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The 66-year-old, of Ballybinaby, Hackballscross, County Louth, faces nine tax charges at the Republic of Ireland's Special Criminal Court.
Prosecutors claim he had significant dealings in cattle and land and received farming grants but failed to submit tax returns for nine years.
Mr Murphy denies the offences.
His defence lawyers claim that their client's brother, Patrick Murphy, managed his cattle herd and farming activities.
The prosecution at the three-judge, non-jury court was brought after an investigation by the Irish Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB).
One of the judges indicated that the verdict may be delivered next Thursday, 17 December, but added it is "by no means certain".
Mr Murphy was remanded on continuing bail until 17 December. | The trial of the prominent republican Thomas "Slab" Murphy for alleged tax evasion has heard the court may deliver judgement on the case next week. | 35053424 | [
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Members of the NASUWT, meeting in Bournemouth, criticised a loosening of the rules on who schools can employ to teach children.
The government says the changes allow schools to hire talented people and the vast majority of teachers will continue to have the recognised qualification.
But the union says it is about saving money.
One delegate told the conference children were being taught "on the cheap".
Last year the government relaxed the rules in England on employing teachers for academies.
The semi-independent state schools are now allowed to employ teachers who have not qualified as teachers, bringing them in to line with the situation in free schools and private schools.
In other state-funded schools, people employed as teachers have to have passed the relevant qualification - known as Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
At the time, the government said the change would allow schools to bring in talented professionals such as scientists, musicians and university professors, plus experienced teachers and heads from overseas and the independent sector.
Schools are also allowed to employ people called "instructors" who have particular - usually vocational - skills but do not have QTS, and the rules governing when they can be hired were relaxed last September.
The NASUWT says the changes mean less-qualified people are being put in charge of classes - and are being paid less than teachers.
It has published a survey of its members which found six out of ten of those who replied said unqualified staff were being used in their schools and that most said unqualified staff were teaching lessons.
It asked for views from 2,300 of its members online earlier this month.
Chris Keates, general secretary of the union, said: "The extent of the secretary of state's decision to remove the entitlement of children and young people to be taught by a qualified teacher can now be seen.
"Parents and the public should be deeply concerned at the results of this survey. Now when a parent sends their child to school they have no idea who is teaching them.
"If any suggestion was made that unqualified doctors were let loose on patients there would be public outrage."
Head teachers' leader Russell Hobby described the changes as "limited" and said he did not think heads would be looking to employ unqualified staff.
The leader of the National Association of Head Teachers said: "The vast majority of head teachers will seek out good teachers with QTS, as long as that remains a strong qualification."
On the conference floor, union member Victor Aguera said: "This government has turned back the clock to the 1850s and is returning to a 'teacher monitor system'.
"Children are being taught on the cheap. It's part of the privatisation of education."
A spokeswoman for the Department for Education said: "It is simply not true to claim that this is about depressing costs. This is about raising standards.
"Independent schools and free schools can already hire brilliant people who do not have Qualified Teacher Status.
"We have extended this flexibility to all academies so more schools can hire great linguists, computer scientists, engineers and other specialists who have not worked in state schools before.
"We expect the vast majority of teachers will continue to have QTS. This additional flexibility will help schools improve faster, and give head teachers the freedom to hire the person best suited to their school."
The NASUWT passed a conference motion to work with others to "ensure that all those working in schools have appropriate qualifications".
The NUT, meeting in Liverpool, passed a similar motion. | More children in England are being taught by unqualified teachers, a teaching union is claiming. | 21988209 | [
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Kenya is walking dangerously close to the "mass grave" it dug for itself in 2008, following the disputed election of 2007.
The political and ethnic violence that ensued claimed the lives of more than 1,000 Kenyans and forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homes.
"We nearly lost Kenya," were the words that Kofi Annan, former UN secretary-general and mediator in the Kenyan crisis, used to describe the mayhem that greeted the announcement of the final election result in December of 2007.
Nearly nine years later, and with lessons of the 59-day violence seemingly forgotten, Kenyans are once more pinning their country to the ground and holding a can of petrol in one hand and a box of matches in the other.
As a journalist who has been covering Kenya and Africa since 1989 I am now a worried man.
If nothing is done to pacify the society and cool the temperatures that have been recklessly raised by politicians, this nation could burn.
And if it does, the blaze will be a lot more fierce and destructive than in 2008.
In the last year, social media has continued to light up with hate speech.
Commentary and posts are being screened and responded to through ethnic lenses.
In one conversation packed with ethnic vitriol, a contributor commented:
"Going by the comments here, it confirms the fact that there is hidden animosity in Kenya and one day 2007/2008 violence will look like child's play. We will be worse than what happened in Rwanda, Bosnia and Kosovo combined."
Joseph Warungu:
"Mondays are now called 'machozi Monday' - Swahili for 'tear gas Monday'"
Eight elected politicians were recently arrested and detained in police custody for three days on charges of hate speech.
One is accused of calling for the eviction of one community from Nakuru region in the Rift Valley, while another alluded to the assassination of opposition leader Raila Odinga.
At the centre of the current spike in political fever is the government and opposition stand-off regarding electoral reform.
In the last few weeks, Monday has been turned into a day of political protests.
The opposition has been calling their supporters onto the streets to push for the reforms by marching to the offices of the electoral commission.
And the response from the police has predictably been a healthy dose of tear gas, in an attempt to break up the demonstrations.
Four people have so far died in clashes between police and protesters.
Mondays are now called "machozi Monday" - Swahili for "tear gas Monday".
And the area around the offices of the electoral commission is now baptised "shisha corner" because of the heavy tear gas that fills the air.
So who are some of the main actors in this political drama and what do they want? I have selected seven of the key players:
He wants to continue occupying the residence he has known since childhood when his father, Jomo Kenyatta, was president - namely State House.
In other words he wants to be re-elected president for a second five-year term in the coming general election.
He has been forced to accept that he negotiate a way out of the impasse with the opposition.
But he wants this dialogue to be conducted through a parliamentary process, because he "swore to uphold and defend the constitution".
What he does not want is a street solution.
He saw what the Arab Spring did to those in power.
He has vowed to crack down hard on hate speech and his government has not spared leaders accused of spreading ethnic hatred.
The authorities have made the eight MPs arrested an example by denying them bail and forcing them to suffer in the infamous cold and miserable police cells for three nights.
Poster boy of the opposition, he leads the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (Cord), an umbrella grouping of several political parties.
Mr Odinga wants what his late father Jaramogi Oginga Odinga tried and failed to achieve for many years - enter State House.
Among other things he wants a total overhaul of the electoral commission and direct appointment of the commissioners.
He believes the body as currently constituted is not credible and cannot oversee a credible electoral process in 2017.
He does not want reforms through a parliamentary process.
He knows very well the current government has enough numbers in the house to frustrate his efforts.
He is the MP for Gatundu South, a constituency in central Kenya that has produced two presidents - Jomo Kenyatta and Uhuru Kenyatta.
He is Kenya's Donald Trump (minus the billions and the presidential ambition): Straight-talking, unpredictable and uncontrollable.
He wants the opposition to tremble in their boots as they prepare for dialogue.
For the umpteenth time Mr Kuria is in trouble and facing serious charges of hate speech.
Many Kenyans view him as the government's kamikaze - a force of self-destruction that also conveniently distracts attention from the ruling establishment.
He is the senator for Machakos County and a prominent opposition voice.
He is wealthy, loud and bold.
He will say the unsayable and often makes the government quite uncomfortable.
Mr Muthama is one of the eight legislators who were arrested for hate speech.
He is the chairman and face of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).
He does not want to go home - at least not yet.
He wants both government and the opposition to leave him and his team alone to continue preparing for next year's election, arguing that a change of guard now will have a negative impact on the 2017 elections.
It is a non-lethal chemical weapon that irritates the eyes, mouth, lungs and skin.
In Kenya, it is personified by the cabinet secretary in charge of internal security, Joseph Nkaissery.
The former military man talks and acts tough.
In mid-May he cautioned opposition protesters: "Let them be warned that I have enough tear gas - which I will not run short of soon - to use in smoking them out of IEBC offices if they attempt to force themselves there."
Throughout Kenya's history, in the absence of talks to resolve political disputes, tear gas talks.
I have personal experience of this having inhaled enough tear gas as a student and journalist - from being caught up in the streets of Nairobi during a violent military operation to suppress an attempted air force coup against President Daniel arap Moi in August 1982 to reporting the countrywide demonstrations demanding an end to single party authoritarian rule in July 1990.
This is a Swahili term meaning the ordinary citizen of Kenya.
Every political blow unleashed, every tear gas canister fired and every word uttered is done in his/her name.
But the mwananchi is not present at the ongoing talks to reform that key institution that will referee the election and shape the future.
Many wananchi (Swahili plural for citizens) noted two striking photographs that remind them of their true place.
One was an image from 2008 that showed then-President Mwai Kibaki, Mr Odinga and Mr Annan sharing soft drinks in a relaxed atmosphere soon after the country went ablaze with Kenyans fighting the two rivals' battles.
The second photo was of a recent event and showed President Uhuru and Mr Odinga in a jovial moment at State House, while out in the streets life was disrupted as clashes between security forces and protesters ensued on behalf of the two men.
But it is this same mwananchi who will be called upon to decide which man goes into rent-free accommodation at State House in next year's election.
If mwananchi makes the wrong choice, the soil of Kenya will drink his blood and the mass grave will quickly fill up.
More from Joseph Warungu: | In our series of letters from Africa, journalist and media trainer Joseph Warungu takes advantage of the temporary lull in tear gas to examine the rocky political climate in Kenya. | 36602399 | [
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The Poland international was injured following a late challenge on his left knee by defender Antony Kay in Tuesday's 2-1 away win at MK Dons.
Following an initial scan, the 23-year-old forward is now facing surgery.
"If he gets back in under a year, he'll have done well," Wolves head of medical Phil Hayward told BBC WM.
"He's really looking at a full year and maybe more than that.
"He has suffered damage to both the cruciate and lateral knee ligaments, as well as other structural damage. There is a small fracture on the inside of the knee, indicative of the amount of force involved in the challenge.
"He will see a consultant this week and undergo surgery once the swelling has subsided at some point in the next two weeks. The timeframe will become more apparent following surgery. But he is expected to be out for a considerable time."
MK Dons defender Kay was yellow carded for the challenge by match referee Mark Heywood.
Zyro is the third Wolves player to suffer a serious knee injury this season.
Striker Nouha Dicko has been sidelined since August, while winger Jordan Graham was then himself ruled out for up to nine months in January.
Wolves have also lost winger Razak Boukari and defender Ethan Ebanks-Landell for the season, while centre-half Mike Williamson (thigh injury) has not figured since returning to the club from Newcastle United in January.
Since Christmas, they have also spent long spells without Zyro, who missed two months with a calf injury, James Henry, Dave Edwards and Jed Wallace.
Henry made his first start since February in midweek, while Wales international Edwards made a late appearance from the bench.
Wolves head coach Kenny Jackett has cleared up confusion over midfielder Kevin McDonald's whereabouts.
It was reported that the 27-year-old Scot had been told to "train with the kids" after being left out of Jackett's matchday squad of 18 at MK Dons.
But McDonald actually voluntarily chose to keep fit with Wolves' Under-18 side. They were the only ones in training, because the Under-21 team also had a game on Tuesday.
McDonald, Wolves' player of the year in 2013-14 when they won the League One title, has not made the starting line-up since 8 March and has been linked with an end-of-season move to Scottish Championship winners Rangers.
Wolves boss Kenny Jackett and head of medical Phil Hayward were speaking to BBC WM's Rob Gurney. | Injury-hit Wolves have suffered a new blow with the loss of Michal Zyro for potentially more than a year with multiple knee ligament damage. | 35987273 | [
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The Grocer magazine reported that the firm is charging £2.64 for a 250g jar.
It is the first supermarket to raise the price of Marmite since the recent dispute between Tesco and manufacturer Unilever over the effect of the falling pound on production costs.
A Morrisons spokesman said: "Sometimes we have to increase prices as a result of costs rising."
Unilever has raised the wholesale price of many household products, including PG Tips tea and Pot Noodles, because falls in the value of sterling have increased the cost of products made outside the UK.
The pound has lost nearly a fifth of its value since the UK voted to leave the EU in a referendum in June. It is the world's worst-performing currency on the global money markets this year.
This makes imported goods more expensive because they continue to cost the same in dollars or euros, but the price is higher when converted into sterling.
Morrisons said it did its best to avoid putting prices up. It added: "More often than not we have been reducing prices and more than 3,000 products are currently cheaper in our supermarkets than they were last year."
Tesco's row with Unilever broke out earlier this month and has since been resolved, according to both sides.
However, the Grocer reported that both Tesco and Asda have raised prices on a number of Unilever products, and Morrisons has also increased the prices of other items made by the company.
According to supermarket websites, a 250g pot of Marmite costs £2.64 at Morrisons, £2.50 at Sainsbury's, £2.35 at both Waitrose and Tesco and is on special at Asda for £2. | Supermarket chain Morrisons has increased the cost of a jar of Marmite by 12.5%, say retail industry experts. | 37801847 | [
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On 11 January, 32-year-old Whittingham will have been with the Bluebirds a decade, but his latest deal in the Welsh capital runs out in the summer.
It looks certain Whittingham will commit his future to the Bluebirds by signing a new contract.
"We'll talk about that before the FA Cup probably," said Warnock.
Cardiff face Fulham in the third round of the FA Cup on Sunday, 8 December, but before that, on Monday 2 January, the Bluebirds entertain Whittingham's former club, Aston Villa in the Championship.
Back in 2007, then-Cardiff boss Dave Jones, bought Whittingham from Villa for a fee of £350,000.
Since then, the dead-ball specialist has established himself as one of the most popular players ever to pull on a Cardiff shirt.
He has been named in the Championship Team of the Season three times and, in 2015, he was included in the Football League Team of the Decade.
Whittingham also finished joint-top scorer in the Championship in the 2009-10 campaign having found the net 20 times in the league for the Bluebirds.
During his time with Cardiff, Whittingham has turned down the chance of a move away from the Welsh club.
This season he is currently the club's joint-top scorer in the league having found the net five times so far.
But despite that, Warnock says he will not be rushed into a new contract to keep the midfielder.
"That's the least of my worries at the minute. I haven't sorted my own [contract] out yet, let alone Peter's," joked Warnock.
"Peter knows, I've said to him, 'you'll be here as long as me Peter' and he laughed and said, I know, that's what worries me.
"No, we've got a few days [before the Fulham game] then we've got no league points to worry about so we'll probably have a chat during that period." | Cardiff City boss Neil Warnock has confirmed the club will start discussing a new contract for midfielder Peter Whittingham. | 38468226 | [
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Jamie Toland told police he woke up to find the animal gnawing at the tag around his ankle at his home in Slemish Way, Lisburn, County Antrim.
But the High Court in Belfast was told there were "no signs" of teeth marks.
Bail was refused after the judge said the explanations tested "the court's ability to accept what he says".
Remanding the 23-year-old in custody, the judge said other outcome would "defy all the rules of logic and sense".
Mr Toland had been fitted with the electronic monitoring tag last month, after he was granted bail in connection to a burglary that took place in February.
He allegedly stole £1,550 in cash and a pellet gun during the break-in at a property in Lisburn.
The accused now faces a new charge of criminal damage for allegedly removing the monitoring device.
The tag is connected to a tamper alarm, and the security firm which manages the tagging system alerted police that the alarm had been trigged on 28 October.
Mr Toland was then arrested at his home.
A prosecution barrister to the High Court: "It subsequently became clear that the electronic tag had been removed from the applicant's ankle.
The court that heard Mr Toland told police his dog chewed at his ankle tag in an attempt to get the accused to go for a morning walk.
The prosecution barrister told the judge: "The tag was examined and there were no signs of any teeth marks around it."
He added that it would take up to 40 kilos in weight to break the device.
A box installed in Mr Toland's house as part of the monitoring system had been shifted, but the accused claimed it had been moved so he could do some cleaning.
A defence lawyer told the court he accepted he faced "an uphill struggle" to secure bail for his client again.
"His account of this is that he takes the dog for a walk every morning, but he slept in and the dog was gnawing at the thing on his leg," the lawyer added.
"He said when he got up he tried to get the dog off and the item fell off his leg."
The court heard Mr Toland has been battling alcohol addiction and had suffered two serious assaults earlier this year.
He sustained a fractured jaw and a brain injury in one incident. The second attack involved being hit on the skull with a bottle.
Remanding the accused into custody, the judge said: "This is an application where I would have to defy all the rules of logic and sense to do other than refuse him bail." | A burglary suspect has claimed that his pet dog chewed off the electronic tag he had been wearing as part of his bail conditions, a court has been told. | 34902288 | [
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Ministers are to increase the maximum discount - currently £16,000 to £38,000 - to more than the expected £50,000.
They hope it will persuade more tenants and mortgage lenders to get involved in the scheme first started in the 1980s.
But housing charity Shelter says the plans risk diminishing the stock of "genuinely affordable" social housing.
It also says the plans could saddle low-income families with mortgage debts they cannot afford.
The "right to buy" scheme was first started under Margaret Thatcher's government.
In December the government launched a consultation on "re-invigorating" the right to buy, which has dwindled in recent years, and suggested the maximum discount may be raised to £50,000.
Currently, discount levels differ across the country, ranging from £16,000 to £38,000.
Now ministers believe discounts should be as high as £75,000, the BBC understands.
The government insists all social homes that are sold "will be replaced on a one-for-one basis by a new affordable rent property, ensuring there is no reduction in the number of affordable homes".
But Shelter says it will still have the effect of damaging social housing.
Roger Harding, Shelter's head of policy, research and public affairs, said: "The government is not going to replace like-with-like.
"The 'affordable rent' model means landlords can charge rents of up to 80% of market rates, which is typically higher than council rents.
"The net result will be a reduction in the number of genuinely affordable homes for families on modest incomes."
He added: "That could have the added effect of pushing up the housing benefit bill, if there are fewer council houses and more 'affordable rent' properties with higher rental costs."
Mr Harding said: "We are also concerned that ownership is not necessarily the most financially suitable form of tenure for a lot of social housing tenants.
"Many are on very low incomes and could find themselves unable to afford the mortgage repayments. Statistically, right-to-buy mortgage holders are far more likely than other purchasers to have their homes repossessed."
Later this week Housing Minister Grant Shapps is expected to say: "This coalition government backs the dreams of those who want to own the roof over their own head."
He has promised to triple or even quadruple the discounts available to "hard-working families".
Mr Shapps will say: "New home buyers will have the satisfaction of knowing that for each property sold, we'll be aiming to replace it with a new affordable home for the record numbers left languishing on Labour's housing waiting lists.
"It's a win/win that backs aspirational council tenants whilst dealing with the legacy of Labour's record waiting lists." | Social housing tenants could be offered discounts of up to £75,000 under plans to increase the numbers exercising the "right to buy" their home in England. | 17330035 | [
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The officer said he found the black animal toy wearing an officer's shirt at a police station in central London.
Scotland Yard promised to look into the matter but the detective was himself investigated for making the story up.
He was later cleared at a misconduct hearing and received damages from the force after taking legal action.
The details emerged after a separate case at Thames Valley Police in which an officer put a monkey on a black colleague's desk.
A misconduct panel concluded last month that Det Sgt Andrew Mottau was not being racist but should have realised the toy animal could be offensive.
The incident involving the Metropolitan Police began in September 2013 when the Indian-born detective constable claimed to have seen a large monkey toy in the office of the Case Progression Unit at Belgravia police station.
He said the stuffed black toy had a police officer's shirt on and a label saying "night-duty ERO" - Evidential Review Officer.
One of the EROs at the time was a black police officer.
The detective was concerned the use of the toy was racist and had not been investigated properly.
He raised the matter during a live internal website chat known as the "Commissioner's Forum", where staff are encouraged to discuss problems with the Met Commissioner, who at the time was Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe.
The detective received an online reply saying: "What is described - if accurate - is unacceptable" and was told that it would be looked into "immediately".
But a month later, the detective himself was put under investigation for allegedly posting "untrue and potentially inflammatory comments".
He was told his actions had "breached the standards of professional behaviour... relating to "honesty and integrity" and "discreditable conduct", claims which, if proved, could have led to his dismissal
Eventually, in June 2015, after protracted internal disciplinary proceedings, the officer attended a gross misconduct hearing where it was ruled there was "no case to answer" and he was cleared.
Paul Turpin, who was a representative for the Metropolitan Police Federation and supported the officer through the process, said: "I was surprised when the matter was referred to a gross misconduct hearing and was not surprised when that hearing found the officer had no case to answer."
He suggested the allegation should never have got that far: "Matters should be dealt with at the lowest appropriate level at the earliest possible opportunity."
Scotland Yard said there had been an "internal review" of the handling of the case after the hearing.
It said the original allegation about the monkey had been "investigated locally and progressed as far as it could be", though the inquiry was unable to establish who had placed the black toy animal in the police station.
The Asian detective, who has not been named by the BBC at his own request, began legal proceedings against the Met at an employment tribunal alleging he had been racially discriminated against and victimised.
But before a full hearing took place the force reached a settlement and agreed to pay damages.
The details of the agreement are confidential but the amount of compensation is thought to be in the region of £35,000.
The officer declined to comment and has not divulged any details of the agreement to the BBC.
The Met confirmed a settlement had been reached "following judicial mediation" at the Tribunal Services in March 2016.
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Richard Martin, who is in charge of professionalism at Scotland Yard, said the force had made "significant investment" in improving the way it handled staff complaints linked to discrimination, bullying or harassment and had introduced a new "whistle-blowing" policy.
"We have long recognised that people... fear being victimised if they raise a complaint, regardless of whether that fear is justified," he said.
"That has never been acceptable and we continue to make it very clear to our staff that victimisation will never be tolerated, that it will be investigated, and will have serious repercussions if it occurs".
But Janet Hills, chairwoman of the Metropolitan Black Police Association, said the use of a black monkey toy and the treatment of the Asian police detective indicated there was still a long way to go.
"We're still trying to get rid of the dinosaurs in policing who are still protecting that culture", she said, describing the "monkey" incident as "unbelievable" and "unacceptable".
"It's not just a toy, it's a toy to be used to say 'this is what I think of you'," she said.
"It's racist and discriminatory behaviour," she said, adding that it went on because people thought they could "get away with it".
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Myra Forde's ex-lawyer says she did not state that the late PM was a client, nor did she threaten to expose him if a prosecution against her was continued.
Forde says she has "no knowledge of any misconduct on his part" and recent media coverage had caused her distress.
The UK's historical child sex abuse inquiry is to examine claims about Sir Edward if "the facts justify it".
The Metropolitan, Wiltshire, Hampshire, Jersey and Kent forces are conducting separate inquiries into the late MP.
The BBC understands Wiltshire Police halted an inquiry into Forde in the 1990s.
On Monday, the Independent Police Complaints Commission said it would look at whether a case was dropped by Wiltshire Police when a person involved made claims against Sir Edward.
Forde was later convicted of controlling prostitutes after a successful prosecution by the same force.
She was jailed for six years after a trial that included allegations that she had supplied children as young as 13 to her clients.
Fourteen years later Forde was prosecuted and jailed again for inciting prostitution.
Richard Griffiths, Forde's solicitor in 1992, has now spoken on her behalf to the Salisbury Journal.
He told the newspaper: "My former client wishes me to make it very clear that at no stage did she state that Ted Heath was a client and at no stage did she threaten to expose him as a client of hers if the prosecution was continued.
"For the avoidance of any doubt, Myra Forde wishes me to make it clear that she had no involvement with Ted Heath of any kind and has no knowledge of any misconduct on his part."
He also said that, at the time of that case, the prosecution "took what, at the time, seemed a sensible decision that they could not prove their case and offered no evidence".
Historical child abuse: Key investigations
A spokesman for the UK's ongoing independent inquiry into child sexual abuse, chaired by Justice Lowell Goddard, said that although the allegations about Sir Edward fell within its terms of reference, it had not received any direct allegations.
Sir Edward, who was Conservative prime minister from 1970 to 1974, died aged 89 in 2005 at his home in Salisbury.
Wiltshire Police has declined to comment on the claims that it did not follow up accusations against him during his lifetime, but has appealed for information regarding allegations against Sir Edward.
Meanwhile, Labour MP Tom Watson said he had referred two allegations of child sexual abuse by Sir Edward to the police since 2012, with police confirming that at least one of those allegations was being investigated.
Friends of Sir Edward have dismissed the claims, saying there is not a shred of evidence to link him to abuse.
The Sir Edward Heath Charitable Foundation, which operates the museum at Arundells, his home in Salisbury, said it "wholeheartedly" believed the investigation would clear Sir Edward's name. | A former brothel keeper has denied accusing ex-Prime Minister Edward Heath of involvement in child sexual abuse. | 33794974 | [
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The 19-year-old left-back made his debut for the Bees in April and has made a total of five appearances.
"We are really pleased that Tom has committed this stage of his career to Brentford," head coach Dean Smith said.
"He has already shown great potential and we can help him become an established Championship player." | Brentford youngster Tom Field has signed a new contract, which will keep him at the Championship club until the summer of 2020. | 38416827 | [
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Munster sealed a dramatic late victory against Tandy's side as Dave Kilcoyne touched down to score the winning try.
Tandy was frustrated with two incidents from the game where he feels his players were unfairly tackled.
"You just want consistency. That's something we probably didn't get [against Munster]," he said.
Speaking after the defeat, which ended their 13-game unbeaten run in all competitions, he continued: "There are question marks over the officiating - definitely."
Tandy was not happy with was what he felt was an illegal no-arms challenge on Ospreys centre Ashley Beck by Francis Saili in the second half.
The Ospreys coach was also unhappy where, in the last movement of the game, referee Marius Mitrea again called for TMO Stefano Penne, to adjudicate on a suspected high tackle from Munster replacement hooker Kevin O'Byrne on scrum-half Brendon Leonard.
It was not deemed to be a high tackle, however, but Tandy believed it was similar to an incident earlier in the game when prop Rhodri Jones was penalised.
"We'd like some explanation on no-arms tackles and on the consistency of high shots - when you look at Rhodri Jones's in the first half and the ones at the back end of the game," he continued.
"You just have to question the protocols and what they are looking at and how far back. They don't want to listen to players when they are asking the question.
"But then they are missing things. I don't even know whether they looked at the no-arm tackle. That would probably be something that's frustrating for us."
"At the end of the day it is getting borderline ridiculous when you look at it. But if you are going to be consistent that's something you just want. You could argue both of them are not high tackles, the way the game has gone."
Despite being unhappy with the refereeing in the game, Tandy admits that his side should have seen the match out and keep the pressure on Munster and Leinster.
"For us, it would be easy to go down the referee route around certain aspects of the game," he said.
"But, ultimately, I think there was enough in our game today to win that match." | Ospreys head coach Steve Tandy says there are some "question marks" over the officiating in their 23-25 Pro12 defeat by Munster. | 39017507 | [
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Xiaoyu Zaijia - or Little Fish - responds to voice commands using a combination of pictures, text and speech. Unlike many rival AIs it is dependant on a touchscreen
It can answer questions, find local services, play music, make video calls and control smart home devices.
Baidu Chief Scientist Andrew Ng said that artificial intelligence is "the new electricity".
"AI has been growing steadily - every year our AI has been 50% better," he told the BBC at the CES tech show in Las Vegas.
"Those of us on the inside feel the acceleration now but we have been feeling it for the last decade.
"Just as 100 years ago the electrification of our society transformed industry after industry, I think AI tech has now reached that stage."
Little Fish's hardware has been developed by Chinese robotics firm Ainemo Inc but uses Baidu's AI operating system DuerOS.
Follow all our CES coverage at bbc.co.uk/ces2017
Existing digital assistants such as the Amazon's Alexa and Google Assistant are not screen-dependant but can be used by voice alone. Apple's Siri, however, continues to rely on a display to provide some of its information.
Little Fish will launch initially in China in March 2017 and currently only recognises Chinese languages. Baidu has not yet set a price.
"What we have seen so far in terms of digital assistants and smart speakers is very much first generation and it has all been about voice," said Geoff Blaber, tech analyst at CCS Insight.
"I would certainly expect that over the next 12 months we will see the next iteration of assistants that do integrate a number of different ways of interacting with the device - not just video but also gesture control.
"A richer variety of interaction methods helps bridge the gap in terms of the user experience. When they first start using one, a lot of users find it a steep learning curve." | Chinese search giant Baidu has unveiled an AI digital assistant. | 38515530 | [
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I feel like I'm playing well right now and can't wait for the second week. I'll be back on Centre Court on Monday but before the action starts again, I thought I'd use this column to answer some of the questions you sent using Twitter and Facebook.
Q) What did Seppi say to you to make you laugh at the end? (John Parsons)
I didn't really hear exactly what he said, but he said it and then laughed, so I laughed as well.
Q) Does Ivo Karlovic have the best serve and how do you prepare for facing it? (Alan Bingle)
He has one of the best for sure. It's difficult to pick who has the best. To prepare for it I usually have my coach or whoever it is I'm hitting with stand just behind the service line and basically just serve from there and try to react.
I ask them to try and ace me for 10 minutes so I get used to seeing the ball go past me, and also reacting to a serve coming at me from that height.
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Q) What do you think about Wimbledon's dress code? (Danyal Khan)
It is very strict but I do like that it's all white because it's different. We don't have that the rest of the year and that is one of the things that makes Wimbledon unique.
Q) Should the rules of tennis be changed since toilet breaks & medical time-outs are being increasingly used to break up sporting momentum, and the integrity of the sport? (James Walker)
Yes, they should be. Why not? They could get rid of the medical time-outs, for sure. You can't get rid of toilet breaks but you could have them at the end of the set.
Normally the toilets are right by the side of the court. Maybe on the outside courts it's not the case but normally they are right there and there's no reason for a toilet break to last 10 minutes.
But sometimes we play for four or five hours and you're drinking so many fluids, you can't get rid of them altogether - what if someone needs to go? You don't want to see what might happen on the court!
Q) What is your pet preference after dogs? (Alexander Broadbean)
That's a good question. We talked about having a cat before but none of my family ever had cats while I was growing up. I think with what I do for a living, having cats is actually not a bad thing because they don't need as much attention as dogs.
I had a hamster when I was a kid, called Whisky. He escaped down the floorboards never to be seen again and I was absolutely devastated.
Q) Who would win a fastest sausage-eater contest between your dogs Maggie May and Rusty? (Amanda C)
Rusty's a quicker eater. He's just bigger. He's a boy and wolfs his food down.
Q) Would you ever consider Grand Slam doubles? (Jake)
I would like to. I couldn't at Wimbledon because the doubles is best-of-five sets. You look at some of the matches, you can be out there for three-and-a-half or four hours. There's no way physically I would be able to do that here.
But I would like to play because I love the Grand Slams and doing well in the doubles is good. I respect the doubles players, my brother's one, and often doubles matches can be very exciting, especially in the latter stages of Grand Slams.
It is a part of our game that a lot of club players play and I think it should be shown more on the TV.
Q) Where did you watch Heather Watson's match against Serena Williams and were you on your feet shouting? (Rachel Grace)
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I watched it at home. I watched the first set and the beginning of the second, and then I snoozed for 20 minutes and woke up at 5-4 in the second set. Then I watched the whole of the end of the match.
I don't really jump up and scream when I'm watching because of the dogs - Kim was doing that and the dogs were going crazy. I normally go very quiet and quite insular when I'm watching matches that I'm into. With boxing I do that as well - individual sports.
With team sports it's different, but with individual sports and when I care about the outcome, I tend to not say a whole lot.
Q) Who would play you in a movie and why? (Sandy)
Andrew Garfield - I've been told we look alike.
Q) Who was your sporting hero growing up? (Greg)
Andre Agassi. I loved watching him when I was a kid. He had a great personality - very charismatic, very different.
Q) Do you prefer scrambled eggs or fried? (Josh)
Scrambled. I've just got into cooking them on my own and I do them pretty well. I learned from watching Gordon Ramsay on the internet.
Andy Murray was speaking to BBC Sport's Piers Newbery. You can follow Murray on Twitter,Facebook and Instagram. | Saturday's match against Andreas Seppi was a tough one but I got through it, and the crowd on Centre Court really made a difference. | 33398103 | [
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Sir Gareth attended a ceremony at Windsor Castle on Thursday, after being named in the Queen's Birthday Honours list in June.
The 68-year-old former scrum half won 53 caps for Wales from 1967 to 1978.
He also won 10 caps for the British Lions' winning series in New Zealand and South Africa.
At 20 he became Wales's youngest captain, and during his era the Welsh side dominated the Five Nations Championship
Originally from Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen in the Swansea Valley, Edwards spent his playing career with Cardiff RFC.
In 1974 Edwards was named BBC Wales Sports Personality of the year.
After his retirement in 1978, he became Captain on the popular sports quiz, Question of Sport.
He now works as a pundit for both the BBC and S4C.
He is married to his childhood sweetheart Maureen and they have two sons, Owen and Rhys. | Wales rugby great Gareth Edwards has been knighted by the Duke of Cambridge in recognition of a glittering sporting career and services to charity. | 34276220 | [
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A coroner's report said Sandra Bland, a 28-year-old African-American, hanged herself but her family doubt this.
She was arrested on 10 July over a confrontation with a policeman who pulled her over for a traffic offence.
A video of the incident shows the officer appearing to threaten her with a Taser and say: "I will light you up."
Both state officials and the FBI are investigating her death.
Sheriff Glenn Smith, whose Waller County jail was where Bland was held, told the AP news agency on Wednesday that during the booking process she said she had tried to kill herself in the past .
He said Bland's comments were made after she was asked a series of questions that are posed to every person who is detained at the jail in Hempstead, about 60 miles (100 km) northwest of Houston.
Mr Smith said another guard also spoke to Bland. She told him she was upset but not depressed, according to the sheriff, and both jailers insisted she appeared fine at the time.
She was found dead in the cell three days after her arrest and officials say she hanged herself.
Cannon Lambert, the lawyer representing Bland's family, said relatives have "no evidence" that she previously attempted suicide and denied she was suffering from depression.
He said the family wanted investigators to get to the bottom of what happened, adding: "Sandy [Bland] was a social activist. Social activists don't take her own life."
He also said the dashcam video of the arrest, which was released by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) on Wednesday, showed that Bland's death "could have easily been avoided".
In the video, Brian Encinia, a white police officer, is seen issuing a ticket and then asking Bland to stub out her cigarette, which she refuses.
When she refuses to step out of the car, he tries unsuccessfully to pull her out. He then appears to threaten her with a Taser and says the words: "I will light you up."
She gets out of the car and they move out of vision, but the audio suggests the confrontation becomes physical before more officers arrive.
A number of breaks were spotted in the original video that the DPS posted on to YouTube, prompting many people on social media to question the authenticity of the entire film.
But a DPS spokesman insisted it had not been edited and that the glitches were a result of a technical error. The original video was later removed and another version was posted online.
Officer Encinia, who has been on the force for just over a year, said he was kicked during the arrest. He has been put on administrative leave.
Texas DPS director Steven McCraw said his officers have "an obligation to exhibit professionalism and be courteous" but that "wasn't the case in this situation".
Prof Lawrence Sherman, director of the Institute of Criminology at Cambridge University, said the video clearly shows the officer is "out of control".
He told the BBC that the response was "heavily disproportionate to the seriousness of the offence" and that he believed "a suit against [Mr Encinia] for illegal arrest would be very successful".
Bland's death is one of several under scrutiny in the US in which a black person has died while in police custody.
Other high-profile cases, since the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson last summer, have sparked protests and sometimes unrest. | A US woman who died in police custody three days after being arrested told a guard she previously attempted suicide, according to the sheriff in Texas. | 33631694 | [
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The two music stars have been arguing ever since falling out over some backing singers three years ago.
Their feud remains unresolved, with Taylor finally putting her music on Spotify on Friday - the very same day that Katy released her new album.
But this week, Katy said: "There are bigger fish to fry, and there are real problems in the world. You know what I'm saying? I love her, and I want the best for her."
The pair are hardly the first musicians to publicly lock horns, and in an age of Twitter there are more platforms than ever for the stars to trade barbs.
Here are just a few other high-profile musical battles.
Katy Perry isn't the only person to have found herself caught in a Swift storm.
Taylor's beef with Kanye West dates back to 2009 - specifically, that year's MTV Video Music Awards.
Kanye wasn't too impressed with Taylor winning video of the year for You Belong With Me.
And, let's be honest, Kanye is not the type of chap to suffer in silence.
The rapper took to the stage during Taylor's acceptance speech, grabbed the microphone, and said: "Taylor, I'm really happy for you, and I'ma let you finish, but Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time!"
He was talking about Bey's Single Ladies, which to be fair really was a masterpiece of filmmaking. But this perhaps wasn't quite the time or the place to start that debate.
The pair later made up, but a few years down the line West claimed in his single Famous that the run-in had helped Swift's career.
Taylor claimed she had never given West's lyrics her blessing, but then the rapper's wife Kim Kardashian got involved, posting a Snapchat which appeared to show Taylor doing just that.
At the 2016 Grammys, Swift responded: "I want to say to all the young women out there - there are going to be people along the way who are going to try to undercut your success or take credit for your accomplishments or your fame."
But, she advised her fans: "Just focus on the work and you don't let those people sidetrack you."
If a new female rapper arrives on the music scene and Lil' Kim (above left) doesn't start a fight with her - did she ever even exist?
Kim has history with Eve, Foxy Brown, Remy Ma and many more... but those were small fry compared to when Nicki Minaj appeared in the late noughties.
Nicki's debut album Pink Friday was a massive success when it was released in 2010, but Lil' Kim opted not to send flowers.
In a diss track she put out online called Black Friday, Kim described Nicki as a "Lil' Kim wannabe" who was "trying to clone my style".
Minaj, naturally, responded with a diss track of her own, called Stupid Hoe. Which drew attention to the fact that her records were "shipping platinum" while Kim remained "busted" and "crusty".
As a band, Oasis were no strangers to scrapes.
The infamous chart battle of 1995 saw Oasis's Roll With It go up against Blur's Country House in a race for the number one spot - a contest Blur eventually won.
The competition was so high-profile it even made headline news, much to the bemusement of a somewhat younger-looking John Humphrys.
But there was another Oasis feud was still to come - this time an internal one.
In 2009, the year Noel quit the band, he told Q his brother Liam was "rude, arrogant, intimidating, and lazy", adding: "He's the angriest man you'll ever meet. He's like a man with a fork in a world of soup."
Last year, Liam said Noel was absent from the premiere of a documentary film about the band because he was probably in one of his "really big houses, eating tofu and having a face peel".
Their brotherly battle rumbled on last week, when Liam criticised Noel for not appearing at One Love Manchester - a concert to benefit the victims of the suicide bombing in the city.
But Noel defended himself by saying he was never asked to play at the show, adding that he'd donated the royalties from Don't Look Back In Anger to the Red Cross's Manchester Emergency Fund.
Zayn Malik had everything a young man could wish for at the height of One Direction's success - fame, money and worldwide adoration.
But the man responsible for 20% of the group's success left Louis, Liam, Niall and Harry behind in 2015 to pursue a solo career.
Zayn began working on some new material with Naughty Boy - the producer famous for his work with Emeli Sande and Sam Smith.
But it's fair to say that he and Zayn didn't quite hit it off in the same way.
"Naughty Boy you fat joke stop pretending we're friends no one knows you," tweeted Zayn after their recording sessions turned sour.
Mr Boy later told The Guardian the 22-year-old was "throwing his toys out of the pram" and said they had fallen out over "external influences".
Hate it when that happens.
The number of artists which Azealia Banks (above left) has fallen out with is so huge that it's difficult to single out just one.
But somebody who experienced a particularly high level of vitriol was Fancy singer Iggy Azalea.
For two artists who became popular around the same time and were only a couple of letters off sharing a name, perhaps comparisons and rivalries were inevitable.
It all kicked off when XXL magazine put Iggy on the cover of their annual freshman issue, which looks at the hottest newcomers in music every year.
Banks was not a massive fan of this editorial decision.
She said the magazine was "wrong" to include Iggy and went on to accuse her nemesis of appropriating black culture.
Iggy Azalea responded by saying: "You can't block my blessings, today I'm celebrating, get on with it or kick rocks."
The battle rumbled on for years, with Iggy claiming in 2014 that her huge chart success was the only reason Banks was still getting any publicity.
In the early 2000s, rap feuds were all the rage. Nas and Jay Z. DMX and Ja Rule. 50 Cent and All Other Rappers.
But one of the most high-profile involved the biggest name in music at the time and the slightly less famous Benzino - a rapper and co-owner of hip-hop magazine The Source.
Benzino put out a track dissing Eminem called Pull Your Skirt Up, which described Eminem as a "2003 Vanilla Ice" and compared him to a woman.
Which is the ultimate insult, considering women are lesser human beings, right? (Apparently Benzino was born in 1859).
Eminem retaliated with his own diss track, Nail in the Coffin, in which he said: "Nobody wants to hear their grandfather rap."
Probably best to finish on one that has a happy ending.
RiRi and CiCi, as they should never have been nicknamed, both launched their careers in 2005 - with Ciara topping the charts with Goodies and Rihanna hitting number two with Pon De Replay.
They were the young bright hopes of R&B and even went on tour together. But a few years later things turned sour.
"I ran into her recently at a party and she wasn't the nicest," explained Ciara in 2011. "It wasn't the most pleasant run-in."
There then followed the most glorious of Twitter exchanges.
Rihanna: "My bad Ci, did I forget to tip you?"
Ciara: "Trust me Rihanna you don't want to see me on or off the stage."
Rihanna: "You gangsta huh?... Good luck with booking that stage you speak of."
Ouch. But it didn't take long for Rihanna to backtrack, writing: "Ciara baby, I love you girl! You hurt my feelings real bad on TV, that's why I retaliated this way. So sorry!"
Ciara graciously responded: 'Rhi, u know its always been love since day one! You threw me off in that party! Apology accepted. Let's chat in person."
Now isn't that lovely. Let's all be friends.
Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | Katy Perry has said she's ready to put an end to the bad blood which has existed between her and Taylor Swift for the past few years. | 40258649 | [
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Scientists and charities say the human papilloma virus (HPV) jab will protect them from head and neck cancers.
HPV is sexually transmitted and girls aged 12 and 13 receive the vaccine to protect them against cervical cancer.
The Welsh government said it is waiting for advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation.
Charities including Tenovus Cancer Care and organisations such as BMA Cymru and Cardiff University's HPV research team will deliver a letter to the Welsh government on Monday calling for the vaccination to be rolled out.
They told BBC Radio Wales' Eye on Wales programme the number of head and neck cancer cases are increasing.
Dr Mererid Evans, consultant oncologist at Velindre Hospital in Cardiff, said: "I've seen a difference in demographics over the last ten years.
"These are younger people with families, and three-quarters of those affected are men. The average age is 55 and most are non-smokers."
Jon Antoniazzi, from Tenovus Cancer Care, added: "HPV causes 5% of the global cancer burden.
"What the Welsh government could be doing right now is taking a progressive step to stem the tide of these cancers, and show that it really takes the public health of its citizens seriously.
"We urge them to diverge from central thinking and vaccinate boys now."
In 2008, a vaccination programme was rolled out in schools and 85% of girls in Wales have been vaccinated.
The Welsh government said: "We will await the committee's recommendations and will consider the implications for Wales of any proposed changes to the HPV vaccination programme." | Boys should receive a cancer vaccine - already given to young girls - to stop them developing strains of the disease, experts have said. | 33203666 | [
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Mary Hampton's bicycle was taken while she did her weekly shop in Waitrose.
The 89-year-old from Berkhamsted in Hertfordshire admitted she was "very silly" not to have locked it, but in 85 years of cycling she "never had".
After news of the theft hit social media, dozens offered to buy Mary a new one. Her local cycling club has loaned her one "for as long as I need it".
Mrs Hampton was in the habit of cycling the three miles to the supermarket once or twice a week on her trusty Raleigh Shopper.
But when she went shopping last Thursday, she returned to find her bike gone.
The former primary school teacher said: "It was an old-looking bike, I didn't think anybody would be going to steal it."
Her plight was shared on social media and within 24 hours, dozens of offers of new bicycles flooded in for Mary via Facebook.
She finally accepted a loan of a fold-up bicycle from Berkhamsted Cycling Club.
People also clubbed together to give her money for a new lock and a basket for her new bike.
"I've bought a huge padlock. I've never seen such a big padlock," Mrs Hampton said.
"One bad action happened, but think of the wonderful kindness and caring that's come from it," she added. | An elderly woman whose bicycle was stolen while she was shopping has been overwhelmed by offers of replacements. | 39600252 | [
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Dramatic video footage emerged showing the TransAsia Airways plane clipping a bridge as it came down shortly after take-off from a Taipei airport.
The plane, carrying 58 people, broke up as it plunged into Taipei's Keelung River. The fuselage was later salvaged by crane.
There were 15 survivors pulled from the wreckage but 12 people remain missing.
Television footage showed some passengers wading clear of the sunken wreckage and a toddler being pulled out alive by rescuers.
Emergency teams cut open the plane while it was in the water but were unable to reach the passengers trapped in the front section of the fuselage.
As night fell, a crane was used to lift the wreckage on to the bank. The death toll was expected to rise as rescue teams searched the fuselage and the river for the 12 missing passengers.
"At the moment, things don't look too optimistic," Wu Jun-hong, a Taipei fire department official coordinating the rescue effort told reporters.
The ATR-72 turbo-prop plane had just taken off from Taipei Songshan Airport and was heading to the Kinmen islands, just off the coast of the south-eastern Chinese city of Xiamen.
It is the second TransAsia ATR-72 to crash in seven months, following an accident last July which killed 48 people and injured 15.
The final communication from the pilots to air traffic control was "Mayday, mayday, engine flame out", according to a recording played on local media. The recording was not immediately verified by aviation officials.
Yet again, we are looking at shocking pictures of a plane crash. You'd be forgiven for thinking that flying is getting more dangerous, but it's not. In fact, when you look at the number of crashes and fatalities compared to the huge number of people flying today, we are in a golden era of aircraft safety.
According to safety analysts Ascend, 2014 was narrowly the safest year ever, with one fatal accident per 2.38 million flights, compared to every 1.91 million flights in 2013. That does not include the loss of the Malaysian airliner over Ukraine, where 298 people died, which they count as a war loss rather than an accident.
Nearly a thousand people died in 2014, which is 700 more than the year before. Horrible numbers but compare that to the worst year, 1972, when 2,370 passengers were killed. There was far less flying then, maybe a quarter of what there is today.
Nothing is ever without risk, but the chances of dying in an aircraft "accident" are lower than ever.
Flight controllers lost contact with the plane at 10:55 local time (02:55 GMT).
Footage of the plane filmed from inside passing cars showed it banking sharply, hitting a taxi and clipping the bridge before crashing into the river.
"I saw a taxi, probably just metres ahead of me, being hit by one wing of the plane," an eyewitness told local media.
"The plane was huge and really close to me. I'm still trembling."
TV footage showed rescuers standing on the tail section of the broken wreckage trying to pull passengers out of the plane with ropes.
One Taiwanese father told reporters he managed to rescue his wife before noticing his two-year-old son was still trapped underwater. The boy was later rescued but is believed to be in critical condition.
The majority of the plane, including the front section of the fuselage and the wings, was submerged after it plunged into the Keelung River.
Jaime Molloy, an English teacher who has lived in Taipei for three-and-a-half years and works near the scene of the crash, told the BBC: "The most disturbing scenes I saw were the debris, which included carry-on luggage and personal effects, as well as parts of the plane."
TransAsia said it had contacted relatives of all the 22 Taiwanese passengers on board and was attempting to reach relatives of the Chinese nationals.
Among the 15 injured, there were 11 from Taiwan, three from China and one member of the crew. The airline said that one injured passenger had already been discharged from hospital.
The BBC's Cindy Sui in Taipei says the Chinese tourists could have been on their way home as many people come to Taiwan through Kinmen island.
TransAsia chief Chen Xinde offered a "deep apology" in a televised news conference, but said his planes had been "under thorough scrutiny" since mid-2014.
"Both our planes and our flight safety system are following strict regulations, so we also want to know what caused the new plane model to crash, but I don't want to speculate," he said.
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Seven-year-old Yamato Tanooka was found in a military training base near Shikabe in Hokkaido, just a few kilometres from where he was left.
His parents initially said he had got lost, but eventually admitted briefly abandoning him for being naughty.
His father has apologised to his son and rescuers, saying "we went too far".
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"My excessive act forced my son to have a painful time," Takayuki Tanooka said in an emotional news briefing outside Hakodate hospital, 30km (19 miles) south, where the boy was taken for checks.
"I deeply apologise to people at his school, people in the rescue operation, and everybody for causing them trouble," he said.
"I have poured all my love into my son, but from now on, I would want to do more, together with him. I would like to protect him while he grows up. Thank you very much."
Search teams including the Self-Defence Forces (SDF) have been combing the remote area, home to brown bears, for nearly a week.
They had found no trace of Yamato and hopes were fading.
But shortly before 08:00 on Friday morning (23:00 GMT on Thursday) he was found inside a building at the SDF base about 4km (2.5 miles) from where he was left.
"One of our soldiers was preparing for drills this morning and opened the door of a building on the base, and there he was," an SDF member told NHK.
"When he asked 'are you Yamato?' the boy said, 'Yes'. Then he said he was hungry, so the soldier gave him some water, bread and rice balls."
It appears rescuers came tantalisingly close to finding him four days ago. The SDF said the base had been searched on Monday but no trace was seen of the boy, who says he reached the hut on Saturday.
The soldier who found him was not part of the search team.
NHK said Yamato had told rescuers he "walked through the mountains" until he found the shelter.
He was taken to hospital by a medical helicopter. A doctor later said he was in very good condition, despite only having had water during his six-day ordeal.
At Yamato's school in Hokuto, near Hakodate, his fellow pupils shouted for joy when it was announced at assembly that he was safe, the Japan Times reports.
Yamato's parents initially said he got lost while they were foraging for vegetables, along with their daughter. But they later admitted they had driven off, briefly leaving him alone on a mountain road as a punishment for throwing stones earlier. When they returned to collect him shortly afterwards, he had disappeared, they said.
He was wearing jeans and a t-shirt at the time, Reuters news agency reported.
Police have said the parents could face charges for negligence.
The case has gripped Japan, sparking discussions about acceptable levels of discipline for children. | A boy missing in remote woods in Japan since Saturday after being left alone by his parents as punishment has been found alive and well. | 36441612 | [
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Now it is opening with Debenhams as its anchor store and retailers such as Marks and Spencer moving back.
Newport Council lent the developers £90m in a commercial deal to ensure the centre opened on time.
Council leader Bob Bright said there had been a renaissance over the last decade and people "underestimated Newport".
As well as 30 new shops, there will be about a dozen restaurants and an eight-screen Cineworld multiplex cinema.
Welsh fashion designer Julien Macdonald opened the Debenhams store.
Newport Council borrowed £90m at a lower rate of interest and then lent it on to the developers in a "calculated risk" to ensure the project was built.
"Everything in life is risky but we were at an impasse when the developer was unable to raise the funds in the money markets because of the interest rates," said Mr Bright.
"We took the innovative step of using public money to develop Friars Walk."
"We didn't do it blindly, we will make a profit on the financial deal of several million pounds and we have a negotiated agreement where we will participate in the profit when the centre, as I believe it will be, is sold eventually.
"It's a commercial deal with is good for Newport and it will make a profit."
The complex is estimated to create 1,200 jobs within its shops and restaurants.
Queensberry Real Estate started building the development in April last year.
Bob Evans, who runs the Waterloo pub and restaurant near the dock gates, said he hoped it would benefit the whole city.
"It's been really hard but Newport is up and coming now. This is good for Newport, it will bring in lots of people who currently go to Cwmbran or Cardiff to shop and bypass us."
Conservative shadow business minister William Graham's family surveying firm has history going back to 1844 in the city centre.
He added: "It will provide the impetus for Newport city centre to re-emerge as the both the premier retail district in this region and the centre for social and cultural entertainment". | Newport's multi-million pound new shopping centre has opened, in what is seen as a landmark for the city centre's regeneration. | 34722753 | [
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After a sterile first 60 minutes, Stephane Sessegnon fired the Baggies into the lead with a powerful shot.
Stoke created little in the second half but substitute Jonathan Walters headed them level from a superb Joselu cross.
Almost immediately, the visitors' Geoff Cameron was sent off for striking Claudio Yacob before Evans tapped home after a goalmouth scramble.
Relive how West Brom beat Stoke here
Stoke had two men sent off within the first 30 minutes in the reverse fixture in August and needless indiscipline proved costly again at The Hawthorns.
The red card for Cameron, in reaction to a Yacob challenge, came much later in the game - the 82nd minute - but it followed within 60 seconds of substitute Walters heading an undeserved equaliser.
From being in a position where they could have stolen an unlikely three points, Mark Hughes' men were forced back on to the back foot.
The Baggies piled on the pressure, won a 93rd-minute corner and, after the ball pin-balled around the six-yard box, centre-half Evans tapped home his first goal for the club as Stoke appealed for offside in vain.
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Former Stoke boss Tony Pulis has now lost only once in 11 matches when managing in this fixture after West Brom won their second game in a row to move further away from the relegation zone.
The home team totally dominated the second half, having 11 shots to Stoke's three, and striker Rickie Lambert blew a great opportunity to put them 2-0 up when he miscontrolled after being put clean through.
Walters punished them almost immediately, but Evans, who along with captain Darren Fletcher performed superbly throughout, was in the right place as Stoke became the final team this season to concede in the Premier League from a corner.
Fletcher, who covered a match-high 11.03km, was key to the opening goal, winning possession and surging forward before finding James Morrison, who set up Sessegnon for his first league strike in over a year.
Pulis' men kept 17 league clean sheets in 2015 and, although they could not do so in their first match of 2016, they looked secure at the back for virtually the whole game and climb to 12th, just three points behind Stoke.
Stoke named an unchanged team for the third match in succession after wins over Manchester United and Everton but, having scored four at Goodison on Monday, offered little threat at The Hawthorns.
Bojan, Marko Arnautovic and Xherdan Shaqiri linked up brilliantly at Everton but Evans and Gareth McAuley virtually nullified them, with the Swiss managing one tame shot in the second half.
Walters' goal came from nowhere, created by a rare moment of quality from fellow substitute Joselu, but they are still only four points from fifth-placed Manchester United in 10th and in a good position to climb the table in the second half of the season.
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Stoke boss Mark Hughes: "I don't think it was a high-quality game - we didn't play particularly well and I didn't think West Brom played particularly well.
"Geoff got caught late by the lad Yacob, he's just reacted to it and pushed the guy. We're not too happy with the reaction of the West Brom player. I think he went down really easily with the intention of maybe getting Geoff sent off, which he succeeded in doing.
"We'll look again tomorrow and we'll decide whether or not we appeal. At the moment, having seen it, that is probably what we will do."
West Brom boss Tony Pulis: "Stoke have been flying and are a real high-quality team and we are very pleased to win.
"The equaliser would have given them momentum but the lad being sent off means it goes back our way."
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Mr Murphy said the party had been "stretched to the limits" by their former partners in government, the DUP. (Democratic Unionist Party). | Sinn Féin's Conor Murphy says it's time for an election as the deadline passes for Secretary of State James Brokenshire to call one, after the party refused to re-nominate a deputy first minister. | 38639612 | [
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The eight-day hearing in Ebbw Vale is examining the request to take over 250 hectares (600 acres) of common land.
Backers, including Blaenau Gwent council, have offered around 320 hectares (800 acres) replacement land.
The inquiry has heard conflicting accounts from experts over claims the circuit would damage habitats and plant life by building on the common land.
Natural Resources Wales said it was "difficult to conclude" that the replacement land was of equal value, but it was not opposing the development overall.
But an ecology report presented by the developers said there would be a "net gain" in biodiversity because the plans included work to enhance other habitats nearby - which the Gwent wildlife trust argued against.
The Planning Inspectorate for Wales will make a recommendation after the inquiry in Ebbw vale, before Welsh government ministers have the final say on whether the plans can go ahead. | A public inquiry into plans to build a £325m motor racing circuit in the south Wales valleys has started. | 31821135 | [
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Its attorney general says the new version is fundamentally the same as the first, calling it "Muslim Ban 2.0".
The directive, which takes effect on 16 March, places a 90-day ban on people from six mainly Muslim nations and a 120-day ban on all refugees.
The previous order, which was blocked by a federal court, sparked confusion at airports and mass protests.
"Nothing of substance has changed: There is the same blanket ban on entry from Muslim-majority countries (minus one)," Hawaii Attorney General Doug Chin said of the new order.
It will bar entry of citizens of Iran, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen for 90 days. Iraq, which was included in the first ban, has been taken off the list.
Mr Chin also said the directive included "the same sweeping shutdown of refugee admissions (absent one exception) and lawless warren of exceptions and waivers", despite the changes made.
The new order lifts an indefinite ban on those from Syria. It will also no longer affect legal US permanent residents, and drops controversial language about giving priority to religious minorities.
These amendments were introduced in response to legal complaints, which saw the first order blocked by US federal courts.
Judges ruled that the ban was unconstitutional amid concerns it unfairly targeted Muslims, something the government denied.
Hawaii was among a number of states who filed lawsuits against the original ban saying it would harm residents, businesses and schools.
It filed a fresh complaint late on Wednesday, calling for an emergency block on the new order. A hearing is set for March 15, a day before the new ban is to go into effect.
President Trump has not yet commented on Hawaii's latest legal bid, but has previously insisted he has the right to enact such an executive order and hit out at "so political" courts.
Speaking to local news channel Khon 2, Mr Chin said the new ban had the same "nation-of-origin discrimination problems" as the first.
He said this was a particularly sensitive issue in Hawaii because of memories of Japanese internment camps on the Pacific island during World War Two.
Although the new directive sought to answer legal complaints, Mr Chin said it still constituted a "Muslim ban" because of the countries involved and statements from administration officials.
In justifying the ban on Monday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said there are more than 300 refugees under investigation for potential terror offences. But no further details were given.
The US appeals court previously criticised the government for failing to provide "evidence that any alien from any of the countries named in the order" had committed a terrorist attack in the US. | Hawaii has become the first US state to file a suit against President Donald Trump's revised travel order. | 39215990 | [
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He reiterated that he wanted to bring high-speed broadband - which he defined as greater than 24 Megabits per second - to more than 90% of the country.
Mr Hunt outlined the ambition in a speech at Google's Campus building in east London.
His comments followed heavy criticism last month from a Lords committee which said plans were too focused on speed.
The report from the communications committee said Mr Hunt's ambitions were "misguided" and left "a very real risk that some people and businesses are being left behind, that inadequate access to the internet and all its benefits is actually afflicting their daily lives".
On Monday, Mr Hunt defended his focus on higher speeds, which he said would be needed in order for the UK's network to remain competitive with others in Europe.
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"Today's superfast is tomorrow's superslow. Just as the last government was wrong to hang its hat on 2Mbps speeds, we must never fall into the trap of saying any speed is 'enough'."
He said the government had begun looking at the ways it will allocate part of a £300m slice of the television licence fee to provide high-speed broadband to a greater number than the existing target of 90% of the country.
Initially, much of this speed increase will be achieved by a Fibre To The Cabinet (FTTC) system, in which high-speed fibre cabling is connected to a cabinet near a user's home.
Internet data will then travel the final distance through copper cabling, which is slower. The possible connection speed available via FTTC decreases as it travels further away from the cabinet.
Because of this issue, Mr Hunt said FTTC will only be a temporary measure.
"The reason we are backing Fibre To The Cabinet as a potential medium-term solution is simple: The increase in speeds that it allows - 80 Mbps certainly but in certain cases up to 1 gigabit - will comfortably create Europe's biggest and most profitable high-speed broadband market," he said.
"And in doing so we will create the conditions whereby, if fibre to the home is still the best way to get the very highest speeds, private sector companies will invest to provide it."
Fibre To the Home (FTTH) allows a fibre-speed connection to reach individual homes without the need for slower copper cabling.
By 2016, he said up to two-thirds of the country will be able to access Fibre To The Home (FTTH)
Labour has criticised Mr Hunt's speech, suggesting that it lacked clear detail about how the ambitions were to be met.
"Today was a chance for Jeremy Hunt to articulate a coherent vision of what Britain's broadband infrastructure should look like," shadow culture minister Helen Goodman said.
"He boldly declared that Britain will have the fastest broadband network in Europe but then offered no plan as to how he will make this happen.
"Under this government, millions of people will have to wait at least three more years for a broadband connection than they would have with Labour's plans.
"No amount of fast-talk from Jeremy Hunt will disguise this government's lack of a coherent plan for growth." | The UK will have the fastest broadband of any major European country by 2015, Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said. | 19316824 | [
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But the Wales Audit Office found the board breached its own rules and regulations in handling the funding.
Board officials said they would learn from the experience after auditors highlighted a lack of transparency and poorly-managed conflicts of interest.
Auditors also found the health board failed to follow procurement rules when appointing suppliers for the event.
The Lap of Wales Challenge was organised by Cerddwn Ymlaen under the leadership of its national organiser Eryl Vaughan and was fronted by the Welsh opera singer Rhys Meirion.
The event cost more than £150,000 to arrange and the surplus was £1,368.
The challenge saw a number of Welsh celebrities undertaking a week-long journey through Wales in July 2015 to raise awareness of the Welsh Government's changes to the organ donation law.
It was arranged in aid of Cronfa Elen. The fund was set up by Mr Meirion in memory of his sister who died in 2012, and was incorporated within BCUHB's own official charity, Awyr Las/Blue Sky in 2014.
The health board awarded £20,000 towards the event, with another £20,000 coming from Cardiff and Vale Health Board and £45,000 from the Welsh Government.
The report found £10,000 of BCUHB's contribution was awarded as a loan, but the paperwork was not processed by the health board's financial team.
Despite that, the funds were transferred.
Cerddwn Ymlaen said it was not aware it received a loan rather than a grant and would not have agreed to it, had it known.
To ensure the Lap of Wales project was not in deficit, Cerddwn Ymlaen undertook additional fundraising to meet the £154,054 cost of completing the challenge.
Concerns were also raised about a breach of the health board's financial regulations in relation to the challenge.
A spokesperson for BCUHB said: "The health board was very keen to learn from this experience which is why it asked the Wales Audit Office to carry out this review, as we recognise that to achieve the objectives of the charity, it is important to work with external bodies.
"Such arrangements are underpinned by trust, common objectives and mutual cooperation but misunderstandings can occur."
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More than 260 children had been left at the welfare home in Guangzhou since 28 January, director Xu Jiu added.
Staff will continue caring for babies already at the welfare home, all of whom suffer from illnesses, Mr Xu said.
China introduced the centres so parents could abandon infants safely rather than leaving them in the streets.
Supporters say the baby hatches save lives, but critics say they encourage parents to abandon their children.
Mr Xu announced the suspension on Sunday, saying that 262 babies had been left at the centre since the scheme began in January.
"I hope everyone understands the difficulties the welfare centre faces," Mr Xu told Xinhua news agency.
"We are temporarily closing the centre [to new babies] so that we can properly care for the infants already at the centre."
The centre, which also cares for orphans, has 1,000 beds.
However, it currently houses 1,121 babies and young people, with another 1,274 in the care of foster families, Guangzhou's Municipal Civil Affairs Bureau said.
All the abandoned infants had illnesses, such as cerebral palsy, Down's syndrome and congenital heart disease, the bureau added.
It is thought that many parents abandon ill babies because they fear they cannot afford the medical care required.
Abandoning children is illegal in China. However, authorities believe that the hatches give the infants a better chance of survival than if they were left in the street.
A total of 25 baby hatches have been established in 10 provincial regions in China, Xinhua reports.
Under China's strict population control policies, most couples have only been allowed to have one child and there is a strong preference for healthy baby boys.
In December, China's top legislature formally adopted a resolution easing the one-child policy, allowing couples to have two children if either parent is an only child.
Provinces are now determining when to relax their restrictions at a local level, with some acting already. | A baby hatch in southern China has been forced to suspend work after hundreds of infants were abandoned, overwhelming the centre, its director says. | 26607505 | [
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City were leading 2-1 when Sterling went through on goal, but an apparent push by Spurs defender Kyle Walker was not spotted by referee Andre Marriner.
After the match, Walker admitted: "I wasn't going to get the ball."
And midfielder Toure said: "If you have a bit of experience like me, you'd maybe dive."
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Shortly after the collision between Walker and Sterling, Tottenham equalised through Son Heung-min and the draw meant City - who had led 2-0 - remained fifth in the Premier League table.
"It is two points going away," Ivory Coast international Toure added.
"Tottenham are fantastic. They play well, they are strong, they fight for every ball - but we deserved three points."
Asked about the Sterling incident, Toure said: "He's too honest, he wants to be proper in these sort of games. If the lad's like that, you can't tell him he's wrong.
"When you see it, he couldn't miss the goal - but Walker pushes him in the back.
"If the ref looks at the highlights as well he is going to feel something is unfair. We all do wrongs in life but this is difficult to take."
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Robinson led the club back to the Premiership in May, ending their seven-year stay in the Championship.
But Bristol have lost all seven top-flight games so far this season, leaving them bottom of the table.
The 52-year-old former England and Scotland head coach has been in charge at Bristol since 2013.
Robinson only signed a new three-year contract with the Ashton Gate side in August, but they have since lost all nine of their competitive fixtures - including two in the European Challenge Cup.
A club statement said: "Bristol Rugby have decided, following the extremely disappointing start to the season, to appoint Mark Tainton as acting head coach with immediate effect."
Kicking coach Tainton, who joined Bristol prior to the start of the season, has previously worked at London Irish, Wasps and for the Ireland national team coaching staff.
"This is clearly a very difficult time for the club, but we remain confident we can retain our position in the Premiership," added Bristol chairman Chris Booy.
Since Bristol's long-awaited return to the top flight began with an encouraging 21-19 loss at Harlequins on the opening day, both results and performances have failed to meet expectations.
A heavy 70-22 defeat at Wasps on 18 September set the tone for a defence which has conceded 34 tries in seven league games.
Injuries have undoubtedly hampered Robinson's side, with 15 senior players ruled out of October's Challenge Cup loss at local rivals Bath.
Long-term absentees have included influential former Wales centre Gavin Henson, who was forced off injured in both of his two appearances this season, including Sunday's 31-13 home defeat by Sale Sharks.
BBC Radio 5 live rugby union reporter Chris Jones
"Bristol spent seven seasons down in the Championship, so it's no surprise that they have acted swiftly following their chastening start to their Premiership campaign.
"Although the club say Robinson is suspended, not sacked, it's hard to see him returning to take charge of team affairs, and it's likely the suspension is a case of negotiating severance.
"Mark Tainton will be acting head coach while a review is carried out, with Bristol needing a dramatic upturn in their fortunes on the pitch to avoid an immediate return to the second tier." | Bristol have suspended director of rugby Andy Robinson pending a "review of their coaching needs", and placed coach Mark Tainton in interim charge. | 37833944 | [
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The 42-year-old was crossing Rutherglen Road, near its junction with Glasgow Road, when he was hit by a Mercedes Vito at about 18:05 on Wednesday.
He died in Glasgow Royal Infirmary. The 21-year-old man who was driving the van was not injured.
Police have appealed for witnesses to the crash, which happened between the Rutherglen and Oatlands areas, to contact them. | A man has died after he was struck by a van while crossing a road in Glasgow. | 38014667 | [
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Bricks were thrown and fires lit outside Stratford bus station and Forest Gate police station in London.
Protesters allege Edir Frederico Da Costa, 25, was "brutally beaten" by Met Police officers earlier this month.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is investigating the treatment of Mr Da Costa, who died six days after he was stopped by police.
Borough Commander Supt Ian Larnder stood in the middle of a group of protesters trying to answer their questions and calm tensions.
One protester rode his motorbike up to the police line and revved his engine in front of officers.
Another motorcyclist turned his bike towards the officers and span his wheels so smoke blew towards them.
Firefighters, protected by police, hosed out a fire which had been started in a bin in Richmond Road. Bins were also set alight near a McDonald's in Romford Road.
Bricks had been ripped from a wall and thrown at police.
Family campaigners said the violence was not coming from them and it had been set up as a peaceful march.
The police said there had been no arrests but some officers suffered minor injuries.
The force added that the number of protesters was starting to dwindle just before 23:00.
Mr Da Costa, known by friends as Edson, died on 21 June, six days after being stopped in a car in Woodcocks, Beckton, in Newham, east London.
Campaigners claim that his neck was broken and he suffered head and other injuries after he was stopped in a car, containing three people, by Met officers.
The IPCC said a preliminary post-mortem examination, carried out on Thursday, indicated there were no spinal injuries caused by police.
Transport for London said that from just before 18:00 there had been "a number of bus diversions at police request" due to the demonstration at Stratford. | Protesters have faced off with police in a demonstration over the death of a man after a traffic stop. | 40401221 | [
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The sport has been beset by internal squabbles in recent years which included the departure of national coach Billy Walsh.
The latest row centres on selection for next month's European Championships.
Two boxers selected by new high performance director Bernard Dunne were not rubberstamped.
Instead the Irish Athletic Boxing Association's Central Council decided that Dunne's super-heavyweight pick Dean Gardiner should fight national champion Martin Keenan in a box-off to earn a place in Ukraine.
There is also a difference of opinion between Dunne and the Central Council over whether national champion Dean Walsh or Ballymena's Rio Olympian Steven Donnelly should be the choice at welterweight.
Sport Ireland chief executive Treacy says the Central Council's decisions have undermined former WBA world super-bantamweight champion Dunne in his new role.
Dunne was appointed last month after a review into the highly-touted Irish team's failure to win medals at last year's Rio Olympics.
Treacy met with IABA president Pat Ryan and Irish Minister of State for Sport Patrick O'Donovan on Wednesday morning to discuss the latest row.
The Sport Ireland chief told Irish broadcaster RTE he has "major concerns" over how the sport is being run.
Treacy referred to an apparent split over who holds the chairmanship of the IABA.
Joe Christle is recognised by Sport Ireland as the Chairman of the organisation, however five members of the board of directors approved David O'Brien as an alternative chairman.
"The team selection is a symptom of the problem," said Treacy.
"Clearly this is a deeply divided board we were meeting this morning, with different factions within the organisation.
"There was a bit of clarity brought to that this morning in that everyone accepted Joe Christle was the chair of the board but it's issues like that, that keep emerging and undermines the work done by the IABA."
Treacy insisted that Dunne must be allowed to perform his high performance role and has given IABA officials a one-month deadline to update their rulebook.
"Bernard Dunne is a top-quality person and a very good performance direction and he needs to let to get on with his business," added Treacy.
"We'll be discussing all this with the board of Sport Ireland in the next few days. I would say that it (funding) is at risk but that's a matter from the board of Sport Ireland.
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They join Fiji, South Africa, Great Britain, Australia, United States, Argentina, France, Kenya, New Zealand, Japan and Brazil in the men's event.
"I am still trying to take it in. This is a dream for us. We are going to be Olympians," said Spain's Angel Lopez.
"We believed that we were good enough, but wow, this is pretty special.
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Lancashire had trailed by 131 runs with one first-innings wicket left, but both sides take 10 points from the game.
Somerset remain fourth in the table, with Lancashire eight points behind them in fifth place. | Somerset's County Championship match at Lancashire ended in a draw after rain caused the fourth day's play to be cancelled without a ball being bowled. | 37261124 | [
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The Briton, 30, won 6-2 4-6 6-1 7-5 after two hours and 39 minutes, with match point clinched at 20:57 BST.
Fognini, the 29th seed, had five set points to force a fifth set but Murray won five games in a row to seal a place in the last 16 for the 11th time.
Murray will play Frenchman Benoit Paire in the fourth round on Monday.
Fellow Briton Johanna Konta earlier reached the second week for the first time with a 6-4 6-1 win over Maria Sakkari of Greece.
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"The end of the match was tense. It was an up and down match. I didn't feel like it was the best tennis at times but I managed to get through," Murray told the BBC.
"It was getting dark towards the end and I was probably thinking a bit about that.
"We would have had to go off for the roof to go on, so that would have meant a change in conditions. I'm pleased to get off in four."
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Murray looked like avoiding a long, drawn-out contest when he moved ahead early in the third set but a Friday night drama would develop as the light faded.
Fognini, 30, showed both his talented and temperamental sides as he got within sight of a fifth set, which would have required the roof to be brought across or both men to return on Saturday.
The Italian, who recently beat Murray on clay in Rome, looked well off the pace when he double-faulted twice in a row to lose the first set, but he began to assert himself in the second.
Fognini broke for a second time to lead 3-2 and went on to level at one set all, before firing his 13th baseline winner to just one for Murray by the start of the third set.
At 30-30, Murray was on the defensive and looking increasingly vulnerable, but he clung on with a second serve and the scream of relief jolted him and the Centre Court crowd to life.
Across the net, Fognini's challenge was apparently fading, an ankle injury not helping as the errors flowed and the set slipped away.
A gripping fourth set unfolded, with passions rising on and off court as Fognini was penalised a point for a visible obscenity following a gesture, and Murray complaining to the umpire that the Italian was taking too long between points.
It was Fognini who took control after Murray double-faulted in game six, but from 5-2 down Murray showed all his fighting qualities to save set points in three consecutive games.
The 15,000 spectators on Centre Court were on their feet as the Briton levelled at 5-5, and Fognini could not halt Murray's momentum as the champion served his way to victory.
"I feel OK," added Murray. "I didn't feel I moved as well as the first couple of matches but I've got a couple of days break now and can work on that and hopefully get myself in a good rhythm and play some good tennis on Monday.
"I'm happy to get through the first week and anything can happen from here on." | Defending champion Andy Murray won a thrilling third-round contest against Italy's Fabio Fognini at Wimbledon as darkness fell around Centre Court. | 40540127 | [
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Jeremy Forrest, from Petts Wood, London was jailed for five-and-a-half years in 2013 for abducting and having sex with the girl when she was 15.
The pair spent seven days in France before they were spotted in Bordeaux and the girl was returned home.
Her mother said she wanted to put the record straight about what happened.
She has written a book, The Runaway Schoolgirl, about the events since the pair crossed the Channel to France in September 2012.
"I had no intention of speaking to the press," she said.
"Then over time with all this stuff being published about my family that was untrue, I could see the despair on my children's faces and the effect it was having on them so I just had enough.
"For their sake… I had to put the record straight and stop this."
She said everyone thought the family's nightmare was over when her daughter came home to East Sussex but it was just beginning.
"We were literally invaded with calls for interviews and people turning up at our house, notes being put through our door," she said.
"My youngest daughter was being bullied at school and my eldest son having to lose his job because he couldn't cope with the attention he was getting.
"So I know people will assume it was all done and dusted and everything but it was never that and even today we're still going through it."
Lewes Crown Court heard the maths teacher groomed the girl at his Eastbourne school.
He was convicted of child abduction and admitted sex offence charges.
The trial heard the pupil had just turned 15 when Forrest started a sexual relationship with her and they had sex in his car, in hotels and at his marital home.
Fearing they were about to be exposed, Forrest booked them on a cross-Channel ferry from Dover to Calais.
The mother said she was not prepared to talk about how the girl is at the moment.
"Through my investigations into child grooming... children who are groomed do take many years to actually come to terms with what's happened to them and, until that point starts, the healing process can't happen," she said.
"The people who are doing this grooming are so cold and calculating in the way they do it. It's really difficult for parents to pick up on.
"When it came about I had no idea."
She said Forrest rang her and and told her there were rumours the pair were having a relationship.
"And then with that he completely broke down - he was sobbing, he was blaming her, saying she was going to ruin his life, she's going to ruin his career - his marriage is on the rocks," she said.
"I found myself in a situation where I was counselling him - going, 'You don't have to worry. I'm so sorry my child has put you through this'." | The mother of a schoolgirl who was taken to France by her teacher has denied she is exploiting her daughter by writing a book about the case. | 31067901 | [
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Aimee and Carl Pistorius said they were anxious ahead of Tuesday's hearing, and that the truth had been "twisted and manipulated" and "sensationalised".
Pistorius was convicted of culpable homicide after shooting dead girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, but cleared of murder.
The prosecution has argued for a minimum 10-year jail sentence.
Speaking to South African broadcaster eNCA, Aimee Pistorius said there was "obviously a lot of anxiety" ahead of the sentencing, and that the last 20 months had been "very taxing".
She said she felt "heartache for both my brother, our family and of course Steenkamp's family and her friends", adding that both families would struggle to move on.
"It's something that you never really get closure on... It's something that my brother will carry with him for the rest of his life.
"It is important for us that [Ms Steenkamp's family] know that she was very much cared for and loved, and accepted as part of our family in the short time that she was with us... [Reeva] had a wonderful charisma and zest for life that she just exuded and it was easy to just fall in love with her."
She added: "The truths had been twisted and manipulated, and things have been sensationalised. It causes hurt when things are also reported as fact when they are not."
Carl Pistorius said the hardest part of the situation was "all the negative media, polarised publicity, twisted truths and untruths, and how that infiltrates your life regardless of whether you try to or try not to follow the media".
"It permeates the very atmosphere of everywhere you go, including those that are close to you," he said.
He added that he could not speculate on the outcome of the sentencing, but said "tomorrow will also be very difficult. This is a weight that we all carry".
The high-profile, seven-month trial has captured public attention in South Africa and beyond.
Pistorius, a Paralympic sprinter, denied murdering Ms Steenkamp on Valentine's Day last year, saying he shot her by mistake, fearing there was an intruder in the house.
Ms Steenkamp, a model, reality TV star and law graduate, was hit three times by bullets shot through a toilet door by Pistorius at his home in the capital, Pretoria.
Last month, Judge Thokozile Masipa cleared Pistorius of murder, but convicted him of culpable homicide, saying he had been negligent.
There is no legal limit on the length of a jail term, but experts say the typical maximum sentence for the crime is around 15 years.
Pistorius' defence team has argued for him to be given community service and house arrest, a suggestion the prosecution said would be "shockingly disproportionate". | Oscar Pistorius' siblings have criticised media coverage of his trial, on the eve of the South African athlete's sentencing. | 29693339 | [
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The US has said the bombing, which took place in the Afghan city of Kunduz, was a mistake and it was attempting to strike the Taliban.
MSF wants the bombing to be investigated as a war crime.
Mr Obama has also apologised to the president of Afghanistan.
"If it is necessary to hold individuals accountable, that will be done," said White House spokesman Josh Earnest.
Mr Obama "expressed his condolences" to MSF president Joanne Liu, said Mr Earnest.
"In the United States when we make mistakes, we're honest about it. We own up to it," he said.
Mr Earnest also hinted at the possibility of paying victims and their families, a Department of Defense policy.
He said he could not say legally whether the bombing was a war crime but the US "goes to great lengths to limit the loss of life" of civilians.
In a statement, MSF said they received the apology but it was still demanding the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission (IHFFC) investigate.
MSF has said it would not trust internal military inquiries into the bombing.
The IHFFC was set up in 1991 under the Geneva Conventions.
MSF says the co-ordinates of the hospital were well-known and its bombing could not have been a mistake.
A number of inquiries have been ordered - by the US justice department, the Pentagon, Nato and an American-Afghan team. | US President Barack Obama has apologised to the president of aid agency Medecins San Frontieres (MSF) for a bombing that killed at least 22. | 34467631 | [
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According to the corporation, "the extended Ten will give audiences even more news analysis and explanation".
With additional news from the Nations and Regions, the programme will be 45-minutes long from Monday through to Thursday, starting from 11 January.
The move follows a five-month trial in the run-up to the General Election.
"Along with its sister programme at 6, The BBC's 10 o'clock News is already the most popular news bulletin in the UK and, in the New Year, it will offer even more," said Gavin Allen, controller of daily news programmes.
"Viewers will continue to see the fullest range of stories - and now we'll have still more scope to explain the events that impact the country and help to make sense of the changing world around us."
It's always been a bit odd that the BBC's highest profile news bulletin (if not highest rated - the audience for the Six o'clock News is bigger) has also been the shortest.
Of course, the official duration hasn't always been stuck to. People who tune in just for the weather at the end of the bulletin will already know this - the news is sometimes two, three or even five minutes longer than it says on the schedules.
It is, though, an interesting symbolic move. ITV's News at Ten presenter Tom Bradby has questioned the BBC scheduling its main news at 10pm, and so too has the culture secretary John Whittingdale. This certainly makes clear the BBC isn't planning on vacating the spot, but is digging in even deeper.
Yet it does present a quandary for those who like to tuck in to Newsnight after the Ten. Newsnight's start time is usually around 22:32. In future, if you stay with the News at Ten until the end of the weather, you will have missed the first 13 minutes of the programme.
And finally, for fans of the red chair and the celebrity sofa, this is a Monday to Thursday-only change. Question Time on Thursday can be shunted, but Graham Norton, it appears, is sticking to his 22:35 slot. | The BBC's News at Ten is to run 10 minutes longer in the New Year, with the bulletin set to end at 22:45 GMT on every weekday except Friday. | 35060103 | [
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Details of the length of the 26-year-old's new contract at Sixways have not been disclosed.
"He always gives everything he's got and I've been thoroughly impressed with his attitude and his performance," director of rugby Gary Gold said. | Worcester Warriors loose-head prop Ryan Bower has signed a new contract with the Premiership club. | 39431970 | [
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During a visit to Birmingham on Tuesday, Jeremy Corbyn is expected to say a 17% increase in Carer's Allowance would help around one million people in the first year of a Labour government.
Under the plan, Carer's Allowance would rise from £62.70 to £73.10 a week.
Ministers say they will spend an extra £2bn on social care over three years.
Carer's Allowance is paid to around 6.5m people in the UK who care for older, disabled and seriously ill friends or relatives for at least 35 hours a week.
Eligible carers cannot earn more than £116 a week after tax.
Mr Corbyn said he believed it "would be a good thing to do" to help carers, "usually women" who have to give up their jobs to look after elderly relatives at home.
"Caring for people is stressful," he told the BBC. "In some way it's enjoyable because you want to do it, but you shouldn't be impoverished because of it. It's also lonely."
In his speech later, the Labour leader will claim "Britain's social care crisis was made in Downing Street by cutting £4.6bn from council care budgets".
"Millions of unpaid carers have been forced to fill the gap and put under even greater pressure as a result," he will say.
"The care they give to the disabled, sick and elderly saves taxpayers £132bn a year. So we believe these unsung, unpaid heroes not only deserve our praise and recognition - they deserve better financial support.
"That's why Labour is convinced it's both morally and economically right to give the Carer's Allowance a boost of £10 a week.
"We also think it's only fair that this extra support for carers is funded by scrapping the Tory cut on inheritance tax, which will only benefit the wealthiest people in Britain.
"This will be the first step in helping to transform our social care system for the 21st century and boosting support for family carers."
According to Labour, up-rating Carer's Allowance would cost £538m by 2020/21. This would be covered by scrapping the expected £650m cut to inheritance tax, which allows married couples to pass on estates worth £1m free of death duties.
But the Conservatives claim Labour would be unable to fund the promise to increase the allowance.
Luke Hall, a Tory member of the Commons work and pensions select committee, said: "Carers make a huge contribution to society, so it's only right that we do everything we can to support the selfless work they do.
"That's why we already increased the rate of Carer's Allowance, meaning an additional £450 a year for carers since 2010.
"Labour have already committed the money from corporation tax cuts 11 times over, so there is no way they could find the additional money for this promise.
"It's not worth the paper it's written on - just like Labour's reputation for economic management."
The government has recently committed to spending an extra £2bn on the social care system over the next three years and allowed local authorities to raise council tax bills in order to fund social care services. | Labour has promised to boost the benefits of the "unsung heroes" who care for the vulnerable by £10 a week if the party wins the next election. | 39627689 | [
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Some operations have been cancelled and extra staff drafted in to deal with a surge of patients over the weekend.
The Bristol Royal Infirmary, Southmead Hospital and Weston General hospitals are affected.
More beds are being opened but people are urged not to go to A&E unless they have a "life-threatening" condition.
Instead they are urged to go to minor injury units, chemists and GP surgeries, or to call the NHS on 111.
A black alert, the highest level, means hospital services are unable to cope with demand. The three hospitals were last on black alert earlier this month.
The number of people in hospital for more than two weeks is much higher than usual, said an NHS spokesman.
A surge of patients during last week's cold snap has added to pressure.
The black alert is likely to stay in place for days. Extra ambulance staff are being used to transfer patients into hospital, to prevent ambulances queuing and district nurses are being deployed to hospitals, to help find community beds for patients well enough to leave.
Bristol GP Peter Goyder said an increase in hospital admissions together with "a higher number of very ill patients who need to stay in hospital for longer" had contributed to the situation.
Analysis of the most recent figures suggests hospitals in England are struggling to meet the four-hour target for treating or admitting 95% of patients.
Three hospitals in Cornwall also went on black alert this month, as did two in Somerset. | Hospitals with A&E departments around Bristol are back on black alert for the second time in a month amid "severe pressure" on services. | 35412551 | [
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They were last seen alive during a protest in the town of Iguala.
Police fired on them and rounded them up, eventually handing them over to members of the Guerreros Unidos drug gang, who are widely thought to have killed them.
But the students' families refuse to believe they are dead. They say they want more answers and will not give up looking for them.
So how can Mexico move on?
Last week Lourdes Caballero Sanchez took to the streets of the capital with thousands of other Mexicans to call for justice.
It was a personal journey for her. Lourdes's 21-year-old brother Israel is one of the missing.
Her belief that she will find him is unwavering.
"I have an intuition that he's still alive. That's why we are here, asking [President] Pena Nieto to give us back our boys," she told me.
"As a sister, I'm desperate. I miss him, I want to see him. I feel so powerless to not be able to do anything for him."
But less than 24 hours later, Mexico's Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam delivered a blow.
He declared that the students were dead.
His team, he said, had interviewed 99 people including members of the criminal gang that he alleges murdered the students.
Based on 386 declarations from interviewees, 16 police raids and two reconstructions, the conclusion was that the students were killed by the gang and their bodies burned at a rubbish dump.
The students' families angrily rejected this scenario.
At a press conference held later in the day, one mother stood up and claimed that her son was not missing, he was being held by the government.
Accusations that the government needs to be called to account have been flying at the same time that the authorities have been trying to draw this questioning to a close.
The prosecutor reassured the families the case would not be shut yet, but even President Enrique Pena Nieto has said Mexico needs to move on.
For many though, that is not an option.
"I can understand the political logic of trying to put this behind the country, but I don't think there are the objective conditions for the country to turn the page," says independent security analyst Alejandro Hope.
"The government has provided a narrative of what happened but hasn't yet provided an explanation. In the absence of a detailed version of why, this case will not be closed."
The war on drugs has taken a brutal toll on Mexico in the past decade.
More than 100,000 people have been killed and the latest official figures put the number of missing at 23,271.
This week, some of the parents of the missing students travelled to Geneva to appeal for help from the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances.
Mexico's National Human Rights Commission also published a report ahead of the visit.
Commission President Luis Raul Gonzalez Perez criticised the impunity in Mexican society, which he believes dates back to the 1970s and 1980s: decades when the government and left-wing student groups clashed with deadly results.
He gave several recommendations to be discussed at the UN's sessions, one of which was a more systematic database of the missing to understand the true extent of the problem.
One of the big concerns among human rights groups is that although many of the suspects arrested have been charged with kidnapping and murder, none have been charged with the crime of enforced disappearance.
"It reflects that the Mexican government is reluctant to recognise that in Mexico enforced disappearances occur," says Denise Gonzalez, of the Miguel Agustin ProJuarez Human Rights Centre.
"They are trying to water down their responsibilities. They are reluctant to recognise that state officials have engaged in enforced disappearances in Mexico."
In a country used to the high number of dead in the drug war, this case of the Ayotzinapa students has stood out.
The feeling, say experts, is that these young men should not be viewed as collateral in a narco-war.
It has forced people to push for change.
"The majority of Mexicans are now empowered and feel a personal responsibility to change things in the country," says John M Ackerman, a law professor at Mexico's National Autonomous University.
"This is an invaluable achievement since it implies an historic break with the learned pessimism and passivity encouraged daily on the principal television and radio networks in Mexico."
Their disappearance has forced the government to make changes, too.
In November, President Pena Nieto announced plans to put all local police units under federal control and allow Congress to dissolve local governments infiltrated by drugs gangs.
But with mid-term elections later this year, there are question marks as to whether these sweeping announcements will all get voted in.
"It was a watershed moment for Mexican society, maybe," says Alejandro Hope. "But a watershed moment for government policy? I don't think so."
Despite the feeling of stalemate among many, the investigation is not over yet.
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) signed an agreement in November with the Mexican government and representatives of the disappeared students to look into the events of Ayotzinapa.
They will be holding their first meeting later this month.
There are still many questions surrounding the students' disappearance.
The hope is that perhaps the IACHR will provide some answers to try and prevent another Ayotzinapa from ever happening again. | It has been more than four months since 43 students from a rural teaching school in Ayotzinapa, in Mexico's south-western state of Guerrero disappeared. | 31126597 | [
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If Prime Minister Theresa May does not appear to have had a particularly good night, Ruth Davidson, the Tory leader in Scotland, certainly has.
The Scottish Tories have seen double-digit increases in their vote in almost every seat. They've more than doubled their returns in some places where the party was previously unelectable.
First they knocked off Angus Robertson, the SNP's deputy leader and top dog at Westminster.
They had called that their "Portillo moment" - but their best was yet to come, as they dethroned Alex Salmond in Gordon. They even overturned the fourth-safest seat in the country, in Banff and Buchan.
Other Scottish Tory gains include:
It's been a long time since the Tories have had a night like this in Scotland.
In four elections in a row, they returned a single MP. The year before that, 1997, they got zero. You have to go back to 1992 for the last time they won more than a single seat in Scotland.
They ended up with 13 - the party's best showing north of the border since 1983.
What this Tory resurgence means for the rest of the UK in terms of parliamentary calculations is unclear. The margins are razor-thin, so every seat is precious.
But the Tories are resolute in what they believe it means for Scotland.
"Indyref2 is dead," Ms Davidson says. The prospect of a second independence referendum has been at the core of the Tory campaign, and indeed their entire revival in Scotland.
The SNP have a majority of seats, and thus a "triple lock" mandate for that referendum, according to their manifesto - but it certainly seems a more distant prospect than ever.
And while Mrs May's future might now be in doubt, Ms Davidson's star is burning more brightly than ever. | Election night has turned out to be a night of contrasting fortunes for the Conservative and Unionist Party. | 40210331 | [
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The Port of Grangemouth container terminal is being resurfaced under a £1.5m investment programme by owners Forth Ports.
The project will create additional storage lanes for laden containers and improve equipment access to landside and shipside operations.
Forth Ports said the surface upgrade would increase the terminal's total capacity to 12,000 containers.
That represents a 50% increase since 2005.
The work is expected to be completed in October.
A feasibility study has also been launched on deepening the port's shipping channel to enable it to handle larger, heavier container ships and bulk vessels.
Both projects are being undertaken in response to changes in the container shipping market, where there is a trend towards larger capacity vessels which require deeper water.
Forth Ports group chief executive Charles Hammond said: "This is an important investment for the business which will further secure Grangemouth's position as Scotland's largest container terminal.
"We have analysed the shipping trends and identified the growing demand to accommodate larger vessels from around the world.
"Through this investment, we will ensure that the Port of Grangemouth remains front and centre for Scotland's importers and exporters."
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Actor Lee Ingleby, who is starring in BBC One's Our Zoo, takes over from Neil Morrissey, who played the handyman from its launch in 1998.
Also joining the series when it airs next year will be Downton Abbey's Joanne Froggatt, who'll play Bob's business partner Wendy.
Inbetweeners star Blake Harrison voices the digger Scoop.
Ingleby, also known for his role as Stan Shunpike in Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, said: "I was very excited to be given the opportunity to be the voice of such a well-loved character.
"My little nephew is such a huge fan of Bob that I had to jump at the chance.
"Capturing a child's imagination is so important, and I just wish I was half as good at DIY as Bob is."
Froggatt said: "My godchildren are huge fans of the show so I'm looking forward to seeing their reactions when the new series begins.
"Wendy is a strong and positive female role model and I think it is important that children's television shows positive social values."
Viewers will see a big difference on screen as the characters will be computer-generated for the new series rather than created using stop-motion animation.
Bob also has a new home in the busy town of Spring City, and will use a computer for his building designs, but he'll still be seen working at his yard in the village of Fixham.
Harrison joked that the show was more family-friendly than his appearances in E4's Inbetweeners, which has also led to a pair of hit spin-off films.
"I'm really excited to be a part of such a long-running, successful series," he said.
"I'm even more excited to be involved in a project that my daughter can watch before she's 30.
"Working on an animation is completely new to me, but as a method actor I know only one way to prepare for a role, so I've painted myself yellow and am now offering to dig up anything you may need."
Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube | After 16 years, Bob The Builder is having a makeover with a new look and voice. | 29596319 | [
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Michael Allen's try helped a sluggish Ulster into a 10-0 lead at the break but the hosts sparkled in the final 20 minutes as they scored five tries.
A penalty try was reward for constant pressure and Stuart McCloskey went over before Ireland wing Craig Gilroy sprinted in for the bonus point.
Andrew Warwick touched down before Gilroy completed the rout.
Ulster edged out Treviso in Italy last month and they were expected to brush aside the visitors on home soil.
However, Treviso applied the early pressure as Ulster made a lacklustre start to the game.
The Italians failed to capitalise on their territorial dominance and Ulster finally sparked into life, with a 19th-minute penalty from Ruan Pienaar getting the hosts on the scoreboard.
The opening try came seven minutes later, with Allen jinking inside and darting through before Pienaar added the extras.
Ulster were now the team in control although handling errors and stubborn Treviso defending kept the gap at 10.
Pienaar had the chance to extend Ulster's advantage with the final action of the half, but the scrum-half saw his penalty strike the upright.
Ulster pinned Treviso back on the restart but rustiness from the three-week break was evident as unforced errors denied them a try.
Lewis Stevenson rumbled over from close range but it was ruled out for offside, although Treviso captain Antonio Pavenello was sinbinned for a deliberate knock-down in the move.
His second-row replacement Tomas Vallejos was also yellow-carded as Treviso infringements mounted.
The pressure finally told courtesy of a converted penalty try on the hour mark and Ulster could now target the bonus point.
Treviso finally registered a score with Joe Carlisle's penalty before Ulster added a third converted try as replacement McCloskey muscled over in the corner on 68 minutes.
It was quickly followed by the bonus-point try, with Gilroy finishing off a passing move on his 100th appearance for Ulster although Pienaar missed the conversion.
Treviso were visibly wilting and Ulster were taking full advantage as replacement Warwick charged over before Gilroy intercepted a pass before sprinting in for his second try.
Pienaar converted both tries as Ulster came away with a victory which leaves them level on points with the pacesetting Ospreys.
Ulster: Ludik, Gilroy, Cave, L. Marshall, Allen, Humphreys, Pienaar, Black, Herring, Herbst, Stevenson, van der Merwe, Wilson, McComish, Williams.
Replacements: McCloskey for L. Marshall (54), Warwick for Black (67), B. Ross for Herring (74), J. Andrew for Wilson (74), Diack for Williams (54). Not Used: C. Ross, P. Marshall, Nelson.
Benetton Treviso: Hayward, Esposito, Bacchin, Christie, Nitoglia, Carlisle, Lucchese, Zanusso, Giazzon, Harden, Pavanello, van Zyl, Swanepoel, Budd, Luamanu.
Replacements: Pratichetti for Nitoglia (45), Novak for Zanusso (48), Anae for Giazzon (48), Manu for Harden (63), Vallejos for van Zyl (40), Cattina for Swanepoel (73). Not Used: Ambrosini, Seniloli.
Sin Bin: Pavanello (53), Vallejos (59).
Att: 15,518
Ref: Ian Davies (Wales). | Ulster moved up to second in the Pro12 standings thanks to this bonus-point win over Treviso at Kingspan Stadium. | 31438881 | [
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Internet service providers had until Tuesday to implement the ban.
The sites now redirect to a message explaining they have been blocked "by decision of public authorities".
In 2015, the authorities banned 11 popular pornography websites, saying many failed to protect children "from information harmful to their health".
Analysis by Vitaliy Shevchenko, BBC Monitoring
The decision was made following two separate court rulings, which said the websites "spread pornography".
Sexually explicit content is not outlawed in Russia, but the law bans "the illegal production, dissemination and advertisement of pornographic materials and objects".
It is not uncommon for Russia to ban websites. The government agency Roskomnadzor maintains a blacklist that now includes thousands of them.
Access is usually blocked for violating the notoriously vague extremism legislation or child protection laws.
Websites critical of the Kremlin have been blocked too, and at one point Wikipedia was blacklisted.
Following the 2015 ban, one woman asked Roskomnadzor on Twitter whether it could recommend an alternative.
The agency replied: "You can meet someone in real life."
On Tuesday, it said its earlier tweet was "still relevant".
However, open rights campaigners have warned that local bans can be defeated.
"Blocking porn is the fastest way to ensure widespread adoption of censorship circumvention in your country," said Eva Galperin, global policy analyst at the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
One of the affected porn sites offered Roskomnadzor a premium subscription to its service, in exchange for lifting the ban.
The government agency said it was "not in the market" for such an offer.
Nadya Tolokonnikova, lead singer from punk band Pussy Riot, joked that the ban was "a blow below the belt". | Russia's media watchdog, Roskomnadzor, has blocked access to two of the world's largest pornography websites. | 37373244 | [
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They failed to score a point in the second half as Rob Elloway, Matt Evans and Joe Atkinson were yellow-carded.
"The communication was there, we just weren't reacting to what he (the referee) was saying," Davies said.
"The cumulation caught up with us with three yellow cards - you don't often see that, but they were justified."
Pirates had beaten their Championship rivals in all three of their previous meetings this season.
Evans and on-loan Exeter scrum-half Stu Townsend scored tries for the Cornish side, who will lose head coach Davies in the summer due to budget constraints.
"In that first half that's all that was keeping them in the game, our ill-discipline," he told BBC Radio Cornwall.
"Ill-discipline came back to haunt us - it was one bridge too far.
"There have been some dark days and some long days, so to get to a final would've been great, but we haven't achieved that." | Cornish Pirates boss Ian Davies says ill-discipline "came back to haunt" his side in their 36-15 British and Irish Cup semi-final defeat at London Welsh. | 35860823 | [
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Australia's foreign minister said these were "not the actions of a friend".
The UK took similar action in March, after concluding that Israel was responsible for the use of forged UK passports in the plot.
The Israeli foreign ministry said Australia's decision was disappointing.
Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor said it was "not in line with the importance and the quality of the relationship between our countries".
At least four forged Australian passports were used in the killing of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai in January. The originals belonged to Australians living in Israel.
The Australian government said a police investigation had left it in no doubt that the Israeli authorities were behind "the abuse and counterfeiting of the passports".
As a result Foreign Minister Stephen Smith asked Israel to withdraw a diplomat, whom he did not identify
"The decision to ask Israel to remove from Australia one of its officers at the Israeli embassy in Canberra is not something which fills the Australian government with any joy," he said.
"On the contrary, the decision was made much more in sorrow than in anger."
Passports from France, Ireland, Germany and Britain were used in the operation, and in March, the British government expelled an Israeli diplomat from London.
The Israeli government has said there is no proof that it was behind the killing, although Dubai officials have said they are 99.9% sure that agents from Mossad were responsible. | Australia has expelled an Israeli diplomat saying Israel was behind the forging of Australian passports linked to the murder of a Hamas operative in Dubai. | 10145459 | [
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In 2013, the Italian composer was reported as saying he wouldn't work with Tarantino because he "places music in his films without coherence".
But the 87-year-old told the BBC he had no issues with how the director incorporated his older works into films like Kill Bill and Django Unchained.
"On the contrary, I was very, very flattered," he said.
"The fact that my music, which had been written for other films, could be adapted to the poetry of Quentin Tarantino's film-making was a great gift for me.
"The only thing I criticised of Quentin Tarantino was a single scene in a single movie which, for me, was too violent and too ghastly. I couldn't watch it."
Speaking through an interpreter, the maestro said his original comments had been mis-reported, adding: "People should pay a lot of attention when they write something down."
The pair have now collaborated for the first time, with the Italian maestro penning the soundtrack for Tarantino's upcoming film The Hateful Eight.
It marks the first time the composer has scored a Western since his career-defining work with Sergio Leone on films such as The Good, The Bad and The Ugly; and Once Upon a Time in the West.
It is also a first for Tarantino - who has never commissioned a full orchestral score for one of his films before, preferring to rely on old soundtracks and classic pop records.
Morricone says it was Tarantino's dense script that persuaded him to work on the project.
"It was this thick," he says, indicating a document several times thicker than War and Peace. "He actually came to Rome just to convince me, to my house.
"It was very easy for me to say yes because the script was very, very relevant and interesting and full of detail."
The Hateful Eight, which is released in January, reunites Tarantino with several of his regular players - Samuel L Jackson, Kurt Russell, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen and Bruce Dern - as well as newcomers Jennifer Jason Leigh, Demian Bichir and Channing Tatum.
Set roughly a decade after the US Civil War, it finds an eclectic group of law-keepers, outlaws, mercenaries, bounty hunters and fugitives trapped in a stagecoach waypoint by a massive snowstorm. As the plot unfurls, they begin to wonder whether they'll make it out alive.
The score's key movement is a seven-minute suite called L'Ultima Diligenza per Red Rock - a piece of which Morricone is particularly proud.
"The main instruments introducing this piece are the bassoon, the contra-bassoon and the tuba," he says. "And this is very strange because I have never done that in the past.
"The sound these instruments produce can express the drama, the rage, the despair and the irony that are the main themes of Tarantino's story. They are a healthy, bodily sound. They also express a criticism towards the leading characters of the film."
A sinister, brooding passage of music, it will form the centrepiece of the composer's world tour next year, celebrating his 60 years in the film industry.
Despite his age - and the lingering pain from a back injury he sustained last year - Morricone says he is "looking forward" to the concerts, and finds playing themes from films such as The Mission, Cinema Paradiso and A Fistful of Dollars an "incredibly gratifying experience".
The composer has scored more than 500 films, sold more than 70 million albums, scored a top 10 single in the UK (with Chi Mai in 1982) and received an honorary Oscar - but he has no intention of resting on his laurels.
"I've been working for many years and the sum of all these experiences led me always to improve, to do better," he says.
"Every piece of work I do adds something to my experience and my style, and brings something new."
And had he been able to stomach the violence in Tarantino's latest movie?
"The fact I don't like those sequences is not a problem. It's a question of my personal sensitivity," he says.
"I would go to the extent to say that maybe he can afford to include those violent sequences because it's part of his poetry.
"The world can be a very cruel place and he has a wonderful way of describing this cruelty."
The Hateful Eight is out in the UK on 8 January. Morricone's soundtrack will be released by Decca on 18 December. | Ennio Morricone has denied criticising Quentin Tarantino over his use of music. | 35042217 | [
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It is a special place, and it will be full of Real Madrid fans screaming their side on, so it is vital Manchester City handle the occasion as much as the opposition on Wednesday.
I know only too well what can go wrong for them in their Champions League semi-final second leg, because I was part of a Tottenham team that lost 4-0 there in the quarter-finals in 2011.
But I believe City's players when they say they are confident, and they are right to be.
The atmosphere will be intense and intimidating, and City also have to face a Real side containing some of the best players in the world, but they have the experience and the ability to handle all of that.
The likes of goalkeeper Joe Hart and captain Vincent Kompany were not just pretending when they were very positive about City's chances after the first leg finished 0-0.
I was the same when I faced the media before our game against Real.
I was not unaware of the size of the task we faced, but what I said was in response to the media trying to paint a picture of fear with their questions about the tie.
They were very much along the lines of, 'Are you lot ready for this?' and, 'Are you nervous?'
Like Hart, my reaction was, 'No, I am not afraid. I am looking forward to it.' I had been watching big Champions League games for years and now I was about to play in one myself.
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I don't think anyone expected us to win but we genuinely were not afraid because we had been to the San Siro twice already that year as part of our amazing run to the last eight and, in Gareth Bale, we had a kid who had been ripping Europe apart.
For different reasons, City will also have a lot of optimism going into the tie.
This is their first semi-final but they have got a lot more Champions League experience than that Tottenham team, including two trips to the Nou Camp in the past two seasons.
The more times you are in those situations, the more you learn about how to deal with them.
Four of the City team likely to start on Wednesday - Hart, Kompany, Gael Clichy and Yaya Toure, came within minutes of beating Real at the Bernabeu in 2012 when they led twice but lost to an injury-time Cristiano Ronaldo goal.
And in Sergio Aguero and Jesus Navas they have players who went there many times in La Liga when they played for Atletico Madrid and Sevilla.
They will be ready for the Bernabeu, and they certainly will not be scared.
City boss Manuel Pellegrini was spot on before the first leg when he said his players could not afford to lose their heads, and remembering that will be crucial for them on Wednesday.
We conceded early against Real, but it was a far bigger blow to our chances when Peter Crouch was sent off after being booked twice in the first 14 minutes, because our game plan went out of the window.
Part of the problem is you get so pumped up for these matches and it is hard to contain that emotion.
I only found out I was playing less than five minutes before kick-off because Aaron Lennon was unwell but I just remember walking out of the tunnel being more excited than anything else.
City players also have to remember that officials will feel the pressure of the Bernabeu crowd as much as the players, and a lot of decisions are more likely to go Real's way.
There is a difference in mentality too, because Spanish teams look at an opposition red card as a way of changing the course of the game to gain advantage.
It is a viable way of winning for them and they will do it again on Wednesday if they can, so City will have to be super clever to avoid that situation this time.
If you look at games between English and Spanish sides in the Champions League over the past 10 seasons, it is the English teams who have had far more players sent off - 11 red cards, compared to six.
No team - Spanish or English - has won any of those 16 games after going down to 10 men, and I don't think that would change if it happened to City this time.
When it happened to Spurs at the Bernabeu, it turned into the hardest and weirdest game I have ever played in, because we just never got the ball.
I was over on the right of a midfield diamond and Cristiano Ronaldo and Marcelo were running at me and Spurs right-back Vedran Corluka, although sometimes they just overloaded us with three or four players.
It was relentless - wave after wave of attacks from all angles, and in an electric atmosphere too because the crowd were in a frenzy.
Corluka and I just looked at each other at one point, because we did not know what to do. You looked round for help but everyone else was exhausted too.
If City can keep any kind of control in the game, they can take the positive effects of playing in the Bernabeu away from Real and use it against them.
The longer it stays 0-0, the better it is for City and their first aim should be to keep the home crowd quiet, then get them on the Real players' backs.
Real were sitting deep for most of the first leg but they cannot do that at home because they will get absolutely slaughtered by their supporters.
They have to attack and try to win the game and that will leave massive spaces for Kevin de Bruyne and Aguero to do what they did in the quarter-final, when City really exploited Paris St-Germain's expansive style and drew 2-2 in Paris.
The tie is in the balance at 0-0 after the first leg but City will be happier with that result because away goals are so important, and playing away from the Etihad seems to suit them a lot better in European competition anyhow.
They are capable of scoring as well as shutting Real out and I think they have the players to go there and win the game.
Jermaine Jenas was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan | It is very hard not to be overawed when you step out on to the pitch at the Bernabeu for the first time and look around you - the stadium just keeps going up and up for what feels like forever. | 36198711 | [
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The genome sequence from a thigh bone found in Siberia shows the first episode of mixing occurred between 50,000 and 60,000 years ago.
The male hunter is one of the earliest modern humans discovered in Eurasia.
The study in Nature journal also supports the finding that our species emerged from Africa some 60,000 years ago, before spreading around the world.
The analysis raises the possibility that the human line first emerged millions of years earlier than current estimates.
The work of Prof Svante Paabo, from the Max Planck Institute in Leipzig, Germany, is rewriting the story of humanity. Prof Paabo and his colleagues have pioneered methods to extract DNA from ancient human remains and read its genetic code.
From this sequence, the scientist has been able to decipher an increasingly detailed story of modern humans as they spread across the globe.
"The amazing thing is that we have a good genome of a 45,000-year-old person who was close to the ancestor of all present-day humans outside Africa," He told BBC News.
Prof Paabo has analysed DNA from part of a leg bone of a man that lived in Western Siberia around 45,000 years ago. This is a key moment at the cross roads of the world, when modern humans were on the cusp of an expansion into Europe and Asia.
The key finding was that the man had large, unshuffled chunks of DNA from a now extinct species of human, Neanderthals, who evolved outside of Africa.
"Our analysis shows that modern humans had already interbred with Neanderthals then, and we can determine when that first happened much more precisely than we could before."
Prof Paabo and his team published research in 2010 that showed that all non-African humans today have Neanderthal DNA. But that genetic material has been broken into much smaller chunks over the generations.
By extrapolating the size of DNA chunks backwards, Prof Paabo and his colleagues were able to calculate when the first interbreeding with Neanderthals occurred. His study shows that it was between 50,000 and 60,000 years ago.
According to Prof Chris Stringer of the Natural History Museum in London, this early interbreeding might indicate when the ancestors of people living outside of Africa today made their first steps out of the continent in which our species evolved more than 150,000 years ago.
Prof Stringer was among those who believed that the first exit by modern humans from Africa that give rise to people outside of Africa today might have happened earlier, possibly 100,000 years ago. The evidence from Prof Paabo's research is persuading him that it was now much later.
"There is a dispute as to when that 'Out of Africa' event happened and this fossil helps to look at that. It is close to the time I think that modern humans exited from Africa and gave rise to the populations in the rest of the world. I think that exit happened 60,000 years ago," he told BBC News.
The new narrative seems to fit in with a recent new, more accurate dating of the arrival of modern humans into Europe by Prof Thomas Higham of Oxford University. Research published in August showed that this happened 45,000 years ago.
Prof Paabo's 45,000-year-old man seems to have lived at a point that was both geographically, and in time, a crossroads for humanity.
"This does seem to mark a watershed where modern humans were pushing the boundaries further and further in their dispersal out of Africa," according to Prof Stringer.
Prof Paabo also compared the DNA of the man living 45,000 years ago with those living today. He found that the man was genetically midway between Europeans and Asians - indicating he lived close to the time before our species separated into different racial groups.
Prof Paabo was also able to estimate the rate at which human DNA has changed or mutated over the millennia. He found that it was slower than the rate suggested by fossil evidence and similar to what has been observed in families.
"We have caught evolution red-handed!" he said gleefully.
This raises the possibility that the very first species of the human line separated from apes 10 or 11 million years ago - rather than the five or six million years ago that genetic evidence had previously suggested.
But he stressed in his research paper that much more analysis was needed before re-dating the emergence of the human line.
"We caution that (mutation) rates may have changed over time and may differ between human populations," he said.
Follow Pallab on Twitter | DNA analysis of a 45,000-year-old human has helped scientists pinpoint when our ancestors interbred with Neanderthals. | 29649499 | [
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British number one Shuker, 37, and France's Stephane Houdet, 46, defeated Alfie Hewett, another Briton, and USA's Dana Mathewson 6-3 7-5.
"It was really good fun," Shuker said. "Dana and Alfie played really well and Stephane is just a gentleman.
"He's always encouraging and if you make a mistake, there's no negativity. For me it was just total enjoyment."
Shuker, who won the mixed doubles with compatriot Andy Lapthorne in 2015, when the mixed doubles was last held at the British Open, added that she intended to complete a hat-trick of victories with Houdet next year.
In a match that featured high-quality rallies, it was top seeds Shuker and Houdet who got an early break of serve, winning the first two games.
A skilful volley from Shuker at the net secured the first set.
The second set was tighter but Houdet's powerful forehand and pinpoint accuracy, combined with Shuker's skill at the net, proved too much for Hewett and Mathewson.
At 5-5, it was the eventual champions who took control, taking the next two games to win the match.
The mixed doubles was popular with both the crowds and the players at this year's British Open.
However, not all tour events have a wheelchair mixed doubles tournament - there are none at any of the Grand Slams - and those involved do not currently receive ranking points.
"You get to play a match with someone you would never get to play with - I'd never get to play on the same court as Houdet in any other circumstance," Mathewson said.
"The style of play is different and I thought it was a really good way to mix things up."
All four of the British Open finalists said they wanted to see more mixed doubles events on tour.
"I would definitely encourage other tournaments to get the event going," Hewett said.
"I think if there was some sort of incentive or reward for playing as well, it would get more playing. It doesn't have to be money. It can be vouchers, like we got here, or something else."
Shuker added: "As a woman playing with a guy on the court, it's unbelievable to see what they're able to do. It's exciting. I think the more that it's in the tournaments, the more that people will start to play - and hopefully it will grow more and more."
Houdet said he thinks the event could well be successful on one of the world's biggest stages.
He said: "I really want to see the event at the Paralympics, definitely."
Earlier on Sunday it was also runners-up honours for Hewett in the men's singles, as he lost 6-4 6-3 to world number one Gustavo Fernandez.
It was always going to be tough for Hewett with Fernandez enjoying an incredible run of form catapulting him to the top of the rankings just before Wimbledon.
In the quads division, Andy Lapthorne lost his singles final to world number one David Wagner of the USA.
Lapthorne started well with two love service games - but fresh from his quads doubles victory yesterday, Wagner won eight games in a row to seal a 6-3 6-1 victory.
In the juniors section, there was double success for 15-year-old Ruiari Logan, who retained his singles title and took the British Open juniors mixed doubles title with Ellie Robinson as well.
Logan also competed in the senior draw this week, scoring his first senior men's singles victory before losing in round two to Hewett. | Lucy Shuker defended her mixed doubles title on the final day of the British Open in Nottingham. | 40845730 | [
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The car owner contacted the AA after the cub was seen darting under a wheel arch and up into the engine bay of the Audi SQ5.
Patrolman Jason Robertson spotted a dangling leg and was able to pull the animal - which had made its way into the gearbox - free.
The cub, now named Basset, was unhurt.
He is being looked after by staff at the Scottish SPCA's wildlife rescue centre in Fishcross.
Mr Robertson, who has worked for the AA since 2006, said: "When I saw the job come up with 'fox in engine bay' I feared the worst. I thought maybe it had been hit and I would be arriving at quite a gruesome scene, but I was pleasantly surprised to find that wasn't the case.
"The SSPCA were there but had been unable to find the fox. We tried to coax it out with cat food but when that didn't work, I jacked the car up and saw one of the cub's legs dangling down. Luckily, it was pulled out unscathed.
"I've rescued plenty of kids from locked cars, but this was definitely a first for me."
Scottish SPCA centre manager Colin Seddon said: "Basset appeared unharmed and is doing well now. We'll keep him in our care until the summer when he'll be released back into the wild with a number of other fox cubs at a carefully selected site." | A fox cub is recovering at an animal centre after being rescued from the gear box of a car in Aberdeen by an AA patrolman. | 39900840 | [
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Here are some milestones in the parallel lives of two of the world's most recognisable figures.
Mr Castro was born on 13 August to a wealthy sugar farmer from Spain who had settled in the Cuban town of Biran.
Official and unofficial Castro biographers alike tend to agree that it was witnessing first-hand the exploitation of Haitian sugarcane workers on the farms that first influenced the young Fidel's fledging worldview.
The Queen was born in London slightly earlier, on 21 April, as the first child of Albert, Duke of York, and his wife, formerly Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon.
After her birth she was introduced to her future subjects on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, alongside the reigning monarchs, King George V and Queen Mary.
Growing up, Fidel was sent to attend a Jesuit school. Under the influence of a priest called Father Llorente, he excelled in certain areas, including sports and outdoor expeditions.
The young Elizabeth and her sister were educated at home. In 1937, Elizabeth's father was crowned King George VI.
Fidel was awarded a prize for discipline in 1944 after finishing his course at school. He then went to Havana University to study law.
It was as he entered the febrile, often violent world of student politics in 1940s Havana that he came of political age.
In a speech he delivered in late 1947 he railed against "the country's wealth in foreign hands" and urged his fellow students to militancy, saying, "A young nation can never say 'we surrender'."
Meanwhile, Elizabeth helped boost the nation's morale in the throes of World War II, visiting scouts and troops.
In November 1947 she married her third cousin, Prince Philip of Greece, at Westminster Abbey. Their first child, Charles, was born in 1948.
In 1952 Fidel started a revolution with his brother Raul. They were outnumbered, defeated, and imprisoned. Almost two years later they were pardoned and exiled to Mexico. There they met revolutionary "Che" Guevara.
In 1956 the Castro brothers and Guevara returned to Cuba to launch a revolution. They succeeded in overthrowing President Fulgencio Batista in 1959.
Elizabeth also came to power in the 1950s, after her father's death in 1952.
She was crowned during an elaborate coronation ceremony at Westminster Abby in June.
Prime Minister Castro's new grip on power brought new friends and enemies. A US-led attempt to topple him in 1961, known as the "Bay of Pigs Invasion", was a disaster.
Thousands of Americans were held hostage and Cuba began to form stronger ties with the Soviet Union.
The Queen welcomed two new prime ministers to power in the 1960s and gave birth to her third child, Andrew, the first to be born to a reigning monarch in 103 years.
The Cuban leader, who officially became president in 1976, continued to upset Western powers by supporting communist movements in Angola, Ethiopia and Yemen.
The British monarch celebrated 25 years on the throne and welcomed the country's first female Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher.
In 1979, amid the conflict in Northern Ireland, her cousin Lord Louis Mountbatten was killed by an IRA bomb on his boat.
After economic hardship in the country, thousands of Cubans tried to gain asylum at embassies within the country.
Frustrated, President Castro opened ports in the north of the country to allow anyone to leave and seek asylum.
The year 1986 saw the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh make a state visit to China.
No British monarch had ever travelled to mainland China, let alone walked the Great Wall, so the trip in October made history.
The collapse of the Soviet Union threw the Cuban economy into chaos. Cuba lost around $6bn in annual subsidy from the Soviet Union and could no longer export sugar in exchange for its oil. Cuba's factories and agriculture were paralysed.
In 1988, President Castro met Pope John Paul II who called for reform on the island. It was the first time a papal visit had been paid to the country.
A fire broke out at a royal residence, Windsor Castle, in 1992, threatening a large collection of art.
In 1997, Princess Diana, former wife of the Queen's son Prince Charles, died in a car crash.
The Royal Family grieved in private. However, the public reaction to Diana's death led to accusations that the Queen was out of touch with the public mood. The swell of anger shocked the Queen.
President Castro was forced to step down from power in 2006 due to his poor health. His brother Raul took over.
Prince Charles married again in 2003, to Camilla Parker-Bowles.
Queen Elizabeth attended their religious blessing but was not present at their civil ceremony.
The monarch told guests in a speech at the wedding reception that her son was "home and dry with the woman he loves".
Both leaders celebrated their 90th birthdays. Fidel's was marked by low-key celebrations in Havana and a 90m-long cigar created in his honour by Cuban cigar roller Jose "Cueto" Castelar.
Thousands of people marked Queen Elizabeth's 90th birthday with elaborate parades and dancing across the UK. | Two famous leaders have celebrated their 90th birthday this year: Queen Elizabeth and Fidel Castro, the former Cuban president. | 37071910 | [
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Ian Rush opened the scoring at the Racecourse with a first half tap-in before strike partner Mark Hughes' memorable scissor-kick goal sent the fans into raptures.
Legendary striker Rush sealed the comfortable win over the giants of world football but Wales failed to qualify for the 1986 World Cup.
Catch BBC Wales Sport's "Wales: The Road to the Euros" - our very special documentary on the history of Welsh football - on BBC iPlayer. | Wales claimed an historic 3-0 victory over Euro 1984 runners-up Spain in Wrexham in 1985. | 36337770 | [
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But when Paul Gascoigne appeared on BT Sport's Fletch and Sav show, everyone listened, including Russell.
For all of Gazza's amazing moments on the pitch, he's also known for his long term battle with alcohol.
Despite visible signs of vulnerability over the years the former footballer seemed back to his old "daft as a brush" self.
Paul Gascoigne was massive news when you were growing up.
He picked up 57 England caps and was described as the most naturally gifted footballer of his generation.
Type "Paul Gascoigne Euro 96 wonder goal" in your search engine and you'll see for yourself.
He was also famed for cracking jokes and playing pranks on teammates.
He began the interview talking about how the tabloids have reported on his problems with addiction.
"(What) the press what they've been writing about it, it's scandalous.
"The press were actually outside my house and were taking pictures and they even wrote the next day that I was in rehab in Spain somewhere," he said.
"I wasn't, I was somewhere else. It was just the lies that keeps coming on."
He then remembered a conversation which led to him signing for Tottenham.
"I played against Spurs at Newcastle, scored two, and walking off the pitch Terry Venables (Spurs manager) said 'If you come and sign for me I guarantee you within 10 days you'll be playing for England'."
"That's all I wanted to do.
"Then I did in about eight games of coming to Tottenham, I got my chance to join with the England squad, which was unbelievable."
Then, almost inevitably, things took a funny turn when Gazza remembered trying to help out the Spurs groundsman.
"He [the groundsman] said 'I've got to get rid of these pigeons', I went 'OK then I'll help you... I'm not doing anything.'
"I walked across the pitch, and he says: 'There's one at the top of that roof'.
"I went: 'OK how'd I get up there?'"
Once he got up onto the roof things soon went, hilariously, wrong.
"I went over and I just heard [a cracking sound], and I fell through the roof, I landed 30 foot down on the steps!
"I said, gaffer, I don't think I can train today,"
"He said 'what for?'
"I said 'A pigeon did it.'"
The 47-year-old talked about turning down a deal to sign with Manchester United, in favour of a Tottenham package which included a house for his parents, as well a sun bed for his sister.
What he didn't bank on was getting a letter from Sir Alex Ferguson himself.
"It wasn't a good letter, I got cained.
"It was like 'I can't believe you turned down the biggest club [for a sun bed]'.
Gazza enjoyed a spell in Italy in the 1990s after Lazio paid more than £5m for the striker.
"The one team I wanted to play for was AC Milan, I eventually got to play them - away.
"I thought this is my chance to prove against them, how good I am."
"We got beaten 5-1, I think it's the only game I wanted to end quickly, I think I had one touch with about five minutes to go."
Gazza famously cried when he was booked during an England World Cup match - because it would have stopped him playing in the 1990 final.
And he admits he still gets tearful today, especially when it hits him afresh that his playing days are behind him.
"I was in tears to my sister and my dad last week, I just felt a little bit lonely.
"That's why I sometimes find it hard to go to games."
Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter, BBCNewsbeat on Instagram and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube | It's not often Russell Brand plays second fiddle as a guest on a TV show. | 31589081 | [
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He was driven to Pretoria's Kgosi Mampuru prison where he is expected to be housed in the hospital wing.
Judge Thokozile Masipa gave Pistorius a five-year jail sentence for culpable homicide, but cleared him of murder.
His defence said it expected him to serve about 10 months, with the remainder under house arrest. His family say he will not appeal.
The parents of Reeva Steenkamp told the BBC they were happy with the sentence and relieved the case was over.
Prosecutors had called for a minimum 10-year term, and the defence had argued for community service and house arrest.
Pistorius, 27, an amputee sprinter who became the first athlete to compete in the Olympic and Paralympic Games, killed Ms Steenkamp on Valentine's Day last year.
He says he shot her by mistake, fearing there was an intruder in his house in Pretoria.
Ms Steenkamp, a 29-year-old model, reality TV star and law graduate, was hit three times by bullets fired by Pistorius through a toilet door.
Before he went down the stairs and out of court, Oscar Pistorius slipped off his expensive watch and handed it to a relative. It seems the athlete probably knew his sentence beforehand, which helps explains the subdued atmosphere in court today.
This case has revealed plenty about South Africa - its gun culture, the strengths and inadequacies of its police and prisons. But above all it has been a simple story, about the rise and fall of a global icon.
As the crowds and cameras drift away from the courthouse, what lingers is the sense of waste. Of lives and careers for sure. But of time too.
A man and a woman went into a bathroom. Only one came out alive. As the judge made clear - the trial should have been over in a matter of weeks. Instead it turned into a tortuous, overwrought epic.
Relief as justice is served
Pistorius showed little reaction to the sentence other than to wipe his eyes before being led away to a holding cell downstairs.
He was then driven away from court in an armoured police van to Pretoria's Kgosi Mampuru prison, where he was expected to undergo a medical assessment.
It is likely that he will be held in a one-man cell in the hospital wing, thought to be most appropriate for the athlete's disability.
Correctional services spokesman Manelisi Wolela told AFP news agency Pistorius was "already accommodated at Kgosi Mampuru".
He could be released after serving a sixth of his sentence, or 10 months, for good behaviour.
However, Dup De Bruyn, a lawyer for the Steenkamp family, told Reuters that he believed Pistorius would probably serve two years.
Pistorius's uncle, Arnold, said the family would not appeal against the sentence.
"We accept the judgment. Oscar will embrace the opportunity to pay back to society," he said.
He appealed to the media to "accept the ruling of court and let us move forward in this process and give us some degree of dignity and privacy".
The BBC's Nomsa Maseko, outside court, says opinion there was divided on the sentence, with some saying it was too light, others that it was fair.
Judge Masipa said she considered her sentence "fair and just, both to society and to the accused".
She said: "A non-custodial sentence would send the wrong message to the community. On the other hand, a long sentence would also not be appropriate either, as it would lack the element of mercy."
She said Pistorius had made an "enormous contribution to society", in his charity work and in changing the public perception of disability.
But she added: "It would be a sad day for this country if an impression were to be created that there was one law for the poor and disadvantaged, and another for the rich and famous."
Judge Masipa also gave Pistorius a three-year suspended sentence for a separate incident - firing a gun in a restaurant.
The prosecution service said it would consider an appeal but expressed satisfaction that Pistorius had been given jail time.
However, the Women's League of South Africa's ruling African National Congress said it did plan to appeal.
"We're doing this not only for Reeva but for the millions of South African women who are killed at the hands of their partners, people who are supposed to protect them," said spokeswoman Khsuela Sangoni.
"A five-year sentence like this sends a message to society that it is fine to commit such heinous crimes as femicide, and you will be able to get away with a slap on the wrist."
The International Paralympic Committee told the BBC it would not allow Pistorius to run at any of its events for five years, even if he were released early.
Inside Oscar Pistorius's home
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Mr Pistorius said he and Ms Steenkamp had dinner at about 19:00 before going to bed at 21:00. He said he woke in the early hours, spoke briefly to his girlfriend and got up to close the sliding door and curtains.
Judge Thokozile Masipa questioned the reliability of several witnesses who said they heard screams and gunshots between about 03:12 and 03:17, saying most had 'got facts wrong'.
Mr Pistorius said he heard the bathroom window sliding open and believed that an intruder, or intruders, had entered the bathroom through a window which was not fitted with burglar bars.
Mr Pistorius said he grabbed his firearm and told Ms Steenkamp, who he thought was still in bed, to call the police.
The judge said it made no sense that Ms Steenkamp did not hear him scream 'Get out' or call the police, as she had her mobile phone with her.
Mr Pistorius could see the bathroom window was open and toilet door closed. He said he did not know whether the intruders were outside on a ladder or in the toilet.
He had his firearm in front of him, he heard a movement inside the toilet and thought whoever was inside was coming out to attack him.
'Before I knew it, I had fired four shots at the door,' he said.
The judge said she did not accept that Mr Pistorius fired the gun by accident or before he knew what was happening. She said he had armed himself with a lethal weapon and clearly wanted to use it. The other question, she said, was why he fired not one, but four shots before he ran back to the room to try to find Ms Steenkamp.
Mr Pistorius said he went back to the bedroom and noticed that Ms Steenkamp was not there.
Mr Pistorius said this was when he realised she could have been in the toilet and rushed back to the bathroom.
Mr Pistorius said he screamed for help and went back to the bathroom where he found the toilet was locked. He returned to the bedroom, pulled on his prosthetic legs and turned on the lights before bashing in the toilet door with a cricket bat.
When the door panel broke, he found the key and unlocked the door and found Ms Steenkamp slumped on the floor with her head on the toilet bowl. He then carried her downstairs, where he was met by neighbours.
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Experts are cautious because the drug, aducanumab, is still in the early stages of development.
But a study in Nature has shown it is safe and hinted that it halts memory decline.
Larger studies are now under way to fully evaluate the drug's effects.
The build-up of amyloid in the brain has been a treatment target for many years.
This study, of 165 patients, was designed to test aducanumab was safe to take.
After a year of treatment, it also showed the higher the dose the stronger the effect on amyloid plaques.
The researchers then carried out tests on memory and found "positive effects".
However, 40 people dropped out of the study, half because of side effects they experienced, such as headaches. These too were much more common with a higher dosage.
The next phase of research - phase 3 - involves two separate studies. These are recruiting 2,700 patients with very early stage Alzheimer's across North America, Europe and Asia in order to fully test the drug's effect on cognitive decline.
Dr Alfred Sandrock of the biotech company Biogen, which worked with the University of Zurich on the research, said: "Phase 3 really needs to be done and I hope it will confirm what we have seen in this study.
"One day I could envisage treating people who have no symptoms because if you have amyloid in the brain it's likely you'll develop Alzheimer's one day."
However, there have been many disappointments in Alzheimer's drug development, and it is over a decade since the last drug for people with the condition was licensed.
Other experts have welcomed this latest research - but with caution.
Dr David Reynolds, chief scientific officer at Alzheimer's Research UK, said the results provided "tantalising evidence that a new class of drug to treat the disease may be on the horizon".
And Dr James Pickett, head of research at the Alzheimer's Society, added: "What is most compelling is that more amyloid was cleared when people took higher doses of the drug.
"No existing treatments for Alzheimer's directly interfere with the disease process and so a drug that actually slows the progress of the disease by clearing amyloid would be a significant step."
However, Dr Tara Spires-Jones, of the Centre for Cognitive and Neural Systems at the University of Edinburgh, said: "I am cautiously optimistic about this treatment, but trying not to get too excited because many drugs make it through this early stage of testing then go on to fail in larger trials."
And John Hardy, professor of neuroscience at University College London, said: "These new data are tantalising but they are not yet definitive." | A drug that destroys the characteristic protein plaques that build up in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's is showing "tantalising" promise, scientists say. | 37222863 | [
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Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier have been charged with attempted murder over the attack.
Last week, a Wisconsin judge decided that they should be tried as adults, meaning they could face decades in jail if convicted.
The victim, 12 at the time, was stabbed 19 times but survived.
She was found by a cyclist crawling from the woods where she was attacked with stab wounds to her arms, legs and torso, after the attack in May 2014.
A judge entered not guilty pleas on behalf of both girls at a hearing on Friday.
Investigators say the two girls had been plotting for months to kill their victim in "dedication" to Slender Man, a fictional horror website character.
They spoke of their desire to become the paranormal figure's "proxies" by killing to demonstrate their loyalty, police said.
A lawyer for one of the girls told the AP news agency before the hearing that his client would enter a plea of not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect.
Their lawyers have previously argued for the case to be heard in juvenile court, saying both teenagers were suffering from mental illness.
Following the attack, the suspects were found walking near a local highway and a knife was found in one of their backpacks.
The victim has recovered and since returned to school. | Two 13-year-old girls accused of stabbing a classmate to please the online horror character Slender Man have pleaded not guilty in court. | 34020267 | [
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Anthony Kevin Morais went missing on 4 September after leaving his house.
Police said they had arrested seven suspects in the case, one of whom led them to the body early on Wednesday.
One of the suspects was involved in a corruption case prosecuted by Mr Morais recently, local media quoted police as saying.
The 52-year-old armed forces medical officer is believed to have contracted the other suspects, The Star quoted police as saying.
Police were led to a river at 06:00 local time on Wednesday, Comm Datuk Seri Mohmad Salleh, director of the criminal investigation department, told reporters.
Divers confirmed the oil drum was in the river and a forklift was used to hoist it out of the water, he said. The body was found after the oil drum was broken open.
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The body has been sent to a Kuala Lumpur hospital for post mortem examination. | The body of a missing Malaysian deputy public prosecutor has been found in an oil drum filled with concrete near Kuala Lumpur. | 34266319 | [
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However, the nation seems divided over whether there should be another referendum on independence in the near future.
Pollsters Ipsos Mori asked voters to give a score out of 10 to a range of policies which could be implemented by the next UK government.
A ranking of one meant it should not be implemented, while 10 meant it should be implemented immediately.
Ipsos Mori surveyed more than 1,000 adults between 19 and 25 March.
Click here to see the full results.
Many of those questioned seemed to favour going beyond the Smith Commission proposals, which suggested that Holyrood should control income tax rates and bands as well as some welfare benefits.
Give Holyrood full control of income tax 6.8
Increase top rate of tax to 50p 7.2
Increase minimum wage to £7.85 8.2
The most popular of the policy statements in this category was that of giving Holyrood the power to increase benefits and old age pensions, which scored 7.3 out of 10 on the scale.
Close behind was the notion that the Scottish Parliament should have full control of welfare benefits, with a score of 7.1.
Scots appear to place a greater emphasis on embedding and extending powers at Holyrood parliament than on holding a second independence referendum.
When asked to give a score of between 1 and 10, where 10 is an important priority and should be done quickly, each of the four issues relating to additional powers for the Scottish Parliament achieved high average scores.
Giving Holyrood power to increase benefits and pensions achieved an average score of 7.3 out of 10, a little higher than devolving full control of welfare benefits (7.1), full control of income tax (6.8) and full control of all policy other than defence and foreign affairs (6.5).
Interestingly, analysis shows that, for each of these issues, support is higher among groups who are more likely to have voted 'Yes' in last year's referendum.
Read Mark's analysis of the poll.
The idea that Holyrood should have full control of income tax was given a score of 6.8.
Still popular, but a bit further down the ranking with a score of 6.5, was the suggestion that Holyrood should control all areas of policy apart from defence and foreign affairs - what most analysts call full fiscal autonomy.
The results of the poll suggested that voters would rather have a referendum on whether or not to leave the European Union than another referendum on Scottish independence.
Voters gave the policy statement "hold another referendum on Scottish independence within the next five years" a score of 5.6 out of 10.
Cap amount paid in welfare to a household 6.3
Limit numbers coming to live in UK 6.3
Give Holyrood full control of welfare 7.1
The policy statement "hold a referendum to ask people whether they wish to stay in or leave the European Union" was slightly more popular, with a score of 6.1 out of 10.
The idea of stopping immigrants from the rest of the European Union from claiming welfare benefits until they have been in the UK for four years scored 6.8.
The policy of putting a limit on the number of people coming to live in the UK was less popular, with a score of 6.3.
As ever, how much the next government should spend and how much it should tax is proving to be one of the central issues of the UK general election campaign.
And there seems to be little doubt as to where the majority of Scots stand on this issue, at least if the evidence of BBC Scotland's issues poll is to be believed.
The poll strongly suggests that:
Read Professor Curtice's analysis of the poll
Increasing the amount spent on the armed forces was scored 6.2.
However, renewing and upgrading the Trident nuclear deterrent, came joint last in the poll of priorities, with a score of 4.0.
The poll also indicated some support for bringing the railways back into public ownership - this scored 6.5 out of 10.
"Ensuring authorities cannot access personal data unless an individual is suspected of taking part in an illegal activity" was among the most popular policy statements tested, with a score of 7.6.
What are the top issues for each political party at the 2015 general election?
Policy guide: Where the parties stand | Voters appear to want more powers for the Scottish Parliament - beyond the proposals currently on offer, according to a new poll commissioned by BBC Scotland. | 32194983 | [
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Trago Mills, which runs three stores in Cornwall and Devon, was granted planning permission in 1999 but work was stalled by several issues including access and land reclamation.
Now, work officially gets under way next to Cyfarthfa Retail Park on Friday.
The development is due to be completed by spring 2018.
It will include a new store, cafe and garden centre, as well as warehouse, offices and parking.
There are also plans to develop the site further with a petrol station and leisure facilities.
The company was founded in the 1960s by Mike Robertson, father of current chairman, Bruce Robertson.
He said: "Whilst rather later than anticipated, having first acquired the former Butterley Brickworks site in the mid-90s, we're delighted to be starting work on the Merthyr store.
"Once completed, our new store will be a bold and complementary addition to the thriving retail environment already existing at Cyfarthfa." | Work is starting on a long-awaited £40m retail and leisure complex in Merthyr Tydfil, set to create 400 jobs. | 37577428 | [
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If you are an ardent Brexiteer, stop before your blood pressure goes through the roof. If you are a passionate Remainer, stop before you crack open the French (not English of course) champagne.
What follows is an unlikely, a very unlikely turn of events. But it is not impossible that our decision to leave the European Union could end up being judged in the European Court in Luxembourg. Yes, that same court so despised by Eurosceptics could, in theory, fight to keep us in their clutches.
As my colleagues have reported, the government is already fighting a challenge in the courts, an effort to make ministers accept that Parliament, not the prime minister, must decide when to trigger Article 50 - that's the legal mechanism that begins the likely tortuous process of us actually leaving the EU.
Without going into the details, which you can read about here, the claimants are arguing that the PM has to get MPs' permission to go ahead with it. The government's lawyers claim that she is perfectly within her rights to do so under the ancient principles of the Royal Prerogative.
A senior government source says it seems to be "60-40" in their favour, with the judgement expected in the next week or so. But both sides are likely to appeal immediately to the Supreme Court for a further ruling, and it's here that things could get interesting.
Both the government and the claimants have assumed that the Article 50 process can't be stopped once it has started. But not all lawyers agree, with some even arguing that Article 50 could legally be stopped in its tracks.
Although that question is not a bone of contention in this particular case, it is possible that the Supreme Court judges think that it ought to be part of the arguments.
If they do? Well, that question is a point of European, not British, law.
And, of course, European laws are not decided in the grand building opposite Big Ben but, you guessed it, in the European Court in Luxembourg. That wouldn't just have huge consequences for the Article 50 court case, but for the whole tricky political dynamics of Brexit.
George Peretz QC explains the legalities here, including why it is not that likely that the Supreme Court will take what would be seen as a provocative action.
And politically, as well as legally, a referral to Luxemburg is not a good bet.
In these strange times, though, neither is it an outcome that can be totally dismissed, complete with the huge political consequences that it could provoke.
As they pulled a horrified face, one minister said to me: "Imagine if Luxemburg stops Brexit!"
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The latest Markit/CIPS services Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) fell to 52.7 last month, down from January's reading of 55.6.
Any figure above 50 means expansion, but the rise in service sector activity was the weakest since March 2013.
The service sector accounts for more than three-quarters of the UK economy.
Surveys from Markit/CIPS earlier in the week put the manufacturing sector's PMI at 50.8 and construction at 54.2.
"The weaker increase in services activity mainly reflected a slower expansion in the volume of incoming new business," the survey said.
Markit chief economist Chris Williamson added: "Survey responses reveal that firms are worried about signs of faltering demand, but boardrooms have also become unsettled by concerns regarding the increased risk of 'Brexit', financial market volatility and weak economic growth at home and abroad."
He added that the extent of the slowdown would come as a "shock" to policymakers and would put an end to talk of a possible interest rate rise.
Mr Williamson described February's three PMI readings as "a triple whammy of disappointing survey news".
Last week, official figures confirmed that the UK economy grew 0.5% in the final three months of 2015, with the services sector highlighted as the key factor driving growth.
The Office for National Statistics said the "buoyancy" of services had offset the "relative sluggishness" of the rest of the UK economy.
Signs of weakening growth in the UK economy have pushed back estimates of when the Bank of England might begin to raise interest rates.
Commenting on the latest PMI survey, Jeremy Cook, chief economist at World First, said: "The May Bank of England meeting had previously been seen as a possible time for a rate hike. The volatility of global markets and the self-inflicted wound of the EU referendum put paid to that months ago.
"We still believe, however, that some measures that foresee the Bank of England holding rates at 0.5% until 2020 are little short of absurd."
Martin Beck, senior economic adviser to the EY Item Club, said the PMI readings would provide "plenty of food for thought" for the Bank of England's rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee.
He added: "Members will have to judge the degree to which the surveys are flagging a genuine slowdown in activity growth, or merely reacting to the negative headlines since the start of the year. In reality, growth may be softening, but perhaps not as sharply as the survey data suggest."
Meanwhile, a similar survey indicated that eurozone businesses had their worst month for more than a year in February, bolstering the case for more monetary policy easing by the European Central Bank.
Markit's final composite PMI, which is regarded as a good guide to growth, fell to 53 last month from January's 53.6 - its lowest reading since the start of 2015.
However, that was better than the preliminary reading of 52.7 and well above the 50 mark that denotes growth. | The UK's dominant services sector weakened in February, registering its slowest rate of growth for nearly three years, a survey has indicated. | 35715315 | [
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The ship took shelter near Mounts Bay after an initial rescue at 22:00 BST on Sunday failed due to poor weather conditions, the coastguard said.
The men were airlifted to Royal Cornwall Hospital.
The Panamanian registered Bochem Oslo vessel had the highly corrosive acid on board for maintenance reasons. No cargo was on board.
Commander Scott Armstrong, who was flying a helicopter from RNAS Culdrose, said the swell 20 miles (32 km) off St Ives was a problem.
"We estimated there was about a 40ft movement on the ship, it was just too much, it was moving around too quickly," he said.
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The victim was threatened with a knife and handed over a sum of money during the incident in Windsor Avenue.
Police said they were told that a man had entered the property through a back window at about 10:00 BST on Monday.
The occupant managed to release himself before raising the alarm. He was not injured.
Police have appealed for information about the incident. | A man was tied up and left in a bedroom of a house in Newtownards, County Down, following an aggravated burglary. | 40712213 | [
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A 78-year-old man arrested on suspicion of drinking and driving and failing to stop has been bailed.
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One of his first duties will be to oversee negotiations for the BBC's charter renewal.
He has described the TV licence as "worse than a poll tax", although he has said it is likely to survive until at least the 2020s.
He will also face the prospect of cuts to his department - the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) - as the new government seeks to eliminate the national budget deficit.
And press regulation will be on his agenda. He has previously argued against statutory regulation of the press and said the Leveson Inquiry into media ethics "strayed" far beyond its remit.
When it comes to understanding the brief, you would be hard pressed to find anyone better.
Previous appointments have suggested the department was seen as a post to test out rising stars to see if they were up to running one of the big government departments. John Whittingdale's appointment is different. He is there to do a specific job - decide the future of the BBC.
He is no fan of the licence fee, but has said he accepts it will probably survive for the next 10 years.
And secondly, almost forgotten now - the issue of press regulation lurks. His summoning of Rupert Murdoch to the culture committee was one of the key moments in the hacking scandal. But anyone waiting for further action to enforce a "Leveson-compliant" system of press regulation will probably have to wait a good while longer.
Figures from the media and arts worlds have been reacting to his appointment on Twitter:
The BBC's royal charter determines the level of the licence fee, currently £145.50, and the other terms under which the corporation operates. The current charter will run out at the end of 2016.
As culture secretary, Mr Whittingdale will lead the government's negotiations with the BBC over its renewal.
In February, Mr Whittingdale concluded that the TV licence is "becoming harder and harder to justify" given changes to technology.
As the culture select committee published a report into the future of the BBC, he said there appeared to be "no realistic alternative to the licence fee" in the short term, but that the BBC must prepare for the possibility of a change in the 2020s.
It could be replaced by a compulsory levy on all households, or be reduced, with some BBC services only available by subscription, the report suggested.
In October, he said the licence fee was "actually worse than a poll tax because under the poll tax, if you were on a very low income you would get a considerable subsidy", according to The Daily Telegraph.
A BBC spokesperson said: "We're looking forward to working with the new secretary of state."
Last November, Mr Whittingdale's committee also published a report into the way Arts Council England funds cultural organisations.
It concluded that there was a "clear funding imbalance" in favour of the capital, and urged Arts Council England to "restore some balance" across the country.
Arts Council England is funded by the DCMS. However, many in the arts world are braced for further funding reductions as the government seeks to eliminate the budget deficit without raising VAT, income tax or National Insurance.
As chair of the select committee, Mr Whittingdale also oversaw recent inquiries into the promotion of tourism in the UK, society lotteries and opportunities for women in sport. | John Whittingdale is to take over from Sajid Javid as UK culture secretary, Prime Minister David Cameron has said. | 32690777 | [
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The building society also said more people opened a current account with it during the three-month period than with any other provider.
Nationwide's profits for the quarter fell 20% to £322m, after last year's results were helped by a one-off gain.
A year earlier, the building society had received a £100m boost to its profits from the sale of its investment in Visa Europe.
Announcing the latest results, chief executive Joe Garner said "Profit performance in the first quarter remained comfortably within our strategic target range and, after allowing for one-off items, was broadly consistent with the prior period."
Nationwide had a 13% share of the mortgage market in the quarter, down from 15% in the same time last year.
A spokesman for the building society said it expected its buy-to-let lending to remain "broadly flat".
Nationwide had "raised the bar for landlord's affordability before most other lenders with the aim of helping ensure our borrowers can meet future repayments", he added.
"This, together with a softening of lending due to Stamp Duty and tax changes, led to a decline in buy-to-let."
In the first quarter Nationwide opened 202,000 new current accounts, a rise of 17% on the same time last year.
The company also said that more than a fifth (22.4%) of all people switching current accounts had moved to Nationwide. | Nationwide has reported a sharp fall in mortgage lending, mainly due to making fewer buy-to-let loans. | 40896985 | [
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The world's number one aeroplane manufacturer made sales of $94.6bn, down 2%, and net earnings of $4.9bn, 5% lower.
It said revenues were likely to slip further in 2017, to between $90.5bn and $92.5bn.
But the US company also expects to deliver more commercial aircraft and to improve its earnings per share.
"Looking forward, our team is intent on accelerating productivity and programme execution," said chairman and chief executive Dennis Muilenburg.
In the period, Boeing made 748 commercial aircraft deliveries, down from 762 in 2015, claiming to have led the market for "the fifth consecutive year".
It also delivered fewer military planes - in particular, its new CH-47 Chinook helicopter and its F/A-18 fighter jet - while sales in the division slipped 7%.
Revenue also fell in the firm's space and services divisions because of weaker demand for satellites and aircraft modernisation.
However, overall group earnings surged 59% in the fourth quarter of the year as demand for the company's commercial planes ticked up.
Boeing also projected higher commercial deliveries this year of between 760 and 765 aircraft.
The company's shares were up by more than 2% in early trading in New York. | Sales and profits slipped at Boeing last year, driven largely by lower deliveries of its military aircraft. | 38742392 | [
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Zhou Youguang helped invent Pinyin, a writing system that turns Chinese characters into words using letters from the Roman alphabet.
This makes it easier to learn how to pronounce Chinese words, and is credited with helping raise literacy rates in China.
Despite his achievements, Mr Zhou remains largely unknown in his home country.
Perhaps that is because the 106-year-old is a defiant character, refusing to take much credit for his work or pander to the Chinese Communist Party.
He is critical of the party that governs China - and old enough not to care who is listening to what he has to say.
"What are they going to do, come and take me away?" he said in an interview with the BBC in his sparsely furnished Beijing home.
Positive outlook
Mr Zhou's life has coincided with most of the momentous events of China's recent history, as it has moved from imperial dynasty to peoples' republic to capitalist powerhouse.
He was born in 1906 into a wealthy family that managed to lose its money three times: first in the Qing dynasty, then during World War II and finally during the Cultural Revolution, a political campaign launched by Mao Zedong.
Nevertheless, he managed to get a good education, studying economics at St John's University, one of the best educational institutions in Shanghai in the 1920s when he was there.
Several years of his early life were spent working in the US for a Chinese bank. "It was at No 1 Wall Street - the centre of imperialism," he said, laughing.
Mr Zhou laughs a lot, a result of an optimistic outlook. "There are good aspects to even bad things," he said.
That does not mean everything in the centenarian's life has gone his way.
His daughter died of appendicitis just before her sixth birthday and, like many intellectuals, he was persecuted during the Cultural Revolution.
A common form of punishment at the time - in the late 1960s - was to send educated city professionals to the countryside to "learn from the masses".
Mr Zhou spent several years working in the fields of Ningxia, a poor region in western China.
"It was a waste of time and stopped me doing other things," he said, unable to stop himself laughing again.
Despite hardships, Mr Zhou did have one enormous stroke of luck.
When the Communist Party took over in China in 1949, he was in the US. He decided to return, along with many others, to build a new country.
He initially become an economics professor at Shanghai's Fudan University, but in 1955 was invited to join a committee in Beijing looking at simplifying the Chinese language.
At first he resisted, saying he had no professional experience in this field. He was finally persuaded to join the project by a friend.
It was a decision that probably saved his life.
A few years later, Chairman Mao launched one of his first purges, and many of those caught in the mayhem were those who had gone back to China from abroad.
"All university professors who'd returned from the US were labelled 'Rightists'. Many committed suicide, including some good friends. I luckily missed it," he said.
It was one of the few moments that Mr Zhou did not laugh.
Dark future?
The work he did on the committee not only saved him, it allowed him to make a major contribution to the Chinese language.
When he started work on developing Pinyin, 85% of Chinese people could not read or write. Now, that is just a few percent.
There had been previous attempts to Romanise Chinese characters, but the system developed by Mr Zhou and his colleagues is the one that most people now use, and is recognised internationally.
"We spent three years developing pinyin. People made fun of us, joking that it had taken us a long time to deal with just 26 letters," he said.
Having lived so long and done such high-profile work, the linguist has met more than his fair share of historical characters.
One of his favourite stories is about Puyi, China's last emperor, who became an ordinary citizen under Chairman Mao.
Mr Zhou once belonged to a Chinese body that advises the government, work that allowed him to dine at the organisation's canteen in Beijing.
During one of the country's periodic food shortages, he ate there daily, taking his wife along too. This meant more food at home for Mr Zhou's relatives.
"Everyday when I went to eat, there was an old man sitting next to me. He was also there with his wife," he said.
"It was Puyi - the last emperor. Imagine, even the emperor had to eat there because he didn't have enough food."
Mr Zhou's age has also given him a long view of history. He believes the Chinese Communist Party will not always rule the country.
"China will have to release itself from communism. The future will be dark if it doesn't," said Mr Zhou, who retired at 85, but is still writing books.
It is a damning comment from a man who came back to China because he believed the Communist Party when its leaders said they were democratic.
Does he ever regret that decision?
"We believed Mao's words. We didn't know that when he got into power he would become the worst kind of dictator," said Mr Zhou.
"But I don't regret coming back - there's no point," he added, laughing again. | Students struggling to learn Chinese might not know it, but their task has been made easier because of the work of one man. | 17455067 | [
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Its ethical policy states that any artwork using Lego products should not "contain any political, religious, racist, obscene or defaming statements".
However, the Danish company was widely attacked by commentators and accused of not wishing to annoy the Chinese government, which Ai regularly criticises.
Lego has now relented and on Wednesday announced that it had changed its policy.
It will no longer ask customers what they want to use the bricks for, but requests that they make clear that the company does not support or endorse their projects, if exhibited in public.
But should a business be picky about whom it sells to?
The problem is that selling as much as you can to anyone and everyone can have unintended consequences.
Some customers can turn into your competitors.
LVMH, which owns luxury brands from Christian Dior clothing to Dom Perignon champagne, has had its Chinese business undermined by bulk sales ferried into the country by so-called "daigou" agents.
Taxes and currency differences make luxury goods far more expensive in China. Some analysts estimated that by mid-2015, Chinese prices were 60% higher than those in Europe.
The daigou agents, many of them students making extra cash to finance their overseas studies, buy up luxury products in bulk in Europe and Hong Kong and sell them on at home. It is sometimes known as parallel trading.
So LVMH started to watch its customers more closely.
Speaking on a conference call earlier last year, Jean-Jacques Guiony, chief financial officer at LVMH, said: "We've placed strict retail restrictions for the amount of products that people can buy.
"But, when you see someone in a store, you don't know whether they are buying handbags for themselves or to sell them on to the market in China. We are trying to make sure we are not competing with our own products in the China market, but our actions are not entirely bullet-proof."
Other companies have found it easier to try to equalise prices. The fashion house Chanel raised its European prices by 20% and cut them in China, directly competing with the daigou agents and successfully eroding their profit margins.
This kind of grey market happens everywhere.
A supermarket might halve the price of a box of chocolates in a sale and sell them all to a single customer, only to see them turn up in the corner store down the road, undercutting their recommended retail price, a fortnight later.
That's not illegal, but there are ways to stop it - by restricting sales.
The British Retail Consortium's external affairs adviser, Bryan Johnston, says: "In the end, it is up to the individual store. It is in the gift of the retailer to decide on how much they want to sell to any one customer."
Many supermarkets imposed restrictions two years ago when the scandal over contaminated baby milk in China prompted overseas Chinese to buy up formula and import it into China.
However, these were more to do with trying to stop a run on the product at home than trying to stop any kind of parallel trading abroad.
But for some retailers more is, well, more.
Marks and Spencer spokeswoman Clare Wilkes says: "A few years ago, a woman came into one of our stores and bought up the every piece of cashmere we had. We had no objection to that - at all."
But the luxury goods industry on the whole is very choosey about whom it sells to.
The most famous example is Burberry, which by 2006, when Angela Ahrendts became chief executive, was growing just 2% a year in a booming luxury market.
It was selling everything from kilts to dog cover-ups and leashes - to everyone.
Ms Ahrendts wrote later in the Harvard Business Review: "In luxury, ubiquity will kill you - it means you're not really luxury anymore. And we were becoming ubiquitous."
Ms Ahrendts completely restructured the company, drastically reducing its product range, centralising production and design, making it more expensive and then, restricting the customer base.
She added: "We began to shift our marketing efforts from targeting everyone, everywhere, to focusing on the luxury customers of the future - millennials. We believed that these customers were being ignored by our competitors."
The restrictions it imposed were financial. The kilt and dog-leash buyers were simply priced out of the market. Many of the core Burberry products, such as the signature trench coat, now cost more than $1,000 (£700).
Brand consultant Rebecca Battman says: "There are unintended consequences of your brand becoming popular - the more widely seen it becomes, the more it will diminish the power of the brand among the people you really want to appeal to."
Ms Ahrendts' strategy worked. Within five years, Burberry's revenues and operating income had doubled and 2014-15 revenues rose 11%. Less had become more. | When Lego originally decided not to sell the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei bricks with which to make a political statement, it really thought it was doing the right thing. | 35303799 | [
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Leon Mugesera, an academic, was extradited back to his home country from Canada four years ago.
He made his incendiary speech against the Tutsi minority in 1992. Some 800,000 people died in the genocide.
Mugesera later worked as a lecturer in Quebec province and lost a 12-year legal battle to avoid extradition.
In 1992, then an official in Rwanda's ruling Hutu party, Mugesera told more than 1,000 party members that they should kill Tutsis and dump their bodies in the river.
Mugesera later maintained his innocence, saying the speech had been taken out of context.
The genocide ended when rebels, led by current Tutsi President Paul Kagame, seized power in July 1994.
Militias from the majority Hutu ethnic group were blamed for the mass slaughter. | A former politician who described Tutsis as "cockroaches" and called for their extermination has been jailed for life in Rwanda over the 1994 genocide. | 36057575 | [
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Australia had cancelled his visa while he was still in the US on the grounds that his presence in the country could incite violence.
Mr Newman has previously called for the execution of abortion doctors and said women who have abortions are murderers.
On Friday, Justice Geoffrey Nettle in Melbourne ruled that the cancellation of Mr Newman's visa was justified, reported the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
While Mr Newman may have had a case to challenge the cancellation, he should not have boarded a plane to Australia without a visa, said the judge.
"Acting as he did means he does not come to this court with clean hands," he said.
Mr Newman, also known as Troy Newman-Mariotti, had been due to speak at events run by the group Right to Life Australia.
But he was prevented from boarding a connecting flight in the US city of Denver on Tuesday after Immigration Minister Peter Dutton cancelled his visa.
It came after it emerged he had called in a 2000 book for doctors who perform abortions to face execution .
His wife Mellissa had presented his appeal to the high court in Melbourne.
"I don't know what they're afraid of. I don't know what they think he's going to do here," she was quoted as saying earlier by ABC News.
In a posting on Facebook ahead of his arrival in Melbourne, he said the decision to revoke his visa "was based on a pile of lies, including the idea that I promote violence".
"My 25-year history of peaceful, prayerful action speaks for itself," he said.
Earlier this week, Australian Labor MP Terri Butler wrote to Australia's Mr Dutton to ask that Mr Newman's visa be denied, calling him an "anti-choice extremist".
But the website for Mr Newman's organisation, Operation Rescue, insisted that he "has never advocated violence and in fact, urges pro-life activists to work within the governmental and legal system to accomplish change". | US anti-abortion campaigner Troy Newman is to be deported from Australia after losing a high court appeal. | 34420823 | [
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"I'm 64," he said of his fascination with the 1836 battle. "When I was five or six years old, this thing began."
Collins' collection includes a fringed leather pouch used by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie's legendary knife.
"There's things in there that will make your mouth drop," the Genesis star said in San Antonio.
The donation was accepted on Tuesday by Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson, who is campaigning for a new historical centre to house Collins' collection.
"Texans are deeply indebted to Phil Collins,'' Patterson said. "He is giving us back our heritage.
"Now these Texas treasures need a home where all can see them and study from them and learn about how Texans won our liberty.''
The legendary battle, named after a former mission in San Antonio, saw 1,500 Mexican troops lay siege to 200 Texans fighting for Texas independence.
Collins said he first became interested in the Alamo after watching a 1950s TV series about Crockett, the famed frontiersman who died in the conflict.
The Grammy and Academy Award winner's collection includes more than 200 items and is thought to be the largest in private hands.
"My nine-year-old son was saying, 'Why are you going to give it all away, Dad? I thought I was going to have it,''' he told reporters. | Singer Phil Collins has handed over his large collection of Alamo memorabilia to a Texas museum, calling the donation the end of a six-decade "journey". | 29820468 | [
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The energy firm reported a 24% drop in pre-tax profits for 2016 to £172m - much of that explained by the weak oil drilling and refining markets in the United States.
It reduced the valuation of its US assets by £30m, though it said there were signs of that market recovering.
Revenue fell in 2016 by 3% to £1.5bn.
Aggreko said trading conditions were particularly difficult in South America, with a renegotiation of a contract to supply power in Argentina. European trading was stronger.
The figures lacked the boost Aggreko gets regularly from supplying power to the Olympics and Winter Olympics. Comparisons with 2015 looked poorer because that year included temporary powering for the European Games.
The company pulled out of bidding for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro games, complaining that the bidding process was running too late and was disorganised.
Aggreko, which is headquartered in Glasgow with a generator assembly plant in Dumbarton, intends to cut annual costs by £25m, starting in the second half of this year.
Commenting on current trading and outlook, chief executive Chris Weston said he expected the cost cutting to help the firm achieve growth in 2017: "However, this will be more than offset by the significant impact of Argentina, and as a result we expect full year profit before tax and pre-exceptional items to be lower than last year."
As a response to the results announcement, Aggreko's share price dropped by 11%.
Mr Weston added: "Whilst the trading environment over the last 12 months has been challenging I am pleased with the progress that we are making across the group, implementing our transformation programme to return the business to growth.
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Mr Jammeh, thought to now be in Equatorial Guinea, is not the first leader accused of lining his own pockets with state funds. In fact, many have taken far more. Here are some of the worst offenders.
Sani Abacha, Nigeria
Sani Abacha, the Nigerian leader from 1993 to 1998, reportedly looted somewhere between $1bn and $5bn from the country's coffers using fake funding requests. In 2014 the US Justice Department said it had frozen more than $450m of Abacha's stolen assets.
Suharto, Indonesia
Suharto, the president of Indonesia from 1967 to 1998, is alleged to have cleaned out the country's state funds to the tune of about $35bn. In 2000 he was placed under house arrest and charged with the theft of $570m via fake charities, but court doctors found him too ill to stand trial. He died in 2008.
Mobutu Sese Seko, Zaire
The leader of Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo) from 1965 to 1997, Mobutu ran a murderous regime which brutally suppressed the opposition. He also lived in great style at the expense of the country's people, accumulating international properties including a 30-room mansion in Lausanne worth $5.5m. He is suspected of stealing about $5bn.
Ferdinand Marcos, Philippines
It's the shoes that everyone remembers - the supposed 3,000 pairs of designer shoes accumulated by Marcos' wife Imelda. They became an enduring symbol of the corruption of his leadership of the Philippines between 1965 and 1986. But Marcos is suspected of stealing more than $10bn from the country during his reign. After his death a series of lawsuits forced the Swiss banks in which he stashed the cash to release nearly $700m back to the Philippine authorities.
Ali Abdullah Saleh, Yemen
Former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh is suspected of corruptly amassing as much as $60bn during his time in office - roughly equivalent to Yemen's annual GDP - much of it through schemes to provide oil and gas contracts. He was ousted from power in 2012 after the Arab Spring, but is now allied with the Houthi rebels, locked in battle with the country's internationally recognised government.
Slobodan Milosevic, Serbia
Slobodan Milosevic, the brutal dictator who ran Serbia between 1989 to 1997, was eventually charged with genocide, but he was first arrested on charges of plundering funds from the Serbian state. The total is not known, but he is suspected of stealing $1-$4bn. He died in 2006, while on trial in The Hague.
Hosni Mubarak, Egypt
Toppled by the 2011 uprising, Hosni Mubarak went on trial accused of embezzling funds meant for the renovation of presidential palaces to do up his personal properties. Mubarak and his sons were found guilty of embezzling more than $17m over an eight-year period. He was sentenced to three years in prison while his sons, Gamal and Alaa, got four years each.
Ben Ali, Tunisia
The 2011 overthrow of Ben Ali marked the beginning of the Arab Spring. Ali and his wife fled to Saudi Arabia but a Tunisian court sentenced them in their absence to 35 years in prison for embezzlement and misuse of public funds. At his trial, the prosecution said $27m in jewels and public money had been found at one of his mansions. | More than $11m (£8.8m; €10.3m) is reportedly missing from The Gambia's state coffers following the departure of long-time leader Yahya Jammeh, who clung to power for nearly two months despite losing the presidential election in December. | 38717136 | [
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The Streatham MP said Labour should not be "screaming at the electorate" after its poor general election performance.
He spoke out after Labour was hit by a row over its stance on welfare cuts.
He also criticised Jeremy Corbyn, amid reports that he is doing well in the race to be Labour leader.
In an interview with BBC Newsnight political editor Allegra Stratton, Mr Umunna said Labour were "sent a very strong message" by the electorate at the general election, where it was almost wiped out by the SNP in Scotland and failed to make ground on the Conservatives in England.
"We're running around stamping our feet, screaming at the electorate when ultimately what we need to do is meet people where they are at, not necessarily where we would want them to be," he said.
Labour has been divided by how to respond to the welfare cuts set out in George Osborne's Budget, with some MPs reacting angrily when acting leader Harriet Harman said it should not oppose all of the measures.
The party's new leader will be announced at a special conference in September.
Mr Umunna, who was briefly in the leadership contest before withdrawing, said the Conservatives would want Mr Corbyn to win.
The odds on Mr Corbyn winning the leadership have recently been reduced, though he only made it on to the ballot paper after some MPs not thought to be his supporters agreed to make up the necessary number of nominations for him.
Mr Umunna said he had nothing against the Islington North MP but added that his political views were not "a politics that can win".
He said Mr Corbyn was "weak on defence at a time when global insecurity is rising" and backed "more generous social security payments for people who can work but refuse to work".
"I'll tell you what, there is no glory in opposition," Mr Umunna added. "Ultimately we will betray our people if we don't get elected." | Shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna has accused his Labour Party colleagues of "behaving like a petulant child who has been told you can't have the sweeties in the sweet shop". | 33561504 | [
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That's why so many Labour MPs feared a miscalculation when their party's leader brought his old comrade back into the fold.
But his staggering comments today about Hitler and anti-Semitism crossed a line - they were enough for Jeremy Corbyn to suspend him.
But the problem for the leader doesn't end with that act.
No one believes that Jeremy Corbyn himself tolerates discrimination against Jews.
But on repeated occasions Labour has been slow and clumsy in closing down cases of anti-Semitism among its members when they emerge.
Any moments of delay or doubts about the leadership's determination, open the window a tiny crack to the kind of intolerance that the vast majority of the Labour Party, and indeed the public, find appalling.
Public denials that there is even a issue could make it even worse. Perhaps in politics as in normal life, the first step towards fixing a problem is acknowledging that it exists.
And with only a week before Jeremy Corbyn's first big test at the polls, In elections in London, Scotland, Wales, and al round England, it's the kind of mess, and political distraction Labour could do without. | For years it has been more surprising when Ken Livingstone hasn't raised hackles than when he has. | 36165368 | [
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The incident happened in Forbes Road at about 10:25. The van driver had picked up the thief in Yeaman Place in his red Renault Trafic van.
As he dropped him off in Forbes Road, the thief pulled out a knife.
He took a two-figure sum of money and left in the direction of Bruntsfield Place.
He was about 30 years old, white, about 6ft tall and of medium build. He was wearing a dark jacket with a white stripe on the sleeve and dark jeans.
Police have appealed for witnesses.
Det Con Joyce Gunderson said: "Thankfully the van driver was not injured during this robbery but he was left understandably shaken.
"We are pursuing various lines of inquiry to trace the man responsible and we are keen to hear from anyone who can assist us in identifying him. | A thief who stole money at knifepoint from a van driver he had just caught a lift from in Edinburgh is being sought by police. | 35193921 | [
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And one of those groupings is the evangelical wing - a deeply conservative grouping that will play such an important role in Iowa, the first state to vote in February next year - and therefore disproportionately important. So you are going to say things this Christian community in the Midwest state wants to hear. You are going to do things that are none too subtle. You might even do a bit of pandering to them.
Donald Trump went on stage this weekend clutching the bible his mother had given him. It was a new prop for him to use. That's politics. You do what you need to do. But equally there are lines you just do not cross. And in the past two days, two of the Republican hopefuls, it seems, have done just that - one stumbled across the line, the other leapt across it so egregiously that it is causing reverberations.
The slight trip across the line came from the aforementioned Mr Trump who failed to correct a questioner who alleged that Obama wasn't American, wasn't a Christian - but was a Muslim. Mr Trump, under fire, countered that it wasn't up to him - he had no moral responsibility to stand up for the president. OK, but you can correct a downright lie. No?
The full scale leap across the line that would have made an Olympic long jumper proud came from the mild-mannered, hitherto Mr Nice of this race, Dr Ben Carson. He was asked on Meet the Press whether his faith should matter. If you haven't heard it I am going to reprint here the full exchange with Chuck Todd the interviewer, just so you can see that the comments aren't being taken out of context.
TODD: Should a president's faith matter? Should it matter to voters?
CARSON: I guess it depends on what that faith is. If it's inconsistent with the values and principles of America. And of course, if it fits within the realm of America and consistent with the constitution, no problem.
TODD: So do you believe that Islam is consistent with the constitution?
CARSON: No, I do not. I would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation. I absolutely would not agree with that.
And just so we can deal with the substantive point that Dr Carson raises, let us just detain ourselves for a moment longer on what is and what is not constitutional. Article 6 is just about as explicit a statement as you're ever going to find: no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.
I don't know whether Dr Carson's words will bolster his position among the base after a somewhat lacklustre performance in the Republican debate last week at the Ronald Reagan Library - but what about the feelings of the three million Muslims who live in America? How is it going to feel to have a serious political figure, someone who aspires to lead this nation, essentially saying being Muslim is un-American?
These people who day in, day out serve their communities, support their families, enrich the lives of fellow citizens and make America the successful melting pot that it is. Kids who recite the pledge of allegiance in the morning at their schools and go to their mosque or church or synagogue in the evening at the weekend? Isn't that what America is all about? Which bit of "one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all" doesn't Dr Carson get?
Indeed, how different are Dr Carson's comments from previous generations of bigots, racists and apologists who would say there could never be an African-American as president, or Catholic, or any other minority you could single out.
It is worth looking back at the major piece of work that the Republican leadership undertook after the party's defeat in the 2012 general election, and the reasons why people had shunned it. One of the conclusions of this major piece of research, called the Growth and Opportunity Project, was as follows:
"Public perception of the Party is at record lows. Young voters are increasingly rolling their eyes at what the Party represents, and many minorities wrongly think that Republicans do not like them or want them in the country. When someone rolls their eyes at us, they are not likely to open their ears to us."
I was in California for the second Republican debate last week, and to be honest I thought Dr Ben Carson was sailing in a bit of an empty vessel. I couldn't remember anything noteworthy that he had said. Well, we now see that there is something in that vessel, aside from him. And it is not very pleasant. It will be interesting to watch how much pressure there'll be for him to walk the plank, or chart a very different course. | Look, I'm not a total naïf. I know the race for the Republican nomination means garnering support from your base, the different clans who will decide which of the hopefuls becomes the candidate. | 34311643 | [
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25 February 2015 Last updated at 00:03 GMT
The company behind the development, Tekever, said the technology could in the short term be used to enable people with restricted movement to control aircraft.
Longer term the firm said piloting of larger jets, such as cargo planes, could be controlled in this way without the need for a crew on board.
However, one aviation expert told the BBC he thought the industry would be unlikely to adopt such technology due to a perception of being potentially unsafe.
Drone specialist Tekever, which works with security firms, police forces and the military, adapted existing Electroencephalography (EEG) technology so it could issue instructions to the software used to give the unmanned drone instructions.
EEG works by detecting activity in specific parts of the brain. After several months of training, "pilots" are said to be able to teach their brain how to think about moving a small circle on a computer screen either up or down, which in turn steers the drone left or right.
"We believe people will be able to pilot aircraft just like they perform everyday activities like walking or running," said Ricardo Mendes, Tekever's chief operating officer.
"We truly believe that Brainflight represents the beginning of a tremendous step change in the aviation field, empowering pilots and de-risking missions, and we're looking forward to deliver these benefits to the market with highly innovative products."
In the future, some of this technology may be put to use to control much larger aircraft, although Mr Mendes acknowledged considerable challenges with both regulatory hurdles and public confidence.
Those concerns were echoed by John Strickland, an independent aviation consultant based in London.
"This to me is certainly at the moment a bridge too far," he told the BBC.
"You could get someone radically-minded who might say it, but I'd be surprised if anyone would do it."
Mr Strickland said the airline industry was instead focusing its innovation efforts towards things like better materials and more economical engines.
Mr Mendes said the technology would incorporate safety measures to counteract the effects of someone having, for example, a seizure while piloting.
"There are algorithms on board that prevent bad things from happening," he told the BBC.
He added: "Technology is evolving, regulations are evolving. [Unmanned jets are] obviously going to happen. The question is not if, it's when."
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The 1920s window at St Paul's Church in Grangetown, Cardiff, depicts air, sea and land battles alongside religious images and trench scenes.
The church says the masonry around the window must be replaced.
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She announced the arrival of Albert Louie Kenny on Instagram, with a photo of her alongside husband Jason - a six-time Olympic gold medallist.
She said he was born late on Wednesday, a week over his due date.
"Welcome to the world little Albert Louie Kenny. 23/08/17 8lb 12.5oz 22.44. You kept us waiting a week but it was all worth it," she wrote.
The 25-year-old, whose hometown is Cheshunt in Hertfordshire, retained the team pursuit and women's omnium titles in Rio that she won at London 2012.
She has already declared her intention to compete at a third Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2020 but has said she will not rush back to the sport.
Jason has seven Olympic track sprint medals to his name - including six golds - making him the holder of the most titles for a Briton alongside former team-mate Sir Chris Hoy.
The relationship between the pair began during the build-up to the London 2012 Olympic Games and they married in Cheshire in September.
Friend and fellow cyclist Dani King tweeted she "cannot wait to meet him".
While Paralympic cyclist Dame Sarah Storey - who is expecting her second child - said it was "lovely news".
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Forfar are seven points clear of Arbroath, who move above Elgin City by beating them 3-2.
Edinburgh City extended their unbeaten league run to seven matches with a 0-0 draw at Clyde's Broadwood Stadium.
Montrose won 2-1 away to Berwick Rangers, while Stirling Albion beat Annan Athletic to move off bottom spot.
Fraser Mullen's free-kick gave Cowden the lead against Forfar, but Lewis Milne headed the visitors level.
Swankie's first strike of the day temporarily gave his side the lead, only for Mullen to convert another free-kick.
Kris Renton's strike put the hosts back in front, Josh Peters fired Forfar level again and Swankie's left-foot shot in stoppage time settled the match.
There was also late drama at Gayfield, where Elgin moved into a two-goal lead through strikes by Brian Cameron and Chris McLeish.
Bryan Prunty headed Arbroath back into the match and then set up Steven Doris to equalise.
The hosts had on-loan Dundee United defender Jassem Sukar sent off for a second booking and Elgin's Thomas Reilly suffered the same fate.
There was a further twist in the tale as Keiran Stewart fouled Colin Hamilton and Doris converted the resulting penalty.
It was an early spot-kick that gave Annan the lead at Forthbank Stadium, Max Wright scoring after Ross Smith had impeded Aidan Smith.
Darren Lee Smith's strike and Ross McMillan's header turned the match in Stirling's favour in the first half and Dylan Nguene Bikey fired Albion's clinching goal 15 minutes from the end.
Ryan Ferguson and substitute Jonny Court netted either side of Michael McKenna's leveller as Montrose claimed their second consecutive win over Berwick, with all three goals coming in the second half. | Gavin Swankie's late winner gave Scottish League Two leaders Forfar Athletic a 4-3 win over Cowdenbeath, who sink to the foot of the table. | 38354335 | [
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In Dublin, a military ceremonial event was held at the War Memorial Gardens at Islandbridge.
A military service was also held at the Mall in Cork.
Irish President Michael D Higgins travelled to Thiepval in France to pay tribute to the Irishmen who died while serving in the British, Commonwealth or US armies.
He was accompanied by the the Irish minister for arts, heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys.
The village of Thiepval in France is close to where the 36th Ulster Division began their attack on German lines on 1 July 1916 and is now the site of the Ulster Memorial Tower, a 70ft (21m) monument which commemorates their sacrifice.
Men from all over the island of Ireland fought at the Somme, and the service in France will also be attended by representatives from the British and French governments also.
Many people from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, including relatives of Somme veterans, have travelled to Thiepval for the commemoration event.
The ceremony in Dublin began at 07:28 local time - the time the battle started 100 years ago.
It was attended by members of the Irish Defence Forces and the Royal British Legion. | The centenary of the Battle of the Somme has been marked with ceremonies in the Republic of Ireland. | 36682371 | [
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It's known as a technique called "cupping" where heated cups are placed on the skin.
Cupping is done by lighting flammable liquid in a small glass cup.
Once the flame goes out, the drop in temperature creates suction, making the cups stick to the body.
The suction pulls the skin away from the body and is thought to improve blood flow and leaves the red marks, which usually last for a few days.
The most decorated Olympic athlete of all time, Michael Phelps, has been seen with the circles on his skin, as have various other athletes.
It's not only athletes who use cupping, lots of celebrities have been spotted with what look like cupping marks.
Athletes say they are using it to help with aches and pains, and to help them recover from constant training and competing.
The British Acupuncture Council say cupping is not painful but they warn that the hot cups can cause mild burns on rare occasions.
It has rules of practice for cupping, and advises people only to visit properly-trained people who are members of their organisation.
So make sure you don't attempt this yourself. | A number of Olympic athletes have been competing in Rio with large red circles on their skin - but what are they and why have they got them? | 37023753 | [
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The British Under-23 time-trial champion will compete in her title-winning event and women's road race next month in Herning.
Mel Lowther, the Under-23 national road race champion, will also compete in both disciplines.
Alice Barnes, Ellie Dickinson, Lucy Shaw and Abi Van Twisk complete the road race line-up.
It will take place over a 62-mile (100.5km) course on 4 August, two days after Christian and Lowther compete in the 20-mile (31.5km) time trial event.
Head coach Iain Dyer said: "This will be the first time this group of riders has raced together as a team, so it presents a good development opportunity.
"In terms of the race, the course promises to be quick and flat, so we have options within the team depending on how the race unfolds.
"In the time trial event, the course is pan flat which should suit both Anna and Mel, so it will be good to see how they get on against international opposition."
Great Britain Cycling Team for UEC European Road Championships:
Alice Barnes (Road race)
Anna Christian (Road race and time trial)
Ellie Dickinson (Road race)
Mel Lowther (Road race and time trial)
Lucy Shaw (Road race)
Abi Van Twisk (Road race) | Isle of Man rider Anna Christian will represent Great Britain at the 2017 UEC European Road Championships in Denmark. | 40715753 | [
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Pieces from the board game, which hasn't been played for 1,500 years, have been found in Qingzhou City in China.
Archaeologists found a 14-faced dice made of animal tooth with ancient Chinese writing on it.
They also discovered 21 game pieces with numbers painted onto them, as well as a broken tile decorated with two eyes.
The game is said to be called "bo", but researchers are unsure how it was played.
The tomb was built to bury rich Chinese people around 2,300 years ago. | An ancient board game has been found in a Chinese tomb. | 34900283 | [
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The message from David Cameron was clear - there needs to be "a big cultural change" towards sport in schools with a return to the "competitive ethos" in school sports.
The prime minister said the problem was not money and suggested some teachers were not "playing their part" but what do those in grassroots sport believe are the key ingredients for success?
Graeme Maw, director of sport at Millfield School, in Somerset, says every pupil at the school does a minimum of three hours of scheduled sport per week.
However, many pupils at the private school, which has nine former and current pupils competing at the London Games - more than any other school - do up to 22 hours of training. There are also more than 30 different sports on offer.
Mr Maw says the word "opportunity" is key.
"Sport and physical activity are the heartbeat of our community," says Mr Maw.
The Youth Sport Trust (YST) says it is important schools engage everyone, for example by involving young people in the selection and planning of sport and activities.
Schools also need to broaden the range of lunchtime and after-hours clubs to increase opportunities for young people to take part, it says.
It is an ethos Mr Maw agrees with. "Dance might not be an Olympic sport but it's something that young girls really enjoy - it's about finding and discovering individual talent in a child," he adds.
Mr Cameron spoke on Wednesday of "some teachers not wanting to join in and play their part" when it came to school sports.
But Malcolm Trobe, deputy general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), says his comments were "ill informed, unfair and fail to recognise the huge contribution that many teachers make to sports in schools".
"Many teachers, not just PE staff, willingly give up their time to motivate and coach young people in a wide range of sports," he says.
The YST says there must be teachers and coaches on the ground ready to support young people who show an interest in sport at primary and secondary level.
Mr Cameron has said the government is investing £1bn in school sports over the next four years, but "the problem isn't money".
David Mansfield, headteacher at Coopers' Company and Coborn School, in Essex, says investment is key. The state school was named the most sports-minded school in Europe in 2005 and Mr Mansfield says it is one of few that competes with public schools in national sport.
Mr Mansfield says the school's success is down to putting extra money into sports, for example, the school employs a professional hockey coach. He describes funding as "the bottom line" and says there is a "straight-line correlation between outcomes and incomes".
"If schools are not on the front foot to identify talent then we're going to see a real fall away from the fantastic job that has been done (in the past)," he says.
Mr Trobe is critical of the removal of funding for the Schools Sports Partnership (SSP), a network of sports colleges in England - including the Coopers' school - that put specialist PE teachers to work with primary school pupils, linked schools with local sports clubs, brought high quality coaches into schools and promoted competitive matches.
Experts say it is too early to say how this will affect school sport participation.
But Mr Trobe says: "If the prime minister is serious about wanting to enhance sport in schools the funding will need to be put in place to support those very willing teachers and coaches to deliver a lasting sporting legacy."
The Fields in Trust (FIT), a UK charity that protects recreational spaces, says funding is essential - but it is important not to forget about the fields themselves.
"It is important to look beyond the funding when considering sporting legacy for a golden future," said Alison Moore-Gwyn, chief executive.
"David Cameron has initiated this process but it is vital that other elements which nurture sporting ability are not overlooked. A fundamental one is the provision of space for people to discover and hone their talent."
The charity's Queen Elizabeth II Fields Challenge focuses on this, says Ms Moore-Gwyn. The scheme works with landowners to protect their outdoor recreational spaces, aiming for 2,012 of them by the end of this year.
The YTS says school and council facilities should also be opened up after hours.
On Tuesday, it was revealed that Education Secretary Michael Gove has approved the sale of more than 20 school sports fields in the past two years.
But FIT said more concerning was the situation for academies and new free schools, which are exempt from government regulations that govern mainstream schools' freedom to sell off their playing fields. There could be an unknown number of other sports pitches that have been lost, it said.
"This could have serious implications for our sporting legacy," a spokeswoman said.
The prime minister has called for a return to the "competitive ethos" and "getting rid of the idea all must win prizes and you can't have competitive sports days".
But British Olympic Association chairman Colin Moynihan says many children do not want to play competitive sport, nor should they have to.
"The key thing is to make sure that where they do want to there's the facility and the opportunity for them to do so and that's our emphasis and has been our emphasis throughout," he says.
The YST adds that the first experience young people have of sport needs to be as positive as possible to encourage them to go further.
This week a survey of 2,000 people by Freeview found that seven out of 10 thought Team GB athletes had replaced music stars and footballers as role models.
During the Games so far many stars have served to inspire young athletes.
Alan Davis, head coach at the Maindy Flyers club in Cardiff, where gold medal-winning cyclist Geraint Thomas trained until he was 16, said Thomas was "the perfect role model".
"He's humble and takes his success and occasional setbacks equally well. What better example to give nine-year-old kids," he said.
While Jessica Ennis's former PE teacher has said she is inspiring a new generation of athletes.
Chris Eccles, who taught Miss Ennis at King Ecgbert School, Sheffield, said: "They are inspired by her because they can see someone from their own town being so successful."
They have been on show throughout the Games, none more so than Chad Le Clos's father Bert who paid tribute to his "beautiful boy" after winning a swimming gold, but parents are often key to many Olympic successes.
John Steele, chief executive officer at the YST, says: "For every gold medal and Olympic athlete we have had the pleasure to watch performing at the Games, there is a teacher, coach or parent that inspired them to start the journey to be their personal best."
The YST says parents should encourage their children to lead active lifestyles and get them involved in sport, but parents themselves also need to be encouraged into volunteering roles in sports clubs and school sports activity.
Mr Maw says it is important to find ways to celebrate sport and make it fun.
Last year 2,000 of Millfield's pupils and 450 members of staff ran a total of 2,755 miles, raising £21,000 for Sport Relief.
He says it is about "everybody having fun in the name of sport". | With Team GB celebrating their most successful Olympics for 100 years, a debate is growing about how best to build on the legacy and inspire the next generation into sport. | 19177267 | [
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Hospital bosses made changes last August in a bid to help ambulances reach the emergency unit more quickly at the University Hospital of Wales (UHW) in Cardiff.
Barriers were installed and traffic is not allowed to drive past the unit.
The gridlock also led to people being late for appointments.
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is now planning to introduce a direct weekday park and ride service for patients, visitors and staff in a further bid to keep traffic off site.
It will start on 2 May and operate from Cardiff East park and ride at Pentwyn from 06:30 to 19:15, running every 20 minutes, which should also free up car parking by 12%.
There are also plans to introduce bus and cycle hubs at UHW.
Geoff Walsh, director of capital, estates and facilities at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, said: "The traffic management system was implemented to allow clear access for emergency vehicles onto the site which has been successful.
"It has also improved the bus access with Cardiff Bus reinstating two services following the improvement of site accessibility."
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In Burnell's first action of the season, he beat a field of more than 80 swimmers at Emirates Palace Bay.
The 23-year-old, who represented Team GB at Rio 2016, beat Dutchman Ferry Weertman in a sprint to the finish.
"At the end of the day, it's about ticking that box and getting the first one under my belt since Rio," said Burnell.
"I am out there to win every single race I go into, I am not out there to come second, third or fourth.
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She said the Games would bring "honour and pride" to the country.
Ms Rousseff, who has seen her popularity plunge amid a serious economic crisis, says the country will rise to the challenge and will organise a safe and successful Games.
She said 12,000 people would be chosen to carry the Olympic torch through some 300 Brazilian cities next year.
"We are now 399 days from the opening of the Olympic Games and on August 5 the whole world will look at us, will see the Olympic flame light up," Ms Rousseff said at a ceremony in Brasilia.
The torch relay will begin in the Brazilian capital in May and will end at Rio's Maracana stadium in August, at the Olympic's opening ceremony.
The Olympics organising committee and sponsors will choose the torchbearers in the next few months.
Each person will carry the torch for 300 metres.
The relay will take the torch through the Federal District, where Brasilia is, and 26 states during 90 to 100 days.
Ms Rousseff has promised security will be a priority, inviting the thousands of fans who travelled to Brazil for the football World Cup to return for the Rio Games.
Members of the International Olympic Committee have expressed concern over delays in the works for the Games.
Another major concern has been pollution in the waters of the Guanabara Bay, where the sailing and windsurfing events will be held.
The authorities say they understand athletes' concerns but insist that water pollution will not pose a major health risk during the Olympics, which will be held in August 2016.
"We are confident that we can meet the challenge before us," said Ms Rousseff.
"We will put on a historic Olympics."
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The men, identifying themselves Andreas Richter and Piotr Koper, appeared on the country's TVP public television.
In a statement they said they had "irrefutable evidence" the train existed, but failed to provide proof.
Officials have cast doubt on the claims in recent days. The military was said to be inspecting the alleged site on Friday.
Last week deputy Culture Minister Piotr Zuchowski said he was "99% convinced" that a World War Two German military train was buried near the south-western city of Walbrzych.
Local legend says a Nazi train filled with gold, gems and guns went missing near the city in 1945.
Speaking to TVP on Friday (in Polish), German national Mr Richter and Mr Koper, from Poland, said they had "legally informed state authorities about the find and have precisely indicated the location in the presence of Walbrzych authorities and the police".
Their knowledge was based on information from witnesses and on their own research, carried out with their own equipment, Mr Koper said in his statement.
He insisted they were not responsible for the "media uproar" around the case, saying confidential information provided to the authorities had been leaked.
The pair want a 10% finders' fee and have reportedly vowed to spend part of the sum setting up a museum at the undisclosed site.
Meanwhile, TVP said on Friday that the train was not in a tunnel, as previously thought, but instead buried in the ground.
The train was rumoured to have been carrying gold from what is now the Polish city of Wroclaw as the Soviet army closed in at the end of World War Two.
Local folklore said it went missing near Ksiaz castle, 3km (two miles) from Walbrzych.
In a statement earlier last week, Mr Zuchowski warned the public to stop searching for the train until official procedures to secure the find were completed.
He said there could be "hazardous substances" and there was a "huge probability that the train is booby-trapped". | Two men who claim to have found a Nazi train said to be laden with gold have gone public in Poland. | 34153858 | [
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The Scot, 29, dismantled the Raonic serve in a 6-4 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-2) victory to repeat his triumph of 2013 and claim a third Grand Slam title.
Murray is the first British man to win multiple Wimbledon singles titles since Fred Perry in 1935.
"I'm proud to have my hands on the trophy again," said Murray.
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Murray gave a famously tearful speech after losing his first Wimbledon final against Roger Federer in 2012.
Twelve months later, he finally ended Britain's 77-year wait for a male champion - and the chance to see him repeat the feat attracted huge attention.
Spectators queued overnight just to grab a spot on Henman Hill, while the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and former champions Bjorn Borg, Stefan Edberg and Boris Becker were among those watching from the Royal Box.
"This is the most important tournament for me every year," added an emotional Murray.
"I've had some great moments here, but also some tough losses. The win feels extra special because of the tough losses."
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Murray was playing his 11th Grand Slam final and for the first time he was the favourite, having faced either Novak Djokovic or Roger Federer in the previous 10 finals.
He appeared to relish the role, ignoring the magnitude of the occasion to claim a sixth successive win over Raonic.
The 25-year-old Canadian was making his Grand Slam final debut, helped along the way by John McEnroe, who was in the opposite coaching corner to his old rival Ivan Lendl.
Whatever insights those two legends were able to pass on, the final came down, as expected, to a contest between serve and return, with the latter coming out on top.
Raonic went into the match with 137 aces, but it took him five games to add a 138th as Murray dialled in early on the return, just as he had in winning their Queen's Club final three weeks ago.
A blustery wind on Centre Court was not helping the Raonic serve and he was under pressure early on, seeing off two break points before Murray converted a third to lead 4-3.
That was enough to give the Scot the set and he continued to press in the second, earning four chances to break again but finding the net each time.
Raonic was unable to respond, failing to conjure up a single break point, but a tie-break offered the Canadian a chance to serve his way back to level terms.
Murray was having none of it, taking advantage of a slightly fortuitous early break to surge ahead with some magnificent defence and a rasping backhand winner.
At 6-1 down, there was no way back for Raonic - and when Murray clinched his third set point even the implacable Lendl was moved to applaud.
An unexpectedly routine contest came to life at the start of the third set when Raonic finally had two break points, only for a fired-up Murray to play his way out of trouble.
The world number two pumped his fist and roared in the direction of his player box, and when it came down to another tie-break, Murray again found his very best when it counted.
A brilliant backhand winner set him on the way to another 6-1 lead and, with the crowd chanting "Andy! Andy!", he pummelled a forehand into the corner on his second match point that Raonic could only return into the net.
In his previous 10 Grand Slam finals, Murray had only won 67% of his first-serve points - but it was a different story against Raonic as he won 87% of the points behind it.
He was not afraid to direct the majority of his serves to Raonic's strength, the forehand, and incredibly only lost one point when he did so in the match. In fact, over the course of both tie-breaks, Murray directed every first serve to the Raonic forehand.
The fact Murray was able to hold so comfortably throughout the match - he only faced two break points - meant that he could be ultra aggressive when returning.
He was able get 74% of his returns back in play and put pressure on the Raonic serve, which suffered under pressure, especially in the tie-break where the Canadian only won 44% of his service points.
Murray's ability to continually return the huge Raonic serve proved key to his victory.
The Canadian fired down the biggest serve of the tournament at 147mph, but it was still not enough, the Briton winning the point with a brilliant pass.
"He moves incredibly well, he returns well - those are his two biggest strengths, and he's been playing well," said Raonic.
"Every time you play him, you know he's going to get more returns back than anyone else, along with Novak."
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Boris Becker, three-time Wimbledon champion: "Obviously, the big one is always the first one and once you break that duck there's room for more. He's 29, at the peak of his career, so I'm sure he's going to be up for a few more Grand Slams.
"Grass is his most natural surface, and he's always going to be a big threat at Wimbledon. Hard court is a great surface for him too. He'll be winning a couple more."
Lleyton Hewitt, 2002 Wimbledon champion: "Andy Murray is always trying to improve. It couldn't have been easy losing the Australian Open for a fifth time this year, and then losing to the one guy who's held the weight against him for so long in Novak Djokovic at the French Open, despite having taken the first set.
"I'm really pleased for him. You do put so much into this, he will be so relieved now."
Tim Henman, four-time semi-finalist: "Murray delivered in every aspect, it really was an amazing finish to a fantastic fortnight for him. He stamped his authority, got up 5-0 in both tie-breaks. His first serve percentage, he only made nine unforced errors... Murray used all his skills to keep making Raonic play and make life difficult and it paid off."
Pat Cash, 1987 Wimbledon champion: "It was almost a faultless tournament from Andy. It was so special. He perhaps had one blip by losing a set against Tsonga. How often can you say that?"
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