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Sarah Johnson was one of 21 women heading to Liverpool when their minibus was hit by a lorry on the M62.
Her friend Bethany Jones, 18, was killed while Ms Johnson and several others were badly hurt.
Minibus driver James Johnson was jailed for more than six years for causing Bethany's death, in April 2013.
Ms Johnson, who broke her shoulder, back and pelvis, said the help she received from a charity while in hospital led her to want to support others.
Speaking publicly for the first time about the crash, Ms Johnson described how everyone was "excited and giddy" for the hen party.
"To me the impact was just a massive explosion," she said. "I thought the bus had blown up.
"I remember the bus dropping on its side. The next thing, I woke up on the roadside so I'd actually come out of the window."
Ms Johnson was taken to Leeds General Infirmary where she, along with Bethany's sister Amy Firth, underwent major surgery and spent time in intensive care.
Whilst she was there she got support from charity Day One, which helps victims of major trauma.
She said: "It's absolutely fantastic.
"It supports people by giving benefit advice, legal advice and peer support such as me and Amy, who have been in similar situations and who are now helping other people who've suffered from major trauma."
Ms Johnson said the crash had made her realise how lucky she had been.
"Beth can't complain, she's not here," she added. "We just have to be grateful for what we've got." | A woman who was seriously hurt in a fatal hen party motorway crash is now helping other major trauma victims rebuild their lives. | 34363226 | [
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Four days after the launch of the anti-corruption move, long queues continue outside ATMs as people try to exchange the 500 ($7) and 1,000 notes.
"It had to be done suddenly but I never thought I will receive blessings for this," Mr Modi said.
He hinted that other measures aimed at fighting corruption and the black economy might follow.
Urging people to be patient, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that it would take a few weeks for banks and ATMs to completely replace the old notes, estimated to make up some 85% of the total currency in circulation.
Mr Jaitley said that nearly $30bn in the old notes had so far been deposited in banks across the country.
But chaotic scenes can still be witnessed outside banks as public patience is beginning to wear out, says the BBC's Sanjoy Majumder in Delhi.
Some traders and small business owners have threatened to go on strike because they have been badly affected, our correspondent says.
The opposition has also been critical of the move, saying the rural and urban poor have been hit hardest.
But Mr Modi thanked his fellow countrymen who had "accepted the decision in national interest".
And he warned that there was "no guarantee" that new measures would not follow after the note-exchange scheme ends on 30 December.
He said "no-one would be spared" in the drive against corruption. But "honest people will not face any problem", he added.
After Mr Modi's surprise announcement on Tuesday night, the banks were closed on Wednesday.
Thousands of panicked Indians have been flocking to banks since they reopened on Thursday.
There are limits on cash withdrawals from ATMs and banks.
The 500 ($7; £6) and 1,000 ($15; £12) rupee notes are the highest denomination notes in the country and are extremely common in India. Airports, railway stations, hospitals and fuel stations will only accept them until the end of today.
People will be able to exchange their money at banks between 10 November and 30 December.
The actual figure is unclear but correspondents say the issue of "black money" - which may have been acquired corruptly, or is being withheld from the tax authorities - is a huge problem. India's government hopes to flush out tax evaders and make money that is unaccounted for visible for tax purposes. There have been reports of tax raids in many parts of India.
An individual can put as much as he or she likes into the bank - but withdrawals are limited so the banking system may end up being flooded with cash.
Government guidelines say it is possible to exchange up to 4,000 rupees per day up to 24 November - anything over this will be subject to tax laws. People can also withdraw up to 10,000 rupees from a bank per day and a maximum of 20,000 rupees per week.
New 2,000 and 500 rupee denomination notes with new security features are being given to people to replace those removed from circulation.
A new 1,000 rupee note "with a new dimension and design" will also be introduced in due course, a senior government official said on Thursday.
They can purchase foreign exchange equivalent to 5,000 rupees using these bank notes at airport exchange counters until midnight on Friday. | The plan to withdraw high-value rupee notes in India had to be kept secret, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said. | 37961975 | [
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The pair appeared in front of thousands of fans at a news conference in Los Angeles - the first of four events called to promote the Las Vegas fight.
"The movement, power, ferociousness - he has not experienced this," said UFC lightweight champion McGregor, 28.
Mayweather replied: "I guarantee you're going out on your face or your back."
The former five-weight world champion, 40, said he was an "old man" but "still had enough" to beat McGregor, who has never boxed professionally.
He teased McGregor, claiming he "only made $3m in his last fight" and referenced the Irishman's submission defeat by Nate Diaz in 2016, his only loss since joining UFC three years earlier.
"We know 'Mr Tap Out' likes to quit and you will wave that white flag," added Mayweather.
McGregor's suit for the event contained pin-stripes which were comprised of an offensive two-word insult.
He was first to break the silence as the pair stared at one another following lengthy walks to the stage. He began dancing in front of Mayweather before both addressed the crowd with expletive-laden speeches.
"His little legs, little core, little head, I'm going to knock him out inside four rounds, mark my words," said McGregor. "I'm a young, confident, happy man that has worked extremely hard for this."
Dublin-born McGregor said the boxing match offered "a limited set of rules" and pointed to demands he says Mayweather's team have made in agreeing to a fight which will reportedly earn each man around $100m (£78.5m)
He added: "All these rules and restrictions - the gloves have to be 10oz, give him the gloves, no problem. No Mexican-made gloves, no problem. No gloves made of horse hair, fine. All I need is a gum shield, line me up to the ring and I'm good to go."
The fight has drawn criticism from some within boxing given McGregor's lack of record within the sport.
As both men took to the stage, their appearance was the top trend globally on Twitter.
Mayweather retired from boxing after taking his record to 49 fights unbeaten with victory over Andre Berto in 2015.
He has held 11 major world titles but has not stopped an opponent inside the distance since 2011, a point McGregor referenced on stage.
The two men will appear at further promotional events in Toronto, Canada, on Wednesday, Brooklyn, New York, on Thursday and London on Friday. | Conor McGregor promised to knock out Floyd Mayweather inside four rounds when they faced off for the first time to promote their 26 August bout. | 40577417 | [
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The apartheid government eventually negotiated itself out of power after decades of international isolation, armed opposition and mass protests.
The democratically-elected leadership encouraged reconciliation and set about redressing social imbalances.
Population 50.7 million
Area 1.22 million sq km (470,693 sq miles)
Major languages 11 official languages including English, Afrikaans, Sesotho, Setswana, Xhosa and Zulu
Religions Christianity, Islam, indigenous beliefs
Life expectancy 53 years (men), 54 years (women)
Currency Rand
President: Jacob Zuma
The leader of the ruling African National Congress party, Jacob Zuma, was chosen president by the newly-elected parliament in May 2009.
He has spent his entire adult life since 1959 in the service of the ANC. He joined its armed wing Umkhonto we Sizwe in 1962 and spent ten years in prison for conspiracy to overthrow the apartheid-era government.
After his release he left South Africa and was a leading figure in the ANC abroad until he returned home in 1990 to take part in the talks that brought apartheid to an end.
Mr Zuma has been at the centre of numerous controversies: He was named in a corruption case related to a major arms deal; he said he showered after sex with an HIV-positive woman to reduce his risk of being infected and he was accused of using public funds to make improvements to his private home at Nkandla.
South Africa is the continent's major media player, and its broadcasters and press reflect the diversity of its people.
Established state-run and commercial TV broadcast nationally, and hundreds of thousands of viewers subscribe to satellite and cable. South Africa-based MultiChoice markets satellite pay-TV in dozens of African countries.
Some key events in South Africa's history:
1910 - Formation of Union of South Africa by former British colonies of the Cape and Natal, and the Boer republics of Transvaal, and Orange Free State.
1912 - Native National Congress founded, later renamed the African National Congress (ANC).
1948 - Policy of apartheid (separateness) is adopted when National Party (NP) takes power.
1960 - Seventy black demonstrators killed at Sharpeville. ANC banned.
1976 - More than 600 killed in clashes between black protesters and security forces during uprising which starts in Soweto. The challenge to white rule escalates over the years.
1991-1994 - Negotiated end to apartheid leads to first non-racial elections and formation of a Government of National Unity under Nelson Mandela.
2009 May - Parliament elects Jacob Zuma as president. | South Africa has one of the continent's biggest and most developed economies. | 14094760 | [
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Chloe Stott, 18, is the daughter of Katy Stott, who was born 2,000ft above Orkney in 1973 on a special air ambulance flight from the island of Stronsay to Kirkwall.
The aircraft was only a few minutes into the short flight when Katy's mother Freida Devin gave birth.
Chloe said she has always wanted to be a cabin crew attendant.
Thick fog prevented the aircraft from landing in Kirkwall, and Captain Jamie Bayley had to divert to Aberdeen.
The baby was christened Katy Ferguson Leynair Devin, adopting the surname of the late doctor who helped, while inheriting Ley after Captain Bayley and nair from Loganair.
Chloe, who has just moved from Orkney to Aberdeen, said: "I've wanted to be a cabin crew attendant for as long as I can remember.
"It's probably linked to the unusual circumstances in which my mum was born but both of us share this interest.
"My family is originally from Orkney, so it's wonderful to be working for an airline which holds such established roots with the islands and I'm looking forward to working on some of the services operating to Kirkwall."
Mrs Devin, who now lives in Elgin, said: "It's not how I imagined I'd give birth to my third child.
"I knew I was in capable hands, with everyone doing their best to keep me comfortable for the duration of the flight.
"It was only afterwards that I found out Katy was the first baby to be born on an air ambulance, which is an interesting conversation starter.
"I'm still grateful to everyone who was there to assist me on that summer night, over 40 years ago."
Captain Bayley recalled: "You can imagine the noise and stress in the small Islander cabin leading up to this moment and the huge relief at the birth of a healthy baby.
"We diverted to Aberdeen, which was especially opened for us, duly amended the flight plan to add another soul on board and we were greeted on arrival by police and ambulance."
Loganair's managing director Jonathan Hinkles said: "We're delighted to welcome Chloe to our cabin crew team. We are proud to maintain the same emphasis on community service today as back then." | A teenager whose mother was the first baby born on a Loganair plane has become a member of the cabin crew. | 40342666 | [
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Sir Peter Blake received Liverpool's Citizen of Honour at a ceremony at the city's Liver building.
The 84-year-old also gave Mersey ferry Snowdrop a dazzle ship makeover entitled Everybody Razzle Dazzle.
Sir Peter, who was born in Kent, said he hopes Liverpool people will accept him as an "honorary Scouser".
Lord Mayor of Liverpool Roz Gladden said: "Sir Peter has helped shape Liverpool's cultural significance on the global stage for more than five decades - from Sgt Pepper to Everybody Razzle Dazzle.
"His work with The Beatles was one of the seminal moments in popular art in the 20th Century and 50 years on still resonates around the world as we will see with our 50 Summers of Love programme."
She said he had continued to make outstanding contributions to the cultural life of the city "underlining the depth of feeling he has for Liverpool and the city has for him".
Sir Peter said: "As well as my music links with the city, I'm proud of my association with Liverpool Biennial and Tate Liverpool and hope to continue my relationship with the city."
He said he treasures "the warmth and good humour of the people of Liverpool".
Citizen of Honour awards were introduced in 2008 to recognise individuals who have enriched the image of Liverpool and its citizens.
Recent recipients include James Barton, founder of the nightclub brand Cream, and Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts film director David Yates.
The Snowdrop ferry was due to be returned to its original paintwork at the end of 2016 but it has been extended until 2019. | The artist who created the album cover for The Beatles' Sgt Pepper album has been given a top honour in the band's home city. | 39680509 | [
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They own the boundary wall along the River Arun at Arundel, West Sussex, which gave way in January after high tides and heavy rainfall.
But their insurers have refused to pay for repairs and the Environment Agency said it is the owners' responsibility.
Local MP Nick Herbert described it as a "deeply unsatisfactory situation".
Johnny Boylan, who is one of three affected homeowners, said the wall collapsed eight months after he and his partner moved into their house on River Road.
He said they repaired the top section of the wall when they moved in but had not realised at the time they owned the full wall down to the river bed.
"There is no mention of the river wall in our deeds," he said.
"It's an ancient part of the wall and now our insurance company is saying we are not insured because it was neglected."
Mr Boylan and his partner are currently unable to live in the property.
"It's a deeply unsatisfactory situation," Mr Herbert, MP for Arundel and South Downs, said.
"The Environment Agency and the public authorities are saying this is the householders' responsibility.
"That would be fine except that the insurers are saying this is the Environment Agency's responsibility."
He added the "poor policyholders" were now in a position where they may have to meet the bill "of several hundred thousand pounds".
The Environment Agency said its last inspection in September 2015 had not highlighted any "major issues" along the wall.
It said affected homeowners were "co-ordinating how repairs to this private flood defence will be taken forward, and we continue to advise them as appropriate". | Residents who had to evacuate their homes after a river wall collapsed are locked in a dispute over repairs they fear could cost £500,000. | 37352252 | [
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However, that's at the heart of the media's frustration.
The fact is the campaign has become a succession of tightly controlled photo opportunities... by all the main parties.
This has become the hi-vis, hard hat election.
It's been the predictable campaign gear for both David Cameron and George Osborne.
No walkabouts. No risk of a verbal ambush by ordinary voters.
But there's a fascinating side to this election where the campaign can offer raw politics, unplugged... where the voters engage with the politicians seeking their support.
Election hustings have been one of the big successes of this general election.
Magazine Monitor: Where did the word 'hustings' come from?
There have been a record number of them held in churches, according to research by one Christian charity.
I've been to a number of hustings so far and there's one reason why they work. The debates and exchanges are close up and often personal.
Voters are able to question the politicians and get beyond some of the campaign sound bites and slogans.
They also often highlight issues that are just overlooked in the "noise" of national campaigning.
That was the case at a hustings at the All Nations for Christ church in the Normanton area of the Derby South constituency, where the audience were mostly from the city's African Caribbean communities.
On the platform, representatives from all the parties, including Dame Margaret Beckett, who's defending a 6,000 Labour majority in Derby South.
There were questions from the audience on immigration, Europe and schools.
But one question particularly gripped the audience: Why were graduates from the African Caribbean communities three times more likely to be out of a job, six months after leaving university?
The study was carried out by the Bow Group think-tank and Elevation Networks, a youth employment charity, and was based on interviews with 2,500 students over two years.
It also found that black students were not being given the same opportunities as white students.
One angry voice in the audience shouted: "That's outrageous and disgraceful".
It got backing from the Greens.
"That indicates there's some form of discrimination going on in the jobs market," said John Devine, the Green Party candidate for Derbyshire's Amber Valley.
There was a suggestion from one questioner for employers to be forced by law to audit who and where they recruit staff.
A precise solution perhaps required a precise response.
But the Conservatives' Derby South candidate Evonne Williams tiptoed round this one.
"It's something that we haven't considered but I'm happy to take it back to the party," she told the questioner.
And Labour's Dame Margaret?
"We're going to be looking at the Equalities Act to see if it needs modernising and updating. So your suggestion is exactly the kind of idea we will be looking at," she said.
One platform speaker wanted to go much further. Lucy Care, the Lib Dem's candidate for Derby North, suggested that all job application forms should no longer include the person's name.
"We would like to have name blank application forms," she said.
"So all you read is their experience and what they've done. Often the name of the applicant can deter some employers from short listing or recruiting."
As for UKIP's Derby South hopeful Victor Webb, he didn't completely rule out having such a recruitment audit, but: "I wouldn't do this because of the burden of cost and regulation on small businesses."
For this hustings audience, maybe no instant solutions but they got the politicians thinking about their concerns.
"The key is getting people engaged," said Marc Grant, the event organiser.
"It's the first time we've held a hustings at the church."
"We wanted to show why politics is so important to our daily lives and I'm really pleased so many people came along."
Whatever the outcome of this election, the locally organised hustings have emerged as a big campaign winner. | David Cameron has been telling reporters that this election campaign is not about photo opportunities but more about the UK's long term economic revival. | 32451902 | [
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McAllister, 25, missed most of pre-season after ankle surgery and is yet to feature for Shrewsbury this season.
"It's a good move for Macca and one which will hopefully see him play some games," said Town boss Micky Mellon.
"He is an experienced player and really needs to be playing games now that he is fully recovered from his operation." | Stevenage have signed midfielders Jack Jebb and David McAllister on one-month loans from Arsenal and Shrewsbury Town respectively. | 29651435 | [
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The Candystripes cannot now be caught for fourth place as they cemented their grip on third spot with leaders Dundalk beating Shamrock Rovers 3-0.
Derry made a slow start as Kurtis Byrne put Bohs ahead on 17 minutes.
Aaron McEneff levelled from a 51st-minute penalty before Rory Patterson struck the winner on 64 minutes.
Derry were full value for their victory as they hit the woodwork twice before McEneff's equaliser.
McEneff hammered against the crossbar with a fierce drive on 30 minutes with Patterson seeing his shot rebound to safety a few minutes later with Bohs keeper Dean Delany again beaten after great work by Dean Jarvis and Josh Daniels.
However, Derry got on terms six minutes after the restart as McEneff netted his spot-kick following a mistimed challenge from Derek Pender on Jarvis.
Derry were in front 13 minutes later with Patterson getting the final touch following a goalmouth scramble, for his 18th goal of the season.
As Derry took total control, Delany made a great save to turn away a Ronan Curtis header although Bohs almost snatched an undeserved draw in injury-time as Derek Prendergast headed inches wide.
Derry's win moved them five points ahead of fourth-placed Shamrock Rovers with only their remaining games against Sligo Rovers and St Patrick's Athletic to come. | Derry City guaranteed themselves a Europa League spot next summer as they came from behind to beat Bohemians in the League of Ireland Premier Division. | 37662697 | [
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About 568,000 people have backed a petition calling on the tycoon to be barred for comments he made about banning Muslims from the US.
Labour MP Paul Flynn will lead a debate in Westminster Hall on 18 January.
David Cameron has condemned Mr Trump, who has major business interests in the UK, but said he should be allowed in.
The Commons petitions committee decided to hold a debate on the issue after considering the matter at a meeting on Tuesday. Under the current rules, MPs have to consider any petition with 100,000 signatures for discussion in Parliament.
The debate will be held in the Commons' secondary debating chamber rather than the full chamber and there will be no vote at the end of it.
Helen Jones, the Labour MP who chairs the committee, said it would allow for "a range of views" to be expressed.
"By scheduling a debate on these petitions, the committee is not expressing a view on whether or not the government should exclude Donald Trump from the UK," she said.
"As with any decision to schedule a petition for debate, it simply means that the committee has decided that the subject should be debated."
But Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron questioned the decision to allocate parliamentary time to discussing Mr Trump.
He tweeted: "Trump is a bloviating billionaire with downright offensive views. But I'd rather we debated inequality or the NHS."
Mr Trump is currently the frontrunner, in some opinion polls, for the Republican nomination but he has been roundly criticised for comments he made about Muslims in the wake of December's fatal San Bernardino shootings - remarks which critics said were offensive and inflammatory.
Home Secretary Theresa May, who makes decisions on banning orders, has said she cannot comment on the case.
A rival petition opposing a ban on Mr Trump as illogical has been signed by nearly 40,000 people. This will also be debated by MPs. | MPs are to debate whether to bar Donald Trump from entering the UK in response to a public petition calling for action against the US Presidential candidate. | 35238349 | [
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Malcolm Layfield, 63, denies raping an 18-year-old from Chetham's School of Music in the early 1980s.
Manchester Crown Court heard the attack occurred during a trip to Cornwall.
Prosecutor David Cadwallader said the alleged victim didn't complain at the time "because nobody would have believed her back then."
She said Mr Layfield plied her with drink, took her to a remote spot in his car and raped her.
The court heard the student went on to have a consensual relationship with Mr Layfield.
But Mr Cadwallader said she only "went along" with it despite her reluctance, because the teacher was "critical" to her success at the school and future career.
"It is alleged, in short, that he used his power and influence improperly," the prosecutor said.
"He admits that he had inappropriate sexual relationships with a number of female students.
"The complainant in this case was one such student."
During a filmed interview shown to the jury, the woman described the encounter alleged to have taken place in Mr Layfield's car.
"He was going to have sex with me and there wasn't a thing I could do about it.
"I gave in and I have hated myself for that ever since."
Mr Layfield, of Castle Quay, Castlefield, also taught at Manchester's Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM).
In 2001, the woman wrote to RNCM alleging Mr Layfield had been involved in inappropriate relationships with students.
He was later promoted to head of strings, Mr Cadwallader said.
The trial continues. | A former professor at a prestigious music school used his "power and influence" in order to rape a female student, a court has heard. | 32957703 | [
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Jose Mourinho's side had applied incessant pressure on the Foxes from kick-off, and Romelu Lukaku missed a second-half penalty prior to the goals, as they found it difficult to break the steadfast backline.
I think we frustrated them for large parts of the game
They finally breached the last line of defence when Rashford converted Henrikh Mkhitaryan's corner three minutes after coming on.
And then midfielder Fellaini stuck out his knee to divert fellow substitute Jesse Lingard's drive past Kasper Schmeichel.
United are the only side to have won all three of their opening league games this season and have yet to concede a goal.
United peppered the opposition area with crosses in the first half, but aside from a Paul Pogba strike that drifted narrowly wide, the threat from the wings was comfortably dealt with by the Foxes' defensive giants Wes Morgan and Harry Maguire.
There was a shift in manager Mourinho's thinking in the second half as his side began to breach the 18-yard area with shorter balls from a more central position.
That probing should have resulted in the opening goal. Leicester were once again on the back foot in their area before Anthony Martial struck a shot that came off Danny Simpson's arm. Referee Michael Oliver declared it to be deliberate handball.
...plus reaction & video here
Lukaku stepped up to the spot, but his hopes of a fourth league goal this season were thwarted by Schmeichel's dive to the right.
Leicester continued to come under pressure and eventually succumbed when Rashford's instinctive shot flew past the Dane in goal in the 70th minute.
Holes now began to appear in Leicester's previously watertight defence as they went looking for an equaliser.
United capitalised again as substitute Lingard's low drive was diverted into the net by Fellaini, although replays suggested the Belgian was fractionally offside.
Leicester manager Craig Shakespeare should not be too despondent.
His side's valiant defensive display was reminiscent of those during the Premier League-winning campaign two seasons ago. It was at the other end that his men disappointed.
At Old Trafford, both Jamie Vardy - the Foxes' star striker of 2015-16 - and Shinji Okazaki were ineffective, while Riyad Mahrez teased the United defence without an end product.
Vardy was withdrawn with 15 minutes left, to be replaced by Islam Slimani.
The closest Leicester came to scoring was when substitute Andy King forced a brilliant point-blank save from David de Gea in the final few seconds of the match.
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Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho on winning the first three matches: "We can look into perspective. Last season we won against Leicester at home so that doesn't make a difference, but we had too many draws at home last season.
"The difference is the quality of our football, we're playing better today. If we hadn't won this match I wouldn't have anyone to blame.
The team is playing very well and I'm very confident. We are comfortable on the ball and dangerous on the counter-attack. But nine points after three matches is nothing different for us, because we did that last season.
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Leicester boss Craig Shakespeare: "I think we frustrated them for large parts of the game. When you come to Old Trafford in the form they are in, they will have big moments. We had our moments too, but could not see the game through.
"Set-pieces are our Achilles heel at the moment. We need to organise better.
"It was a harsh penalty, but a great save form Schmeichel. To go 1-0 down, it knocked a bit of spirit from us. I'm disappointed in the overall result, but we were nice and solid for large parts.
"You have to be disciplined; you know what the opposition's strengths are. We tried to attack in the second half.
"Maguire was carrying a knock but was desperate to play - he was solid."
United are at Stoke on Saturday, 9 September (17:30 BST) when the Premier League resumes after the international break. Leicester are at home to Chelsea on the same day (15:00 BST).
Match ends, Manchester United 2, Leicester City 0.
Second Half ends, Manchester United 2, Leicester City 0.
Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card.
Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Wes Morgan.
Attempt blocked. Romelu Lukaku (Manchester United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcus Rashford.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by David de Gea.
Attempt saved. Islam Slimani (Leicester City) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Demarai Gray with a cross.
Foul by Marcus Rashford (Manchester United).
Danny Simpson (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Leicester City. Wes Morgan tries a through ball, but Demarai Gray is caught offside.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Antonio Valencia.
Matty James (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Matty James (Leicester City).
Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Wilfred Ndidi.
Attempt missed. Islam Slimani (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Demarai Gray with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Nemanja Matic.
Video Review:.
Goal! Manchester United 2, Leicester City 0. Marouane Fellaini (Manchester United) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jesse Lingard.
Attempt blocked. Jesse Lingard (Manchester United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcus Rashford.
Attempt missed. Demarai Gray (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Islam Slimani.
Foul by Daley Blind (Manchester United).
Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Leicester City. Islam Slimani replaces Jamie Vardy.
Substitution, Manchester United. Jesse Lingard replaces Anthony Martial.
Attempt missed. Romelu Lukaku (Manchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Marouane Fellaini with a headed pass.
Substitution, Manchester United. Marouane Fellaini replaces Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
Attempt saved. Demarai Gray (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Christian Fuchs.
Attempt saved. Romelu Lukaku (Manchester United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Paul Pogba.
Goal! Manchester United 1, Leicester City 0. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Henrikh Mkhitaryan with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Harry Maguire.
Substitution, Manchester United. Marcus Rashford replaces Juan Mata.
Attempt missed. Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right misses to the left. Assisted by Andy King.
Attempt missed. Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Attempt blocked. Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Demarai Gray.
Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Danny Simpson.
Foul by Romelu Lukaku (Manchester United).
Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Leicester City. Andy King replaces Shinji Okazaki.
Substitution, Leicester City. Demarai Gray replaces Marc Albrighton. | Substitutes Marcus Rashford and Marouane Fellaini both scored as Manchester United overcame a resolute Leicester to strengthen their position at the top of the Premier League. | 40984017 | [
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Women of Africa is a BBC season recognising inspiring women across the continent. The third series, Power Women, introduces six women who are chief executive officers or company heads, who are finding success in their country and beyond. | Lucy Quist, managing director of Airtel Ghana Limited, on how she helps people see female leaders as less of a novelty. | 38033551 | [
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He spent the first half of this season back on loan at the Shrimpers, scoring five goals in 28 matches.
Pigott is reunited with Luton boss Nathan Jones, who was his under-21 manager at the Addicks.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | League Two side Luton Town have signed Charlton Athletic striker Joe Pigott on loan until the end of the season. | 35429706 | [
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Exeter had earlier spurned a glorious chance to go ahead when Joel Grant blazed over after Ollie Watkins' shot was deflected into his path in space.
Luke Berry almost made it 2-0 six minutes before half-time when a kick from goalkeeper Will Norris ran all the way through to him, only for his effort to land on the roof of the net before Norris produced a magnificent point-blank save to keep out Reuben Reid's header.
Needing a result to solidify their own play-off spot, Exeter saw a Grant effort blocked by Legge and Lee Holmes volleyed well wide when a clearance fell to him.
Eleven minutes from the end Norris made another critical save to parry a header from the unmarked David Wheeler to preserve the lead for Cambridge, who are a point from the top seven.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Cambridge United 1, Exeter City 0.
Second Half ends, Cambridge United 1, Exeter City 0.
Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by Harrison Dunk.
Jake Carroll (Cambridge United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Lee Holmes (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jake Carroll (Cambridge United).
Attempt saved. David Wheeler (Exeter City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner.
Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by Piero Mingoia.
Luke Croll (Exeter City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Adam McGurk (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Luke Croll (Exeter City).
Lloyd James (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Luke Berry (Cambridge United).
Lee Holmes (Exeter City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Jake Carroll (Cambridge United).
Substitution, Cambridge United. Adam McGurk replaces Liam O'Neil.
Leon Legge (Cambridge United) is shown the yellow card.
Joel Grant (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by James Dunne (Cambridge United).
Attempt saved. David Wheeler (Exeter City) header from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Corner, Cambridge United. Conceded by Jack Stacey.
Attempt blocked. Uche Ikpeazu (Cambridge United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Lee Holmes (Exeter City) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Liam O'Neil (Cambridge United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Liam O'Neil (Cambridge United).
Ollie Watkins (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Uche Ikpeazu (Cambridge United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Substitution, Cambridge United. Harrison Dunk replaces Medy Elito.
Attempt blocked. Joel Grant (Exeter City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Foul by James Dunne (Cambridge United).
Joel Grant (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Exeter City. Lee Holmes replaces Reuben Reid.
Attempt missed. Liam O'Neil (Cambridge United) header from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Substitution, Cambridge United. James Dunne replaces Conor Newton.
Medy Elito (Cambridge United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Luke Croll (Exeter City).
Attempt missed. Luke Croll (Exeter City) right footed shot from very close range is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by Jake Carroll.
Attempt missed. Reuben Reid (Exeter City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Attempt blocked. Uche Ikpeazu (Cambridge United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. | Cambridge maintained their League Two play-off hopes with a narrow win over fellow challengers Exeter. | 39550178 | [
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El Shehaby was roundly booed by the crowd and was called back to the stage for his failure to bow to his opponent as it contravenes judo rules.
"El Shehaby backed off after Sasson went over to him," said BBC judo commentator Mark Doran. "That is very disappointing. That is what the Olympics is not about. To his credit, Sasson just moved on."
Sasson later revealed his coaches had warned him El Shehaby might refuse to shake his hand. The Egyptian had come under pressure from some conservative voices in his homeland to withdraw from the bout.
"I knew he would do it, so it wasn't a surprise for me," Sasson said.
The International Olympic Committee said it was looking into the incident.
"The Olympic movement should be about building bridges, not erecting walls. There's absolutely no excuse for it," a spokesman said.
You can catch up on the judo here.
Available to UK users here | Egyptian Islam El Shehaby refused to shake the hand of Israeli opponent Os Sasson after losing in the men's judo at the Rio Olympics. | 37063284 | [
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A section of the audience laughed when Owen Smith - who is challenging Mr Corbyn for the Labour leadership - said Ms Dugdale was doing a "brilliant job".
Ms Dugdale, who was not at the debate, has backed Mr Smith's campaign for the leadership.
But Mr Corbyn said he did not think anyone should be jeered.
It comes as allies of Mr Corbyn dismissed claims they could seek to remove Ms Dugdale if Mr Corbyn wins the leadership contest.
Speaking in Edinburgh on Friday, Mr Corbyn said: "I don't think anyone should jeer at anyone else. I don't do that myself and have asked other people not to and made it very, very clear - let's have an honest, open and respectful debate."
Mr Corbyn insisted "the Scottish party is not going to split off from the UK party", and said he would continue to work with Ms Dugdale despite her support for Mr Smith.
But he said it was "a matter for the Scottish Labour party" whether Ms Dugdale faced a leadership challenge in the future.
Mr Corbyn added: "I'll be happy to work with her after this election and we will work together because we're in the same party, we're in the Labour Party, we want to see a better society."
Earlier, former Labour advisor Paul Sinclair claimed in an interview with BBC Scotland that Ms Dugdale could face a challenge from her deputy, Alex Rowley, if Mr Corbyn continues as UK Labour leader.
Mr Rowley is backing Mr Corbyn in the leadership contest, as is former Scottish Labour leadership candidate Neil Findlay.
But Mr Rowley insisted a leadership challenge was "absolutely not on the cards" and said suggestions he wanted to replace Ms Dugdale as leader were "rubbish".
And Mr Findlay said there was "absolutely no way" he would consider standing again, adding that Ms Dugdale had a "very large mandate to lead the Scottish Labour party".
Thursday evening's debate saw Mr Smith claim Labour had "gone backwards" in Scotland under Mr Corbyn, with the party finishing third behind the SNP and Conservatives in May's Holyrood election.
Mr Corbyn said the party had to do more to challenge the "austerity" of the SNP government, but admitted Labour was facing a "big fight ahead and a long road back".
Mr Smith is attempting to unseat Mr Corbyn less than a year after he was overwhelmingly elected as leader.
The leadership contest was triggered after dozens of Mr Corbyn's frontbench team - including then-Work and Pensions spokesman Mr Smith - quit in the wake of Hilary Benn's sacking on 26 June.
The result is due to be announced on 24 September. | Jeremy Corbyn has urged Labour members to show "respect" to the party's Scottish leader after she was jeered at a hustings debate in Glasgow. | 37201266 | [
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West Australian fire authorities said it is too late for some residents in Waroona area who have not yet evacuated to leave.
They said the "out-of-control and unpredictable" blaze was burning along the South Western Highway.
Strong winds overnight fanned the flames which reportedly started in the Lane Poole Reserve on Wednesday.
Waroona resident Melissa Young told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. she left her home when she saw the glow of the fire.
"The glow is scary enough... and the ash is coming into the backyards and into the fences, and the smoke's getting really thick so it was just time to get out," she said. | Lives and homes are under threat from a fast-moving bushfire sparked by lightning south of Perth. | 35248384 | [
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In a town north of Paris, the two brothers suspected of carrying out the attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine had been holed up at a printing warehouse. They have now been killed and their hostage freed.
In Paris itself, a gunman holding hostages in a Jewish supermarket has been killed, but a number of hostages also died.
Here is what we know about the attackers so far.
Two brothers accused of carrying out the massacre at the Paris office of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday were killed two days later when police stormed the building where they had been holding a hostage.
Two men, Said and Cherif Kouachi, had been barricaded in a printing factory in Dammartin-en-Goele, 35km (22 miles) from Paris.
Cherif, 32, was jailed in 2008 and had long been known to police for militant Islamist activities, prior to the attack on Charlie Hebdo's offices, which killed 12 people.
Cherif, who also went by the name Abu Issen, had been part of the "Buttes-Chaumont network" that helped send would-be jihadists to fight for al-Qaeda in Iraq after the US-UK invasion in 2003.
He grew up in an orphanage in the western city of Rennes, where he trained as a fitness coach. In the early 2000s, he joined his elder brother at his home near Paris and worked as a pizza delivery man, media say.
Police detained him in 2005 just as he was about to board a plane for Syria - at the time the gateway for jihadists hoping to fight US troops in Iraq.
Le Monde reports that, following Cherif's imprisonment between January 2005 and October 2006, he first came into contact with the man who would become his mentor - Djamel Beghal.
Beghal was sentenced to 10 years in prison in France in 2001 for his part in a plot to bomb the US embassy in Paris.
In 2008, Cherif Kouachi was jailed for three years for his role in sending militants to Iraq, but 18 months of the sentence was suspended.
Eric Bade, a neighbour living in Genneviliers, north-west of Paris, described Cherif as "well-behaved, friendly, polite, clean-looking and above all, which is very important, he was willing to help old and disabled people".
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Bade said Cherif "wasn't aggressive - he wasn't a crazy zealot, he was a calm person".
'Iraq connections'
The brothers had allegedly attended a mosque near the Buttes-Chaumont, an area of northern Paris, where they came under the influence of a radical imam called Farid Benyettou. He reportedly encouraged them to study Islam at his home and at a Muslim centre in their area.
A key figure in the Buttes-Chaumont network was Boubaker al-Hakim, a militant linked to al-Qaeda resistance against US forces in Iraq, a French expert on Islamists says.
A French court jailed Hakim for seven years in 2008, at the same time as Cherif, along with Farid Benyettou, who got six years. That action broke up the jihadist network they had created.
In a blog article (in French) Middle East expert Jean-Pierre Filiu says Hakim had recruited militants to fight in Falluja, an Iraqi city that became an al-Qaeda stronghold in 2004.
Hakim is also wanted in Tunisia over the murder of two Tunisian left-wing opposition politicians in 2013 - Chokri Belaid and Mohamed Brahmi. Hakim claimed the murder in the name of the Islamic State militant group, Mr Filiu says.
In 2010 Cherif Kouachi was named in connection with a plot to spring another Islamist, Smain Ait Ali Belkacem, from jail - a plot hatched by Beghal, according to French anti-terror police.
Belkacem used to be in the outlawed Algerian Islamic Armed Group (GIA) and was jailed for life in 2002 for a Paris metro station bombing in 1995 which injured 30 people.
Said Kouachi, 34, was also named in the Belkacem plot, but the brothers were not prosecuted because of a lack of evidence.
Said's ID card was found in the brothers' getaway car which they abandoned after the Charlie Hebdo shooting, police sources say.
The gunman who is thought to have killed four people and held a number of others hostage at a Jewish supermarket in eastern Paris has been identified as 32-year-old Amedy Coulibaly.
Police also believe he killed a policewoman in the Montrouge area of the French capital on Thursday.
Coulibaly is believed to have had a long history of criminal activity - including drugs offences - and links to at least one of the Kouachi brothers.
Born in Juvisy-sur-Orge on the outskirts of Paris, he is said to have been one of 10 children. He worked for Coca Cola.
He met then-President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysee Palace in 2009, as part of an employment initiative.
In an interview with Le Parisien at the time, he said it would be "impressive" to meet Mr Sarkozy, and that he was not sure what he would say.
He had added that his temporary job at the local Coca Cola plant would be over soon, and that he hoped Mr Sarkozy could help him get a job.
Reports say Coulibaly - along with Cherif Kouachi - was a committed follower of Djamel Beghal.
In 2013 he was jailed for five years for his involvement in the 2010 plot to free Smain Ait Ali Belkacem from prison, following the militant Islamist's conviction over the 1995 Paris metro station bombing.
He met Cherif Kouachi while in prison.
Coulibaly was released last year.
He is said to have told police from the supermarket on Friday: "You know who I am."
An acquaintance told AP news agency that he was "totally shocked" when he found out about Coulibaly's role in the attacks.
"He never went to prayers or talked about Islam," the fellow drug dealer, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said.
Coulibaly's mother and sister have issued a statement condemning his attacks.
They offered "sincere condolences" to the families of the victims, and said: "We absolutely do not share these extreme ideas. We hope there will not be any confusion between these odious acts and the Muslim religion."
Meanwhile, police are still trying to trace Hayat Boumeddiene, a 26-year-old woman who was Coulibaly's partner.
She is thought to have married Coulibaly in a religious ceremony in 2009 - however, these ceremonies are not recognised in France unless an official civil ceremony is also carried out.
She is now believed to be in Syria. She arrived in Turkey in early January, before crossing into Syria on 8 January, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on 12 January.
Police had previously identified her as a suspect in Thursday's shooting of a policewoman.
Francois Molins, the chief prosecutor in France, said Boumeddiene had exchanged more than 500 phone calls with the wife of Cherif Kouachi in 2014.
French newspaper Le Monde published a series of photographs said to show Coulibaly with Boumeddiene in 2010. In one, she is pictured pointing a crossbow at the camera while wearing a full-face veil, which is banned in France.
Police questioned Boumeddiene about Coulibaly in 2010. During the interview, she was reportedly asked about her reaction to attacks by al-Qaeda, and responded: "I don't have any opinion", before blaming the US for civilian deaths.
Who is Hayat Boumeddiene? | Police in France have brought to an end two hostage stand-offs, killing three attackers. | 30722038 | [
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Annie Besala Ekofo, 53, and Bervil Kalikaka-Ekofo, 21, were found dead in East Finchley on Thursday.
Scotland Yard said officers will explore whether anyone else linked to their address could have been a target.
It comes as their family released tributes to the pair.
Police were called to the flat in Elmshurst Crescent by the London Ambulance Service early on Thursday morning.
Four other people, including a child, were also at the property at the time of the incident but were not harmed.
Officers said they were keeping an open mind as to a motive for the shooting.
Launching a fresh appeal for witnesses, Det Ch Insp Andrew Partridge said: "We have already spoken to a number of people who have come forward and provided useful information.
"Whilst the murders took place early in the morning, I am confident that there would have been people up and about, getting ready for work and school.
"It is possible that someone may have noticed a stranger on the estate, or a vehicle that is not usually there."
He said specially trained detectives were providing support to the "devastated" family.
Mr Kalikaka-Ekofo, who was studying psychology at the University of West London, was described by his mother Maymie Botamba Chantelle as a "bright, intelligent young man... always caring for those around him".
"He was always making people laugh," she said.
"He was very creative and was in love with music, photography and art."
His father, Patrick Ekofo, said his son "never looked for trouble. He was always the peaceful one".
Mrs Besala was described by her family as a "wonderful and loving mother and wife, always smiling... a glue that kept everyone together". | Detectives investigating the killing of a mother-of-nine and her nephew in a shooting at their north London flat say they have not found any evidence to suggest they were the intended victims. | 37399569 | [
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National body Choose Life is behind "Prevent Suicide - Northeast Scotland" and an accompanying website.
The technology is aimed at being a stepping stone to specialised support.
More than 60 people took their own life in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire last year.
Local Choose Life coordinator Iain Murray said: "Not everyone accesses the services that they perhaps need.
"The app, for me, bridges that gap.
"You can take a bit of personal responsibility and that's where you can start to build your own plan.
"It gives you that first step."
In January, it was warned that the growing numbers of job cuts in the oil industry was having a dangerous impact on the mental health of some workers. | An app to support those at risk of suicide in the north east of Scotland has been accessed by more than 6,000 people in the six months since it launched, BBC Scotland has learned. | 37285134 | [
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Staffordshire bull terrier Ziggy was found in remote woodland near Wansford in Peterborough on Wednesday morning.
X-rays showed the weapon had just missed his skull and vital organs.
RSPCA Insp Justin Stubbs helped a vet "slowly, slowly pull the bolt out" of the sedated dog. "It was a heart in the mouth moment but Ziggy is making a fantastic recovery," he said.
The two-year-old dog had been deliberately shot. It was "a very intentional shot at very close range", the RSPCA said.
It is thought Ziggy only survived by moving his head "at the right time".
An examination of his injuries showed Ziggy had been roaming the woods for a few days, "terrified and in complete agony", before being found by two walkers.
Despite having a 50cm (20ins) carbon fibre bolt embedded from one side of his head to the other, Ziggy was still wagging his tail and wanting people to make a fuss of him, Mr Stubbs said.
However, the vet was faced with the task of removing the weapon.
"It had missed Ziggy's brain, ears, eyes and skull bone by millimetres, but X-rays don't show up major blood vessels," Mr Stubbs said.
"It really was a heart in the mouth moment and hoping for the best, but we had everything in place in case anything happened."
When the bolt was slowly inched out, Mr Stubbs, the vet and a nurse realised it had not hit any blood vessels.
"I don't think anyone took a breath for about a minute. Then there was a collective sigh of relief," Mr Stubbs said.
"It had just gone through soft tissue and didn't even hit muscle."
Ziggy is now being looked after at nearby kennels where he is said to be making "a miraculous recovery".
"He is bounding around as if nothing happened," Mr Stubbs said.
"If ever a dog had a guardian angel, Ziggy had one that day."
The RSPCA is continuing to investigate and has appealed for information about the attack. | The delicate operation to remove a crossbow bolt embedded in a dog's head took "just one minute", the RSPCA said. | 29757923 | [
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The Northern Irishman, twice a winner of the European Tour's season-finale, stumbled to a three-over-par 75 to lie joint 55th in a 60-man field.
McIlroy, 27, has never finished worse than 11th in his seven appearances at Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai.
Westwood, meanwhile, carded seven birdies and just one bogey in his 66.
The 43-year-old Englishman found out earlier this week he would not be competing in the World Cup in Melbourne next week.
Westwood's partner Danny Willett pulled out because of a back problem, and his place went to Chris Wood.
Under tournament rules, Wood was able to select his own partner and opted for Andy Sullivan.
"I'm disappointed not to be playing," said Westwood.
"I can understand him picking a mate and he has picked a very good player. It is probably more to do with the rules than anything."
The Tour Championship is the final event of the Race to Dubai, with four players still in with a chance of topping the European Tour Order of Merit.
Henrik Stenson, holder of a course-record 25 under at the Earth Course, leads but Willett can leapfrog the Swede should he win the tournament.
Willett would also top the list if he finishes second and neither Stenson nor Alex Noren win in Dubai.
Noren, another Swede, needs to finish at least second and hope Stenson and Willett finish down the field.
McIlroy has an outside chance which requires several permutations falling into place - including Stenson finishing no higher than 46th in the 60-man field.
It took McIlroy 14 holes to register his first birdie of the day, and although he swiftly added another on the next, the four-time major winner double-bogeyed the 16th after needing two attempts - the second minus his right shoe and sock - to play from the edge of a water hazard.
Westwood's former Ryder Cup partner Nicolas Colsaerts and France's Julien Quesne share second place on five under, with Sergio Garcia, Francesco Molinari and Joost Luiten a shot further back. | World number two Rory McIlroy had his worst ever round in the DP World Tour Championship to lie nine shots behind first-round leader Lee Westwood. | 38016892 | [
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The 50m (150ft) pylons would run from Carlisle to Heysham, Lancashire, to connect a new £10bn nuclear power plant at Moorside, Sellafield, to the grid.
Power Without Pylons and Friends of the Lake District say the National Grid is "ignoring" demands for the cables to go underground in "sensitive landscapes".
The National Grid said it "fully recognises the importance" of the area.
The campaign walk is taking place from Black Combe where the pylons will be visible, down to the National Park's costal boundary and across the mouth of Duddon.
Graham Pitts, chairman of Power Without Pylons, said: "This is a very serious decision. These pylons are going to be up for the rest of this century.
"I don't think people appreciate two things - one, how stunning the view is around here, and two, how much these pylons are going to affect it by their sheer size."
The Lake District is being put forward as the UK's next nomination for World Heritage status.
A National Grid spokesman said: "We have not yet made a final decision on how and where the new connection will be built.
"When building connections for generators, we strive to avoid designated landscapes. Where this is not possible, we work closely with stakeholders and communities and carry out consultations to develop a proposal which achieves the best possible balance between protecting the environment and ensuring everyone has an affordable electricity supply."
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The Chairboys, searching for their first league victory since 13 August, showed promise in a quiet opening period to the game with Michael Harriman's free-kick producing an excellent save from Jamie Jones.
The hosts then went close again with Southwell failing to convert a gilt-edged chance on the stroke of half-time.
Southwell however went from villain to hero moments later as the forward tapped home Sam Wood's cross in the third minute of first-half stoppage time.
Both sides upped the tempo in the second half and a strong midfield battle ensued, but the Chairboys were able to resist Stevenage with Andrew Fox spurning the best opportunity for the visitors.
Indeed, though the Boro dominated the latter stages of the game, a barrage of long balls came to nothing as the home side saw the game out to record their second league victory of the season.
Report supplied by Press Association.
Match ends, Wycombe Wanderers 1, Stevenage 0.
Second Half ends, Wycombe Wanderers 1, Stevenage 0.
Corner, Wycombe Wanderers. Conceded by Charlie Lee.
Paris Cowan-Hall (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Kgosi Ntlhe (Stevenage).
Substitution, Wycombe Wanderers. Dan Rowe replaces Sam Wood.
Foul by Garry Thompson (Wycombe Wanderers).
Fraser Franks (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Tyler Walker (Stevenage) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Dominic Gape (Wycombe Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Anthony Stewart (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tyler Walker (Stevenage).
Michael Harriman (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Rowan Liburd (Stevenage).
Substitution, Stevenage. Rowan Liburd replaces Michael Tonge.
Attempt saved. Paris Cowan-Hall (Wycombe Wanderers) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Corner, Wycombe Wanderers. Conceded by Charlie Lee.
Paris Cowan-Hall (Wycombe Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Paris Cowan-Hall (Wycombe Wanderers).
Kgosi Ntlhe (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Michael Harriman (Wycombe Wanderers).
Ben Kennedy (Stevenage) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt saved. Paris Cowan-Hall (Wycombe Wanderers) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Substitution, Wycombe Wanderers. Paris Cowan-Hall replaces Dayle Southwell.
Substitution, Stevenage. Jobi McAnuff replaces Tom Pett.
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Corner, Wycombe Wanderers. Conceded by Fraser Franks.
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Hand ball by Dominic Gape (Wycombe Wanderers).
Aaron Pierre (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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"The decision has dealt the final blow to democracy in the country," said the Organisation of American States.
The court ruled that the assembly was in contempt and said it would exercise congressional functions.
The charge stems from alleged electoral irregularities by three opposition lawmakers in elections in 2015.
The head of the OAS Luis Almagro accused President Nicolas Maduro's government of carrying out what he described as a coup against itself.
Brazil's foreign ministry said the court's decision violated the country's separation of powers.
Several other Latin American countries expressed concern too.
Peru recalled its ambassador to Caracas, saying there had been a rupture of democracy.
The United States also condemned Venezuela's government.
"This rupture of democratic and constitutional norms greatly damages Venezuela's democratic institutions," said a State Department spokesman, Mark Toner.
Venezuela's opposition had earlier said President Maduro was becoming a dictator.
Venezuela's foreign ministry accused critics of the government of forming a right-wing regional pact against President Maduro.
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Special Report: The Technology of Business
Selling globally is child's play
Hi-tech start-ups aim for the stars
Powering up firms with hi-tech cash
Windows XP end puts firms in a fix
Does success lie up in the clouds?
There you are thinking all your online customer data is safe, thanks to popular open-source encryption software called OpenSSL, and it turns out to be anything but.
This small vulnerability has potentially compromised two-thirds of all websites.
"The main worry is for small e-commerce sites that do not know they have been affected," says Keith Cottenden, director at cybersecurity specialists CY4OR.
"Any business that takes customer details could be vulnerable because this encryption is designed to protect personal data… Businesses need to apply mitigation now."
But finding effective and affordable ways to keep "mission critical" data safe from hackers, fraudsters and natural disasters can be a daunting and difficult task for small firms.
Poor data security can literally ruin your business.
For example, weak security measures and alleged poor infrastructure brought Japanese Bitcoin exchange MtGox to its knees before it eventually went bust.
The exchange, which was handling about 70% of the world's bitcoin trades at its height, said 850,000 of the digital currency coins were stolen by hackers.
The company was forced to file for bankruptcy in February.
But in March, MtGox then said it had found 200,000 "lost" bitcoins - worth about £70m - in an old digital wallet dating from 2011.
When security is your business, such laxity is obviously disastrous.
The UK's Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) believes unchecked cybercrime is severely stunting the growth potential of its members.
Source: Federation of Small Businesses
The risk of fraud and online crime, both real and perceived, is costing each UK small business up to £4,000 per year, the FSB says, while cybercrime as a whole costs the UK economy an estimated £27bn a year.
About a third of FSB members have been victims of online crime over the last year, whether from virus infections, hacking attacks or other system security breaches.
As well as the financial loss and inconvenience, there is the potentially disastrous loss of customer trust.
Despite the critical importance of data security, many businesses appear almost oblivious to the risks.
A 2013 survey by security software firm AVG revealed that a large amount of data loss occurs simply due to human error and carelessness.
It seems many businesses are more concerned with tidying their desks or ordering new business cards than backing up data.
A reported 43% of UK and 53% of US small businesses said they spend more time changing passwords than backing up.
And about a quarter of them leave longer than a week between back-ups.
"Too many times an act of carelessness or a security breach has led to information going missing, and in some cases businesses have found themselves in a position where the data is non-recoverable," a Microsoft spokesman told the BBC.
Natural disasters can pose just as big a risk to small firms as cybercrime.
An estimated 25% of businesses do not reopen following a major disaster, according to the Institute for Business and Home Safety, a not-for-profit organisation.
In 2012, Hurricane Sandy destroyed thousands of small businesses in the US, while many others still felt the effects at least a year after the event.
Rob Cotton, chief executive of Manchester-based NCC Group, a data security firm, told the BBC that adapting good security practices can be difficult for small businesses.
"SMEs that are using their own IT services in-house need to consider the physical security of the equipment, as well as whether the IT is vulnerable to external threats," he says.
"It's also important to consider the risk from your own staff, since many incidents result from rogue employees - the so-called 'insider threat'."
A common piece of advice is to back up data securely and often, but should this be to locally stored servers or to remote cloud services?
"Cloud providers will generally be more proactive in terms of ensuring software is up-to-date and maintaining patch levels," says Mr Cotton.
"They will also have better security knowledge and awareness, meaning servers and services will generally be well configured. On top of this they are more resilient and most will have robust disaster recovery and continuity plans in place."
Another advantage of the cloud is that thieves won't necessarily know which service your business uses or where it keeps its servers.
But Mr Cotton admits there are certainly risks around adopting cloud services.
One obvious one - often overlooked - is that the provider itself suffers a break in service or a breach of its defences, so it makes sense to interrogate the reputation and reliability of any cloud service provider very closely.
"Putting business-critical information in the hands of a third party demands a degree of trust," said a Microsoft spokesman. "Solid providers will explain their security methodologies and commitment to the business."
That said, a "belt-and-braces" local back-up plan may be a good idea.
Small firms need to protect their data against viruses, malware and natural disasters, as well as disgruntled or careless employees.
But how defences against these threats are implemented will depend upon the circumstances and nature of each business, experts say.
In finance, keeping all your eggs in one basket is rarely a wise idea, and the same applies to data. So for maximum security, spreading data around both traditional and non-traditional services seems to be the best policy.
Perhaps most importantly, the FSB stresses the need for education.
If your managers and employees don't appreciate the need to protect data, the whole future of your business could be on the line. | The recent security scare over the Heartbleed bug should send shivers down the spines of most small businesses. | 27052250 | [
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Its guide price had been £200-£300.
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Met Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe told an audience at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) that firearm officers needed greater public support.
He also revealed that despite a push for more armed officers, there were not enough people willing to do the role.
Sir Bernard is retiring after more than five and a half years in the post.
During the speech, the Met's commissioner said public pressure on firearm officers had meant "we simply don't have enough people now wanting to do these jobs".
"This a dangerous place to be... we can't afford to have officers think twice because they fear the consequences of shooting someone".
"That's how they get shot or the public gets hurt or a criminal gets away with a gun," he said.
Sir Bernard also stated that armed officers did not fire a shot at a suspect in more than 3,300 incidents involving firearms in 2016.
"It's an urban myth that officers are trigger-happy," he said.
The Met has said it will increase firearm officer numbers by 600, with more than 400 extra staff trained or selected to date.
According to a staff survey, nearly half of Met Police officers believe more officers should carry guns. | Britain's most senior police chief has called for "less suspicion and more trust" in officers who carry guns, in his final speech before retirement. | 38961192 | [
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For Volkswagen, the reaction to the revelations that it deliberately tried to game tests supposed to reduce pollution will be as vital in determining the long term damage to the company as the fact of the original offence.
Today's review of how Thomas Cook dealt with the deaths of Bobbi and Christi Shepherd in 2006 shows how the tragedy was then compounded by the company's reaction - a company, it should be noted, which says it tries to "consistently meet and exceed the expectations of its customers".
Take one small example - Thomas Cook's response to a request from the family for legal support during the inquest.
In 2014, the company turned down the request, only reversing their position after Peter Fankhauser, Thomas Cook's chief executive, met Sharon Wood and Neil Shepherd, Bobbi and Christi's parents, this year.
"The fact that this tragic situation spanned almost 9 years is testimony to how much the legal rather than human considerations dominated the landscape," Justin King writes in his report.
Earlier attempts by the family to meet previous chief executives were rebuffed or ignored, Mr King reveals.
He makes it clear that at the time of the tragedy the company was focused on "financial, contracting, the airlines and destination" and has only recently been "moving to create a real customer focus".
The report says that the "destination management" process - which encompasses the famous "holiday rep" that is often the first point of call for holidaymakers - saw its role as the "maximisation of revenue for the minimum of cost".
That can lead to tensions and a "misalignment of goals", with cost cutting leading to less time spent with holidaymakers and failing online systems.
In one instance, Mr King reveals, IT systems are so poor, staff in holiday destinations cannot access the Thomas Cook website.
In such an environment health and safety - often the general butt of jokes about officialdom gone mad - can appear a Cinderella service, under-resourced and under-powered.
Indeed Mr King says that Thomas Cook's Health and Safety Management System, despite being an "excellent framework", suffered from "a number of significant shortcomings in [its] implementation and operation".
How many businesses could confidently say that was not the same in their company?
Even now, Mr King believes that, the new contract Thomas Cook has signed for the provision of health and safety auditing within the company is "at the lower end of the scale, reflecting budgetary constraints".
"Adequate" is the best Mr King can say of the present approach, and information on customer complaints - often an early warning of problems - is "not collected with sufficient robustness", he says.
Different parts of the business operate in silos, and the sharing of information is not what it should be.
Every company chief executive should read Mr King's report. And reflect on now many of the problems he has identified are also true of the businesses they run. | In an era when there is considerable suspicion about the motivation of businesses, the ability of a company to react to a crisis in a way that reveals it to be run by human beings rather than faceless chief executives is of paramount importance. | 34701173 | [
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The jobless rate in the 17 countries that use the euro rose to 10.7% in January, while December's figure was revised up from 10.4% to 10.6%.
There are now 16.9 million people out of work in the bloc, Eurostat said.
In Italy, the unemployment rate rose to 9.2% in January, the highest since monthly records began, the national statistics agency Istat said.
Italian unemployment had stood at 8.9% in December, but it is now at the highest rate since the first quarter of 2001, as the country finds itself in a second recession in four years.
Spain continues to have the highest unemployment rate in the euro area at 23.3%, while Austria has the lowest at 4%.
In itslatest unemployment report, Eurostat said the unemployment rate in the 27 EU countries reached 10.1% in January, with a total of 24.3 million people out of work.
December's jobless rate was also revised up from 9.9% to 10%.
The data comes a day after the European Central Bank (ECB) said it had provided a further 530bn euros ($713bn; £448bn) of low-interest loans to 800 banks across the EU.
The announcement appeared to have been welcomed by the market, with banking shares rising strongly on Wednesday.
But Steen Jakobsen, chief economist at Saxo Bank, said: "Despite the euphoria in the banking sector following the ECB's loan programme, the real economy remains very depressed and the key factor is the unemployment rate, both socially and because of the damage to growth.
"If you look at Spain's unemployment rate, it is up two percentage points in January and even Italy's rate continues to rise, so I am concerned that we really are lacking the fundamental reforms needed for growth.
"There's a huge divergence between the feelgood factor in the stock market and what's happening in the real economy. For all the money the ECB is printing, there isn't yet a big boost for companies in terms of credit."
Meanwhile,separate data from Eurostatshowed that inflation in the euro area rose to 2.7% in February, rising slightly from 2.6% in January.
It marks the 15th month in a row that inflation has been above the ECB's target of just below 2%.
Howard Archer, chief European economist at IHS Global Insight, said it amounted to a "double whammy of bad news" for the eurozone.
"This is particularly bad news for consumers, as they are not only facing high and rising unemployment, but also still squeezed purchasing power," he said.
"It had been hoped that eurozone consumer price inflation would be heading down markedly by now, but these hopes are being scuppered by high oil prices."
The data comes ahead of a meeting of EU leaders in Brussels, where they are set to discuss growth and jobs. | The unemployment rate in the eurozone continued to rise in January, hitting another record high. | 17219160 | [
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The Dudley Muslim Association has offered Dudley Council £325,000 to drop court action in a dispute about the site where the mosque is to be built.
If accepted, the association would retain ownership of the land on Hall Street, and the council would not invoke its buy-back clause.
The council has so far incurred £213,000 in legal costs.
The land at the centre of the dispute was bought by the association 10 years ago, with the aim of replacing its current building on Castle Hill, which it said it had outgrown.
Proposals include a community and training centre, sports facilities and a two-storey car park, but the mosque itself and its three prayer halls have been the focus of opposition.
Branded at times a "mega mosque", the plans have attracted EDL supporters from across the country, although community leaders have in turn accused them of "scaremongering".
At its meeting on 25 June, the council's cabinet will refer the settlement offer to its scrutiny board for consideration.
Pete Lowe, leader of the council, said both the authority and the association were keen to avoid further costly legal disputes.
"We are carefully considering that offer in the interests of everyone concerned," he said. | An out of court settlement has been offered by a Muslim group to end a long-running dispute over a new mosque. | 33155125 | [
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They were conceived in 1944 at a conference in Bretton Woods, in the US state of New Hampshire.
By fostering economic cooperation and helping countries with balance of payments problems the founders hoped to avoid a repeat of the 1930s Great Depression.
The IMF aims to preserve economic stability and to tackle - or ideally prevent - financial crises. Over time, its focus has switched to the developing world.
The World Bank's predecessor - the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development - was set up to drive post-war recovery.
Now, it is the world's leading development organisation, working for growth and poverty reduction.
Owned by the governments of its 187 member states, the Bank channels loans and grants and advises low and middle-income countries.
The IMF is funded by a charge - known as a "quota" - paid by member nations. The quota is based on a country's wealth and it determines voting power within the organisation; those making higher contributions have greater voting rights.
The IMF acts as a lender of last resort, disbursing its foreign exchange reserves for short periods to any member in difficulties.
Since they were conceived, the IMF has been run by a European and the World Bank by a US national.
The IMF and the Bank have served as a rallying point for disparate causes - from environmentalists to anarchists - and meetings have occasionally been accompanied by violent street protests.
Protesters and critics cite the exploitation of the poor and the environment and argue that freer trade threatens the livelihoods of millions of people.
The IMF has admitted that forcing developing countries to open their markets to foreign investors can increase the risk of financial crises.
Its former managing director Horst Koehler said in 2002 that the benefits of globalisation had not been equally shared. But he added that "the objective should not be less globalisation but more and better globalisation."
Conceived: Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, USA
Date: 1944
Headquarters: Washington DC
IMF-World Bank membership: 187 countries
World Bank staff: 10,000
IMF staff: 2,500
IMF managing director: Christine Lagarde
Christine Lagarde is the first woman to head the IMF in the 65 years of the organisation's history.
She trained as a lawyer and for more than two decades worked for a Chicago-based international law firm, where she specialised in major labour and anti-trust cases.
She served as French trade minister from 2005 to 2007, when she was made finance minister, becoming the first woman to hold such a post in any of the G8 major industrial countries.
Ms Lagarde took over the helm of the IMF in July 2011 at a time when the organisation was facing some extremely tough challenges, with the eurozone in a state of deep crisis and fears looming that countries such as Greece could default on their loans.
Never afraid of speaking her mind, she has blamed the 2008 worldwide financial crisis partly on the male-dominated, testosterone-fuelled culture at global banks.
She is viewed with high regard in the international arena and in 2009 was named best finance minister in Europe by the Financial Times.
She has pledged to improve diversity at the IMF and to push ahead with reforms to give emerging economies more influence in the organisation.
She took over after the previous head, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who had to resign over charges of sexual assault. He has subsequently been cleared.
World Bank president: Jim Yong Kim
Jim Yong Kim was chosen as the new president of the World Bank in April 2012.
The Korean-American health expert was president of Dartmouth College in the US state of New Hampshire.
He faced a strong challenge for the post, which has traditionally gone to an American, from Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
Dr Kim succeeded Robert Zoellick is serving a five-year term.
Jim Yong Kim is a doctor lauded for his pioneering role in treating HIV/Aids and reducing the impact of tuberculosis in the developing world.
The IMF and World Bank attempt to help countries or regions in economic turmoil - and often act as a lender of last resort for nation-states.
Past interventions by the IMF have included providing funds for countries caught up in the 1997 Asian financial crisis, and loans to help South American countries such as Argentina and Brazil stave off debt default crises.
In October 2008, the IMF activated an emergency funding scheme for countries facing economic distress resulting from the global financial crisis.
As of August 2010, it had committed around $200bn in lending to a number of economies affected by the crisis. The biggest borrowers then were Hungary, Romania and Ukraine.
The recent eurozone crisis also triggered extensive IMF intervention, including hefty bailouts for countries such as Greece, Portugal and Ireland in tandem with the European Union.
It is currently contributing to the second international bailout of Greece, and discussing further loans to Hungary.
The IMF can also grant emergency loans following natural disasters; these have included the 2004 Asian tsunami.
Developing countries have voiced dissatisfaction with what they say is their lack of influence in the IMF and World Bank.
This includes the so-called Bric countries - Brazil, Russia, India and China - whose economic power has grown significantly.
They have called for changes to the quota system in which votes in the IMF are weighted in line with member nations' financial contributions.
Under this system, the US has 17% of the vote in the IMF, whereas India, with more than three times the population of the US, has less than one third. And because constitutional changes in the IMF require 85% of the vote, the US has a veto.
The long-standing arrangement under which the IMF is usually led by a European, while the World Bank is led by an American, has also been called into question.
Ms Lagarde quickly appointed Zhu Min - a former deputy governor of the People's Bank of China - to the newly created post of deputy managing director when she took over. | The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and what is now known as the World Bank, were set up to manage the post-World War II global economy. | 17493655 | [
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The 46-year-old has been on the Premiership club's coaching staff since 2004, took over as head coach in 2009 and became director of rugby in 2010.
"It is with great sadness and regret that I leave my position. I still believe that I am the right person to lead the team," Cockerill said.
Head coach Aaron Mauger will take over on an interim basis.
Tigers are fifth in the Premiership, 15 points adrift of leaders Wasps having lost five of their 12 league games so far this season. The were beaten by 16-12 by Saracens on New Year's Day.
Cockerill, who has spent 23 of the last 25 years of his career with Tigers, said he "respected the board's decision" to make a change they see as being "in the best interests of the club".
He added: "This club has made me the person and the coach I am today and I will never forget what they have done for me. I will miss being part of the Tigers family."
Last month, following the 18-16 Champions Cup win over Munster, Cockerill said reports claiming he faced the sack and that described the coaching structure at Leicester Tigers as toxic were "rubbish".
Former England and Tigers hooker Cockerill spent 10 years with the club as a player from 1992 before returning to Welford Road as an academy coach.
After two spells in interim charge he was appointed full-time head coach in April 2009, with Tigers winning the Premiership title and reaching the European Cup final in his first season in the role.
Leicester have never failed to reach the Premiership semi-finals under Cockerill and as well as winning the final in 2008-09, they were also victorious in 2009-10 and 2012-13.
Tigers chairman Peter Tom CBE said: "We thank Richard for his loyal and dedicated service as a player, coach and director of rugby. He has a great passion for the club and for the game of rugby, and has shared in many massive occasions with the Tigers.
"The club always has aspirations to contest the major honours in the game and that remains unchanged but the board believes this is the right time to make a change."
As a player, hooker Cockerill made 262 appearances for Tigers, winning five league titles, two domestic cups, two Heineken Cups and he also played 27 times for England.
BBC Radio Leicester commentator and ex-Tigers fly-half Bleddyn Jones
I am not surprised. Tigers cannot stand the fact they are in fifth position and quite a bit away from the top four; they want to be top two and won't get there this season.
They haven't been there for the last three or four seasons and that is one of the reasons that Tigers have reluctantly had to say goodbye to Richard.
His record is second to none. He is man and boy with the Tigers and if you cut him in half he would be Tigers colours through and through. | Leicester Tigers have sacked director of rugby Richard Cockerill after nearly eight years in charge. | 38489596 | [
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Kubica suffered a partially severed right hand in a rally accident on the eve of the 2011 season and has not recovered enough movement to return.
"I miss racing in F1, yes," he said in an exclusive BBC Sport interview before this weekend's Canadian Grand Prix.
"When you do everything you can to be an F1 driver and suddenly it stops, it's not painful but it's definitely not something you were looking for."
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The Polish driver is competing this year in the European Rally Championship for Citroen and is doing work for the Mercedes F1 team in their simulator as he continues his recovery.
He says he is still some way from being able to compete in F1 because of the restricted movement of his arm and fingers.
"I have suffered big injuries in the rally crash," the 28-year-old said, "but I am still lucky I am able to drive on a high level, although not any more in F1.
"Driving F1 would not be such a big problem, the problem would be to drive a complete race in all circuits but unfortunately that is not possible for now.
"The problem in F1 is the space. Maybe one day if the FIA say the car has to be 10-15 cm wider, I can drive - but it is not that rally is second choice.
"What is important for me is I am seeing progress. Even if in normal life I struggle with using the hand, [but] driving I see the progress, in the rally car, in the simulator.
"The question is how far I will go and how long it will take but to be honest it really doesn't matter if it will take one month, one year or 10 years, maybe one day I will have chance to drive F1 again."
Kubica, who won the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix for BMW Sauber and finished eighth in the world championship in his maiden season with Renault in 2010, was considered one of the very best drivers in the sport at the time of his crash. He admitted the past two years had been difficult for him to handle.
But asked whether he was still in love with motorsport, he said: "I think more. I was always thinking I was very lucky to be in F1.
"I spent a hard time after the accident for many months - I would say maybe even for nearly two years - not just because of the surgeries, the recovery and the pain but afterwards because when you recover you lie down in the hospital, you start missing it and then you realise how much maybe not love but affection you have for the sport."
He added: "I paid quite a big price for a mistake but I could have paid a much higher price, that's for sure.
"It is unfortunately part of this sport that you have to accept. If you are driving you are not thinking about this. If you don't accept, you don't do it."
Kubica made it clear he still prioritised success in F1 over rallying but said he would not try to rush his recovery.
He said: "What I learned is that because of my situation I cannot look too much forward. I have to look week after week, day after day and move forward, that's the most important."
Watch the interview with Robert Kubica in the build-up to Canadian Grand Prix qualifying from 17:00 BST on Saturday | Former Renault Formula 1 driver Robert Kubica says he misses competing in F1. | 22812785 | [
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Most of the main streets are waterlogged, bringing the city to a standstill.
Many offices, schools and colleges have been shut due to rains in the past week.
The rains have also affected at least 80,000 people in northern parts of neighbouring Sri Lanka.
A depression formed in the Bay of Bengal has triggered rains in coastal areas of India's Tamil Nadu state and Sri Lanka.
Government officials said around 10,000 people had been evacuated from their homes in Chennai, the Reuters news agency said.
The National Disaster Response Force and the army are also helping in ongoing rescue work.
The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, J Jayalalitha, has announced a 5bn-rupee ($75m; £49m) relief fund for flood-affected areas.
"The rain that was meant to be spread out over the monsoon months has poured in just a few days," she said.
"No precautionary measures would have managed to prevent water logging and damages. In areas where flooding and damage have been caused, relief, rescue and repair works are being taken up on a war footing," she added.
Images from Chennai show the difficulties people have been facing to access essential services. | More than 70 people have been killed as incessant rains continue to batter the southern Indian city of Chennai, media reports say. | 34830452 | [
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Led by Rev Syd Graham, the private service for the couple from Bankfoot was held in Perth Crematorium on Crieff Road at 12:00.
The event lasted about 45 minutes and was also be broadcast on speakers outside the crematorium.
The funeral of Jim and Anne McQuire, the other Scots couple killed in the Sousse attacks, took place on Friday.
The Grahams were visiting the resort to celebrate Mrs Graham's 50th birthday.
Mr Graham, 51, had worked as a turnstile operator at St Johnstone Football Club for seven years.
They were among the 30 Britons who died in the attack on 26 June, which killed 38 people. Three Irish nationals, two Germans, one Belgian, one Portuguese and one Russian also died. | The funeral for Billy and Lisa Graham, who were killed in last month's terror attacks in Tunisia, has taken place. | 33498557 | [
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Charlton Athletic supporter Daniel Boylett, 36, of Eltham, was arrested after trouble broke out at the match on 23 September 2015.
He was found guilty at Croydon Crown Court of attempted damage for the attack on Kayla. He was also found guilty of violent disorder.
Boylett was released on bail to be sentenced on 28 April.
Crystal Palace, who are nicknamed The Eagles, adopted Kayla as a mascot in 2010.
Who is Kayla the Eagle?
The court heard handler Chris Belsey was walking around the Selhurst Park pitch with the bird on his forearm at the game.
Prosecutor Daniel Higgins said "three or four fans were shouting abuse" at the pair when one leaned over the barrier and "threw a punch".
He said Mr Belsey did not know if the punch had landed and Kayla "seemed unhurt", but "due to her delicate bone structure if she had been hit with force, her bones could easily break".
Four other men were on trial with Boylett over the trouble which marred the Capital One third-round tie.
Mr Higgins said there had been trouble "before, during and after" the game.
The first scuffles broke out as police escorted Charlton supporters to Selhurst Park.
One officer suffered a cut lip after being hit by what he thought was a bottle as rival fans tried to break the police cordon, the court heard.
At the end of the match, which Charlton lost 4-1, Donegan ran at police wielding a large yellow cone and had to be "subdued with a baton strike".
After his arrest, he told police he was "annoyed" as "we just got battered. I picked it up and let my anger out".
The jury were previously directed to acquit Cowcher, Boylett, Kitto and McConville on another count of violent disorder due to insufficient evidence. | A football fan has been found guilty of trying to punch Crystal Palace's bald eagle mascot during a cup game | 39454492 | [
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The city in western Germany is putting 2,500 police officers on the streets for the week-long event.
Germany was shocked by the New Year assaults, largely blamed on migrants. More than 100 women were victims, but the full scale only emerged later.
Separately, police have arrested three suspected Islamist militants in raids.
Cologne sex attacks: Women describe 'terrible' assaults
The raids on flats and offices took place on Thursday in Berlin, Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia.
The two men and one woman detained are among four suspected of links to the so-called Islamic State group.
One of those held was being sought by Algerian authorities, and they may have been planning an attack in Germany, police said.
The New Year unrest in Cologne fuelled German unease about a huge influx of asylum seekers.
Two men - a Tunisian and a Moroccan - have been charged over the Cologne offences.
But in total there were 945 complaints to Cologne police after the New Year trouble, 559 of them allegations of sexual assault. Thirty-five suspects are being investigated.
German authorities spoke of a new type of crime, in which gangs of drunken men - described as North African - targeted women.
Cologne resident Miriam was attacked as she and a friend made her way home on New Year's Eve.
She said she was going to the carnival celebrations "but with really mixed feelings".
"I'm wondering if something like that could happen again."
Miriam's mother, Jozi, said the incident changed the way she sees migrants.
"We live in a multicultural area with lots of Moroccans, I've never had a second thought before - we're friends, we greet each other, talk to each other. It was all fine. But now I'm looking at it with different eyes."
Organisers have not said how many people have attended this year's carnival, but correspondents say the numbers are much lower than in previous years.
Police will be present at a new "Security Point" for women near Cologne Cathedral - the area where most of the assaults took place during New Year celebrations.
Police have been trialling "body cams" which can film suspects during incidents.
German authorities have also brought in British face recognition experts to help identify those involve in the attacks on New Year's Eve.
Known as "super-recognisers", the officers from the London Metropolitan Police can recognise up to 95% of the faces they have seen - compared to about 20% for most people.
Migration to Germany from outside the EU soared to a record 1.1 million last year.
The Cologne assaults contributed to a slump in the approval rating of Chancellor Angela Merkel.
She has been criticised by conservative allies, as well as by many opposition politicians, for having welcomed so many asylum seekers to Germany.
The many Syrian and Iraqi refugees generally get asylum, but many economic migrants from outside the EU are also trying to settle in Germany. | Cologne has beefed up security for the city's annual carnival, after many women suffered sexual assaults and robberies there on New Year's Eve. | 35490143 | [
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The rules, created by the Financial Stability Board (FSB), a global monitoring body, would require big banks to hold much more money against losses.
Mark Carney, FSB chairman and governor of the Bank of England, said the plans were a "watershed" moment.
He said it had been "totally unfair" for taxpayers to bail out banks after the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009.
"The banks and their shareholders and their creditors got the benefit when things went well," he told the BBC.
"But when they went wrong the British public and subsequent generations picked up the bill - and that's going to end".
Mr Carney explained that the new system would ensure that bank shareholders, and lenders to banks such as bondholders, would become first in line to bear the brunt of future losses if banks could not pay out of their own resources.
"Instead of having the public, governments, [and] the taxpayer rescue banks when things go wrong; the creditors of banks, the big institutions that hold the banks' debt - not the depositors - will become the new shareholders of banks if banks make mistakes."
"Let's face it, the system we've had up until now has been totally unfair," he added.
Bigger cushion
Governments around the world spent hundreds of billions of pounds bailing out stricken banks during the financial crisis of 2007-08.
At its peak in the UK alone, taxpayers' direct subsidy to banks stood at more than £1 trillion according to a recent report from the National Audit Office.
In the wake of the financial crisis, world leaders asked the FSB to come up with proposals to prevent similar bailouts from happening in the future.
The proposed new rules, which are up for consultation and should take effect in 2019, require "global systemically important banks" to hold a minimum amount of cash to ensure they will be able to survive big losses without turning to governments for help.
The capital set aside should be worth 15-20% of the bank's assets, the FSB said. That is a far bigger cushion against losses than is required by current banking rules.
The FSB hopes this stronger policy will prevent taxpayers from being forced to pay billions of pounds again to stop big banks from collapsing, in the event of another financial crisis.
Anthony Browne of the British Bankers' Association welcomed the proposals.
"The banking industry strongly supports this work, which is a really important step in ending 'too big to fail' and ensuring that never again will taxpayers have to step in to bail out banks," he said.
"We agree with the aims and objectives of the proposals for total loss absorbing capacity ('TLAC'), that there should be sufficient resources available to absorb losses in the event of bank failure and provide new capital to ensure critical economic functions can continue to be provided," he added.
"Agreement on proposals for a common international standard on total loss-absorbing capacity for [big banks] is a watershed in ending 'too big to fail' for banks," said Mr Carney.
"Once implemented, these agreements will play important roles in enabling globally systemic banks to be resolved without recourse to public subsidy and without disruption to the wider financial system."
According to the BBC's business editor Kamal Ahmed, analysts estimate the new capital requirements could cost €200bn (£157bn) for Europe's banks alone, with the cost for globally significant banks in the US, Japan and China likely to be much higher.
The FSB has published a list of 30 banks it regards as "systemically important", meaning their collapse could have a wider impact on global financial systems.
In the UK, the banks are Barclays, Standard Chartered, HSBC and the Royal Bank of Scotland.
Lloyds Banking Group has been removed from the list as its potential impact on financial systems has declined in recent years.
The UK government spent around £65bn directly bailing out RBS and Lloyds during the crisis. The government still owns an 80% stake in RBS and 25% of Lloyds.
Analysis: Andrew Walker, economics correspondent, BBC News.
Lehman Brothers was the classic case of a financial institution that was too big to fail - or at least it probably was according to the previous Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke.
Of course it DID fail, and the financial crisis entered a new and more dangerous phase after Lehman filed for bankruptcy in September 2008. The immediate lesson that many policy makers drew - and this is contested - was that it should have been rescued.
And so they decided that other big financial firms would not fail and taxpayers' money was thrown at the banks around the world.
But there is another lesson drawn from the Lehman episode: that it would be far better to change the rules of finance to ensure that any bank could safely fail if it gets into serious difficulty no matter how big it is.
That's where the Financial Stability Board's new proposals come in. | New global rules to prevent banks that are "too big to fail" from being bailed out by taxpayers have been proposed. | 29982181 | [
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The Blues' Belgium winger Eden Hazard was second, with Tottenham and England midfielder Dele Alli third.
It follows Kante, 26, being voted the Professional Footballers' Association Player of the Year for 2016-17.
The France international helped Leicester City win the Premier League title last season and is close to doing the same with Chelsea.
The Blues, who have four top-flight matches left, lead the table with a four-point advantage over second-placed Spurs, who have played a game more. | Chelsea midfielder N'Golo Kante has been chosen as the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year. | 39842059 | [
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The incident was reported near junction 16 at Johnstonebridge at about 14:20.
Police said that six vehicles had been involved and lanes on the southbound carriageway were blocked for a time but the route was subsequently cleared.
In another incident a car was reported to have ended up on its roof on the northbound carriageway.
It follows a string of incidents on the motorway on Sunday in similar weather conditions.
Policing units attended about 40 crashes - primarily on the A74(M) - throughout the day.
A number were also reported on the A75 near Carrutherstown.
"Thankfully the majority of the crashes were fairly minor in nature and as a result there were only three persons slightly injured," said a police spokesman.
"The crashes occurred as a result of freak hail showers in various locations throughout the region making driving conditions hazardous.
"Please remember that although it is now March and temperatures are generally higher, weather conditions are still very changeable so please take time to have a look at the weather forecast prior to your journey so that you may be better informed of the conditions ahead." | A multi-vehicle crash has taken place during a heavy hail shower on the A74(M) after a spate of incidents in similar conditions on Sunday. | 35917916 | [
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The Department for Education (DfE) met the expense from its overall budget, says the National Audit Office report.
"The department was unprepared for the financial implications of rapid expansion," the authors say.
The government said it made "no apology for spending money on a programme that is proven to drive up standards".
In May 2010 there were 203 academies, which are publicly funded independent state schools directly accountable to the DfE and outside local authority control. The programme was started by the Labour government as a way to transform struggling schools.
After the election the Education Secretary, Michael Gove, announced plans to allow all schools in England to convert to academy status. By September 2012 some 2,309 schools had converted, representing a growth of 1,307%, and 48% of secondary pupils were attending academies.
Amyas Morse, head of the National Audit Office (NAO), said the increase was "a significant achievement - however the Department for Education was not sufficiently prepared for the financial implications of such a rapid expansion, or for the challenge of overseeing and monitoring such a large number of new academies".
According to the report, the department had budgeted £7.3bn to set up and run academies in the two years from April 2010 to March 2012.
It says officials were expecting some extra expenditure, to cover factors such as additional insurance, but were unprepared for the numbers of academies wanting to convert. In fact the total expenditure on academies amounted to £8.3bn - £1bn over budget.
The £1bn includes £350m paid to local authorities for temporary continued funding of places at non-academy schools, effectively double funding places while academies were being set up.
The report says that to fund the expansion and remain within overall spending limits, the DfE had to find the money from other budgets, including the main schools settlement.
A spokesman for the Department for Education said: "We make no apology for the fact that more schools than even we imagined have opted to convert, and no apology for spending money on a programme that is proven to drive up standards and make long-term school improvements.
"We want as many schools as possible to take advantage of the significant benefits academy status brings because it means more schools run by great heads and teachers, not local authority or Whitehall bureaucrats, and more children getting a first-class education.
"The Department for Education has made significant savings in the last two and a half years and also set aside significant contingencies which have been set against the growth in academies.
"Additionally, the costs of converting academies have already fallen by 53% per academy. We anticipate further changes we are making will radically reduce costs in 2013-14 and beyond."
Margaret Hodge MP, chairwoman of the Commons public accounts committee, said: "The decision to change fundamentally the nature of the programme away from one solely directed at struggling schools is up to the government, but taxpayers have the right to expect a more considered and controlled approach to public spending than the department has so far displayed."
Shadow education secretary Stephen Twigg called for greater scrutiny, oversight and local accountability "to ensure school standards improve and the taxpayer gets value for money".
The figures also drew criticism from teaching unions with Mary Bousted, of the Association and Teachers and Lecturers, saying they showed "only too clearly that the expansion of academies is being driven by political ideology and not by what's best for children's education".
Christine Blower, of the National Union of Teachers, said: "It is absurd for the government to justify spending £8.3bn on academy conversions in two years while at the same time warning of a dire economic situation. Meanwhile, many good state schools are told there's no money as they stand in a state of disrepair with ever-diminishing support services." | A tenfold increase in the number of English schools converting to academies has meant £1bn in extra costs, says the government's spending watchdog. | 20434319 | [
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Simeone, 44, has led Atletico to a host of trophies since becoming coach in 2011, including last season's La Liga title and the 2012 Europa League crown.
They were runners-up to Real Madrid in the 2014 Champions League final, who they face in this season's last eight.
"I am here because I'm convinced the club will continue to grow," he said.
Simeone is widely regarded as one of the best coaches in European football, and was reported to have been linked with a number of clubs, including Manchester City.
"Nobody embodies the values of our club more so than Simeone," said club president Enrique Cerezo.
The Argentine guided Atletico to their first title since 1996 last year with a last-day draw at Barcelona.
His side were then seconds away from winning the Champions League until Sergio Ramos's header took rivals Real into extra-time. | Coach Diego Simeone has signed a contract extension with Atletico Madrid that will keep him at the Spanish champions until 2020. | 32037427 | [
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People with a DNA variation in a gene called PDSS2 tend to drink fewer cups of coffee, a study carried out at the University of Edinburgh has found.
It suggests the gene reduces cell ability to break down caffeine.
This causes it to stay in the body for longer and means those with the gene get the same caffeine hit through less coffee.
One scientist working on the project said it suggests the "drive to drink coffee may be embedded in our genes".
The researchers studied the DNA of 370 people living in a small village in southern Italy and 843 people from six villages in north-east Italy.
The subjects were asked to complete a survey including a question about how many cups of coffee they drank each day.
The team found people with the PDSS2 DNA variation tended to consume fewer cups of coffee than people without the variation - equivalent to one fewer cup daily on average.
Researchers replicated the study in a group of 1,731 people from the Netherlands. The result was similar but the effect of the gene on the number of cups of coffee consumed was slightly lower.
The scientists said the change could be down to the different styles of coffee drunk in the two countries.
In Italy, people tend to drink smaller cups such as espresso whereas in the Netherlands the preference is towards larger cups which contain more caffeine overall.
Dr Nicola Pirastu, a Chancellor's Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, said: "The results of our study add to existing research suggesting that our drive to drink coffee may be embedded in our genes.
"We need to do larger studies to confirm the discovery and also to clarify the biological link between PDSS2 and coffee consumption."
The study is published in the journal Scientific Reports and was conducted at the universities of Edinburgh and Trieste, the Burlo Garofolo Pediatric Institute in Italy, the Erasmus Medical Centre and PolyOmica, a data analysis company based in Groningen, the Netherlands. | Researchers have identified a gene that appears to curb coffee consumption. | 37184668 | [
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Marineland, in Niagara Falls, was also charged with failing to provide adequate food and water for 35 bears, the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA) said.
Three final charges relate to failing to comply with the prescribed standards of care for a peacock and guinea hens.
Marineland deny the allegations.
The company told the BBC the accusations were made by "a former animal care worker who was fired for poor performance and inappropriate behaviour".
It said the peacock - "one among thousands of birds" - had a problem with its eye but was otherwise healthy. It also blamed the OSPCA staff for upsetting the guinea hens and said the concerns over the bears' food were due to some small labels being left on pieces of fruit.
The park spokesman added there had never been concerns raised about the bears' access to water.
However, the OSPCA, which has not removed any animals but is continuing to monitor the situation, says further charges are likely to follow.
Spokesman Alison Cross said: "If convicted, they could face a CA$60,000 ($44,300/£35,500) fine, a lifetime ban in owning animals and up to two years in jail." | A Canadian wildlife park has been charged with five counts of animal cruelty - including allowing a peacock to be in distress. | 38112155 | [
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A black and white photo of the publication's Manhattan headquarters takes pride of place, with the strapline #lastprintissue.
The nod to Twitter is regarded as a backhanded compliment.
The death of the print edition was caused by falling advertising revenues, as audiences moved online.
From the new year, Newsweek will be a digital-only publication. Editor Tina Brown described it as "a new chapter" for the magazine.
In a defiant editor's letter, she wrote: "This is not a conventional magazine, or a hidebound place.
"It is in that spirit that we're making our latest, momentous change, embracing a digital medium that all our competitors will one day need to embrace with the same fervor.
"We are ahead of the curve."
Ms Brown became editor of the publication two years ago, after it merged with The Daily Beast, a news website she co-founded in 2008.
Newsweek's first edition was published on 17 February, 1933. It made an immediate splash with its front cover, featuring seven photos - one news story for each day of the week.
Although it always took second place to its rival, Time, it gained prominence in the 1960s for its coverage of the civil rights movement.
At its height, it had a circulation of 3 million, but declining readership and advertising revenue saw it fall into losses.
It was sold by the Washington Post Company to businessman and publisher Sidney Harman for $1 in 2010, and was merged with the Daily Beast three months later.
Ms Brown is a former editor of Vanity Fair and The New Yorker. She unveiled Newsweek's final front cover via Twitter, saying: "Bitter sweet! Wish us luck!"
One reader commented that the hashtag headline was "like using your final breath to ID the killer".
The move to a digital edition will allow Newsweek to cut costs such as printing, postage and distribution. However it will lose money from print advertisers, who traditionally pay more than their online counterparts.
As the final edition went to the printers, The Daily Beast confirmed it would be making many of its editorial staff redundant. | The 80-year-old US current affairs magazine Newsweek has revealed the image that will grace the cover of its last-ever print edition. | 20837502 | [
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It seems like only yesterday that the garages were locked and helmets hung up, as the sport emerges from one of the shortest winter breaks in its history.
Lewis Hamilton's world title has barely had time to collect dust.
The Mercedes driver and his winning team are this year's favourites too. Here's our guide to the 2015 season, with a little help from a former pit lane engineer.
For the first time in five years, James Lyons will be watching the opening race at home with his dad.
"I was senior electronics engineer at Marussia, I looked after everything from the lights in the garage to the control units in the car," explained the 30-year-old.
James lost his job last November when the team entered administration.
"I travelled the world but I won't be in the pit lane this time, I'll be sat on my mum and dad's sofa. It feels weird.
"I'm really looking forward to the season."
Alongside Lewis Hamilton, there are four other former F1 champions on the grid; Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso, Kimi Raikkonen and Jenson Button.
"I'm almost sure it will be either Lewis Hamilton or Nico Rosberg in the Mercedes to win the title this year," said James.
"They're likely to run away with it."
Fernando Alonso, who has switched Ferrari for McLaren, will not be in Melbourne after being advised by doctors not to risk a second bang on the head.
His place at Ferrari has been taken by Sebastian Vettel.
"With a better engine and aerodynamic package they (Ferrari) could pull it out of the bag this year."
Red Bull's junior team, Toro Rosso, have handed 17-year-old Max Verstappen his debut. The Dutchman is the youngest driver in F1 history.
Mercedes are the reigning constructors' champions after winning 16 of 19 races last season.
Their advantage seems to have been maintained if pre-season is anything to go by.
Williams, Ferrari and Red Bull will be competing just behind them.
It's McLaren you have to feel sorry for. Engine problems have hampered them after teaming up with Honda at the end of last season.
"The Honda guys have got a big job on their hands trying to get that engine up to spec because the other teams have had much longer to work on theirs," said James.
The 2014 season was littered with off-track drama.
Caterham and Marussia entered administration which led to hundreds of job losses, as James knows only too well.
"We had a big meeting at the factory in Banbury and the administrator said, 'This is it, we're closing the doors.'
"I was absolutely devastated."
While Marussia are back this season under the new name of Manor Marussia, there are clues the sport's finances have not been fully repaired.
More just patched up with some sticky-back plastic.
F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone has given struggling teams an advance on their prize money, but Sauber, Lotus and Force India have all suffered cash flow issues during pre-season.
"If the TV money was shared out a bit better then small teams like Marussia would stand a better chance," says James.
"Some of the bigger teams get more money than other team's entire annual budget."
Since 2014, an F1 car's power has been provided by a 1.6-litre turbocharged V6 engine.
In total, each driver is provided with 13 sets of dry weather tyres, four sets of intermediates and three sets of wet tyres across a race weekend.
But bosses are keen to increase the sport's appeal around the world and there are plans to widen the cars and tyres and make the engines more powerful.
Those plans have not yet been agreed on and James says he doesn't like the sound of them.
"Maybe that'll win back some of the old crowd, but they can't go down the route of trying to make the cars look like they did in the early 80s and 90s."
F1 fans have 20 races to look forward to this season, starting in Australia and ending in Abu Dhabi in November.
Samantha Charles is studying in Sheffield and plans to get up early to watch the opening race in Melbourne.
"I love the adrenaline and anticipation of watching a race," she said.
"The politics of last season were really disappointing and I think more money needs to be put in so these smaller teams can compete."
As for her 2015 hopes, he says: "I want Jenson Button to win, but I think Nico Rosberg has a great chance of beating Lewis Hamilton."
While Samantha will be watching on the sofa, Ollie Zorab from Somerset will be in Melbourne.
"I paid about £130 for my ticket - and they're the cheap seats," he said.
"It's going to stand out for lots of reasons because the spectators are really part of the race and all the Aussies are fully behind Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) in his home grand prix.
"Everyone's excited and looking forward to it."
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Mr Tshibala will be leader until presidential elections later this year.
He was expelled from Congo's largest opposition party, the UDPS, last month after contesting the designation of successors to veteran leader Etienne Tshisekedi who died in February.
Mr Tshibala's appointment is likely to further divide Mr Kabila's opponents.
Talks to negotiate his exit from power broke down last week.
Mr Kabila was supposed to step down after his second and final five-year term came to an end last year but the vote to replace him was not held.
The electoral commission cited financial and logistical difficulties.
The arrogance of power
The failure to organise the polls led to a wave of deadly demonstrations by opposition supporters, with calls from diplomats for the president to respect the constitution.
The Roman Catholic Church stepped in to broker a deal at the end of 2016 which outlined the creation of a transitional government that would oversee the elections.
But the deal collapsed because the government and the opposition were unable to agree on the power-sharing mechanism under the arrangement.
The country of 71 million people has not had a peaceful transfer of power since its independence from Belgium in 1960. | Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila has appointed Bruno Tshibala as the new prime minister of the power-sharing government. | 39536132 | [
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It includes seating areas, a maze and play equipment and has been designed to help children recover from treatment.
A therapy zone includes sloping floors and artificial grass so children can receive physiotherapy in the fresh air.
The garden had £1.6m in funding from the Welsh Government and £250,000 from the Noah's Ark charity.
Part of the garden has a jungle theme with a spray-painted mural and palm trees - during the evening the space is lit by colourful LED lights.
Although each ward in the the Noah's Ark Children's Hospital for Wales has an indoor play area - until now the children did not have a dedicated outdoor space.
Senior nurse Jo Clements said: "It's got a lovely vibe. Some of the elements are for rehab and physio - different surfaces, different sensory components.
"But there are also parts that are very typical of a playground - a slide, a playhouse where children can just be children again giving them a sense of normality."
Five-year-old Neve from Abercynon added: "I really like it... there's lots and lots of stuff here"
Neve was admitted seven weeks ago after suffering what her parents thought was a sickness bug.
But she was diagnosed with an inflammation to the brain called Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis which caused her to lose control of the left side of her body .
Neve receives daily therapy to help her regain full control of her arm and leg.
With the help of physiotherapists she uses the garden to practice walking and to develop her wheelchair skills.
Physiotherapist Natalie Gragasin said the garden can also make therapy seem like play.
"It's a great place for her to come to spend time with her family - obviously when children are in hospital for a long time they're often away from their siblings so it's a lovely place for children just to be children together."
The children's hospital opened in 2006 and the second phase of its construction was completed in 2015.
Funding from the Welsh Government paid for construction work and the equipment has been provided by donations to the Noah's Ark charity.
Bethan Simmonds, of the charity, added: "At the end of the day this is a children's hospital and children have a right to be children whatever they're going through."
The garden will be officially opened in a event led by Health Secretary Vaughan Gething. | Patients at Wales' only children's hospital can play outside for the first time - thanks to a new purpose-built garden. | 39293231 | [
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Chiltern Edge School in Sonning Common had been rated inadequate by Ofsted after following the inspection in March.
Inspectors also said pupil attainment was too low and a disadvantaged pupils' fund was not being used effectively.
Oxfordshire County Council said it will begin consulting on Friday over whether the school should shut.
The school, which educates children between 11 and 16 years old, received a good rating from Ofsted in 2012.
But after the most recent inspection, the watchdog said the school had shown a lack of management and effective teaching, which led to pupils underperforming.
It added: "Standards in reading are too low. Pupils do not read well or widely enough.
"This restricts their access to the wider curriculum."
The council will discuss the potential closure of the 500-pupil school with parents on 3 May.
A spokesman said the consultation - which will run until 16 June - will explore the potential impacts of the closure and how it can provide good-quality education to pupils.
Director of children's services Lucy Butler, said: "It's important to stress at this stage that no decisions have been taken and that the school would not close without appropriate transfer arrangements in place for every child to attend a better-performing school."
The school would not comment on the potential closure, but a letter to parents read: "Inevitably, this is a time of great concern and uncertainty for everyone but I assure you that everything possible will be done to safeguard the education and progress of our students." | A secondary school placed in special measures by inspectors last month could be closed, a council has said. | 39717039 | [
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The TPP was signed by 12 countries which together cover 40% of the world's economy, but has not yet been ratified.
Asia-Pacific leaders meeting at an economic summit in Peru over the weekend pledged to pursue free trade deals despite Mr Trump's opposition.
But when the US withdraws, what will the fate of the TPP be?
Here is some reaction.
Time will tell whether and to what extent the new administration and the new congress engages with the TPP or an evolved version of that agreement. There is very strong support among the other 11 parties to the TPP to ratify it and to seek to bring it into force. So Mr Trump and his new congress will have to make their own decisions in America's interest. It is very clear that from Australia's point of view, getting greater access for Australian exports, whether it is goods or services to those big markets is manifestly in our interest.
The United States is not an island. It can't just sit there and say it's not going to trade with the rest of the World, and at some point it will have to give some consideration to that.
It is President-elect Donald Trump's right as the democratically-elected next leader of the United States to make the policy decisions he thinks right. I am a strong supporter of developing trade and open regionalism in Asia Pacific. It is key to benefiting our peoples. I look forward to working with President-elect Trump on our shared goals of strengthening security and ensuring growth that is inclusive, sustainable and fair to all.
This is very depressing news. It means the end of US leadership on trade and the passing of the baton to Asia. At a time of slowing economic growth, the world can ill-afford watching the largest economies turn inward.
This is not surprising given all that Trump said during the campaign, but it is still disappointing. US withdrawal from the TPP kills a deal that was a decade in the works. The irony is that, though Trump has called it a horrible deal, it was actually very good for the US. It would have given the US a very strong say over the rules of trade between Asia and America, putting more of a focus on labour rights and intellectual-property rights. The collapse of the TPP will now create a void in Asia. There is lots of talk about China now moving in to fill it, becoming the region's leader in shaping trade agreements. But that will be hard for it to do because many other governments are wary of its export machine.
For better or worse, this gives Asia and the Pacific to China and its friends. There are several billion people with strong economies, little debt, and huge assets in the area. It will be a major turning point in history whichever way the world now turns out.
You may also like to read the views of our experts:
Carrie Gracie: How China gains from US leaving TPP
Karishma Vaswani: Asia's winners and losers from Trump's TPP dump | US President-elect Donald Trump has announced he plans to quit the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal on his first day in the White House. | 38060520 | [
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James Chester scored the decisive penalty with Vale's Richard Duffy the only man to miss from the spot.
Over 120 minutes, Vale matched Albion, who again left wantaway striker Saido Berahino out of their side.
The Baggies' Salomon Rondon missed the best chance of the game - hitting the crossbar from close range. | West Brom reached round three of the League Cup courtesy of a penalty shootout after being held to a goalless draw by League One side Port Vale. | 33969990 | [
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The move, if enacted, would make them the first UK banks to introduce negative interest rates, in effect, charging to deposit money.
"Global interest rates remain at very low levels... this could result in us charging interest on credit balances," it wrote in a letter to customers.
Personal customers are not affected.
However, charities and community groups are counted as business clients and so would be affected by the changes, the banks said.
A spokesperson for Royal Bank of Scotland, which owns NatWest, told the BBC the letter was sent to just under 1.3 million of the combined business and commercial customers of the two banks.
"We will consider any necessary action in the event of the Bank of England base rate falling below zero, but will do our utmost to protect our customers from any impacts," they said.
Jack: The weird world of negative interest rates
The Federation of Small Businesses, which has 170,000 members, called on other banks to update customers of any changes to their Business Current Account (BCA) "during this uncertain economic period".
Mike Cherry, National Chairman at the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), said the warning from Natwest and RBS "will be deeply concerning to small firms".
The FSB also urged the Bank of England to consider the impact on smaller firms of cutting interest rates.
Mike Amey, a managing director at investment firm Pimco, said the two banks were "giving themselves wiggle room in the very unlikely event" that the Bank turns the official interest rate negative.
"The Bank of England sets the interest rate next week, so the fact they put this out this week... is possibly a bit of a reminder to the Bank of England there are negative consequences," he told the BBC.
UK interest rates have been unchanged since the Bank of England cut them to a record low of 0.5% in March 2009 at the height of the financial crisis.
The Bank kept them on hold earlier this month, despite speculation it would cut rates further.
But Bank governor Mark Carney has said it is likely "some monetary policy easing" will be required to boost the UK economy in response to the Brexit vote.
However, he has said he does not favour rates falling any lower than 0.25%.
Nevertheless, some economists believe that rates could still be cut to zero or lower later this year.
When the rate goes below zero, the normal relationship between banks and customers is reversed. Instead of the lender getting paid interest by the bank for allowing it to use their money, the lender has to pay the bank for holding their money.
The underlying idea is much the same as cutting interest rates in more normal times. The aim is to encourage more borrowing and spending by firms and less saving.
In 2014, the European Central Bank was the first major central bank to introduce negative interest rates, with the aim of encouraging banks to lend to businesses rather than hold on to money. | NatWest and Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) have warned businesses they may have to charge them to accept deposits due to low interest rates. | 36889828 | [
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Fewer than 400 so-called neuro-technology patents a year had been filed in 2000-09, research company SharpBrains said. But that had doubled to 800 in 2010. And 1,600 such patents had been lodged in the US in 2014.
Research company Nielsen holds the most neuro-technology patents - with 100.
Microsoft holds 89 patents for software that can assess mental states.
The expansion into non-medical uses represented a dawn of the "pervasive neuro-technology age", said SharpBrains chief executive Alvaro Fernandez.
"Neuro-tech has gone well beyond medicine, with non-medical corporations, often under the radar, developing neuro-technologies to enhance work and life," he added.
There has been a rise in the number of companies such as Thync, a start-up working to connect to the brain sensors that can alter mood in the same way as a coffee or energy drink.
And there are moves afoot to come up with ways of controlling video games via brainwaves - such as a collaboration between EEG headset-maker Emotiv and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
There are also plenty of so-called neuro-marketing companies using with Electroencephalography (EEG) - a way of recording the electrical activity of the brain by placing sensors on the scalp - to try to find out what someone thinks about a new product or advert.
Matt Wall, of the Centre for Imaging Science, at Hammersmith Hospital, said: "There probably are some decent companies doing work in that space, but there are a massive number of neuro-marketing companies that have sprung up in the last few years.
"Because of the wide availability and low-cost of the EEG hardware these days, they all seek to define their [unique selling point] and intellectual property (ie patents) based on their fancy analysis techniques and claim to measure things like 'engagement' or 'interest' from EEG signals.
"Any EEG researcher knows this is absolute rubbish, but they do succeed in producing fancy sciencey-looking graphs and results that appear convincing enough for the marketing people they're selling it to." | There has been a dramatic rise in the number of technology patents filed that relate to reading brainwaves. | 32623063 | [
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After a dour first hour David Jones was caught in possession and substitute Gary Madine's low cross was slotted home from close range by Liam Feeney.
Gray tapped in a leveller after goalkeeper Paul Rachubka had done well to keep out his initial effort.
And the former Brentford man grabbed his 20th of the season with a tremendous strike in the 85th minute.
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The 24-year-old raced on to Fredrik Ulvestad's pass before hitting an unstoppable shot.
It looked like the Clarets were going to leave the Macron empty-handed after Feeney tapped home, but Gray's double in 11 minutes gave them an 18th league win of the season.
The defeat means the Trotters, who this week agreed a takeover by the Sport Shield consortium headed by former striker Dean Holdsworth, are seven points adrift of safety with 12 games to play.
Burnley are now one point clear of Hull City and Middlesbrough, but have played once more match than the Tigers, and two more than Boro.
Bolton boss Neil Lennon:
"What you should do is get my quotes from the last few weeks and just put it in your report.
"Individual mistakes have cost us the game again. I can't be critical of the team because they were excellent today. I would have been disappointed with a draw, never mind losing the game. It's tough to take at the minute."
Lennon on the proposed takeover:
"I'm really fed up of talking about it. Dean's worked really, really hard at this. He's put his heart and soul into it so if anyone deserves to get it it will be him.
"Whether it goes through or not I cannot say. If it does then hopefully we can get the embargo lifted and strengthen the squad."
Burnley manager Sean Dyche:
"We were off our performance levels and still won, and that's what you have to do sometimes in the Championship, in all of football, but definitely in the Championship.
"Ian Holloway told me in private in the manager's room a couple of years ago, 'Your lads have got an unbelievably strong chin' - and he mentions it a lot now because the mentality is so firm here.
"I appreciate it doesn't guarantee you an outcome like that, but it gives you a whole better chance. I can imagine when I watch that back in the cold light of day with no noise, you'll see our reaction to their goal is pretty calm. It's 'get the ball lads, let's get on with it'.
"It's gone immediately. We talk to the players a lot about it, focus, refocus, what's the focus now? To go and grip the game."
Match ends, Bolton Wanderers 1, Burnley 2.
Second Half ends, Bolton Wanderers 1, Burnley 2.
Substitution, Burnley. Rouwen Hennings replaces Andre Gray.
Scott Arfield (Burnley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Wellington (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Scott Arfield (Burnley).
Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Fredrik Ulvestad.
Attempt missed. Stephen Dobbie (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Darren Pratley with a headed pass following a corner.
Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Wellington replaces Jay Spearing.
Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Tom Heaton.
Mark Davies (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Joey Barton (Burnley).
Foul by Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers).
Ben Mee (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Bolton Wanderers 1, Burnley 2. Andre Gray (Burnley) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Fredrik Ulvestad.
Substitution, Burnley. Fredrik Ulvestad replaces David Jones.
Offside, Burnley. James Tarkowski tries a through ball, but Andre Gray is caught offside.
Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Stephen Dobbie replaces Zach Clough.
Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Ben Mee (Burnley).
Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Ben Mee.
Liam Feeney (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Scott Arfield (Burnley).
Goal! Bolton Wanderers 1, Burnley 1. Andre Gray (Burnley) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Andre Gray (Burnley) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Matthew Lowton.
Substitution, Burnley. Matthew Taylor replaces George Boyd.
Goal! Bolton Wanderers 1, Burnley 0. Liam Feeney (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gary Madine.
Foul by Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers).
Joey Barton (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Joey Barton (Burnley) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by David Jones.
Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Gary Madine replaces Emile Heskey.
Hand ball by Andre Gray (Burnley).
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Foul by Jay Spearing (Bolton Wanderers).
Sam Vokes (Burnley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Corner, Burnley. Conceded by Derik.
Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Ben Mee.
Offside, Burnley. Joey Barton tries a through ball, but Andre Gray is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Liam Feeney (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Mark Davies. | Burnley came from behind to go top of the Championship thanks to Andre Gray's double at lowly Bolton. | 35618645 | [
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The council has launched an appeal to raise £150,000 for a bronze sculpture in the Barkers Pool area.
Former steelworker Kathleen Roberts said: "It breaks my heart that we haven't been recognised and everyone else has been."
The planned sculpture has been designed by artist Martin Jennings.
Mrs Roberts said: "Times were tough in 1941, as a country we had our backs against the wall. We worked flat out for the war effort and we were just young girls.
"I think the Sheffield industry could give more because they give so freely to others."
Sheffield City Council put up a commemorative plaque to the women in 2011, while plans for the sculpture were already under way.
Leader of Sheffield City Council, Julie Dore, said: "We all owe it to these amazing women to make the statue a reality." | A woman who "gave up her youth" to work in Sheffield's steel factories during World War II has said the city's "women of steel" need proper recognition. | 21401792 | [
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The collection also features photos taken at the Rock Against Racism Carnival at Victoria Park, Hackney, which attracted a crowd of 100,000.
The show runs from Friday to 3 September at the Impression Gallery.
The Rock Against Racism (RAR) movement formed in response to controversial remarks made by Eric Clapton in 1976.
In the following years, RAR staged marches, festivals and more than 500 concerts in the UK in a bid to fight racism through music.
Shelton, who studied Fine Art in Leeds and Wakefield, said he became involved with the movement after returning to the UK from America in 1976.
He said: "I was appalled at the state of race relations in Britain, in particular things like the Black and White Minstrel Show and the signs I saw in some windows saying 'No Blacks, No Dogs, No Irish'.
"It was a pretty serious situation and I always loved music and very quickly hooked up with the people that had set up RAR.
"It was a bizarre mixture of people, photographers, graphic designers, writers, actors and, of course, musicians.
"We were very lucky in the sense that we tuned in to that explosion of punk and UK reggae and brought the two together. That said more about what RAR was about than any of the slogans we may have shouted from the stage."
He added: "I hope the exhibition shows that you can change things and you can actually take a stand, even in the most difficult of situations.
"If it inspires people to be photographers that would be great but I hope it will also inspire people to fight against racism and inequality." | Photographs capturing some of the most important moments and inspirational figures of the Rock Against Racism movement are to go on show in Bradford. | 36540012 | [
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Although such an event should have been predicted and planned for, the panel said, it found gaping holes in safety standards and emergency procedures.
Here is an outline of key quotes, findings and recommendations from the 88-page executive summary of the Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission's report.
The earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011 were natural disasters of a magnitude that shocked the entire world. Although triggered by these cataclysmic events, the subsequent accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant cannot be regarded as a natural disaster. It was a profoundly manmade disaster - that could and should have been foreseen and prevented...
Our report catalogues a multitude of errors and wilful negligence that left the Fukushima plant unprepared for the events of March 11. And it examines serious deficiencies in the response to the accident by Tepco, regulators and the government.
For all the extensive detail it provides, what this report cannot fully convey - especially to a global audience - is the mindset that supported the negligence behind this disaster. What must be admitted - very painfully - is that this was a disaster "Made in Japan."
Its fundamental causes are to be found in the ingrained conventions of Japanese culture: our reflexive obedience; our reluctance to question authority; our devotion to 'sticking with the program'; our groupism; and our insularity.
(Chairman Kiyoshi Kurokawa)
Collusion and lack of governance
The Tepco Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant accident was the result of collusion between the government, the regulators and [private plant operator] Tepco, and the lack of governance by said parties. They effectively betrayed the nation's right to be safe from nuclear accidents. Therefore, we conclude that the accident was clearly "manmade"...
We believe that the root causes were the organizational and regulatory systems... rather than issues relating to the competency of any specific individual.
[All parties] failed to correctly develop the most basic safety requirements - such as assessing the probability of damage, preparing for containing collateral damage from such a disaster, and developing evacuation plans for the public in the case of a serious radiation release.
Organisational problems within Tepco
Had there been a higher level of knowledge, training, and equipment inspection related to severe accidents, and had there been specific instructions given to the on-site workers concerning the state of emergency within the necessary time frame, a more effective accident response would have been possible... Sections in the diagrams of the severe accident instruction manual were missing.
Emergency response issues
The government, the regulators, Tepco management, and the Kantei [prime minister's office] lacked the preparation and the mindset to efficiently operate an emergency response to an accident of this scope. None, therefore, were effective in preventing or limiting the consequential damage.
In the critical period just after the accident, the Kantei did not promptly declare a state of emergency. The regional nuclear emergency response team was meant to be the contact between the Kantei and the operator, responsible for keeping the Kantei informed about the situation on the ground. Instead, the Kantei contacted Tepco headquarters and the Fukushima site directly, and disrupted the planned chain of command.
Evacuation issues
The Commission concludes that the residents' confusion over the evacuation stemmed from the regulators' negligence and failure over the years to implement adequate measures against a nuclear disaster, as well as a lack of action by previous governments and regulators focused on crisis management. The crisis management system that existed for the Kantei and the regulators should protect the health and safety of the public, but it failed in this function.
The central government... failed to convey the severity of the accident... [O]nly 20% of the residents of the town hosting the plant knew about the accident when evacuation from the 3km zone was ordered at 21:23 on the evening of March 11.
There was great confusion over the evacuation, caused by prolonged shelter-in-place orders and voluntary evacuation orders. Some residents were evacuated to high dosage areas because radiation monitoring information was not provided.
Continuing public health and welfare issues
[R]esidents in the affected area are still struggling from the effects of the accident. They continue to face grave concerns, including the health effects of radiation exposure, displacement, the dissolution of families, disruption of their lives and lifestyles and the contamination of vast areas of the environment. ...
The Commission concludes that the government and the regulators are not fully committed to protecting public health and safety; that they have not acted to protect the health of the residents and to restore their welfare.
Approximately 150,000 people were evacuated in response to the accident... Insufficient evacuation planning led to many residents receiving unnecessary radiation exposure. Others were forced to move multiple times, resulting in increased stress and health risks - including deaths among seriously ill patients.
"If there had been even a word about a nuclear power plant when the evacuation was ordered, we could have reacted reasonably, taken our valuables with us or locked up the house before we had left. We had to run with nothing but the clothes we were wearing. It is such a disappointment every time we are briefly allowed to return home only to find out that we have been robbed again." (Comment by a resident of Okuma, from report appendices)
Regulator failures
The regulators did not monitor or supervise nuclear safety... They avoided their direct responsibilities by letting operators apply regulations on a voluntary basis. Their independence from the political arena, the ministries promoting nuclear energy, and the operators was a mockery. They were incapable, and lacked the expertise and the commitment to assure the safety of nuclear power.
Operator failures
Tepco did not fulfil its responsibilities as a private corporation, instead obeying and relying upon the government bureaucracy of Meti, the government agency driving nuclear policy. At the same time... it manipulated the cosy relationship with the regulators to take the teeth out of regulations.
Shortcomings in laws and regulations
Laws and regulations related to nuclear energy have only been revised as stopgap measures, based on actual accidents. They have not been seriously and comprehensively reviewed in line with the accident response and safeguarding measures of an international standard. As a result, predictable risks have not been addressed.
The existing regulations primarily are biased toward the promotion of a nuclear energy policy, and not to public safety, health and welfare. The unambiguous responsibility that operators should bear for a nuclear disaster was not specified. There was also no clear guidance about the responsibilities of the related parties in the case of an emergency.
No 'cosmetic solutions'
Replacing people or changing the names of institutions will not solve the problems. Unless these root causes are resolved, preventive measures against future similar accidents will never be complete...
The underlying issue is the social structure that results in "regulatory capture," and the organisational, institutional, and legal framework that allows individuals to justify their own actions, hide them when inconvenient, and leave no records in order to avoid responsibility. | A Japanese parliamentary panel has delivered a damning verdict after investigating the accident at the Fukushima nuclear plant which followed an earthquake and tsunami on 11 March 2011. | 18718486 | [
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But once the votes are counted, what can residents expect to pay in council tax?
Below are the figures for a Band D property for every council area in Wales for the current financial year of 2017/18, how much that has gone up by for the current year, and what the average property in the area actually pays.
They are grouped here by police force region - council tax includes the police precept which is added to the overall bill paid by homes.
Local government is not fully funded by council tax.
Much of the funding for councils comes in the form of grants from the Welsh Government, which in turn gets its funding from the UK government in London.
In 2017/18 a total of £4.1bn is being divided among Wales' 22 councils.
The lions share of council cash goes on schools - with social services following behind, as shown in the graph above.
Residents pay council tax based on which band their property is in, based on its worth. Band D has historically been used as the standard for comparing council tax levels between and across local authorities.
It is used to charge tax to a property that, in Wales, was worth between £91,001 to £123,000 on April 2003 values. Council tax gets lower the cheaper a property is, and higher the more expensive a property is.
Council tax figures source: Welsh Government | Voters will go to the polls on Thursday to determine who will represent them on local councils. | 39752718 | [
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Byron Rhodes is taking me around the modern council headquarters. It's full of light. It's busy.
The building has regenerated the area around Melton Mowbray's railway station, once a muddy pot-holed piece of wasteland where those in the know parked for free.
Now the council offices link the station to a park and the town centre.
It was partly paid for with insurance money after a fire destroyed the old offices on the other side of town.
A supermarket moved in to replace it and helped with the money too, putting the council on a firm financial footing.
But that was four years ago and the crisis is a different one today. It's being experienced by all local authorities - cuts in central government funding which threaten the services they provide.
Mr Rhodes is also deputy leader of Leicestershire County Council, with responsibility for finance.
Leicestershire is historically the poorest funded council in the country because of a quirk of Whitehall recalculations, going back a quarter of a century since the poll tax, or community charge, was scrapped.
At the moment councils get income from council tax, a share of the business rates, any income they generate themselves from services plus a grant from central government.
It's the grant cut which is causing them grief.
What's called the "core funding" is worked out by the number of homes multiplied by a set amount. And each authority has a different value set per dwelling.
If we look at Surrey, which is top of the table, the amount will be £1,686 by 2019/20.
Nottinghamshire is mid-table at £1,482, Derbyshire is in the lower reaches with £1,422 per dwelling and then comes Leicestershire at £1,354.
"The funding system is chaotic," says Byron Rhodes.
"It doesn't reflect real need. Look at Oxfordshire which is an interesting example," he says with a glint in his eye.
Could he possibly be referring to the prime ministerial plea to the county council about cutbacks to services there?
"If we had the same funding as Oxfordshire, we'd have £50m a year extra. If we had the same as Surrey, we'd have £100m more. We'd be partying everyday if we had that kind of money."
Leicestershire have been helped with a small share of what's been called transitional funding - about £300m to help councils following pressure from Conservative MPs.
Think back to the vote on Sunday trading. With a majority of only 17 in the Commons, the Conservatives lost the vote when 20 odd rebelled.
Last month there would've been another rebellion, including some of our own Tory MPs in the East Midlands, if something wasn't done to improve the local government finance settlement over the next four years.
The money has gone largely to shire counties. Leicestershire got £6.6m spread over two years, enough to save some services from closure.
But it's a drop in the ocean for an authority with a £19m black hole in the budget every year after the latest cutbacks.
Labour have protested that 83% of the councils getting transition funding are Conservative-run. Many Labour-run authorities such as Derby, Leicester and Nottingham, got nothing.
The leader of Derby City Council, Ranjit Banwait, has launched a "fair funding for Derby" campaign. He says the allocation of government funding is unfair and political and the cuts they're having to impose on leisure services and culture are devastating.
"Now they are threatening our ability to protect the vulnerable and our ability to function is under threat," said Mr Banwait.
Back in Melton Mowbray, Byron Rhodes has some sympathy for the Labour council in Derby.
"Derby probably have some greater needs," he says.
But once more he is talking about seizing an opportunity in a crisis.
Leicestershire's finance team are working on a submission to put to the government with good arguments on how to restructure the way funds are allocated.
"We're going to do it. We're going to work up a system which is fairer."
He has the backing of local MPs and is talking to neighbouring authorities.
And with a hand out to Derby, he says: "If they want to talk to us about how to improve things I'm happy to speak to them."
It's a crucial time to get things right. The government is moving to a system where, by 2020, the grant will go.
Councils will instead get an allocation of funds from the business rates instead.
How they come up a formula for doing that in a fair way, which helps those authorities with most need, is the next challenge. | "It's all about taking an opportunity in a crisis," says the outgoing Conservative leader of Melton Borough Council. | 35811486 | [
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The clan is alleged to have hidden behind a local Catholic charity which officially runs the centre.
The claims came to light on Monday, when officers arrested 68 people, including a local priest.
Another of those arrested was Leonardo Sacco, head of the Catholic Misericordia association that is supposed to control the Sant'Anna Cara immigrant centre. The centre holds 1,500 people at a time.
It is alleged the Arena clan, part of the powerful 'Ndrangheta crime syndicate, may have taken more than a third of the €100m ($109m/£85m) destined for the centre in the past 10 years.
The priest, named as Edoardo Scordio, had received €132,000 already this year for "spiritual services", an assistant prosecutor alleged.
Police in Catanzaro, a city in the southern Calabria region, said more than 500 agents were involved in the arrests of suspects "accused of mafia association, extortion, carrying illegal weapons, fraud, embezzlement to the detriment of the state, (and) theft".
The arrests come two years after L'Espresso magazine published an investigation, alleging funds were being stolen and managers were making money by starving the migrants who lived there.
A year earlier, it was alleged the number of migrants said to be living at the centre had been greatly over exaggerated, while in 2013 a health inspection found asylum seekers were being fed small portions of out-of-date food.
Police believe the clan, through Mr Sacco, was awarding contracts, including for food supplies, to other members of the 'Ndrangheta syndicate, as well as setting up its own associations.
According to Rosy Bindi, the head of parliament's anti-mafia commission, the centre had effectively been transformed into "a money printing operation for organised crime".
"This operation shows the ability of the mafia to take advantage of the weaknesses and fragility of our times with its predatory and parasitic approach," she added. | One of Italy's largest migrant centres has been in the hands of the mafia for more than a decade, police have said. | 39922085 | [
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The 24-year-old has agreed a two-year-deal and will arrive following his commitments with the Stormers and Western Province in South Africa.
He is the son of former Springbok Guy Kebble and won the 2012 Under-20s World Championship with South Africa.
"I try and bring an edge to the game and make an impact," Kebble told the Pro12 club's website.
"I've watched all of the Glasgow matches in the Champions Cup this season and northern hemisphere rugby is getting very exciting. I'm looking forward to playing in a competitive European league.
"I know Dave Rennie is one of the best coaches in the world, so it's an exciting prospect to work under him next season."
Kebble will join current team-mate Huw Jones in Glasgow, with the Scotland centre signing a two-year contract with the Warriors earlier this month.
"Huw and I live together in Cape Town," he explained. "We didn't really talk about it too much before it happened, but now it's nice to know there will be a familiar face in Glasgow."
Last week, BBC Scotland revealed Kebble's expected arrival, with the new recruit considered a project player by Scottish Rugby, who have monitored him for several years. | Glasgow Warriors have confirmed the signing of loose-head prop Oliver Kebble for next season. | 38983472 | [
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The High Court in Glasgow heard that Andrew Patrick pointed a gun at Alistair Rankine before giving him a bag said to have a bomb inside.
The 40-year-old then ordered the driver to steal cash from a Bank of Scotland branch in Kirkcaldy, Fife.
Patrick will be sentenced next month after admitting assault and robbery at the High Court in Glasgow.
The court heard Patrick was working as a gym instructor, earning up to £300 a week at the time, but prosecutor Allan Nicol said he was facing financial difficulties.
On 11 November last year he called a taxi firm, putting on a fake Polish accent, and asked to be picked up at an industrial estate in Lochgelly.
Wearing sunglasses and with a scarf covering his chin, he got into the cab while clutching two holdalls.
Still pretending to be foreign, he then directed the driver to a dead end in Kirkcaldy where he pulled out a black handgun and said: "You'll be safe if you do what I say."
The court heard he handed a typed note to Mr Rankine and insisted he hand it over to staff at the nearby Bank of Scotland in the town's Carberry Road.
It stated: "There is a transmitter in your bank and the lines are wired.
"We can hear you and know if you try to call police. There is a bomb strapped to this man... also in the bag. They can go off if transmitter detect signal or call."
The taxi driver tried to raise the alarm while walking to the bank by telling a passerby: "I am a taxi driver - there is a boy in my taxi with a gun. It's not a wind up."
Despite the warnings, police were alerted and the note was read over to them. A security alarm was also pressed.
One worker looked in the holdall and saw what she assumed was a bomb.
Mr Rankine eventually left the bank with almost £10,000, but by this time Patrick had gone.
Bomb disposal experts were called but the explosives were found to be fake, each consisting of little more than tubes, cotton wool and a mobile phone circuit board.
Patrick was identified as a suspect after his description was circulated and mobile phone records showed he was in the area at the time.
A cap like one used by the robbery was found at his home and draft emails referring to a bomb were discovered on a computer by a work colleague.
The court heard the taxi driver continues to suffer flashbacks, insomnia, anxiety and fear. Bank staff were also left "extremely shaken".
The gun used in the robbery was found to be an imitation.
The judge Lord Bannatyne remanded Patrick, of Lochgelly, in custody and deferred sentencing for reports. | A man has admitted forcing a taxi driver to carry out a bank robbery by threatening staff with a fake bomb. | 35928590 | [
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The RSPB said 2,270 black-tailed godwits spent time on the island this spring, almost double the previous record of 1,320 in 2013.
The majority of the birds this year were found in a tiny field in Kilmoluaig.
Godwits often stop off in the Hebrides to refuel during their migration to Iceland, where they breed.
Spotters identified some of the birds as having come from France, Portugal and Spain due to the rings fitted on their legs.
John Bowler, Tiree officer for RSPB Scotland, said: "Black-tailed godwits are known to stop off here for food on their way to Iceland, particularly when adverse northerly winds hamper their progress across the North Atlantic.
"So, with huge numbers of golden plover already noted on Tiree during pretty windy conditions, it wasn't a huge surprise when black-tailed godwits started turning up, too. However, to see flocks of this size is just incredible.
"Hopefully they will enjoy a good breeding season this year and I'm already looking forward to seeing them pass back through Tiree in the autumn." | A record-breaking number of migrating birds have been recorded on the Hebridean island of Tiree this year. | 39771057 | [
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Campaigning in Edinburgh a day after her election, she said she had a mandate to change the party.
She declined to say which of the four UK Labour leadership contenders she would vote for but said she would be "delighted" to work with any of them.
She urged former supporters to give her a chance by listening to her arguments.
"One of the first things I said when I was elected was that I'm not asking for people's vote straight away, I wouldn't be so presumptuous," she said.
"I'm just asking for their ears, for a chance to be heard."
Ms Dugdale was joined at The Meadows by shadow Scottish secretary Ian Murray, Labour's only MP in Scotland, and Alex Rowley, the newly-elected deputy leader.
Asked if she took any responsibility for Labour's loss of 40 Scottish MPs in May, the former deputy leader said: "I never shied away from taking my responsibility for what happened in the general election.
"Party members who voted in the contest that concluded yesterday knew that - but I got 72% of the vote," she said.
"That's a huge mandate to change the Labour party."
The Lothians MSP refused to be drawn on which of the UK Labour leadership contenders she supported.
She said: "The message I can get across is to say that decisions about the Scottish Labour Party will be made here in Scotland and they will be made by me."
Ms Dugdale comfortably saw off a challenge from fellow MSP Ken Macintosh for the leadership. Labour MSP Alex Rowley, a former aide to Gordon Brown, was elected as the party's new deputy leader. | New Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale has promised she will decide the future direction of the party in Scotland. | 33952113 | [
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The material develops mineral phases that readily trap radioactive isotopes trying to pass through it.
Investigations at the atomic scale indicate the cement ought to retain this ability for at least 2,000 years.
The Sheffield University team believes the new mix is up to 50% better than previously proposed barrier solutions.
At some point the government will choose the location of an underground store for the hundreds of thousands of cubic metres of waste built up over more than 60 years of nuclear operations. A lot of this material will be immobilised and backfilled using cement.
This cement will need to block the passage of radioisotopes far into the future.
The Sheffield experiments have been performed at the Diamond Light Source in Oxfordshire.
This is the UK's big synchrotron, which shoots X-rays into samples to reveal their structure on the smallest scales.
Diamond now has a lab - or beamline, as it is called - that is specifically given over to long-duration studies.
It has allowed Dr Claire Corkhill and colleagues to probe the changing properties of different mixes of cement over the past 18 months.
"We've been able to gather some very high-resolution data, and this has allowed us to make some predictive models so that we can understand what phases are forming, and when, out to 2,000 years, which is exactly when we expect water to start interacting with a geological disposal facility," said the scientist from Sheffield's NucleUS research group.
Their optimum cement - known currently simply as No7 - contains blast-furnace slag.
The sulphides this introduces react with water to produce sulphate mineral phases that are exceptionally good at sorbing technetium-99.
"It's a high-yield fission product; it's only found in nuclear reactors; it's very mobile in the environment - but what we found is that our cement will actually lock tight this technetium-99 into its structure and prevent it being transported into the environment," explained Dr Corkhill.
The team's investigations show No7 to be a much better performer than the currently proposed cement barrier, called Nirex Reference Vault Backfill. But this is not the end of the story - further mixes are being investigated to find even more effective solutions.
The cement work has been discussed here at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) - as has the long-duration experiment facility at Diamond. It is the only one of its kind in the world, and was set up specifically to permit scientists to study the temporal behaviour of materials.
Researchers put their samples on a robotic bench and then leave the machine to it.
"It's a bit like a hotel for samples, or imagine a karaoke machine," said Prof Trevor Rayment, Diamond's director of physical sciences.
"Once a week, automatically and remotely, the sample is wheeled out across a table into the X-ray beam, and the data is collected.
"Then, that particular sample is withdrawn and somebody else's experiment is moved into the beam to gather their data. This could go on for two years.
"The scientists can stay in the comfort of their offices."
A lot of requests to use the facility have to do with battery technology - understanding how materials inside power cells change through countless charging cycles.
[email protected] and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos | UK scientists say they have produced a new mix of cement that should be much more effective at containing nuclear waste in a deep repository. | 35571793 | [
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The work, entitled Duality, is formed of diptychs, with each person posed in their own clothing and their workwear. The aim is to see how a viewer responds to the uniform and how it shapes their perception of that person - how we prejudge based on a uniform or a certain look and style.
Of course, what we wear also affects us, our approach and how we feel.
What is your response to these pictures?
The images are on show at the No Walls Gallery as part of the Brighton Photo Fringe Festival. I'll be highlighting some other work on show at the festival next week.
All photographs courtesy Strand Collective. | New work by Simon Bray and Tristan Poyser explores the way in which our clothes shape us, that outer shell we use to accentuate or sometimes hide who we are. | 37488811 | [
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Ronson thanked "boy wonder" Bruno Mars, who features on the track, "without whom there would be no jam".
Ed Sheeran, who scores a 10th week at the top of the album charts, fell to number two in the singles chart, while Band Aid 30 climbed to number three.
The physical release of Do They Know It's Christmas? saw the charity track climb nine places, but it was kept off the top spot by Ronson and the ubiquitous Sheeran.
East, who is the favourite to win this year's X Factor, performed the Ronson track during the show's semi-final on Saturday 6 December.
Her mentor Cowell, who chose the track after Ronson and Mars pulled out of performing the song themselves on the talent show, called it "one of the top three performances" in X Factor history.
East later apologised to Ronson, calling it "an amazing song". "I don't think anyone expected my performance to be as popular as it was," she added.
Speaking to the Official Charts company, Ronson refrained from mentioning East, but thanked "everyone who bought, downloaded or DJ'd Uptown Funk this past week."
"It's pretty much the coolest thing ever," he added.
Featuring Mars on lead vocals, Uptown Funk is the first single from British producer Ronson's fourth album, Uptown Special.
Inspired by the feel-good funk of the 70s and 80s, it was already available in several countries around the world.
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The Londoner beat competition from the likes of Florence + The Machine, Wolf Alice and Supergrass star Gaz Coombes.
"I don't know what to say," the 26-year-old said as he accepted the prize, then invited all the other nominees to take to the stage with him.
He then broke down in tears as he dedicated his award to the victims of the Paris terror attacks.
The musician spent his early 20s living in the city, and busked on the metro as a struggling musician.
He told BBC News he had returned to Paris last weekend to support friends who had been caught up in the tragedy.
Reflecting on the Mercury Prize, he said: "I always believed in my music but after Paris happened, I was very down.
"I didn't think I would win. I always wanted to be nominated for this award, but I didn't think to myself that I'd win it. I always made a joke about it!"
The musician's debut album is a searingly-personal collection of piano-based songs, which critics have called "bold", "brilliant" and "astonishing".
It touches on his turbulent upbringing in Edmonton, London, as well as the three years he spent sleeping rough in Paris.
"I made this album thinking only about 50 people would listen to it," he told the BBC. "My music isn't mainstream music.
"It goes to show that you've just got to be sincere in your work and people will listen to it."
The Mercury Prize recognises innovative albums produced in the UK and Ireland. Former winners include Pulp, Primal Scream and PJ Harvey.
The competition for this year's title was particularly fierce, with presenter Lauren Laverne calling the judges' decision "impossible".
"They all had an equal chance," she said of the nominees.
"But that's what's nice about the Mercury. It's not something where your big artists come in and scoop up all the gongs. It could be anybody's."
A panel of 12 musicians, broadcasters and music writers selected the winner, casting their final votes on the night of the award ceremony.
The jury included former nominee Corinne Bailey Rae, who said the decision came "really close to the wire".
The judges began their deliberations with a longlist of 298 albums earlier this year, which was whittled down to a shortlist of 12, announced in October.
They were:
Read more on the shortlisted acts
Newcomer Eska, whose self-titled album is an unusual combination of soul, psychedelia and jazz, said there were "12 winners" on the night, with newcomers and established artists sharing the limelight equally.
"There's no winning to be had, apart from a pocket full of money," she added. "A very big pocket full of money!"
Scottish composer C Duncan agreed that simply being shortlisted had changed his career.
"It was one of those albums that completely slipped under the radar," he said of his debut record, Architect. "But since it was nominated for the Mercury, so many more people have listened to it and discovered it, which is nice." | Benjamin Clementine has won the 2015 Mercury music prize for his debut album, At Least For Now. | 34886413 | [
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The 32-year-old, who joined the Black Cats until the end of the season on 9 March, was given the ban after failing to pay money owed to a former agent.
Sunderland boss Sam Allardyce said the club were "completely in the dark" over the dispute which started in July 2013.
"I'm massively disappointed like everyone else is," said Allardyce.
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The Sunderland manager added: "The problem is what has happened in the past has caught up with Emmanuel, for whatever the reason.
"He has got a ban and the contract gets terminated on that basis."
Sunderland are 18th in the Premier League - two points from safety with eight games left - and face West Brom at the Stadium of Light on Saturday (15:00 BST).
Allardyce did suggest "there could be a way back" for Eboue, if he resolves the dispute. The Ivory Coast international has two weeks to appeal against the decision.
"He has relied on other people and other people have let him down," added Allardyce.
Eboue, who has not made a first team appearance for the Black Cats, had been ordered by Fifa to pay agent Sebastien Boisseau an undisclosed amount he was entitled to under the terms of an agreement between the pair.
The former Arsenal full-back was fined 30,000 Swiss francs (£21,000) in September 2014 and given four months to settle the matter.
Eboue spent eight seasons at the Gunners after arriving from Belgian side Beveren in 2004, before moving to Turkey, where he won three Super Lig titles and five domestic trophies with Galatasaray.
He began training with Sunderland in February.
Ghanaian football agent Oliver Arthur told BBC World Service that it was "very disappointing" that Eboue had got "into this mess". He said the situation sometimes occurs when a player moves to a bigger agent and forgets to pay their previous representative.
Arthur said the ban was "fantastic" news for agents because it showed they can "take your case to a higher level".
"Now it's very easy to refer a player to a case like this and it's easy for them to understand. A lot of players will now think twice in their decisions, think twice in keeping money and waiting to pay. Agents fees aren't so big that players should get themselves into this mess."
Allardyce was speaking for the first time since ex-Sunderland winger Adam Johnson was jailed for child sex offences last week.
The 28-year-old had been allowed to continue to play for the club, before being sacked when he pleaded guilty to two offences at the start of his trial. He has lodged an appeal against his conviction for a third offence of sexual touching.
"We've lost a hugely talented player in Adam Johnson, irrespective of his indiscretions," said Allardyce.
"He obviously got what he deserved, but we've lost a talented player I would've liked to keep. But it was taken out of our hands by other factors." | Sunderland are set to terminate the contract of defender Emmanuel Eboue after he was suspended by Fifa from all football-related activity for one year. | 35933681 | [
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The sentencing of David Gilroy, who killed Edinburgh woman Suzanne Pilley, is due to take place next Wednesday.
Earlier this week permission was also granted to film the proceedings.
Twitter use has been allowed before in a Scottish court but it will be the first time a sentencing at the High Court in Scotland has been filmed.
Gilroy was found guilty by a jury last month of murdering 38-year-old bookkeeper Ms Pilley.
She disappeared in May 2010 but her body has never been found.
Prosecutors believed that Gilroy, 49, buried his former lover in a "lonely grave" in a remote part of Argyll.
Gilroy will be sentenced on Wednesday 18 April.
During the filming, the camera will focus on the judge - no one else will feature in the footage except the macer and the clerk. Gilroy himself will not be filmed.
Live updating on Twitter from a Scottish court was allowed for the first time for the sentencing of former MSP Tommy Sheridan in January 2011.
However, guidance issued at the end of last year confirmed journalists in Scotland would not be allowed to use live text-based communication without specific clearance.
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The characters were previously played by Prunella Scales and Geraldine McEwan in a Channel 4 series in 1985.
Richardson, who will play Elizabeth Mapp, said: "I cannot wait to get my teeth into Mapp, and of course, Lucia."
"I am so looking forward to a summer of hard work and I hope, great fun," said the Parade's End star.
Chancellor - whose recent TV credits include Fleming and The Hour - said she was "thrilled to be playing the glorious Lucia".
"I hope I can do justice to EF Benson's wonderful creations," she added
The comic drama, set in the 1930s, focuses on the snobberies and pretensions of life in the quaint English town of Tilling - and the rivalry which ensues between the visiting Mrs Emmeline Lucas (Lucia) and Tilling socialite Elizabeth Mapp.
"I feel sure viewers will relish their time in Tilling, and will enjoy watching the slyly scheming Mapp take on the gloriously haughty Lucia in a dizzying round of bitter bridge parties, devious dinners and malicious musical evenings," said screenwriter Pemberton.
Pemberton - who is currently starring in BBC One drama Happy Valley - described himself as a "long-time fan" of Benson's six "deplorably funny novels".
"But be warned," he added "this is no jolly period romp. This is a series about a war. May the worst-behaved woman win."
Mark Gatiss, Pemberton's League of Gentleman co-star, will join the cast as Major Benjy in the three hour-long films. No transmission date has been announced. | Miranda Richardson and Anna Chancellor will take the lead roles in a new BBC One adaptation of Mapp And Lucia. | 27254700 | [
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Research suggest animals that build their nests in early spring may win the fight for available habitat at the expense of late breeders.
Conservation efforts should focus on ensuring rare species have enough places to nest, say scientists.
For example, areas could be left to grow wild between spring and summer to help bumblebees establish nests.
Habitats such as hedgerows and hay meadows are being lost in many countries, meaning that fewer nesting sites are available.
Competition among animals for a suitable place to nest could explain why some species are struggling to survive.
"Ecologists understand why some groups of species are declining more, such as why farmland species are declining more than woodland species," said Dr Andrew Higginson of the University of Exeter.
"But an enduring mystery is the big variation in the declines of closely related species. Fighting over nest sites may be part of the reason - when nest sites are hard to come by, the species that will suffer most are those that nest later in the year."
The University of Exeter study analysed population changes in more than 200 bird species and 40 bumblebee species around the world.
The population data was combined with a mathematical model that used game theory to predict the likely behaviour of bees and birds when faced with competition for nesting sites.
It calculated the implications of fighting for nesting sites, based on the size of each species, the time of nesting and the quality of the nesting site.
The study found larger species that nest early generally do better, while smaller bees and birds that nest later in the year lose out in the struggle for habitat.
For example, the chaffinch is doing well in the UK, while the goldfinch is on the decline.
"We need to have a more holistic approach to providing good habitat for animals," Dr Higginson told BBC News. "We need to worry about the whole life cycle not just what they eat."
He said conservation efforts for animals such as birds and bees tend to focus on providing food.
Restoration and provision of nest sites should be an urgent priority, he said.
This could be as simple as waiting to cut hedgerows until later in the year when all animals have nested or providing more boxes for birds to nest in.
The research is published in the journal, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.
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Donald Trump, Jeb Bush and Scott Walker will take the stage in Cleveland on Thursday night with seven rivals.
Fox News selected the 10 most popular Republicans based on five national polls, excluding Mr Perry and South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham.
Those two and five other candidates will take part in an earlier debate.
Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum reacted angrily to his omission.
"The idea that they have left out the runner-up for the 2012 nomination [Santorum], the former four-term governor of Texas [Perry], the governor of Louisiana [Bobby Jindal], the first female Fortune 50 CEO [Carly Fiorina], and the 3-term Senator from South Carolina [Graham] due to polling seven months before a single vote is cast is preposterous," his spokesman said.
In contrast, Mr Perry tweeted that he was looking forward to being on Fox at 5pm for "a serious exchange of ideas and positive solutions to get America back on track".
The main debate takes place four hours later at 9pm local time (01:00 GMT).
All eyes will be on hotel tycoon Mr Trump, who leads the polls and has made headlines with outspoken remarks about many of his rivals.
A fun guide to the 10 Republican debaters
One of the Republican frontrunners, Jeb Bush, became embroiled in a row with leading Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton over women's health funding on Tuesday.
The former Florida governor was attacked by Mrs Clinton after he told a conservative Christian audience he wasn't sure "we need half a billion dollars for women's health issues".
But he later said he "misspoke" after criticism of his remarks.
Meet all of the 2016 hopefuls | Rick Perry, the former governor of Texas, is not among the 10 Republicans running for president who will take part in the first primetime TV debate. | 33782863 | [
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Just over 46,000 vehicles were registered north of the border - a year-on-year increase of more than 2.7%.
However, UK sales increased by 5.3% to almost 519,000 - the strongest month recorded since 1999.
March is typically the biggest month, accounting for about a fifth of the year's car registrations.
Last month saw Vauxhall retain its position as market leader in Scotland, with more than 10,000 units sold.
The Vauxhall Corsa remained the most popular new car, while the Ford Fiesta had a strong month and moved into the number two spot for the year to date.
The figures were compiled by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.
Top Scottish sellers in March
1. Vauxhall Corsa 2,575
2. Ford Fiesta 1,772
3. Vauxhall Astra 1,249
4. Ford Focus 1,126
5. Volkswagen Polo 1,077
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Scottish Motor Trade Association chief executive Sandy Burgess said: "All areas have experienced growth with the exception of Dumfries and Galloway and Strathclyde.
"The reductions however are minimal and with the fantastic growth on 2015 numbers elsewhere, we have come out of this critical sales period well ahead for the year to date.
"We have been aware of some dealers who were experiencing new vehicle delivery issues towards the end of the month, and this may well have had a small but noticeable negative effect.
"The rest of the UK continues to show stronger growth but as we have mentioned previously this may not all be down to sales with specific manufacturers and dealers taking tactical decisions on registrations." | New car sales in Scotland grew last month but at half the rate of the UK as a whole, according to motor traders. | 35976873 | [
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Mr Yanukovych flew from China to Sochi in southern Russia for the meeting. He also cancelled a visit to Malta.
Last month he shelved a partnership deal with the EU, triggering angry protests in Ukraine's capital Kiev.
Jailed opposition politician Yulia Tymoshenko has reportedly called off a prison hunger strike.
The former prime minister's daughter, Eugenia, said her mother had accepted a request from protesters in Kiev to stop the fast.
She had reportedly begun the hunger strike on 25 November in protest at Mr Yanukovych's failure to sign the EU deal.
Thousands of anti-Yanukovych protesters remain outside the government building on Kiev's Independence Square, braving bitter cold.
They are furious that he made an 11th-hour U-turn in relations with the EU, refusing to sign the association agreement that had been prepared during years of negotiations.
In Sochi, Mr Yanukovych discussed "preparation of a future treaty on strategic partnership" with Russia, his press service said.
The talks covered various economic issues, the statement said, without elaborating.
Mr Putin has been urging Ukraine to join Russia's customs union with Belarus and Kazakhstan - a union whose entry terms are far less demanding than the EU's.
In recent months Russia has put Ukraine under economic pressure, imposing long customs delays at the border and banning imports of Ukrainian sweets.
Arseniy Yatsenyuk, a Tymoshenko ally and leader of the main opposition faction in parliament, condemned the talks in Sochi.
"Their attempts to sell Ukraine to Russia have not ended in any way," he said. "If Yanukovych tries to sign anything with Russia about the customs union it will lead to a bigger wave of protests." | Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have held surprise talks on a "strategic partnership treaty". | 25267130 | [
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Staff in Jobcentres, banks, building societies and utility companies in England could also be trained to spot - and counsel - vulnerable people.
The ideas are raised in a consultation paper on suicide prevention.
The Samaritans said councils should have a mandatory responsibility to try to prevent suicides in their areas.
Some 4,400 people killed themselves in England in 2009.
Claire Wylie, head of policy and research at the Samaritans, told the BBC News website that many suicide attempts were made on impulse, so trying to restrict access to potentially lethal means was important.
"We know that people who are feeling suicidal are often very ambivalent about actually ending their lives," she said.
"If you can interrupt them at that moment you can prevent them going ahead."
Preventing deaths by jumping is a key aim of the consultation and it suggests a number of ways of doing that.
They include:
Overall, the number of suicides has steadily fallen in recent years, but the number of deaths on Britain's rail network had been rising until last year.
However, specialist training from Samaritans for rail staff was key to an 11% fall in 2010, according to the Rail Safety and Standards Board.
London Underground is also rolling out training to all of its staff after a pilot project at one station close to a psychiatric inpatient unit helped reduce suicides.
The government wants to see that sort of training given to a much wider range of people who come into contact with individuals who could be vulnerable because of their social or economic circumstances.
Jobcentre and benefit office staff, as well as employees in banks, building societies and utility firms are among those suggested in the consultation.
Ms Wylie said: "More training for all frontline staff is really important, but that needs investment and money is tight.
"In general, we really welcome the government's strategy, but there needs to be a lot more actual commitment to action.
"There's also an issue about local implementation because things like putting up signs and barriers depend on the individual local authority actually caring about suicide prevention.
"We would like to see a mandatory responsibility placed on local authorities to take this seriously."
The consultation closes on 11 October. | Multi-storey car parks, bridges and tall buildings could be designed to make suicide more difficult, under government proposals to save lives. | 14370062 | [
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Lawyers for Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman made the admission following action by ClientEarth.
But Judge Mr Justice Mitting said any enforcement action was a matter for the European Commission.
He refused to make any declaration, or to order Mrs Spelman to outline plans for cutting pollution levels.
ClientEarth had complained that Mrs Spelman had failed to consult on proposals which demonstrated how the UK aimed to comply with EU limits on levels of nitrogen dioxide.
It asked the judge to declare that plans set out by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) did not comply with EU law, and order Mrs Spelman to publish revised proposals.
Government lawyers challenged the claim and said no High Court order was needed.
Mr Justice Mitting said a lawyer had conceded that "the government is in breach of obligations" but said he would not make any "mandatory order".
He said the government could admit the breach and "leave it to the (European) Commission to take whatever action is right in enforcement".
"Such a mandatory order... would raise serious political and economic questions which are simply not for a judge," he added.
"Courts have traditionally been wary of entering this area of political debate - for good reason."
Mr Justice Mitting pronounced the action a "draw" and said costs should be shared.
A spokesperson for Defra said it was happy that "the judge has ruled on our favour".
"A significant part of the UK meets EU air quality limits for all pollutants and air quality has improved considerably in recent decades.
"Our air quality plans set out all the important work being done at national, regional and local level to meet all EU limits in the shortest possible time," the spokesperson said.
Stephen Hockman QC, for ClientEarth, told the court the charity had achieved something and said: "The government is in breach of its obligations under European law in relation to air quality.
"Although we have lost, it was a reasonable case to advance."
A spokesman said the legal challenge had been brought because air quality plans for 17 regions and cities would not comply with legal limits for air quality until after 2015, when the deadline for achieving the limits was 1 January 2010.
He said he had wanted the court to order Mrs Spelman to draw up plans that would achieve legal compliance throughout the UK by 2015, and also to make a declaration that she was in breach of her legal obligations.
ClientEarth chief executive James Thornton said: "The government's plans to tackle air pollution are frankly pathetic. They contain almost no new measures and show that they won't achieve air quality limits until 2025. It's nothing short of a disgrace." | The government has admitted breaching European Union pollution legislation, during a High Court battle with environmental campaign group. | 16171548 | [
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Homes have been added to My NHS, part the NHS Choices site, allowing users to leave ratings and reviews to help other people assess services.
Each care home is scored on its level of safety, staff turnover and food hygiene, among other standards.
The National Care Association said if information was not up to date, it could be "unfair" to care providers.
On the website, a database can be searched using a postcode, region or home name to check on facilities with or without nursing.
People can access:
Health Minister Alistair Burt said: "We know how difficult important decisions about care for a loved one can be - this is a victory for those who are worried about care - with a click of a button the public will be able to make an informed choice about care and make those difficult decisions easier.
"This data will show clearly the difference in quality across care homes and will help drive up standards by highlighting poor performers which will mean they have to shape up their services or lose out."
Nadra Ahmed, chair of the National Care Association, which represents independent care sector providers, said the move could help people "answer some of the questions" they may have about care.
But she warned that if the "snapshot" of the provider's rating or profile on the site was not regularly updated it could disadvantage those who improve their service.
"I don't know how [improvements] would be indicated... especially if that report is not going to be reviewed for a period of time, which would be unfair."
She added: "Nothing beats actually going to see a service for yourself. If you think that it's good [but the website] says there's something that's not quite right, don't let it put you off.
"When you look at the website you know that responsible services who may have an inadequate rating will be working towards making that better." | The performance of every care home in England can now be compared on an NHS website. | 35159263 | [
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Owens, Rhys Hanbury and Paddy Flynn all crossed before half-time as the hosts opened up a 16-point lead.
Cameron Phelps looked to have made the game safe, but quick tries from Ryan Atkins and Chris Bridge made it 24-10.
Owens grabbed his second of the game before Stefan Ratchford went over for Wolves, but Widnes held for the bragging rights in the local derby.
Warrington remain fifth in the Super League table, while eighth-placed Widnes are three points clear of Hull KR, in ninth, who have a game in hand.
Danny Tickle converted the first try of the night from Owens, who latched onto a cut-out pass on the left flank.
Hanbury exploited a massive gap in the Warrington defence to go over and Flynn scored the home side's third try, after Stef Marsh's flick pass out of the back door created the opportunity.
The Vikings' 16-0 half-time lead was extended when Phelps finished off Flynn's weaving run.
Atkins' special solo try was followed by Bridge going over to give Warrington a glimmer of hope, but Owens collected Kevin Brown's kick for his second try.
Ratchford grabbed the visitors' third try but it was too little too late.
Widnes coach Denis Betts:
"It's been coming the last couple of weeks. We've had a few solid performances but not getting the result.
"To hold a nil lead for Warrington, such a fantastic attacking team, was a great plus in the first half. And then to withstand it and score more points was a great performance for a lot of our players.
"Everyone did their job. Our pack was massive and there's not a player who didn't give us something."
Warrington coach Tony Smith:
"Widnes took their chances well. We didn't take our opportunities, we didn't create enough.
"We were boring and didn't ask enough questions. Our opponents were good and took their chances.
"I thought Widnes out-enthused us at crucial times and I think our team will respond and fix things up.
"We accept defeat and will work harder, improve and be stronger next week."
Widnes: Hanbury, Owens, Phelps, Marsh, Flynn, Brown, Mellor, Cahill, Clarke, Gerrard, Galea, Tickle, Leuluai.
Replacements: Allen, Kavanagh, Isa, Carberry.
Warrington: Russell, Ormsby, Ratchford, Atkins, R. Evans, C. Bridge, O'Brien, Hill, Higham, England, Currie, Westwood, Wood.
Replacements: Asotasi, Riley, Dwyer, Philbin.
Referee: Phil Bentham (RFL).
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Walter Palmer from the state of Minnesota is believed to have paid about ??32,000 to hunt lions in the wild.
Cecil, the lion he shot, was a massive tourist attraction and famous in Africa for being relaxed around humans.
Mr Palmer said he thought the hunt was legal and didn't know the lion was protected.
Cecil's death has prompted a huge reaction from many on social media, with tens of thousands of people signing a petition asking for Cecil's killer to be punished for what he did.
Hunting lions is not illegal in Zimbabwe, and in many other countries in Africa, but hunters have to have special permits from the government allowing them to kill certain animals.
Some people in Zimbabwe also argue hunting can have a positive impact.
They say the money paid by tourists can be used for conservation and to create jobs for local people.
I don't think people should hunt animals for sport, it's wrong and what did Cecil do to Walter in the first place? Nothing! It's not fair, money can't buy what that lion gave to us, love. If Walter can't see that he should open his eyes and see what really is important in life - money or love?
Daisy, Monmouthshire, Wales
I believe that it is a cruel sport that shouldn't be done anywhere because the killing of animals will increase extinction. Even though the killing of animals is still done in certain countries I believe it is a cruel and unforgiving sport. From what has happened I believe that if anyone spends money to slay an animal they should still be arrested. In my opinion if anyone would want to pay to kill an animal I would consider them 'sick in the head'.
Ellie, Leeds, England
I think it's wrong to hunt animals for sport because the hunter doesn't benefit from it and it's strange that someone gets a buzz from taking an animal's life. I know people that hunt deer but they do it for food and appreciate the fact that they've had to kill an animal to get the meat.
Jake, Essex, England
It's not right to kill animals or hunt them for sport as they have a conscience and mind. They didn't do anything to harm you, so why should you harm them?
Jonnie, Buckinghamshire, England
Sport is about feeling good about yourself but killing the eco-system is not a sport especially when a vital animal is killed.
Honor, London, England
It is certainly not right to hunt animals for sport. How would the hunters feel if a lion chased after them with a weapon (or, of course, without - those teeth can be deadly anyway)? They'd be scared, stressed, and worried. These animals all have a family to go back to, just like us humans do. We can't keep thinking we're the only living things on Earth that matter.
Amy, United Kingdom | A US dentist has killed a lion in Zimbabwe, Africa. | 33719206 | [
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Adele Bellis, then 22, lost an ear, is now partially bald and was left with "life-changing" permanent scarring.
The attack, at a bus stop in Lowestoft, Suffolk, on 14 August 2014, was ordered by her ex-boyfriend Anthony Riley, 27, Ipswich Crown Court was told.
Jason Harrison, 39, from Lowestoft, admits the attack and said Mr Riley promised to reduce a drugs debt.
Mr Riley, of Raglan Street, Lowestoft, denies false imprisonment, conspiracy to apply a corrosive liquid and conspiracy to cause GBH with intent.
Harrison claims a "jealous" Mr Riley recruited him as part of a campaign to "humiliate and control" his partner of nearly seven years.
But he had been reluctant to go through with the attack until Mr Riley threatened to harm him, his girlfriend and family, he said.
He owed Mr Riley £10,000 and would be let off some of it if he carried out the attack, he said.
Mr Riley told him where she lived and gave him £500 and a coffee jar containing sulphuric acid, the jury was told.
He aborted two attacks causing Mr Riley to punch him and put a knife in his mouth, Mr Harrison said.
"I didn't want to do this attack. I'm not a violent person," he said.
Prosecutor Andrew Jackson had earlier told the court Mr Riley arranged for co-defendant Leon Thompson, 39, to stab Miss Bellis in the face and posted a revenge porn sex video on Facebook.
Mr Thompson, 39, of Alma Road, Lowestoft, denies wounding with intent, having a knife in public, conspiracy to apply a corrosive liquid and conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm with intent.
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The proposals, which are subject to parliamentary approval, allow farmers to clear drainage ditches and streams without asking permission.
Farmers had complained that the Environment Agency was micro-managing flood control.
But academics told BBC News that diverting water off farmland could increase floods where people live.
The policy change was announced Environment Minister Liz Truss at the Oxford Farming Conference after what the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said were two successful pilot schemes.
She said: "We will allow farmers across the country to maintain their own ditches up to 1.5km in length from April, so they can clear debris and manage the land."
The decision was welcomed by the National Farmers' Union (NFU).
Its president, Meurig Raymond, said: "The NFU has pressed Defra and the Environment Agency to enable farmers to undertake minor works for many years."
But Professor Alan Jenkins from the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology said he feared the policy could backfire.
"Waterlogged fields are no use to farmers," he said. "They can't maintain their productivity on waterlogged soil so it makes sense for them to manage their fields accordingly.
"There is a potential downside however, in that if we increase drainage in fields during heavy rainfall it's possible there will be increased and faster transmission of water in the river system with a possible increase in flood risk downstream."
Katherine Pygott from the consultancy firm Peter Brett agreed.
"If you are a landowner you may want to maximise productivity on a grouse moor by making it drier - but if you are trying to protect a town you want to keep water back on the uplands.
"It very much depends on local conditions - sometimes it would be unhelpful to speed drainage, sometimes it would not.
"There is a risk of making a free-for-all on drainage. It would be more sensible to make the existing system work."
A government spokesman said over a million acres of prime farmland would be better protected through government investment in flood defences in the 10 years to 2021. | Experts are warning that plans to allow farmers to clear water courses on their land could make floods worse in towns. | 35246752 | [
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The 60-year-old Frenchman has been suspended along with Fifa president Sepp Blatter and secretary general Jerome Valcke. They deny wrongdoing.
Platini, a Fifa vice-president, is the Football Association's preference to succeed Blatter at Fifa.
The French FA wants the Court of Arbitration for Sport to intervene to ensure Platini can stand for election.
Fifa's ethics committee began its investigation after the Swiss attorney general opened criminal proceedings against Blatter in September.
He is accused of signing a contract "unfavourable" to Fifa and making a "disloyal payment" to Platini.
The ethics committee also opened an inquiry into Platini over the 2m euros (£1.35m) payment, which was made nine years after the former France footballer carried out consultation work for Blatter.
Fifa will hold an emergency meeting on 20 October in Zurich to discuss February's presidential election, at which a successor to Blatter will be chosen.
Platini, Uefa's president since 2007, has been backed by South America's football confederation following his suspension.
Conmebol said he should be regarded as innocent until proven guilty.
The French Football Federation is expecting a decision from Fifa's appeal committee within eight days.
"The FFF has adopted the principle of an appeal if the decision of the Fifa appeal committee does not go Michel Platini's way," said a FFF spokesman.
Blatter, 79, won a fifth consecutive presidential election in May but announced he would be stepping down just days later following the launch of two investigations into Fifa by United States and Swiss authorities.
Platini is one of the favourites to replace him and still plans to stand. He has the full backing of Uefa, which is holding an emergency meeting next week. | Uefa chief Michel Platini is appealing after Fifa banned him for 90 days while corruption claims are investigated. | 34495062 | [
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The project has been partly funded by American Football's professional league, the NFL.
The designers at a Wrexham-based firm and in Cardiff University's School of Engineering hope it could cut brain injuries in high impact sports.
Meanwhile, scientists said they have also made a head injury breakthrough.
Experts said they have created an agent to reduce the risk of brain inflammation and infections after a head injury.
The body's natural response to injury is to see damaged tissue as "foreign" and potentially worsen the injury, yet researchers said the agent blocks this response, reducing inflammation and helping recovery.
Cardiff University said the treatment specifically targets injured tissue.
The research was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences after being tested on mice.
The university will now seek to translate the findings to humans, and said it could be "life-changing" for patients.
It is estimated more than a million people in the UK are admitted to hospital as a result of a head injury every year. | Welsh engineers and academics have received more than £160,000 ($240,000) to develop new materials for use in sports helmets. | 35113486 | [
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A statement from the Counter-Terrorism Bureau urged particular caution in the south-west of India.
It said travellers should shun crowded areas like beach parties, clubs, and markets.
India is a popular tourist destination for Israelis.
Young visitors from Israel often travel to areas like Goa to relax after completing their compulsory military service.
In a unusual move, the warning was published on Friday evening in Israel, after the start of the Jewish Sabbath when government offices close for business.
The Counter-Terrorism Bureau urged Israeli families to contact their relatives in India and tell them of the threat.
It did not say what had prompted the warning.
'Threats' made to Sydney's New Year's Eve
In 2012, the wife of Israeli diplomat stationed in India was critically wounded in a car bomb attack along with her driver and two others.
The incident sparked diplomatic tensions when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran of being behind it - a charge strongly denied by Tehran.
Israel's warning came hours after Australian anti-terror police charged a man for making threats against Sydney's New Year's Eve celebrations.
The 40-year-old was arrested at Sydney Airport on Thursday after arriving on a plane from London.
A week ago, Australian police said they had foiled a major terror attack planned for Melbourne on Christmas Day.
Security plans have been adjusted at large gatherings around the world in view of the lorry attacks in Nice and Berlin, where bystanders were mown down by extremists.
In London, over 3,000 police officers are being deployed to safeguard the New Year's Eve celebrations. | Israel has issued a warning of imminent "terrorist attacks" on tourists in India, advising its citizens to avoid public places during the New Year celebrations. | 38470196 | [
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Compounding the trauma of personal loss they face a lonely battle to find and identify husbands, wives and children before trying to bring them home for burial.
Mohammed Nowrouz Noori is an Afghan man in his late 30s but he is already a broken man.
In January this year he set off with his wife Nilufar, son Mohammad and baby daughter Nastaran from the Turkish coast heading for Greece.
"When we were boarding my son said 'Dad I have prayed that we reach to other side safely'," Nowrouz says as he recounts the tragedy at the family home back in Kabul.
"We could see lights from Greece. I reassured him, saying 'tonight is the last night of our troubles'."
But the boat arranged by people smugglers soon got into trouble and capsized.
"In a matter of seconds water was everywhere, filling the boat. It was dark. I lost my children and my wife who had been sitting next to me," Nowrouz says.
At least 39 migrants, including several children drowned that day. Nowrouz was among more than 60 rescued,
What came next was a 12-day struggle to recover the bodies of his loved ones and bring them home for burial.
Read more:
The untold story of Europe's drowned migrants
Anatomy of a shipwreck
Nowrouz says he received medical treatment in a camp on the Turkish coast where police showed him photos of bodies which had been recovered.
"I saw my family's pictures there," he says. "I saw the photo of my one-year-old daughter, my six-year-old son and my wife who was 25. I lost them."
A police officer asked whether Nowrouz intended to bury his family in Turkey or take them home. After phoning relatives he decided the family should be buried in Kabul.
The next day a minibus took Nowrouz and other survivors to Istanbul where he turned to the Afghan consulate for help.
"They said that I have to repatriate the bodies myself," he says.
At the Afghan consulate in Istanbul, Zia Zaki is one of those trying to cope with the fallout from the migrant crisis.
"We have assembled a team of three people to deal specifically with refugee issues," he says as he sifts through piles of documents.
"In the last incident I attended there where 25 Afghans who lost their lives at sea. I saw a child's body in the cold room.
"I have my own small child. I tried to stay strong because it was my job to be there and identify the bodies. But when I returned home I looked at my child and I cried."
Nowrouz spent days calling relatives back home. "I had to borrow money to repatriate my family back to Afghanistan," he says.
The consulate told Nowrouz that the bodies of his wife and children were kept in Bursa, a town 300km (187 miles) inland from where the accident happened.
He hired a car for the four-hour drive, leaving in the middle of the night. He also booked flights to Kabul for the following evening.
But once in Bursa, he could find only the bodies of his wife and son; his baby daughter was missing. With flights arranged he had little choice but to leave her behind to be buried in one of Bursa's cemeteries.
At Bursa's Kent cemetery, Imam Neshet Kaya performs the funeral rites for deceased migrants.
"I just buried a child who has no name and we don't know who he was," he says. "He was buried here surrounded by me and a few cemetery workers. Today we are his brother, sister and his family."
Whether he buried Nowrouz's daughter here is impossible to know.
Many of the migrant victims are Muslim and the imam says he makes sure they are buried properly.
"We go to hospital to pick up the body and bring it here to perform the Islamic rituals, washing them and wrapping them in a shroud," he says. "Later we perform the prayers at the mosque."
The cemetery keeps records of each grave together with available documents, photos or DNA records to allow possible identification and exhumation if a body is claimed at a later date.
For Afghans taking a body home means travelling by air.
In Bursa, Mr Nowrouz bought coffins for his wife and son, hired an ambulance and headed back to Ataturk airport for the flight to Kabul.
At Istanbul airport, Sohila Shalizai runs the office of Afghanistan's Ariana airline - the tragedy of migrants' deaths has become overwhelming here too.
"Lately we have been carrying at least two or three, even up to seven bodies on each flight," Ms Rizi says. "Sometimes we can't cope with the numbers of bodies that come to us and we have refer people to Turkish airlines. Sometimes most of our cargo is coffins."
Her colleague, Khan Mohamad, says the airline has transported 70 bodies back to Afghanistan over the last 12 months.
"I just returned from customs where I have processed another coffin which came from Izmir."
Sometimes, Mohamad says, families don't have the money. "They lose it all when they capsize or the smugglers take it. Last time we sent four bodies to Afghanistan and the relatives still need to pay."
Nilufar and Mohammad were buried the day they arrived back in Kabul. But even in grief the family is not united.
"I wanted to bring my daughter's body to Afghanistan too", Nowrouz says, "but because the whole process took so long I couldn't find her."
Compounding the heartbreak of losing his family, he now has debts to worry about as well.
Having borrowed $8,500 to cover the costs of the ordeal, Nowrouz has been left bankrupt by a journey that already cost him everything.
Additional reporting from Ismael Shahamat and Johannes Dell | Hundreds of migrants face huge debts and a logistical nightmare to repatriate the bodies of loved ones who have died during perilous sea crossings to Europe. | 36202843 | [
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"We know solution for everything, but not terrorism. I am happy that Bangladesh Prime Minister, despite being a woman, has declared zero tolerance for terrorism," the PM said in his hour-long address to Dhaka University at the weekend.
Analysts say Mr Modi may have been trying to highlight the importance of "women power" in politics, but he could have chosen better words.
His latest "gaffe" has led to the top-trending "despitebeingawoman" hashtag on Twitter.
Many Twitter users are highlighting what they have achieved "despite being a woman". While some have shown anger in their reactions, others have chosen sarcasm to comment on the situation.
But there are others who see "no harm" in Mr Modi's remarks.
Some have suggested that Mr Modi's team needs to be more careful while preparing his statements and speeches at home and abroad.
Foreign policy analysts had criticised Mr Modi's veiled criticism of China during his visit to Japan in September last year. And his remarks in South Korea last month about migration had sparked a Twitter backlash at home.
Dr Athar Zafar of the Indian Council of World Affairs, a foreign policy think tank, says Mr Modi is certainly keen on improving India's relations with the world.
"But he needs to choose his words carefully. His intentions may be right, but the message gets lost if wrong words are used," he says.
Dr Zafar adds that Mr Modi's foreign policy achievements get lost in the noise about his "politically incorrect statements".
"This is something he needs to change if he wants more Indians to talk about his foreign visits and not such gaffes," he adds.
BBC Monitoring reports and analyses news from TV, radio, web and print media around the world. You can follow BBC Monitoring on Twitter and Facebook. | Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's latest remark about Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina's political achievements is attracting criticism and humour in equal measure on social media, reports BBC Monitoring. | 33044547 | [
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Bready 219-7 (D Rankin 43, J Magee 41)
Pembroke 221-1 (N Cutler 110 no, A Balbirnie 90 no)
Pembroke won by nine wickets
Waringstown v Coleraine
Coleraine 167-7 (D Cooke 71 no)
Waringstown 173-2 (J Hall 91 no, J McCollum 51)
Waringstown won by eight wickets
The Hills v Donemana
Donemana 143 (37.1 overs) (W McClintock 32)
The Hills 144-4
The Hills won by six wickets
Carrickfergus v CIYMS
Carrickfergus 226 (P Botha 63)
CIYMS 229-4 (N Jones 112 no)
CIYMS won by six wickets
Although there is one fixture remaining Muckamore clinched Section A of the Lagan Valley Steels Twenty/20 Cup following a four wicket win over Lisburn. They are undefeated after four games with 20 points while CSNI have 10, Instonians 8 and Lisburn 2. The two Section B games were postponed.
CSNI defeated Instonians by four wickets
Muckamore had a four wicket home win against Lisburn
On Saturday, Challenge Cup holders CSNI were well beaten by CIYMS who join Instonians, Lisburn and Muckamore in the semi-finals.
North-West Cup holders Donemana were 3-2 at one stage but rallied to defeat Coleraine.
The other semi-finalists are Fox Lodge, Bready and Ballyspallen.
CIYMS v CSNI
CSNI 125 (J Kennedy 67)
CIYMS 130-5
CIYMS won by five wickets
Instonians v North Down
Instonians 226 (N Smith 83)
North Down 210
Instonians won by 16 runs
Lisburn v Downpatrick
Lisburn 260 (J Magowan 102, D Simpson 60)
Downpatrick 120
Lisburn won by 140 runs
Woodvale v Muckamore
Muckamore 295-8 (S Gordon 79, J Magowan 74)
Woodvale 122
Muckamore won by 173 runs
Ballyspallen v Strabane
Ballyspallen 191 (G Kennedy 82)
Strabane 158 (A Gillespie 92 not out)
Ballyspallen won by 33 runs
Newbuildings v Bready
Bready 257 (I Samarasooriya 54, D Rankin 51)
Newbuildings 177
Bready won by 80 runs
Ardmore v Fox Lodge
Fox Lodge 221 (S Tshilli 57)
Ardmore 203
Fox Lodge won by 18 runs
Donemana v Coleraine
Donemana 270-9 (W McClintock 125)
Coleraine 220 (D Cooke 41, W McBrine 4-39)
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It urges the government to put "the public's interests before the touts".
A government consultation on the resale of tickets closes on Friday.
"As artist managers, we deplore the increasing industrial-scale abuse and insider exploitation of tickets for music, arts and sports events by ticket touts," the letter says.
"The consequence in many cases is that fans will attend fewer shows, meaning that the profits made by such immoral practice is also money lost from the industry."
It is signed by managers for the UK's biggest live acts including One Direction, Little Mix, Radiohead, Mumford and Sons, Iron Maiden, Arctic Monkeys and Noel Gallagher.
The letter agrees there is a need for "genuine, transparent ticket resale/exchange" through businesses selling tickets at face value, and urges the review to recommend "all parties in a ticketing transaction should indentify themselves".
Earlier this week concert promoter Harvey Goldsmith told the BBC the issue of secondary ticketing websites was "a national disgrace".
He told Radio 4's Front Row programme that tickets to U2's recent London shows were advertised for up to £3,300 on resale sites, despite a face value of £182.
"We're asking the government to pass a law which says you cannot sell a ticket for more than 10% of its face value," Goldsmith told the BBC.
Consumer magazine Which? also called for a crack-down on ticket resale sites earlier this month, arguing consumers face a "stitch-up".
The group spent eight weeks monitoring four of the biggest secondary ticketing websites and said it found "some really unusual behaviour".
Music fans have until 23:00 GMT on 20 November 2015 to make their views known in the consultation.
The industry letter was compiled by Twickets, an online site which allows fans to sell spare tickets only at face value or below. Here is the full list of signatures and which artists they represent: | Rock band Coldplay and managers of acts including Ed Sheeran, Elton John, Blur and Radiohead have signed an open letter to the government calling for action over secondary ticketing sites. | 34877526 | [
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BT dodged a bullet - and, as the chief executive of Ofcom, Sharon White, admitted, it was for prosaic reasons.
She said complications with land deals and BT's giant pension scheme meant there were "practical obstacles" to a break-up that would delay the process several years.
It's the pension scheme that probably most influenced Ofcom's thinking. BT's retirement scheme, inherited from its time as a state-owned utility, has assets of about £40bn and a deficit, on some measures, of about £10bn, even though BT has poured in billions of pounds in recent years to redress the gap.
Senior sources at the company say that about 80% of the scheme relates to Openreach, the internet infrastructure provider that BT's rivals would like to see spun off.
Separating the pension as part of a break-up would be a costly headache - and there is the small matter of a government guarantee on part of the scheme, something that BT fought in the courts to preserve and won.
Creating two new pension schemes, with the risk of weakening the financial resources of one or the other, might be too hot a political potato, even in the pursuit of faster broadband.
BT's share price reaction might turn out to be overdone. Ms White plans to enforce the separation by introducing not only a new board to run Openreach, but also new articles of association that will give directors a duty to serve customers of the network as much as the company's owners.
This holds out an obvious prospect of conflicts to come, and runs counter to the normal assumption that in private companies, the shareholder is king.
It also carries an echo of the "golden shares" held by the government in Rolls-Royce and BAE Systems, two companies judged important for the defence of the realm. In each case, the golden share is actually enshrined by specific articles of association that give directors and the government powers beyond those normally enjoyed by company boards.
BT's chief executive, Gavin Patterson, said he thought he could reach a compromise with Ofcom, but admitted they would need to see the detail of the new articles.
If they prove too much at odds with BT's own desire to control Openreach - which it will still own - get ready for a court battle and perhaps, eventually, a full break-up. | The reaction from BT's investors told us much about media regulator Ofcom's ruling on the fate of Openreach, the BT subsidiary that provides much of the UK's broadband infrastructure. | 36892983 | [
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Duffy, 37, has joined the third-placed Championship side on a one-year contract after leaving Swinton Lions.
The Scotland assistant coach will lead Featherstone in their final league game against Toulouse on Saturday before the upcoming Super 8 Qualifiers.
"He is a fantastic coach and we are very excited to see how his reign here unfolds," chairman Mark Campbell said.
"We believe he has done a remarkable job in extremely difficult circumstances at Swinton and he deserves a great deal of credit for his efforts there."
Duffy, who played for Leigh, Widnes and Salford during a 16-year playing career, has been replaced by his former assistant Stuart Littler at fellow Championship side Swinton. | Featherstone Rovers have appointed John Duffy as head coach following the departure of Jon Sharp. | 40642906 | [
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Snapchat confirmed the figure following a report in the Financial Times.
Last week, Facebook said it was now registering eight billion views a day of video material posted on its social media network.
However, different platforms do not use the same criteria when counting views - Facebook counts videos viewed for three seconds or longer.
YouTube only charges advertisers if a video is viewed for 30 seconds, and while Snapchat does not say how long a video must play in order to count, a recent report said advertisers were being charged even if their ad was viewed for less than one second.
According to Snapchat, more than 60% of 13- to 34 year-old smartphone owners in the US use the service, which is available only on mobile platforms.
Chief executive Evan Spiegel told Bloomberg in May that videos had reached two billion hits per day.
In 2013, Snapchat turned down a $3bn (£2bn) acquisition offer from Facebook, according to the Wall Street Journal. | The number of videos viewed every day on messaging app Snapchat has tripled since May this year to six billion. | 34765929 | [
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The latest predictions suggest 49 out of 152 councils will have more pupils than secondary places by 2019-20.
Local Government Association analysis of official figures suggests 80,716 new secondary places will be required then.
The Department for Education says it has provided local authorities with the funding they need for new places.
It added: "It is now up to them to spend this money efficiently and effectively."
But the LGA said the crunch in primary schools meant that despite the creation of nearly 90,000 places in the past academic year, and the government committing £2.35bn in places funding for up to 2017, an extra 130,000 were needed before September 2017.
Councils were already taking extraordinary measures to deal with the school places crisis, it said. One borough council, Reading, borrowed £35m privately to fund the expansion of 13 of its primary schools.
Essex County Council topped up its government grants with £39m from its own resources while others have expanded existing schools on to second sites or "annexes" to create the places needed.
David Simmonds, chairman of the LGA's children and young people board, said: "As children move through primary school, securing new secondary places will become a significant issue.
"Mums and dads should know councils will do everything they can to create more school places and there are great examples of the work being done across the country.
"The challenge for councils is making sure places are delivered on time and in the right places, in a context where some of the decision making about new school places is now in the hands of the government."
There is a presumption that new schools will be free schools or academies, which are outside local authorities' sphere of influence. It means local authorities do not have as much control over the creation of new schools and places as they once did, although they can invite bids for free schools and academies in their areas.
In a report for the LGA on the planning of school places, Mr Simmonds added: "There are real concerns that the 'easier solutions' have now been taken in the primary sector and dealing with the surge in demand for secondary school places will become more costly and complex.
"Councils are now looking to innovative solutions, with Surrey looking to drive down costs by working in a property cluster with neighbouring authorities.
"Bournemouth is considering the idea of village schools in former church halls or day centres. Less palatable solutions are also being contemplated, such as bussing children to different areas, building on split sites and even building on the green belt."
The secondary school places shortage is just a few months a way in a handful of local authorities.
In September, three local authorities will be over capacity; by 2015-16 it will be six and 36 in 2018-19.
Councils are calling for information on school building funding in five-year cycles and for it to be in one funding pot.
They would also like to see the decision-making power on the provision of schools, including free schools, restored to local authorities, along with the power to open council-controlled community schools.
A Department for Education spokesman said: "We are giving local authorities £5bn to spend on new school places over this Parliament - double the amount allocated by the previous government over an equivalent period.
"This funding has already led to the creation of 260,000 new school places, all of which are in areas where there is a shortage of places, and many more new places are planned. We have also confirmed a further £2bn for basic need up to 2017."
He added: "Investment in free schools comes on top of the £5bn we are giving to local authorities to spend on basic need. Seven in 10 free school places are in areas of basic need."
Natalie Evans, director of the New Schools Network, which supports the creation of free schools, said: "Over two-thirds of free schools are being set up in areas where there is a shortage of school places and local authorities themselves are able to invite groups to come forward to set up new schools where that shortfall is particularly acute.
"There are many good examples of local authorities working in partnership with groups setting up free schools, but too often authorities perceive these schools as a threat and end up being an unnecessary obstruction to a solution which would work for all."
Kevin Brennan, shadow schools minister, said: "David Cameron's government has displayed a shocking degree of complacency in responding to the need for new school places."
He claimed two-thirds of all places created by the free schools programme were being diverted away from areas of high or severe need.
Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said: "Local councils find themselves having responsibility for providing places but with insufficient powers to plan, commission or build schools." | Urgent action is needed to prevent a shortage of secondary school places in a third of local authorities in England within five years, councils say. | 26562805 | [
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John Lahiff, 75, told local media that he disturbed the crocodile while looking for a ball in water at the course in Port Douglas, Queensland.
He was taken to hospital with a deep laceration to his shin and puncture wounds to his calf, but said he would not be put off playing golf.
He told ABC News he would try not to hit balls into the water in future.
Crocodiles are a common sight on the golf course, Australian media reported, and signs warn players of the dangers.
Police Senior Sergeant James Coate told ABC that the 1.2m (4ft) saltwater crocodile had been in a waterway on the 11th hole
Mr Lahiff, speaking from Cairns Hospital, said he had seen crocodiles there before and "should have realised to be a bit more aware".
"I didn't see the croc sunbaking just on the edge of the water. I walked past it and then it got me on the way back and as soon as it grabbed me it took off into the water."
He manage to drive himself back to the club house to get help.
The Australian newspaper reported that wildlife officers would try to remove the crocodile and relocate it to a crocodile farm or a zoo.
But Mr Lahiff told ABC he wanted the croc to stay where it was. "I think he got more of a fright than me. He's alright," he said.
The Palmer Sea Reef golf course is owned by Australian billionaire and politician Clive Palmer.
After the incident he tweeted that he wished the golfer a speedy recovery.
He joked: "Crocodile has been removed from all menus at Palmer properties following today's incident."
Crocodiles are a common feature of Australia's tropical north and numbers have increased since being declared a protected species in 1971. | A golfer has suffered leg injuries after being bitten by a crocodile on an Australian golf course. | 32296663 | [
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But VR can also be embedded in reality to give people more understanding of the world around them.
Increasingly it is being used as a tool by journalists, teachers, healthcare workers and retailers.
The BBC took a look at a few of the more unexpected uses of the technology.
Surveys suggest that while 99% of people have heard of autism, only 16% really understand what it means. In the UK, more than a quarter of autistic people have been asked to leave a public place, such as a restaurant.
In order to address this, the UK's National Autistic Society made a VR film this summer to show people what it was like to live with the condition.
The film takes viewers on a journey with a young, autistic boy as he walks around a shopping centre. They can experience the sensory overload he experiences as he walks around.
Mark Lever, chief executive of the National Autistic Society, says he hopes the film will "help the public understand a little more about autism".
The film, along with Samsung Gear headsets, was taken on tour around UK shopping centres this summer and the charity is also putting together a pack for schools to teach their students about autism.
The film is available via an app and can be viewed on YouTube.
Alzheimer's Research UK also released a VR film this summer, intended to put the public in the shoes of someone with dementia.
A Walk Through Dementia aimed to show how everyday tasks such as making a cup of tea can be a challenge for someone with the condition.
Virtual meatballs
Virtual reality is becoming a common tool for people wanting to sell something. Estate agents use it to offer customers virtual walks from potential properties while Westfield shopping centre is using VR headsets to show off the latest fashion collections.
In April, furniture retailer Ikea launched an app that placed users in a fully furnished kitchen. Users could change the colours of the units and walk around the space. The app was available through Steam, using the HTC Vive.
Gamers are, said Ikea's Ingrid Franov, "not a typical Ikea customer" but the retailer was amazed by the reaction.
"In one month we had more downloads than we had expected for the whole six-months trial and people were asking for more kitchen action," she told delegates at the recent VR&AR World Forum in London.
"And what they wanted was meatball," she said.
Meatballs are perhaps the most famous dish in Ikea's restaurants.
When meatballs were added to the kitchen, one user told the firm: "I want you all to know that I have just spent 44 minutes throwing meatballs around a virtual kitchen and I loved every second of it."
"This is really talking to customers," said Ms Franov.
Now the retailer is considering rolling out the VR tool in stores to help customers better envisage how a kitchen design might look.
Healthcare has become one of the big adopters of VR - using it both as teaching aid and to treat phobias.
Surgeon Dr Shafi Ahmed became one of the first to offer a live virtual surgery experience in April 2016 at the Royal London hospital.
Some 5,000 people in 14 countries tuned in to watch the operation to remove a tumour.
Now the start-up he co-founded, Medical Realities, is launching Virtual Surgeon as a product, hoping that such surgery can reduce the cost of training doctors, reach a much wider audience and ultimately "democratise medicine".
Meanwhile, in the US, VR has been used to help soldiers deal with post-traumatic stress disorder and for arachnophobics to overcome their fear of spiders.
In one study, 23 people were encouraged to approach a virtual spider and by the end of the experiment, 83% showed significant improvement in how they could tolerate the situation.
In September 2015, Google launched Expeditions, a program designed to take thousands of school children around the world on a virtual trip - from the Great Barrier Reef to Mars.
The kit, which comprises a Google cardboard headset and an app, has just been launched in the UK.
Most pupils have enjoyed the experience although one Year 3 student told the Times Educational Supplement that they "were a bit scared of heights so if it could just be on the ground then that would be an improvement for me".
Marcus Storm is the founder of VR start-up Evanescent Studios and he is developing a VR app that he hopes will be used in classrooms to improve language skills. The app is currently being trialled at Imperial College, with Mandarin as a pilot language.
Users can watch Chinese people having conversations and visit Chinese landmarks such as the Great Wall.
Mr Storm is enthusiastic about how VR can transform learning.
"We see a future where kids in history lessons are going back to revolutionary France and interacting with the people there," he said.
It is a view echoed by Nicholas Minter-Green, president of Economist Films.
"It is bringing the joy to education. The biggest challenge has always been to engage and that is where VR can be a very powerful tool," he said.
At VR&AR World Forum in London, he spoke about how Chinese firm NetDragon is testing how VR software and hardware can be used to tell if children are engaged in learning.
"One idea is that headsets could tell when children are tilting their heads, indicating boredom, meaning a change of subject or teaching method is required," he said.
Cash-strapped schools may struggle to afford the hardware or the computing power required for VR to run, and Mr Minter-Green acknowledged that there are many hurdles to overcome before virtual becomes a reality, in school at least. | Think of virtual reality and you will probably conjure up images of fantastical landscapes in a game or film set. | 37576755 | [
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Nation Broadcasting launched a consultation in September to broadcast Radio Pembrokeshire, Radio Carmarthenshire and Radio Ceredigion from St Hilary, near Cowbridge.
The shows are currently broadcast from studios in Narberth, Pembrokeshire.
The company said details of its operations were "confidential".
Sources have told BBC Wales the relocation will take place this month and some staff have been made redundant.
Martin Mumford, group managing director of Nation Broadcasting, would not confirm the move or the number redundancies, saying "the detail of our operations and staffing arrangements are commercially confidential".
He did confirm two "long-serving presenters" would continue to provide local programming while specialist programmes such as the farming, music and sport shows would continue to be provided from Narberth.
Mr Mumford said the company was "committed to maintaining its status as a leading media employer in west Wales" and had invested in a new digital media business in Narberth, employing five full-time staff. | Three west Wales radio stations are to relocate to Vale of Glamorgan this month, BBC Wales understands. | 37953515 | [
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The 16-euro ($17.80; £11.60) fee is likely to deter travellers from completing bookings on services including Expedia, Opodo and ebookers.
It marks the latest effort by the airline industry to steer customers towards its own websites.
One expert said this not only helped cut airlines' costs but also allowed them to them promote add-on services.
However, the booking services suggest their own platforms are often easier to use and help keep prices low.
Lufthansa Group's move will affect tickets bought for Lufthansa itself as well as Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines and Swiss from 1 September.
There are two types of travel price comparison sites on the net:
Lufthansa's move is expected to be damaging to the former, while allowing its own site to appear the most attractive option on the latter.
"The distribution cost charge will drive up the cost of tickets booked via so-called online travel agencies like Expedia or Opodo," Martin Riecken, a spokesman for the German airline, told the BBC.
"However, it is not about... trying to discourage anyone from comparing prices.
"We rather aim for more transparency. Our rationale is twofold.
"Firstly, to allocate the high distribution cost of global distribution systems [the flight inventory and fare databases used by online travel agents] - we are talking about a high three-digit million euro amount per annum for the Lufthansa Group - to those that are actually using the services, instead of evenly distributing these cost to all passengers.
"Secondly, to take advantage of greater degrees of freedom in our sales activities, providing customers with the exact tailor-made service that they are looking for."
Opodo said online travel agencies were opposed to the move and lawyers at the European Travel Agents' and Tour Operators' Associations (ECTAA) were looking into the matter.
"[This] is a global issue that affects all countries and worldwide travel agencies, traditional or online, corporate and leisure, and which is already being legally examined by the associations of European agencies," said a spokeswoman for the company.
"Lufthansa Group will clearly be the one whose most affected by this decision.
"The fact that they have not provided any automated alternative to the global distribution systems will cause Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines and Swiss to suffer a severe lack of competitiveness against other companies that are present in these channels and don't have an extra cost for the travellers."
One industry watcher said Lufthansa might have felt it had to act to boost its earnings.
The company recently reported 55m euros of net profit for its last financial year, representing an 82% drop on the previous period.
Its services have also been disrupted by a series of pilots' strikes and the crash of one of its Germanwings flights in March.
"If you look at Lufthansa's recent performance, they have been through difficulties," said Laurie Price, an independent airlines consultant.
"So they've been looking at every way to increase their bottom line. There is only so much cutting you can do.
"A better way is to generate revenue. And if you can get sales direct and offer add-ons, then that's a much better way."
Lufthansa Group's stock traded slightly higher following the announcement.
But shares in Amadeus - the Spanish travel booking technology company that serves Expedia, Opodo and others - closed the day 10% lower.
Lufthansa's action represents the latest in a series of clashes between airlines and price comparison booking services.
Last August, American Airlines briefly removed its flights completely from the online travel agency Orbitz in a row over fees.
More recently, the US Travel Technology Association complained that Delta Air Lines had removed its schedule and fare information from more than a dozen online travel agencies, including TripAdvisor, Fly.com and Hipmunk.
It added that the UK-based metasearch service Skyscanner had lost access to Delta's flights as a consequence earlier this year.
Skyscanner now points customers directly to Delta's site, benefiting the airline.
"Heightened attempts to lead travellers away from online travel agencies and metasearch travel sites is likely to lead to higher average airfares, increase consumers' search costs, make entry into city-pair routes by smaller airlines more difficult, reduce transparency, and strengthen the market power of the major airlines," a report prepared by a Yale professor for the Travel Technology Association said.
Delta responded saying it had the right to determine who it did business with. | Lufthansa Group is to introduce a surcharge for customers who buy its flights through third-party websites. | 32990724 | [
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