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Robbie Parry slotted the Welsh visitors into a half time lead as the rain lashed down in West Lothian.
Steven Saunders doubled the advantage from close range on 58 minutes before Quigley curled in a wonderful strike.
As Livingston toiled to make inroads in attack, TNS passed up chances to make their victory even more comfortable.
The runaway Welsh Premier League leaders, on their way to sixth successive title, now join Scottish Championship trio Dundee United, Queen of the South and St Mirren in Monday's draw.
TNS were content to sit back for long spells, with Scottish League One leaders Livi finding it hard to get a glimpse of goal.
When they did, Raffaele De Vita headed straight at goalkeeper Paul Harrison and then shot over from a tight angle before Liam Buchanan sent an angled strike narrowly wide.
The visitors went ahead on 36 minutes when Simon Spender cut in from the right and his blocked shot fell to Parry, who calmly picked his spot with a first-time finish.
Livi improved for a brief spell at the start of the second half, with Buchanan slamming a shot into the side-netting shortly after Harrison had done well to push away a strong header from De Vita.
TNS moved further ahead from a corner as the home side cleared off the line but the ball was sent back into the danger area and an unmarked Saunders scuffed home from inside the six yard box.
The contest was over when Quigley cut in from right and arced a sweet shot into the opposite top corner with his left from junction of the penalty box.
Late on, Christian Sergeant broke clear of the ragged Livi defence and looked certain to score but keeper Gary Maley got a slight touch on his chipped effort to slow the ball down, with Michael Miller sliding in to complete the clearance.
Maley had to look lively again, pushing over a rising shot from Parry as TNS ended the evening well on top.
TNS's Craig Harrison: "It was very tough physically but we matched them. Overall, it was a very professional performance and we were ruthless in the final third.
"We have a strong squad and we go into every competition wanting to win it. The whole club, from top to bottom, has that mentality. We want to win every game."
Livingston's David Hopkin: "We knew it would be tough with the run they are on but the goals we conceded were very poor.
"We huffed and puffed and had a few half chances but TNS deserve to go through." | Scott Quigley scored the pick of the goals as The New Saints brushed Livingston aside to reach the semi finals of the Scottish Challenge Cup. | 37961607 | [
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The group, reported to be three men, two women and four children aged from two to 11, was held at Reyhanli, in Hatay province, near the Syrian border.
Their intention in travelling to the region, where areas are controlled by Islamic State (IS) militants or an al-Qaeda affiliate, is not clear.
The Foreign Office has said it is in contact with the Turkish authorities.
The BBC's Mark Lowen said the information about the ages of the children had not been independently verified and it was too early to know where the group were intending to head to.
"Were they heading for one of the more moderate groups in Syria. Were they heading for the area controlled by al-Nusra, the al-Qaeda affiliate? Or were they heading to so-called Islamic State territory?" he said.
The group was taken to a police station in southern Turkey overnight, and then sent to the foreigners department awaiting deportation to the UK.
They have undergone medical examinations and had their finger-prints taken.
The United Nations estimates the number of foreign fighters joining militant groups is more than 25,000, from 100 different nations.
About 600 Britons are believed to have gone to Syria or Iraq since IS seized control of large swathes of territory there.
Most are thought to have volunteered as fighters for the militant Islamist group.
Around half are believed to have later returned to the UK, the Metropolitan Police has said.
The latest detentions come two weeks after three British teenagers were stopped from travelling into Syria from Turkey.
The three - two aged 17 and one 19, from north-west London - were arrested following a tip-off from British police and flown back to the UK. They have since been released on police bail.
They had flown to Turkey from Barcelona and were arrested at Sabiha Gokcen airport in Istanbul.
Fadi Hakura, Turkey analyst for Chatham House, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the recent arrests showed the Turkish government was "taking more effective measures to control the flow of fighters and supporters into Syria".
He said there was now "more enhanced security and intelligence cooperation between Turkey and its Western counterparts, especially with the exchange of names that Turkey needs to prohibit [IS supporters] from crossing into Syria".
The Turkish government has said it cannot make a 560-mile border watertight and will act when it has prior warning.
In February this year there were recriminations between British police and Turkish officials after three London schoolgirls disappeared from Turkey, apparently having crossed the border into Syria.
Shamima Begum, Amira Abase, both 15, and Kadiza Sultana, 16 had flown to Istanbul and travelled to the border region.
Turkish officials said they had not been warned promptly enough by British police to intercept them - Scotland Yard denied this. | Nine British nationals have been detained in Turkey after allegedly trying to enter Syria illegally. | 32151865 | [
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Passengers will need a prepaid or concessionary ticket, Oyster card or a contactless payment card to travel.
TfL said only 0.7% of all bus journeys were paid for with cash and that tourists were unlikely to be affected.
But the Green Party said more ticket outlets were needed and questioned how vulnerable passengers would cope.
TfL said its research showed the move, which came into force at 04:30 BST, was unlikely to affect tourists "as the vast majority use a prepaid ticket, such as a Visitor Oyster, to get around the capital".
Its drivers have been asked to guide vulnerable people.
Last month TfL introduced the "one more journey" feature for Oyster users, allowing passengers to make one further trip if they have insufficient credit on their card, which TfL said had benefitted around 44,000 customers a day.
Mike Weston, TfL's director of buses, said: "Removing cash from our bus network not only offers customers a quicker and more efficient bus service but it enables us to make savings of £24m a year which will be re-invested to further improve London's transport network."
But Green Party London Assembly member Darren Johnson said questions remained over whether passengers who lost or damaged their Oyster cards would be allowed to travel at all, saying that more than 2,100 Oyster cards were lost, stolen or stopped working on the average day last year.
Mr Johnson said: "I am very concerned that TfL are only planning 19 new Oyster ticket stops in preparation for the cashless switchover. This seems highly inadequate, especially when every ticket office across the tube network is going to be closed.
"I also have serious concerns about the impact which this sweeping change could have on vulnerable passengers." | Cash can no longer be used on any of London's buses in a move that Transport for London (TfL) says will save £24m a year. | 28177979 | [
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Ex-BBC journalist Jacky Sutton, 50, was found dead in a toilet at the city's Ataturk airport between 17-18 October.
She was the acting Iraq director for the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) and was travelling from London to Irbil, northern Iraq.
In a statement Jenny Sutton, Ms Sutton's sister, said "at this stage we believe that Jacky acted alone".
But the statement added that there remained "the possibility that additional information will come to light".
An investigation into the death is currently being carried out by Turkish authorities.
The statement said the family and the IWPR had carried out an "extensive review" of information provided by Turkish authorities.
Jenny Sutton said: "The family is satisfied with the investigation undertaken by the Turkish authorities.
"We were deeply sceptical about initial reports. But based on the evidence we have seen, at this stage we believe that Jacky acted alone."
The family and the IWPR said the Turkish authorities had provided access to "the complete dossier of evidence" relating to the case, including copies of CCTV images from the airport and witness statements.
This all indicated that Ms Sutton had been alone and there was no evidence of a struggle, they said.
The decision to release information from the investigation had followed "widespread speculation" about the circumstances surrounding Ms Sutton's death, the statement added.
The IWPR and the family said they would seek a further assessment from an independent investigative expert to confirm the findings once the Turkish investigation was complete.
The London-based IWPR supports local journalism in countries affected by conflict and crisis.
Its previous Iraq director, Ammar Al Shahbander, was killed in a car bomb attack in Baghdad on 2 May and a memorial service had been held for him in London last week, according to the IWPR website. Ms Sutton had been in London attending the service.
Ms Sutton worked for the BBC World Service between 1998 and 2000, reporting from Africa, the Middle East and London.
She also served in senior roles at the United Nations.
The IWPR described Ms Sutton as "extremely bright" and "universally loved". | No other parties were involved in the death of a British woman at an Istanbul airport, her family believes. | 34597393 | [
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He told Reuters that the EU should not interfere with "domestic issues".
He said he had already won backing from Poland that it would veto any move to strip Hungary of its EU voting rights.
The EU objects to Hungary's tight controls on asylum seekers and non-governmental organisations (NGOs), as well as a higher education law.
Critics say the education law could lead to the closure of the prestigious Central European University, founded by philanthropist George Soros.
Thousands of Hungarians have held protest rallies against the laws in recent months.
Asked by Reuters on Monday whether Hungary would backtrack on any of the three issues, Mr Szijjarto answered: "No. Why should we?
"These laws belong to national competence, so I think European institutions should refrain from making attempts at interfering with domestic issues."
The minister added that "my Polish colleague" had made it very clear that Warsaw would veto any EU sanctions against Hungary.
EU rules envisage that such decisions as stripping a member country of its voting rights should be approved unanimously.
Hungary's right-wing Fidesz government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban is under sustained pressure from European institutions to withdraw the three laws, two of which have already been passed, the BBC's Nick Thorpe in Budapest reports.
Hungary is currently forcibly housing asylum seekers in secured shipping containers, raising serious questions whether it is compatible with EU law.
Hungary's Higher Education Law, signed in April, could force the closure of the Budapest-based CEU, which ranks among the top 200 universities in the world in eight disciplines.
Meanwhile, draft legislation on NGOs is expected to go before parliament soon.
Human rights groups say it would stigmatise them as "foreign-backed" organisations.
Last month, the deputy head of the bloc's executive Commission, Frans Timmermans, warned action would be taken in coming weeks if there were no positive developments.
Hungary passes bill targeting Central European University
Hungarian attack on George Soros prompts NGO anger
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The performance artist is spending 512 hours interacting with the public at the show, held in three completely empty rooms.
Phones, cameras and even watches are banned, as Abramovic takes people by the hand and encourages them to spend time focusing on the bare white walls.
"Take in the silence," she whispered to one. "Just be present."
After half-an-hour, the gallery was filled with human statues, manoeuvred into position by the Belgrade-born artist and her team of six "guards", all clad in black.
Participants closed their eyes and rocked on their heels, some assumed meditative positions, while others followed Abramovic around, hoping for a personal interaction.
"I really wanted to connect with her, so I said a little prayer," said Sophie, a student sculptor from London.
"Connecting with her presence was really special. She said, 'stay here as long as you like, take deep breaths, be present'.
"It was perfect, really."
Entry to the exhibition, which lasts for 10 weeks, is free but only 160 people can be admitted at a time. Each can stay as long as they wish, with the gallery imposing a "one in - one out" policy.
Abramovic herself opened the gallery doors at 10:00 BST - as she will every day - by which point there were already hundreds of acolytes and art lovers queuing in Kensington Gardens.
Geraldine, an art professor from Kensington, had arrived at 06:30 BST to be amongst the first to see the performance.
"It was like being at a very beautiful party where nobody talks," she told the BBC. "It may push me into doing some meditation, which is probably very good for me, so it changed my life in a very positive way."
"Just to sit and get lost in one's thoughts, I think it's very relaxing," said Andrew, a psychiatrist visiting the UK from San Francisco.
"And certainly some people were crying, too, so perhaps it brings up some thoughts that one pushes down from normal life."
The show is titled 512 Hours, after the amount of time Abramovic will spend in the gallery.
It is her first performance work since The Artist is Present, at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, where she sat motionless, six days a week, looking directly at whoever sat down in a chair placed opposite her.
Both shows lack the startling drama of her earlier performances, including one in which she systematically stabbed her hand with knives.
In another, she whipped herself, before cutting a five-point star in her stomach with a razor blade and lying on a cross made of ice.
Once, she nearly died after lying in the middle of a burning cross made of petrol-soaked sawdust. On another occasion, she allowed an audience member to hold a loaded gun to her head.
Nonetheless, she told the BBC her latest show "really frightens me".
"I worry about the British public," she said, adding that the public's cynicism might get in the way of creating "a pure emotional connection".
"My only chance with the British public is to be vulnerable," she told Radio 4's Front Row. "The audience is someone who completes the work."
Ahead of the show, the 67-year-old was accused of failing to acknowledge other artists who engage in the "art of nothing".
Two weeks ago, a group of US art historians curators wrote to the Serpentine, asking it to recognise the influence of Mary Ellen Carroll. a conceptual artist who has been working on a project called "Nothing" since 2006, when she went to Argentina with only her passport.
But Abramovic dismissed the accusations, telling the BBC: "There is nothing on the walls of the gallery, no work. But I am working eight hours a day with the energy of the public."
During the first hour of the first day of her performance, Abramovic seemed to be playing a giant game of cosmic yogic chess, with the public as her pieces, positioned carefully throughout the gallery.
There was something eerie about entering a room full of bodies frozen in space but, once guided into position, most of the visitors reported feeling an overwhelming sense of wellbeing.
"I started seeing the sky - the clouds in the sky - in the white of the wall," said Chester, a TV producer who had skipped work to attend the opening.
"It was a religious experience. I think you'd have to sum it up as that."
Abramovic says the performance will evolve over the course of its 10-week run.
"Maybe it's complete silence, maybe we all scream together, maybe we all lie on the floor.
"Everything is there, in possibility. We need the public, we need me, and we need chemistry."
512 Hours runs at the Serpentine Gallery in London until 25 August. | Audience members were moved to tears at the opening of Marina Abramovic's new show at London's Serpentine Gallery. | 27798250 | [
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Ahead of the main procession, marchers and bands paraded around the city's historic walls.
It is one of the biggest parades held in Northern Ireland and marks the anniversary of the ending of the Siege of Derry in 1689.
Thousands of supporters from across the UK turned out to watch the 145 bands taking part.
Having completed a circuit of the walls, members of the Apprentice Boys made their way to the Diamond for a wreath laying ceremony.
A thanksgiving service, "to give thanks to God for the deliverance of the city," was then held at St. Columb's Cathedral.
The memorial ceremony is held on the second Saturday in August each year, to commemorate the ending of the 105-day siege of the city in August 1689.
Also known as William of Orange, or King Billy, the new monarch was supported by Protestants in Derry, who shut the gates of the walled city to keep out the advancing Jacobite army. | The annual Apprentice Boys demonstration has taken place in Londonderry. | 40910217 | [
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Rents for grade A offices have risen to £15.50-per-sq ft over the past year, according to commercial agents.
But they are still well below the UK average of £24.
It is claimed that the prospect of a relatively low financial return is acting as a barrier to substantial build projects.
In March, an Invest NI report said there is a shortage of grade A space office in Belfast.
Grade A offices are classed as new or refurbished buildings, in prime locations, with open-plan layouts.
Ian Duddy of Colliers International in Belfast said: "The shortage of grade A space in Belfast has led a number of major occupiers to develop their own headquarter buildings.
"Further rental growth in the grade A market is necessary to encourage new development in the city."
Office development has slowed since the 2008 property market crash.
Loans of public money could soon be made available to property developers to help them build offices, after a recent report for Invest NI described supply as "extremely limited".
Invest is exploring whether to advance loans as "a short-term intervention". | Rents for premium office space in Belfast city centre have risen by 19%, but experts say still not enough to generate a boom in developments. | 32993573 | [
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Sightings of creepy clowns have sparked minor hysteria across the US since August.
People in clown masks have reportedly chased others and tried to lure children into woods.
Victoria police warned that such escapades would "not be tolerated".
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In a statement on its Facebook page, which appears to have since been deleted, the force wrote: "Victoria Police are aware of people who are parading in public wearing clown masks.
"The clown purge appears to be a copycat of incidents being seen in the USA recently.
"Any intimidating and threatening as well as anti-social behaviours will not be tolerated and will be investigated by Police."
Clowns have also been spotted in Sydney, with one pictured loitering outside a fast food restaurant in the Campbelltown area.
Australians have responded by setting up Facebook pages dedicated to "clown hunting", as the sightings spread.
One theory has it that the upswing in "killer clown" antics is linked to the release of novelist Stephen King's new film, It.
The plot involves a child-slaughtering being which takes the form of a clown called Pennywise to lure its prey.
But King has criticised the craze. This week, he tweeted: "Hey, guys, time to cool the clown hysteria - most of em are good, cheer up the kiddies, make people laugh."
The sinister craze began in South Carolina with reports that men dressed as clowns were trying to coax children into the woods with money. It was followed by sightings in Alabama, Georgia and Pennsylvania.
Schools in Texas and Alabama have even shut down over the phenomenon.
On Tuesday, White House press secretary Josh Earnest told a press briefing that President Barack Obama had not been briefed on the issue, but added, "this is a situation that local law enforcement authorities take quite seriously".
Reports suggest New Zealand has also been sucked into the epidemic, after a clown "lurking" at a school spooked parents on Wednesday.
Some professional clowns fear the negative trend may put them in physical danger.
Professional clown Jordan Jones, who goes by the name Snuggles, has started a #ClownLivesMatter movement, inspired by the #BlackLivesMatter campaign, to remind the public that real clowns want to spread happiness, not fear. | Australian police in Victoria have warned the public not to engage in "intimidating" behaviour after reports of clowns terrorising people in Melbourne. | 37586908 | [
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The Hydrus Group, an oil and gas service company, has started work on a specialist manufacturing base at the Brechin Business Park.
It is forecast the new development will bring tens of millions of pounds into the local economy.
The new facility should be complete by spring 2015 and bosses say it will create 100 jobs over five years.
Hydrus presently employs 50 people in Brechin at a site on Eastmill Road, which will trade in tandem with the new premises.
The facility will include capacity for specialist engineering structures to be built on site, ready for export.
Mark Williams of Hydrus said it was a "natural step" for the firm to expand in the area.
He said: "The growth of the energy sector in Aberdeen is spilling over into Angus for the area's benefit.
"Brechin is a great location for us. We are creating huge structures for the oil and gas sector.
"Good transportation links are essential, so the proximity of the deep sea access at Montrose Port is a significant benefit, particularly as we look to expand our export markets."
Angus provost Helen Oswald said the new facility was "great news for Hydrus and the county".
She said: "Angus Council is delighted to be working with such an innovative company, whose enterprise and ambition is bringing jobs and economic benefit to Angus." | An engineering firm is to build a new technology centre in Brechin, creating 100 new jobs. | 29346751 | [
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Promoted Edinburgh City started with a 3-2 loss at home to Forfar, and Annan beat Stirling Albion by the same score line.
Barry Ferguson's Clyde edged out Montrose 2-1, and Elgin City were 1-0 winners away to Cowdenbeath.
Arbroath were held at home by Berwick Rangers in a 1-1 draw at Gayfield.
Edinburgh City got off to the worst possible start as David Cox scored a penalty, but Craig Beattie levelled.
However, the joy was short-lived as Lewis Milne made it two. Thomas O'Brien added another late on before Ross Guthrie's consolation strike, while Joe Mbu and Cox both saw red after the final whistle.
Annan had to come from behind after Sean Dickson put the visitors ahead, with Ross Forsyth diverting a cross into his own net then David McKenna and Aidan Smith made it three, before Marc McKenzie pulled one back.
Matt Flynn's first goal for Clyde gave his side a first win of the season, adding to Dylan Easton's opener after Chris Templeman had levelled with a header.
Chris McLeish scored the only goal of the game as Elgin City started with a win, slotting into the bottom corner with his left foot just after the break.
Arbroath deservedly took the lead against Berwick when midfielder Martin Scott drove a left-foot strike into the top-right corner, but the visitors fought back through a Steven Thomson equaliser. | Annan Athletic, Forfar Athletic, Clyde and Elgin City all started their Scottish League Two campaigns with single goal victories. | 36997971 | [
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The initial plan was to pass ownership to supporters' group Well Society in five years, but instead it has taken 14 months for the handover to be agreed.
This was always going to be the final outcome, since Hutchison was never interested in owning or running the club long-term.
For him, a Lanarkshire boy whose business career took him abroad and eventually into a life of significant wealth, the point was to contribute to his local community.
Challenges remain, though, even if Hutchison believes much of the hard work has been carried out.
The significant progress is that costs have been cut, that investments have been made on infrastructure projects at Fir Park and on improving the chances of the football side of the business contributing to self-sustainability.
Hutchison is satisfied that in agreeing to sell his 76% shareholding for £1 to the Well Society, he has paved the way for stability and fan ownership.
If there is a message from Hutchison, it is that fans and local businesses need to step up to support the club financially, so that it never needs to be reliant on wealthy individuals or investors.
"I can't speak to the future of any business, whether it's secure or otherwise, but if they have enough customers and they follow the strategy which has been implemented, we've significantly improved the probability of success," Hutchison told BBC Scotland from his home in Barbados.
"[The club] is extremely close [to break even]. In recent months, the player budget has been reduced dramatically, we've been able to sign some really excellent younger players on longer-term contracts, which reduces costs because you don't have to buy a much more experienced player, we've significantly reduced the medical bills by the introduction of the sports scientist.
"We could do with a little bit of a boost on the commercial side, but we have that pipeline of young talent coming through which would give the opportunity for additional transfer income.
"What [supporters] need to do is decide whether or not they want to try to make it work and whether they want to step up.
"The second, and probably more important one, is that I'd like to see more local companies participate more effectively with the club and the community."
Hutchison had to address costs at Fir Park since the club was running at a loss.
Before John Boyle's controlling interest was transferred in January 2015, Hutchison had to provide £30,000 to pay bills. He has since invested £650,000 and £380,000 in loans, with at least £180,000 having been paid back, and the remaining repayment terms altered.
Motherwell previously used to budget to finish in the top half of the Premiership, which meant that any drop in form had a significant impact on working capital.
That has changed, while 10 players left the club in January, although one of them - James McFadden - subsequently signed a new short-term deal until the end of the season.
Under Mark McGhee's management, the focus is to be on developing young players, and Hutchison is particularly proud that under his tenure, Motherwell have reached the youth cup final for the first time in 30 years.
The challenge, though, is financial as well as sporting. The income streams of football clubs rise and fall over the course of a season, but there is now no wealthy individual on hand to cover any shortfalls that might arise.
The Well Society's membership has plateaued, with some letting their subscriptions slide. The Society needs all of its members to be contributing and for more to join if money is to be raised to support the fan-ownership model.
"People got into a bit of a comfort zone that maybe they don't have to participate, 'it's okay, Les is here, don't worry about it'," Hutchison said.
"From the very outset, I wasn't in the business of wanting to own or run a football club in Scotland, I am a philanthropist and I was trying to help the community.
"The Society have had up to 1700 people who have at some point in time contributed. All it takes is for people who have done it in the past to do it again and a few more, with also the support of local business who really want to support their local communities and customers, they need to step up a bit more as well.
"If that happens, then the thing will be in good hands.
"What [the club] has to do is manage the cash flow. That's the challenge. The cash comes in in peaks and troughs because of the way the league does their financing and the way that sponsors pay their money, and TV and so on.
"If they could build up some reasonable reserves, they can then manage through the peaks and troughs.
"We've been budgeting quite prudently. We've had to take actions to make sure those budgets can be achieved. It all bodes well at this point."
Hutchison has stabilised Motherwell - at a personal cost of £1m - and has now left the supporters with the opportunity, and the challenge, of taking over. For that to happen, the Well Society will need to succeed in a way that it hasn't been able to achieve in the past. | Les Hutchison's involvement at Motherwell has ended before he expected it to. | 35826768 | [
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Drivers from the Rail, Maritime and Transport union have unanimously backed the deal.
Aslef officer Finn Brennan said the new agreement offered "real improvements in conditions".
Maintenance workers represented by the TSSA and RMT have rejected the proposal, as have Unite members.
Aslef said its members voted by almost nine to one to accept the deal, clearing another hurdle in plans for a Night Tube.
The service was due to start on some lines at weekends last September but has been delayed because of failure to reach agreement with the unions over pay and conditions.
Aslef officer Finn Brennan said union members' "strength and solidarity have achieved an above-inflation pay rise and real improvements in conditions that will give drivers, and other grades, much more flexibility and control over their work-life balance".
Steve Griffiths, London Underground's chief operating officer, said: "I'm pleased that Aslef members have voted to accept our offer.
"This is a fair and affordable pay deal."
Mr Griffiths added LU wanted to "deliver the night Tube for London as quickly as possible". | London Underground train drivers with the Aslef union have voted to accept a pay deal for a new all-night Tube service. | 35744841 | [
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North Wales Police said the incident involved just one vehicle on the B5111 in Coedana, Llanerchymedd at about 17:30 BST.
The road has been closed and diversions are in place.
Two police officers are being treated for minor injuries at Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor. | A police car has crashed while responding to an emergency call on Anglesey. | 40296667 | [
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Thanet District Council (TDC) was court ordered to lift a ban on live animal exports through the Port of Ramsgate.
It paid more than £5m in compensation to traders but has not submitted an insurance claim to retrieve any money.
Campaigners said taxpayers had been left to foot the bill as the council missed the deadline.
Ian Driver, a community campaigner and former councillor, said the figures had only just come to light after a Freedom of Information request.
Mr Driver, said: "So there you have it: a major administrative cock-up by TDC means that taxpayers have been forced to foot a £5.1 million bill some, if not all, of which would have been covered by insurance payments had the claim been submitted in time. But it wasn't."
TDC said the maximum payment under the policy was £1m.
A spokesman said: "The legal claims against the council have all been settled and accounted for in previous year's budgets."
TDC banned live animal exports in 2012 after the deaths of more than 40 sheep.
The decision was overturned by the High Court in 2014 after a long legal battle.
Mr Justice Birss said the council was liable to pay damages to three companies affected by the ban.
Two sheep drowned at Ramsgate in September 2012 and 44 had to be destroyed as they were sick and lame.
The animals were put down after the lorry carrying them was stopped at Ramsgate by animal health inspectors.
In a separate incident, a loading area floor also collapsed while sheep were taken off a lorry carrying 548 animals.
Six fell in the water, with four rescued by RSPCA officers while two animals drowned.
The live animal export trade resumed through Ramsgate in July 2015. | A council has been accused of a "major administrative cock-up" after failing to make an insurance claim for up to £1m. | 39947342 | [
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Investigations were suspended in 2011 after a critical report into the running of the office.
The report found that the independence of the office had been compromised.
Many of the cases involve allegations of security force collusion.
At the time the ombudsman was Al Hutchinson.
The critical report into his office was carried out by the then criminal justice inspector, Michael Maguire, who replaced Mr Hutchinson as police ombudsman in July 2012.
The report said there had been a lowering of operational independence between the ombudsman and the police, and that investigations into historical events should be suspended.
The criticism contributed to the early retirement of Mr Hutchinson.
A follow-up inspection report published on Wednesday concluded that enough improvements have been made for historical investigations to resume.
Dr Maguire said his previous role had given him an "understanding of the issues that needed to be addressed".
"The office has worked very hard over the last year to put some of those issues in a way which repositions the office to be able to recommence these investigations again," he said.
"I welcome the CJI (Criminal Justice Inspection) report because I think it's the first stage in rebuilding confidence in the office and the work that it does."
He said work had been done to make improvements across a range of areas.
"We've recruited a significant number of new staff who have direct experience in major investigations, changed the ways we prioritise cases, introduced thorough investigative process which are subject to ongoing and systemic review and we've developed a consistent approach to communication for the families," he said.
The ombudsman's office has been given £12m to complete more than 150 historical cases over the next six years.
Dr Maguire admitted that the number of cases to examine was "ambitious".
"At the beginning of exercise we will be doing a lot of review work which collects investigative material," he said.
"Many of those cases, in some cases 20 or 30 complaints, can be clustered around a particular core issue and be dealt with on an ongoing basis.
"I think given those two reasons we're in a much better place to be able to look at these cases in a shorter time frame than has been before."
However, the DUP's Paul Givan raised concerns about the re-opening of historical investigations.
He said it had "the potential to once again damage confidence in the ombudsman's office".
"The DUP has consistently argued the police ombudsman should solely focus upon dealing with present day complaints into the PSNI and de-couple it from historical investigations which has marred this office in controversy from its inception," he said.
"As a result of this decision the ombudsman office will become the subject of intense political scrutiny and debate that will only serve to distract from the important oversight role it has for effectively dealing with modern day policing issues. " | NI's Police Ombudsman is to resume investigations into more than 150 historical events where former RUC officers are accused of criminal activity and misconduct. | 21152677 | [
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Carmarthenshire council funded chief executive Mark James in his case over remarks made on Jacqui Thompson's blog.
Mr James said in 2012 he would not keep any damages he won.
Mrs Thompson, of Llanwrda, must pay Mr James damages of £25,000 in instalments but Mr James's lawyers would not say if this had been or would be given to the council.
As well as the damages, Mrs Thompson must also pay about £5,000 in interest and nearly £15,000 in costs for March's enforcement hearing - all the money is due by 2032.
BBC Wales understands the legal fees paid by the council on Mr James's behalf were in excess of £35,000.
The authority's pledge to cover these fees was found to be unlawful by the Wales Audit Office.
Mr James said in 2012 he was not motivated by money and vowed any damages he won would "be paid over to the authority".
When asked if this was still the case, his solicitors, Acuity Legal, said Mr James "did not intend to give any further statements or any interviews on this subject".
At a hearing at Carmarthen County Court on 23 March to determine a possession order on Mrs Thompson's house, Mark Spackman, on behalf of Mr James, said this was his intention "on a voluntary basis" but was "irrelevant" to the hearing.
Judge John Parsons said: "Mr Spackman has told us he's entitled to change his mind... and it appears he has."
The council is not seeking to recoup the money it paid for Mr James's legal fees but is pursuing £190,393 owed by Mrs Thompson.
A High Court ruling said the blogger's "unlawful campaign of harassment and defamation" against Mr James meant she was "the author of her own misfortune".
Mrs Thompson said it would be "completely unacceptable" if Mr James had changed his mind and chosen to keep the money
A council spokesman said: "The council's position on this matter is well documented and subject of public record. There is nothing further to add." | A council boss has refused to say if he will honour a vow to repay compensation won in a libel case to the authority. | 39667322 | [
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But analysts say high European gas stocks will limit the turbulence.
Gas futures climbed by up to 10% in early trading, while the benchmark price for oil rose by more than 2%.
Traders are worried about the stability of supplies from Russia, which provides a quarter of Europe's natural gas, half of it through Ukraine.
However, a relatively mild winter has reduced demand for heating fuel, with storage levels at the main gas hubs about 20% greater than last year.
In Germany, Europe's biggest gas consumer and Russia's largest customer, stocks are at more than 60% of capacity, capable of satisfying 60 days of demand.
Russia is Europe's biggest supplier of natural gas, but the continent has been weaning itself off dependence on its neighbour for the last decade.
It now imports less than 30% of its natural gas from Russia, compared with 45% in 2003, according to European Union statistics.
Europe is also less reliant on the Ukraine link, with improved gas infrastructure now meaning supplies could go via alternative routes in the event of disruption.
The Nord Stream pipeline, which goes through the Baltic Sea to Germany, or another route to Germany via Belarus and Poland, are two options.
Russian state gas producer, Gazprom, also plans to build another sub-sea pipeline - the South Stream - to bypass Ukraine by 2016.
"Low utilisation means Ukraine's gas network is of lesser importance today than in the past," said US market analysts, Bernstein Research, in a note to clients.
There are also doubts that Russia could afford to disrupt or cut part of its gas supply to Europe, which is worth almost $100m (£60m) a day. Analysts estimate it accounts for about 3% of Russian economic output.
Russia's economy registered disappointing growth of 1.3% last year, and its central bank has lowered its own forecasts, anticipating growth of below 2% until at least 2016.
Gazprom said on Monday that supplies to Europe via Ukraine were unaffected, but a previous Russian supply cut to Ukraine caused major disruption across the continent and pushed up prices significantly.
In January 2009 Russia turned off the taps to its neighbour in a row over contract prices and accusations that Ukraine had been siphoning off gas meant for European customers.
The two-week shutdown, during a very cold spell, resulted in severe disruptions across the continent, with more than a dozen countries without their expected supplies of Russian gas.
By Andrew WalkerBBC World Service Economics correspondent
Energy is at the heart of the commercial links between Russia and the European Union.
Russia is the EU's biggest outside supplier of oil, and of coal and gas, which are important fuels for electricity as well as heating.
Curtailing that trade is unappealing to both sides. Russia needs the income from its largest export market, and Europe needs the energy - though the timing makes it less vulnerable than it might be. A relatively mild winter is coming to an end, and Europe has healthy gas stocks.
But energy is a battleground where neither the EU nor Russia wants to fight.
Special report: Energy
Bulgaria, Serbia and Bosnia, who were almost completely dependent on supplies via Ukraine, were left with major shortages.
Parts of Europe had to shut down industrial plants and domestic heating systems, find alternative sources of gas or switch energy plants to oil. Slovakia and Bulgaria considered restarting mothballed nuclear reactors.
While traders say healthy European gas stocks would limit the impact of another shutdown, any disruption in the current crisis would almost certainly lead to a sharp rise in gas prices.
"Shifts in the global energy market have left Russia with less of a grip, but this nonetheless remains important," said Michala Marcussen, an economist at Societe Generale, in a research note.
Gazprom has already warned Ukraine that it may increase the gas price for Kiev after the first quarter.
"The situation with payments is worrying," said Andrei Kruglov, Gazprom's chief financial officer.
"Ukraine is paying but not as well as we would like it to. We are still thinking about whether to extend the pricing contract into the next quarter based on current prices."
Concerns about one of Europe's key gas supply routes have had a knock-on effect on other commodities, especially oil, as demand for alternative fuels increased.
The benchmark oil price, Brent Crude, rose to a peak of $112.10 per barrel in early trading, its highest since 30 December.
Its rise is also due to concerns about oil supplies from Russia, one of the world's largest oil producers, as well as the impact of any disruption in the gas market.
"Oil markets are reacting on the potential that the situation could worsen," said Ben Le Brun, a market analyst at OptionsXpress.
"I definitely suspect oil will move much higher, if it actually comes to war."
Meanwhile, on the gas markets, UK prices for next-month delivery climbed as much as 10%, with German and Dutch prices rising by a similar amount, according to ICE Futures Europe exchange.
The unrest in Ukraine also sent the Russian rouble to a record low against the US dollar, prompting Russia's central bank to raise its key lending rate by 1.5%.
As a result, the main index of Russian stocks, MICEX, dropped by 11%, with Gazprom shares slumping by 13%. | Gas and oil prices have risen amid fears the Ukraine crisis could have a damaging effect on one of Europe's main energy supply routes. | 26418664 | [
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The hosts won with a day to spare at Old Trafford to level the series.
England made 589-8 declared and 173-1 declared to set up their second biggest win over Pakistan in terms of runs.
"It's an absolute hammering. It's as good a four days of cricket that you could wish for from an England point of view," Vaughan told Test Match Special.
England's Joe Root, promoted to number three for this series, was named man of the match after scoring 254 in the first innings and an unbeaten 71 off 48 balls in the second.
He also took four catches in Pakistan's first-innings 198 and claimed a wicket in his only over as Pakistan were bowled out for 234 on Monday.
"It's great to see him stepping up to number three and playing with the responsibility there," said captain Alastair Cook, who made 105 and 76 not out.
"It's as good an innings as I've seen. He's an extraordinary player. He didn't put a foot wrong; he played beautifully."
Root, who twice fell to poor strokes in England's 75-run defeat in the first Test, said: "It's a great feeling.
"Those two occasions at Lord's were batsman error on my part. I tried to cut that out of my game. It's the most controlled I've played."
Coach Trevor Bayliss said: "He went away and did a bit of soul-searching and hard work, came back and did exactly what he said he was going to do."
Vaughan: added: "This was his best Test-match innings."
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Pakistan batted for only 63 overs in the first innings and 70 in the second on a pitch that offered the bowlers little assistance.
"Their spirit was broken," said former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott.
"Full marks to England - they got it all together, the quality of the batting, the discipline, their good bowling.
"England are in a good place and will win again. They will be too strong for Pakistan. I'll be surprised if they come back."
Pakistan play a two-day tour game against Worcestershire at New Road starting on Friday before the third Test at Edgbaston gets under way on 3 August.
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Vaughan said: "England should enjoy the win and have a good party, but I just have a feeling that this series is going to be very, very tight."
Of the Pakistan players, only captain Misbah-ul-Haq and Asad Shafiq have passed 50 in the first two Tests of the four-match series.
"This is a big disappointment for us," said Misbah. "We could have scored around 400 in the first innings - the ball wasn't doing anything much.
"We are short of confidence and shot selection really cost us.
"These guys are strong characters - mentally strong. I'm hopeful that everybody is hurt and they will really work hard."
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The Russian foreign ministry acted against Waclaw Radziwinowicz because Poland expelled a Russian journalist.
In a message on Facebook, the ministry addressed the cat, Marusia, saying: "Don't worry... we'll look after you".
But Radziwinowicz, who works for the Gazeta Wyborcza daily, appeared unamused by the joke, saying: "Marusia is going with me to Poland".
Speaking to the BBC by phone from Moscow, he said: "I don't understand the [ministry's] message." He complained of "a kind of paranoia" surrounding his expulsion.
Sounding upset, he declined to give any further comment.
The ministry's message said Radziwinowicz had asked the ministry "to look after my cat, who is staying here".
It said he had given various interviews about his imminent expulsion, but "for some reason" had not mentioned that request about his cat.
"A final request is sacred - that's why we got concerned [about his cat] right away," it said.
"Masya, don't worry, if after all he abandons you or, God forbid, if something worse happens, we'll look after you. We promised Waclaw that we wouldn't abandon his cat."
On Friday the ministry ordered Radziwinowicz to leave Russia within 30 days. It was a "reciprocal measure", it said, because of Poland's expulsion of Leonid Sviridov, a reporter with RIA Novosti, part of the Kremlin-backed Rossiya Segodnya media group.
Sviridov left Poland on 12 December, after the authorities described him as a "danger to the Polish state". The expulsion followed an investigation by Poland's Internal Security Agency.
In a statement to the BBC, Gazeta Wyborcza's managing editor Roman Imielski said he did not understand Russia's "game" over Radziwinowicz, who has been the paper's Moscow correspondent for 20 years.
Imielski said the foreign ministry had not given Radziwinowicz any written notification - "only the words from an official of the Russian MFA [foreign ministry]".
"Waclaw will take the cat with him. In my opinion, the Facebook statement about Marusia is a kind of Russian humour," he added.
He called the expulsion "pure revenge on the best-known Polish journalist in Russia".
"Sviridov worked for a state news agency, Radziwinowicz - for a private newspaper. Waclaw for years was particularly disliked by the Kremlin. Not only for his critical articles about Putin and his people," Imielski said.
Radziwinowicz had exposed "corruption, state capture by a narrow group of oligarchs, intrusive propaganda and an attempt to rebuild the Soviet empire", he said.
"Waclaw is a real institution - his Moscow flat was always full of opposition people, human rights activists and NGOs."
A new Russian foreign ministry statement says it would be "justified to blame the previous Polish government for the deterioration of relations [with Russia]". "But the representatives of the country's new government are criticising Russia even more sharply," it complained. | Russia is expelling a veteran Polish correspondent - and has joked that it will look after his cat for him. | 35160807 | [
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At the Election Court - part of the High Court - in London, four voters alleged mayor of Tower Hamlets Lutfur Rahman had committed electoral fraud.
Independent Mr Rahman was elected for a second term in May 2014. His lawyer said the claims were a "mixture of unfounded and false allegations".
The group of voters wants the poll declared void and rerun.
Evidence is to be outlined to Election Commissioner Richard Mawrey - a senior lawyer sitting as a judge - over a number of weeks.
The group of voters mounted the challenge under the provisions of the 1983 Representation Of The People Act.
Andy Erlam, who stood as a councillor on an anti-corruption ticket and is heading the group, said there were "serious questions" which "need answers".
Francis Hoar, representing the group of four, told Mr Mawrey his clients were accusing Mr Rahman of election fraud.
He said there had been "personation" - where people pretend to be someone else to cast a vote - in postal voting and at polling stations.
He added people had registered themselves or others to vote at addresses at which they did not live and there had been tampering with ballot papers.
Mr Hoar also alleged Mr Rahman had used "undue influence through intimidation at polling stations" and "interference with voters" - including in polling booths.
The court heard one presiding officer reported there was a "constant battle" to stop men entering polling booths with women and telling them how to vote.
He said there had been "bribery" through "unlawfully diverting public funds to organisations in order corruptly to procure their political support".
Mr Hoar told Mr Mawrey that his clients aimed to call almost 100 witnesses who "know about corruption" and "know about Lutfur Rahman".
Mr Mawrey told the court that, if he found allegations had been proved, he could declare the election "void" and rule that Mr Rahman had not been declared mayor.
Allegations against returning officer John Williams have been withdrawn by lawyers for the group, the court was told.
Timothy Straker QC, for Mr Williams, said it had been accepted his client had "acted properly throughout the election".
Mr Williams said, outside court, in a statement: "This was a hotly contested election run in challenging circumstances.
"As returning officer I am politically neutral and my only concern is to run an efficient, free and fair election."
Duncan Penny QC, for Mr Rahman, described the petition as "a rich and elaborate mixture of unfounded and false allegations" and its one aim was to unseat a directly elected mayor.
He told the court: "There is little, if any evidence, of personal wrongdoing by Lutfur Rahman" and described the group's claims as "invention" and "exaggeration".
He said Mr Rahman did not want to be elected as a result of fraudulent activity and had been anxious that electoral law was observed.
Mr Penny said: "He has consistently called for anyone with suspicion of malpractice to report them and has been a public proponent of reforms to the postal voting system."
The hearing continues. | The mayor of an east London borough has been accused of "corrupt and illegal practices", at a special court hearing. | 31091096 | [
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Microsoft has revealed details of a login system for the next version of Windows based around pictures a user stores on a touchscreen device.
Only when parts of an image are tapped or touched in the right order will a user be able to access a device.
Experts said it might stop people using weak passwords but could lead to other loopholes that are harder to solve.
Microsoft aired the idea of using images to sign on to a device via a blog written by engineers working on Windows 8 - the next version of the Windows operating system expected to be released in late 2012.
Windows 8 is designed for touchscreen devices such as tablets and the novel sign-on systems makes use of the sensitive displays they are likely to sport.
The familiar process of getting to use a desktop PC or laptop by typing in a password made of up lower and upper case letters as well as numbers was felt to be too "cumbersome" for tablets,wrote Microsoft engineer Zach Pace on the blog.
The replacement system proposed by Microsoft employs a picture chosen by a user from their collection of images on a device.
On this image, users are encouraged to tap on, underline or circle the parts that are important to them. The sequence of gestures, including start and end positions and orientation act as a key to unlock the device.
User-testing suggests that the image-based system can grant access to a portable gadget far faster than was possible through text-based passwords, wrote Mr Pace.
He stressed that the system would work alongside text-based passwords rather than replace them. If a user failed to properly reproduce the correct gestures fives times in a row they would be prompted for the password they set up when they first used the device.
The permutations of taps, touches and circles that could be drawn on a picture was likely to be far higher than those available from text-based passwords, said Prof Alan Woodward from the department of computing at the University of Surrey.
That was especially true, he said, when one considered the limited number of words from which most people picked their passwords.
"The initial calculations show that it is likely to provide a level of security that is at least as strong as a password, and frankly, stronger than most passwords chosen by users," he added.
Graham Cluley, senior security researcher at Sophos, said the research was "interesting and cute" but may introduce other security problems.
It could, he said, make people vulnerable to "shoulder surfing" - a practice better known from cash machines where crooks try to spot a victim's Pin as they tap it into a number pad.
"With normal password entry, what you're doing is asterisked on the screen," said Mr Cluley. "With this gesture input, folks may find it easier to see the movements you are making."
There might be more value in operating systems encouraging people to use stronger passwords by refusing to let them use dictionary words or ones that are easy to crack, he added. | Using Windows 8 devices could involve signing on by tapping, circling or touching images. | 16247659 | [
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The pair stood accused of committing manslaughter and sexual violence against the exchange student. They were convicted in 2009, but acquitted two years later.
The acquittal was overturned and a subsequent appeal ruling in January 2014 saw Mr Sollecito again found guilty and sentenced to 25 years in jail.
But in March 2015, Italy's highest court overturned that decision - the final ruling.
Last year, the police found Mr Sollecito near the Italian border and confiscated his passport. He remained free while awaiting the Supreme Court's decision.
Amanda Knox, residing in the US, also had her conviction overturned. She had been sentenced to 28 years and six months.
From the start of the highly publicised case, Ms Knox - who lived with Ms Kercher - became the primary focus of media attention, leaving Mr Sollecito a somewhat shadowy figure in the background.
"Even though Amanda and I shared the same unjust fate, the case was always about her," the Italian wrote in his 2012 memoir Honor Bound: My Journey to Hell and Back with Amanda Knox.
"I vanished so far from public view that I thought of myself… as Mr Nobody."
The book was released after the former couple's acquittal and thrust Sollecito into the limelight for the first time.
In it, he describes how he refused to cave in to pressure from his family to testify against his then girlfriend. He said his main aim had been to "save" Amanda from finishing her days in prison.
"If I had changed my testimony, Amanda would have remained behind bars for the rest of her life, not just the 26 years to which she was originally sentenced. And that was something my conscience could never permit."
The son of a successful urologist, Raffaele Sollecito was born on 26 March 1984 in the southern Italian city of Giovinazzo.
He was on the verge of completing a computer science degree at Perugia University when he met Amanda Knox, an exchange student from Seattle, at a classical music concert in October 2007. Their encounter took place just days before Ms Kercher's death.
"It was a really nice relationship," he said in an interview.
"In that period she was much more at my apartment than in her one. It was an intense story, it was the start. It was crazy."
It was the same flat - bought for Mr Sollecito by his parents - where Ms Knox claimed she spent the night when Ms Kercher was murdered. This contradicted reports of her initial police statement, which originally placed her at the scene of the crime.
Mr Sollecito's defence was that on the night of the murder he was at home surfing the internet - although police said his computer records did not support the alibi.
He has also admitted smoking marijuana at the time. Both Mr Sollecito and Ms Knox admitted a fondness for the drug - which they blamed for their inability to recall their movements on the night Ms Kercher died.
In a letter to an Italian magazine he wrote: "One morning you return to her house and find a big mess. The problems begin: the police arrive, break down the locked door to a bedroom and discover the lifeless body of one of her (Amanda's) friends. From then on they suspect everyone and everything."
The pair's defence was not helped by CCTV evidence leaked to the Italian press, reportedly showing them buying erotic lingerie and discussing "wild sex" barely 24 hours after Ms Kercher's death.
Mr Sollecito's DNA was found on Ms Kercher's bra clasp.
In the end, the jury sided with the prosecution and found them both guilty. Mr Sollecito's impassive face provided a stark contrast to Ms Knox who broke down in tears in the courtroom.
Sent to separate prisons, Mr Sollecito later said of Ms Knox that her image continued to conjure up "the image of a nightmare".
In letters from his cell, he wrote: "The Amanda I know... lives a carefree life. Her only thought is the pursuit of pleasure."
"But," he added, "even the thought that she could be a killer is impossible for me."
The pair spent four years in jail before their conviction was overturned in October 2011 on the grounds that DNA evidence was flawed.
Appearing on US talk shows, Mr Sollecito revealed that he still shared "a really strong bond" with Ms Knox, whom he had visited in Seattle a few months after their release.
"After she hugged me, I realised that Amanda is the Amanda that I dated for that week. She's not the Amanda that was the ghost Amanda during those four years," he said in an interview with ABC.
When asked if they were still dating, he replied: "No, no - she's with another boyfriend and I am going on with my life. We are really good friends now but no, no there is nothing between us now."
In July last year he distanced his legal case from hers saying that Ms Knox was not present in his house at the time of Ms Kercher's murder as she has claimed.
The BBC's Ruth Alexander met Mr Sollecito in Perugia in August last year and said although he sounded exasperated at times over the accusations made against him, he only rebuffed questions about Amanda Knox.
"I really don't want to make any comment or be a defence team for her," he said. | Raffaele Sollecito was 23 and about to finish his degree when he was arrested along with then-girlfriend Amanda Knox for the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher in Italy. | 21938080 | [
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It began just before 14:00 GMT at the property in Grove Lane on the outskirts of Elmswell, near Bury St Edmunds.
Progress at the scene has been "slow due to the weather conditions", Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service said.
Nine crews remained at the property into the evening, removing the thatch and damping down hot spots. At its peak 16 crews attended the blaze.
The cause of the fire is not yet known. | A fire has ripped through the first floor of a thatched house in a Suffolk village. | 35377087 | [
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The Markit/CIPS manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index fell to 49.2 from 50.7 in March. A reading below 50 indicates falling output.
It is the first time that activity in the sector has fallen since March 2013.
Firms blamed soft domestic demand, a fall in new business from overseas and uncertainty ahead of the EU referendum.
A slowdown in the oil and gas industry, a major customer for UK companies, is also hitting production.
The index for new orders fell to 50.4 in April, from 51.9 the month before, matching February's three-year low.
Rob Dobson, senior economist at Markit, said: "On this evidence manufacturing production is now falling at a quarterly pace of around 1%, and will likely act as a drag on the economy again during the second quarter and putting greater pressure on the service sector to sustain GDP growth.
"The manufacturing labour market is also being impacted, with the data signalling close to 20,000 job losses over the past three months."
Last week, official figures showed UK economic growth slowed to 0.4% in the first quarter of the year from 0.6% in late 2015, propped up by the services sector.
David Noble, group chief executive at the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS), said: "Recent fears over a stall in the UK's manufacturing sector have now become a reality.
"An atmosphere of deep unease is building throughout the manufacturing supply chain, eating away at new orders, reducing British exports and putting more jobs at risk.
"A sense of apprehension across the sector is being caused by enduring volatility in the oil and gas industry, falling retailer confidence and the uncertainty created by the EU referendum."
The Markit/CIPS survey found new export orders contracted for the fourth straight month in April as the global economy continued to slow. A measure of employment in the manufacturing sector was also below the 50 mark for its fourth straight month.
Lee Hopley, chief economist at the manufacturers' organisation, EEF, said: "The sharp drop to a three-year low and another month of reported job cuts could be the clearest sign yet that referendum uncertainty is starting to weigh on the real economy.
"However, this is just another straw on the back of a sector already grappling with the struggling oil and gas sector, softening domestic demand and weak order outlook from other parts of the world, all of which are failing to provide any counterbalance to the political uncertainty at home." | UK manufacturing activity contracted in April for the first time in three years, a survey has indicated, adding to fears over the economy's strength. | 36190226 | [
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China's growth, seen as a driver of the global economy, is a major concern for investors around the world.
The news comes as the International Monetary Fund said it expected China's economy to grow by 6.3% this year and 6% in 2017.
Beijing had set an official growth target of "about 7%".
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has said weaker growth would be acceptable as long as enough new jobs were created.
But some observers say its growth is actually much weaker than official data suggests, though Beijing denies numbers are being inflated.
Analysts said any growth below 6.8% would likely fuel calls for further economic stimulus. Economic growth in the final quarter of 2015 edged down to 6.8%, according to the country's national bureau of statistics.
Asia Business correspondent Karishma Vaswani on what the figures tell us
China editor Carrie Gracie - Is slower growth China's 'new normal'?
Can you trust the figures?
After experiencing rapid growth for more than a decade, China's economy has experienced a painful slowdown in the last two years.
It's come as the central government wants to move towards an economy led by consumption and services, rather than one driven by exports and investment. But managing that transition has been challenging.
Some argue that China's focus on creating an economy driven by consumption is misplaced. They say as the country attempts to rebalance its economy, it should focus on productivity in order to sustain high growth.
"While higher consumption can support growth in the short run, there is little in economic theory that emphasises the expenditure side of GDP as a driver of growth," HSBC's John Zhu said in a note.
Mr Zhu also said that China's current stage of development would require more investment, not less, and that the country would rebalance naturally towards consumption and services in time.
"Pushing the economy along those paths too soon would be dangerous," he said.
Analysis: Karishma Vaswani, Asia Business correspondent
It's said so often that it has become a financial markets cliché - when China sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold.
The drama of China's stock market crash over the last year has affected investor sentiment and data out today is unlikely to improve matters. But frankly, news that China is slowing down shouldn't come as a surprise.
The government has been broadcasting this for some time now as it attempts to transition from a state-led investment and manufacturing economy to one more dependent on services and consumption. Those two aspects now make up 50.5% of the economy, up from 48.5% in 2014.
But the real concern is just how badly China's economy is likely to do in the future, and whether these figures can be trusted at all.
Critics say China's data is unreliable and that real growth figures may be much weaker. Recent provincial economic data has indicated that growth could be much lower than what the government says it is.
China's headline annual economic growth numbers are important to the rest of the world - but so too are other monthly economic data as they can provide a more in-depth look at the economy and where it's heading.
Monthly industrial production (IP) and retail sales numbers for China were also released on Tuesday, with both December numbers coming in just slightly worse than expected.
Industrial production - or factory output - expanded 5.9% in December, down from 6% in November. Retail sales grew 11.1%, down from 11.3% in November.
"[The] health of the labour market, retail sales and industrial production data are all key indicators for growth," said Catherine Yeung from Fidelity International in a note.
"Like any economic data, it's important to look at the themes and trends that drive them and not just the headline figure.
"When you look at China with this lens, we're not seeing a meltdown, just a slowdown," she added.
Others said Tuesday's numbers were actually a relief.
"GDP was generally in line with what many, including the IMF, expected," said economist Tony Nash.
"China's growth in 2015 was equivalent to the size of the entire economy of Switzerland or Saudi Arabia," he said. "That's not an easy feat and shows the magnitude of the accomplishment," he added. | China's economy grew by 6.9% in 2015, compared with 7.3% a year earlier, marking its slowest growth in a quarter of a century. | 35349576 | [
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The 46-year-old succeeds Ronnie Moore, who parted company with the club by mutual consent earlier on Wednesday.
This is a first managerial role for Hignett, who had a spell as Hartlepool assistant manager under Colin Cooper in 2013-14.
Hartlepool are one place above the relegation zone having lost three of their past four league matches.
Hignett, whose 19-year playing career began at Crewe and ended at Hartlepool, will take charge of the team for the first time when Pools host Yeovil on Saturday.
"We immediately identified Craig as our number one target and we believe he has all the right qualities to help instil confidence back in to the players and help us move up the table," said chairman Gary Coxall.
"He has a wealth of experience in football and has been looking for an opportunity to move in to management so we're delighted to give him that chance here at Victoria Park."
Sam Collins, who worked alongside Moore, will remain at the club but in a new role focusing on the club's under-21 players. | Former Middlesbrough player Craig Hignett has been named as the new manager of League Two side Hartlepool. | 35546240 | [
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Of the 7,532 Spaniards interned at Mauthausen, only 2,335 survived.
It is only because of the dogged detective work of a Spanish historian that their memory has not been sullied by an impostor, who 10 years ago was president of Spain's main association of Nazi victims, the Amical de Mauthausen.
Enric Marco was exposed shortly before he was due to share a platform at the camp with then Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero.
Madrid-based historian Benito Bermejo, an expert on Spain's deportees, became interested in Marco after meeting him at a conference in 2002. Bermejo found his story especially intriguing as Enric Marco claimed to have been imprisoned in Flossenbuerg, a camp in Bavaria and an unusual destination for a Spanish deportee.
Bermejo read all the versions he could find of Marco's past, starting with his claim that he had been an anarchist forced to flee to France from his home city of Barcelona after the Spanish Civil War had been lost.
"I was curious, interested, but then I became very perplexed."
"[Marco's] version of events changed each time he told it, both about the camp and how he had got there," Bermejo told the BBC.
Benito Bermejo also found it mysterious that on the few occasions he tried to talk to him face to face, Marco did not want to discuss his experiences in Nazi Germany.
As head of the Amical de Mauthausen, Marco showed a penchant for high-octane speeches packed with horrific details of life in Flossenbuerg.
He moved several MPs to tears when addressing Congress on International Holocaust Remembrance Day in January 2005.
Searching the foreign ministry archive, the historian found an official request from army command in Catalonia for information on Marco's whereabouts, as he had failed to present himself for compulsory military service in 1943.
The foreign ministry replied that Marco was at that time employed by the Deutsche Werke naval shipyard in Kiel, northern Germany.
Far from fighting fascism, he had signed up as one of 20,000 Spaniards who worked for the Third Reich under a 1941 agreement between Franco and Hitler.
"So now I know that Marco was not a deportee, that he went to Germany voluntarily and that there is something strange going on," says Bermejo.
But he still had doubts over the extent of Marco's deception because some volunteer workers who got into trouble with the Nazi regime did end up in concentration camps.
Marco was briefly imprisoned in Kiel but never convicted, let alone sent to a camp.
For months Bermejo sought an explanation from him. Then, with the 60th anniversary event at Mauthausen days away, he sent a report to the prime minister's office and the Amical association. And he waited.
"What more could I do? I decided that going public with what I knew would be a kind of declaration of war and very controversial at that moment."
On his way to Austria, the day before the Mauthausen ceremony, Bermejo read in a Spanish newspaper that Marco had had to return to Barcelona as he was "indisposed".
In El Impostor, a book by Javier Cercas in which Marco collaborated, the writer suggests Marco was confronted at Mauthausen with Bermejo's findings by his Amical colleagues and that he admitted being a Third Reich volunteer worker.
Marco eventually admitted publicly that he had never been in a concentration camp.
Now 94, he remains unrepentant about his deception, arguing his aim was to keep the memory of Hitler's Spanish victims alive. "Who would have listened to me if I hadn't created that persona?" he said recently.
"It is frightening to think that if he hadn't finally owned up, things could have been very different. The fact that Marco flew to Austria shows how dangerously close we came to a disaster," says Bermejo.
Enric Garriga, today's Amical de Mauthausen president whose father was deported to Buchenwald, believes the association was damaged by the scandal.
"The figure of Marco, who was a liar, was used to say that everyone was lying."
For Jose Marfil, also 94 and one of the few genuine remaining Spanish survivors of Mauthausen, the fight to remember must continue.
"We have to do everything possible to keep the existence of those camps alive in people's memory because we [survivors] are going to disappear." | Spain's dwindling number of survivors will mark the 70th anniversary on Tuesday of the liberation of Mauthausen, the Nazi concentration camp in northern Austria where most of the 9,000 Spanish deportees ended up. | 32582420 | [
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The plane was flying over the Amanos Mountains in the southern province of Osmaniye on Monday when it lost radio contact, Anatolia news agency said.
The pilot reportedly sent a message saying "I'm jumping" before contact was lost.
Rescuers found his body near to the wreckage of the aircraft.
Osmaniye Governor Celalettin Cerrah had earlier announced that a cockpit window and some other pieces of the aircraft had been found in the Caksir area.
The jet, which is based at the 5th Main Jet Command in the northern province of Amasya, had been performing an operational flight.
The Turkish military said it had lost touch with the aircraft at 14:15 local time (11:15 GMT).
People living around the village of Yarpuz, about 25km (16 miles) north of the Syrian border, said that they had heard a loud bang like an explosion, according to local media
A Turkish fighter jet was shot down by Syria over the Mediterranean in June 2012, after Syrian forces said it had entered the country's airspace.
It was not immediately clear what caused Monday's crash. | The pilot of a Turkish F-16 fighter jet has been found dead after the aircraft crashed near Turkey's border with Syria, reports say. | 22513439 | [
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The mutation was also present in our evolutionary "cousins" - the Neanderthals and Denisovans.
However, it is not found in humans' closest living relatives, the chimpanzees.
As early humans evolved, they developed larger and more complex brains, which can process and store a lot of information.
Last year, scientists pinpointed a human gene that they think was behind the expansion of a key brain region known as the neocortex.
They believe the gene arose about five or six million years ago, after the human line had split off from chimpanzees.
Now, researchers have found a tiny DNA change - a point mutation - that appears to have changed the function of the gene, sparking the process of expansion of the neocortex.
The human brain
Source: Smithsonian Museum
It may have paved the way for the brain's expansion by dramatically boosting the number of brain cells found in this region.
Dr Wieland Huttner of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany, led the research.
"A point mutation in a human-specific gene gave it a function that allows expansion of the relevant stem cells that make a brain big," he told BBC News.
"This one, as it is fixed in the human genome - so all living humans have the gene - apparently gave a tremendous selection advantage, and that's why we believe it spread in the human population."
Between two and six million years ago, the ancestors of modern humans began to walk upright and use simple tools.
During this extended period of time, their brain size started to increase. They began to spread around the world, encountering different environments.
From about 800,000 years ago, their brain size increased further, helping them to survive in a changing world.
Still, many questions remain about how early humans evolved larger brains.
It is likely that the gene is one of many genetic changes that gave humans their unique intelligence and thinking ability.
The research is published in the journal, Science Advances.
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Victoria mated with a male bear at the Highland Wildlife Park at Kincraig, near Aviemore, earlier this year.
To protect her from being disturbed if she is pregnant, the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) said she had been taken "off show".
If she does raise a cub or cubs, they would be born in December or January.
RZSS said it was not possible to say at this stage if Victoria was pregnant.
Polar bear cubs were last born in the UK almost 25 years ago.
Victoria was brought to Scotland from Aalborg Zoo in Denmark last year and is kept in an enclosure about a mile away from the park's two males, Arktos and Walker. She previously raised cubs in 2008.
Arktos was moved to Victoria's enclosure for a short time earlier this year. | A female polar bear at a Scottish zoo has been temporarily put off limits to visitors as a precaution in case she is pregnant. | 37822094 | [
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A pre-inquest hearing into the deaths of 21 people in attacks at two pubs in 1974 opened on Monday.
Last week marked the 42nd anniversary of the tragedy.
At the hearing in Birmingham, Coroner Peter Thornton QC said he supported the families' claim for legal aid, but had no powers to grant it.
The government said families who were represented by a legal firm in Northern Ireland were unable to claim legal aid until that firm enters "into an arrangement with an English or Welsh law firm".
Julie Hambleton, whose sister Maxine was one of those killed, said their Belfast-based lawyers deserved financial support.
In June it was confirmed that inquests into the deaths would be reopened after Coroner Louise Hunt said there was a "wealth of evidence that has still not been heard".
The Home Office rejected a request from some of the families to pay their legal fees in September, but others have been granted legal aid.
The next preliminary hearing has been set for 23 February to allow families at least six weeks to prepare the case if they receive funding.
Mr Thornton said the inquests could reopen from September 2017.
Mr Thornton said: "I have in mind the gravity of events, the scale of the number of deaths, the investigations to date, the complexity of the investigations and the need for the families' participation - which is very important.
"For those reasons I support the application for funding."
He also appealed to eight families who have never made contact with the city's coroner's office to do so if they wanted to be kept informed about the inquests.
Ms Hambleton said the government was "adopting a very parochial" approach, and welcomed the support of the coroner.
"If we don't get this funding that will mean that the imbalance of the scales of justice are so bent in one direction towards the state, the inquest cannot possibly move forward," she said.
Other funds used to help pay legal fees in other controversial cases could be used to support families, she added.
"The government have a discretionary fund all right. They gave this discretionary fund to the Bloody Sunday families... they gave this discretionary fund to the Hillsborough families," she said
"The English legal aid agency funded English lawyers to make a case in Northern Ireland for a civil case for some of the Omagh bombing families... so why oh why are we having to fight and beg with a bowl to get what everyone else has had?"
Lawyers for the families - from KRW in Northern Ireland - have been working for free, while legal teams for police and other government branches have been taxpayer-funded.
West Midlands Police has already set aside £1m to cover its legal costs.
In court on Monday was human rights lawyer Gareth Peirce, who is believed to be representing the surviving members of the Birmingham Six as well as representatives for West Midlands Police, the local Police Federation, and Devon and Cornwall Police.
The government had rejected a call from the families for a special funding model similar to that used in the Hillsborough Stadium disaster inquiry.
Instead, Home Secretary Amber Rudd backed the relatives making an application under existing arrangements through the Legal Aid Agency.
However, under rules governing the UK's separate legal jurisdictions, the families' Northern Ireland-based lawyers KRW Law would need to partner with an English law firm to secure legal aid.
A government spokesman said "our deepest sympathies remain with the families" and said the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) had been clear with KRW about how to "take this matter forward".
"Legal aid is a devolved matter and because KRW is based in Northern Ireland, it needs to enter into an arrangement with an English or Welsh law firm in order to receive legal aid funding.
"The LAA continues to urge KRW to do this so the families get the representation they want at the inquest." | Relatives of the Birmingham pub bombings victims have said they cannot understand why they are having to fight to get funding for their legal fees. | 38128323 | [
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Unions at BAE Systems have warned of possible delays to funding for the Royal Navy's new frigates.
But Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson insisted there was no change to the timetable.
Labour said it was vital that promises were kept while the Lib Dems called for an end to uncertainty.
The UK government confirmed in its Strategic Defence and Security Review last November that eight Type 26 frigates would be built on the Clyde, although the total number was scaled back from 13.
In the meantime, the yards are being sustained by Ministry of Defence orders for new offshore patrol vessels.
But after briefings with management, the GMB union said last week that work on the new frigates would not begin until 2017 and raised concerns that up to 800 jobs could be lost if there was any backsliding on commitments.
SNP leader and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she was "gravely concerned" by the developments.
She said: "The future of both Govan and Scotstoun depend on these orders. Solemn promises were made in the run-up to the referendum and if those promises are broken, it will be seriously damaging for the shipyards but I think people across Scotland will feel very let down by the parties that made those promises."
She added: "I think the government has the responsibility to make cast iron assurances here."
Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale said she had held discussions with shipyard workers and BAE management about the need to protect jobs.
She said: "It's my deep regret that Labour didn't win the general election - so the Tories have to fulfil their promise to the workers in the yards, and I'll be making that case every step of the way."
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie also expressed frustration about the uncertainty.
"There are serious concerns about the future of orders at the yards and it's important that the Conservative government gives an absolute commitment. We've got to end this feast and famine of orders at the yards," he said.
The Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson, however, said she had been given assurances by Defence Secretary Michael Fallon that nothing had changed.
She said: "He confirmed there had been no change to the orders that were set out in the Strategic Defence and Security Review last year.
"That means all eight Type 26 anti-submarine frigates that are coming, plus the light frigate order on top of that, and the two offshore patrol vessels. They are coming to the Clyde, as discussed last year, to the same timetable and the same number."
A spokesperson for BAE Systems said: "Following the Strategic Defence and Security Review, we are working with the Ministry of Defence to agree a revised baseline for the Type 26 ships and a production schedule for the two additional offshore patrol vessels in Glasgow.
"We are engaging our trades unions as we work through this process. Our focus is to deliver the capability the Royal Navy needs, while ensuring the best value for UK taxpayers." | First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has called for "cast iron assurances" jobs will not be lost at Clyde shipyards because of contract delays. | 36119787 | [
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The US economy added 321,000 jobs in November, the Labor Department said, well above analysts' forecasts of about 225,000 new jobs.
The Dow Jones added 58.69 points to finish at 17,958.79, while the S&P 500 added 3.45 points to 2,075.37.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq index climbed 11.32 points to close at 4,780.76.
Banks and financial institutions topped the list of gainers on the Dow, with JP Morgan Chase rising 2.15%.
Goldman Sachs closed up 1.82%, while American Express added 0.89%. | (Close): Shares on Wall Street closed at fresh highs on Friday in response to positive jobs data. | 30351213 | [
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The game features cards with a series of quiz questions, but some of the answers given are incorrect.
One answer claims the moon is 225 miles away from the earth - instead of about 238,900 miles.
Manufacturers Paul Lamond Games said they "unreservedly apologise" and added replacement cards would be issued.
It is understood at least six of the 50 answers in one round of the game - which costs £19.99 - are incorrect.
One answer placed Stonehenge in Somerset instead of Wiltshire and a maths question suggested two cubed was bigger than three squared.
It also said Albert Einstein died in 1949 instead of 1955 and gave the number of Coronation Street episodes to date as 8,000, when the actual figure is more than 9,000.
One customer who bought the game told The Sun: "I couldn't believe it, the answers are so ridiculous... [but] the kids won't accept the game could possibly be wrong."
A representative for Paul Lamond Games told the BBC: "We have been made aware of some mistakes with the answers to the questions within the first production run of this game."
"These have now been corrected and we would like to unreservedly apologise for these errors.
"Any affected customer can email us stating their name and full address and we will send out a replacement set of corrected cards free of charge."
The company's email address is available on their official website.
Ant & Dec - whose full names are Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly - have hosted Saturday Night Takeaway on ITV since 2002, although the show took a four-year break from 2009.
Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | The makers of Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway board game have apologised after it was found to have several errors. | 38529009 | [
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Online bookings for his "Dismaland" exhibition were suspended last week after the attraction's website crashed.
Many users reported issues when sales resumed earlier - prompting claims the problems were deliberate.
But a spokeswoman for Banksy insisted the rumours were untrue. Tickets have now become available on the website.
She said the attraction's website was "100% real" and had crashed under "huge demand".
Dismaland, housed in a derelict lido on Weston-super-Mare's seafront, is a dark take on theme parks with a nod to Disneyland, featuring work by more than 50 artists including Bristolian Banksy.
Among those tweeting their disappointment was Mark Östen, who wrote: "On Friday, I believed 'technical difficulties'. Now, I'm reluctantly believing #Banksy is trolling those after tickets for #dismaland."
Caroline Harley tweeted: "It's easier to buy tickets to see the Beatles than tickets to go to #Dismaland"
There were suggestions the site may be fake last week.
But the artist's spokeswoman told the BBC: "It's not true. It's 100% a real website. It crashed under the number of hits it received."
North Somerset Council, which worked with Bansky on the exhibition, has insisted the website is not a hoax.
Seafront manager Darren Fairchild said the website had crashed due to an "unprecented" number of hits, despite "huge amounts of work".
Dismaland has boosted visits to the seaside resort - one tour guide told the BBC he had not seen such crowds since the 1970s.
Among the exhibits are a distorted mermaid, a dilapidated fairy castle and a boat pond where all the boats are filled with models of migrants, as well as paintings and a beach ball hovering above upturned knives. | Banksy has denied accusations he is "trolling" members of the public - after thousands have struggled to buy tickets for his new show. | 34049350 | [
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A judge dismissed the claims of the girl, referred to as "GK", that Paul Frew linked her name to anti-social behaviour via a social media post.
In an earlier court hearing, Mr Frew said he had never meant to harass the girl.
After the judgement, the North Antrim MLA said he felt "vindicated".
The court also previously heard that Mr Frew mentioned the girl in relation to an increase in anti-social behaviour in the Harryville area of Ballymena and the nearby village of Broughshane.
The judge said some of the comments made by others on Facebook "while undoubtedly unpleasant and unattractive in nature" did not target the schoolgirl.
The comments did not deter the schoolgirl from making her presence known to others by first tagging a friend and then engaging in exchanges, he added.
He said Mr Frew had acted in good faith in making considerable attempts to address the issue of anti-social behaviour in his constituency.
In his summary, the judge said the schoolgirl had been in public settings with others carrying out such acts and she could not claim to enjoy an expectation of privacy in relation to postings about it.
The judge said it was important to highlight that Mr Frew did not make an allegation against the girl but had had repeated an allegation that someone else had made and given the schoolgirl the opportunity to respond to it.
In summing up, the judge said the schoolgirl had "failed to establish liability" against Mr Frew and dismissed her claim.
Speaking after the judgement, Mr Frew said: "The court case, since it begun in March, has been an unsettling time, as I was made feel like a criminal for simply standing up for the community I serve.
"This case arose from my work of standing up for the community." | A 15-year-old girl who took a claim for damages against the chair of Stormont's Justice Committee over Facebook postings has lost her case. | 37276902 | [
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Two British naval ships are shadowing the vessels. The Ministry of Defence said they would be "man-marked every step of the way" while near UK waters.
A Russian tug, believed to be in convoy with the taskforce, entered the channel first off the coast near Ramsgate.
EU leaders have strongly condemned Russia's involvement in bombing the Syrian city of Aleppo.
The ships are within international waters but Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said the UK would "be watching as part of our steadfast commitment to keep Britain safe".
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The UK's Type 45 destroyer HMS Duncan, escorted by the Type 23 frigate HMS Richmond, sailed from Portsmouth on Tuesday to track the Kuznetsov group as it headed south from the Norwegian Sea.
The aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov and other Russian naval vessels are believed to be heading to the eastern Mediterranean.
It is the only carrier in the Russian navy and can carry more than 50 aircraft. Its weapons systems include granit anti-ship cruise missiles.
By Steve Rosenberg, BBC Moscow correspondent
One Russian newspaper this week described the Russian warships heading to the Mediterranean as an "armada".
But why such a large-scale deployment? And why is Moscow sending its only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, to the region?
Friday's Komsomolskaya Pravda makes it clear:
"This is no tourist trip to the Med. It will strengthen Russia's current naval presence off the Syrian coast and provide air cover. The aircraft carrier planes and on-board weapons may also be used for strikes against terrorists."
But this is not just about boosting Russian firepower in Syria. If that was the case, it would be easier for Moscow to deploy more bombers to its airbase in Syria near Latakia.
Sending a large Russian flotilla through the North Sea and the English Channel sends a clear message to the West: anything you can do, we can do just as well - or even better.
Russia wants to be seen as a global player, a major military power. And it wants to be respected or feared (or both) by the West.
Russia already has about 10 ships off Syria, which have fired cruise missiles during Russia's bombardment of what it says are anti-government rebels in Syria.
The deployment comes as a "humanitarian pause" in attacks on rebel-held eastern Aleppo in Syria begins.
The temporary truce is part of a plan to allow civilians and fighters to leave, and Russian and Syrian air strikes have been halted since Tuesday.
Prime Minister Theresa May urged European leaders to send a "robust united message" to Moscow over its bombing campaign.
At a Brussels summit on Thursday, Mrs May told her counterparts the current assault on Aleppo was "particularly horrific" and Russia's actions had "undermined the West's efforts" to provide a political settlement, Downing Street sources said.
Although the EU imposed sanctions on Russia following the conflict in eastern Ukraine, it has so far failed to act over Moscow's military intervention in Syria. | A flotilla of Russian warships is passing through the English Channel en route to Syria. | 37725327 | [
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Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols said Christians were the most persecuted people, but few of them would receive sanctuary in the UK.
The government has said 20,000 refugees will be brought to Britain directly from refugee camps around Syria.
But Cardinal Nichols said most Christians did not go into the camps.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today, Archbishop Nichols said: "I can see the point in going directly to the refugee camps, but in fact I think its unintended consequence will be that there will be few, if any, Christians coming to this country.
"That is because for the most part Christian refugees do not go into the UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) camps. They go to fellow Christian organisations."
He added: "If we are going to deal purely with UNHCR according to their rules, then there can be no preference given to anybody on behalf of their faith and we will simply bypass the Christian refugees, not intentionally but in fact."
It comes as the Archbishop of Wales, Dr Barry Morgan, will say that Britain has lost its sense of proportion in relation to the refugee crisis.
In his Christmas sermon at Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff he is expected to say that the "debate seems to be centred on how many refugees we should accept. We forget to ask, or perhaps we choose to forget, why there are so many refugees in the first place".
The refugees being brought to the UK will be drawn from established refugee camps, initially as part of the Vulnerable Persons Relocation (VPR) scheme.
More than 50 local authorities have taken a share of those who have already arrived.
Alongside the VPR scheme, the UK has also granted asylum or other forms of protection to 1,868 Syrians in the year ending September 2015. | Christian refugees fleeing Syria are being bypassed by the UK government, the head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales has said. | 35173982 | [
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The woman was attacked by a man at St Denys station in Southampton just after 00:00 BST.
Hampshire Constabulary said her attacker fled the scene in a vehicle and have appealed for witnesses.
The arrested 18-year-old is being held on suspicion of rape and attempted murder and remains in custody. | A man has been arrested over the "violent assault" and rape of a woman in a railway station car park, police have said. | 40381830 | [
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It says Barclays misled investors about the quality of loans backing securities in the run-up to the financial crisis. Barclays has rejected the claims
Data showed the UK economy grew faster than estimated in the third quarter.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the economy grew by 0.6% in the July-to-September quarter, compared with the previous estimate of 0.5%.
However, the ONS also trimmed its growth estimates for the first and second quarters of the year.
On the currency markets, the pound fell 0.2% against the dollar to $1.2258, and slid 0.4% against the euro to €1.1725. | UK shares edged higher in the final trading session before Christmas, with the FTSE 100 ending a shortened session up 4.49 points at 7,068.17. | 38414387 | [
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Brandon Lewis said he asked Avon Fire Authority to commission an independent inquiry into the claims, which the authority refutes, on at least two separate occasions last year.
The government has since ordered its own investigation.
The authority said its chairman will make a statement at its next meeting.
A spokesman said: "The fire authority will not be making a comment today, but the chairman will be making a statement at the next meeting of Avon Fire Authority on Friday 10 February."
The allegations over the fire authority, which oversees the fire and rescue service, have not been detailed, but have been described as "serious and persistent" by the Home Office.
Three senior officers left the authority in five years under "unusual circumstances". The BBC also uncovered evidence of infighting.
But the fire service chief, Kevin Pearson has maintained the allegations as "old and unfounded".
Mr Lewis said the complaints, if well-founded "would indicate that the authority was failing in its duty to make arrangements to secure continuous improvement".
Independent consultant Dr Craig Baker will lead the statutory inspection. He has advised public sector organisations for over 30 years in the UK and overseas. | A fire authority repeatedly refused to start an investigation into allegations over the way it was being run, the fire service minister has said. | 38843654 | [
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Former Juventus defender Motta, 30, featured 12 times following his move to The Valley in February.
Marko Dmitrovic, Alou Diarra and Callum Harriott have triggered one-year extensions to their current deals.
Meanwhile, the south-east London club have offered a new contract to 20-year-old goalkeeper Dillon Phillips.
Development squad players Zak Ansah, Alex Kelly, Ayo Obileye, Josh Staunton and Joe Pigott will also leave Charlton, who finished 22nd in the Championship this season and dropped back into League One following four years in the second tier.
Jose Riga left his position of head coach following the final game of the season and the Addicks are yet to appoint a new boss.
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United Nations officials rarely use the words "genocide" and "ethnic cleansing," but they now say potentially both could envelop the world's youngest country.
Since violence flared in Juba in July and spread to the previously peaceful southern Equatoria states of South Sudan, 340,000 people have fled the violence into neighbouring Uganda.
That is more than any other country this year - the UN says 200,000 people have fled Syria in 2016.
Every day, on average, another 2,500 South Sudanese become refugees, and the stories of what they escaped and what they saw on the way, add to the evidence of killing, rape and the targeting of civilians along ethnic lines.
Nelson Ladu Thomas has twice walked over the small wooden bridge dividing South Sudan and Uganda at an unofficial border crossing known as Busia.
A trickle of a stream divides these two countries and there are small bridges or fallen trees every couple of kilometres.
The first time he crossed was with his immediate family; the second - a day later - was with his brother's wife and her five children who he had gone back to help.
Six-year-old Moriswani was limping up the hill to the Ugandan police post where their possessions were inspected before being allowed on to a reception centre a little further up the road.
I asked him what they had left behind.
"They are killing people, sleeping with wives, stealing. They are not shooting you, they are cutting you with a knife. Even small children can be beaten down," Mr Thomas told me.
The children gulped water and sat exhausted in the shade of a harsh sun.
"They don't want us," he said, and gave his explanation of why his town of Yei, just 80km (50 miles) from the border, had become a place he had to leave.
"These tribes of Dinka, they don't want Equatorians, they don't want… Nuer. They don't want them."
Ethnic violence has dominated the crisis in South Sudan.
The civil war began as a dispute between the Dinka President Salva Kiir, and former Vice-President Riek Machar who is Nuer.
Equatorians only started to be targeted in July, when the violence spread to their part of the country after rebel troops fled the capital.
In a long line of people at a nearby refugee reception centre, Otima Amos, 21, explained how he had crossed the border after walking through the bush for many days with 16 other people - most children, and among them two-year-old twins."We walked up to here - without any other form of transport," he said.
"It was very hard because they were killing people. If you were a boy you would be killed, if you were a girl or a woman they would just rape you. If not, you would be killed."
They were afraid they would be caught as they tried to escape.
Uganda is coping extremely well with the huge influx of refugees.
With the help of aid agencies, within 36 hours each family is allocated a 30m square patch of land and a tarpaulin to set up a shelter and start planting crops.
Faida Sarah arrived in August with her children, but already has okra ready to harvest as well as onions, tomatoes and greens bursting out of the ground.
The reason she left Yei was because one night soldiers came round to her home, demanded car keys from her husband and then hacked him to death just outside the house.
In July Bidi Bidi was a village, but now it is one of the biggest refugee settlements in the world - home to more than a quarter of a million people and covering 250 square kilometres.
But now home to nearly a million refugees, Uganda is beginning to struggle with its generous approach.
"This has been unrelenting since July," said Nasir Abel Fernandes, the UNHCR's senior emergency coordinator in northern Uganda.
"The international community has to pay attention, and pressure the South Sudanese leaders to stop this, as it's a massacre of civilians from both sides."
He says supplying water to the refugees is a problem, as it has to be trucked in.
As many as half the refugees are children, and schools are already running - exams were being marked and a presentation prepared for our visit.
Girls sang and danced in a circle then Patricia Mercy, 16, stepped forward with confidence to deliver her poem.
"War, war, war," she began, "who are you and where do you come from?"
The confidence and resilience of her performance hiding deep trauma.
"You have killed my mother and father, even my brothers and sisters, leaving me to be called an orphan."
There are so many terrible stories here of what South Sudan is doing to its own people.
Read more:
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Artists paint for peace
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The charges refer to "computer intrusion and damage to network profiles" in July and August 2015.
Mr Buchanan will be sentenced on 2 August at Guildford Magistrates' Court.
The Mumsnet homepage was redirected to a now suspended Twitter profile page and had some posts edited during a cyber attack in August.
It was also subjected to a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, where an attempt is made to force a site offline by swamping it with internet traffic.
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The man had left the medals on a work surface to clean before leaving his home in Wootton Park, Bristol, only to find on his return that they had vanished.
It is thought someone entered the house via a rear door on the afternoon of 22 June.
Avon and Somerset Police are appealing for help in tracing the items.
Among the collection of medals was a bronze 1939-45 star, a bronze France and Germany star and a police long service medal. The medals were were engraved with the victim's name, the regimental number 2666006 and 5th Battalion Coldstream Guards.
A silver and green French Legion d'Honneur medal - the highest decoration bestowed by the French state - and a black wallet with gold lettering in the bottom right corner were also taken.
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The police and ambulance service also attended, the fire service said.
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The two heavyweights fight for the IBF title and vacant WBA belt in front of 90,000 fans at Wembley.
Joshua, 27, says his 13 weeks of preparation have been "tougher times than I have had in any walk of life".
Klitschko, 41, lost his heavyweight title to Tyson Fury in November 2015 - his first defeat in 11 years.
In an interview at his Sheffield training camp before the biggest fight of his career, Joshua spoke about his motivation, being a "man of the people", the state of British boxing, and his family.
Joshua, unbeaten in 18 fights since turning professional in 2013, said he is not worried about his safety in the ring because of the intensity of his training before the fight.
"I've been pushed to places I've never been pushed before," said the Briton.
"I think I take more punishment in the gym than I do in the fights. Sometimes I try things and it doesn't work and I've broken my ribs, my hand, dislocated shoulders in the gym but we get it right for the fight.
"One of the main things is his mindset at the minute. He claims he is obsessed and I ask 'What is he obsessed about?' I look at myself in the mirror and it is about beating me.
"I've lived simple. I've been training under the dark light so I can shine under the bright lights on April 29."
Joshua had numerous incidents with the police as a youth, including being arrested for ABH, drug possession and being electronically tagged. He has previously stated that he would have been in jail were it not for boxing.
But Joshua said: "I've had tougher times in the gym than I have had in any walk of life at the minute.
"I put myself through it and it is important to because I don't want to be star of the gym and then when I get to the fight it's like: 'I've never faced this type of warrior before.'"
Asked if this is the defining fight of his career, Joshua replied: "It is one of them. If this was towards the end of my career, I would say: 'This is the defining fight that's going to write the history books.'
"But I've still got so many more years. I'm confident. I'm learning about myself, so this fight is, for me, one fight that I've got to take in my stride round by round and when I take that attitude the victory comes and we move on and there are so many other big fights in the UK."
Joshua does not believe Klitschko has underestimated him, saying: "He's coming game, he's coming ready, and the body does what the mind tells it. His mind seems to be in the right place so I'm in for a tough fight."
"I may not express myself flashing what I've done and telling everyone I'm the greatest," he said.
"Where we grew up, everyone was about making money, but low key, understated - you probably didn't want to get your house burgled!
"Who I am when I was 17 is who I am today, so not much has changed.
"You've got to add a bit of flavour. It's needed now and again, but it's got to be real because I don't take boxing as an act. This is way of expressing myself and being true to myself and there are kids watching so you've got to be mindful.
"If I was to be that type of person - loud and trashing tables - after a fight, I would still continue to be that way. What I notice about fighters is they act a certain way and once the fight has started they are hugging each other and are quiet.
"I'm just trying to be myself on camera, in the ring, outside of the ring and off camera."
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Asked about being very accessible, Joshua says: "It's part of boxing. It is good to lock yourself away but I'm a man of the people, it's no bother. As long as it doesn't make me late for training, I've no problem speaking to 100 people.
"I'm in the same flat that I've been in since 2011 - it's been a long time. I think I'll be one of those guys who will learn the piano, the violin, bungee jump and do all the things I didn't do when I was fighting.
"When I'm not fighting, I try to take a holiday and experience things, but when I'm fighting the simple life has worked and I don't try and change it."
"I was on the complete opposite end of healthy living before boxing, it's got me strong," he said.
"I'm a superhero to my little cousins. It's what it does for my family and my surname Joshua.
"People are proud to wear that name and I'm representing my family. It is nice to have kids supporting you. It's reaching out to a wider audience.
"I'm just a normal person. You have your good days, your bad days, you have road rage, everyone goes through it.
"You've just got to live by the job you do and if that's what comes with it I'd rather choose winning over anything."
Joshua, who turned professional after winning gold at London 2012, said: "When I first turned professional, no-one would touch me sponsorship-wise and no-one was really backing boxing.
"I say look at the characters of the sport, look at the individuals, get behind the gloves."
He praised fellow Brits Tyson Fury, who won the heavyweight title with a win over Klitschko in November 2015, Dillian Whyte, the WBC International heavyweight title holder, former British and Commonwealth heavyweight title holder David Price and Dereck Chisora, who challenged for the WBC heavyweight title in 2012.
"As I've been in the game, Fury won, Dillian, myself, Chisora the likes of Price, up-and-coming heavyweights and lighter weights - it's definitely brought more attention."
Asked if he was worried about his mum watching his fights, Joshua answers: "No, no, no, definitely not. Because she's proud, she's happy and I look after her so I think that's the main thing.
"I've got a son and I definitely wouldn't want him to fight because of those reasons, his health, it's tough.
"I did it quietly. When I first started fighting, I didn't tell my family. It was just about me and what I wanted to do.
"My mum has always seen the positive light of fighting rather than the health issues and I've always been on the road to winning and glory.
"She's had a few tough times and a few scares when I've lost as an amateur, but we bounce back, and for all the good times she's forgot about the bad times we've had." | Anthony Joshua says he will be competing at a "whole new level" when he takes on Wladimir Klitschko in Saturday's world title bout. | 39709199 | [
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Police want to trace a woman and a man.
The woman is described as being in her late teens to early 20s, with long brown hair. The man is thought to be in his early 20s.
The woman was wearing a beige-coloured jacket and beige knee-high boots.
The man was wearing a dark blue puffy jacket, blue jeans and grey and black trainers.
PC Graham Crawford said: "This is a serious incident resulting in a male sustaining a severe facial injury.
"Violent behaviour will not be tolerated and I would urge anyone who recognises the male and female pictured, or has any knowledge of this incident to come forward and contact the police." | Police investigating an "unprovoked serious assault" on a teenager outside Stonehaven railway station have released CCTV images of a woman and man they want to trace. | 38574804 | [
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Davies, 26, followed up sealing her World Championship place in the 20km by setting two new British bests in the mile and 5km event.
The Cardiff walker won the 5km at the British Championships in Birmingham.
"It's been a very good week, all the hard work has paid off," said Davies.
Davies competed in three events in seven days which began with achieving the London 2017 qualification time when she finished in a Welsh record 93:04 behind Gemma Bridge.
Davies will be joined by Bridge and Tom Bosworth and Callum Wilkinson at the World Championships next month in London (August 4-13).
"It is unbelievable," said Davies.
"I probably when I was younger never expected to get to this level of sport.
"It hasn't sunk in yet and when I get there I will probably have to take a few moments.
"It's absolutely fantastic to be on the same stage as such big names.
"This will be the biggest competition I have ever been to and it will be a big step up."
Davies will now take part in a three-week altitude camp in Livigno, Italy and St. Moritz, Switzerland and attend a British Athletics holding camp in Paris before her event on 13 August on the Mall.
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"It will mean so much because the first chance I saw race walking was at London 2012," said Davies.
"To go from a spectator to the start line alongside the girls who have inspired me and are now my friends and rivals will be amazing.
"It is going be a home event where all my friends and family will be watching.
"Growing up, the thing I remember was watching the London Marathon finishing on the Mall.
"To be there and doing my sport at the highest level is going to be amazing."
Davies believes walking is receiving a higher public profile.
"From when I started it (walking) has grown," said Davies.
"We are getting more attention which has been helped by Tom Bosworth coming sixth in the Olympics last year which has raised the sport's profile.
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The National League sold the Republic of Ireland midfielder to the Cherries for £175,000 in 2012 and had a 15% sell-on clause included in the deal.
O'Kane moved for an undisclosed fee, but Nicholson says any money will go to help the cash-strapped club.
"I don't think I'll be getting anything," Nicholson told BBC Devon.
"There's more important things."
The Gulls are still looking for new owners having been taken over by a consortium of local business people last summer.
They were forced to close down the club's academy and drastically reduce the playing budget after millionaire former owner Thea Bristow left the club. | Torquay United boss Kevin Nicholson says none of the money from Eunan O'Kane's move to Leeds from Bournemouth will go to the playing squad. | 37248643 | [
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European leaders have expressed shock, but most have said the result should not lead to a panic.
Here, Europeans who contacted the BBC have been sharing their reaction to the result and their views on the UK's relationship with the EU.
Angelique de Leur, The Hague, Netherlands
"Congratulations to the UK for voting out of the European Union! The people showed great courage and voted against staying in the European nightmare any longer.
"Seeing this makes me wonder why in my country people never really stand up for their frustration in the EU. In the Netherlands, hardly anyone ever shows up when there is a chance to vote for anything regarding the EU.
"Furthermore do most people state that only "short-minded" people vote against the EU out of anger?
"It was a very close call. But the majority of the people chose freedom from European enslavement. Congratulations!!"
Rafael Sala, Barcelona, Spain
"The main cause of the European-wide unrest is the narrow and miserable vision that our European leaders have on the European Union.
"They have not initiated the path established by the treaty of 2012 on the economic union, they don't mention it, and the ideals of one budget, Eurobonds, euro protection for the bank accounts, are far away.
"Few people raise their voices to speak about these failures.
"My country, Spain, has to leave the EU sooner or later if the unity of Europe is not increased.
"We suffer because a currency that fits us like an Armani suit fits a homeless person; it's an austerity policy that has impoverished more than 65% of our people. The results of the entry in the EU do not deserve the suffering."
Stephanie Ayres, Kinsale, Ireland
"For goodness sake, when a referendum outcome is 48.1% remain, 51.9% leave, then I'd say that you have an undecided nation.
"The referendum is not legally binding. The UK government does not have to act on the outcome of this referendum.
"I would say that the democratic way to look at the results is that there needs to be more debate, more real information, more time spent and more opinions taken.
"Just because of that tiny margin, I don't think you can call the UK decided on the matter."
Timo Pantsari, Espoo, Finland
"Well now, this was a huge surprise to me as well as most of Europe when everyone woke up this morning.
"Terrible news in both the short and long term for the UK. This will undoubtedly make Scotland have another referendum as they did in 2014.
"Let me be the first one to warmly welcome Scotland as the next full member of the European Union and wish good luck to everyone in the newly 'independent United Kingdom'."
Anna Filipek, Milanówek, Poland
"Seriously Britain? It's sad that a majority of your people didn't realise that it's not a choice deciding about your no longer imperial country, but about commitment, devotion and enthusiasm of the whole Europe. If you voted Leave, you are selfish and you deserve to watch Scotland saying 'bye'.
"I pity well-educated people of Britain, especially youngsters, that will need to face what the 'majority' brought them.
"Of course nobody is happy about the current shape of EU. Of course EU requires lots of improvements.
"But it's like marriage, it won't work without devotion and your divorce will give you depression, a bad example to other couples and will encourage your own kids to leave you.
"As a person who truly believes in unity of European culture and heritage and supports sticking together against the odds, I feel really disappointed, even personally touched."
Georg Schlomka, Flensburg, Germany
"As a German I am truly thrilled by the UK's decision. Politicians all across Europe have, up to now, failed to grasp that while the concept of Europe is widely supported by the people, the EU in its present form is not.
"So maybe this is a wake-up call for the rest of the EU and its respective member states - I certainly hope so. The alternative could only be an EU which grows even more repressive and less democratic than it is today.
"I daresay that the UK would not have left the old EEC - so maybe it's time to go back to the roots."
Otto Vennik, Dutchman in London
"Well done Britain! Hopefully this will be the beginning of the end for the EU. Now if you will excuse me, I was looking for a NEXIT."
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The Warriors were down by 13 points during the first half but fought back in the third quarter.
The 4-3 win meant Golden State became only the 10th team to rally from a 3-1 deficit to win a play-off series.
The defending champions will now face a title rematch with the Cleveland Cavaliers and star player LeBron James.
"We survived by the skin of our teeth," said Golden State coach Steve Kerr. "We were able to pull it out, and we're moving on."
Warriors host the Cavaliers in the first game of the best-of-seven finals on Thursday, hoping to repeat their 4-2 success in the 2015 finals. | Steph Curry scored 36 points to lead the Golden State Warriors to a 96-88 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder and into the NBA Finals. | 36415371 | [
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Animal rescue officer Sian Robertson said they were alerted when a nurse became suspicious while feeding it.
She said: "When I arrived, I took one look at the little fluffy animal and knew she was a fox cub - and a very cute one at that!"
The Scottish SPCA is caring for the animal, now named Husky, and it will be released into the wild in the summer.
Ms Roberston said they were contacted by Julie Innes Veterinary Surgery on Friday, after a nurse became doubtful it was a puppy.
She said: "The nurse had already wrapped her up so I took her up to our wildlife centre where she will be hand-reared with minimal human contact.
"Husky will then be introduced to other fox cubs and will be released during summer in a carefully selected site with the land owners permission." | A week-old fox cub was mistaken for an abandoned puppy after it was found by a road and handed in to a vet surgery. | 39278716 | [
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Two nurses were holding Ms Gerizapa's shoulders as a third poured disinfectant into a large, rotting, bullet wound in the 43-year-old's lower leg.
At the foot of the bed, her son Kevin watched silently.
In his arms he held his own two-and-a-half-year-old son, Christo.
The child also had a bullet wound in his leg; so did his mother, Jocelyn, lying in the bed opposite.
"It's war. But it's also terrorism," said Dr Joseph Bama.
"Displaced civilians are being attacked all the time. They bring them here every day."
He consulted his notes: 212 casualties in the past month; 146 died.
We had driven across the bridge into Bambari a few minutes earlier, turning right in front of the Hotel de Ville, past a petrol station and the Muslim quarter, and into the dilapidated grounds of the University Hospital.
Bambari is CAR's second city, but it is as underwhelming as the narrow dirt track that leads to it.
Crumbling old colonial buildings peer out from the shade of tall trees; a few scraps of tarmac cling together in the dust.
Dr Bama - a tall, dignified man born and raised in Bambari, where his father was a doctor before him - said the security situation had deteriorated abruptly last month when 34 people were killed in a single, frenzied day.
Within hours, the entire Christian population had fled to three makeshift camps on the outskirts, while the Muslims retreated into a single neighbourhood in the city centre.
And then the fighting started to spread, like an infection, along the muddy tracks leading deeper into the surrounding forest.
It seems to be a mixture of banditry, reprisals, intimidation and more organised military raids.
"They brought three soldiers in last night - ex-Seleka - ambushed on the road," said Dr Bama, referring to the mainly Muslim fighters who briefly seized power across CAR, but have since withdrawn to await the outcome of peace negotiations.
They are a more organised force than the loose coalition of mostly Christian anti-balaka militias active in the countryside around Bambari.
"Their colleagues stood around us as we cleaned their wounds.
"It is not safe here at the hospital. Sometimes we are threatened when we work," said Dr Bama, who described working late into the night during a ferocious rainstorm.
Hours earlier, two brothers had been attacked on the nearby road and their throats slit in broad daylight.
One was brought, still alive, to the hospital.
"We fought to save him, but he needed blood, and we have no supplies here," said Dr Bama.
When possible, the most serious casualties are sent by air or road to the capital, Bangui.
Aid agencies like Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), Save the Children and the United Nations are working here to support Dr Bama and his colleagues and to provide for a population struggling without the most basic state services.
Dr Bama took off his white coat and sat down in his small office to catch his breath between rounds.
"There's no political authority here in Bambari. But this country still exists.
"We have a president to bring peace back. And we have hope," said Dr Bama.
"The problem is isolated people who understand nothing and who sow terror.
"If only they could appreciate the state we are in.
"We hear reports that they plan to attack our hospital. I don't understand why. This is where we treat everyone," the doctor said.
Read Andrew's previous report from CAR: Road to anarchy | Francoise Gerizapa scrunched her face into a fierce pout and then screamed once more - a chilling, sing-song whoop that filled the dark, crowded ward at Bambari's hospital in the Central African Republic (CAR). | 28489429 | [
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North Greenwich station was evacuated last Thursday during the alert.
Mr Smith, from south east London, was remanded in custody until 17 November.
The station was closed until 18:50, with disruption caused to the Jubilee line throughout the day. | A 19-year-old man has appeared in court charged with making an explosive substance after a suspect device was found on a London Underground train. | 37786878 | [
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A Mount Rainier National Park spokeswoman said camping gear had been found and distress signals heard from the group's avalanche beacons.
She said there was little chance for survival.
The group, from Seattle's Alpine Ascents International, was last heard from on Wednesday.
There were two guides and four clients in the party, which began a five-day expedition last Monday.
The park spokeswoman, Fawn Bauer, told Reuters the camping gear was found more than 3,000ft (900m) below the group's last known position and the group may have been caught in an avalanche.
"We don't believe there was a viable chance for survival," she said.
The search effort has been suspended.
Ms Bauer said: "It would expose our rangers to pretty extreme conditions, so we are not able to do any kind of ground searching of that area. And, in all honesty, we may never be able to get on the ground there."
The last contact was via satellite phone on Wednesday at an elevation of 12,800ft.
At that time a rain system was sweeping through.
When the party failed to return on Friday a helicopter was despatched.
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A further £10m will be invested in new buses for London and about £4.5m in coaches for its megabus.com operations.
Falkirk-headquartered coach maker Alexander Dennis (ADL) will produce 415 of the new vehicles.
Most of the rest will be made by Volvo and Mercedes Benz.
The new fleet will be introduced in the 2016-17 financial year.
Stagecoach said it had now invested more than £1bn in new buses and coaches since 2006-07.
All of the new vehicles will be built to meet Euro 6 emissions standards. Most will also have wifi installed.
The orders include 280 low-floor double-decker vehicles and nearly 100 single decker and midi vehicles.
Stagecoach chief executive Martin Griffiths said: "We are investing in state-of-the-art, cleaner, greener vehicles, digital technology and smart ticketing to raise the bar and deliver an even higher standard of service.
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Architects Benton Scott-Simmons have been appointed to prepare designs, which also aim to improve connections to the University of Glasgow's campus.
Construction work is expected to begin in late 2018.
Funding for the improvements are to come from the £1.13bn Glasgow City Region City Deal.
The project will aim to complement Glasgow University proposals to expand its campus onto the site of the former Western Infirmary.
The university said its campus expansion had the potential to create 2,500 new jobs and contribute an additional £130m to the economy each year.
The council met on Monday to discuss the findings of the Byres Road public consultation, which included:
Council leader Frank McAveety said: "Byres Road is a jewel in the crown of Glasgow's economic and social life, attracting visitors from Glasgow and beyond to its attractions during the day and at night.
"This consultation process will help to ensure that it remains in this position by informing how best to shape the Byres Road that everyone with an interest in the area wants, and I would urge all stakeholders to participate."
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Paul Quinsey, head of technical services, said the hospital is looking at demountable parking decks above existing car parks as one solution.
He said there are currently 626 staff waiting for a parking space.
Roger Bayliss, who had an appointment for an X-ray at the hospital, said he spent more than an hour looking for a parking space.
He said: "I would have abandoned my appointment had I been able to turn around and get out of the hospital, but the traffic was so gridlocked all across the site there was absolutely no option but to sit and wait."
Conservative councillor David Pears, who represents the Sutton Trinity Ward which covers the Good Hope hospital, said residents had put up with parking problems for "far too long".
He said: "We've met with the hospital, we've got the MP involved, but it just seems the hospital is unwilling to spend money on a scheme that will make life easier for the residents."
Mr Quinsey said the hospital is working alongside its publicly elected governors and staff to see how it can address the current issues around parking.
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Those banned are believed to include general secretary of the EU council Uwe Corsepius, and former British deputy prime minister Nick Clegg.
Russia shared the list after several requests by diplomats, the EU said.
The EU called the ban "totally arbitrary and unjustified" and said no explanation had been provided.
Many of those on the list are outspoken critics of the Kremlin, and some have been turned away from Russia in recent months.
The EU said that it had asked repeatedly for the list of those banned, but nothing had been provided until now.
"The list with 89 names has now been shared by the Russian authorities. We don't have any other information on legal basis, criteria and process of this decision," an EU spokesman said on Saturday.
"We consider this measure as totally arbitrary and unjustified, especially in the absence of any further clarification and transparency," he added.
A Russian foreign ministry official said that the ban was a result of EU sanctions against Russia.
"Why it was precisely these people who entered into the list... is simple - it was done in answer to the sanctions campaign which has been waged in relation to Russia by several states of the European Union," the official, who was not named, told Russian news agency Tass.
EU sanctions were imposed after Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimea region in March 2014, and they have been extended amid ongoing fighting between government troops and pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine.
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte told journalists on Friday that the list had been shared with EU diplomats and that three Dutch politicians were on it. He said that the Netherlands would not abide by the ban as it was "not based on international law".
British intelligence chiefs appear to have been targeted, with a leaked version of the list (in German)naming MI5 director general Andrew Parker and the former MI6 chief Sir John Sawers.
Former British foreign secretary Sir Malcolm Rifkind told the AFP news agency that he had "read the reports in the media [of his ban] but not a word from the Russians".
Britain's foreign office said: "The Russian authorities have not provided any legal basis for the list or for the names on it.
"If Russia thinks this action will cause the EU to change its position on sanctions, it is wrong."
Also on the list are the French philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy, former Belgian prime minister Guy Verhofstadt and the EU's former enlargement chief Stefan Fule.
'A decent club'
Sweden's foreign minister, Margot Wallstrom said that her country has asked for an explanation from Russia.
Eight Swedes are on the list, including Swedish MEP Anna Maria Corazza Bildt.
"I'm more proud than scared and this gives me more determination to continue... If the Kremlin takes me and my colleagues seriously it means we're doing a good job," she told AFP.
The former Czech foreign minister, Karel Schwarzenberg, also said he was pleased to have made the list.
"When I saw the other names (on the list), I found out I was in a very decent club. I consider this a reward," he was quoted as saying by the CTK news agency.
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It wants to redress the balance from the university's walls being lined with pictures of "dead white males" by adding more women and ethnic minorities.
The portraits include broadcasters Dame Esther Rantzen and Reeta Chakrabarti.
Oxford's head of equality Trudy Coe said it was "sending a signal".
This commissioning of portraits is one of the biggest projects by the university to create a more diverse range of people portrayed in its public places - including more women, people from ethnic minorities, gays and lesbians and people with disabilities.
The university faced a high-profile controversy last year over whether a statue of Cecil Rhodes should be removed - after claims that the Victorian colonialist's attitudes on race made him an unsuitable figure to be commemorated.
The new pictures on the ancient walls will include scientist Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell and author Jeanette Winterson. There will also be some men, including film maker Ken Loach.
"We're not taking anyone down - but the portraits have been almost exclusively men and we're just beginning to redress the balance," says Ms Coe, head of the university's equality and diversity unit.
"It will allow students to look up and see people who look like them. It's sending a signal to a wider range of students that they belong here," she says.
Ms Coe says the new pictures will reflect the modern reality of university life - and the people who have been painted or photographed have been nominated by current staff and students.
The people depicted have links with the university - such as being former students or academic staff - with the criteria that they were examples of excellence and widened the range of pictures from the "narrow and traditional" and "challenged stereotypes".
Among the people to be represented will be criminologist and disability rights campaigner, Marie Tidball.
"Symbols are important," she said.
There are millions of people with a disability in the UK, Ms Tidball said, but they have a "lack of visibility in public spaces".
The commissioning of a picture of an academic with a disability was a "very significant" step towards making sure that all kinds of students could feel at home at the university, she said.
"I really hope that this speaks to kids now doing their GCSEs," said Ms Tidball.
And she rejected suggestions of an excess of political correctness as "absolute nonsense".
BBC journalist Reeta Chakrabarti said it was a project which reflected the university's current staff and living alumni.
These are people who are "alive and kicking, a representation of modern day Britain," she said.
"You could just continue to portray the same people, but it wouldn't be a reflection of how the university and society have changed," she said.
"Different ages, different societies celebrate different values."
As a student at Oxford, she said "there weren't many people there who were like me, from my sort of background".
But she had an "overwhelmingly positive experience" and "nothing about Oxford made me feel out of place".
Oxford University has faced questions about whether it is admitting enough poorer students and state-school pupils.
Admissions figures published earlier this year showed that Oxford had one of the lowest proportions of state school pupils of any UK university.
This showed that universities such as Bristol, Durham and Cambridge were admitting a higher proportion of state school pupils than Oxford.
The new portraits: | Oxford University is revealing the identities of more than 20 people whose portraits will be put on display to try to "promote greater diversity". | 39419135 | [
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A new report published by the corporation showed licence money spending had a positive knock-on effect for regional economies.
The total expenditure over the two-year period came to £4.3bn, which led to a gross value-added (GVA) boost to the economy of £8.3bn.
However, spending in London was three times the rest of the UK combined.
The report said: "The effect of initial BBC spending is 'multiplied' as it ripples through the economy from region to region and sector to sector (and to the employees of those sectors). This is known as the 'multiplier effect'."
The BBC's chief economic and policy adviser Najma Rajah explained: "The basic premise is that when the BBC spends a pound, the impact of that pound is 'multiplied' as that pound spent by the BBC creates value elsewhere in the economy.
"So, for example, if the BBC were to buy a camera from a supplier in Manchester, the camera supplier would receive some money in return for the camera.
"The camera company would then use the income generated from the sale of the camera to pay their suppliers for the components that went into the camera and to also pay their employees and so on."
Rajah added: "A really good example of how this multiplier effect works is when the BBC commissions a programme that is made by an independent television production.
"The programme might be filmed in Scotland using local runners, electricians, make-up artists etc. who are paid and then will spend their wages in Scotland to the benefit of the Scottish economy."
The report revealed significant growth in the north of England following the opening of the new BBC North headquarters in Salford Quays, with GVA growing 19.7% to £391m.
But in the Midlands, it fell 21.7% to £199m, while the south was down 18.8% to £699m and Wales dropped 6.2% to £276m.
London saw the biggest expenditure of £2.98bn - nearly three times as much as the rest of the UK combined - which in turn generated £5.65bn GVA.
John Tate, the BBC's director of policy and strategy, used the findings of the report to call on Ofcom to reverse its plans for a spectrum tax on broadcasters next year.
In a blog post he wrote: "The wider benefit of the licence fee provides an extra reason for Ofcom to think again before it implements a spectrum tax next year: a levy on the spectrum broadcasters use to transmit their programmes.
"As well as hitting licence fee payers, such a tax would remove much-needed cash from the UK's creative sector." | The BBC generated more than £8bn for the UK economy in 2011-12, almost twice its licence fee spend. | 21041587 | [
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But the message may take some time to reach India.
The country had a lone shining moment with Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda's silver medal in Men's High Jump F42 class for athletes with an impairment that affects their arms or legs.
And deservedly the nation cherished Girisha's feat as medals have generally eluded India's Paralympians. But now questions are being raised at the country's ability to translate the congratulatory tone into awareness of disabled rights.
India is not known for being friendly towards the disabled and most public places still lack basic facilities to help them in everyday life.　
'Second-class' citizens
Even before Girisha won his medal, Indian media was abuzz with stories about problems at the Athletes' Village.
Several athletes complained that the Paralympics Committee of India had failed to book accommodation for escorts and coaches at the facility. This made the lives of the athletes very tough as they were denied precious time with their coaches.
Taking to CNN-IBN, weightlifter Farman Basha said his preparation was severely affected because he could not move freely in the village without his escort. "I was confident of a medal and now all my training has gone in vain," he said.
The channel's editor, Rajdeep Sardesai, ran a special show to discuss whether India treats its Paralympians as second-class citizens. Many other channels and newspapers followed suit.
It's an irony that the controversy received more coverage than the Games themselves.
India may have won just one medal, but the Games were full of inspiring stories. The media seems to have clearly missed a chance to tell these stories to Indians in detail.　
Speaking on the CNN-IBN show, Olympic silver medallist Rajyawardhan Singh Rathod said he was not surprised with the treatment of India's Paralympians.
He said much needs to be changed to give equal rights to Paralympians and millions of disabled people in India.
"It's an over-all attitude shift that we need to bring about in our country," he said.
There is another thread to the story that the India media seems to have missed. The Indian contingent at the Paralympics did not have a single female athlete.
While officials say this boils down to qualification woes, the problem runs much deeper.
Most schools and colleges lack basic sporting facilities for the disabled and the ones which do rarely encourage disabled women to participate.　
While stories about the controversy continue to make headlines, nobody can take anything away from Girisha. The athlete certainly fought against the odds to make sure India did not return home from London empty handed.
He hails from the south Indian state of Karnataka and belongs to an average middle class family. But his determination to win a medal set him apart from others.
His training in Bangalore took place away from the glare of the media and fan recognition. With support from an NGO and government, Girisha quit his bank job six months ago to concentrate on training.
Today the result is there for everyone to see. And he hopes that his achievement will transcend the boundaries of sporting achievement and change the attitude of people towards disabled in India.
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The Old Bailey heard the couple were filmed conducting the alleged behaviour, but the jury failed to reach a verdict and were discharged.
The pair, from Swansea, denied outraging public decency.
Judge Peter Rook QC has given the prosecution until Thursday to decide whether to pursue a retrial.
He said: "Whatever the Crown says, it will have been a chastening experience over the last few days, I'm sure everyone will agree with that."
During the hearing prosecutor Tom Cleeve told jurors while "there are some amusing aspects to it... it was not funny at the time" and a 16-year-old girl had to be shielded from what was going on.
He said the two defendants were of "previously good character, but in that afternoon I'm afraid they blotted their copybook".
During the hearing Ms Beck said the film showed she was trying to wake her boyfriend up, while Mr Murphy's legal team said he was completely unaware of what his girlfriend was doing. | A couple accused of carrying out a sex act at a BBC Radio 2 concert in Hyde Park must wait to hear if they face a retrial after the jury was discharged. | 33028121 | [
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People in the South Ham area of Basingstoke complained about the noise coming from the ground between 22:00 BST on Saturday and 08:00 on Sunday.
The club has apologised, blaming a wi-fi receiver picking up the frequencies of the radio systems of taxis.
Resident Leighton Oliver has criticised the club for not acting sooner to stop the noise.
He added it could be heard three miles away.
Another resident, who did not want to be named, told BBC Radio Berkshire he was woken by a "horrible scraping noise".
"It was like someone had put a microphone beside a really badly tuned radio," he said.
"It was so loud I'd be surprised if anyone got any sleep."
Basingstoke Town FC chairman Raffi Razzak said: "It's very unusual - it seems that the wi-fi in our PA box, which has been there for years for some reason, has started to pick up the frequencies of the radio systems of taxis.
"It was coming and going when a taxi passed with [its] music on.
"We never thought for one minute it could pick up signals from outside."
He said the system would be completely turned off when not in use in the future.
A Hampshire Police spokesman said officers had checked the premises after a call from a member of the public concerned that the social club may have been broken to.
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council said its out-of-hours call centre received six calls about the noise.
"We will be speaking to the football club to clarify what exactly happened and the safeguards and procedures they have in place to ensure a situation like this doesn't happen again," a spokeswoman said. | Hundreds of people suffered a sleepless night when a football stadium's PA system played loud, distorted music. | 37152513 | [
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Ronald Chigunwe worked for Wessex Heartbeat, which supports the cardiac centre at Southampton General Hospital.
The 40-year-old, of Breadels Field, Basingstoke, pleaded guilty to four offences of fraud and money laundering.
However, he denied four other charges of money laundering. The Crown Prosecution Service will now decide whether he should face trial.
A decision is due within the next 14 days.
The fraud was uncovered when a new chief executive took over at the charity and became suspicious after asking Chigunwe for financial information.
The chief executive's wife - an accounts expert - was asked to look at the records and discovered the fraud. | A former financial controller has admitted stealing more than £440,000 from a hospital charity. | 40897814 | [
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Shares in Toshiba fell 9.8% on reports it was expecting record losses for the year to March.
After the market closed, Toshiba said it would cut 6,800 jobs at its consumer electronics division and report a record loss of 550bn yen ($4.53bn).
The news follows findings that Toshiba had overstated its operating profit for the past six years by a total of 151.8bn yen.
The US dollar fell to 121.20 yen, compared with last week's rate of 123 yen after the US rate rise, and the stronger yen weighed on Japan's major exporters.
Toyota shares closed down more than 1% and Honda ended down 0.7%. A stronger yen makes the products Japan's big exporters make more expensive to buy overseas.
Lower oil prices continued to weigh on energy-related shares. The price of Brent Crude fell to its lowest since 2004 in overnight trade to $36.17 a barrel, before recovering slightly to $36.49. West Texas Intermediate prices fell to $34.53 a barrel.
In China, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index closed up 0.2% at 21,791.68, while the Shanghai Composite index closed up 1.8% at 3,642.47 - a four week high.
In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 index recovered early losses to close just 0.05% higher at 5,109.05.
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"I think what he's done with the players he's had has been amazing," Brown told BBC Hereford and Worcester.
"We haven't always had results, but the football's been the best I've seen."
Harriers have struggled all season in the aftermath of major financial problems and look certain to be relegated as they are 12 points adrift of safety at the bottom of the National League table with only nine games to play.
Gordon, who has stated that he does not want the head coach's job full-time, previously had a four-game spell in charge following Gary Whild's departure in September.
"Colin has a lot of interests in the football club and has a lot of skills," Brown continued. "He is not sure whether his skill-sets are right to be head coach, but I think he should be part of it.
"I can see his vision and the brand of football he wants to play and if I don't get him to do it, then second best thing would be that he's part of a team managing the club."
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Brown admitted Harriers were effectively 'bust' last November before Gordon bought a majority stake in the club, but over the last 12 months have filled a financial "black hole" of £300,000 and reduced the playing budget from a peak of £800,000 two seasons ago to £260,000 at the start of this term.
With the club now on the way to becoming self-sufficient, he is adamant they will remain a full-time outfit.
"We will break even this year - the first time in 15 years and that's very gratifying," Brown added.
"Full-time football can be sustainable and I've got no doubt the future is bright." | Kidderminster chairman Rod Brown says he wants interim head coach Colin Gordon to take the job permanently. | 35821809 | [
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Earnings have been driven by an influx of gamblers from mainland China.
Macau - a former Portuguese colony returned to China in 1999 - is the only Chinese city where gambling is legal.
It opened up its gambling industry to foreign competition in 2002, triggering a building boom.
In 2007 gambling revenue there overtook that of the Las Vegas Strip in the US.
The figures for 2010 were released by Macau's Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau.
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It came amid the Taliban's annual spring offensive, which has seen heavy fighting in Helmand.
In December a similar operation led to the release of 40 people.
The latest mission was carried out under the cover of darkness by the Ktah Khas, Afghanistan's counter-terrorism unit and commando forces, the statement said.
Nato said its troops had "supported their Afghan partners in a train, advise and assist role".
The statement gave no details about the liberated prisoners, who are said to have been taken to Kandahar to be debriefed.
The Afghan forces did not sustain any casualties in the raid, Nato added.
Correspondents say the operation is rare success for Afghan forces who have been put on the back foot by Taliban advances in Helmand.
The Taliban have made gains since international troops withdrew from an active fighting role in 2014.
Nato forces are increasingly being deployed in battle zones to support Afghan forces fighting the Taliban.
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On Saturday, Vonn won her 77th World Cup race, beating Switzerland's Lara Gut - last season's overall World Cup winner - by 0.15 seconds.
She is now nine behind Swede Ingemar Stenmark's all-time record of 86 wins.
Vonn was out of competitive racing for 322 days after she broke her leg in March 2016, which ended her season, and then fractured her arm in training in November.
She burst into tears when she crossed the finish line and told Ski Sunday: "I'm so happy.
"To be honest, I wasn't sure what I was capable of. I just put it all on the line, tried to risk more and believe in myself.
"I did more than I expected and it is such a big step forward. I knew it was possible if I believed in my ability." | Former Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn claimed her first win since returning from almost a year out with victory in the downhill race at Garmisch, Germany. | 38703656 | [
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Chris Packham, who is in Malta, said rare species were being targeted, and hunters were even shooting Montagu's harrier birds on the ground at night.
"It's a desperate situation," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
A Maltese wildlife official insisted that patrols to stop illegal hunting had been stepped up.
Malta has an exemption from the EU Birds Directive, allowing its hunters to shoot turtle doves and quail during the spring migration, a crucial stage in the birds' life cycle. But according to Mr Packham, turtle doves were vulnerable, with their numbers down by 95% in the UK.
Malta is the only EU country to have a recreational spring hunting season allowing birds to be shot.
Mr Packham, a presenter of TV documentaries on wildlife, said Maltese hunters were ignoring restrictions under the exemption, or "derogation" in EU jargon. He said they were killing many other birds which are supposed to be protected.
He is in Malta with the conservation group Birdlife Malta to draw attention to the annual spring shoot, which has been criticised by environmentalists for years.
"Yesterday I'm afraid to say I had a dead swift in my hand that had been illegally shot and also a dead little bittern," Mr Packham told Today.
Sergei Golovkin, head of Malta's Wild Birds Regulation Unit, insisted that the authorities were controlling the hunters.
He said enforcement of the restrictions had "improved dramatically in the last few years". Malta has "the highest ratio in Europe" of enforcement staff deployed against illegal hunting, he told Today.
Thirty-three MEPs have jointly lobbied the European Commission to put pressure on Malta over the hunting exemption. A British Liberal Democrat MEP, Catherine Bearder, says the EU must "stop Malta from breaking EU rules, by systematically failing to apply the derogation correctly". | A leading British naturalist has accused the Maltese authorities of failing to prevent large-scale illegal shooting of migratory birds by hunters. | 27108910 | [
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The information minister said the move was to mourn the revolutionary leader, who died on Friday at the age of 90.
Cuba was one of the first countries to establish diplomatic relations with The Gambia after Mr Jammeh took power in a coup in 1994.
Mr Jammeh, 51, is seeking re-election for a fifth term in office.
For the first time since he came to power he will be facing a single major opposition candidate.
Earlier this month, Human Rights Watch accused him of using violence to silence critics ahead of the 1 December poll and said two activists had died in custody and dozens of people had been jailed and denied medical or legal help.
Mr Jammeh had strong links with Castro, with the Cuban leader sending doctors to work in The Gambia. | Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh has suspended his campaign for Thursday's election as a mark of respect for Cuba's Fidel Castro. | 38130556 | [
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Jacob McIntyre's body was recovered from the River Ericht at Cally Bridge, near Blairgowrie, at about 12:35 on Sunday.
He had been reported missing from a property in the nearby Milton of Drimmie area at 11:15.
A police investigation into the circumstances of his death is continuing.
Police, firefighters, a water rescue unit and air ambulance were involved in the search.
Police Scotland said Jacob's family were "understandably upset at their tragic loss" and did not want to make any further statement at this time.
Det Chf Insp Iain Wales said: "This is a very tragic incident which resulted in a young boy sadly losing his life.
"The events will undoubtedly bring shock and sadness to this small community and further afield.
"We would like to thank our Scottish Fire and Rescue Service colleagues for their courage and assistance in Sunday's difficult conditions.
"Our thoughts and deepest condolences are with Jacob's family at this difficult time." | A two-year-old boy found dead in a river after being reported missing in Perthshire has been named by police. | 39038638 | [
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At about 21:00 BST on Friday, a man armed with a knife entered a shop at Northland Avenue in the Rosemount area and demanded money.
Police said the suspect was restrained by members of the public until officers arrived and arrested him. Another man was arrested nearby a short time later.
The men, who are both 19, are to appear in court on Monday.
They are charged with attempted robbery, conspiracy to rob and possession of an offensive weapon. | Two men have been charged over the attempted armed robbery of a shop in Londonderry. | 29582189 | [
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The Olympic champion, 29, was third overall at the end of a promising first day - traditionally her strongest - with a score of 3,928 points.
On Sunday she leapt a respectable 6.16m in the long jump but threw a disappointing 42.60m in the javelin.
With the 800m remaining, she has 5,544 points, still on course for the 6,200 needed to qualify for the Rio Olympics.
Ennis-Hill is competing in her first heptathlon since winning gold at London 2012.
A top-12 finish and score of 6,075 points would also secure qualification for this summer's World Championships.
Canada's Commonwealth champion and world silver medallist Brianne Theisen-Eaton leads ahead of the final event, remarkably achieving three personal bests on her way to a 5,834 score.
Follow latest updates and reports on the second day of the Gotzis Hypo-Meeting on the BBC Sport website on Sunday, 31 May. | Jessica Ennis-Hill has fallen from fourth to eighth place after six events at the Hypo-Meeting in Gotzis. | 32950992 | [
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The scheme would be paid for by cutting the winter fuel allowance and free TV licences for better-off pensioners, the party's "pre-manifesto" proposes.
Mr Clegg told reporters: "We are telling you today that we are choosing to put the next generation front and centre of our plans."
The proposals are part of the Lib Dem pitch for next year's general election.
The Lib Dem leader, who became the target of angry students for performing a U-turn on tuition fees after entering government in 2010, said: "Liberal Democrats are committed to building a stronger economy and a fairer society, enabling people to get on in life.
"The Young Person's Bus Pass will ensure that young people looking to access education or training can do so in an affordable way, and I hope that bus companies will top up that discount to something even more generous."
The deputy PM added: "Young people are required to stay in school until they are 18, but we haven't done enough to give them the support that they need to do that - literally to help them get from A to B."
He rejected reports that free bus travel for pensioners would be axed by the Lib Dems if they got into power "not least because these bus passes help keep the buses running, and because we know how much older people rely on public transport".
But he did confirm that the young people's bus passes would be paid for by removing the free TV licences and winter fuel allowance from pensioners paying higher rate tax.
"I know there are people who say you mustn't touch so-called universal pensioner benefits because politically it's too risky. We don't agree. What are effectively benefits for the rich and retired cannot be justified when there are so many young people struggling to get on their feet."
Other measures in the Lib Dems' 80-page document include 15 hours of free childcare for every two-year-old in England, a "Daddy month" of paternity leave and guaranteed education spending.
The party is also promising to end imprisonment for people found carrying a small amount of drugs for personal use and to set up a commission to assess the effectiveness of current drugs laws and alternative approaches, including punishment by civil penalties rather than a criminal conviction and the case for licensed cannabis shops.
All the plans are subject to approval by the party's annual conference in Glasgow in October, but are likely to form the bulk of the party's campaign manifesto next year.
Mr Clegg said the party's proposals were "credible and deliverable", saying: "We've learnt our lesson from tuition fees - and we've learnt it the hard way. There will be no repeat of that mistake."
Labour's deputy leader Harriet Harman said: "Nick Clegg has once again shown what we all know - his government has let down working people. People will judge the Lib Dems on their record of broken promises and failure.
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The building is to be developed on a site between Longman Road and Burnett Road to the north of Burnett Road Police Station.
The new centre would allow the courts service to move out of historic Inverness Castle.
The Scottish government is to fund the construction of the new two-storey Inverness Justice Centre.
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Douglas Carswell also told the BBC's Sunday Politics that the party needed to ensure it got the "tone" right in order to attract more voters.
It comes after Mr Carswell said in an article in the Times on Saturday that Mr Farage "needs to take a break now".
A bitter internal row has developed within UKIP after Mr Farage's resignation was rejected by the party.
Mr Carswell said: "I'm suggesting he takes a break as leader. I'm not suggesting he takes a break from being leader.
"Clearly the national executive has the authority, they're the ruling body.
"I'm told that they made a decision. I'm told it was a procedurally correct decision, he is the leader but I think it's important that as leader he takes a break and I think it's important that we work out how these complex questions are answered by a team.
"No one person has all the answers. I'm particularly concerned about tone, making sure we get a tone that ensures that the 27 million people who didn't vote for UKIP last week may be persuaded to vote for us in future."
The party has been beset by wrangling since Mr Farage agreed to stay on as leader, days after standing down after failing to get elected in Thanet South.
He had pledged before the general election that he would quit the post if he failed to get elected to Parliament.
Senior aide Matthew Richardson has left the party, following claims from MEP Patrick O'Flynn that Mr Farage had fallen under the influence of "inexperienced" advisers.
UKIP has also confirmed the departure of Mr Farage's chief of staff Raheem Kassam.
Mr Farage ruled out quitting as leader on BBC's Question Time on Thursday, saying he had "phenomenal" support, and has challenged his critics to decide whether they want to stay in the party.
In his article, Mr Carswell had said that "knowing how difficult it is to lead a party makes me admire Nigel Farage all the more".
"I know that I never could," he added, stressing that he would find it "impossible to simultaneously lead UKIP, be the voice of the party in the Commons, represent my Clacton constituents and at the same time be a husband and a dad".
However, he said that "even leaders need to take a break", adding: "Nigel needs to take a break now."
UKIP got nearly four million votes at the election, but returned only one MP - former Conservative Mr Carswell in the Clacton constituency. | Nigel Farage should take a break "as leader" of UKIP but not a break from being leader, the party's only MP says. | 32771030 | [
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Sea Watch said men from the speedboat boarded the dinghy and beat migrants with sticks, causing a "mass panic".
At least four of the 150 people on board the dinghy fell into the water and drowned, Sea Watch said.
A spokesman for Libya's naval forces in Tripoli said he had not heard about the incident.
The motive for the attack was not clear, but Ruben Neugebauer, a spokesman for Sea Watch, said the attackers were attempting to steal the dinghy's engine.
Mr Neugebauer said that 25 people remained missing.
Sea Watch, a German organisation, said in a statement: "The violent intervention of the Libyan Coast Guard caused a situation of mass panic on board the rubber boat in distress.
"One tube of the rubber boat collapsed, causing the majority of the 150 people to slip into the water."
About 120 people were rescued and brought aboard the Sea Watch 2 ship. Four were unconscious and receiving treatment.
Italy's coast guard confirmed that Sea Watch had been involved in some of the nine rescue operations taking place on Friday.
Both the Libyan and Italian coast guards said they had received no information about the attack yet.
Italy has taken in more than 146,000 boat migrants so far this year and is on track to see more arrivals than last year, when 153,000 arrived.
In August, the Doctors Without Borders humanitarian group, which operates rescue ships off the coast of Libya, said it was attacked by armed men on a Libyan navy boat.
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David Jacques, from the University of Buckingham, made the discovery at Blick Mead in October, and said the carbon dating results had just been confirmed.
But he also raised concerns about possible damage to the site over plans to build a road tunnel past Stonehenge.
The Department of Transport said it would "consult before any building".
The Blick Mead site is about 1.5 miles (2.4km) from Stonehenge and archaeologists said "scientifically tested charcoal" dug up from the site had "revealed that it dated from around 4000 BC".
David Jacques said the dig had also found "evidence of feasting" including burnt flints, tools and remains of giant cattle, known as aurochs, which were eaten by early hunter gatherers.
Mr Jacques said: "British pre-history may have to be rewritten. This is the latest dated Mesolithic encampment ever found in the UK.
"Blick Mead site connects the early hunter gatherer groups returning to Britain after the Ice Age to the Stonehenge area, all the way through to the Neolithic in the late 5th Millennium BC.
"But our only chance to find out about the earliest chapter of Britain's history could be wrecked if the tunnel goes ahead."
Andy Rhind-Tutt, a former mayor and current chairman of Amesbury Museum, which part-funded the dig, said the discovery could "provide what archaeologists have been searching for centuries - the answer to the story of the pre-history of Stonehenge."
Earlier this month, the government announced funding for a 1.8-mile (2.9km) tunnel to remove congestion from the main road past Stonehenge.
A Department for Transport spokesman said: "As with any road scheme, we will consult with interested parties before any building begins on the A303.
"English Heritage and National Trust are supportive of our plans, and we will ensure sites of cultural or historical significance are safeguarded as we progress with the upgrade." | Archaeologists working on a site near Stonehenge say they have found an untouched 6,000-year-old encampment which "could rewrite British history". | 30540914 | [
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Chinese shares saw the biggest falls in the region with the Shanghai Composite closing down 2.8% at 4,112.21 - marking a third day of declines.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng was down 1.3% at 27,289.97 - falling for the sixth day.
Several companies on the mainland have announced share offerings through the week, leading investors to pull funds from other stocks.
Investors were also worried about reported new moves by regulators to cool China's market, such as capping the size of margin financing and limiting the type of stocks investors can buy with borrowed money.
In Japan, the benchmark Nikkei 225 closed down 1.23% at 19,291.99 after being closed all week for a holiday.
Australia's benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index closed down 0.82% at 5,645.70.
Shares in Australia had suffered their biggest one-day fall in more than two years on Wednesday following disappointing results from Australia's biggest banks.
Investors are concerned about the country's big four banks facing slower growth.
National Australia Bank (NAB), the last of the big banks to announce their results this week, reported a 5.4% rise in cash profit for the six months to March.
It also announced a 5.5bn Australian dollar ($4.4bn; £2.8bn) capital-raising exercise which will involve the selling of new shares.
NAB wants to demerge and float its troubled British bank, Clydesdale, and shore up its balance sheet.
The lender's capital-raising announcement has been reported by some of Australia's media as being the largest in the country's corporate history.
Also weighing on investor confidence were the latest figures on Australia's unemployment rate, which showed a slight rise to 6.2% in April.
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Gordon Thomson, 37, said he splashed two basins of water on Russell Findlay after the incident outside his home.
Mr Thomson also told the High Court in Glasgow that one of the accused, William Burns, 56, was at the scene.
Mr Burns and Alexander Porter, 48, deny attacking the paper's investigations editor in Glasgow on 23 December 2015.
Mr Thomson told the court that he heard a child screaming at about 08:30 and "it was more distressed than playful".
He said he looked out of his window and saw his neighbour, Mr Findlay, wrestling with another man on the ground.
The witness said: "I initially thought it was a burglary. I ran down the stairs and by the time I arrived there Russell was asking the gentleman certain questions."
Mr Thomson told the jury that Mr Findlay was sitting astride the man who was on his back and struggling to get free.
He said that lying nearby was a red Royal Mail jacket and delivery bag and a broken set of false teeth.
The court has previously heard Mr Findlay say that his attacker claimed to be a postman who needed a signature for a parcel, before splashing a "corrosive liquid" on him.
In court, Mr Thomson identified the man on the ground struggling with Mr Findlay as Mr Burns.
Mr Thomson said that Mr Findlay told him he was an investigative reporter and someone had sent a hit on him and had thrown a substance in his face.
The witness said he asked if there was anything he could do and was told by Mr Findlay to fetch water to try to wash the acid off his face.
He added: "His face, the right hand side, was starting to blister and his right eye was starting to close over and was very bloodshot."
The neighbour told the court that he splashed two basins of water over Mr Findlay's face before ambulance staff took over.
Mr Thomson was asked if he heard the man he identified as Mr Burns say anything about who had sent him, and replied: "As he was being led away I heard the words 'Jamie boy sends his regards' or words to that effect."
Under cross-examination Mr Thomson was asked if he heard that or had been told that by Mr Findlay and replied: "It's my recollection that I heard it, but possibly."
PC David Ross later told the court that when Mr Burns was searched after being detained he was wearing two pairs of gloves - one black woolly pair and below that a clear pair of vinyl gloves.
Eye specialist Dr Katheravelu Ramash also gave evidence.
Asked what would have happened if the liquid thrown was sulphuric acid and prompt treatment had not followed, Dr Ramash replied: "He could have lost the eyesight in that eye."
Mr Burns and Mr Porter deny assaulting Mr Findlay to the danger of his life by throwing sulphuric acid on his face.
They also also deny shooting and attempting to murder Ross Sherlock near St Helen's Primary in Bishopbriggs on 24 September 2015.
The trial before Judge Sean Murphy QC continues. | A neighbour who came to the aid of a Scottish Sun journalist after he had acid thrown on him has told a court how his face began to blister afterwards. | 38534792 | [
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Officers believe the local man, who was working at Fruehauf on Houghton Road, fell from a cherry picker at about 13:45 GMT on Thursday.
Lincolnshire Police said it was carrying out a joint inquiry with the Health and Safety Executive.
The company was cooperating fully with the investigation, the force added. | Police are investigating the death of a 64-year-old man who died after an industrial incident in Grantham. | 35644259 | [
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The Markit/CIPS purchasing managers' index showed activity in UK services recorded the biggest month-on-month rise in the survey's history.
At one stage the pound hit $1.3372 against the dollar, but slipped back to trade at $1.3312, a rise of just 0.13%.
Some analysts think the data indicates the UK might avoid recession later this year.
"The prospect of sterling strength is on the horizon as today's PMI figures suggest that the reported fall in activity following the EU referendum may have been a blip," said Ranko Berich, from Monex Europe.
"They do change the likelihood of a severe economic contraction in the third quarter, which previously seemed all but assured for many observers," he added.
Other analysts warned not to read too much into the latest numbers.
"These PMIs are only surveys - more hard economic data over the coming months will be crucial. It's easy to read to too much into a survey for a single month. We are not out of the woods yet," said Neil Wilson, markets analyst at ETX Capital.
The FTSE 100 was not moved much by the data. It eased lower, falling by 15 points to 6,879.
Banks weighed on the index, with Royal Bank of Scotland falling by 3.5% and Lloyds Banking Group down 2.1%.
Those shares fell after negative comments from analysts at Deutsche Bank.
Mining shares were a bright spot on the FTSE 100. BHP Billiton was up 1.3% and Randgold Resources rose 1.6%.
Shares in Marks and Spencer fell 1.4% following confirmation that it plans to cut more than 500 jobs at its head office.
US financial markets were closed for Labor Day. | (Close): The pound has lost some of the sharp gains made against the dollar after strong data on UK services. | 37274268 | [
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He was minister of information for the group, and oversaw the production of propaganda videos showing executions.
A statement posted online did not say when, where or how he had died.
The Pentagon last month said an air strike killed him near Raqqa in Syria on 7 September.
He was among the few remaining founding members of IS, and had reportedly played a leading role in setting up the jihadist group's key media outfits, including Amaq news agency, and in launching its multilingual magazines, such as Dabiq.
Born Wa'il Adil Hasan Salman al-Fayad in Iraq, his nickname 'al-Furqan' is thought to be derived from his reported role in running al-Furqan Media Foundation - IS's long-standing media arm.
The media chief, who was known as an ultra hard-liner, had also been a member of the IS leadership group, the Shura Council.
Experts say he had no public profile prior to his death, nor was he officially mentioned by IS before.
Such secrecy is thought to be in line with the group's policy on most of its top figures during their lifetime.
The confirmation of his death comes at a time when research shows that the volume of IS propaganda is in decline.
A new study, by the Combating Terrorism Centre of the US military academy at West Point, logged fewer than 200 items in August, down from a peak of more than 700 the year before.
Abu Mohammed al-Furqan was a close associate of another one of the group's propagandists, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, who was killed in an air strike in August.
Adnani was one of the group's most high-profile figures with a $5m (£4m) bounty on his head.
"The removal of ISIL's senior leaders degrades its ability to retain territory, and its ability to plan, finance, and direct attacks inside and outside of the region," the Pentagon said in a statement, using an alternative name for IS. | The Islamic State group (IS) has confirmed the death last month of one of its most senior leaders, Abu Mohammed al-Furqan. | 37619225 | [
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It's that time when clubs scramble to strengthen their squads, to find a player who can shoot them to glory or one who can save them from relegation.
Some are flops soon to be forgotten, while others go on to become club legends.
But who has been the best January signing? We are not just talking goals, but their value and contribution to the club.
Take a look at our shortlist below and decide for yourself.
Who do you think is the best January signing? Use the selector below to pick from our shortlist. Once you are done download your image and share with your friends. | The January transfer window is about to close for another year. | 38755088 | [
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The 38 year old was arrested on Friday on suspicion of preventing a lawful burial and perverting the course of justice.
The Met said the child had not been seen in the 11 years since its disappearance was first reported.
A woman, 31, previously charged in connection with the investigation, appeared in court in July.
Victoria Gayle, 31, previously of West Hendon, north London, was charged after police discovered the remains of another baby at a home in West Hendon in June.
A post-mortem examination at Great Ormond Street Hospital was unable to determine the cause of the child's death.
Ms Gayle is due to appear in court again in later this month.
A 50-year-old woman and a 52-year-old man remain on bail. | Police investigating the disappearance of a baby born in north London in 2004 have arrested a man in Hertfordshire. | 37396038 | [
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The discovery was made by a man who was carrying out gardening work at his home in Killakee, Firhouse. He reported the find to officers on Tuesday evening.
A police spokesman said a preliminary examination indicated it may have been in the ground for "up to 70 years".
They said they believed it was the skull of an adult aged between 18 and 40.
The scene has been cordoned off for examination by the state pathologist and a forensic anthropologist.
DNA testing is to be carried out in a bid to establish the identity of the remains.
Gardaà said they will review missing person records as part of their inquiry.
However, they added that no link to any missing person had been made "at this early stage of the investigation". | A human skull has been found in the garden of a house in County Dublin, gardaà (Irish police) have said. | 36787081 | [
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Roger Hamer, died from head injuries, a month after the accident on Bury New Road, Ramsbottom, in March 2016.
The Rochdale Coroner's Court jury's narrative verdict found "inconsistencies" in the way Bury Council dealt with some road repairs.
Lessons had been learned and the road would be resurfaced, the council said.
Catherine James, of solicitors Irwin Mitchell, said legal action had started by Mr Hamer's family against the council.
Mr Hamer's daughter Ruth Topping said: "I hope the authorities will learn lessons as I do not want my father to have died in vain.
"I do not want any other family to suffer like we have suffered or like my father suffered - he had an horrific death."
The jury found that hitting a pothole had probably contributed to Mr Hamer, from Ramsbottom, coming off his bike on a road which had several defects.
Its narrative verdict said Bury Council had "followed repair guidelines" but found there had been inconsistencies in the way it dealt with some repairs.
The authority said it had learned lessons and was improving its training. It added that Bury New Road would be fully resurfaced by next March.
The coroner is writing to both the Department of Transport and Bury Council highlighting a number of concerns raised during the inquest. | An 83-year-old cyclist who was flung 20m (65ft) from his bike and later died "probably" hit a pothole, an inquest jury found. | 40905107 | [
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London turned down the chance to host the Grand Depart, citing the cost of staging the event - reported to be about £35m - as the reason.
It will be the first time since West Berlin in 1987 that Germany has hosted the opening stage of road cycling's premier race.
La Manche in north-west France will host the 2016 Grand Depart.
This 2015 event started in the Dutch city of Utrecht, a year after thousands came to Leeds to watch the cyclists set off. | The 2017 Tour de France will begin in the German city of Dusseldorf, it has been announced. | 35160200 | [
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The pre-tournament favourites - last knocked out of this competition in 1993 - had led when Isabel Kerschowski fired in early on.
But Nadia Nadim nodded Denmark level after half-time and Theresa Nielsen's late header completed the comeback.
It is only Germany's third loss in the 26-year history of the competition.
The Olympic champions - ranked second in the world - created plenty of chances but were also frequently opened up at the back by a Denmark side who, after a nervy start, became increasingly dangerous.
The opener came courtesy of a goalkeeping error, as Stina Lykke Petersen misjudged Kerschowski's fierce shot from the edge of the area and could only parry the German's shot in to the net.
After the break, Germany hesitated when they thought they had conceded a free-kick only for the referee to play an advantage that Denmark took, with Portland Thorns forward Nadim jumping well at the far post to nod in the equaliser.
Plenty of openings for both sides followed as the game became stretched with the prospect of extra time looming.
Another right-wing cross found Nielsen unmarked in the Germany penalty area on 83 minutes and she headed in to spark wild Danish celebrations.
The result guaranteed that the tournament will have a different winner for the first time since Norway's triumph in 1993, with Germany having won the following six European Championships.
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The match had to be rescheduled for 11:00 BST on Sunday after torrential rain fell on Saturday night in Rotterdam.
That meant the quarter-final was one of three to take place on Sunday.
Austria beat Spain in a shootout after the sides drew 0-0, meaning they will face the Danes in the semis.
And England beat France 1-0 to secure a meeting with hosts Netherlands, who booked their place in the last four on Saturday with a win over Sweden.
Match ends, Germany 1, Denmark Women 2.
Second Half ends, Germany 1, Denmark Women 2.
Attempt missed. Isabel Kerschowski (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Corner, Germany. Conceded by Theresa Nielsen.
Offside, Denmark Women. Pernille Harder tries a through ball, but Nadia Nadim is caught offside.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Germany. Lena Petermann replaces Linda Dallmann.
Delay in match Theresa Nielsen (Denmark Women) because of an injury.
Attempt saved. Anja Mittag (Germany) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Anna Blässe.
Attempt blocked. Lena Goeßling (Germany) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Linda Dallmann (Germany) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lina Magull.
Attempt missed. Nadia Nadim (Denmark Women) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Katrine Veje.
Goal! Germany 1, Denmark Women 2. Theresa Nielsen (Denmark Women) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Frederikke Thøgersen with a cross.
Foul by Dzsenifer Marozsán (Germany).
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Corner, Germany. Conceded by Sanne Troelsgaard.
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Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Nadia Nadim (Denmark Women) because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Anja Mittag (Germany) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Sara Däbritz with a cross.
Attempt missed. Anja Mittag (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Lina Magull.
Attempt blocked. Sara Däbritz (Germany) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Denmark Women. Cecilie Sandvej replaces Line Røddik Hansen.
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Substitution, Denmark Women. Frederikke Thøgersen replaces Maja Kildemoes.
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Foul by Pernille Harder (Denmark Women).
Katrine Veje (Denmark Women) hits the bar with a left footed shot from very close range. Assisted by Nadia Nadim with a cross.
Corner, Germany. Conceded by Stina Lykke Petersen. | Germany's bid for a seventh consecutive European Championship title is over after Denmark fought back to win an entertaining Euro 2017 quarter-final. | 40765453 | [
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St Elijah's stood on a hill near the northern city of Mosul for 1,400 years.
But analysts said the images, obtained by the Associated Press, suggested it had been demolished in late 2014, soon after IS seized the city.
A Catholic priest from Mosul warned that its Christian history was "being barbarically levelled".
"We see it as an attempt to expel us from Iraq, eliminating and finishing our existence in this land," said Father Paul Thabit Habib, who now lives in Kurdish-administered Irbil.
IS has targeted Christians in Iraq and neighbouring Syria, seizing their property and forcing them to convert to Islam, pay a special tax or flee.
The group has also demolished a number of monasteries and churches, as well as renowned pre-Islamic sites including Nimrud, Hatra and Nineveh in Iraq and Palmyra in Syria.
St Elijah's Monastery, or Deir Mar Elia, was believed to have been constructed by Assyrian monks in the late 6th Century. It was later claimed by a Chaldean Catholic order.
In 1743, its monks were given an ultimatum by Persian forces to convert to Islam. They refused and as many as 150 were massacred.
Had it not been for these satellite images, we would probably not have learnt about the monastery's destruction. This is because journalists and archaeologists cannot go to IS-controlled areas for security reasons. But more importantly, IS did not release any video on its propaganda outlets showing the demolition of this particular ancient site.
The jihadists have released footage showing themselves destroying shrines, churches and antiquities with sledgehammers and dynamite. More than 100 churches and monasteries have been razed to the ground in Mosul and the predominantly Christian villages surrounding it, like Bashiqa and Qaraqosh, since they took control of the area in 2014.
The militants believe that Islam is the only religion that must be adopted by the followers of other faiths. And that is why they have targeted minorities and destroyed their places of worship. Those who have remained in these areas have been forced to choose between conversion and execution.
Why IS destroys ancient sites
Palmyra: Blowing ruins to rubble
Understanding sadness at loss of sites
Fr Thabit told AP that the monastery "became a spiritual place for Christians to visit and to have religious ceremonies, and to ask forgiveness from the saint who founded this monastery".
"The monastery attracted all the people from Mosul - Christians and Muslims. All the poets, historians and travellers wrote about this monastery," he added. "It became a very important place for the history of the Church in Iraq."
In the 1970s, the monastery became a base for the Iraqi Republican Guard, and in 2003 one of its walls was damaged by the impact of a T-72 tank turret that was hit by a missile during the US-led invasion of Iraq.
The US Army used the monastery as a base itself, before a chaplain recognised its importance and a commander ordered it to be cleared.
Stephen Wood of Allsource Analysis told AP that the satellite images published on Wednesday suggested the monastery was destroyed between August and September 2014, two to three months after IS captured Mosul and ordered Christians who had not already fled to leave.
The images showed "that the stone walls have been literally pulverized", Mr Wood said. "Bulldozers, heavy equipment, sledgehammers, possibly explosives turned those stone walls into this field of grey-white dust. They destroyed it completely."
A security source in Nineveh province separately confirmed to the BBC on Wednesday that IS militants had blown up the monastery, completely destroying it. | Satellite images confirm that the oldest Christian monastery in Iraq has been destroyed by the jihadist group Islamic State (IS). | 35360415 | [
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Cardiff narrowly missed out on the Championship play-offs last term, finishing eighth in the table.
But under new head coach Paul Trollope, Pilkington thinks the Welsh side are capable of better.
"We fell just short [last season] and we were all really disappointed with that. We felt we had the squad to get in the play-offs definitely," he said.
"It's going to be a tough season again, just like it was last year, but hopefully we can be right up there come the end of the season."
Pilkington, 28, scored Cardiff's first goal in their 4-0 friendly win at Shrewsbury on Saturday.
The Republic of Ireland international played in attack, having moved from the wing to a central forward role last season.
Pilkington made the transition under former Cardiff boss Russell Slade, who was replaced by Trollope in May.
Trollope had been working under Slade before then, and Pilkington believes that smooth transition has helped the Bluebirds in their preparations for the new campaign.
"The gaffer was working with us last season so we know how he works," he added.
"We know what he's about and we know we have to be on our toes all the time.
"He's come in and changed a few things. It's been good up to now so hopefully we can carry on working really well." | Cardiff City forward Anthony Pilkington believes the Bluebirds can challenge for promotion this season. | 36820262 | [
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Estimated figures from its Federal Statistical Office said gross domestic product was 1.9% higher last year than in 2015.
The annual figure is based on an early estimated that growth was around 0.5% in the fourth quarter.
However, the actual fourth quarter figure will not be released until early next month.
The 1.9% figure for 2016 was slightly above expectations, and builds on the growth rate of 1.6% in 2014 and 1.7% for 2015.
Germany's exports were up by 2.4%, but that was outstripped by import growth of 3.4%.
Household spending grew by 2%, while government spending was up by 4.2%, partly because of an increase in spending on assisting the vast numbers of asylum seekers the country has taken on.
The country has enjoyed seven years of economic growth. Unusually for a developed country, it has a budget surplus.
Last year's totalled 0.6% of gross domestic product, down a touch on 2015's 0.7%. | Germany's economy stepped up its pace of growth in 2016, thanks to higher household and government spending. | 38596368 | [
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Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) said Ahmad Mohammed al-Mousa was killed by a group of masked men in the rebel-held city of Idlib on Wednesday.
The group have no further details, but at least two other members have been killed by IS militants since 2014.
RBSS was honoured last month by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
The New York-based organisation condemned Mr Mousa's murder.
"Just a few weeks ago, nearly 900 journalists, press freedom advocates, and supporters attending CPJ's International Press Freedom Awards stood together in solidarity with Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently. Today we are all standing together again, this time in mourning," said CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon.
Earlier this year, IS claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of Mr Mousa's father and four other Syrians accused of being members of RBSS.
In October, RBSS member Ibrahim Abdul Qader was killed by IS militants, along with fellow journalist Fares Hamadi, in south-eastern Turkey.
IS subsequently published a video showing one of the men with his throat cut, and warned: "You will not be safe from the knife of the Islamic State. Our hand will reach you wherever you are."
RBSS is one of the few independent sources of news left in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, which IS has controlled since August 2013 and serves as the de facto capital of the "caliphate" whose creation the group proclaimed in June 2014. | Another member of a Syrian activist group that reports on the activities of the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) in the city of Raqqa has been murdered. | 35122224 | [
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If made law, the measure will put a 20% ceiling on any foreign stakes in Russian media, including those held indirectly through Russian partners.
Russia's main media outlets are state-owned or controlled by loyal oligarchs.
But top Putin ally Sergei Zheleznyak said Russia was facing "an information war unleashed against the country".
Russian TV news has accused the Ukrainian government of provoking clashes in eastern Ukraine through acts of aggression, including indiscriminate shelling of civilians.
The Kiev government blames pro-Russian separatists for the violence, and says Russia has fomented it by supplying soldiers and heavy weapons to the rebels.
The media bill is to go before Duma (lower house) deputies on 23 September, Itar-Tass news agency reports.
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The bill is highly likely to become law as it was proposed by MPs who usually support the pro-Kremlin group United Russia.
BBC Monitoring reports that foreigners directly own stakes in some Russian mainstream media: | A bill to restrict foreign ownership in Russia's media will soon go before the parliament, which is dominated by MPs loyal to President Vladimir Putin. | 29250876 | [
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Artis Sterkis, 37, collapsed on the Peterhead-registered Starlight Rays.
He was taken to hospital by rescue helicopter after the incident in August 2011, but he never regained consciousness.
James Thores was fined at Elgin Sheriff Court after admitting a fishing vessel health and safety breach.
The £20,000 fine was reduced from £30,000 because of the guilty plea.
Starlight Rays featured in the BBC television series Trawlermen, and was performing stand-by duties for the oil industry when the incident happened in the Devenick field, 155 miles off Aberdeen.
An earlier Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) report said the pump's petrol engine ran for more than an hour in a compartment with no mechanical ventilation and little natural air circulation.
Speaking after Thursday's sentencing, Captain Bill Bennett, of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, said: 'The dangers of using of a petrol engine in a confined space are well known." | A fishing boat skipper and owner has been fined £20,000 after a crewman died from carbon monoxide poisoning while trying to pump out water. | 34732652 | [
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Colin Lochrie, 31, targeted the aircraft on 28 November 2013, causing the pilot to take evasive action.
He was caught after officers were alerted and traced Lochrie to his home in the city's west end.
Glasgow Sheriff Court heard that the aircraft was piloted by Captain David Traill the day before he died in the Clutha crash. Nine others also died.
Jailing Lochrie, Sheriff Bill Totten told him: "I wish to emphasise that this is not a case in which Mr Lochrie made a deliberate attempt to impair the pilot's vision."
He told him that he did deliberately shine the laser beam at the helicopter and has accepted his guilt and "there is a clear need to punish anyone who commits this serious crime".
Lochrie was jailed for 14 months, reduced from 18 months for pleading guilty.
The court heard that the helicopter was targeted at about 16:45 while returning from a task in the Dumbarton area.
As it flew over the west end of Glasgow, the pilot and crew, Constables Niall McLaren and David Graham, became aware of the green laser light beam being directed towards the helicopter.
The light beam repeatedly illuminated the cockpit and the court was told that Captain Traill took evasive action to avoid his vision being impaired.
Footage from the police helicopter was played to the court showing a green laser light being repeatedly shone towards the cockpit.
Information about the incident was passed to officers who were on foot patrol locally.
They were able to identify a particular room within a tenement block at Cecil Street in the west end of Glasgow.
Lochrie answered the door to the police and told them: "I was shining the laser at the helicopter because I wanted to see what it was doing.
"It wasn't meant to put people in danger"
He handed over the laser pen and was arrested.
The court heard that Lochrie bought the pen from an online retailer and used it when he occasionally gave some lectures to friends in relation to Zen Buddhism." | A man who admitted shining a laser pen at a police helicopter flying over Glasgow has been jailed for 14 months. | 35935292 | [
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