns lurking - world number one Rory McIlroy, three-times Masters champion Phil Mickelson, major winner Justin Rose - the callow kid never looked like backing down.
If it seemed less thrilling a finale than we have come to expect from Augusta, it is worth a reminder of the dramatic context: the second youngest winner in Masters history, the first to go to 19 under (before a bogey on the last), more birdies across his four rounds than any player here has ever made, the first man to win it wire to wire in 39 years.
For those who have become desensitised to the scale of his achievement by the very fact that he had led so handsomely throughout, this might help: Rose and Mickelson's score of 14 under for second would have have been the winning tally in all bar five of the previous 78 Masters that have been played.
Spieth has always been aimed at this day. He won the US Junior Amateur title twice (something only Tiger Woods had ever done before), tied for 16th in the Byron Nelson Championship as a 16-year-old (better than Woods ever managed as an amateur in a PGA Tour event) and became the youngest PGA Tour winner in 82 years when he won the John Deere Classic aged 19 years and 11 months.
There is footage of him aged 14 declaring that his ultimate goal in life is to win the Masters. Goals like that are supposed to be good for young sportsmen. They also bring their own burden.
Out on the course, beery breath and cigar smoke swirling in the cool breeze, there were groans and gasps when his overnight lead of four strokes was cut to three at only the second hole and again at the seventh.
So locked in tradition is Augusta that no radios, phones or tablets are allowed through the gates, which preserves a certain atmosphere but also creates its own strange drama.
How was Spieth doing? Was Mickelson closing, was Woods - full of promise of a charge through the front nine - rampaging along as of old?
The only indication, for both players and patrons alike, is first when a volley of noise rolls in through the pine trees from a distant hole and then when the large wooden scoreboards are slowly adjusted by a troupe of men climbing up ladders, like stagehands dressing a particularly elaborate set.
This sort of information vacuum frays the nerves of those watching, let alone a 21-year-old within touching distance of his greatest ambition.
First a hole appears on the board next to the name of the player. Everyone turns and stares. Then, with minimal regard for the anxiety all around, an official will slowly insert a new numbered board.
That was how Spieth found out that Mickelson was slipping, that McIlroy was improving too slowly, that Woods - name taken off the board entirely - was not the danger of old.
Spieth would not give them a breath of hope.
By the 10th - Rose three-putting the ninth - the lead was back to five. In the pine needles on 11, he bumped and ran beautifully to the right of the green before flicking on a wedge that stopped as if he had it on string.
The crowds here were willing a Mickelson miracle. No-one is loved in these parts in the same way. Mickelson's avuncular grin, relaxed physique and famed generosity (few waitresses leave Phil's table less than $100 better off) have made him some sort of utopian Everyman for the American golf fan.
Spieth's display rendered it instead first a procession and then a coronation.
As he slipped on his first Green Jacket, with all the awkwardness that this sometimes painfully corny ceremony can offer, thoughts wandered off already to where he might go next.
These debut grand triumphs are a lovely stage for a young sportsman, a point in time where everything seems possible, the future unchecked by the vagaries of injury, form or motivation.
Spieth is still young enough to do exactly what his mother tells him - which is a good thing, when she spots you rather lost for words on the 18th green and tells you to congratulate your playing partner and thank the whooping crowd.
It is a potent reminder of Woods at the same age, winning his debut Masters by exactly the same score and in the same nerveless fashion.
It would take Woods almost two and-a-half years to win his next major. He would reach world number one rather sooner, within two months of his breakthrough at Augusta, and with Spieth already up to second in the rankings that particular piece of history may well repeat.
It was easy to pick out what made the young Woods stand out - his huge driving, a power game that would cause even this living museum of golf to be radically altered.
Even Spieth has trouble describing the best part of his own game, settling on the rather more prosaic "playing badly well" - what others would call course management and precocious self-control.
Crenshaw, poetic in his Masters farewell, spoke of a "jeweller's touch". That does rather better in illustrating how beautifully precise Spieth was in adorning these greens with his short game.
The only man who has putted like this at Augusta is Woods. Different characters in different eras, but in their graduation to the wider world with so much to share. | It began early for Jordan Spieth: when he was three years old and ready for potty-training, his mother Chris decided to bribe him out of nappies by hiding his plastic golf clubs on top of the washing machine until he had done what he had to do. | 32281539 | [
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The images were all taken from midday-to-midday on 16 and 17 April and the contest was open to anyone with a camera or a mobile phone.
The overall winner was Paolo Ferla who took "Electric Bristol" - a picture of the Clifton Suspension Bridge.
Megan Witty, from 24 Hours In Bristol, said the judges had had "an incredibly tough job" picking a winner.
The competition involves entrants being "randomly allocated" one hour of the day or night in which they must take at least one photograph.
Mr Ferla, from Bath, said he was "delighted" to have won.
He said he used a 10 second self-timer and then ran into the shot.
"Ten seconds is not very long so it took quite a few attempts - when we got there the sky was still quite bright, so we sat there for nearly 20 minutes waiting for the sky to get darker.
"It's a beautiful bridge and as soon as the sun sets on it and the sky gets darker and the electric lights come on - it just comes to life. "
Ms Witty said the six judges "didn't always agree" and one said it had been "heartbreaking" for some not to win. She said about 75% were taken on cameras and about 25% on mobile phones.
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Dundee Sheriff Court heard the 16-year-old boy had attended a party in Dundee last November and left with three friends for another address.
The teen, who cannot be named, held the blade to driver Mohammed Ashar's neck on their return to the party.
One boy, 16, pleaded guilty to assault and another, also 16, admitted theft. Sentence was deferred until next month.
The attacker, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had previously served custodial sentences for assaults committed when he was 14 and 15.
The court heard the boy had visited a party in Mossgiel Crescent and left with three other friends at 03:00.
On their return to the party Mr Ashar told the four they needed to pay their fare before exiting the car.
The teen then pulled out a machete, which was shown to the court, and held it to the driver's neck.
He fled the taxi screaming for help prompting one of the other boys, who cannot be named, to steal a drawstring bag containing the driver's change as they made off.
Fiscal depute Eilidh Robertson told the court the boys then went back to the party.
She said: "The other three boys had intended just to commit taxi fraud but were all surprised when the other boy pulled out the machete.
"Officers attended the party around 4am and the machete was found in plain sight on the kitchen floor."
Sheriff Alistair Carmichael deferred sentence until next month for social work background reports. | A teenager held a machete to a taxi driver's throat in an attack after a late night party. | 35551602 | [
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The Bangladeshi foreign ministry said the two men were now safe in hospital in the city of Sirte.
They were seized on 6 March from the al-Ghani oil field along with seven other foreigners.
Islamic State militants were suspected of carrying out the abductions, but this has not been confirmed.
Helal Uddin and Mohammed Anwar Hossain were freed on Tuesday evening, officials in Dhaka said.
Other foreigners seized with them were reported to include four Filipinos, an Austrian, a Czech and a Ghanaian.
BBC Bengali's Shahnaz Parveen in Dhaka says it is not clear whether a ransom was paid to free the two Bangladeshis.
The foreigners were working for oilfield management company Value Added Oilfield Services (VAOS) at the al-Ghani field.
VAOS said it did not know which militants had carried out the attack or where the oil workers had been taken.
An estimated 30,000 Bangladeshis are believed to be working in Libya.
Rival militias have been fighting for control of the country since Muammar Gaddafi was ousted in 2011. | Two Bangladeshi workers kidnapped nearly three weeks ago by gunmen in Libya have been freed and are in good health, officials say. | 32025306 | [
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Microsoft owns Hotmail, a free email service now called Outlook.com.
John Frank, deputy general counsel for Microsoft, said it took "extraordinary actions in this case".
While the search was technically legal, he added Microsoft would consult outside counsel in the future.
Microsoft's actions came to light this week as part of a legal case by US prosecutors against an ex-Microsoft employee, Alex Kibalko, who was a Russian native based in the company's Lebanon office.
In 2012, Microsoft had been alerted to the fact that the blogger, whose identity was kept anonymous in the court papers, had been given some stolen lines of code from the not-yet-released Windows 8 operating system.
The blogger then posted screenshots of the unreleased Windows operating system to his blog.
To figure out the source of the leak, Microsoft began an investigation and, as part of that search, looked into the blogger's accounts to find out the name of the employee.
The search was legal because it fell within Microsoft's terms of service which state that the company can access information in accounts that are stored on its "Communication Services", which includes email, chat areas, forums, and other communication facilities.
The terms of service add: "Microsoft reserves the right to review materials posted to the Communication Services and to remove any materials in its sole discretion."
Nonetheless, revelations of the search have led to renewed focus on the privacy violations of technology firms.
It has also left Microsoft in a difficult position, as the firm has often criticised rival Google for its automatic scanning of users' emails in order to serve them with advertising. | Microsoft is caught up in a privacy storm after it admitted it read the Hotmail inbox of a blogger while pursuing a software leak investigation. | 26677607 | [
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Its chief executive David Babington said it will help prepare pupils for the stresses of the transfer test and big changes in their educational life.
Five schools took part in a pilot.
The charity is now hoping the programme will be rolled out in schools across Northern Ireland.
It consists of "interactive workshops" in which pupils are made aware of the importance of emotional wellbeing; encouraged to seek help if they are in distress and helped to identify sources of support.
The workshops also provide teachers with basic training in promoting emotional wellbeing.
The Healthy Me initiative was launched at Carrick Primary School in Lurgan, County Armagh, on Friday morning.
The school's pastoral care co-ordinator, Helen Hamilton, is also its P7 teacher and said the programme has helped pupils and parents ahead of the big move.
"I see the anxiety in kids starting to build about secondary school," Ms Hamilton told BBC News NI.
"No fault of the secondary school - they're excellent and many are very excited to be going there - but they're apprehensive too and a lot of the time, that can be fed down from parents as well, they're worried about them.
"You're going from a very close-knit family atmosphere in a primary school - where you have one teacher who sees a child every day all day, and gets to know them and their wee quirks and can spot very quickly if they're out of sorts - to the very difficult job of senior school teachers who see them maybe for half an hour.
"It's more difficult for them to pick up on those things, much as they try, so parents sometimes need the reassurance and understanding that the transition can be easier than they expect."
Getting a place in a secondary school can be source of stress however, and last month, thousands of P7 pupils began to sit this year's unofficial transfer tests, set by two different examination bodies, the Association of Quality Education (AQE) and GL Assessment.
Pupils have the choice to sit either test, both tests, or none, but figures provided to the BBC by the two organisations indicated a slight rise in the number of entrants sitting the tests this year, with a total of 14,681, a rise from 14,575 in 2015.
"Transition from primary to secondary school is a particularly stressful time for children and we believe that targeting the programme at P6/P7 children will help them cope with this transition," Mr Babington said.
"Modern life is stressful and can impact on mental health, so implementing strategies for protecting children from stress and helping them learn to cope with change is an extremely positive influence on their young lives," the Action Mental Health boss added.
Ms Hamilton said that in the workshops, children were taught breathing exercises, and "how to relax", including how to take time out from busy after-school activity regimes.
"We, as a school, value so much the amount of evidence that shows that children who, mentally and emotionally, aren't ready to learn cannot progress, so it's so important for us that children's social and emotional needs are met," the P7 teacher added.
The need to "strengthen the resilience of young people" is one of the key challenges facing Northern Ireland's education system, according to the chief inspector of schools, Noelle Buick.
"All young people need to build resilience," she wrote in her latest report, published last month..
The chief inspector said pupils were facing "complex challenges" because the "social context of relationships, values, attitudes and behaviours in which children and young people live and learn has changed significantly" in recent years.
"It is timely to review the need for strengthening the resilience of children and young people at all levels through stronger and more explicit preventative education within the wider taught pastoral care curriculum." | Pupils preparing to leave primary school are being taught how to deal with stress and to be more resilient as part of a new mental health initiative. | 38184840 | [
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Manufacturers have been slow to roll out a fix because many variations of Android are widely used.
One Android expert said it was "about time" phone makers issued security fixes more quickly.
Android has been working to patch a vulnerability, known as Stagefright, which could let hackers access a phone's data simply by sending somebody a video message.
"My guess is that this is the single largest software update the world has ever seen," said Adrian Ludwig, Android's lead engineer for security, at hacking conference Black Hat.
LG, Samsung and Google have all said a number of their handsets will get the fix, with further updates every month.
Android is an open source operating system, with the software freely available for phone manufacturers to modify and use on their handsets.
The Google-led project does provide security fixes for the software, but phone manufacturers are responsible for sending the updates to their devices.
Some phones running old versions of Android are no longer updated by the manufacturer. Many companies also deploy customised versions of Android which take time to rebuild with the security changes.
Apple and BlackBerry can patch security problems more quickly because they develop both the software and the hardware for their devices.
BlackBerry's software is reviewed by mobile networks before being sent to handsets, while Apple can push updates to its phones whenever it wants.
"The very nature of Android is that manufacturers add their own software on top, so there have been delays in software roll-outs," said Jack Parsons, editor of Android Magazine.
"In the US it's even worse because mobile carriers often add their own software too, adding another layer of bureaucracy holding up security fixes.
"There's no real villain here, that's just how the system works. But there will always be security concerns with software, so it's right that some of the manufacturers are stepping up to deal with this now." | Samsung, LG and Google have pledged to provide monthly security updates for smartphones running the Android operating system. | 33794083 | [
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The reforms, ranging from the setting up of small businesses to reducing bureaucracy, had already been agreed by the ruling Communist party.
Mr Castro also hinted that changes to the country's controversial travel and emigration rules could be introduced.
He said those attempting to undermine the reforms could face prosecution.
The BBC's Michael Voss in Havana says one of the biggest obstacles Mr Castro now faces is resistance from party bureaucrats who face losing their job under the changes.
But the president warned lawmakers that "bureaucratic resistance is useless".
Mr Castro told parliament that the time had come for social and political reforms to be introduced. "Let's clean our heads of all sorts of nonsense," he said.
The measures the assembly was discussing in its twice-yearly session include cutting more than one million state jobs in a move to reduce Cuba's vast bureaucracy and reducing the state's role in areas such as agriculture, retail and construction.
Small private businesses will be encouraged to step in to fill the space, while state subsidies for goods and service will be phased out.
Mr Castro also said the government was "working to orchestrate the modernisation" of the country's migration policies.
Human rights groups have long criticised the requirement for Cubans to get government permission to travel abroad - a remnant of the days when Cubans emigrated for political rather than economic reasons.
Mr Castro said the rules had "played a role in their time and endured unnecessarily". | Cuba's National Assembly has given its backing to President Raul Castro's plans to reform the country's stagnating economy. | 14368316 | [
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NHS managers have proposed a temporary downgrade of the hospital's maternity and paediatric services to cope with staffing shortages.
The board of East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust will make a decision on Friday.
One paediatric nurse, who asked not to be named, said staff were devastated for their patients.
She said: "It's going to mean that many more children will have to make journeys across to Hastings at a time when they are particularly vulnerable.
"They're sick. Their families are vulnerable. And I think it's going to have massive implications for children who are sick and for children who are long-term disabled."
The NHS trust said the changes were being brought in for safety reasons because it was unable to recruit suitable specialist doctors which had led to an over-reliance on temporary and agency staff.
Several options are being considered, but the trust has said its preferred plan is to have consultant-led obstetric services, neonatal services including the special care baby unit, in-patient paediatric services and emergency gynaecology services at the Conquest Hospital in Hastings.
Eastbourne hospital would have a stand-alone midwifery-led maternity unit and enhanced paediatric care.
Paediatrician Dr David Scott said: "They [patients] will get a better service if they go to Hastings because they will get staff who will be better trained.
"There will be greater consultant availability so they will see more senior better trained staff. It will also allow us to increase the levels of nursing care available on the ward."
Liz Walke, from the campaign group Save the DGH, which opposes the changes at Eastbourne, said: "We would like an independent body coming in and looking at the whole organisation to see if they can do something better and actually reorganise the services so that both hospitals keep their core services." | Staff at Eastbourne District General Hospital have met NHS bosses over proposals to downgrade services amid claims that patient care will suffer. | 21708464 | [
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The 36-year-old defender, who took up a coaching role at St James Park last year, has not featured in City's first team since the end of February.
"Regarding the playing, I know in my head that things are slowly coming to an end," he told BBC Sport.
"I'm not knocking on (manager) Paul Tisdale's door asking why I'm not playing every week, that's for sure."
Butterfield has been at Exeter for three seasons, having spent eight years at Crystal Palace, where he famously scored a six-minute hat-trick against Wolves in the FA Cup in 2010.
"At the minute it is a little bit of an emergency style usage of myself," Butterfield added of his role within the Exeter playing squad.
"We've not openly discussed where we're going forward with that, I'm sure next season it'll be more coaching-based, with perhaps the registration still being held as a 'what if'.
"I'm enjoying what I'm doing with Tis (Tisdale) and the rest of the coaching staff and I'm certainly enjoying working with the lads on the coaching front and I hope they're enjoying working with me.
"I'm thankful to Tis for giving me the opportunity to use the transition into the coaching.
"It's a win-win for both as Tis uses me if and when and I'm alongside him every day in training and close to the boys trying to get the best out of them." | Exeter City player-coach Danny Butterfield says his playing career is coming to an end. | 36225130 | [
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Edward Davies, 39, from Hampshire, has not been in touch with his family or friends since Sunday 8 May.
Extensive searches involving mountain rescue teams, search dogs, police and a helicopter have been made since he was reported missing the following Wednesday.
Mr Davies, an experienced hillwalker, had planned to climb Sgurr na h-Ulaidh.
In a statement released on Tuesday, his family said they still held "every hope" of him being found alive.
They have been told by police of the discovery of the body. | A body has been found during a search of Glen Coe for a hillwalker who was reported missing last week. | 36322868 | [
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Ryan Tafazolli had a goal disallowed for the Stags after the break, before Scott Boden fired in late on for his fifth goal in four games.
Newport climb up to 19th in the table, eight points above the relegation zone, while Mansfield drop to ninth.
Match ends, Newport County 1, Mansfield Town 0.
Second Half ends, Newport County 1, Mansfield Town 0.
Danny Holmes (Newport County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Chris Clements (Mansfield Town).
Darren Jones (Newport County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Matt Green (Mansfield Town).
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Daniel Alfei (Mansfield Town) is shown the yellow card.
Scott Boden (Newport County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Scott Boden (Newport County).
Daniel Alfei (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Scott Shearer (Mansfield Town) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Newport County 1, Mansfield Town 0. Scott Boden (Newport County) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
Darren Jones (Newport County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Adi Yussuf (Mansfield Town).
Attempt saved. Adi Yussuf (Mansfield Town) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner, Mansfield Town. Conceded by Medy Elito.
Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Sean Kavanagh.
Dean Morgan (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Malvind Benning (Mansfield Town).
Substitution, Newport County. Dean Morgan replaces Conor Wilkinson because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Ryan Tafazolli (Mansfield Town) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Corner, Mansfield Town. Conceded by Yan Klukowski.
Scott Boden (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Mitch Rose (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Conor Wilkinson (Newport County).
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Foul by Mark Byrne (Newport County).
Mitch Rose (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Malvind Benning.
Attempt blocked. Darren Jones (Newport County) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked.
Conor Wilkinson (Newport County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Substitution, Mansfield Town. Sean Kavanagh replaces Colin Daniel.
Yan Klukowski (Newport County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Yan Klukowski (Newport County).
Malvind Benning (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Mark Byrne (Newport County) wins a free kick in the attacking half. | Newport County boosted their League Two survival hopes as they struck late to beat play-off contenders Mansfield. | 35619238 | [
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In December 2015, he said Mr Trump was "out of his mind" for suggesting a ban on Muslims entering the US.
Mr Johnson also attacked the Republican for his claim that police were afraid to patrol parts of London, fearing attacks by religious extremists.
The former mayor of London said of Mr Trump's hometown: "The only reason I wouldn't go to some parts of New York is the real risk of meeting Donald Trump."
But as we leap forward to November 2016, and Mr Johnson's words of welcome for a "positive" Trump presidency, it's time to take a look back at some of the other occasions Boris Johnson has changed his mind.
After the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, took legal action against German satirist Jan Boehmermann for performing a poem insulting to the Turkish premier, Boris Johnson wrote a poem of his own.
The limerick - the key parts of which we cannot reprint here - won the Spectator magazine's "President Erdogan Offensive Poetry Competition" in May.
More significantly, though, Mr Johnson has several times changed his public stance on whether or not Turkey should join the EU.
During the referendum campaign, he repeatedly warned voters about the prospect of Turkey joining the EU - and the impact migration from the country could have on the UK. That was despite the fact he had previously said keeping Turkey out of the bloc "sent out the worst possible message to moderates in the Islamic world".
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim told the BBC at the time: "May God help him and reform him."
Since the referendum, however, Mr Johnson has changed his tone again.
In September 2016, he visited Turkey in search of a "jumbo trade deal". During the trip, he called for "a new partnership" between the UK and Turkey, extolling the virtues of his "beautiful, very well functioning" Turkish washing machine.
He also said the UK would "help Turkey in any way" with its bid to join the EU.
The relationship between the outgoing US president and Boris Johnson has had its ups and downs.
In 2008, Mr Johnson supported the then US senator's bid to become the first black American president, saying: "If Barack Obama can do it, it will be the most fantastic boost, I think, for black people everywhere around the world."
This changed when President Obama came out in favour of Britain remaining a member of the EU, and said the UK would be at "the back of the queue" to make trade deals with the US if it voted Leave.
Reacting in an opinion piece for the Sun in April, Mr Johnson said the "part-Kenyan President" suffered from an "ancestral dislike of the British empire" that had led him to remove a bust of Winston Churchill from the Oval Office.
The comments were branded "idiotic" and "deeply offensive" by Churchill's grandson, Sir Nicholas Soames.
In a December 2015 column, Mr Johnson wrote that Russian President Vladimir Putin was a "ruthless and manipulative tyrant" who looked "a bit like Dobby the House Elf" from Harry Potter.
But in August, the foreign secretary called for the UK to "normalise" relations with Russia.
A Foreign Office official said Boris Johnson felt "we need to continue to build a constructive dialogue on issues of mutual concern as well as on points of disagreement".
Mr Johnson also praised the Russian president for assisting in the liberation of Palmyra in Syria, saying Russian troops had driven the so-called Islamic State group from the archaeologically significant site "with a ruthless clarity" that "made the West look ineffective".
As well as his comments about Barack Obama, Mr Johnson once branded Hillary Clinton a "sadistic nurse in a mental hospital".
But when he stood alongside Secretary of State John Kerry at a July 2016 press conference, his US counterpart defended him, saying he had been told the foreign secretary was a "very smart and capable man".
A relieved Mr Johnson said "Phew - let's stop there." But a grinning Mr Kerry nudged his less-experienced colleague, saying: "It's called diplomacy, Boris."
China, 2008: "Ping-pong was invented on the dining tables of England in the 19th Century, and it was called Wiff-waff. And there, I think, you have the difference between us and the rest of the world. Other nations, the French, looked at a dining table and saw an opportunity to have dinner; we looked at it and saw an opportunity to play Wiff-waff. And I say to the Chinese, and to the world, that ping-pong is coming home."
Papua New Guinea, 2006: "For 10 years, we in the Tory party have become used to Papua New Guinea-style orgies of cannibalism and chief-killing, and so it is with a happy amazement that we watch as the madness engulfs the Labour Party."
Uganda, 2002: "If left to their own devices, the natives would rely on nothing but the instant carbohydrate gratification of the plantain." | Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson's praise of Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election came as a surprise to some, given his previous remarks about him. | 37990999 | [
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It also defied predictions that it would not survive the collapse of its one-time supporter, the Soviet Union.
Since the fall of the US-backed dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista in 1959, Cuba has been a one-party state led by Mr Castro and - since February 2008 - by his chosen successor and younger brother, Raul.
Fidel Castro exercised control over virtually all aspects of Cuban life through the Communist Party and its affiliated mass organisations, the government bureaucracy and the state security apparatus.
Exploiting the Cold War, Fidel Castro was for decades able to rely on strong Soviet backing, including annual subsidies worth $4-5 billion, and succeed in building reputable health and education systems. But, at least partly because of the US trade sanctions, he failed to diversify the economy.
The US and Cuba agreed in 2014 to normalise relations.
Population 11.2 million
Area 110,860 sq km (42,803 sq miles)
Major language Spanish
Major religion Christianity
Life expectancy 77 years (men), 81 years (women)
Currency Cuban peso
Raul Castro, the world's longest-serving defence minister, took over as president in February 2008, succeeding his ailing brother Fidel, who had been in power for five decades.
After being re-elected by the single-party National Assembly in February 2013, Raul announced his intention to stand down at the end of his second term in 2018.
Fidel Castro brought revolution to Cuba in the 1950s and created the western hemisphere's first Communist state. His beard, long speeches, cigar, army fatigues and defiance of the United States earned him iconic status across the globe.
Raul, 76 at the time of this appointment, has been his brother's trusted right-hand man and was once known as an iron-fisted ideologue who executed Fidel Castro's orders - and enemies - ruthlessly.
Under his leadership, Cuba's Revolutionary Armed Forces became one of the most formidable fighting forces in the Third World with combat experience in Africa, where they defeated South Africa's army in Angola in 1987.
The Cuban media are tightly controlled by the government and journalists must operate within the confines of laws against anti-government propaganda and the insulting of officials which carry penalties of up to three years in prison.
Reporters without Borders in early 2016 described Cuba as "one of the world's worst countries from the viewpoint of journalists… independent journalists and bloggers are constantly persecuted by the Castro government".
Some key dates in Cuba's history:
1898 - Cuba is ceded to the US which defeated Spain in war.
1902 - Cuba becomes independent under the protection of the US.
1933 - Sergeant Fulgencio Batista seizes power in a coup.
1959 - Fidel Castro leads a guerrilla army into Havana, forcing Batista to flee.
1961 - US breaks off diplomatic relations in response to the nationalization of US-owned properties, and later imposes a complete commercial embargo.
1961 - Cuban exiles backed by the US try to invade Cuba at the Bay of Pigs, but are defeated.
1962 - The US and the Soviet Union have a showdown that almost touches off war after the US discovers Soviet nuclear missiles on Cuba. The confrontation ends with the Soviets removing the missiles and the US agreeing never to invade Cuba.
1975 - Castro sends troops to Angola to help fight rebels backed by South Africa. It is the start of 15 years of war in which 300,000 Cubans will fight.
1991 - The Soviet Union, Cuba's biggest benefactor, collapses, touching off an economic crisis.
2006 - Fidel Castro provisionally turns over power to brother Raul Castro, who becomes president in 2008.
2014 - US President Barack Obama and President Castro announce moves to normalise diplomatic relations, severed for more than 50 years. | Cuba's Communist government has survived more than 50 years of US sanctions intended to topple veteran leader Fidel Castro. | 19583447 | [
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The Dufton Europa plane crash landed in a field in Maidwell on Thursday afternoon.
Emergency services were called to the field, but found an empty plane.
Ambulance crews found the pilot Iain McKay and his wife, of Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire, at the The Stags Head, where they had walked after the ordeal.
Simon Nixon, the manager of the pub, said: "A lady came in her with her husband. It was not until she ordered a drink (non-alcoholic) that she said she was a bit shaken up because she'd just had a plane crash. I asked if she was OK and she had a little bit of a cut to her arm. Other than that she seemed OK.
"It's not often you have plane crashes where people are able to walk away."
An off duty policeman alerted the ambulance crews of the couple's whereabouts.
An East Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said an ambulance and an air ambulance went to the accident at about 16:30 BST.
"Both patients were found away from the aircraft and were checked over by the doctor but didn't require any further treatment," she said.
The Air Accident Investigation Branch has yet to comment. | A couple who were in a light aircraft that crashed in a Northamptonshire field escaped unhurt and were found by ambulance crews in a nearby pub. | 27834835 | [
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More than 60,000 vials, said to contain anabolic steroids, were recovered in an operation by Garda (Irish police), customs and a medicine watchdog.
Human growth hormones and erectile dysfunction pills were also found during Thursday's raids in Muff and Lifford.
A man in his 30s was arrested, but later released without charge.
The Health Products Regulatory Authority, the Republic's medicine watchdog, said evidence of an illegal manufacturing operation had been found.
The PSNI had carried out further searches in Northern Ireland, it said. | Steroids and medicines with an estimated street value of some 2m euros (£1.7m) have been seized in Donegal. | 39229366 | [
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The Red Devils looked down and out as they trailed 18-10 with two minutes left at the Lightstream Stadium.
But a second try from Niall Evalds and Greg Johnson's score with the last play of normal time levelled the scores.
O'Brien's missed conversion forced extra-time but he responded with a drop-goal from near halfway to win it.
It was a dramatic end to an enthralling game and resulted in Hull KR dropping out of Super League after a 10-year spell in the top flight.
It was also the second time in a week that Hull KR, who did not touch the ball in extra-time, suffered defeat to a late drop-goal.
Danny Brough's controversial effort last Saturday gave Huddersfield a 23-22 win to condemn the Robins to a place in the Million Pound Game.
Fighting broke out after the final whistle as Salford fans invaded the pitch to celebrate their side's stunning comeback.
There was little sign of the drama to come as Hull KR dominated the opening 20 minutes and led 10-0 through tries by Adam Walker and Josh Mantellato.
Ben Murdoch-Masila touched down from Salford's first real attack and they were remarkably level when Evalds went over in the left corner.
Mantellato's penalty just before half-time and Thomas Minns' second-half try seemed to have done enough to secure Rovers' place in Super League next season, only to be stunned by Salford's late fightback.
While Hull KR will play in the Championship next season, Salford's victory means a turbulent year at the AJ Bell Stadium ends on a high.
They were deducted six points in April for breaching salary cap regulations and had to settle for a place in the Qualifiers after losing their appeal.
That decision left owner Marwan Koukash considering his future at the club, which he bought in 2013 and has seen finish no higher than 10th.
But he intimated in the immediate aftermath of the win that he will now stay on.
Salford coach Ian Watson:
"Today was glammed up like a Grand Final, but it's a real serious game. I do believe in promotion and relegation, I just don't believe you should play off to decide relegation, you play off to win things.
"There's a big sense of relief because we felt harshly done to by losing six points. I feel for Hull KR and what they are going to go through in the next couple of weeks.
"I feel pleased and proud of the boys. It will be a real sense of achievement when they look back.
"I've seen last-minute drop-goals before but never one like that. It was a massive play by Gaz O'Brien. He's a tremendous kicker of the ball, but I don't think he'll ever kick one like that again."
Hull KR interim head coach James Webster:
"Congratulations to Salford, they came up with three really good plays to win the game. They're a team that could strike from distance, we knew that.
"I'm proud of the boys, they put every single thing into it and that was a real high-quality game. It was one of the better games you'll see this year.
"The changing room is not a great place to be.
"I find it hard that a working-class sport can glorify something like this. This game has been glorified as a final. How is it a final? I can't fathom it all. If we'd won, I'd have said the same."
Hull KR: Cockayne, Sio, Minns, Thornley, Mantellato, Campese, Marsh, Tilse, Lunt, Walker, Blair, Clarkson, Donaldson.
Replacements: Horne, Peacock, Allgood, Jubb.
Salford: O'Brien, Johnson, Jones, Sa'u, J. Griffin, Lui, Dobson, Burgess, Tomkins, G. Griffin, Murdoch-Masila, Hauraki, Flanagan.
Replacements: Kopczak, Krasniqi, Evalds, Kenny.
Attendance: 6,562
Referee: Phil Bentham (RFL) | Gareth O'Brien kicked a drop-goal in golden-point extra time as Salford won the 'Million Pound Game' 19-18 to relegate Hull KR from Super League. | 37488691 | [
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His comments follow a row between Ed Miliband and No 10 after the Labour leader said PM David Cameron was "wrong" not to oppose Israel's attacks.
No 10 said it was shocked Mr Miliband would "play politics with such a serious issue".
Thirty Palestinians have been reported killed on Sunday and militants have continued to fire rockets into Israel.
The Foreign Office confirmed that Mr Hammond had spoken to the Israeli foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman and Israeli justice minister Tzipi Livni on the telephone on Sunday.
During that call Mr Hammond said he reiterated the UK's "need for an immediate and unconditional humanitarian ceasefire".
He said: "I welcome indications that Israeli forces may begin to withdraw from Gaza within the next few days."
Mr Hammond also told the Sunday Telegraph the crisis in Gaza could become "an endless loop of violence".
"The British public has a strong sense that the situation of the civilian population in Gaza is simply intolerable and must be addressed - and we agree with them."
In a strongly worded statement on Saturday, Mr Miliband said Mr Cameron had previously been "right to say that Hamas is an appalling terrorist organisation".
"Its wholly unjustified rocket attacks on Israeli citizens, as well as building of tunnels for terrorist purposes, show the organisation's murderous intent and practice towards Israel and its citizens," he said.
"But the prime minister is wrong not to have opposed Israel's incursion into Gaza and his silence on the killing of hundreds of innocent Palestinian civilians caused by Israel's military action will be inexplicable to people across Britain and internationally."
On Sunday Mr Miliband reiterated that criticism, telling the BBC the government needed to send "a much clearer message to Israel that its actions in Gaza are unacceptable and unjustifiable".
"What I want to hear from David Cameron is that he believes Israel's actions are wrong and unjustified and we haven't heard that from him."
He said rocket attacks on Israel by Palestinian militants "cannot excuse the scale of the loss of life of innocent Palestinian civilians including children that we are seeing".
The aim should be to "force both sides to have a ceasefire and the long-term solution we need", he said.
Downing Street said: "The PM has been clear that both sides in the Gaza conflict need to observe a ceasefire.
"We are shocked that Ed Miliband would seek to misrepresent that position and play politics with such a serious issue."
Some 1,700 Palestinians, mostly civilians, have been killed since the conflict began more than three weeks ago.
A total of 66 Israelis have died, all but two of them soldiers. A Thai worker in Israel also died.
A UN-brokered humanitarian ceasefire, intended to last 72 hours, ended on Friday after less than five hours, with each side blaming the other.
Israel says it is defending itself from attacks by Palestinian militants and blames Hamas for civilian deaths in Gaza, saying fighters deliberately operate from civilian areas.
Critics of Israel's actions say Gaza is so densely populated any conflict there will inevitably affect civilian areas and cause civilian casualties. | The situation in Gaza is "simply intolerable and must be addressed", Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond says. | 28628577 | [
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The Iron scored twice in the last 10 minutes to make a contest of it, but they left themselves with too much to do, having fallen 3-0 down midway through the second half.
The visitors were fortunate to go in only a goal down at half-time, a Dale lead deservedly earned in the 41st minute when Joe Thompson side-footed home Joe Bunney's delivery.
But Rochdale had also seen an Ian Henderson finish ruled out for handball, while Iron goalkeeper Luke Daniels had brilliantly saved Harrison McGahey's shot.
Keith Hill's team doubled their lead in the 53rd minute through Ollie Rathbone and appeared to have made the result safe when substitute Calvin Andrew made it three with 15 minutes remaining.
Substitute Tom Hopper's 81st-minute close-range finish offered Scunthorpe a glimmer of hope.
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Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Rochdale 3, Scunthorpe United 2.
Second Half ends, Rochdale 3, Scunthorpe United 2.
Foul by Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (Rochdale).
Neal Bishop (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Attempt missed. Josh Morris (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Foul by Neal Bishop (Scunthorpe United).
Ian Henderson (Rochdale) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Ian Henderson (Rochdale) is shown the yellow card.
Josh Morris (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Matthew Lund (Rochdale).
Attempt missed. Ian Henderson (Rochdale) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Substitution, Rochdale. Andrew Cannon replaces Oliver Rathbone.
Scott Wiseman (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Goal! Rochdale 3, Scunthorpe United 2. Neal Bishop (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Josh Morris.
Scott Wiseman (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Ian Henderson (Rochdale).
Goal! Rochdale 3, Scunthorpe United 1. Tom Hopper (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Josh Morris.
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Corner, Scunthorpe United. Conceded by Harrison McGahey.
Goal! Rochdale 3, Scunthorpe United 0. Calvin Andrew (Rochdale) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Ian Henderson.
Corner, Scunthorpe United. Conceded by Joe Bunney.
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Corner, Rochdale. Conceded by Scott Wiseman.
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Attempt missed. Matthew Lund (Rochdale) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Corner, Rochdale. Conceded by Murray Wallace.
Substitution, Scunthorpe United. Sam Mantom replaces Conor Townsend. | League One leaders Scunthorpe United suffered their third defeat of the season as Rochdale held on to win at Spotland. | 38192504 | [
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Esposito was Presley's professional assistant and a member of his inner circle, known as the "Memphis Mafia".
He was one of two best men at the star's wedding to Priscilla in 1967 and a pallbearer at his funeral in 1977.
Esposito's daughter Cindy Bahr said he had died of natural causes in California on 23 November after suffering from dementia.
The pair met while serving in the Army in 1959. When they completed their service, Esposito became Presley's assistant, a role that saw him acting as road manager when Elvis was on tour.
He was a member of the so-called Memphis Mafia with Red West and Marty Lacker, and appeared in some of Presley's films, including It Happened at the World's Fair.
Esposito was one of those who found Presley's body when he died at Graceland, Memphis, and broke the news of his death to Priscilla and Presley's manager Tom Parker.
He went on to work as a road manager for artists including Michael Jackson and The Bee Gees.
Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | Joe Esposito, a close friend and aide of Elvis Presley, has died at the age of 78. | 38155740 | [
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The search was launched after the coastguard received reports from an individual claiming to be in difficulty off the coast of County Down.
Two RNLI boats and a coastguard helicopter from Scotland were launched to assist in the search.
The kayaker was reported to be near Mew Island, one of the Copeland Islands near Donaghadee.
A coastguard spokesman said it received several calls from a person claiming to be in difficulty.
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For the next three weeks the city will host the International Festival, the Fringe and the Military Tattoo.
The Fringe remains the world's largest arts festival with 3,269 shows at 294 venues.
Meanwhile, the International Festival will host some of the finest performers from the worlds of theatre, music, opera and dance.
Online highlights at bbc.co.uk/edinburghfestivals
Follow @BBCEdFest on Twitter, facebook.com/BBCEdFest and Instagram.com/bbcedfest for updates.
BBC Arts Online at bbc.co.uk/arts
The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo will pay tribute to the Queen, who celebrated her 90th birthday this year.
It will include a cast of more than 1,200 performers and over 250 pipers and drummers from around the world.
Twenty-five performances will take place across August, with a combined live audience of 220,000 people.
The Royal Air Force will open the show with a flypast on selected evenings, including a planned flypast by the world-famous Red Arrows on Saturday at 19.30.
It will commemorate the centenary of the Great Arab Revolt - the British-backed uprising against the German-allied Ottoman Turks depicted in the film Lawrence Of Arabia.
The anniversary of The Battle of Jutland will also be marked during the event.
Brigadier David Allfrey, The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo's chief executive and producer, said: "We are particularly proud to add our celebration to Her Majesty the Queen's special year while marking other important anniversaries: Jutland and the Great Arab Revolt.
"Above all though, the music is the star. This year we have developed a fabulous score bursting with incredible tunes."
The International Festival will stage a huge opening event on Sunday.
It is a free event called Deep Time, which will see artwork projected onto the western façade of Edinburgh Castle and Castle Rock.
The digitally-animated projections will be inspired by the city's past, set to a special soundtrack by Scottish rock band Mogwai.
It will chart 350 million years of Edinburgh's history, looking at how volcanic activity formed the landscape and exploring the intellectual legacy of the city. In particular, it will celebrate the work of renowned Edinburgh scientist and thinker James Hutton.
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe also gets under way.
Its new chief executive Shona McCarthy promised "unparalleled" breadth and diversity of talent.
The festival will be made up of:
It remains the largest arts festival in the world despite a small fall in the number of shows - down 1.3% from 3,314 last year. | Edinburgh's cultural festivals are officially kicking off, with thousands of events taking place. | 36974483 | [
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Members of the 130th (St John) Field Ambulance are being honoured with the rededication of a plaque to them.
The Archbishop of Wales and the Duke of Gloucester, who is the Grand Prior of St John, are among 200 invited guests.
The service, at 14:00 BST, is being held at St John the Baptist in Cardiff city centre.
Welsh assembly's presiding officer Dame Rosemary Butler attended.
The 130th unit was made up of St John Ambulance-trained men recruited from coalfields across south Wales.
The men served at some of the most important battles of World War One and 11 were killed in action or died from wounds.
They provided support at the battle of Mametz Wood on the Somme in July 1916 and at Pilckem Ridge during the Third Battle of Ypres in 1917.
The men won 25 military medals for gallantry, two Distinguished Conduct Medals, two Croix de Guerres and three Military Crosses. | A service to remember Welsh medics who won gallantry medals in World War One is being held in Cardiff. | 32449052 | [
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Cafodd y gwasanaethau brys eu galw yn oriau mân fore Mercher, ac mae dros 200 o ddiffoddwyr a 40 injan dân wedi bod yn ceisio diffodd y fflamau sydd wedi lledu i 24 llawr tŵr Grenfell yn yr ardal.
Mae Heddlu Llundain wedi cadarnhau bellach fod 12 o bobl wedi marw, ond maen nhw'n rhybuddio bod disgwyl i'r ffigwr godi eto.
Mae Gwasanaeth Ambiwlans Llundain wedi dweud fod 74 o bobl yn cael eu trin mewn ysbytai, gydag 20 mewn cyflwr difrifol.
Dywedodd Ms Matthews ei bod yn byw yng nghysgod yr adeilad.
"Dwi'n edrych arno nawr ac mae'r adeilad yn llwyd a'r mwg yn codi," meddai ar raglen y Post Cyntaf, Radio Cymru.
Dywedodd fod y fflamau ar bob ochr o'r adeilad wedi bod yn anferth: "O be dwi'n gallu gweld dydy'r dŵr ddim yn gallu cyrraedd pen yr adeilad."
Roedd y rhai oedd yn byw yn yr adeilad, gafodd ei adeiladu yn 1974, wedi cael cyngor meddai i beidio ceisio dianc.
"Mae 125 apartments yna, llawer o hen bobl a teuluoedd ifanc a'r advice oedd i aros yn yr apartment tan bod rhywun yn dod i helpu nhw, i safio nhw.
"Sai'n licio meddwl faint o bobl sydd wedi brifo, teuluoedd ifanc."
Dywedodd hefyd fod nifer ar y stryd yn eu pyjamas ac wedi llwyddo i adael y bloc o fflatiau.
"Mae pawb yn absolutely devastated. Mae'r lle ma' yn llawn cymuned...Ni gyd yn shell shocked i fod yn onest."
Mae yna bryder erbyn hyn y bydd yr adeilad yn dymchwel a dyw achos y tân ddim yn glir eto.
Roedd "cannoedd o bobl" yn yr adeilad pan ddechreuodd y tân meddai arweinydd Cyngor Kensington a Chelsea, Nick Paget-Brown.
Dywedodd Comisiynydd Tân Llundain, Dany Cotton, ei bod hi'n amhosib dweud ar hyn o bryd faint o bobl sydd wedi marw oherwydd "maint a chymhlethdod" yr adeilad.
Dywedodd: "Mae hwn yn ddigwyddiad nad ydyn ni wedi gweld ei debyg o'r blaen.
"Yn ystod fy 29 mlynedd fel gweithiwr tân, dwi erioed wedi gweld rhywbeth o'r raddfa yma."
Cafodd £10m ei wario er mwyn adnewyddu'r tŵr gyda'r gwaith hwnnw yn cael ei gwblhau'r llynedd.
Mae'n debyg bod grŵp lleol, Grenfell Action Group, wedi honni cyn ac yn ystod y gwaith adnewyddu, bod yna berygl o dân.
Dywedodd Nick Paget-Brown bod y fflatiau yn cael eu harchwilio yn gyson ond y byddai "ymchwiliad trylwyr" yn cael ei gynnal. | Mae'r gantores Cerys Matthews wedi disgrifio sut cafodd hi ei deffro gan sŵn hofrennydd a gweld bloc o fflatiau yn wenfflam yn ardal Kensington, Llundain. | 40266015 | [
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At least two missiles were fired at a house in North Waziristan tribal region early on Wednesday, the deadliest drone attack in Pakistan this year.
It is the third such attack since new PM Nawaz Sharif won elections in May. He has demanded an end to such attacks.
A government statement said the strike violated Pakistan's sovereignty.
"Pakistan has repeatedly emphasised the importance of bringing an immediate end to drone strikes," a foreign ministry spokesman said.
"They are counter-productive, entail loss of innocent civilian lives and have human rights and humanitarian implications."
In a separate development, at least six security personnel are reported to have been killed and at least six more injured in an early morning attack by militants at a checkpoint near Peshawar.
At least two more are reported to be missing, possibly kidnapped by the attackers.
Reports citing local officials said most of those killed in the drone strike were thought to be from the militant Haqqani group.
Officials say four missiles were fired by a US drone, targeting two houses and two vehicles, near Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan. A number of other people were also injured.
The Haqqani network has been described by US military commanders as one of the most resilient militant groups operating in Afghanistan.
The troubled border region is a known stronghold for al-Qaeda and Taliban militants.
Seven people were killed in a similar strike on 8 June, also in North Waziristan, just three days after the new prime minister was sworn in.
After that incident the Pakistani government summoned a senior US diplomat in protest, condemning what it called a "violation of Pakistan's sovereignty and territorial integrity".
At least two key leaders of the Pakistani Taliban have been killed in earlier US drone strikes this year. Mullah Nazir was killed in January and Waliur Rehman was killed in May, shortly after Mr Sharif swept to election victory.
The BBC's Richard Galpin in Islamabad says that the latest air strike by US forces will further heighten tensions between Washington and the new Pakistani government.
Mr Sharif has called for a joint strategy to stop US drone strikes. The issue is hugely controversial in Pakistan, where parts of the government and military have often been accused of criticising the use of drones in public, but co-operating in private.
Drone strikes are a source of severe tension between the US and Pakistan.
It is estimated that between 2004 and 2013, CIA drone attacks in Pakistan killed up to 3,460 people.
About 890 of them were civilians and the vast majority of strikes were carried out by the Obama administration, research by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism said.
Earlier this year, Mr Obama called the strikes part of a legitimate campaign against terrorism, but he also pledged more programme transparency and stricter targeting rules. | At least 17 people have been killed in a suspected US drone strike on a compound in north-west Pakistan, Pakistani officials say. | 23156808 | [
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Business Secretary Sajid Javid told the Green Investment Bank's annual meeting he would start "exploring options" to bring in private investors.
The bank, thought to be the first of its kind, has invested about £2bn of public money in about 50 projects.
But critics called the sale "reckless" and questioned the government's commitment to a low-carbon economy.
It is unclear how much of the GIB the government might sell, although the Financial Times has reported that it could be about 70%, with a sale price of well above £1bn.
The move is part of the government's plan to sell off assets to pay down the deficit, and comes after the disposal of stakes in Royal Mail and Lloyds Banking Group.
The Edinburgh-based GIB was launched in 2012, pledging loans to "green" projects that have also attracted private sector money. It has invested in wind power, bio-energy, and renewal projects.
The bank said it became profitable in the 2014-15 financial year, making a £100,000 pre-tax profit.
But there are restrictions on its borrowing, and Mr Javid hopes that full access to the capital markets will increase its lending powers.
Speaking at the GIB's annual review event in London on Thursday, Mr Javid said: "The bank will be able to access a much greater volume of capital and deploy it across a much wider array of green projects."
He added that the privatisation would mean "more money going into green innovations" and more support for "environmental entrepreneurs".
Mr Javid said the GIB had debunked the idea that green investment was incapable of making a profit.
"Its rigorous, commercial approach to investment has helped attract sovereign wealth funds, pension schemes and private equity investors to the sector for the very first time," he said.
Chancellor George Osborne said in an earlier statement: "We want the Green Investment Bank to attract more investment and we will use the money we raise to pay down the national debt and deliver lasting economic security for working people."
Mr Javid's department has hired Bank of America Merrill Lynch to advise on the financial details and timetable for the sale.
Critics argue that a sale would dilute the bank's purpose and undermine the UK's commitment to the green economy.
Caroline Lucas, Green MP for Brighton Pavilion, called the sell-off plan "rash and irresponsible" and said any such move called into question the UK's commitment to investing in a low-carbon economy.
"The government should keep at least a majority stake in the Green Investment Bank to ensure investor confidence is upheld and the commitment to low-carbon lending remains," she said.
Think-tank E3G, which advised on the original plans to established a green bank, said a sell-off would be "reckless" and damage investor confidence.
Chief executive Nick Mabey said: "The Green Investment Bank is not just the government's most lauded innovation in the war against climate change. It has kept investment in the real economy going at a time when bank lending had fallen to an all-time low. It has played a critical role in supporting the UK economic recovery. | The UK's "green" bank, which invests in environmentally-friendly infrastructure projects, is to be part-privatised. | 33263710 | [
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Former England batsman Boycott said Morgan was not "as good as he thinks he is" and "not so clever" against top-class bowling.
But pace bowler Anderson responded: "That's rich coming from him.
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"Morgan is a world-class player and has been for over 100 games. We know how destructive he is when he's in form."
Boycott, who scored 1,082 runs in 34 one-day innings for England, at an average of 36.06, was passing judgement on a poor sequence of form that has seen Morgan dismissed for less than 20 in nine of his last 11 one-day international innings.
Anderson, though, defended his captain, saying: "He has been great for us. We're hopeful he can get some form. We've seen him get a hundred on this trip against Australia."
The 32-year-old was speaking before England's opening World Cup game against co-hosts Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday (03:30 GMT).
Former England captain Michael Vaughan said Morgan had never claimed to be "the greatest", but disagreed with Boycott's comments.
"I think he can have his opinion," said Vaughan. "I work with him, respect him a lot, I like him, but I disagree with what he's said about Eoin Morgan.
"He needs runs, but in the past Morgan has had the kind of mentality to produce on the big stage."
More than 90,000 spectators are expected to be in attendance as England look to improve on a run that has seen them lose 13 of their last 15 ODIs against Australia down under.
"It's obviously a big game for both sides," said Anderson, who has taken 264 wickets in 188 matches since making his debut at the MCG in 2002.
"As a cricketer, you want to play in big games like this. We're guessing that the majority of the crowd will be against us, so it's something we're prepared for. It's something that we have to try to soak up and enjoy.
"We feel confident that we can beat anyone on our day. Confidence is building in our team and we're hoping that we can put things together when it really matters."
With Australia captain Michael Clarke ruled out of Saturday's opener because of injury, George Bailey has been confirmed as his replacement.
However, Bailey admitted that he was likely to lose his place in the team when Clarke returns for the second match against Bangladesh.
The 32-year-year-old batsman also said that Australia should enjoy the extra support they receive as co-hosts, rather than feel the pressure of being favourites to win the tournament.
"I don't think I'll keep my place, but that's fine," said Bailey. "I think it's great that Michael is on track to come back, he's done a remarkable job to be available for the Bangladesh game.
"I'm not feeling the pressure of expectation. We get to enjoy some home comforts and home support. We should embrace the opportunity of a home World Cup.
"There have been some amazing Australian players who have never had the chance of a home World Cup. You can view that as pressure, or view it as a wonderful opportunity."
With so much of the conversation in Australia surrounding the fitness of Clarke, former leg-spinner Shane Warne had his say on the process the captain has had to get through since injuring his right hamstring on 13 December.
"Some of the stuff I've been reading about Michael Clarke, you'd think he was 45. He's only 33," said Warne, who is 45 himself.
"They've tried to break him with all the fitness stuff, but he's ready to go, fitter than he's ever been in five years. I would have picked him."
Warne, a World Cup winner in 1999, also said England were capable of shocking Australia on Saturday and identified Ravi Bopara - whose place may be under threat - as one of the key men.
"England need James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Ian Bell, Eoin Morgan and Ravi Bopara to fire. If a few of those guys have a day out at the World Cup, they could go all the way."
In an attempt to ramp up the tension and create a partisan atmosphere before the Australia-England match, a betting company has placed posters around Melbourne that read "Missing: pair of balls. If found please return to the England cricket team".
On Friday, they took it one stage further, draping banners from two helicopters that circled the city, flying over the MCG just as England were training.
If England were unimpressed, so too was Bailey, who sarcastically said the banners were "very witty". | James Anderson has ridiculed comments made by Geoffrey Boycott about the batting of England's World Cup captain Eoin Morgan. | 31451324 | [
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Fleshmarket Close, which is famously a setting for an Inspector Rebus novel, has also made the final list.
Lighting and artwork will be installed in the little-used closes.
The people behind the project hope the improvements will encourage more people to use the historic network of narrow streets.
Adam Wilkinson, the director of Edinburgh World Heritage, said: "Our aim is for this project to re-connect the people of Edinburgh with the closes of the Old Town.
"The intricate network of closes and courtyards that bind the Old Town together gives it a unique identity, is underused but has the opportunity to be revitalised, used and celebrated by all."
The closes date back to the medieval origins of the city.
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"The closes were once busy thoroughfares, buzzing with all the life of the city, and it would be wonderful to see some of that atmosphere return." | Twelve of Edinburgh's "dilapidated and neglected" closes are to be transformed as part of a major project to improve the Old Town. | 35687245 | [
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Toolis ends his partnership with twin brother Ben to return to Australia.
Backs Jack Cuthbert, Otulea Katoa, Nick McLennan and Jade Te Rure, plus prop Grant Shiells, are also moving on.
They join Matt Scott, Sam Beard, Mike Coman and John Andress, whose departures had already been announced, in leaving the capital club.
Head coach Alan Solomons said: "Everyone associated with the club, on and off the field, would like to wish all the players the very best for the future and thank them for their loyalty and commitment to the black and red over the years."
Edinburgh play Cardiff Blues at Murrayfield on Saturday in their final Pro 12 game of the season, needing a bonus-point win and other results to go their way to secure a top-six finish. | Scotland wing Dougie Fife, lock Alex Toolis and centre Andries Strauss are among a host of players who will leave Edinburgh at the end of the season. | 36204738 | [
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However, a growing demand for "accurate and timely journalism" was helping to lift subscriber numbers for some of its news outlets, it said.
News Corp gets more than half its revenue from outside the US.
The firm's chief executive Robert Thomson said The Wall Street Journal now had more than 2.1 million paid subscribers and that for the first time, more than 50% of those subscribers were digital.
"Audiences are craving integrity, which is why so many of our mastheads have reported strong growth in readers and subscribers this quarter," he said.
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The group reported strong performances at its book publisher Harper Collins and its digital estate agency division.
Rapid expansion meant "digital real estate" was "well on the way to becoming the largest contributor to our profitability", said Mr Thomson.
"This segment posted another very strong quarter, with a 16% year-over-year revenue increase, improved margins and robust audience gains," he added.
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It is a key element of a package of reforms promised by Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.
The law seeks to end Italy's post-war era of revolving governments, political horse-trading and unstable coalitions.
The lower house of parliament gave final approval to the bill by 334 votes to 61.
The proportional election system awards 340 out of 630 seats to any party that wins more than 40% of the national vote.
If no party reaches that threshold, there is a second-round run-off between the two parties with the most votes.
The electoral reform is expected to come into force next year.
After the vote, Mr Renzi said: "Commitment achieved, promise respected. Italy needs people who don't always say no."
Critics have accused the 40-year-old former mayor of Florence who became prime minster last year of trying to consolidate his grip on power.
They complain that the law awards too much power to single parties, gives party bosses too much scope to select candidates, and denies voters the chance to directly choose representatives. Opposition parties boycotted Monday's vote.
Renato Brunetta, parliamentary head of centre-right opposition party Forza Italia, said afterwards that it was "a very ugly day for our country's democracy".
Mr Renzi wants to further transform the Italian system by abolishing the Senate and replacing it with a non-elected body with lesser powers.
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Patients on two wards at University Hospital Llandough are suffering from the illness, which can pass quickly from person to person.
The hospital said the spread of the virus would be limited if people made only absolutely necessary visits.
Cardiff and Vale health board said it was asking people to be "sensible".
Chief operating officer Alice Casey said: "Many people will have the norovirus bug at this time of year - we see it every year and, for most people, it will be unpleasant but not serious.
"But when norovirus spreads in hospitals, where patients are already unwell and are in close proximity to each other on wards, the effects can be more serious."
Norovirus is a highly contagious virus which causes nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea.
The symptoms begin about 12 to 48 hours after infection and usually last for between 12 and 60 hours. | Visitors have been asked to stay away from a Vale of Glamorgan hospital because of an outbreak of norovirus. | 25703034 | [
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The columnist told the newspaper last month that he had been diagnosed with the "full English" of cancers.
Gill, who had been having chemotherapy, said that he did not "feel cheated" and had been "very lucky" in his life.
Sunday Times editor Martin Ivens said Gill had been "a giant among journalists" and the "heart and soul" of the paper he joined in 1993.
The final column by Gill, about coming to terms with his diagnosis, will be featured in tomorrow's Sunday Times.
In a statement sent to staff on Saturday, Mr Ivens said: "It is with profound sadness that I must tell you that our much-loved colleague Adrian Gill died this morning.
"Adrian was stoical about his illness, but the suddenness of his death has shocked us all."
He added: "He was the heart and soul of the paper. His wit was incomparable, his writing was dazzling and fearless, his intelligence was matched by compassion.
"Adrian was a giant among journalists. He was also our friend. We will miss him."
Writing about his illness in November, Gill had said he had "an embarrassment of cancer, the full English.
"There is barely a morsel of offal not included. I have a trucker's gut-buster, gimpy, malevolent, meaty malignancy."
Writers, broadcasters and journalists have paid tribute to the published author, who was known for dictating his copy over the telephone due to his dyslexia.
Jay Rayner, the broadcaster and writer, tweeted that Gill had been a "controversialist" but also "a kind man and a brilliant writer".
Sunday Times political editor Tim Shipman described Gill as "the writer who first made me buy the Sunday Times".
"The best of us for 30 years has died. Very sombre mood in the office," he added.
Times Literary Supplement editor Stig Abell tweeted that Gill had been "the first journalist I learned to recognise purely from his style".
John Witherow, editor of the Sunday Times from 1994 to 2012, said Gill had been extraordinary and unique.
"In all the years I was editor of The Sunday Times, he never once produced a boring sentence or a phrase that did not shine."
Another former editor, Andrew Neil, added: "Hired AA for Sunday Times in 1993. He never forgot what he saw as huge favour. As one of finest writers of our time, he was doing the favour."
Former Daily Mirror editor and TV presenter Piers Morgan tweeted that Gill had "trashed" him for 20 years, but always did so "with magnificently eloquent savagery" as well as "an irritating kernel of truth".
While his writing remained popular, Gill's articles often caused controversy.
In October 2009, he described how he had shot a baboon while in Tanzania, prompting outrage from animal rights groups.
In 1998, he described the Welsh as "dark, ugly little trolls" - a comment that was referred to the Commission for Racial Equality - while he once described Rhyl as "a town only a man driving a crane with a demolition ball would visit with a smile".
In a critical review of a Norfolk pub, he referred to the county as the "hernia on the end of England", while in 2006 he upset residents of the Isle of Man by saying it "smelled of boiled washing".
In 2010, he was censured by the former press watchdog having written a review of Clare Balding's 2010 Britain by Bike TV programme, in which he described her as a "dyke on a bike".
He was also once thrown out of one of Gordon Ramsay's restaurants, along with his dining partner, actress Joan Collins.
Born in Edinburgh in 1954, Gill had overcome dyslexia to forge a career as a writer.
He went to the independent St Christopher School in Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, and studied at the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design and the Slade School of Fine Art, in London.
He began his writing career in the 1980s with art reviews for magazines, before writing for Tatler and then the Sunday Times.
His first marriage was to author Cressida Connolly in 1983. He married current Home Secretary Amber Rudd, who was then a venture capitalist, in 1991.
They had two children together - Flora and Alistair - but later divorced.
Gill's illness had prompted his engagement to his partner of 23 years, Nicola Formby, with whom he also had two children - twins Edith and Isaac.
He said he had been "surprisingly excited" to be getting married to Ms Formby, who he often referred as "The Blonde" in his restaurant reviews. | Sunday Times restaurant critic AA Gill has died, aged 62, three weeks after revealing he had cancer. | 38276456 | [
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The warning comes as the Scottish curry industry will celebrate its annual awards ceremony in Glasgow on Monday.
The rules prevent non-EU chefs being employed if a restaurant offers a take-away service.
The UK government said this was designed to drive innovative cuisine.
But industry sources say it has led to restaurants closing because they cannot recruit skilled chefs.
The rules, laid down by the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) and the Home Office, are part of the Tier 2 visa scheme, which allows workers of sufficient skill levels to be employed on the Shortage Occupation List.
They must be paid at least £29,570 a year, and to meet the criteria the job must also not be in a fast food or "standard fare" outlet, or an establishment which provides a take-away service.
But Ajmal Mushtaq, who runs a restaurant in Hamilton providing up to 3,000 meals a week, said that was "total insanity".
Holding two portions of a curry - one on a plate, the other in a take-away carton - he said: "Here is a chicken tikka chasni, one of our top selling dishes.
"What the government are saying is: if I put that same dish into a container, I'm not allowed to bring expert chefs over from India.
"The quality is the exact same."
Mr Mushtaq said the restriction meant that plans to expand his restaurant have been put on hold.
He currently employs three Indian-born chefs who have been in Scotland long enough to qualify for permanent resident status, but wants to increase his staffing.
"As a result of bringing over three chefs a few years ago, I have been able to create 52 jobs in this business," he said.
"We are at the point of expanding our business. If I were to bring over another two chefs, I would be able to increase the number of employees up to 95 in this one establishment alone."
The industry has been putting pressure on the government to review its rules, particularly in the wake of the Brexit vote, which it sees as offering an opportunity to workers outwith the EU.
International Development Secretary Priti Patel, who campaigned for a Leave vote said during the campaign, said it was a "travesty" that curry houses were subjected to a "second class UK immigration system" in comparison to EU chefs.
With a growth in online apps such as Hungry House and Just Eat promoting home delivery of food, Hans Ram, chief executive of the catering recruitment agency Goldstar Chefs, said the government approach to the Indian restaurant sector was wrong.
"They have totally misunderstood and misconceived the industry as being a low-paid, low-skilled jobs base. Which it is not," he said.
"The biggest consequence to this is actually the skills erosion - erosion of authenticity.
"It is affecting the product that the public are being served."
He also pointed out that the Indian restaurant sector in the UK is worth an estimated £4bn a year. | Indian restaurants are closing in Scotland because strict immigration curbs mean it is difficult to recruit top chefs from the Indian sub-continent, it has been claimed. | 39692661 | [
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It has recently attended nine properties in areas including Poole.
The service said neighbours were not warned before the devices were set off.
It is asking people who wish to use them to contact residents in advance to avoid "false alarms". British Pest Control Association (BPCA) described them as "aggressive" products.
Firefighters have also been called to homes in Bournemouth, Weymouth, Wool, and Woolland, near Hazelbury Bryan.
Richard Moseley, technical manager for BPCA, said such devices were used by the association in confined areas such as loft spaces and greenhouses to control pests, including cluster flies.
"Imagine a firework with insecticides going off - that's what you're dealing with," he said.
"Sometimes smoke can be seen externally and in cases such as these we would inform the local fire service, but it's not something an amateur would always think of."
They are not advised for use in living areas, such as kitchens or sitting rooms, where there is a greater risk of contamination, he said.
He added there was a "lack of knowledge" with over-the-counter products. | A number of emergency call outs to properties being fumigated with pest control "smoke bombs" has prompted a warning from Dorset Fire Service. | 30742878 | [
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Immigration, healthcare and outreach to Latino voters dominated the debate, which disintegrated into long periods of shouting and personal insults.
Mr Trump has won three of the first four contests held so far.
Next week's vote in 11 states is held on what is known as Super Tuesday.
The three men are seeking to be named as the Republican candidate in November's presidential election.
At long last the Republican candidates have come to the realisation that Donald Trump can actually win this race, but it may be too late.
For more than two hours, Senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz took turns throwing punches at the New Yorker. They attacked him on his business record; they mentioned hypocrisy; they questioned his conservative credentials; and they criticised the lack of detail in his policies and his reliance on bluster.
"We're having a lot of fun up here, aren't we?" the front-runner quipped at one point. But the truth is that Mr Trump was on his heels for much of the evening.
The challenge for the men who would unseat the leader, however, is that the best time to bludgeon a candidate is before it is clear circumstances are forcing you to act. In a campaign where authenticity is worshipped above all, Thursday's fireworks could smack of the kind of political expediency many associate with traditional politicians.
Both Mr Cruz and Mr Rubio drew blood with their attacks but Mr Trump will be likely to emerge unbowed.
How Cruz and Rubio double-teamed Trump
What makes Super Tuesday super? - The long day of voting explained
The Republicans who hate Trump - Lifelong members of the party speak out
Mr Rubio, who has come second in several recent contests, mounted a series of attacks on Mr Trump.
"If he hadn't inherited $200m, you know where Donald Trump would be?" Mr Rubio said in one tense exchange. "Selling watches in Manhattan."
Mr Rubio also criticised Mr Trump's failed online education venture, Trump University, and assailed him for hiring foreign workers rather than Americans in his construction projects.
Mr Trump shot back: "I hired tens of thousands of people. You've hired nobody."
The billionaire real estate mogul found himself increasingly on the defensive about his business dealings and his conservative credentials.
In other exchanges
The fruit salad of their life is what I will look at.
Trump on Rubio: "This guy's a choke artist [not able to deliver on stage]."
Rubio to Trump: "You're a lousy businessman."
"If he hadn't inherited $200m, you know where Donald Trump would be right now, selling watches in Manhattan."
Trump to Cruz: "This guy is a liar."
Cruz response: "Falsely accusing someone of lying is itself a lie, and it's something Donald does daily."
Trump to Cruz: "You get along with nobody. You don't have one Republican senator backing you. Not one…You should be ashamed of yourself."
"I know you're embarrassed."
Rubio to Trump: "You're the only person on this stage that's ever been fined for hiring people to work on your projects illegally."
Trump response: "I'm the only one on the stage that's hired people. I've hired tens of thousands of people over my job. You've hired nobody. You've had nothing but problems with your credit cards."
Mr Trump has been extremely popular despite his controversial comments about deporting millions of undocumented workers and banning Muslims from travelling to the US.
He is currently leading in 10 out of 11 states holding contests on Super Tuesday when a quarter of the total numbers of delegates needed to secure the Republican nomination will be up for grabs.
He has 82 Republican party delegates, Mr Cruz has 17 and Mr Rubio has 16. To become the Republican party's nominee, a candidate has to have 1,237 total state delegates.
On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders will compete for 1,004 delegates on Super Tuesday.
Mrs Clinton has a clear lead with 505 delegates, but the majority are super delegates who can change their mind during the course of the campaign. Mr Sanders has secured 71 delegates in the first three races.
Each party formally announces its presidential candidate at conventions in July, four months before the presidential election.
27 February - South Carolina primary (Democratic)
1 March - "Super Tuesday" - 15 states or territories decide
18-21 July - Republican convention, nominee picked
25-28 July - Democratic convention, nominee picked
8 November - US presidential elections
In depth: Primary calendar
How does the US election work? | Republican presidential hopefuls Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio have unleashed a barrage of attacks on front-runner Donald Trump in the last debate before next Tuesday's pivotal US primaries. | 35665575 | [
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A red Ford Fiesta travelling north at Drumjohn, near Carsphairn, was in collision with a white Asda delivery van heading south at about 10:40 on Friday.
The van driver Scott Kennedy, 46, was taken by ambulance to Ayr Hospital where he died a short time later.
The Fiesta driver, 50 year old Antony Sztuka, died at the scene.
Both men were from Ayrshire.
The A713 was re-opened around 18:45 hours.
Sgt Billy McEwan, of Police Scotland, said: "We would like to hear from anyone who was in the area of the time of the crash to contact police.
"We know from witnesses already spoken to that there was a white flat-bed pickup truck - the size of a transit van - on the road at the time of the crash.
"We are very keen to speak to the driver as he or she may have information that could prove vital to the investigation." | Two men have died following a road crash on the A713 in Dumfries and Galloway. | 37530734 | [
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However, the Bairns boss has underlined that any forward signing will need to exhibit even more quality than two of his promising youngsters.
"If I bring another striker in he's got to be better than young Botti Bia-Bi and Scott Shepherd," said Houston.
"I would be looking for the more experienced type, and another defender would come in handy as well."
Eighteen-year-old Bia-Bi, a London-born Scot who has progressed through Falkirk's academy, glanced in a fine equalising header against Cowdenbeath on Saturday to ensure Houston's side left Central Park with a point.
The former Dundee United manager stated in no uncertain terms that he wants to "eradicate" the errors that allowed Cowdenbeath to lead twice in their first Championship game of the season.
Houston labelled "not picking up runners" as the problem for conceding the opening goal and a "crazy mix-up" as the reason former Bairn Sean Higgins gave the Blue Brazil a second.
An "exceptional" Rory Loy strike and Bia-Bi's header kept Falkirk on level terms.
"To score a header like that is not the easiest thing," added Houston. "He put it right in the corner so credit to him.
"He made an impact when he came on and he might be due a longer run from the start.
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Following the revelations of inappropriate relationships, the home affairs select committee has called for an urgent review of laws governing undercover policing.
Here are the women's accounts of how they felt when it emerged that their relationships, which lasted from two to six years, were based on deception. These are not their real names.
"I was absolutely shocked and devastated," she told MPs.
Lisa had a six-year relationship with former PC Mark Kennedy, who posed as long-haired dropout Mark "Flash" Stone to infiltrate a group of environmental protesters.
"You imagine that somebody may be in public meetings that environmental groups have. You imagine there might be somebody listening in there. You could even imagine that your phone might be tapped or that somebody might look at your emails.
"But to know that there was somebody in your bed for six years, that somebody was involved in your family life to such a degree, that was an absolute shock.
"Well, 'shock' is an understatement. It felt like the ground had shifted beneath me and my sense of what was reality and what wasn't was completely turned on its head."
During the hearing she was asked whether she had any sympathy for Mr Kennedy, who is suing the Metropolitan Police claiming he had been traumatised by what had happened.
"As a human being it is very difficult not to have sympathy for somebody that I cared about deeply, but it is also important to remember that that person that I cared about deeply did not in fact exist," she replied.
She adds that she still has questions about what happened.
"Who was listening in to our most intimate phone calls? Who saw our holiday photos? Was there anybody following us when we were on holiday?
"Who made the decisions about what happened to my life, where I was allowed to go, who I was allowed to see, which I thought was my free will but actually was being manipulated by this person who was being controlled by other people?"
"We weren't married, clearly, but we shared the same flat. He was completely integrated into my life for five years and then one day he disappeared," she said.
Alison had a relationship with a man she knew as Mark Cassidy, who she met through a group she was involved with in 1994. But he was in fact an undercover police officer. She told MPs the revelation had an "enormous impact" on her life.
"The experience has left me with many, many unanswered questions, and one of those that comes back is: how much of the relationship was real?," she told MPs.
"Some of the consequences of that have meant that I have, for the last 13 years, questioned my own judgment and it has impacted seriously on my ability to trust, and that has impacted on my current relationship and other subsequent relationships.
Alison, a peaceful campaigner involved in left-wing political causes, believes she inadvertently provided him with "an excellent cover story", helping persuade other activists he was genuine.
She said he became totally integrated into her family, appearing in her mother's wedding photograph, accompanying her on holidays and supporting her through the bereavement of a close friend.
"This is not about just a lying boyfriend or a boyfriend who has cheated on you. It is not even about a boyfriend who is having another relationship with somebody else. It is about a fictional character who was created by the state and funded by taxpayers' money."
"You do not know who you can trust any more. It destroys everything," she said.
When the boyfriend Clare knew as John Barker disappeared two years into their relationship, she was determined to track him down. She found a death certificate for his name, and discovered he had been using the identity of a child who had died of leukaemia aged eight.
She visited the child's house, but their parents no longer lived there.
"He had told me that his parents were dead when we were in a relationship, so I wasn't expecting to see the parents, but I thought that if I went there... he had been a missing person for however long and I was desperate to find him. I was really concerned about his welfare," she explained.
"Nothing made sense of what had happened, and so I went there desperate, thinking I have to follow every clue that I have, and I thought maybe some other members of the family may still live there or somebody might know where he was."
She said people trying to justify the practice saying things like it prevented terrorism, was very distressing.
"This is not about a need to do it. It is about a desire to do it. They have the power and they think they can get away with it. That is what it is about.
"It is deeply distressing, and I do not think it should be allowed in any circumstances. It is so intrusive into people's lives, and, as my friends have said, it turns your life upside down.
"Everything that you thought you knew suddenly becomes unreal; everything changes," she said. | The stories of women who were unknowingly involved in relationships with undercover police officers are revealed as their testimonies to MPs are made public. | 21629991 | [
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Darren Turk, 53, of Fontridge Lane in Etchingham, is charged with 14 offences including rape and indecent assault between 1996 and 2002.
At the time he was a member of the care staff, and later head of care, at Frewen College in Northiam.
He has been bailed to appear before Hastings Magistrates' Court on 1 July.
Sussex Police said the charges did not involve any staff or pupils currently at the school.
Frewen College is a day and boarding school for children aged between seven and 19 with specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, dyspraxia and dyscalculia. | A man has been accused of committing sexual offences against boys at an East Sussex school where he worked more than a decade ago. | 33049295 | [
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Giaccherini, 31, joined the Black Cats in 2013 from Juventus for £6.5m but, after an impressive first season, he struggled to make an impact.
He played 43 times in total for the club, scoring five goals, but spent last season on loan at Serie A Bologna.
The Italian has 29 international caps and scored the Azzurri's opening goal of Euro 2016 against Belgium.
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Maya Kodnani, an ex-minister and aide to Chief Minister Narendra Modi, is the most senior figure so far convicted.
Thirty others received life sentences for their part in the killings in Naroda Patiya, a suburb of Ahmedabad.
The riots left more than 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, dead, and were among India's worst outbreaks of unrest.
The rioting began after 60 Hindu pilgrims died in a train fire blamed on Muslims in the town of Godhra.
Kodnani was not a minister at the time of the riots, but was appointed junior minister for women and child development by Mr Modi in 2007.
She quit her post when she was arrested in 2009 in connection with the massacre but remained a member of the state assembly.
On Wednesday she was convicted of murder, attempted murder and conspiracy. Thirty-one others were also found guilty of involvement in the case. One of those convicted has never been brought to justice and was tried in absentia.
Babu Bajrangi, a former leader of the hardline Hindu group Bajrang Dal, was found guilty on the same charges as Kodnani. He has been sentenced to remain in jail until he dies.
Announcing the sentences on Friday, Judge Jyotsna Yagnik named Kodnani as "a kingpin of riots" in the Naroda Patiya area.
"Communal riots are like cancer on constitutional secularism and the incident in Naroda Patiya was a black chapter in the history of the Indian constitution," the Press Trust of India quoted him as saying.
"Acts of communal [religious] violence are brutal, inhuman and shameful. It was a clear incident of human rights violation as 97 people were killed brutally within a day which included helpless women, children, aged persons.
"The climax of this inhuman and brutal act of violence was reflected in [the] murder of an infant, who was 20 days old," the judge said.
Following Kodnani's conviction on Wednesday, Gujarat's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government quickly distanced itself from her saying that she had not been a state minister at the time of the riots.
Correspondents, however, say her conviction is an embarrassment for Mr Modi who elevated her to ministerial office in 2007 despite being aware that her role in the riots was being investigated.
Gujarat assembly elections are due later in the year and the Congress party is bound to use the court ruling to criticise Mr Modi during the campaign.
Mr Modi, touted by some as a future prime minister, has been accused of not doing anything to stop the riots - a charge he has always denied.
Ninety-five bodies were found after the Naroda Patiya massacre - the worst of the Gujarat riots cases - on 28 February 2002. The bodies of two other people missing after the massacre and presumed dead were never found.
The trial began in August 2009 and charges were brought against 62 people. One of the accused died during the trial.
Correction: An earlier version of this story referred to the Bajrang Dal as a militant Hindu group. | An Indian court has sentenced a senior BJP party member to 28 years in jail for her part in murdering 97 people in the 2002 Gujarat religious riots. | 19432982 | [
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The new deal with French oil and gas company Total will begin with the 2017 Africa cup of Nations finals in Gabon.
For the time being the value of the deal has not been revealed.
"The parties have agreed not to release the amount of the deal for time being," Caf's director of communication, Junior Binyam, told BBC Sport.
Total take over from mobile phone company Orange, whose deal came to an end in 2016, as headline sponsor of its 10 competitions.
"This partnership is a major milestone in our ongoing search for additional resources to accelerate African football's development, bring its governance up to date, upgrade its sports infrastructure and advance its performance globally," Caf president Issa Hayatou said in a statement.
Patrick Pouyanné, president and chief executive officer of Total, had this to say on the deal: "Football is equal parts enthusiasm, sharing and team performance, concepts that resonate across cultures.
"We are delighted to partner with Caf, because Africa is part of Total's makeup.
"Through this commitment, we hope to strengthen ties to our stakeholders and customers through exciting, celebratory events that are always popular, including within our own teams." | The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has signed a new main sponsor for its top club and national team competitions for the next eight years. | 36858661 | [
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The City Council wants to add an extra 700 spaces to the east of the Seacourt site, which currently has 794 spaces in an attempt to ease congestion.
Proposals include a new waiting area building and increased cycle parking.
The council said it considered relocating to a lower flood-risk zone but had not been able to find a suitable alternative.
A spokesman said: "The proposals respond to the rapid growth that is anticipated in the city centre, particularly the west end regeneration area."
The site, which serves users entering from the west of the city, has been operating for more than 30 years.
Subject to planning consent, work could start in Spring 2016 with the complex anticipated to be open in the Summer of 2017.
A public exhibition is being held at the Assembly Room at Oxford's Town Hall.
There will be a further session on 19 September at the West Oxford Community Centre. | Plans to expand one of Oxford's Park and Rides into the Green Belt have been unveiled. | 34266135 | [
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Stubbs, 44, decided to return to England shortly after ending Hibs' 114-year wait to win the Scottish Cup.
"They fitted in with my ambition," Stubbs said of Rotherham.
The Englishman has signed a three-year deal with the Millers, who reached a settlement with Hibs over compensation for Stubbs and his assistant, John Doolan.
"Alan and his staff have done a magnificent job, with the pinnacle obviously being that historic Scottish Cup win for which every Hibernian supporter is thankful," said Hibs chief executive Leeann Dempster. "We wish them every success in the future
"The task now for Hibernian is to find a head coach who will lead us back into Scotland's top flight by winning the Championship this season.
"We expect high calibre candidates, and while we understand there will be a lot of speculation, as ever this club will go about its business quietly and professionally and speak when there is something meaningful to say."
Speaking for the first time since his appointment at New York Stadium, Stubbs admitted it was a "really difficult decision" to leave Hibs, but that moving to the Championship in England was "the next chapter" for his career.
Rotherham finished one place outside the relegation zone last season but Stubbs believes he can guide the team up the table to match his own ambitions and those of chairman Tony Stewart.
"I was impressed by what the chairman had to say, what his vision is for the club and the ambition," he explained.
"The club's had two seasons where they've stabilised in the Championship and we're looking to take the club forward. We want to be moving up the table and ultimately we want to be a club that is around the play-offs. That has to be the aim.
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"The plan has always been to be the best I can. I wanted to manage at the very top level. I got a great opportunity at Hibernian, they've been fantastic with me, I really enjoyed my two years there.
"I'm glad I've been able to leave on the back of a successful end to the season but now it's a new chapter and one that's very exciting for me."
Stewart insisted that, despite lengthy talks with Hibs over compensation - and Stubbs and Doolan ultimately resigning from their posts - relations between the two clubs were fine. And he confirmed that compensation will be paid to the Easter Road club.
"Alan had another year on his contract, so we did the protocol with Hibs," Stewart said. "My CEO had discussions with them to talk to Alan and that led to the appointment. We agreed a settlement with Hibs and we move forward now freely.
"We've followed Alan's career. He was on the radar months ago, the timing was right and we took the opportunity. I like the drive, the leadership.
"Football is about moving around. Hibs have been fantastic, Alan's told me how good they've been up there and it's sad they've lost a manager and Rotherham gained him. We look forward now to getting ready for next season." | Alan Stubbs says leaving Hibernian for Rotherham United was a "calculated risk" but "the right decision at the right time". | 36436094 | [
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The PGA Tour said it could not find sponsors to hold the 2017 World Golf Championship at Mr Trump's Doral course in Miami.
Mr Trump said the PGA had "put profit ahead of thousands of American jobs".
On the campaign trail, Mr Trump has portrayed Mexico as undermining the US economy.
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PGA Tour commissioner Timothy Finchem said Mr Trump's current profile had made it "difficult" to attract sponsors.
"It's fundamentally a sponsorship issue," said Mr Finchem.
Luxury car maker Cadillac has reportedly not renewed its sponsorship deal.
"Donald Trump is a brand, a big brand, and when you're asking a company to invest millions of dollars in branding a tournament and they're going to share that brand with the host, it's a difficult decision," he said.
However, Mr Finchem insisted the decision to move the event to Mexico City from Florida, where it has been held for the past 55 years, was not political.
"From a golf standpoint we have no issues with Donald Trump. From a political standpoint we are neutral. PGA Tour has never been involved or cares to be involved in presidential politics," he added.
The PGA Tour has signed a new seven-year sponsorship deal with Grupo Salinas, and the first WGC-Mexico Championship will held in March next year.
Mr Trump said the decision marked a "sad day for Miami, the US and the game of golf".
"This decision only further embodies the very reason I am running for president of the United States," he said.
The venue for the event has not been officially confirmed, but media reports say it will take place at the Club de Golf Chapultapec outside Mexico City.
"I hope they have kidnapping insurance," Mr Trump told Fox News.
Mr Finchem said that a member of his staff had already confirmed that this was in place.
"I haven't inquired about the detail," he said. "But I made the point that maybe that's something we don't want to advertise." | US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has reacted angrily after a leading golf tournament was moved from one of his courses to Mexico. | 36431731 | [
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Corrie Mckeague, based at RAF Honington in Suffolk, was last seen in Bury St Edmunds following a night out.
CCTV images show the 23-year-old, believed to be from Dunfermline, Fife, walking through the streets of the town after he left friends.
His uncle Tony Wringe said his nephew kept in close contact with his family.
"He is a real fun guy. He is so close to his family and friends so this is out of character. He has a strong family support network," said Mr Wringe.
He added the family was finding it "hard to deal with the uncertainty. That is the most difficult thing".
Officers, supported by the RAF, Suffolk Lowland Search and Rescue and the National Police Air Service helicopter, have been continuing to look for Mr Mckeague.
He has not been seen since about 03:20 BST last Saturday.
On Friday officers continued the search between Bury St Edmunds and Honington and said that over the weekend these ground searches will be expanded.
Officers are also continuing to go through CCTV footage in a bid to find any sightings that may take the investigation forward.
Anyone with information is asked to call Suffolk Police. | The uncle of an RAF serviceman who went missing a week ago has said his disappearance is "entirely out of character". | 37530030 | [
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The French manager has yet to say whether he will sign a new contract to stay beyond this season, but believes the spirit he has created in 20 years at the club can live on without him.
"It's more natural for local players because they have been educated in Arsenal - players like Ramsey, Chamberlain," Wenger said.
"They have to take charge."
He added: "They should lead and take responsibility to say 'yes, that is how we want to behave, this is how we want to play, let's go together'.
"If they didn't want it, that would be a huge disappointment."
Sunday's FA Cup semi-final against Manchester City (kick-off 15:00 BST), which could be Wenger's last trip to Wembley Stadium, is also his 11th semi-final as Arsenal manager. It is the Gunners' last chance of a trophy this season.
Wenger could field as many as five British players - Aaron Ramsey, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Theo Walcott, Kieran Gibbs and Rob Holding - but he says a player's nationality is less important to him than "players who integrate the values of the club" and are "ready to defend these values".
"A lot is said about my future but my future is more important in the value and spirit of what we have built in 20 years than my own person," added the 67-year-old Frenchman.
In the opposite dugout, Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has happy memories of Wembley as both a player and a manager with Barcelona.
The Spaniard was a member of the Barca side who won the European Cup at the ground in 1992 and he was manager when the side beat Manchester United 3-1 in the Champions League final in 2011.
Guardiola said: "Wembley in my life has been so important in terms of football. We were able to win the first Champions League when Ronald Koeman made a fantastic goal against the Sampdoria of Roberto Mancini.
"The second one, we beat one of the best teams in the world in Manchester United at Wembley and, especially the way we played, always I will remember in my heart.
"Wembley is an important part of my life. Going back there will always be special." | Arsene Wenger has challenged Arsenal's British players to take responsibility for the club's future. | 39681808 | [
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Imagine for a moment you are privileged enough to be on your way to Monaco to witness F1's greatest race in any way you choose. How do you do it?
Standing on one of Monte Carlo's neoclassical verandas overlooking Casino Square - champagne flute in hand?
Maybe take in some lobster and fine wine as the cars race by at any given restaurant lining the circuit?
Perhaps the Paddock Club, for a grandstand seat and a place in the harbour at the Monaco Yacht Club....
Or being bent over the boiling exhaust of a Formula 1 car whilst wearing a race suit in 80-degree heat?
"I got to wear me own suit and helmet in the garage. I really didn't want to do the VIP thing, so I was in charge of Eddie Irvine's right-rear tyre," remembers Jordan mechanic, and multi-million album-selling, car-themed singer-songwriter Chris Rea. "I did it a few times, but the only time it was hard was at Monaco."
It's the 1995 Monaco Grand Prix and Eddie Irvine is returning to the pits with a problem with his right-rear wheel. "My wheel. It was very warm and it's quite a way to run in that gear, probably because I had a terrible hangover.
"Thank you, Eddie Jordan."
For the opportunity. And the hangover.
And it was Monaco where it all began for Rea. But not amongst the F1 and entertainment world's cognoscenti. Like it does for everyone. At home in front of the telly.
"It was Sunday afternoon, a very small broadcast live from Monte Carlo - and Stirling Moss was leaving everybody for dead and as Moss went by as leader, down at bottom of the hill and you'd see these strange little things, and you says to your dad: "what are them?" And he'd say: 'squale' - sharks.
"I was only about eight. 'What's the colour?' I say, and he gets his wine, and he says: 'Blood red, son, blood red.'
"'And who's that driver?' He's like a benign Darth Vader with his modern helmet on, and his name is Wolfgang Alexander von Trips, and he lives in a castle.
"That was it. After that night there was nothing else than the shark nose Ferrari."
But it would be years before Rea turned a passion for F1 and Von Trips into the reality that he could witness at first hand…
"When you grow up… that area of your life has gone - as if you have concussion, because you can't afford it."
It wasn't money, or fame and the access that comes with it that handed Rea an epiphany which would lead him to witness some of F1's greatest moments with his own eyes.
"Many years later you're walking though Cologne on your day off from the arena, and around the corner you see this museum for Wolfgang von Trips. They just got all this stuff down from the top floor, including a box with tins of film - of all his holiday films from 1957 to 1960.
"I hadn't seen footage of Von Trips ever before. It's of him picking his apples in the castle and backstage at every major race. It had never been seen before and they let me have it, which is where I got the boy's dreams idea."
As a way of sharing this access to Von Trips' archive and to celebrate one of F1's most iconic drivers - who was tragically killed at Monza in 1961 along with 15 spectators in one of the sport's darkest moments - Rea has rereleased his double-album and DVD La Passione 20 years after "too many people got involved the first time around".
It now includes the footage that was handed to him in Von Trips' home town, and which took Rea on an F1 odyssey from a dusty museum's loft to Eddie Irvine's white hot exhaust pipe.
What Rea remembers and has collected along the way competes for wall space with what he achieved in music.
Rea's demo studio at his home sees walls lined with guitars gifted by Paul McCartney and The Smiths' Johnny Marr, as well as what seems like hundreds of his own - including a beguiling orange Fender Stratocaster ("that's the one I wrote Road To Hell on").
But with the tools of a trade that has earned Rea a global profile for decades hang the humble achievements and notable failures of a racing career - pictures of him driving in various amateur meetings with the Historic Racing Drivers' Club, including a win at Donington and pictures of his current car of choice - a police-themed Morris Minor.
Plus a bent piston from a Porsche he was driving at Monaco one year, damaged after missing a gear on his way to Rascasse corner.
"I think I've lost that ability to slow things down - that ability drivers have to calculate what's coming by you at tremendous speed. I used to have it. But I had to pull into the pits the other day - it was wet and I was getting in the way [of the other cars]."
But it's that intuitive sense and skill where the world of motor racing and music collide - where man and machine intertwine to produce something that can never be manufactured. And often never repeated.
"I played at gig at the Montreax Jazz Festival once and on a song called It's All Gone - I had to do free-form slide solo. It's the best thing I've ever done - because I wasn't thinking about it. I've even watched it on YouTube and I've thought: 'I can't do that.'
"It's like watching a qualifying lap - things you got away with when you were really on the edge. People tell me I've done it again, but I don't think so. It always happens on a wet night in Dresden. If I knew someone was filming it I'd fall to bits."
One man who achieved a qualifying lap that he couldn't possibly explain was Ayrton Senna after his "out of body experience" in 1988. But, like so many of the great drivers, it was when the Brazilian legend was not in the best machinery that his talent shined through. And it's Monaco again where Rea takes one of his fondest F1 memories.
"We were doing a gig. Senna used to gain a second on everyone at Loews hairpin. It was in first gear, it was all mechanical. He used to gain a second on everybody else there.
"It's my favourite McLaren year, with the MP4/8 [the first car for years to lose McLaren its prowess in the filed and trail behind the emerging Williams Renaults]. To watch senna inside was amazing. Someone showed me his glove after Monaco - he'd worn through his glove.
"I came home with fencing marks on my face from Donington in 1993," another iconic Senna performance in under-powered machinery and in torrential conditions.
"I stood there for the whole race. He would drive through rivers - I don't know how it did that."
While it might not be surprising to hear that a man who saw Senna and played at F1 during the '90s feels less connected with the sport these days, it gives more credence to the argument something needs to change in the sport.
"Look at Formula 1 now - it's Scalextric. It doesn't look now like what viciously turned people like me on - watching it, thinking: 'I can't do that. Guys with no Armco, but trees, telegraph posts… Cars that were only mechanical. It made it more special.
Two young lads asked me about a 1996 YouTube video of Ferraris doing tests. They didn't remember it - they wanted to know what the hell it was, because they couldn't get over the scream of them cars going past 16,000 rpm, with V12 engines.
"That's not there now. Instead it's that drone. The cars all sound like an out of tune saxophone. [F1's] in a hell of a mess now.
They all go up each other's bums - rules are made by scientists and it doesn't relate to the public."
There's always Ferrari, right?
And what of Rea's beloved Ferrari? The red cars that drew him into the dream 55 years ago? Their mini-revival fading by the race.
"They would try so hard. They would turn up with something so amazing, but then it would break down. Which is so Italian.
"But a lot of Ferrari owners are billionaires these days. And you kind of lose some of that mad men in a village outside of Modena trying to win.
"You can't have F1 without Ferrari - you just can't have it. It's part of the theme that is the red car, and a lot of it is to do with the colour. If a kid falls in love with Ferrari this weekend, when he eventually buys one it'll be red. And when he gets older it'll be metallic red - and he'll have a disguise on when he's driving it so no one recognises him."
Rea smiles… his humour possibly anecdotal.
"I've given up my Ferrari - the idea of going through my village in a 488… You can't drive them on English roads.
"I had an F12, but I had a lot of trouble with it. The main trouble was how big the bloody things are. I used to say to Luca [de Montezemolo, ex Ferrari president], 'When can we have smaller car? Instead of this battleship.'
For more than 60 years the paddock, and every veranda that lines the Monte Carlo Formula 1 circuit overflows with the rich and famous - attracted by the fine champagne, dining, bobbing yachts and gentle mistral of the Cote D'Azur, as well as maybe a few loud cars disturbing the networking.
But one household name, whose memories involve old steering wheels, helmets and engine parts in a shed, was there for one thing: the racing.
What kind of F1 fan is Chris Rea? A real one. | What type of F1 fan are you? | 36352711 | [
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Karlovic, 35, served 21 aces as the world number one struggled to control his ground strokes in high winds.
In the semi-finals, Karlovic will face Spain's David Ferrer, who overcame Germany's Dustin Brown 6-2 6-2.
Third seed Tomas Berdych from the Czech Republic will face Italy's Andreas Seppi in the other semi.
Berdych saw off France's Richard Gasquet 6-2 6-1, while Seppi enjoyed a 7-5 6-4 victory over Ivan Dodig of Croatia.
But the day belonged to world ranked 27 Karlovic, who recorded his second career win over the Serb having also triumphed at the Madrid Masters in 2008.
Djokovic was nevertheless twice within two points of winning the match in the second set tie-breaker, before dropping serve in the seventh game of the final set.
Karlovic said: "I was feeling good despite the wind. I know he wasn't able to show his full range.
"I was relaxed and didn't feel I had to do anything extraordinary. I just had to focus on my game." | Novak Djokovic suffered a surprise loss against Croatia's Ivo Karlovic 6-7 (2-7) 7-6 (8-6) 6-4 in the Qatar Open quarter-finals in Doha. | 30737019 | [
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I think I've only ever had one or two hugs from Ivan - once after I lost my first Wimbledon final against Roger Federer, and maybe also when I won the US Open final. I don't think there was any hugging when I won Wimbledon.
So it was with a straight handshake that we greeted each other at Queen's Club on Tuesday morning - the first time we'd seen each other since the US Open last September.
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We'd chatted occasionally over the past couple of years and I'd spoken to him a few times at the end of last year.
I was just staying in contact, seeing what he was up to, and I knew he'd done some trials with other players so was interested to know if he was considering getting back on the tour.
We know each other very well and it was good to have him back on Tuesday, it didn't feel strange at all. Getting a win over someone as good on grass as Nicolas Mahut was certainly a great start.
Ivan is very clear and has strong opinions on things.
That's important, I like that. I'd rather someone was very strong with what they're saying and, if I disagree, that's not a problem for him. He doesn't take it to heart.
It's a bit easier to communicate when you don't feel like you're going to upset someone.
I also enjoy his company and his sense of humour. He'll chat about pretty much anything. He's into his sports and has lots of good stories from when he was on tour.
It was a bit different back then with Johnny Mac [McEnroe] and Jimmy Connors around. There weren't microphones and cameras everywhere. I'd say it was little bit more interesting in some ways.
Obviously there are rivalries on the tour now but, from the stories that I've heard, I'd say the players today are a lot more friendly with each other off the court.
It's important that Ivan and my other coach, Jamie Delgado, spend time together over the next few days.
Ivan has arrived with his own clear ideas on what he thinks I need to be doing but one of his great strengths is he's a very good team player. It's crucial that he and Jamie see eye to eye.
Ultimately I spend 40 weeks of the year with Jamie, and he also needs to believe and buy into the stuff that I'm working on as well.
Jamie knows me well too, he's spent pretty much every day with me for the last three or four months, and that can help Ivan.
So the two of them will chat about the things we need to concentrate on, especially this week on the grass. I'll be told before practice that this is what we're doing, I'll give a bit of feedback about what I might want to focus on, and we'll start work.
I'm the number two player in the world by a decent distance in terms of ranking points, so I'm not playing badly, but the goals remain the same as ever.
There are still things I feel I can improve upon, which I need to do if I want to get to number one in the world and try and win majors.
I believe that Ivan, along with the other guys I'm working with, can help me achieve that.
I think my team is very strong right now. I've been getting better over the past few months, I've improved some things, and hopefully I can get a few percent better over the next few months.
Winning a fifth title at Queen's Club this week would be the perfect start.
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Andy Murray was talking to BBC Sport's Piers Newbery. | Ivan Lendl is definitely more of a handshake than a hug kind of guy. | 36523133 | [
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The cost might be "very much larger", the Public Accounts Committee warned.
The committee accused the department of making "fundamental errors" and failing to learn from "previous disasters".
A spokesman said the department had taken steps to ensure there could be no repeat of the failure.
But Labour accused ministers of "hiding behind their civil servants".
Explaining why the total cost might prove to be higher than previous estimates, Labour MP Margaret Hodge, who chairs the committee, said: "If you factor in the cost of delays to investment on the line, and the potential knock-on effect on other franchise competitions, then the final cost to the taxpayer will be very much larger."
Unveiling her committee's latest report, Mrs Hodge said: "The franchising process was littered with basic errors. The department yet again failed to learn from previous disasters, like the Metronet contract. It failed to heed advice from its lawyers. It failed to respond appropriately to early warning signs that things were going wrong.
"Senior management did not have proper oversight of the project. Cuts in staffing and in consultancy budgets contributed to a lack of key skills.
"The project suffered from a lack of leadership. There was no single person responsible from beginning to end and, therefore, no one who had to live with the consequences of bad policy decisions.
"For three months, there was no single person in charge at all. Not only that, there was no senior civil servant in the team responsible for the work, despite the critical importance of this multi-billion pound franchise."
The committee had been "astonished" that the Department for Transport's top civil servant had been "told he could not see all the information which might have enabled him to challenge the processes, although it was one of the most important tasks for which the department is responsible".
Mrs Hodge added: "Given that the department got it so wrong over this competition, we must feel concern over how properly it will handle future projects, including HS2 and Thameslink [rail routes]."
"The department needs to get its house in order and put basic principles and practices at the heart of what it does, with an appropriately qualified and senior person in charge of the project throughout and an accessible leadership team ready and willing to hear and act on warning signs."
In October, the government scrapped its decision to award the £5bn franchise to FirstGroup.
The mistakes in the West Coast process came to light after rival bidder Virgin Trains launched a legal challenge against the decision. Virgin will continue running the service until November 2014, when a new long-term franchise will begin.
In December, the National Audit Office calculated that there would be a "significant cost to the taxpayer" as a result of the fiasco.
It said costs for staff, advisers, lawyers and the two reviews into the fiasco added up to £8.9m, on top of the estimated £40m it will take to reimburse firms for the cost of their bids.
Bob Crow, the leader of the RMT union, which represents rail workers, called for wholesale renationalisation of the railways.
"The stench from the fall-out of the West Coast franchise continues to hang over Britain's transport industry as it becomes clearer with every examination that the ministers responsible for this shambles could not be trusted to run a whelk stall let alone multi-billion government contracts," he said.
"Privatisation is a corrosive and expensive political project doomed to repeated and costly failure, twice on the East Coast and now on the West," he added.
"Fiddling with processes won't work. It's the whole, rotten policy that needs dumping with a return to public ownership."
But a Department for Transport spokesman said: "The independent Laidlaw inquiry published in December identified the unique and exceptional circumstances which led to failures in the West Coast franchising programme and crucially what steps the department should take to prevent this from happening again.
"The department has accepted all the recommendations and has taken immediate steps by bringing together all rail activity under a single director general and recruiting a senior director to lead the franchising programme, as well as improving internal governance and strengthening oversight and accountability.
"Not only will these reinforce the franchising process but will also protect rail infrastructure projects such as HS2 and the biggest programme of rail electrification."
Maria Eagle, the shadow transport secretary, called on Prime Minister David Cameron to "take responsibility for the rail franchising fiasco, instead of allowing ministers to hide behind their civil servants".
"The government must accept the finding of the Public Accounts Committee that it was the short-sighted decision by ministers to axe external audits of multi-billion pound contracts that ended up with at least £50m of taxpayers' money going down the drain," she added.
"It is a disgrace that every politician responsible for the bungled franchise deal has either remained in the cabinet or been promoted to it."
Richard Hebditch of Campaign for Better Transport, which fights for better public transport, said the report showed the biggest problem was the franchising system itself.
"Franchising needs to be completely reformed so that what counts are improvements to the service on offer, rather than complex calculations of profit and loss that don't stack up," he said. | A "complete lack of common sense" in the Department for Transport's handling of the West Coast Main Line franchise deal will cost taxpayers "£50m at the very least", MPs have said. | 21577826 | [
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Jockey Sean Levey came with a late rally to score on the Richard Hannon-trained colt by half a length.
Earlier, 7-4 favourite Seventh Heaven, ridden by Ryan Moore, outbattled Architecture to win the Oaks Trial.
The Galileo filly, trained by Aidan O'Brien proved a neck too good for her rival and was cut to about 20-1 for the Epsom Classic from 33s.
Meanwhile, Flash Fire landed the Victoria Cup at Ascot under Adam Kirby for Godolphin trainer Charlie Appleby. | The 9-2 chance Humphrey Bogart denied Carntop, owned by Prince Charles, to win the Derby Trial at Lingfield. | 36237423 | [
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China Nuclear Industry Huaxing Construction was fined $3m (£1.9m), the US Department of Justice said.
The US has restricted nuclear-related exports to Pakistan since the country's detonation of a nuclear device in 1998.
It marks the first time a Chinese company has admitted guilt in a US criminal export case.
Nanjing-based Huaxing admitted to charges that it conspired to ship the epoxy coating through China to Pakistan's Chashma II Nuclear Power Plant in 2006 and 2007.
Huaxing was building the site as part of a nuclear cooperation pact signed between Pakistan and China.
A Chinese subsidiary of the company that made the coating, PPG Industries, pleaded guilty in the same investigation in 2010. | A Chinese government-linked company has pleaded guilty to illegally exporting high-performance coatings from the US to a nuclear power plant in Pakistan. | 20590136 | [
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The Ardglass golfer, a European Tour invite, is three shots off the lead held by American Peter Uihlein.
Sharvin hit seven birdies but dropped three shots on par five holes, taking a double-bogey seven on the 15th.
Belfast's Michael Hoey finished on five over including two bogeys in the last three holes.
Ireland's Paul Dunne finished on one over.
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Sharvin slipped from five to three under, but made amends with a two at the par three 17th in Australia.
In what is only his second tournament as a professional, the 23-year-old expressed delight at his impressive start.
"This being my first European Tour event, it's really nice to post a nice number and see myself up the leaderboard with names I'm usually watching on TV," he said.
"My main focus this year is going to be Challenge Tour events and I can't think too far ahead, but I know if I play well I can compete." | Cormac Sharvin made a superb start to his first European Tour event as a professional shooting a four-under par round of 68 at the Perth International. | 35658116 | [
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Agnius Naumovas, who was from Lithuania but had been living in the city, was found on Margaret's Avenue at about 20:00 local time on Christmas Day.
He was taken to hospital, where his injuries were described as serious.
Mr Naumovas, who was 29, died on Thursday evening.
A post-mortem examination has been carried out by the Irish state pathologist.
A 41-year-old man was arrested in Waterford on Friday morning. | A man in his 40s has been arrested after a man found with head injuries in Waterford city centre on Christmas Day died in hospital. | 38467678 | [
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It comes after a dispute over whether Wales had the power to set minimum wages, or if that right laid with the UK government.
UK Attorney General Dominic Grieve originally blocked a law passed by AMs last year, saying it was not within the assembly's powers.
UK ministers said they were grateful for clarity on the issue.
The dispute arose after the assembly passed a law last year to set minimum wages, and the terms and conditions, of agricultural workers in Wales after the UK government abolished the Agricultural Wages Board, which had regulated the sector.
On Wednesday, First Minister Carwyn Jones said the "significant" Supreme Court judgment "goes some way to clarifying the complexities of the current devolution settlement".
The Welsh government said it could now create an Agricultural Advisory Panel to set minimum wage levels and "promote skills development and career progression" in farming.
But the first minister warned "we cannot continue to have bill after bill" referred to the Supreme Court "with all the time, cost and uncertainty that involves".
He called for Wales to move to a form of devolution where powers are assumed to rest with the assembly in cases like this, unless legislation specifically rules this out.
Welsh Secretary David Jones said UK ministers were "grateful to the Supreme Court for providing clarity on this issue" and they would "study the judgment in detail and consider its implications".
"In its judgment, the court has favoured a broader interpretation of the provisions in the Government of Wales Act that govern the assembly's competence," he said.
David Jones said UK ministers would "continue to make every effort to ensure that the legislative arrangements for Welsh devolution work effectively."
Assembly Shadow Rural Affairs Minister Russell George blamed "rushed" legislation for much of the confusion over the agricultural bill producing "sloppy law-making, doubts over competence, and months of uncertainty for Welsh farmers".
Plaid Cymru agriculture spokesman Llyr Gruffydd said: "The case for moving to a reserved powers model has been made and has been accepted by all parties in the assembly, and adopting this model would avoid these unnecessary delays."
Liberal Democrat Eluned Parrott agreed Wales should move to a form of devolution more like the Scottish system that had received "no legal challenges at all to Scottish legislation" since 1999. | Welsh ministers can protect the wages of 13,000 farm workers, in light of a ruling by the Supreme Court. | 28226775 | [
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Sturrock has nearly an entire team of injured players with 10 of his first-team squad doubtful for Saturday's League Two game against Wimbledon.
To add to his woes forward Shaun Jeffers is also suspended following last weekend's red card.
"We've just got to battle through these next two games," said Sturrock.
Winger Jack Compton has also been ruled out for four weeks leaving Sturrock little choice but to ask some of his squad to play despite carrying knocks.
"I won't be able to fill it so I'll bring in one of the youth players to sit on the bench in a position we don't have many players for," Sturrock told BBC Radio Bristol.
"Jordan Gibbons is playing with an injury but he'll have to play again. It's not ideal but that is the situation we are in.
"It's quite scary when you look at the age of certain players playing every week. They deserve the experienced players to come back as quickly as possible.
"They are getting match practice and learning their trade but they are making mistakes and really we need to get a more solid team on the pitch." | Yeovil Town manager Paul Sturrock says he will struggle to fill the substitute bench this weekend as an injury crisis threatens to derail their season. | 34212874 | [
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Margaret Stewart admitted stealing from her employer Ivanhoe Cambridge, which used to own Glasgow's St Enoch Centre.
She then used her position as treasurer at the boys club to pay cheques into its account before taking the cash.
At Glasgow Sheriff Court, Stewart, 48, from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, was also told to repay £27,000.
The court previously heard that Stewart worked in the accounts department of Ivanhoe Cambridge UK, which sold the St Enoch Centre in 2013.
Between May 2008 and January 2011 she had managers at the firm sign cheques that were supposed to be used to make legitimate payments.
Stewart would then write over the payee name and insert the football team's name.
The money would go to the club before Stewart took it for herself.
She was caught after a bank spotted a problem with one of the cheques from Ivanhoe Cambridge and phoned her office.
Stewart then immediately confessed to her superiors and a payment plan was put in place for her to repay the money.
The court heard that although more than £5,000 was repaid, the plan was not completed and her house was put on the market.
The house was rendered worthless due to Japanese Knotweed, and Stewart was later reported to police.
Stewart appeared for sentencing on Thursday having earlier pleaded guilty to a charge of embezzling the money.
The court heard that Stewart's husband had been jailed in 2003 for three-and-a-half years for drug dealing and she had resorted to theft to repay the debts that he wracked up.
Imposing a community payback order, Sheriff Linda Ruxton told Stewart that her embezzlement was "deliberate and systematic" but she accepted the "impact on her of her husband's criminal behaviour".
The Rangers Supporters' Association Boys Club was founded in 1960 for boys between five and 17-years-old.
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The men, along with a fifth man, were caught after firearms, ammunition and cocaine were found in a car arriving at Folkestone from Calais in January 2012.
They were convicted of firearms and drugs charges on Monday after a six-week trial.
At Woolwich Crown Court they were given prison sentences ranging from six-and-a-half years to 14 years.
Describing it as "a carefully planned enterprise" Judge Philip Shorrock said: "The guns were intended for use by serious criminals. They would be used to kill or maim."
The court heard the gang was caught after armed police stopped two of the men in two BMW cars arriving at Folkestone on Eurotunnel last year.
Officers discovered five handguns and three silencers, while 500g of cocaine was found in an Army issue boot covered in duct tape and curry powder to disguise the smell.
Detectives believe the guns were destined for criminal gangs in London.
Ringleader Lemar Loveless, 26, of Brydon Walk, Islington, north London, who had resigned from the army in November 2011 and was on terminal leave, was jailed for 14 years after admitting conspiring to import firearms.
Lance Laurent, 26, of Gloucester Street, Battersea, south-west London, was sentenced to 12 years in jail after admitting conspiring to import firearms.
Both Loveless and Laurent were also found guilty of conspiring to import class A drugs.
Trave Dyce, 22, of Sydney Road, Smethwick, West Midlands, was jailed for seven-and-a-half years after he admitted conspiring to import drugs and firearms.
Romone Mashalleck, 25, a civilian, of Huron Street, Balham, south London, was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in jail after being found guilty of conspiring to import firearms.
Duran Wright, a former regimental police officer in the Army, was jailed for 10 years.
The 28-year-old, of Jerningham Road, New Cross, south-east London, was found guilty of conspiring to import class A drugs and firearms.
Laurent had been a trooper with the Queen's Royal Hussars and Wright had been a lance corporal with the Royal Logistics Corps.
Dyce and Loveless had been troopers in the Queen's Royal Hussars. They were all based in Germany.
Marshalleck was their civilian contact in London.
Jurors heard Dyce, Laurent and Wright were serving soldiers while Loveless was on terminal leave ahead of his discharge from the Army.
Alison Saunders, of the CPS, said: "This was a planned conspiracy to bring weapons, ammunition and drugs into the UK organised by four soldiers, based in Germany, and their civilian contact in London."
She said the full extent of those involved was only discovered when phone data was "meticulously analysed and a picture of those involved was created".
She continued: "These deadly weapons could have gone on to be used in violent crimes.
"The high-purity cocaine that was imported had a street value of over £70,000 and would almost certainly have made big profits for criminal gangs while damaging lives." | Four British soldiers who tried to smuggle guns and drugs into the UK have been jailed. | 21192064 | [
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