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Top-seed Kerber, 29, who also lost to Belinda Bencic at the Fed Cup earlier this month, hit 38 unforced errors as the world number 73 dominated.
"I was not feeling my game and not finding my rhythm," German Kerber said.
China's Zheng plays Canadian Eugenie Bouchard next.
Third-seed Agnieszka Radwanska and fifth-seed Petra Kvitova also progressed to the third round.
After the match, Kerber revealed that her plan to have her Australian Open trophy - her first piece of Grand Slam silverware - sent to her via recorded delivery had backfired.
She still has not been reunited with the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup after opting not to take the 10kg trophy in her hand luggage on the flight home from Australia.
"It's stuck in Warsaw," she said. "But I hope to get it soon and I'm really looking forward to it." | World number two Angelique Kerber lost 7-5 6-1 to Zheng Saisai in the second round of the Qatar Open, her first singles tournament since winning the Australian Open. | 35646359 | [
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The one-year-old was handed in to the Dogs Trust near Darlington in December after being found wandering the streets as a stray.
Following an appeal on social media, the canine with "a heart of gold" has found a new forever family.
The trust said Fester would be leaving the charity's kennels early next week.
Fester was born with a narrow jaw which causes his lower teeth to stick out - creating some "unique features", a trust spokeswoman said.
"We were concerned that fun-loving Fester may have ended up being over-looked by potential new owners due to his unusual eye-catching appearance," she added.
"He is a gorgeous boy with an amazing character, so we couldn't imagine why anyone wouldn't want to have him as part of their family.
"He's had a rough time and it is fantastic news he will have a new home where he can settle and hopefully his character will shine through." | Abandoned because of his bizarre looks, Fester the boxer dog, who is blind in one eye and has a protruding lower jaw, has finally been found a new home. | 38981286 | [
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German MEP on EU reform talks
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Westminster as a setting for fiction
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Labour MP refuses to back Corbyn
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Nick Gibb interview: Return of school tests for seven-year-olds?
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Scottish lessons for UKIP on EU referendum?
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MPs review Cameron and Corbyn at PMQs
John Hayes on tax credit cuts: What would they cut?'
Security services' new powers to hack into smartphones
Liberty on hacking powers
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Chris Mason: What's going on with #taxcredits debate?
The end of the steel industry in Scotland?
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What parties are seeing a rise in membership?
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Former GCHQ Director-General on Wilson Doctrine and listening to MPs
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Should cabinet members be allowed to speak freely on #EUref ?
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Tom Watson's role in sex abuse claims
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SNP deputy leader on oil prices and health record
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Gauke and Greenwood review PMQs
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Blogger's 'naked' run along Whitehall after election bet
Life for Labour under Corbyn
Labour under Corbyn: Akehurst and Landin
McDonnell 'fingers badly burnt and he needs to learn'
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Immigration Bill: Dromey v Bone
Nigel Evans on Tom Watson's claims about Lord Brittan
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Labour's Jo Cox: I back humanitarian intervention on Syria
Labour MP: Colleagues have 'nothing to fear' over Momentum group
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Moodbox: Should the government make climate change a priority or not a priority?
Paterson: 'Unwise' of lawyers to raise concerns on migrant crisis
Farage: I support both 'Out' campaigns
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Farage on EU referendum: I support both 'out' campaigns
Nigel Farage: I support both EU 'Out' campaigns
Mary Creagh: Labour must remain 'firmly' on the centre ground
EU referendum: Battle between the rival campaigns
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At what point does a protest go too far?
Adam Fleming film on protests
Parliament: Privy Council membership and traditions
Can politicians do comedy?
What political direction for the Conservatives?
Should Tories sit in the middle or move to the right?
How did police cope with 'largest ever demonstration in Greater Manchester'
Where does Labour stand on EU?
Where do Tories stand on the EU?
Gove and Neil on government housing record
Cameron pledges 'Great British take-off'
Cameron talks about equality of opportunity
'Generation Rent to Generation Buy'
Cameron: I was a hooker
Cameron cheered for Corbyn criticism
'A brief moment when I thought it was all a dream'
Cameron recalls election victory
Conference accommodation for £10 a night
Ups and downs for the Conservatives over the last year
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Testing the environment secretary
What century does Lord Heseltine live in?
Who do Tories want as their next leader?
'The UK is a bright spot compared to many other economies right now'
Fox: I would like to see us reduce the deficit more quickly
'Britain does not need net migration in the hundreds of thousands'
Why are Conservatives not cutting UK net migration?
Who are Osborne's heroes and favourites?
Tory delegates asked: In or out of the EU?
Osborne: We are the builders
Osborne talks 'living wage' and slavery
Osborne: I will work with anyone
Osborne: No 'tombstone' in Downing Street garden
Gauke on Conservative economic policies
Hancock on tax credits and Labour policies
Sajid Javid: We're supporting Redcar workers
Building the official campaigns for and against EU membership
EU Referendum: The battle of the 'In' and 'Out' campaigns begins
Oakeshott: I dish it out, I should be able to take it
Do we know how dozens of Tory MPs will vote in #EUref
Runners and riders for next Tory leader
Taking a ride with the Artist Taxi Driver
Galloway's bid to be mayor of London
Why was Corbyn heckled over Israel?
Tories pick Goldsmith as next mayoral candidate
Raft of elections in May 2016
Former Times sketchwriter Ann Treneman's favourite political moments
Who is your favourite Labour Party leader?
Photo-bomber spider on screen makes it to the web
Cabs v Uber: McNamara v Jenrick
Syria debate: Clarke and Balagadde
Political history repeating itself over the EU?
Would past PMs have authorised nuclear weapons?
Zahawi: UK spending £25m on new Jamaican jail is 'smart aid'
Should members or MPs have the biggest say?
Should there be humour in a party conference speech?
Corbyn: A decent home for everybody
'Two million people could lose their right to vote'
Corbyn: Trident 'not the right way forward'
Corbyn: Where is the security?
Corbyn thanks Miliband and Harman
‘Newspapers have taken a bit of interest in me’
Ashworth: People were fed up with politicians like me
'Not an advocate for QE to print money outside a recession'
Labour delegates asked: Power or principles?
Images of Jeremy Corbyn's career
Ups and downs for Labour over the last year
BBC political editor on Jeremy Corbyn speech
Getting views of Corbyn speech at #Lab15
What do Labour delegates think about Trident?
Labour MP tells presenter: 'You're missing the point'
Hilary Benn asked about Diane Abbott comments
Jeremy Corbyn helps speaker 'stuck' on conference stage
Labour conference: McDonnell message to Scottish voters
Labour conference: MacDonnell on Bank of England review
Leslie: Best for Corbyn to have chancellor on 'same wavelength'
Prescott: Corbyn has 'a bigger mandate than Blair'
What next for UKIP heading towards EU referendum?
Farron, Osborne and Corbyn in 60 seconds
Montage: Highlights of the year for UKIP
UKIP leader Nigel Farage warns of EU 'open-door policy'
UKIP leader Nigel Farage: 'We want our country back'
UKIP leader Nigel Farage uses speech to make case for EU exit
Theresa May 'was hard as nails'
What is EU doing about migrants at its borders?
Labour has to come across as ‘party of the future’
FILM: Have migration images changed UK attitudes?
FILM: UKIP gathers for its annual conference
UKIP's lessons from general election result
Tim Farron: From activist to party leader
Do Lib Dem voters prefer Cameron or Corbyn?
Lib Dem conference: Tim Farron on Charles Kennedy
Lib Dem conference: Tim Farron invokes Joni Mitchell
Lib Dem conference: Farron's first leader speech
Dan Hannan MEP on resettling migrants
How the Lib Dem conference has changed
Could there be another SDP in UK politics?
Should Lib Dems accept or reject a peerage?
Could new contracts see a lack of junior doctors?
Archive images of Vince Cable's political career
Vince Cable on student fees and losing his seat
NHS 'can't cope with scale of funding gap'
Lib Dems on Clegg: Hero or zero?
Artist's images of the general election campaign
'Why would you create one when Lib Dems already exist?'
Can Labour renationalise the railways?
Will blogger finally carry out naked run pledge?
Lord Falconer: Labour 'should not apologise' for Iraq
Getting the views of Lib Dems at their conference
Jeremy Corbyn's first week as Labour leader
MPs hold their own Rugby World Cup match
Dodds: McDonnell played 'no role whatsoever' in peace process
What could trigger a second Scottish referendum?
Why a town is revelling in political misery
Left or right? Libertarian or authoritarian?
Corbynomics author backs 'modest amounts of inflation'
Do English Democrats back shooting of rioting migrants?
Dodds to keep 'very close eye' on new Labour leadership
Nuclear weapons debate: Jenkin v Hudson
Mood box: Do voters want to retain Trident?
How easy is it to impersonate Jeremy Corbyn?
One or two Andrew Neils in the studio?
Sex worker Charlotte Rose on brothels and prostitution
PM: They should be ashamed of themselves
Corbyn: I thought I would do it in a different way
‘I had more than 1,000 questions on tax credits’
Political editor on first Corbyn-Cameron PMQs
Past leaders making their PMQs debut
Welfare and tax credits: Smith v Gauke
Blue collar voters: Labour MP Jamie Reed
Blue collar voters: Tory MP Robert Halfon
New Labour leader has a love of manholes
Blue collar voters: Labour MP Jamie Reed
What do MPs make of their behaviour at PMQs?
Will Corbyn help change PMQs?
Livingstone: We are not going to repeat that mistake
Trades Union Bill proposals: Serwotka v Hancock
Reaction to the first Corbyn shadow cabinet
Backbench views of new Labour shadow cabinet
Lamb and Davies on the Assisted Dying Bill
Looking back on the Labour leadership campaign
EU reaction to Juncker calls to help 160,000 migrants
London Mayor 2016: Sadiq Khan to be Labour candidate
EU politics: Putin, Juncker, Farage, seals and sheep
Israeli PM in London for talks with Cameron
More shops to charge for carrier bag use
Lucas and Young on UK help for Syrian refugees
FILM: Who will take in Syrian refugees?
Voting closes in Labour leadership race
Last PMQs for Harman as Labour leader
Harriet Harman's last DP interview as Labour leader
Cameron tribute at Harman's final PMQs as Labour leader
Why some won't celebrate royal milestone
PMQs: Abrahams and Cameron on sickness benefit claims
PMQs: Cameron on Northern and Great Western rail works
PMQs: Cameron and Cox on Syria and public opinion
PMQs: Robertson on Intelligence and Security Committee
PMQs: Dodds and Cameron on Northern Irish security
Reviewing first PMQs after the recess
Why did Labour change its leadership election rules?
Davis: They were trying to rig the referendum
Danczuk: Corbyn supporters 'need to be less suspicious'
Miliband spin doctor: Ed Stone was not our finest hour
Zahawi and Robertson on UK use of drones in Syria
Will a new leader unite the Labour Party?
EU Referendum debate: Mitchell, Hunt and Carswell
How migrants and refugees dominated the summer news
Is it right for the UK to accept more Syrians?
Labour MP: Voting against welfare bill was 'a very difficult decision'
Hancock: Progress being made on manifesto commitments
'Sensible' Twitter guide for MPs?
A look inside the Serjeant at Arms' office in the Commons
Politicians and their 'weighty issues'
Timms on welfare bill: Labour will fight 'tooth and nail'
Labour has a 'narrow view of what is realistic'
Martin Vickers: Delays to rail electrification 'disappointing'
Maajid Nawaz: 'Change in attitude' needed towards Islamist extremism
Labour leadership debate
Corbyn for shadow cabinet - any takers?
Jeremy Corbyn: Vote for me because...
Andy Burnham: Vote for me because...
Liz Kendall: Vote for me because...
Yvette Cooper: Vote for me because...
TUC Chief: Strikes 'always the last resort'
Mahmood on Labour and Crabb on EVELL
Should the government do more to ban 'pro-anorexia' websites?
PMQs: PM quizzed on scrapping maintenance grants
PMQs: Harman presses Cameron on Greece
PMQs: Cameron and Harman on National Living Wage
PMQs: Cameron on migrant controls
PMQs: Cameron on strike action
James Landale and MPs review PMQs
Iain Stewart MP: SNP are 'playing politics'
Angus Robertson: Tories trying to make SNP MPs 'second class'
Powell on child tax credits: There are 'complex cases'
'One Nation' is why Conservatives are still around
Anyone but Jeremy Corbyn?
Whose fault is the gender pay gap?
Stephen Kinnock: Greek referendum was a mistake
Frank Field: Labour leadership contenders 'offering the same'
SNP MP Pete Wilshart: EVEL plans 'a shambles'
Mood box vote: Are our strike laws tough enough?
Harman: 'No blanket opposition" to Government welfare proposals
Nick Clegg not 'eyeing up some cushy Brussels job'
Britain's 'lagging' infrastructure is holding up the building of more homes
Mark Field MP on the 'importance' of building more homes
Can the UK remain pre-eminent in financial services?
Louise Cooper: Banks an 'easy political target'
Is fox hunting laws a party-political issue?
Lord Lawson: Budget was 'radical'
Shabana Mahmood: Osborne is 'putting the cart before the horse'
RMT's Steve Hadley: 'Tube strike about industrial dispute, not politics'
Budget 2015: We need a 'lower taxes & higher pay' system
Danny Alexander: I had a 'good run' as MP & 'may' stand again
Banned Sexy MP website 'was a bit of a joke', says founder
'No' vote is 'no victory' for Greece
Nusrat Ghani MP: It's right that we cap welfare
Budget: What should the Chancellor do?
A 'new look' Westminster
What will the boundary change review mean for us?
Salmond: An aerial campaign in Syria would need ground support
Political week in 60 seconds
Students fees in England to rise again?
Martin Lewis: 'Staggered and angry' over David Willetts
Can, and will, UK take part in Syrian air strikes?
Is the 72-word referendum question all Greek to you?
English Votes for English Laws (EVEL)
Could UK take part in air strikes against so-called Islamic State?
Looking back over last year for the SNP
Looking back on #GE2015 & #indyref with John Nicolson
Budget: Willson on petrol prices and fuel duty rise
PMQs: Cameron and Skinner on miners' pensions
PMQs: Cameron and Chishti on Islamic State and Daesh terms
PMQs: Cameron and Harman on help after Tunisia attacks
PMQs Harman and Cameron on Heathrow Airport expansion
PMQs: Cameron and Robertson on Scottish powers and votes
PMQs: Nick Robinson and MPs review Cameron v Harman
PMQs: Harman on Women's World Cup semi-final
PMQs: Cameron on Women's World Cup semi-final
Tory MPs on Cameron 2009 Heathrow pledge
Mary Creagh on air strikes in Libya
The battle between music and noise
Leslie and Lucas on Greek and Eurozone finances
FILM: A 60-second guide to fracking
Fracking debate: Lilley and Lucas
Does Lucas want to be Green leader again?
Blunt and Ashraf on UK reaction to Tunisia attacks
Cooper and Rigby: What now for Greece?
Pride march's sex toy symbols confused for ISIS support
Tunisia attack: IS see Ramadan as 'a month of war'
Nigel Farage: Migrant crisis is 'flooding Europe with jihadists'
Hilary Benn: 'Honest debate' needed on surveillance powers
Week Ahead: What lies ahead for Greece?
Syed Kamall: PM will push for treaty change before 2017
UKIP's David Coburn: 'I'm gay, you can't get more gay then me'
Should UKIP be banned from gay pride?
SNP MP: All parties 'should work together' to end cyber abuse
Is 'welching' really an offensive word?
Mediterranean migrants debate: Davies v Moraes
Will it be harder to make a FoI request?
Why does Sadiq Khan think he would be a good mayor of London?
How immigration has been a key issue for decades
Lord Green on the work of Migration Watch
Yes or no: Eustice asked about #EUref
What can go in the recycling bin?
No gender pay gay for MPs appearing on DP
Film: Should women be paid as much as men?
Debate: Should women be paid as much as men?
PMQS: Robinson, Flint and Eustice on Cameron v Harman
PMQs: Cameron and Harman on action over Calais migrants
PMQs: Cameron and Harman on tax credits and pay levels
PMQs: Cameron and Robertson on Scotland Bill powers
PMQs: Cameron and Bradshaw on bike deaths and lorry ban
Europe debate: Elliott and Blunkett
Copyright protection for some images of European landmarks?
Gibb: ‘Coasting schools’ definition out next week
Greek finances: Halligan and Blunkett
Blunkett: Labour 'ought to have been much louder '
Prefer to travel via a black cab or a phone app?
Welfare debate: Sunak, West, and Brake
Immigration and NHS staffing debate
Offering £1,000 to attend a job interview
Macintosh: We have to offer something different
Diane Abbott: Corbyn will 'shock' people
Liam Fox: PM could get 'different cabinet' if collective responsibility is enforced
UKIP's Steven Woolfe: Farage 'not' divisive character & will lead 'No' campaign
What's going on with Conservatives and the EU campaign?
Bloom: You've got to understand how UKIP works
Brant: UKIP have frozen out Suzanne Evans as they see her 'as a bit of a threat'
Political week in 60 seconds
Can we ever trust the polls again?
Reaction to Jeremy Hunt new deal for GPs announcements
Greek debate and eurozone future: Odendahl, Heath and Evans
Film: Farage resignation and future of UKIP
Suzanne Evans on UKIP future and EU referendum
Papal encyclical on climate change: Cafod and Delingpole
FILM: Papal encyclical on the environment and past messages from Rome
Evans and and Evans on Parliamentary repairs
Ex-Minister wants estates turned into 'city villages'
PMQs: Osborne takes first question on London housing
PMQs: Robertson and Osborne on Chilcot Report delay
PMQs: Osborne and Lucas on fossil fuels and pensions
PMQs: Hilary Benn questions George Osborne on extremism
PMQs: Speaker suggests yoga to MP after hot curry
Reviewing Osborne and Benn at PMQs with Landale and MPs
Bulgarian Foreign Minister on David Cameron and new UK-EU deal
EU referendum debate: Jenkin and Benn
Dugdale: Time for a new generation of people
Where's the betting money going on the Labour leadership races?
Hodges and Jones: Who will be next Labour leader and deputy?
Robin Brant on UKIP staff changes and 'another unresignation'
Ken Clarke claims public do not understanding purdah
James Landale explaining EU referendum bill
Prof David Nutt on Psychoactive Substances Bill
The theatre of Westminster select committees
Salmond on EU referendum and future Scottish referendum
MPs and historians talk Magna Carta and human rights
Corbyn: 'Two minutes to spare' to get on Labour nomination
What does it take to be select committee chairman?
Who is the right person to become the next Labour leader?
Leslie: Labour didn't have a 'strong enough economic message'
EU referendum: Should we stay or should we go?
Week Ahead: Labour leadership, George Osborne and British spies
European political week in 60 seconds
200 years since the Battle of Waterloo
Meet The Neighbours: Ireland
Rogers: I don't talk about relations with any member of Parliament
Hosie on OBR report and Scottish economics
EU postpones vote on TTIP
Why do some oppose the TTIP trade deal?
A Question Of Trust: government report on surveillance powers
New MP: Normal people applaud, they don't make that weird grunting noise
Cameron negotiations about 'unity of the Conservative Party'
Rogers: I don't talk about relations with any member of Parliament
CLIP: John Prescott tells David Miliband to 'shut up'
FULL INTERVIEW: Prescott on Labour leadership race and Miliband comments
Tory MP Nigel Evans wants anonymity for rape suspects
PMQs: Cameron and Harman on EU referendum voting age
PMQs: Cameron on Jenkyns winning Ed Balls' former seat
PMQs: Cameron and Huddleston on Cotswold line trains
PMQs: Cameron and Shah on Bradford and Northern Powerhouse
PMQS: Robinson, Smith and Hancock on Cameron v Harman
Andrew offers MP some tips after 'gobbledygook' claim
MP challenged over Swedish surplus claims
Eagle: I am the unity candidate, I am not in a faction
Referendum debate: Davies and Grady
Explaining the Human Rights Act and a possible British Bill of Rights
Falconer and Davies on human rights and a bill of rights
Falconer and Fletcher on the Assisted Dying Bill
Tatchell on London Pride ban for UKIP
Mood box vote: In or out of the EU?
Referendum debate: Reckless and Campbell Bannerman
Scotland Bill debate: Hosie and Stewart
Farron apology over Tatchell comments
What do the Germans think of the Brits?
Stella Creasy: I can work with anyone
Do MPs deserve a pay rise?
Tim Farron: You don't rule out any coalition
How bad are things for the Lib Dems?
Baker: At some stage there will need to be an EU 'out' campaign
Kawczynski on 'increasing frustration with the government'
Why I started the Milifandom campaign
Economy debate: Field and Mahmood
Decision due on airport expansion in south east England?
Cutting £250,000 scheme into gull research 'frankly daft'
Reviewing the political week in 60 seconds
Bradshaw: Only candidate not from the north or London
'Of course' MPs should take £7,000 pay rise says former cabinet member
Revelations about the Labour election campaign
Union 'in grave danger' says Forsyth
Tory MP v Stop the Cull on badgers and dairy farmers
John Read: You're paying the obscene cost of litter
Can we trust opinion polls again?
Lords v Commons in a real tug of war
PMQs: Cameron and Robertson on Mediterranean refugees
PMQs: Cameron and Harman on child benefit and tax credits
PMQs: Cameron and Harman on home ownership figures
PMQs: Cameron and Abbott on more powers for London
PMQs: Cameron and Smith on AAA rating and Labour leadership
PMQs: Landale and MPs review Cameron v Harman
Campbell on Kennedy: Relations between himself and myself were a bit cool to begin with
Who else could analyse the Scottish referendum dressed as a Christmas elf?
Will a Tory-dominated Commons struggle with the Lords?
Why do councils own golf courses, restaurants, pubs and hotels?
SNP won't share referendum platform with Conservatives
Pre-School Learning Alliance: '£250m shortfall' over child care plan
'We're extending the current offer by 15 hours, specifically for working parents'
British Bill of Rights to replace the Human Rights Act?
Time for electoral reform? Talking PR, AV and FPTP
177 new faces in Parliament
German MP says 'the earlier the better' for UK EU referendum
EU referendum debate: Sandys and Hopkins
Ken Clarke on EU: PM is not asking to repatriate any powers
PM 'not ambitious enough' in EU talks
Tom Watson: I have got a reputation for being a tough campaigner
George Galloway on London mayoral campaign
What is the secret to running a good referendum campaign?
Will SNP MPs continue to clap in the Commons?
A new view inside the House of Commons
Hatton bidding to rejoin the Labour Party
'We did not do enough, there are things we could have done differently
'Those of who who have followed the Fifa saga for a while have seen this day coming'
A one-minute video guide to the political week
Betting on new Labour top team
New MPs finding their feet at Westminster
Carswell: I was incredibly frightened
Steve Hilton steps in front of the cameras
Mary Creagh: Labour 'needs a fresh voice'
Roger Helmer MEP: Media has built some 'really minor issues' in UKIP
Norman Lamb: 'I think the Lib Dems are needed more than ever'
Carswell: Farage should take a break...as leader, not from being leader
Bradshaw: Umunna quitting race 'tragic'
EU week: migration, TTIP, Russia, eurozone and Greece
European Union views on UK bid for EU renegotiation
Irish Republic referendum over legalising gay marriages
UK referendum on EU membership: Lambert, Arnott and Fox
Hosie on Cameron-Sturgeon talks
4m UKIP voters 'expect something better and different from this'
Who will be the new Labour leader?
Is Cameron modernising the Conservative Party?
Should union strike laws be toughened up?
Time for a Lib Dem rebrand?
New MPs in Commons: McLaughlin, Arkless, Huq, Cleverly
Naked bloggers on the run: Dan Hodges and Stephen Tall
Bremner talks Cameron, Ashdown, Hague and polar bears
Should UKIP accept 'Short Money' from Westminster?
Could Zac Goldsmith MP stand down over Heathrow Airport expansion?
Kennedy, Lester and Dobbs on Lords' role in new government
Election 2015: Bedford voters' views on Labour policies
IDS, Churchill, Mandelson, Salmond and Farage return
How many billions extra does the NHS need?
Fears for BBC future under new culture secretary?
Milburn and Creasy: Where next for Labour?
Why is David Lammy not standing for Labour leadership?
Carswell on UKIP calls for political reform
Former Lib Dem MP on 'complete disaster'
Election night: Behind the scenes
Election 2015: Liz Kendall: We didn't set out a positive enough alternative
Election 2015: How much say will the unions have over the Labour leadership?
Election 2015: 'Radical, popular capitalism' is what UKIP should offer, says Carswell
BBC Election index
Election 2015: Daily Politics campaign highlights
Election 2015: Reporter heckled in live TV report
Election 2015: Final day of campaigning
Election 2015: Key count and overall result timings
Election 2015: Sailors in Medway Yacht Club in Kent
Election 2015: On campaign trail with George Osborne
Election 2015 smaller parties: Above and Beyond
Election 2015: Politicians on trust in politics debate
Election 2015: Napoleonic Association team on voting
Election 2015: New look for results swingometer
Election 2015: Cameron, Miliband and Clegg campaigns
Election 2015 smaller parties: Respect George Galloway
Oldest conservative think-tank suggests voting UKIP
Evans and Hitchens: Time for electoral reform?
Election 2015: Battleground constituencies and seats
Election 2015: Debates and speeches in campaign final days
Election 2015: English local council seats contested
Election 2015 smaller parties: Communities United
Just a Minute (two 30-second pledges)
Hague: Child benefit under Tories "would stay as it is now"
Swinney: It's clear "some senior Labour figures" want to deal with SNP
Leslie: Don't think there will be a minority Labour government
Election 2015: Meet the leaders...in 24 hours
Election 2015: Jo Coburn on Question Time interviews
Election 2015 smaller parties: British National Party (BNP)
Election 2015: Workers at Lincolnshire flour mill
Election 2015: Suspended candidates on ballot papers
Election 2015: Party leaders faces on cakes and gnomes
Election 2015: Views of Scottish forestry workers
Election 2015 smaller parties: Alliance for Green Socialism
Election 2015: Adam Fleming Thursday campaign report
What happened to the Green Surge?
Coalition tensions over tax and welfare claims
Can you see the resemblance with a certain blond bombshell?
Election 2015: Adam Fleming's Wednesday campaign report
Election 2015: Is it similar to the 1992 general election?
Election 2015 smaller parties: Animal Welfare Party
Election 2015: views from wheelchair basketball players in Carlisle
Election 2015: Daily Politics debate on health
Election 2015: Jeremy Hunt on £8bn NHS funding
Election 2015 health debate: UKIP on park smoking ban
Can music and TV choices on social media explain your voting intentions?
Labour on Tory ‘panicky gimmicky response’
Hague: We are in a very different situation now from five years ago
Hanson on Labour immigration plans
Election 2015: Ellie Price's Tuesday campaign report
Election 2015: Harriet Harman and the Labour pink bus
Election 2015 smaller parties: Class War Party
Election 2015: Voters views from Shropshire gliders
Election 2015: Daily Politics debate on defence and security
Election 2015: Vernon Coaker on Labour Trident policy
Election 2015: Jo Coburn's Monday campaign report
Election 2015: Voters in Thurrock on EU referendum
Election 2015 smaller parties: The Whig Party
Election 2015: Daily Politics debate on home affairs
Gauke challenged over pro-Tory names in newspaper letter
American view of the British general election
UKIP and Tories hurting each other and risking referendum?
Reynolds and Gauke on rent increase controls
Election 2015: May on Conservative migration target
Tessa Jowell: Three year leases 'not compulsory'
Sajid Javid: 'No apologies' for economy focus
Laws: 'Not interested' in SNP & UKIP government
Election 2015: How is poll data conducted? - -
Election 2015: Adam Fleming's Friday campaign report
Election 2015: Voters views from Oxford knitters
Election 2015 smaller parties: Socialist Labour and Scottish Socialist
Hague: Libya has gone seriously backwards
Coaker on Miliband's foreign policy comments
Hague: English flag 'lying in the dirt'
Economy debate - Round 2: Gauke v Leslie
IFS' Gemma Tetlow on party manifesto claims
Election 2015: Jo Coburn's Thursday campaign report
Election 2015: Voters views in Northamptonshire
Election 2015 smaller parties: English Democrats
Election 2015: Daily Politics debate on education
Election 2015: Tristram Hunt on unqualified teachers
Election 2015: How confidence-and-supply can work
Election 2015: Andrew Neil's Wednesday campaign report
Gyimah and Smith on party offers for parents of pre-school children
Is Milifandom real?
Election 2015: Voters views in Sheffield
Election 2015 smaller Parties: We Are The Reality Party
Election 2015: Daily Politics debate on the economy
Election 2015: Leslie and Hosie on Salmond budget claim
Election 2015: Andrew Neil's Tuesday campaign report
Election 2015 smaller Parties: Yorkshire First
Election 2015: Daily Politics debate on foreign affairs
Jamie Reed asked: How would Labour fund NHS plans?
Election 2015: Andrew Neil's Monday campaign report
Election 2015 smaller parties: North East Party (NEP)
Election debate on environment and climate change
Election 2015: Parties' stances on rural fuel duty
Kezia Dugdale: Not surprised of a Tory-SNP deal
John Swinney: To end austerity, vote SNP
Do manifestos matter?
Nigel Farage blames Cameron 'fanaticism' for Libya migrant crisis
Eagle: Labour will speak to any party to 'build a majority'
Election 2015: Reaction to BBC leader debate
Election 2015: Funny moments on the campaign trail
Election 2015: Voting views of hunters in Warwickshire
Election 2015 smaller parties: Socialist Party of GB
Curran: I would not write us off yet
Election 2015: Vine on leader ratings ahead of debate
Election 2015: Andrew Neil previews leaders' debate
Election 2015: Voting views of rafters in Snowdonia
Election 2015: Alan Hope on Monster Raving Loony plans
Election 2015: Devon pigs in race to Downing Street
Scottish Conservatives launch campaign manifesto
Brennan on Labour education policy
Election 2015: Andrew Neil's Wednesday campaign report
Election 2015: Cheshire musicians on how they will vote
Polish prince challenges UKIP's Nigel Farage to duel
Election 2015 smaller parties: Liberal Steve Radford
O'Flynn on UKIP manifesto launch
Election 2015: Political views of Yorkshire blacksmiths
Election 2015: Green Party leader Natalie Bennett
Election 2015 smaller parties: Pirate Party
Election 2015: Housing dominates Tuesday campaign report
Election 2015: Plaid Cymru wants elected head of state
Truss: Vitally important we help more people own their own home
Reynolds: They just simply don't know where this money is going to come from
Alexander on Tory and Lib Dem housing policies
Green plans to hit tax avoiders and introduce 60p tax rate
Election 2015 smaller parties: Davie Nellist on TUSC plans
Election 2015: Manifesto launches from history
Election 2015: Andrew Neil's Monday campaign report
Greens finally launch election poster campaign
Chuka Umunna on Labour election launch
Sajid Javid on Tory and Labour manifesto launches
Election 2015: Cuts and spending - what the Lib Dems are offering
Election 2015: What are the polls telling us?
Election 2015: Inheritance tax is the wrong priority, says Danny Alexander
Election 2015: Week Ahead - The unveiling of manifestos
Election 2015: Expenditure on the NHS will be a priority, says David Gauke
Election 2015: Voting issues for Bristol prop makers
Election 2015 smaller parties: National Health Action (NHA)
Election 2015: Northampton voters offered political mug
Election 2015: Andrew Neil's Friday campaign report
Rail fares debate: Eric Pickles v Jack Dromey
Election 2015: Andrew Neil's Thursday campaign report
Thatcher's armoured bus from Northern Ireland for sale
Election 2015 smaller parties: Liberty GB
Election 2015: Voting issues for Somerset stonemasons
Election 2015: Games and online sites about voting
Election 2015: Ed Balls talking about non-dom status
Election 2015: Andrew Neil's Wednesday campaign report
Election 2015: Voting issues for Cornwall cheese-makers
Election: Christian People's Alliance and Christian Party
Mahmood on Labour bid to abolish non-dom rules
Election 2015: Tory and Lib Dems on coalition taxes
Election 2015 smaller parties: Peace Party policies
Election 2015: Voters at National Aquarium in Plymouth
Election 2015: Opinion polls and role of focus groups
Election 2015: Priti Patel and Chris Leslie on Europe
Election 2015: Priti Patel and Chris Leslie on health
Election 2012: Market affected by hung parliament results
Election 2015 smaller parties: Community Party of Britain
Election 2015: TV viewers asked about leaders' debate
Election 2015: Andrew Neil's Thursday campaign report
Election 2015: How union members could affect vote
Election 2015: Labour or Conservative choice on economy
Election 2015: Andrew Neil's Wednesday campaign report
Election 2015: Trader on Labour's zero hours contract policy
Election 2015: Independence from Europe Party
Election 2015: Rat, hedgehog, James Bond and Joey Essex
Zero hours contract debate: Javid, Cable and Leslie
Election 2015: Andrew Neil's campaign Morning Report
Election 2015: Tax levels in UK and other countries
Election 20105: Voters views on political campaigns
Election 2015: Plaid leader Leanne Wood at party launch
Election 2015: Cannabis is Safer than Alcohol Party
Election 2015: Andrew Neil's campaign Morning Report
Election 2015: What the UK and Scottish polls predict
Election 2015 smaller parties: Mebyon Kernow
Election 2015: Issuing 650 writs to get voting started
Lucy Powell: Labour government would ban exploitative zero hour contracts
Peter Kellner: There is a "real Labour bounce" in latest poll
Alan Duncan: Cameron's third term decision 'not unwise'
How will the general election campaigns pan out?
Was it wrong for Tories to try and oust Commons speaker?
Labour's Lucy Powell clashes with presenter Andrew Neil
Famous faces: MPs retiring and leaving political stage
BBC News Timeliner hosts election archives
How many archive election broadcasts can you remember?
How does Big Ben cope with the change to summer time?
Burnham: NHS is going backwards on this government's watch
What happened to coalition predictions?
La Reine le veult: What is prorogation in Parliament?
MacKenzie: "White poor thickos" claiming the benefits
Would you want to do these jobs?
When should Prince Charles’ letters be published?
Secret ballots for future Speaker elections?
Hancock and Mahmood: Tax and national insurance pledges
Election 2015: Artist Adam Dant drawing the campaign
PMQs highlights 2010-2015: Cameron, Miliband and MPs
London Marathon bid in election run-up by Dan Jarvis MP
PMQs: Cameron on British deaths in A320 Alps air crash
PMQs: Cameron and Miliband on post-election VAT rises
PMQs: Cameron and Miliband on national insurance and taxes
PMQs: Cameron on Connarty 'standing down' at election
PMQS review: Patel and Umunna join Landale and Neil
Election: Speechwriters Collins and FinkelsteinDaily Politics highlights of 2015
Election 2015: DUP's Donaldson on hung parliament talks
What do UKIP and Green councillors think?
Brian May on Common Decency campaign
Chris Leslie on Labour election VAT pledge
Why did Cameron announce future plans?
UKIP plans: NHS, defence, HS2, foreign aid and Scotland
Farage pub protest: Dan Glass and Patrick O'Flynn
Stewart Hosie on post-election SNP Labour deal
Election archive moments of politicians and public
What will be the fate of Afzal Amin?
Jim Murphy MP: Scottish Labour is re-energised and determined
Red box, yellow box: The Lib Dems' 'alternative budget'
Norman Lamb: There's a complete imbalance in the NHS
Week Ahead: What are the polls telling us?
Budget 2015: Voters' reaction to Osborne announcements
Political week: Shapps, coalitions, and two Budget boxes
Life in Politics: Speaker and Labour MP Betty Boothroyd
Budget: Don Foster money to deal with aggressive gulls
Any Budget affect on the polls yet?
Hawkins: Oddest morning after a Budget that I can remember
Budget buzzwords and jargon: Debt, deficit, and deeds
Alexander heckled on Lib Dem 'Budget' by Labour MPs
Budget debate: Gauke, Leslie and Flanders
Budget overview from Stephanie Flanders
Budget 2015 Index (to text and clips)
PMQs: Watson calls for whistleblower protection
PMQs: Cameron and Miliband on the NHS and kitchens
What are UKIP's policies?
Budget debate: TaxPayers' Alliance and TUC
Budget Preview: Hancock and Perkins
UKIP and Nigel Farage clips: damp rag, weather and golf
UKIP history: From Sked to Kilroy Silk and Farage
Election 2015: Farage on Thanet South and UKIP future
Nigel Farage on NHS and paying for private health care
Former MP Michael Brown on finances after losing seat
Dawn Primarolo and Hugh Robertson standing down as MPs
Election 2015: SNP's Stewart Hosie on Labour coalition
Caroline Flint: We are in touching distance of winning this election
Ed Davey: I am fighting every day to make sure I'm re-elected
What could be in the Chancellor's Budget?
Week Ahead: Is it time for the BBC to stand up to Jeremy Clarkson?
Pub Landlord Al Murray campaigns in South Thanet
European Union army proposal from Jean-Claude Juncker
Estonia: Government services are paperless and online
European week: Waterloo, 2 euro coin and French budget
Budget 2015 mood box: George Osborne or Ed Balls choice
Labour bid to change energy markets and cut fuel bills
Tom Brake on Lib Dem 'right to own' home plan
Election 2015: UK political map based on seat and bets
Historians David Abulafia and Mary Beard on Europe
Election 2015: National Heath Action on NHS policies
Political betting debate: Harry Cole and Tom Mludzinski
Farage race comments reaction: Sunder Katwala and Mark Littlewood
Budget 2015: Cut spirit tax to help whisky industry
PMQs: Cameron and Miliband on TV election debate plans
PMQs: Carswell and Cameron on UK immigration figures
PMQs: Cameron and Miliband on general election campaign
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Nigel Farage on Greece, Italy, euro and EU economics
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More than 700,000 private messages between members have also been leaked.
A message on the site's homepage said: "We have been made aware of an alleged security breach and we are reviewing our systems as we work to remedy the situation and tighten our security."
The leaked details included sensitive information such as whether a member would consider polygamy.
The breach was discovered by security researcher Troy Hunt who runs a cybersecurity alert website.
Details of members' employers, location, marriage status and whether they were a convert to Islam were revealed, as well as names, email addresses, Skype handles and IP addresses - according to technology news site Motherboard.
Muslim Match's Facebook page describes the site as: "Single, divorced, widowed, married Muslims coming together to share ideas, thoughts and find a suitable marriage partner."
One of the leaked messages read: "I wanna marry you - if u agree I send my photos and details."
Another read: "You will enjoy when you speak to me, I am genuine and truthful and am seriously seeking a right muslimah who could be a friend, a companion to hold hands thru journey of life and beyond."
The bulk of users affected are believed to live in the United Kingdom, United States and Pakistan.
The website's operation has been temporarily suspended. The company said it will be closed until Ramadan ends this week. | The personal details of more than 150,000 members of dating website Muslim Match have been posted online. | 36702699 | [
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Arsenal will play Chelsea on 6 August at Wembley Stadium, and £1.25m could be raised from the match.
Football Association chairman Greg Clarke said: "We hope that in some small way through the Community Shield we can help.
"Football is for all, and we hope it can in its own way give something back to those who are most in need."
The EFL said it would also be donating £175,000, with member clubs contributing their share of proceeds from the match.
Chief executive Shaun Harvey said football was "coming together to make a significant commitment to the cause".
Premier League clubs have agreed to contribute a total of £250,000.
"The thoughts of everyone at the league and our clubs are with the people affected by this terrible event," a statement read.
Seventy-nine people are missing or presumed dead after the blaze destroyed 150 homes in the Kensington tower block on 14 June.
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Harry Maceachen, from Shrewsbury, was born with a rare disease and had the life-saving transplant on Thursday.
His father Simon donated part of his liver after no suitable match was found from the organ donor register.
Grandmother Alison Price, a former theatre sister, said: "The consultants are very happy with their progress."
She said it had been a "very, very difficult 12 months", adding: "The operations were satisfactory. Everything is going on according to plan....the consultants are very happy with their progress."
Harry was born with biliary atresia, which meant he had blocked bile ducts.
He had a transplant before his first birthday but that liver had begun to fail, so a second one was required.
Harry underwent the operation on Thursday at Birmingham Children's Hospital and Mr Maceachen was operated on at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in the city.
His grandmother said: "I used to look after him (Harry) three days a week when his mother went back to teaching and he got to know me very well.
"I think we've got a special bond. He was born on my 63rd birthday."
She said Harry's two-year-old brother, Sam, has been "impeccably behaved".
"It's hard for him. It's the first time he's been away from his mother for as long as this and he obviously misses Harry, as we all do."
She added: "It's brilliant with the support (the family have) had and the support we've had as grandparents.
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Gian-Franco Kasper, a Swiss ski official, made the comparison during an IOC board meeting in Pyeongchang.
The board is debating whether to suspend the entire Russian team from the Games following a doping scandal.
"I apologise unreservedly for any offence I have caused. I am truly sorry," Franco Kasper said.
The International Ski Federation President was discussing a proposed blanket ban on Russian athletes when he made the Holocaust comment, referring to the World War II genocide that saw six million Jews killed by Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany.
He reportedly said: "I'm just against bans or sanctioning of innocent people. Like Mr Hitler did - all Jews were to be killed, independently of what they did or did not do."
When challenged by reporters at the time, Franco Kasper responded: "Why not? Of course it's more extreme. But just the fact that the place you come from makes you guilty, I'm not OK for this, really not."
Russia did not receive a blanket ban from the IOC from the 2016 Olympics in Rio, opting to leave the decision to individual sports' governing bodies.
A report in December 2016 claimed Russian medallists from summer and winter Olympics had benefited from a state-sponsored doping programme between 2011 and 2015. | An International Olympic Committee (IOC) board member has apologised for comparing calls to ban Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics to the Holocaust. | 39289836 | [
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Nether Edge Green Party councillor, Alison Teal, was served with a legal notice for her involvement in protests against Sheffield City Council's tree felling programme.
Ms Teal was previously arrested for protesting against the tree removals.
Charges against her and 13 others were dropped earlier this year.
More stories from across Yorkshire
Sheffield City Council maintain that the removal of street trees in the city is lawful and necessary.
A "pre-action protocol letter" from the council's legal department to Ms Teal warned the authority will seek a High Court injunction to stop her, and others involved in "direct action", from taking part in future protests.
The council said the process would give protesters "a chance to further and finally consider their position" before it begins legal proceedings on 12 July.
Councillor Bryan Lodge, cabinet member for Environment and Street Scene, said there had been months of "unlawful and costly disruption" to tree replacement works in Sheffield by a small number of protesters.
"We continue to support the right to peacefully protest, and the majority of protesters who are doing so peacefully will not be affected," he added.
"But there is a big difference between this and direct action which deliberately and unlawfully stops works from being carried out."
Mr Lodge said protesters had been sent a letter several weeks ago confirming their actions were unlawful.
"Streets Ahead is not just about street trees, it's about ensuring we have roads, pavements and a street scene to be proud of for many years to come," he added.
"In addition, it presents us with a unique opportunity to sustainably manage, increase and maintain our diverse street tree stock over a 25 year period."
The council said, despite the letter, works were still being disrupted "causing city-wide delays". | A council is to seek a civil injunction and damages against one of its own councillors and other members of the public. | 40417519 | [
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Obituary: Francisco Blake Mora
The helicopter was flying to Cuernavaca in neighbouring Morelos state for a prosecutors' meeting when it went down.
All eight people on board were killed. President Felipe Calderon said weather conditions were probably to blame.
Mr Blake Mora, 45, was appointed to the post last year and was a key figure in the war against drug cartels.
The helicopter had initially been reported missing. Some Mexican media reports said there was heavy cloud at the time.
"Unfortunately the interior secretary, his [assistants] and the helicopter crew were found dead," government spokeswoman Alejandra Sota said.
Deputy Interior Secretary Felipe Zamora Castro and the interior ministry's chief press officer Jose Alfredo Garcia Medina were also killed in the crash along with other government officials and the air force crew, Ms Sota said.
She said a search for the helicopter began when it was discovered it had strayed from its planned course.
Mexican television showed wreckage from the helicopter strewn across a hillside.
Ms Sota said the craft went down in the Xochimilco area, just south of Mexico City.
By Ignacio de los ReyesBBC Mundo, Mexico
Francisco Blake Mora was one of the president's right-hand men. Not only because he was in charge of domestic affairs, but also because he became one of the most strident voices of Mr Calderon's strategy against the drug cartels.
In recent months, he helped co-ordinate the army, navy and federal police in the fight against drug trafficking in violence-torn cities like Veracruz or Acapulco.
But his death could be a severe blow to Mr Calderon at a personal level too. Three years ago, one of the president's best friends, then Interior Secretary Juan Camilo Mourino, was killed in a plane crash in Mexico City.
That accident was one of the saddest moments for Mr Calderon since he took power in 2006, he said. Mr Camilo Mourino was remembered by members of the cabinet, including Mr Blake Mora, this week. His last message on his Twitter account (@FBlakeM) was actually dedicated to Mr Mourino.
"The cloudy conditions at the time certainly make you think about the probability of an accident," President Calderon said in a televised address.
He said a thorough investigation of the accident was being launched and cancelled a trip to Hawaii for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum.
US President Barack Obama called Mr Calderon to offer his condolences, a US government spokesman said.
Mr Obama "reinforced his commitment to the close partnership between the United States and Mexico in this difficult time," said US National Security Council spokesman Ben Rhodes.
The interior secretary is Mexico's senior cabinet position and the top official after the president, with responsibility for domestic affairs and security.
Mr Blake was Mr Calderon's fourth interior secretary. One of his predecessors, Juan Camilo Mourino, was killed in a plane crash in Mexico City three years ago.
Mr Blake began his political career in the north-western border city of Tijuana in the mid-1990s, later serving as interior secretary for Baja California state.
He also served as a federal congressman from Mr Calderon's National Action Party.
He earned a reputation as being a hardliner in Mexico's struggle with drug cartels.
Mr Blake Mora frequently travelled to cities badly affected by the cartels, such as Veracruz and Ciudad Juarez, to help co-ordinate the government's response.
More than 40,000 people are reported to have died from drug-related violence since President Calderon sent in the army to help combat the cartels in 2006. | Mexico's Secretary of the Interior, Francisco Blake Mora, has died in a helicopter crash near Mexico City. | 15702285 | [
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The 27-year-old Polish man was discovered at a property in Brothertoft Road, Boston, on Saturday.
Three men, who were arrested on Saturday in Larkspur Croft, where a firearm was recovered, were bailed on Monday.
Chf Insp Paul Timmins, of Lincolnshire Police, said the shooting may have been planned.
"The investigation is at an early stage, however the incident does not appear to have been a random offence and I can now confirm that two outstanding suspects have been located and arrested," he said.
The man has been treated at Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham. | Two more arrests have been made after a man was found with gunshot wounds in Lincolnshire. | 33145551 | [
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Helmut Oberlander says he was forced to act as a translator for the squad and did not participate in atrocities.
He has fought three prior attempts by Canada to strip his citizenship and won.
His lawyer says Mr Oberlander will also fight this latest citizenship revocation, calling it "persecution".
A spokeswoman with Citizenship Canada said in a statement to the BBC that "we don't take citizenship revocation lightly, but it is necessary in cases of fraud and serious misrepresentation".
Canada says that when Mr Oberlander applied for entry to Canada in 1954, he obtained his citizenship by knowingly concealing that he had been an auxiliary of the Einsatzkommando, a force that operated behind the German army's front line in the Eastern occupied territories.
The squad is responsible for killing more than two million people, many of them Jewish people.
"We are determined to deny safe haven in Canada to war criminals and persons believed to have committed or been complicit in war crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide," said Citizenship Canada's Lisa Filipps.
Mr Oberlander has argued in court that he was conscripted, had no alternative than to work for the Germans, and would have been subject to the harshest penalties had he disobeyed.
Canada has revoked his citizenship three times since 1995. Each time it was overturned on appeal.
In 2016, Canada's Supreme Court refused to hear the government's appeal of a lower court ruling that Ottawa should reconsider its decision to revoke Mr Oberlander's citizenship.
His lawyer Ronald Poulton says Canada "appears prepared to hound Mr Oberlander and his family to his grave".
"In order to find Mr. Oberlander complicit in war crimes, given his limited and forced participation with the German military, they had attempted to stretch fiction into fact and to rely on an outdated archaic principle known as guilt by association," he said.
Mr. Oberlander was born in Halbstadt, Ukraine in 1924, and he obtained his Canadian citizenship in 1960.
Shimon Koffler Fogel, with the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, praised Canada for its "tireless" efforts to strip Mr Oberlander of his citizenship.
"This latest development is an important milestone in bringing a measure of justice to his many victims and their families," he said in a statement.
Mr Oberlander's case is expected to be back before a federal court within the next six months. | Canada has revoked the citizenship for the fourth time of a 93-year-old man who has admitted to being a former Nazi death squad member. | 40719927 | [
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The scheme, developed by the OU, has been designed to observe students' paths through courses and engagement with online learning modules.
The OU's Prof John Domingue told the BBC: "This has been developed as a tool for tutors to help students.
"We are planning to use this data for students studying in 2015-16."
The programme, called OU Analyse, was developed at the university during the 2013-14 academic year.
It uses a variety of data sets held by the OU and assesses the likelihood of a student submitting their next assignment by using information gathered from four different algorithms.
The more algorithms that indicate the student will not send in their work - the higher the chance of that happening.
Prof Domingue added: "We take advantage of the fact that modules are presented many times. One can use the experience of previous students to benefit future students. An interesting fact is that the data of the interactions before the course actually starts, like reading the material available and engaging with forums, is extremely valuable.
"Currently it is deployed on 13 modules, mostly level one modules in order to try to provide timely indicators that students may be struggling.
"The model is tailored to each of the modules and by using this and identifying students, more tailored support may be provided."
The OU has taken steps to ensure that students' privacy is not compromised by the scheme - putting in place an ethics policy, agreed in consultation with a student committee, to protect their data.
Ruth Tudor, president of the Open University's Students' Association, thinks the scheme is a positive one.
"It's a great idea and a great way of providing targeted support to students who may be struggling and need extra help," she told the BBC.
"I would like to think that this would improve the drop-out rate from OU courses. You must remember they take students who have come from no academic background so it is always possible that those people take on more than they think they can manage.
"That's why data analytics will help provide extra support and can help them be successful."
Reports suggest that some other British universities are thinking of using similar methods and Ms Tudor added: "I don't see why this shouldn't happen in other universities. It has happened in the USA and I'm surprised they're not using it here." | Students at the Open University are going to have their progress monitored by a set of algorithms to spot if they need any extra support. | 33675471 | [
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Speaking on the Sunday Politics Scotland programme, employability minister Jamie Hepburn cited a Fraser of Allander report.
It said the economy was close to recession and was performing poorly when compared with the UK as a whole.
The report suggested much - but not all - of the explanation was the oil price.
Mr Hepburn said: "About two-thirds of the sluggish growth is down to the oil and gas downturn."
He added: "Clearly there are other underlying trends that we have to get underneath the skin of.
"But I think the other things we should reflect on are the strengths of the Scottish economy."
Dean Lockhart of the Scottish Conservatives told the programme that the SNP had to take responsibility for economic performance.
He said: "This is a real indictment.
"The Fraser of Allander report... said we've had a lost decade under the SNP and that's absolutely right."
Scottish Labour's Jackie Baillie said growth had fallen under the SNP.
"If you look at the Scottish economy over the last 10 years, it has grown by 1.2%," she said.
"That's a really small figure when you compare it to the preceding seven years, when it grew by 17%."
Earlier, the programme had heard from an economist who believes the oil price fall has been a factor, along with wider underlying problems.
Prof David Bell of the University of Stirling said: "The fall in the price of oil had a really pretty bad consequence for the North-East, which spread out across the rest of Scotland.
"I guess other parts of the economy have lacked dynamism in the last 10 years or so.
"We've got a situation now where the Scottish economy is performing pretty poorly for a pretty long period of time."
He added: "One should be looking at the long-term factors.
"There what we're thinking about is more infrastructure investment and on much more clear skills policy to ensure that if businesses do want to come to Scotland, there are the people available that could make these businesses prosper."
David Johnstone is the managing director of the digital marketing agency After Digital.
He told the programme that he is already aware of shortages in key skills areas.
He said: "We are finding it quite tough to get these people in.
"What we tend to see, if it's a marketing or brand-related job ad, we are inundated and we could probably come to a short list and pick one of five people.
"The shortage of skills comes more from a technical development side of things."
Mr Johnstone said it is very difficult for colleges and other training providers to keep up-to-date with developments in the business.
He added: "I do sympathise with them because we live and breath this every day.
"A course might start in September and by December some of the teaching of what they are trying to do might already by out of date." | The Scottish economy is still suffering the effects of a fall in the price of oil and gas, a government minister has said. | 40472946 | [
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Negotiators for the two sides at peace talks in Cuba said they would ask the UN to send a 12-month mission to oversee any ceasefire.
The UN has yet to agree to the proposal. The two sides have been holding peace talks for three years.
Both sides say they hope to reach a final peace deal by March 2016.
The BBC's Colombia correspondent Natalio Cosoy says the mechanism would only start to work once a final deal is agreed.
However both sides have insisted the announcement is more than a mere formality, suggesting it should be read as a signal that a definite deal is close, our correspondent adds.
"We have decided to ask the UN Security Council to create (a mission) of unarmed observers for a period of 12 months," the two sides said in a joint statement at peace talks in the Cuban capital, Havana, on Tuesday.
They said the mission would guarantee that any ceasefire and disarmament would be genuine and permanent, reports say.
Humberto de la Calle, the government's lead negotiator, described the announcement as a "transcendental" moment.
He said it was an "unequivocal demonstration of our desire to end confrontation", according to the Associated Press.
The joint announcement in Havana is a clear indication that the Colombian peace process is moving towards its final phase.
Since the negotiations were launched in November 2012, the Farc has announced several unilateral ceasefires and urged the government to do the same.
But even though the government has scaled down military operations recently, it has refused to join the Farc in a bilateral ceasefire.
President Juan Manuel Santos has said repeatedly that the rebels must first agree to lay down their weapons and give up their armed struggle.
Government and negotiators have now invited the UN Security Council to join them as an honest, reliable broker and oversee the end of the conflict.
The two sides have invested too much politically to let more than three years of negotiations fail at such a late stage, when difficult issues such as justice for the victims have been dealt with.
The Farc and the Colombian government seem to be working together now towards a safe, smooth landing.
An estimated 220,000 people have been killed in the fighting between Farc and the Colombian military, which began in 1964. It is the longest-running armed conflict in the Western Hemisphere.
Since official peace talks started in Havana in November 2012, negotiators have reached agreement on key issues such as the political participation of the rebels, land rights, drug trafficking and transitional justice.
However it is unclear whether a final deal can be reached by the 23 March deadline set last year.
In September, President Juan Manuel Santos and Farc chief Timoleon Jimenez, known as Timochenko, said they wanted an agreement within six months.
But the Farc said last week that "substantial hurdles" were putting the deadline under threat.
The request for a UN mission comes two days after Cuban President Raul Castro met with negotiators from both sides of the conflict. | The Colombian government and the left-wing Farc rebel movement have both asked the UN for a mission to oversee the end of their decades-long conflict. | 35357170 | [
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Prosecutors said Darren Byrne, 40, struck Maria Byrne, 35, on the head at their home in Theydon Bois after she discovered he was having an affair.
The jury was told Mr Byrne doused his unconscious wife in white spirit and turned on the hob before going out.
At Chelmsford Crown Court, Mr Byrne denies murder and arson in February.
Prosecutor Andrew Jackson said former city trader Mr Byrne and his wife had a row on the morning of 13 February after she found he was continuing an affair with a married woman.
Mr Jackson said: "It's the prosecution case that the catalyst for this alleged murder was Maria Byrne's discovery for the second time of his alleged infidelity."
The court was told that after dousing his wife's body with the flammable liquid he went on a walk with the family dog. CCTV footage showed he was away for more than an hour.
Returning to find his plan had not worked, he concocted a charade, said the prosecutor.
He called the emergency services to say his wife was "burned" and told the operator: "The stove was on and the frying pan's on the other side of the room. She's not breathing."
Mr Byrne told paramedics his wife had been making him a bacon sandwich and when he returned home she was dead, the court heard.
A post-mortem examination identified white spirit on Mrs Byrne's clothing and a half-empty bottle of white spirit was found in the garage, the jury heard.
The couple had two children together who were not at home at the time of their mother's death.
The trial continues. | A man killed his wife and then took their dog out for a walk while he hoped their house would burn down with her inside, a court has heard. | 38069003 | [
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Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's programme was pushed through without debate, according to parliamentary speaker Salim al-Juburi.
Under the plan, Mr Abadi will cut spending and eliminate senior posts.
It follows recent anti-government protests over an unreliable electricity supply amid a major heatwave.
Thousands of people have turned out in Baghdad and other cities to vent their anger at the authorities and pressurise them to make changes.
Iraq's system of sharing government jobs has long been criticised for promoting unqualified candidates and encouraging corruption.
The country has three vice-presidents - two from the Shia Muslim majority and one from the Sunni Muslim minority - and three deputy prime ministers - a Shia, a Sunni and a Kurd (also a Sunni).
As a result of the reforms, senior political appointments will no longer be based on sectarian or party quotas, and the posts of vice-president and deputy PM will be abolished.
Mr Abadi's seven-point plan also includes a requirement for a number of government positions to be filled with political independents - a move aimed at cracking down on corruption.
Officials' benefits will also be reduced.
The changes come after weeks of protests by voters angry at the way the country is governed and at the lack of investment in infrastructure.
In some areas of Iraq it is common to have only a few hours of electricity each day.
Tensions have become particularly fraught during a heatwave that has seen temperatures rise to 51C (123F).
Frequent power cuts have made the sweltering conditions even more unbearable.
Many Iraqis have cautiously welcomed the passing of the reform package, seen as a victory for Mr Abadi.
But he still faces pressure to ensure the measures are properly implemented.
Mr Juburi said a complementary plan containing even more reforms was needed, and called on Mr Abadi to sack ministers who were guilty of negligence and corruption. | The Iraqi parliament has unanimously approved reforms aimed at stamping out corruption, reducing government waste and easing sectarian tensions. | 33861080 | [
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It is part of a research project run by campaigning charity WWF and local organisations.
The charity says the turtle was followed during the filming and the camera collected at the end. It says the animal was not harmed in any way.
It says hundreds of turtles have been found dead near the reef over the last four years, and it hopes the project may help find out why.
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The fratricide within the Republican Party is getting much of the national attention, but the two remaining Democratic candidates - and their supporters - are starting to swing some sharp elbows.
The Wisconsin primary on Tuesday marks the beginning of the Democratic presidential campaign's endgame. More than half the pledged delegates have already been apportioned, and only a few truly landscape-altering battlegrounds - New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and California - remain on the calendar.
Mr Sanders can claim momentum, with wins in five of the last six contests, but he needs a sizeable victory in Wisconsin if he wants to properly set the stage for the critical coming contests and cut into Mrs Clinton's 263 delegate lead.
It's enough to set both candidates on edge.
On Thursday, when confronted by a Greenpeace activist in New York about whether she could address climate change while taking donations from the fossil fuel industry, Mrs Clinton showed a rare flash of anger.
"I am so sick of the Sanders campaign lying about me," she said. Her campaign would later assert that the former secretary of state, like Mr Sanders, takes donations from individuals employed in the energy sector but is prohibited from accepting money from corporations.
It was a moment of emotion for a usually carefully controlled candidate - and the Sanders camp quickly responded.
"If the Clinton campaign wants to argue that industry lobbyists giving thousands of dollars to her campaign won't affect her decisions if she's elected, that's fine," Sanders adviser Jeff Weaver said. "But to call us liars for pointing out basic facts about the secretary's fundraising is deeply cynical and very disappointing."
It was just one of numerous recent shots between the two campaigns. When Mrs Clinton unveiled manufacturing proposals on Friday, a Sanders spokesperson said the former secretary of state has embraced "policies that have decimated the manufacturing industry ... and eliminated millions of jobs across the country".
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At a campaign event, Mr Sanders offered criticisms of Mrs Clinton's six-figure speeches to Wall Street firms, her foreign policy views and her position on environmental issues, as his supporters heartily booed.
On Saturday Mrs Clinton noted that she has been a "proud Democrat my adult life" - drawing a contrast with Mr Sanders, who is a self identified "democratic socialist" who serves in Congress as an independent.
"I think that is kind of important if we are selecting someone to be the Democratic nominee of the Democratic Party," Mrs Clinton said.
"I think the secretary is getting very nervous," Mr Sanders countered on Sunday, noting that polls show him doing better than Mrs Clinton against Republican front-runner Donald Trump.
"I think we've got a lot of young people's vote, working-class people's vote," Mr Sanders said. "I think we're on the way to a victory if we can win the Democratic nomination."
This tension in the Democrat race is a relatively recent development. Last autumn, Mr Sanders famously said during the first debate that he was "sick and tired" of talking about Mrs Clinton's email server imbroglio - passing on a chance to target what could have been a key weakness in his main opponent.
When Mr Sanders entered the race, he said he wasn't interested in running a negative political campaign. It was a strategic decision that has led to some recent second-guessing among advisers within the candidate's campaign, as witnessed by a surprisingly pessimistic story in the New York Times on Monday.
"The central complication with Bernie is that he never wanted to cross into the zone of personal attacks because it would undercut his brand," Sanders adviser Tad Devine told the Times.
That hasn't stopped acrimony from flaring among the two candidates' supporters, however - even in typically restrained states like Wisconsin.
Lisa Stubek, a state representative who endorsed Mrs Clinton early in the campaign, says she's caught fire from pro-Sanders constituents in the ultra-liberal state capital of Madison.
"Bernie Sanders supporters are pretty relentless, unfortunately, as far as their support and as far as attacking those who support anyone but their candidate," she said. "And that's not true of everyone, but certainly there is a core group of Bernie Sanders supporters here in Madison who do that."
While Ms Stubek says that the campaign has largely been above-the-board, things have taken a turn for the worse.
"I think certainly when you have Bernie Sanders out there stretching the truth or out-and-out lying, things do heat up," she said. "I'm glad that Hillary is out there defending her record. More than anything people in our state want the facts."
Another Madison-area Democratic representative, Melissa Sargent, says she decided not to endorse a presidential candidate in part because the noise between the two candidates would drown out her efforts to address other issues and local campaigns.
"When I go to doors and I'm stumping for my local candidates, I can talk about the things that I want to talk about and I can hear authentically what folks are saying," she said. "It felt like I wouldn't be able to navigate the path that I am with these other races."
Democrats in Wisconsin are quick to note that their challenges are nothing compared to what the Republicans are facing, as their two leading candidates engage in harsh negative attacks and exchange barbs over their wives and marital infidelity.
Brett Hulsey, a former Wisconsin Democratic state representative who is backing Mr Sanders, called the Republican campaign a "food fight circus".
"Democrats are still fighting by the Queensberry Rules," he said, drawing a boxing analogy.
He cautions that while tempers seem to be flaring among Democrats at this point, things will eventually calm down. If Mrs Clinton wins, he plans to support her - and he predicts most Sanders backers will follow suit.
"We're in the middle of the fray right now," he said. "I remind everybody to take a few deep breaths and remain calm. I've worked every presidential since 1980 for Jimmy Carter. I've seen this movie before."
At a rally in Madison on Sunday night it seemed an era of good feelings may have returned. Mr Sanders spoke to a crowd of 4,200 for more than an hour and made no mention of his Democratic opponent. Instead, he focused his criticism on Mr Trump and Republican Governor (and former candidate) Scott Walker.
He also seemed to be broadening his perspective.
"This campaign is about more than just electing a president of the United States, although I would very much appreciate your support," he said. "It's about creating a political revolution."
After the event, Jess A Weber - who had travelled to Madison from Illinois to volunteer for the Sanders campaign - said she appreciated that Mr Sanders has tried to run a positive campaign.
"He continues to pull focus back to the message and back to our strength in unifying, coming together instead of dividing and bringing anyone down," she said.
On the campaign trail in Janesville on Monday, however, Mr Sanders was back to swiping at his opponent for her past positions on international trade and commerce.
"I have voted against and led the opposition to every one of these disastrous trade agreements," Mr Sanders said. "Secretary Clinton has supported virtually every one."
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Stephen Kinnock, as the son of a former Labour leader, is one of the better-known among the 2015 intake of MPs.
But like the rest of the new faces he has to wait for behind-the-scenes negotiations to conclude before he can be allocated a permanent office at Westminster.
"So no office," the Aberavon MP tells me. "We're hot-desking.
"I have been given a telephone extension on the system here in parliament but as I don't actually have a telephone or a desk or an office for any of those things I'm not sure what good that does me at the moment."
He says constituents can contact him via a number on his website.
Craig Williams held off a Labour challenge to hold Cardiff North for the Conservatives. He has benefited from a new induction programme with new MPs offered help from designated "buddies" among the parliamentary staff.
"I've had a couple of tours," he says. "Not that it helps because it's a bit like a rat warren in here. It's like Hogwarts, I think, but it's a great building to get lost in - and I'm going to continue getting lost but I'm sure it'll come before long."
Mr Williams knows where his office facilities are - he just struggles to find them.
"I've got a desk and a phone in committee room 17. It's up three floors that way, left-right, left-right. I get lost twice getting there but there's something in committee room 17 for me."
I ask Stephen Kinnock if he has had any advice from his father. The question is met with a familiar throaty chuckle. "What my dad has always said to me is 'be yourself. You'll get criticism, you'll get people having a go at you, the key thing is to never take it personally. This is the job'."
Before he can get on with the job, he and the other 649 MPs have to be sworn in, taking the oath of allegiance. They have to do this in English, but can repeat the oath - or affirmation - in Welsh, Scottish Gaelic or Cornish. Without it, they can't take part in Commons debates or votes - or even get paid. | He may have a famous name but he does not have an office or a phone yet. | 32785174 | [
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Officers fired tyre-deflation rounds at the raiders' Mercedes after they tried to ram a police car to escape.
Two further rounds were discharged at another car which was mistakenly thought to be involved.
The Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (Pirc) said the officers' response was "wholly justified."
No members of the public were injured during the incident on 12 February last year.
The five men were arrested outside the restaurant after stealing an ATM in Carnoustie earlier that day.
Seven men were convicted of blowing up cash machines at banks and supermarkets across England and Scotland at Liverpool Crown Court this week.
The Pirc report said the police firearms response was "necessary and proportionate" due to the high risk posed to the public.
Commissioner Kate Frame said: "The police response, to what was a significant threat to public safety and the officers themselves, was wholly justified.
"They had reliable intelligence to indicate they were dealing with suspects who had access to firearms, a history of extreme violence and who had previously used high-powered stolen vehicles to ram police vehicles and escape.
"When the suspects then used the same dangerous tactic to try and avoid arrest during this incident, the use of tyre deflation rounds to disable their vehicle was not only necessary but proportionate." | Police firearms officers who cornered an ATM theft gang at an Arbroath McDonald's restaurant shot at a car not involved in the crime, it has emerged. | 39526375 | [
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Aberdeenshire-based Harbro Group saw pre-tax profit increase by £800,000, to £3.5m, in the year to the end of June 2016.
This was despite turnover falling by £1m to just over £100m.
Harbro said international sales grew over the year, both in Europe and in new markets further afield.
The Turriff-based company manufactures and supplies feeds for the beef, sheep, dairy, pig and poultry sectors.
It also has a network of 19 shops across Scotland, operating under the Country Store brand. The stores cater for farming and rural communities with a range of products, including fireside supplies, country clothing and footwear.
In accounts filed with Companies House, the company said: "As always, the outlook for agriculture is difficult to predict.
"We have certainly been experiencing challenging times over the last 12-18 months but the industry is a robust one.
"The impact of Brexit is still to be fully understood, although the board are confident that the group will be well positioned for whatever business challenges this may bring about." | One of Scotland's largest animal feed producers has posted a rise in profits, despite reporting a "challenging" year for the industry. | 39553192 | [
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She is accused of failing to keep her car under proper control.
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Billy Bingham's side went on to defeat the host nation in Valencia to reach the second stage.
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The suspect, 26, was arrested the following day on suspicion of offences under the Terrorism Act.
Police would not comment on the nature of the alleged offence but said it believed it caused "no threat" to the community. | A man is being held in Manchester on suspicion of terrorism offences. | 30579130 | [
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NHS Shetland had earlier advised anyone needing medical attention to make their way to the hospital in Lerwick.
Flights were delayed and cancelled at Sumburgh Airport.
Services were restored shortly before 17:00.
BT said the problems were caused by "blown rectifiers and fuses" at the Wideford Hill radio transmitter on Orkney.
A spokesman said 2,600 telephone customers and 388 broadband customers had been affected.
A total of eleven flights were cancelled at Sumburgh and one was diverted to Kirkwall.
Highlands and Islands Airports Limited advised passengers to contact their airlines for further information.
Shetland MSP Tavish Scott has called for an "urgent investigation" into why radio communications and telephone links failed. | Mobile and landline telephone services have been restored in Shetland after coverage was lost for several hours causing disruption. | 33665939 | [
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The four-month stand off between workers and management resulted in 12 full days of strike action, affecting hundreds of thousands of passengers.
It was resolved on Friday after 66% of Luas drivers voted to accept a pay rise deal recommended by the Labour Court.
Irish Transport Minister Shane Ross welcomed the results of the ballot.
He said it was a positive outcome for the travelling public.
The drivers were represented by the Services Industrial Professional and Technical Union (SIPTU).
Owen Reidy from SIPTU said the Labour Court recommendation would see drivers in line for pay increases of between 15% and 18% over the next four years.
However Luas operator, Transdev Ireland, said the dispute had been difficult and damaging for the firm, its staff and its customers.
Gerry Madden from Transdev told Irish state broadcaster RTÉ: "We've said all along there would be no winners in this - the company hasn't won, I don't think SIPTU will be saying they've won, the customers haven't won." | A dispute that led to strikes by drivers of the Luas, Dublin's public tram system, has ended after staff voted to accept pay rises of up to 18%. | 36450141 | [
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There had been cases of "verbal abuse hurled" at ethnic minorities, and "despicable graffiti daubed on a Polish community centre", he told the Commons.
Such attacks must be stamped out, he said, urging people to remember "these people have come here and made a wonderful contribution to our county".
Police are probing some incidents.
Do Europeans still feel welcome?
Bristol resident challenges racism with roses
Mr Cameron said "we have a fundamental responsibility to bring our country together" after the vote.
"And we will not stand for hate crime or these kinds of attacks. They must be stamped out," he said.
He said there would be "no immediate change" in the rights of EU nationals living in the UK, or UK citizens living in EU countries.
Since the vote, there have been reports of racism on social media, and a number of groups have reported a rise in incidents of racism and hate crime.
True Vision, a police-funded online reporting facility for hate crime, said it had received 85 reports between Thursday 23 and Sunday 26 June compared with 54 reports during the same period last month.
In London, the Metropolitan Police are investigating graffiti at a Polish community building in Hammersmith which they are treating as a hate crime "because of the racially-aggravated nature of the criminal damage".
Cambridgeshire Police are also investigating reports that laminated cards reading "Leave the EU - no more Polish vermin" were delivered to members of the Polish community in Huntingdon on Saturday.
Poland's ambassador to the UK Witold Sobkow said he was "shocked and deeply concerned by the recent incidents of xenophobic abuse directed against the Polish community and other UK residents of migrant heritage".
The full picture regarding hate crime after a Brexit vote could take months to emerge. And the national trend in recent years has been quite complicated.
Police-recorded hate crimes have been rising - but that could be more victims coming forward because they have confidence police will take them seriously.
The Crime Survey for England and Wales, an internationally-recognised rolling study of the bigger picture, suggests racism is slowly being pushed to the margins.
But there's no doubt that genuine moments of extreme national or global tension - such as major terrorist incidents or the conflict in the Middle East - are followed by spikes.
Extremists appear to take the opportunity to act because they think they can get away with it.
So the question is this: are the latest statistics a blip or a sign of a more worrying long-term trend?
Iman Etta, of Tell Mama UK, which collates reports of anti-Muslim abuse, said: "We've seen a spike in anti-Muslim hatred incidents and racist incidents reported in to us that are related to the result of the referendum, where perpetrators have been using words like 'we voted you out', 'you should be kicked out', and 'we no longer want you here'."
Muslim Remain campaigner Shazia Awan, a former Conservative parliamentary candidate, told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire she had received several abusive tweets and emails.
One email read: "You are not now, nor will you ever be, Welsh. Being born in Wales has nothing to do with being Welsh.
"I cannot wait to send you and the anti-white garbage that you stand for back to the Third World dumps that you came from."
The Muslim Council of Britain said it had compiled more than 100 incidents of reported hate crimes since the result.
Dr Shuja Shafi, the body's secretary general, said: "Now we are witnessing the shocking extent of this with reports around the country of hate speech and minorities being targeted.
"Our country is experiencing a political crisis which, I fear threatens the social peace."
He said he would be writing to the home secretary to ask what measures were being taken to step up security and policing in areas where such incidences have been reported.
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said he had asked the capital's Metropolitan Police to be on heightened alert for any rise in hate crime.
"I take seriously my responsibility to defend London's fantastic mix of diversity and tolerance," he said.
"So it's really important we stand guard against any rise in hate crimes or abuse by those who might use last week's referendum as cover to seek to divide us."
He added it was important not to demonise the 1.5 million people in London who voted for Brexit, and they should not be accused "of being xenophobic or racist".
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe said officers would "investigate vigorously any reports of crime motivated by hatred".
Karen Bradley, the minister for preventing abuse, exploitation and crime, said "nobody in this country should live in fear because of who they are".
"The government is working closely with communities to increase reporting and increase confidence that their concerns about hate crime will be taken seriously by the police and courts," she said.
No official statistics for reported incidents or racism or hate crime across the UK have yet been published. They are compiled by individual police forces.
The MP for Birmingham Yardley, Jess Phillips, has tweeted that she will ask a Parliamentary question on the issue.
However, numerous people have posted accounts of personal experiences on Twitter alongside the hashtag #PostRefRacism.
Sky News presenter Adam Boulton tweeted: "This weekend I and my family have witnessed 3 "when are you going home?" Racist incidents aimed at EU citizens here."
BBC journalist Sima Kotecha tweeted: "In utter shock: just been called p**i in my home town! Haven't heard that word here since the 80s..!"
Another user, James Titcombe, tweeted: "Daughter tells me someone wrote '[Child's name] go back to Romania' on the wall in the girls toilets at School today." | David Cameron has condemned "despicable" incidents of hate crime reported in the wake of the UK's referendum vote to leave the EU. | 36643213 | [
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Brenda Wardle - who denies the charges - is accused of pretending to be a practising attorney and offering to represent a convicted murderer.
She appeared at Port Elizabeth Commercial Crimes Court on Monday, South African media report.
She featured as an expert on the BBC during the 2014 Pistorius trial.
Ms Wardle, 56, also boasts of appearing on Sky News, Fox News and a number of South African broadcasters on her social media profiles.
She has published a book called To Kill A Fragile Rose: The State's Case Against Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius.
According to local media, these allegations date back to 2009, when she offered to represent a convicted murderer.
The family accuse her of charging around 500,000 rand (£28,600; $36,800) for her services over the next four years.
Ms Wardle will represent herself, against the advice of the magistrate, The Herald reports.
She was refused bail after failing to arrive at court on several occasions, IOL News said.
Ms Wardle will next appear in court on 27 July. | A woman who acted as a legal analyst for the media during the Oscar Pistorius trial has appeared in court charged with fraud. | 40572680 | [
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Residents and an official said the victims were travelling in a pick-up truck that was targeted in the Hiran district of Hajja province.
They had been heading to a local market, according to the residents.
There was no immediate comment from the coalition, which is fighting the Houthi rebel movement in a bid to restore the internationally recognised government.
The coalition says it does not target civilians, but the UN says air strikes have caused the majority of the more than 4,125 civilian deaths recorded since the conflict in Yemen escalated in March 2015.
Wednesday's incident comes two days after a 48-hour cessation of hostilities ended.
Both sides accused each other of repeated violations of the truce, which brought a brief respite from air strikes for residents of the rebel-controlled capital, Sanaa.
Fighting continued in and around the south-western city of Taiz throughout the weekend, however, and on Tuesday clashes there reportedly left 11 people dead.
Military officials said pro-government forces had repelled an attack on Taiz's western outskirts by Houthis and allied security personnel loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
The International Committee of the Red Cross expressed alarm on Tuesday at the situation in Taiz, where some 300,000 people have been under siege by rebel forces for more than a year.
"Sniper fire and indiscriminate shelling has trapped civilians. Dead bodies are in the streets and people are unable to attend to their most basic needs. The situation is desperate," said the ICRC's head of delegation in Yemen, Alexandre Faite.
Mr Faite added that the main hospitals in Taiz had reported receiving an average of 200 wounded in three days. Many patients were suffering from blast injuries and had to have limbs amputated. | Twelve civilians are reported to have been killed in a Saudi-led coalition air strike in north-western Yemen. | 38077446 | [
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Mitchell won the women's 5,000m title as she clocked 16:27.08 to finish over eight seconds ahead of Letterkenny's Annmarie McGlynn.
Queen's athlete Mitchell has achieved Commonwealth Games consideration standards in the 5,000m and 10,000m.
Derry Track Club's Kirk-Smith won the men's 3,000m steeplechase in 8:55.72.
Kirk-Smith has also bettered the steeplechase Commonwealth Games consideration standard.
His winning time left him over 22 seconds ahead of runner-up Clonliffe's Jayme Rossiter.
Ciara Mageean eased into Sunday's 800m final with a dominant heat performance.
World Championships-bound Mageean clocked 2:11.92 which left her ahead of City of Lisburn's Kelly Neely, who ran 2:13.13 to also progress.
Letterkenny man Mark English won his 800m heat in 1:53.35 to qualify for the men's decider.
Raheny's Kevin Dooney won the men's 10,000m title in 29:30.16 as he finished over five seconds ahead of marathon specialist Mick Clohisey.
Cork athlete Phil Healy won the women's 200m title in 23.56 seconds while Carrick-on-Shannon's Eanna Madden was just outside 21 seconds as he took the men's title in 21.07 with Clonliffe's Jeremy Phillips second in 21.14.
Marcus Lawler was an absentee from the men's event because of injury with Amy Foster skipping the women's 200m to concentrate on Sunday's 100m.
In-form Brian Gregan led the qualifiers for Sunday's 400m final where Ballymena & Antrim's Craig Newell will also be in action.
Sunday will be the main day of finals action at the Santry meeting with Thomas Barr and Kerry O'Flaherty, Ben Reynolds and Adam McMullan among the athletes who will compete, while Mitchell will aim to complete a double in the women's 1500m final. | Commonwealth Games hopefuls Emma Mitchell and Adam Kirk-Smith both clinched gold medals on the opening day of the Irish Championships at Santry. | 40695061 | [
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Basil McAfee was found dead by his mother at his home in Henderson Avenue, north Belfast, on 20 December 2013.
Police said he "suffered a violent death" and added that they believed his killer used an axe and a large knife.
They said that although it was not a random attack, his killer remains a danger to others in the community.
The police officer leading the murder investigation, Det Ch Insp John McVea, said: "It is a year since Basil died and his death has slipped somewhat from public consciousness.
"But it remains an enduring heartache for his family - his mother, siblings and his grown-up children.
"They are about to face a second Christmas without Basil and without knowing why this happened to him and who is responsible."
Mr McAfee, a father-of-two, was attacked in the living room of his home and police have released a photograph of the murder scene as part of the renewed appeal.
The 50-year-old had been stabbed a number of times and sustained head wounds consistent with being hit with an axe.
The investigating officer described the murder as a "ferocious attack".
"He suffered a violent death at the hands of an assailant who was probably wielding an axe and a long-bladed knife," Mr McVea said.
He confirmed that items, including money, were taken from Mr McAfee's house.
"Although we believe the attack was not random, but focused on Basil, whoever did this is a danger to others in the community while still at large," the detective added.
The last public sighting of Mr McAfee was in an off-licence on the Cavehill Road, close to his home, on the afternoon of Thursday 19 December 2013.
Shortly after the murder, police released CCTV images showing the victim shopping in the off-licence in a bid to get witnesses to come forward.
However, they have now said they believe other people visited Mr McAfee who have not yet contacted detectives.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact police on the non-emergency number 101.
Alternatively, they can speak to the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111. | Detectives investigating the murder of a man who they believe was attacked with an axe have renewed their appeal on the first anniversary of his death. | 30555220 | [
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"He's being scouted by Championship clubs," Smurthwaite told BBC Stoke.
"You could see he's come back a man from being at Torquay for a year."
Smurthwaite says that Vale youth product Smith will be offered a new deal by the League One club in the next few weeks, in preparation for what he expects to be firmed-up interest when the transfer window reopens on 1 January.
"I anticipate there'll be some interest in the window, not just at the end of the season," added Smurthwaite. "But it's a long time between now and January.
"There will be a new contract offered to him, as he's on a boy's wage compared to the rest of the squad.
"He's obviously making himself known. And we've been having dialogue with his agent ever since he came in and played his first game in the first team."
Vale stand ninth in League One, on the back of their run of three clean sheets with which they started the new campaign.
Smith has also weighed in with three goals - two in the league and the other in the 1-0 EFL Trophy win over Derby County Under-23s. | Port Vale chairman Norman Smurthwaite is anticipating "interest" in young defender Nathan Smith following his outstanding start to the season. | 37338025 | [
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Attendances have fallen in recent years since the Premiership side moved from Edgeley Park in Stockport to AJ Bell Stadium in Barton in 2012.
Sale have moved home games back to Friday nights for the upcoming season.
"I think there is some rebuilding to do because I think people in the early days of moving have had a pretty poor experience," Cotton told BBC Sport.
"That could be queuing up on a motorway, couldn't get away from the stadium, couldn't buy a drink at the ground. Listening to the things we're going to do to change that, if people come down from now they will find a very different experience.
"The infrastructure is still well away from where it needs to be but there are plans to develop that."
Cotton, 69, a former England and British and Irish Lions prop returned to Sale - a club he served as both a player and director - after Simon Orange's takeover of the Premiership side in June.
He has promised to be active in his role, despite his commitments with his clothing business.
"What I really want to see is a very strong north of England club that can compete at the highest level," he added.
"That is my motivation for giving up the precious thing that I have got, and that is my time.
"I think what was lacking before was that the board weren't very often represented at games home and away, and I think that is very wrong - board members will travel to away games and home games."
One of the standout announcements from Sale's new 10-man board was that director of rugby Steve Diamond will have a seat on it.
However, Cotton insists there will be no conflict of interest with a member of the coaching staff also working as a director.
"It will put no strain whatsoever on the relationship, we're here to support him," Cotton continued.
"We'll be working very closely with Diamond to make sure we can achieve the ambition which we all hold - if we went down we'd still be with them."
Diamond also confirmed they are close to signing a new full-back and are still looking for another player to add to their backline, with former Bath and London Welsh winger Nick Scott on trial with the club. | New Sale Sharks chairman Fran Cotton has conceded they must work to restore their relationship with some fans. | 36269210 | [
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They say the lengths of tiny pieces of DNA called telomeres indicate whether a young creature is likely to live long into old age.
But before you rush out to get your telomeres stretched - were such a process possible - it is worth pointing out that the creatures they have been working with are not humans but altogether shorter-lived zebra finches.
Everything that is made up of living cells contains chromosomes: the genetic code that makes us what we are.
At the ends of each chromosome lie the telomeres. They have been likened to the caps on the ends of shoelaces - they stop things from unravelling.
Over time they wear down - and when they do, the DNA they protect is compromised and the cell can malfunction or die.
This is where the zebra finches came in: how early and accurately could longer telomeres predict a longer life?
To find out, the Glasgow researchers collaborated with colleagues at Exeter University, with Glasgow's Prof Pat Monaghan leading the team.
Tiny blood samples were taken from a group of 99 zebra finches and the lengths of their telomeres measured. They were tested again throughout their lifetimes.
To find out how long the birds lived, the researchers had to wait until they died. The first turned up its claws in just over six months. But the last hardy specimen kept them waiting almost nine years.
In every case the longest lived birds had the longest telomeres, but the best predictor of lifespan was the length of the telomeres at just 25 days old.
Prof Monaghan says the study shows the importance of processes acting early in life.
The next step will be to find out why the length of telomeres can vary so much from individual to individual.
"We now need to know more about how early life conditions can influence the pattern of telomere loss and the relative importance of inherited and environmental factors," she said.
The results of the research have been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA.
They are certain to raise the question of whether our telomeres are similar predictors of how long we will live.
But it is a big leap from the laboratory to the real world - whatever our telomeres may say, human lifespans also have to contend with additional factors like diet, drink and stress.
Wild finches, meanwhile, have snakes and birds of prey to worry about.
The bottom line for now? Ask not for whom the zebra finch chirps... | Scientists at Glasgow University say they have found a key genetic indicator of how long an individual will live. | 16479649 | [
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Lomond Mountain Rescue Team located two others on the lower slopes.
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Republicans ambushed a mini-bus carrying the men at Kingsmill in County Armagh in 1976 and murdered them after checking what religion they were.
Senior coroner John Leckey is retiring this year and told a preliminary hearing of the inquest in Belfast that no replacement has been appointed.
His retirement could leave only one coroner in Northern Ireland.
Kingsmill is among dozens of inquests dating from the early days of the Troubles that face delay because not enough money is available to investigate or there is nobody to oversee fresh hearings.
Mr Leckey said: "I feel for the bereaved families, not exclusively Kingsmill but for other inquests I am involved in.
"It is a disappointment that is widespread."
A lawyer for some of the Kingsmill victims' families said they would be pressing Stormont's justice department for more resources to allow an inquest to go ahead.
Karen Armstrong, a sister of one of the murdered men, said the lack of resources was "a political problem".
"We are not going to lie down and accept it," she said.
"We will fight until we get another date and they have to make sure there are enough coroners in Northern Ireland to deal with our and many other cases."
Ulster Unionist MLA Danny Kennedy said he would be asking Justice Minister David Ford to ensure the matter was referred to the relevant authorities so that "action can be taken as soon as possible".
"Justice has been denied for almost 40 years and it is totally unacceptable that this inquest should be delayed further due to the unavailability of a coroner," he said.
"This was one of the most shocking and cruel events of the Troubles and the inquest must be treated with the seriousness this crime merits."
A Department of Justice spokesman said: "Officials are actively working to ensure that all necessary resources are provided for the conduct of inquests in Northern Ireland.
"There are currently three full-time coroners in Northern Ireland. In addition, one High Court judge and one County Court judge have also been appointed as coroners." | An inquest into an IRA massacre of 10 Protestant workers has been delayed because there is no coroner to hear it. | 32436727 | [
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Chuck Feeney is an Irish American philanthropist who has spent the last 30 years losing a fortune - but all in the name of charity.
The 83-year-old businessman made his money selling luxury duty free goods to travellers across the world, but he rejects the trappings of wealth himself.
He does not own a home or a car, and famously wears a watch that was bought for just $15 (£9).
Mr Feeney is the founder of The Atlantic Philanthropies, an international organisation set up to distribute his fortune to good causes and projects that he supports around the world.
Since he set it up in 1982, his foundation has made grants totalling $6.5bn (£3.9bn).
His money has supported projects in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, United States, Australia, Bermuda, South Africa and Vietnam.
The foundation's main areas of interest are health, education, reconciliation and human rights.
Mr Feeney traces his family history back to County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland, where his grandmother was brought up close to the village of Kinawley.
The entrepreneur has a particular interest in supporting universities on both sides of the Irish border.
In 2012, Forbes magazine described him as "the man who arguably has done more for Ireland than anyone since Saint Patrick".
His philosophy of 'giving while living' has inspired other billionaire businessmen, such as Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and investor Warren Buffett.
However, Mr Feeney is not as well known as some of his biggest and richest fans, possibly because for the first 15 years of his philanthropic mission, he donated money in secret.
He emerged from anonymity in 1997, and since then he has promoted the idea that people who have amassed great wealth should use their money for "a greater good".
Known for his frugal lifestyle, the billionaire is a self-made man who sprang from humble beginnings.
Charles F Feeney was born to Irish-American parents in Elizabeth, New Jersey in 1931 - during the Great Depression.
His mother worked as a hospital nurse and his father was an insurance underwriter.
He showed entrepreneurial skills from an early age, selling Christmas cards door-to-door when he was just 10 years old.
As a teenager, he enlisted in the US air force and served with Signals Intelligence during the Korean War.
He took advantage of a US government education programme for veterans and became the first member of his family to go to college.
After his graduation from Cornell University in New York, he started his own business selling goods to US troops stationed in Europe.
That business model evolved into Duty Free Shoppers (DFS), the company he co-founded with Robert Miller in 1960.
DFS Group now employs more than 9,000 people and describes itself as "the world's leading luxury travel retailer" with billions in sales.
However, the man whose life's mission has been to die broke and live trying has turned duty free profits into a duty to give all his profits away.
"I had one idea that never changed in my mind - that you should use your wealth to help people," he said in a 2007 biography.
The Atlantic Philanthropies is continuing to distribute Mr Feeney's "entire endowment", with the aim of "bringing about lasting changes in the lives of disadvantaged and vulnerable people".
The organisation is due to be wound up in 2020, when he will be 89. | He is the billionaire who wants to go broke within his own lifetime, by giving his all his money away. | 29238545 | [
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The 25-year-old, who left Arsenal to join the Bundesliga team in December 2010, has signed a five-year deal with the Hammers.
"It has always been a dream to play in the Premier League and now I have a big opportunity to do that," he said.
Nordtveit, who made his Norway debut in 2011, has 28 international caps.
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Virtus, which is replacing Osprey armour, is described by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) as "one of the most advanced integrated body armour and load carrying systems in the world".
But among other complaints, soldiers say its webbing - where ammunition and kit is stored - has been snapping.
The MoD said it was working with the armour's supplier to make improvements.
Virtus body armour was first rolled out at the beginning of the year and is gradually replacing Osprey armour in phases.
So far around 9,000 units of Virtus body armour, helmets and load-carrying systems have been issued to a number of units - including members of the Parachute Regiment, the Rifles, Royal Marines and Royal Artillery.
The main advantage of the Virtus system is that it is lighter.
But soldiers have said it gives limited space for extra equipment - such as radios and medical supplies - and that if soldiers go to ground with it they find it hard to get back up.
"Daysack and Bergen should be used as fire fuel" is one of their comments on social media.
Others said: "Just about room for a Mars bar and biscuits" and "Snapping!"
The Virtus system is 4.7kg (10.4lb) lighter than the older Osprey body armour and will become even lighter when new armour plates are issued.
There are good reasons to ease the burden.
In Afghanistan a British soldier on patrol could be carrying loads of around 22kg (50lbs).
The Taliban would often refer to them as "tortoises" or "camels" on their radios as the British soldier nearly buckled under the weight.
These heavy loads made it more difficult to move "tactically" and could contribute to muscular/skeletal injuries.
The likelihood that women will soon be allowed to serve alongside men in close combat roles is another reason to address the issue surrounding weight.
The most radical innovation of the new Virtus kit is an integral spine, known as the dynamic weight distribution system.
It is linked to the wearer's waist belt and helps spread the load across their back, shoulders and hips.
Instead of the old Velcro straps, there is a quick release pin - a bonus when soldiers need to ditch their equipment to fight.
The new helmet is also lighter.
Virtus is also "modular" - so pouches can easily be added or subtracted.
The father of one serving soldier issued with the equipment got in touch with the BBC to complain.
He said he was "appalled" that soldiers were being issued with what he considered to be "sub-standard kit" and hoped the British Army had learned from the lessons of the past.
He said his son and his comrades had found it all but impossible to get back on their feet when they went to ground wearing the new system - making life difficult for an infantry soldier.
They were also unable to squeeze all their equipment into the new Bergen rucksacks and had trouble putting the armour on in the dark, he said.
The MoD said: "As with every new system there have been some issues during the initial roll out, and, as a result of constructive feedback from our troops, we are working with our supplier to make improvements."
The MoD added that the supplier of the system, an Israeli company, was required to address any problems as as part of the £14.6m contract. | British army soldiers have raised concerns about their new body armour, the BBC has learned. | 36327103 | [
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Speaking to the BBC, Thomas Thabane said he would return from South Africa, which surrounds Lesotho, "as soon as I know I am not going to get killed".
Reports say the capital, Maseru, is now calm after soldiers seized buildings. The army denied staging a coup.
Lesotho has seen a series of military coups since independence in 1966.
Mr Thabane has headed a unity government since elections in May 2012, but suspended parliament sessions in June amid feuding in his coalition.
He denied accusations that his actions had undermined his government.
Mr Thabane said the army had rendered the government "dysfunctional", an action that amounted to a coup.
"I have been removed from control not by the people but by the armed forces, and that is illegal," he told the BBC's Newshour programme.
"I came into South Africa this morning and I will return as soon as my life is not in danger. I will not go back to Lesotho to get killed."
South Africa's government described the situation as "worrying", with spokesman Clayson Monyela saying the country would not tolerate "unconstitutional change of government".
At the scene: Basildon Peta, Maseru, Lesotho
This whole thing started around 03:00. There were gunshots since early morning. The city is currently calm. People are playing it safe within their homes, but there is basically a media blackout.
To all intents and purposes it is a military coup with the aim of ousting the prime minister. There can be no other reason of soldiers behaving the way they have been behaving other than to seize power.
So far we have no reports of killings. It would be correct to call it a bloodless coup attempt. But I am not going to stick around. The chances are the situation may deteriorate. One does not know what is going to happen.
Basildon Peta is the publisher of the Lesotho Times
The army is understood to have acted after the prime minister attempted to remove its chief, Lt Gen Kennedy Tlai Kamoli.
The army said the general was still in charge, saying the military "supports the democratically elected government of the day," Reuters news agency reported.
A spokesman, Maj Ntlele Ntoi, denied staging a coup, saying: "There is nothing like that, the situation has returned to normalcy... the military has returned to their barracks."
Earlier, troops were seen on the streets of Maseru and there were reports of gunfire.
Radio stations were taken off air and phone lines were cut, although later reports suggested they were working again.
Sports Minister Thesele Maseribane told the AFP news agency that troops had surrounded State House, a key government building. | The prime minister of the southern African kingdom of Lesotho has fled to South Africa, alleging a coup by the army and saying his life is in danger. | 28994193 | [
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Jacqueline Carol Lloyd, 46, died after being struck by an out-of-service bus on Butts Lane, Southport, at about 23:50 BST on 17 May 2015.
Derek Bebbington, 57, of Moss Nook, Burscough, denied the charge during a hearing at South Sefton Magistrates' Court.
He will appear at Liverpool Crown Court on 10 June. | A man has pleaded not guilty to causing death by careless driving after a woman was hit by a bus in Southport. | 36286983 | [
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It has been restored for York's National Railway Museum at a cost of £4.2m. Test runs were held in Cumbria and Lancashire in January and February.
It is due to make its first run between London and York on 25 February.
The trip will be its first official outing bearing its nameplates and sporting its new colours.
Andrew McLean, head curator at the museum, said: "To finally get Flying Scotsman fully restored, looking exactly as she should, in steam and alive again will be a really special moment for many people."
He said the shade of green chosen reflected how the engine would have looked during the 1950s and early-60s.
Ian Hewitt, from Lancashire-based Heritage Painting, said it had been a mammoth task to strip off the black paint and repaint the locomotive by hand.
"Twenty litres of undercoat, 30 litres of gloss and around 20 litres of varnish and there's about 85 litres of white spirit that we've gone through," he said.
"It's the pinnacle of our careers, and to now see it coming together on the world's most famous locomotive... it doesn't get any bigger for us."
Flying Scotsman was originally built for the London and North Eastern Railway Company (LNER) in 1923 and ran daily between London and Edinburgh.
The locomotive went out of service in 1963 and spent 40 years in private ownership touring the world.
It was bought for the nation by the NRM in 2004, using £415,000 in public donations, a £365,000 gift from Sir Richard Branson and a £1.8m grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.
Restoration work had initially been due to be completed in 2011 but was delayed after cracks were found in the chassis.
Riley and Sons Ltd, of Bury, Greater Manchester, were appointed to complete the restoration work in 2013. | The end of Flying Scotsman's 10-year restoration project has been marked with it being repainted in traditional British Rail green livery. | 35595691 | [
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Polling stations opened at 07:00 BST in the area's 11 constituencies: Chester, Congleton, Warrington North, Warrington South, Halton, Ellesmere Port, Tatton, Crewe & Nantwich, Eddisbury, Macclesfield and Weaver Vale.
Votes will be counted after the polls close at 22:00 BST.
For the latest news from all the counts in Cheshire, go to our election live service.
Results will also be available on your constituency profile page. | People are voting in Cheshire in the general and local council elections. | 32611420 | [
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But the Belgian capital remains on the highest alert level, with hundreds of armed police and soldiers on patrol.
Authorities fear Paris-style attacks may be carried out, as at least one Paris gunman had lived in Brussels.
France says 130 people died in a series of attacks in Paris. At least one suspected attacker is still at large.
The so-called Islamic State (IS) group says it carried out the attacks.
Five people have been charged in Belgium with terrorism offences in connection with the attacks in the neighbouring country.
In Brussels, public transport was due to start running again from 06:00 (GMT) though some metro lines will remain closed.
Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the suspected ringleader who was killed in police raids in the Parisian suburb of Saint Denis, was near the Bataclan theatre during a deadly siege there, it has emerged.
French officials say mobile phone data also show he returned to cafes and restaurants targeted in the attacks. They say there is evidence that Abaaoud was planning an attack on the La Defense business district.
Paris under attack
How the Paris attacks are affecting Muslim children
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Special report: In-depth coverage of the attacks and their aftermath
On Tuesday, an arrest warrant was issued in Belgium for a man named Mohamed Abrini over the attacks.
Prosecutors say that two days before the attacks, he was seen driving a car with suspect Salah Abdeslam at a petrol station on the motorway to Paris.
Abrini is described as "dangerous and probably armed".
Abdeslam is currently the subject of an international manhunt after the attacks.
The Renault Clio that Abrini was seen driving was later used in the attacks, prosecutors say. Police say he should not be approached by the public.
Belgian prosecutors also said on Tuesday that they had partially identified two other men taken into custody.
The men, named as Ali O and Lazez A, are both from the Brussels district of Molenbeek, and both will appear separately in court during the course of this week.
Also on Tuesday, French President Francois Hollande met US President Barack Obama in Washington where the two leaders re-iterated their commitment to eradicating IS.
Mr Obama said there would be increased co-operation with France to hit IS targets in Iraq and Syria, and called on the EU to finally implement an agreement that would require airlines to the share passenger information. | The Brussels metro and schools are due to reopen after they were shut four days ago in a security crackdown following the Paris attacks. | 34918236 | [
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13 September 2016 Last updated at 09:29 BST
Emily, who is 11, submitted her short story called The Last Sign to the Jacqueline Wilson Creative Writing Prize, with the author herself picking the winner.
The story reads like it's about an older lady reminiscing about her past before she dies, but the twist at the end is that she is actually a chimpanzee.
The Last Sign will now feature in Jacqueline's new book, which is called Clover Moon.
Jacqueline said: "It was very tough to select just one winner but Emily's story stood out because of its use of language and originality".
Newsround brought Emily and Jacqueline Wilson into the Newsround studio, where they met for the first time and talked about Emily's story.
The competition was open to 7-12 year olds, and they could write about anything they liked, between 750 and 1000 words. | A schoolgirl has beaten thousands of children to get her short story written in Jacqueline Wilson's new book. | 37347677 | [
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The plane came down en route to Russia from the resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.
A group linked to so-called Islamic State (IS) said it bombed the plane. Nearly all the victims were Russians.
Russia has said a bomb brought down the Metrojet Airbus, after finding what it said were "traces of foreign explosives" on the debris.
It has vowed to "find and punish" the perpetrators. In response to Monday's findings, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov re-iterated that "our experts concluded this was a terrorist attack".
Russian plane crash: What we know
Russia suspended all flights to Egypt in the wake of the attack, with the UK also suspending flights to and from Sharm el-Sheikh.
However, the head of the Egyptian committee investigating the crash, Ayman al-Muqaddim, was quoted by state TV on Monday as saying there was "no evidence that there is an act of terror or illegal intervention".
IS-affiliate Sinai Province said it had destroyed the plane because of Russian air strikes on Syria.
Last month IS's magazine published a photo of what it claimed was the improvised bomb that brought down the airliner.
The picture in Dabiq showed a Schweppes Gold soda can and what appears to be a detonator and a switch.
The crash has dealt another blow to Egypt's vital tourism industry, already struggling after years of unrest. Egypt's tourism minister told Reuters earlier this month that tourism revenues for 2015 will be at least 10% below last year's. | Egyptian investigators say they have so far found no evidence that terrorism caused a Russian jet to crash in the Sinai in October, killing 224 people. | 35091734 | [
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On Saturday, sirens sounded for a third consecutive day warning of an incoming rocket fired from Gaza.
People spending the Jewish Sabbath by the beach were sent rushing for cover.
The Israeli military used its Iron Dome defence system to intercept and destroy the missile.
A fifth battery had been added to it, just outside the city, only hours earlier.
After the explosion, close to the coast, a small black cloud was left hanging in the sky over the sea.
Tel Aviv is Israel's largest city and commercial centre but it is also a popular place to relax or party.
However, despite the sunshine, outdoor restaurants, parks and pavements were much quieter over the weekend.
It has taken a psychological adjustment for locals to realise that they too are now within the firing range of certain Palestinian rockets - believed to be the Iranian-made Fajr-5, which can reach up to 75km (45 miles).
"For Tel Aviv people this is a bit of a shock. The rockets hit all the time in the north and south of Israel but in Tel Aviv this never happens. I've lived here for ten years," said a jogger, Tzipi.
Soli, who was carrying his little daughter, remarked: "Everyone is talking about it. You can see the streets are emptier than usual and this is from just a few missiles."
But he said there was broad support for the continuing military offensive in the Gaza Strip.
"I'm not happy with the situation where we are bombing Gaza but I think we have to do it, we have to defend ourselves," he said.
A retired man, Amos, agreed that Palestinian militants posed a real threat.
"We have to finish this problem. This is the language they understand, not the language of peace," he said.
Asked about the government decision to authorise the call-up of up to 75,000 military reservists, he gave his strong approval.
"We have the force. We need to have it," he said. "I'm sorry about it but this is our life, our destiny."
With Israeli troops continuing to head towards the Gaza border and speculation about a possible ground invasion, this is a difficult time for families with members serving in the military.
"I'm very worried because my son is doing his national service. He will go south," one man said as his wife's eyes filled with tears.
"This is what happens, I cry every time I think of my son," she added.
The Israeli military, which has its vast headquarters in Tel Aviv, told the BBC that its offensive was putting Hamas, which governs Gaza, "under great pressure".
However, spokeswoman Avital Leibovich confirmed that incursions still remained a possibility.
"We are getting ready for an option of ground operation. It's not decided yet but it's an option we're considering at this point," she said.
"Some troops were asked to approach specific areas surrounding the Gaza Strip. Some are already there, some are on their way."
In the southern part of Tel Aviv, journalists were shown around the emergency control room for the municipality, located in an underground shelter.
It is set up like a military command centre with maps on the walls and a long table positioned in front of projector screens and televisions. It would act as a back-up for city hall if the security situation demanded it.
The mayor, Ron Huldai, said that residents had already adjusted well to the changed safety information and the use of sirens.
"People in the city of Tel Aviv know how to behave," he said. "The solution is to find your way to the safest place in your area and there are instructions in the newspaper with the rules you have to follow.
"They're taking this seriously but not changing their routine. We are prepared." | Tel Aviv is beginning the new working week on a higher level of alert. | 20382856 | [
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The decommissioned Type 22 frigates HMS Cumberland, HMS Campbeltown, HMS Chatham and HMS Cornwall are currently moored in Portsmouth Harbour.
Bidders had until 23 January to register an interest in the former Devonport-based ships.
The BBC understands no proposals to preserve the ships have been submitted.
Those who have registered an interest are finalising their bids with viewings set to take place in late February and March.
A final decision is not expected until the spring.
The government's Disposal Services Authority, which is handling the sale, wants to award at least one of the frigates to a UK ship recycler to determine the capacity of the UK's industry in the field.
Penny Mordaunt, Conservative MP for Portsmouth North, said it was important UK recyclers had the chance to prove themselves in the field but she was also keen to see at least one of them saved from the scrapyard.
She added: "For anyone that has served on a ship it's your home, you've literally been through the wars with it... and you want them to have a noble second life.
"My preference is to go for the reef and diving attraction.
"We've got to get best value for the budget but a reef would also generate income for part of the country through tourism."
The Ministry of Defence has previously said it will "consider all options" for the frigates to ensure "best financial return for the taxpayer".
A spokeswoman would not comment on the number or nature of the bids received due to "commercial sensitivity".
Originally designed as a specialist anti-submarine ship, the Type 22 frigate evolved into a powerful surface combatant with substantial anti-surface, anti-submarine and anti-aircraft weapons systems.
They were also known for having excellent command and control, and communication facilities, making them ideal flagships on deployments, with a complement of about 280 crew.
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Militants armed with guns and grenades gained entry after one detonated explosives at a hospital gate and then opened fire on staff and patients.
Commandos who landed on the Sardar Daud hospital roof killed all four attackers after several hours of fighting.
The so-called Islamic State (IS) group has claimed the attack.
The Taliban has denied any involvement.
More than 50 people were also wounded, the defence ministry said.
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President Ashraf Ghani said the attack at the 400-bed hospital "trampled all human values".
"In all religions, a hospital is regarded as an immune site and attacking it is attacking the whole of Afghanistan," he said.
The attack began at 09:00 local time (04:30 GMT). One hospital staff member who was able to get out saw an attacker "wearing a white coat holding a Kalashnikov and opening fire on everyone, including the guards, patients and doctors".
One employee wrote on Facebook: "Attackers are inside the hospital. Pray for us."
The hospital attack marks a change in approach by so-called Islamic State fighters in Afghanistan - it's the first time they have engaged directly with security forces in the capital.
Previously they have targeted civilian gatherings, mainly of Shia Muslims, as well as causing carnage at the Supreme Court last month.
But at the hospital they used an approach more commonly associated with the Taliban - blowing the gates open to allow gunmen to enter. This suggests they now have the resources and the military training to expand their attacks.
If that's the case, the security forces could face more such assaults in the coming months.
In the two years since it announced its presence in Afghanistan, IS has mainly engaged with Afghan forces - and more powerful, rival Taliban fighters - in the east, near the Pakistan border. It has failed so far to widen its base in the country - one reason, observers suggest, it may now be mounting more headline-grabbing attacks.
The government claims it has rooted out IS militants from a number of bases in the east - but has yet to dislodge them from mountainous areas they control.
TV pictures showed people hiding from the gunmen on ledges outside windows on upper floors of the building.
More than six hours after the attack began, interior ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi tweeted that special forces had ended their operation and all the attackers were dead.
The IS-affiliated Amaq news agency shared two images via the Telegram messaging app that appeared to show one of the militants taking part in the assault and a number of dead bodies.
Afghanistan's de-facto deputy leader Abdullah Abdullah also condemned the attack on Twitter and vowed to "avenge the blood of our people".
IS announced it was moving into Afghanistan and Pakistan when it declared its so-called Khorasan Province in 2015 and has since carried out a number of attacks.
In July 2016, a suicide bomb attack on a rally in Kabul killed about 80 people.
Three months later, two similar attacks during the religious festival of Ashura claimed about 30 lives and in November 2016 an attack at a mosque in Kabul killed more than 30.
IS also claimed a suicide attack at Kabul's Supreme Court last month that killed 22 people and has stepped up activity in both Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The Taliban has also been carrying out attacks, killing 16 people in Kabul in suicide attacks a week ago, after beginning its Spring offensive early. | More than 30 people have been killed after attackers dressed as doctors stormed the largest military hospital in Kabul, Afghan officials say. | 39202525 | [
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It is the first time an unsigned artist has won the honour - which has previously gone to Adele and Sam Smith.
"I can't believe this is happening," said the 23-year-old, from south London. "It's all just so ridiculous!"
Four of the top five Sound of 2017 acts are black British women, reflecting a rise of female talent in grime and R&B.
Ray said she wanted her music to "empower women to live life as they want".
"There are so many societal pressures on women, on how we should behave, and they're all based on male privilege."
The Sound of 2017 list was chosen by a panel of 170 DJs, critics and festival bookers.
Among them was Jamal Edwards, whose SB:TV YouTube channel has helped launch the careers of Dizzee Rascal, Stormzy and Ed Sheeran.
He said he was "blown away" when he saw Ray BLK perform at one of his club nights last year.
"She is the whole package," he said. "I know she's going to have an amazing year."
"Some artists have that magic about them," said Radio 1's Huw Stephens. "She has a real, raw talent that cuts through so strongly. She is the real deal."
Born in Nigeria and raised in London, Ray released her first recordings while studying for an English degree. She worked in an advertising agency to sustain her career in its early days.
Combining her love of hip-hop and R&B, she delivers streetwise, literate lyrics with a velvety soul voice. Her standout track, My Hood, is a bittersweet love letter to her home town, Catford.
"The south east is one of the roughest places in London but it rears the strongest people, and that's what makes us special," she said.
The singer has avoided signing a record deal in order to retain the rights to her music, which she releases on her own label.
Like an increasing number of artists, from Paul McCartney to the Pet Shop Boys, she works with a company called Kobalt Music Services - who provide "back-room" support like publishing and distribution, without tying musicians to restrictive contracts.
"I feel as though I need to have my autonomy for now," Ray told the BBC.
"There've been so many artists in 2016 that came out, who did so independently and experienced a lot of success. I think there's a new wave of people doing that. The industry is changing."
The winning soul singer, whose real name is Rita Ekwere, beat blues singer Rag N Bone Man to top the Sound of 2017 list, while third place went to pop star-in-waiting Raye.
Ray said: "I'm particularly proud to be a part of this year's list as it's full of so much talent, some of whom are independent artists like myself which I really hope inspires the next generation."
The Sound of... list launched in 2003 and has a track record in championing new and innovative acts, including 50 Cent, Haim, Frank Ocean, Ellie Goulding and Florence + The Machine.
According to the rules, acts on the longlist should not be well known - so talent show contestants and members of famous bands launching a solo career are excluded.
Artists must not have had a UK top 20 single or album before 30 October 2016 - although guest vocalists remain eligible.
Last year's victor was Jack Garratt, whose debut album Phase entered the charts at number three. He praised the "very diverse" range of acts on 2017 longlist, which also included agitprop rock band Cabbage and folk-pop ingenue Maggie Rogers.
"This list shows it is possible to have a great ear for melody and not just write the same four chords in different keys.
"2017 is going to be such an incredible year for art, especially given how terrible 2016 was for politics.
"We've all got a lot to write about and I think we're going to write some incredible stuff."
Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | Soul singer Ray BLK has topped the BBC's Sound Of 2017 list, which aims to predict the most exciting new music for the year ahead. | 38522991 | [
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Stuart Hamilton, 37, was last seen by his friends and family two weeks ago.
Hamilton, from Gorgie in Edinburgh, was seen on CCTV at Haymarket Station on Sunday at 10:16. He then travelled by train to Manchester.
He was then spotted by a former colleague near Buckingham Palace in London on Tuesday at 13:30.
Mr Hamilton is white and of medium build. He is about 6ft 2in with short, dark, receding hair.
He was last seen wearing a blue top along with a black hooded top, blue jeans and white trainers.
He was also carrying a dark rucksack.
Police Scotland has been working with Greater Manchester Police and the Metropolitan Police Service.
Insp Jonathan Elliot, of Police Station, said: "We are continuing our search for Stuart, which has now moved to London.
"Anyone who knows Stuart's whereabouts in either Edinburgh, Manchester or London, or recognises his description, is asked to contact police immediately." | A missing man last spotted on CCTV footage taken at an Edinburgh train station has now been seen in central London. | 37520138 | [
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Longer life expectancies combined with higher living costs means working until you physically can't is a reality for many.
However, that also means there's a trend emerging for a post-retirement career.
Juliana Liu visited a Hong Kong restaurant where the hiring policy emphasises life experience over other skills, while Matthew Wheeler and Priti Gupta picked up some tips from the knitting grandmothers of Bangalore in India.
When Choi Chor Tung approached his 65th birthday, he applied for a job at Gingko House, a Hong Kong social enterprise that mainly hires elderly workers at its four restaurants and the organic farm it uses to supply its eateries.
Mr Choi, who was at that point a butcher, wanted to join Gingko as he was afraid of being fired from his previous job because of his age.
"If you want to retire, then you have to have a lot of savings. But most people in Hong Kong don't have a lot of savings or pension money. It goes very quickly," he says. "Only a place like this will employ someone of my age. I'm 66. I will keep working until I can't work any more."
Now he is a full-time kitchen worker making salads and pizza at Gingko's flagship restaurant, which serves both Chinese and Western food.
In Hong Kong, the sight of wizened, weather-beaten men and women bending over rubbish bins to collect scraps for sale is all too familiar. They are part of a dark secret: this city is one of the world's most unequal places in terms of income distribution.
About one in five of its seven million people live in poverty, according to government figures. Among the elderly, one in three lives below the poverty line. In fact, the most recent official data suggests the poverty rate among people over 65 years of age has risen by 19% between 2009 and 2014.
City officials believe the best way to reduce poverty is to expand economic growth and create jobs but elderly people say age-related discrimination is pervasive.
That's why Joyce Mak, a former social worker, started the social enterprise 10 years ago.
She had no experience in the restaurant business but wanted to provide a sustainable way of employing senior citizens for as long as they were willing to work.
Since then, Gingko has employed more than 1,000 elderly people.
Bangalore is one of the world's major tech cities. It is India's IT hub. And, thanks to Lima Das and her team of industrious grannies, it is now India's knitting hub too.
In 2011, Lima set up grannysloveindia.com, a website that sells children's clothes knitted by grandmothers. It's an idea that has enabled women "in the second innings of their life" to find new purpose and make new friends.
"I had no clue it would reach a stage like this where people accept it, love the social cause of it," Lima says, sitting in her Bangalore apartment surrounded by stacks of wool.
"It's been great to be part of such a change. The grannies have now become more confident. They have become a part of my life and I have become a part of their life, empowering them and making them realise that they can become entrepreneurs at any stage of their life."
Lima, a textile design graduate, got the idea for Granny's Love when she saw her mother-in-law knitting. "I thought if I give her design directions she can come up with something fabulous."
The business relies on a combination of new technology (the internet and social media apps) and good old-fashioned craft (knitting nans). All orders from the website arrive in Lima's email inbox.
She then creates the design, identifies the granny best suited to knit it, and sends the wool and the design to that granny. "Then, after a week, [the granny] sends back the product, other details are added, and it's packed together with a photo of the granny who made it, and posted to the customer," says Lima.
Getting the customers wasn't a problem. The challenge was to find the grannies and persuade them that knitting was a moneymaking skill.
"I would ask any granny I would meet, 'Do you knit? Do you know this craft?' My biggest challenge was to motivate them. They simply made garments for their families. For them money was not in their mind."
The orders have rolled in, along with a regular flow of positive feedback from customers. And with the grannies becoming more confident with using modern technology, such as Facebook and Snapchat, they are now getting that feedback directly.
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"The grannies are now more proactive when it comes to getting an order. They talk to the customers, they come with me to exhibitions."
Lima now has 25 grannies working with her all across India. Shanti Nagpal is one of the recent recruits. "Today I have courage to believe in myself," she says, pausing between stitches on her latest garment. "When I see our knitting creations worn by the children and looking so beautiful, it makes me feel proud."
Suman Prakash, Lima's longest serving knitting nan, finds the work relaxing and spends much of her earnings on more wool so she can knit more clothes for her family. "It's giving me purpose. I don't want to sit idle and just gossip." | There's no such thing as retirement any more for millions of elderly workers around the world. | 36373851 | [
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The centre-back, 30, left the pitch just before the end of Wednesday's 2-1 EFL Cup victory over Swansea.
Kompany, who had thigh surgery during the summer, was making his first appearance since May 4.
His injury is not a recurrence of the calf problem that restricted him to 14 league appearances last season.
City have stayed in south Wales since Wednesday's match, as they are away to Swansea again on Saturday (15:00 BST) in the Premier League. | Manchester City have set no date on a return for captain Vincent Kompany, who is having treatment on the groin injury suffered during his comeback match. | 37453632 | [
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Twenty males were arrested on suspicion of violent disorder or affray after the fight in Price Street, Birmingham, at 16:15 GMT on Saturday.
Police said eight Villa supporters and seven Leicester fans were held after trying to run away from officers.
Five more were arrested after being found hiding in a nearby car park.
West Midlands Police said the fans were aged between 16 and 21 and had been bailed until dates in February and March.
Insp Richard Vickers said: "These few individuals who choose to display their 'support' through anti-social or criminal activity are dealt with strongly and we will always push for Football Banning Orders against such offenders."
The match ended in a 1-1 draw. | Football fans hurled bricks and bottles at each other in a "violent clash" before Aston Villa played Leicester City. | 35337744 | [
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At least 100 others were wounded in the strike, which reportedly struck a warehouse containing weapons.
The commando unit is allied with Houthi rebels whose military capabilities the coalition has been trying to destroy.
Casualties were also reported after air strikes in the northern province of Hajjah, near the Saudi border.
Residents of the Bakeel al-Meer area told the Reuters news agency that at least 40 people had been killed, mostly civilians.
"Houthi gunmen were attacking Saudi border positions from this area but the coalition's planes failed to hit the fighters and bombed civilians [instead]," one resident alleged.
Hours after the air strikes in Hajjah, coalition warplanes targeted the headquarters of the Special Security Forces in the southern Sabaain district of Sanaa.
Officials from the rebel-controlled health ministry said that 36 soldiers and officers had been killed. However, a commando who survived the attack suggested that civilians might also have been among the victims.
"There were many people at the entrance to the warehouse, getting their weapons, farmers, cooks [and also soldiers]; these poor people were standing at the entrance to the warehouse," he told Reuters.
Other air strikes on Wednesday severely damaged a rebel-controlled naval base in the western province of Hudaydah, on Yemen's Red Sea coast.
A rebel-held military base outside Dhalea was also hit, a day after militiamen allied to the exiled government were reported to have taken control of the southern city.
The World Health Organization's director general, Dr Margaret Chan, said on Wednesday that two months of air strikes and fighting on the ground had left up to 2,000 people dead and 8,000 wounded, including hundreds of women and children.
Almost 7.5 million people are in urgent need of medical help.
"Hospitals around the country are closing down their emergency operations rooms and intensive care units due to shortages in staff and fuel for generators," Dr Chan warned. "The health and lives of millions of people are at risk."
The UN has been trying to reschedule peace talks in Geneva that were planned for this week, but the government has insisted the Houthis recognise its authority, withdraw from cities they control and disarm before being allowed to participate. | Saudi-led coalition warplanes have bombed a special forces camp in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, killing at least 36 people, officials and witnesses say. | 32898997 | [
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Manchester City, who are seven points clear at the top of WSL 1, thrashed Doncaster Belles 4-1 on Sunday.
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City, who shocked Chelsea en route to last season's quarter-final, went ahead from Kyel Reid's 18-yard finish before James Hanson's angled strike.
Sam Youngs went close for Chesham, who play in the seventh tier and were 104 places below League One Bradford.
Despite a cameo from Chesham's Barry Hayles, 43, Gary Liddle and Devante Cole scored in injury time.
Chesham reached the second round after claiming their first ever Football League club scalp by defeating League Two Bristol Rovers, one of Hayles' former teams.
But once Reid fired the home side ahead after latching on to Hanson's knock-down, Chesham faced a long afternoon.
Hanson fired in a second after racing on to Lee Evans' long pass to make it 2-0 just before the break.
Second-half substitutes Liddle and Cole flicked in from close range to complete a straightforward afternoon for the Bantams.
Bradford manager Phil Parkinson: "We spoke to the lads about the experience of playing non-league teams last year and and what had to be done to get through.
"We enjoyed the fantastic ties against Chelsea and Sunderland last year, but a lot of hard work had to be done to earn those, and we've done it here.
"If we went back down to Chelsea we wouldn't argue with that. The lads involved and the fans around town are still talking about that cup run.
"They are fantastic memories and they are the reason why we are all professional footballers. Everyone at Bradford is delighted to be back in the hat."
Chesham manager Andy Leese: "We started okay and the manner in which we let in those (first) two goals was a shame because they were so predictable.
"But there are over 100 places between the two sides and that was probably reflected in the score line.
"It was a huge positive for us to reach this round and make history and the finances are incredible, season-changing stuff.
"The excitement of the build-up to this game has been huge and there's a real sense of deflation in the dressing room. We have got a real pick-up job to do."
Match ends, Bradford City 4, Chesham United 0.
Second Half ends, Bradford City 4, Chesham United 0.
Goal! Bradford City 4, Chesham United 0. Devante Cole (Bradford City) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tony McMahon.
Goal! Bradford City 3, Chesham United 0. Gary Liddle (Bradford City) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the top left corner. Assisted by Tony McMahon with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Bradford City. Conceded by Nick Beasant.
Attempt blocked. Tony McMahon (Bradford City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Foul by Tony McMahon (Bradford City).
Ashley Smith (Chesham United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Bradford City. Gary Liddle replaces Billy Knott.
Corner, Chesham United. Conceded by Devante Cole.
Corner, Chesham United. Conceded by Ben Williams.
Attempt saved. Ryan Blake (Chesham United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Stephen Hamilton-Forbes (Chesham United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Corner, Chesham United. Conceded by Stephen Darby.
Foul by Rory McArdle (Bradford City).
Barry Hayles (Chesham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. David Pearce (Chesham United) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
Substitution, Bradford City. Mark Marshall replaces Kyel Reid.
Substitution, Bradford City. Devante Cole replaces Billy Clarke.
Reece Burke (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Barry Hayles (Chesham United).
Foul by Kyel Reid (Bradford City).
Ashley Smith (Chesham United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Chesham United. Stephen Hamilton-Forbes replaces Bruce Wilson.
Attempt missed. Billy Clarke (Bradford City) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Stephen Darby (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Barry Hayles (Chesham United).
Attempt missed. Sam Youngs (Chesham United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
Substitution, Chesham United. Barry Hayles replaces Bradley Wadkins.
Corner, Chesham United. Conceded by Reece Burke.
Attempt saved. Reece Burke (Bradford City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
James Hanson (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Sam Youngs (Chesham United).
Billy Knott (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nick Beasant (Chesham United).
Substitution, Chesham United. David Pearce replaces Toby Little.
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Attempt missed. Billy Clarke (Bradford City) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner following a corner.
Corner, Bradford City. Conceded by George Fenton.
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The Australian Open champions, seeded fourth in Monte Carlo, sealed victory in 67 minutes.
The Briton and the Brazilian went 4-0 up in the opening set and held firm to remain top of the ATP doubles rankings.
A reflex Murray volley sealed the match and improved their season record to 17 wins and only three defeats.
In the final they will meet either Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut, who beat Murray's brother Andy and Dominic Inglot on Friday, or Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah.
Brazilian Melo would have regained his individual number one doubles ranking with victory alongside Dodig of Croatia.
But the second seeds, playing in their first semi-final of the year, were unable to take any of their four break points and decisively lost serve in the ninth game of the second set.
Never want to miss the latest tennis news? You can now add this sport and all the other sports and teams you follow to yourpersonalised My Sport home. | World doubles number one Jamie Murray and partner Bruno Soares reached the Monte Carlo Masters final with a 6-2 6-4 win over Marcelo Melo and Ivan Dodig. | 36061830 | [
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He says more new arrivals are imminent with a focus on midfield after gaps were filled elsewhere.
Westley saw his side end an eight-game losing streak in League Two with a draw against Colchester on Saturday, but the County manager is still not satisfied.
"I'm still expecting to be active in the market," confirmed Westley.
Despite the point against Colchester, County remained bottom of the table and six points from safety.
Westley has been overseeing a major overhaul of his County squad including bringing back former Exile David Pipe.
Westley wants more experience. "We need to strengthen. We've got experience in the dressing room and we've got one or two youngsters. I just need just one or two more experienced ingredients," he said.
"I've strengthened the back-line, I've strengthened the front-line so obviously the midfield is going to be next."
One midfielder it seems Westley does not have to worry about replacing is Josh Sheehan.
The 21-year-old's loan spell from Swansea was due to end this month, but Westley expects Sheehan to now remain until the end of the campaign.
The Newport boss added: "We've spoken to Swansea and I hope and expect Josh to stay." | Manager Graham Westley wants to add to the nine players he has already signed for Newport in the January transfer window. | 38630207 | [
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The sceptics insist that growth has been largely jobless and deepened inequality in an already hierarchical society.
The optimistic refute this gloomy thesis and believe that the rising tide has lifted all boats.
As an example, they point to the emergence of a small but growing class of Dalit (formerly known as untouchables, the lowest in India's wretched caste hierarchy) millionaires.
So much so that Dalit activists like Chandra Bhan Prasad like to call it a "golden period" for Dalits where "material markers are replacing social markers".
Studies have also shown that the wage gap between Dalits and other castes have narrowed and their standing has improved. There is even a Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
But new research by Lakshmi Iyer, Tarun Khanna and Ashustosh Varshney paints a less rosy picture.
Delving into the relationship between caste and entrepreneurship, the researchers have found that scheduled castes and tribes, the most disadvantaged groups in Hinduism's hierarchy, owned very little businesses despite a decade of sprightly economic growth and a long history of affirmative action.
Mining information thrown up by the 2005 economic census covering more than 42 million enterprises, they found schedule castes owned only 9.8% of all enterprises in India in 2005, well below their 16.4% share of the total population.
The scheduled tribes owned only 3.7% of non-farm enterprises despite being 7.7% of the population.
However, ownership of business among OBC's - an acronym for Other Backward Castes or the "middle castes" who "neither suffering the extreme social and economic discrimination of the Scheduled Castes, nor enjoying the social privileges of the upper castes" - has grown.
OBCs comprise 41% of India's people. Their members owned 43.5% of all enterprises in 2005, and accounted for 40% of non-farm employment.
This is a remarkable achievement considering that affirmative action for this group was widely introduced only in the 1990s.
The pattern of dismally low ownership of businesses among the most disadvantaged groups, the researchers found, is not specific to any one region or state in India.
Even in states like Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra that were among the first to have social movements to end caste discrimination, ownership of enterprises is low.
States with high population of the disadvantaged groups also show that they are under-represented in ownership of businesses.
The researchers say there could be a host of reasons - caste discrimination itself (members of other castes refuse to work with the lowest castes), lack of knowledge, illiteracy, and problems with securing finance.
"All these factors," they say, "can prevent scheduled castes from entering industries that have significant economies of scale."
Growth possibilities are limited by differences in the size of worker networks - scheduled caste owners find it easier to work with scheduled caste workers.
I asked Dr Varshney, who teaches at the US's Brown University, whether the findings really came as a surprise, given that deeper social changes in societies like India take a lot of time.
He said he wasn't.
"I should, however, add that the story of the rise of the Dalit millionaires is not small either. Though numerically insignificant, it is politically, economically and socially very significant," he told me.
Over time, he believes, the rise of Dalits "may well become comparable" to the rise of Nadars - a southern caste - in Tamil Nadu.
Until about 150 years ago Nadars - mostly "toddy tappers" - were condemned to a near untouchable status. Today, they are a leading business community in the state and are found in all classes.
I asked Dr Varshney whether increased representation in politics had anything to do with higher ownership of business for different caste groups? I cited the example of the increasingly influential OBC-led politics in the country.
"Whether that happens remains unclear. The correlation undoubtedly exists, but the causes are still to be sorted out," he said.
I also wondered why decades of affirmative action and more than two decades of economic liberalisation hadn't still unleashed entrepreneurial energies among the most disadvantaged.
"Such transformations can take a long time," he said. "The rise of the Nadars, for example, took nearly eight to 10 decades, depending on how one defines the rise." | The story of India's economic surge is dominated by two conflicting narratives. | 21972989 | [
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The cost of borrowing will remain unchanged at 6.25% ahead of a possible increase in US interest rates later this month.
The decision came as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) held its first press conference since new bank notes were introduced.
The BBC was one of several media organisations prevented from attending the briefing.
The central bank blamed a decision to move the press conference to a small venue.
The Reserve Bank of India gave no clear reason for its unprecedented decision to exclude some media organisations including the BBC from attending today's press conference held by its governor, Urjit Patel, after the monetary policy meeting.
"Space constraint" is the only official response we were given. That is somewhat ironic considering that only last year the RBI started holding press conferences in a bigger room to accommodate more journalists.
The tradition has been that the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India addresses a long press conference after the monetary policy decision. And it's open to all media organisations. I have attended many such events in the past.
We have been told that the decision to exclude certain media organisations had nothing to do with the coverage of the recent currency note ban in India - which received widespread criticism for its implementation.
There are concerns that the cash clampdown could cut growth in the world's fastest-growing major economy.
Expectations of a rate cut rose last week after India reported lower-than-expected economic growth of 7.3% for the three months to September.
That put pressure on the central bank, particularly after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on 8 November that 500 ($7.30; £6) and 1,000 rupee notes would no longer be legal tender.
While demonetisation was a government decision, it had to be approved by the Reserve Bank. This has led to strong criticism of Mr Patel and the transparency of his institution.
The governor reduced the cost of borrowing when he took up the post in October and replaced Raghuram Rajan, who chose to leave the RBI without seeking a second term.
It was the third cut in rates this year after reductions in January and March.
Mr Patel is known to take a tough line on inflation, which remains one of the big worries in the Indian economy.
But fresh worries have emerged after the government's decision to ban 500 and 1,000 rupee bank notes, which caused chaos as people lined up at banks to exchange their old currency.
Some banks ran out of cash. At others, police were called in to manage queues of anxious customers hoping to change their savings for legal tender.
The surprise government move is aimed at tackling corruption and tax evasion.
But many low-income Indians, traders and ordinary savers who rely on the cash economy have been badly hit. The two notes accounted for about 86% of the cash in circulation. | India's central bank has unexpectedly held interest rates at a six-year low. | 38232309 | [
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Hassan Nasrallah said Syria's opposition was too weak to bring down Bashar al-Assad's regime militarily.
He was speaking in an address broadcast on Hezbollah's TV station al-Manar.
BBC Arab affairs analyst Sebastian Usher says the speech tacitly confirmed the group has been involved in fighting in neighbouring Syria.
The Syrian opposition has long claimed the Iranian-backed Shia movement has been supplying fighters to help Mr Assad, a key Hezbollah backer.
"A large number [of rebels] were preparing to capture villages inhabited by Lebanese... so it was normal to offer every possible and necessary aid to help the Syrian army," Mr Nasrallah was quoted as saying by AFP news agency.
The Hezbollah leader said it had never hidden its martyrs, but that reports that large numbers of its fighters had been killed were lies.
He also warned that if a key Shia shrine south of Damascus - that named after Sayida Zeinab, a granddaughter of Prophet Muhammad - were to be destroyed, it would spark revenge that could get out of control.
"If the shrine is destroyed things will get out of control," he said.
Mr Nasrallah tried to reassure his domestic audience that - above all - Hezbollah wanted to avoid the Syrian war coming to Lebanon, adds our correspondent, but many there may find little to comfort them in this latest show of defiance.
The announcement came hours after 14 people were killed by a powerful explosion in Damascus, and a day after Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi survived a car bomb attack in the Syrian capital.
Government forces and rebels have been fighting in and around Damascus for months, but neither have gained the upper hand.
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The cabin cruiser then developed electrical problems as it made its way to Salt Island, where it was beached.
A Portaferry lifeboat crew was launched at about 11:15 BST and everyone was safely taken to shore at Killyleagh.
Brian Bailie, lifeboat operations manager with Portaferry RNLI, said: "Once again all the hard work and hours invested in training has paid off with a happy ending.
"With the start of the good weather and more and more craft taking to the water, it is increasingly important that everyone respects the water and makes all the necessary checks before going on the water". | Five men and two women were rescued by the RNLI after becoming stranded on two islands in Strangford Lough. | 39800590 | [
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Alex Robinson was drowned in the bath two days before Christmas at his home.
Stewart Greene, 65, of Grimoldby, Lincolnshire, said he drowned Alex Robinson in a bath but denies murder.
Dr Philip Joseph told the jury: "In over 30 years, this is one of the most callous killings or murders I have been involved with."
Alex was in Mr Greene's care at his home while his mother - the defendant's daughter - was out last December.
Giving evidence at Lincoln Crown Court, Dr Joseph said his diagnosis of Mr Greene was that he had a psychopathic personality disorder, characterised by a "callous unconcern for the feelings of others" and an "incapacity to experience guilt".
He said Mr Greene would exaggerate his symptoms and engage in manipulative behaviour to get himself into hospital.
But despite his mental condition, Dr Joseph - who has dealt with more than 800 homicide cases - said Mr Greene understood what he was doing and that his ability to form a rational judgement was not impaired.
He told jurors: "Although his judgement was abhorrent, immoral and illegal, it was rational.
When asked if he was surprised Mr Greene had killed Alex, he replied: "Yes - I am surprised."
Earlier in the trial, Timothy Spencer QC, defending, asked Mr Greene whether he had drowned his grandson, to which he replied: "I drowned him in the bath, yes."
He told the court he drowned Alex because he was angry with the nine-year-old's mother.
The trial continues. | A psychiatrist told a murder trial the death of a nine-year-old Lincoln boy was one of the most "callous killings" he had ever seen. | 34926014 | [
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However the Social Democrat (SPO) Christian Kern said he could not work with any groups that "incite against people and minorities".
He was sworn in on Tuesday, replacing Werner Faymann who quit after losing the support of party colleagues.
The SPO were trounced in the first round of presidential elections last month by the Freedom Party.
The vote was won by the far-right party's candidate Norbert Hofer, who faces a run-off against the Greens' Alexander Van der Bellen for the mostly ceremonial role.
It was the first time since World War Two that candidates from Austria's two main parties, the centre-left SPO and the centre-right People's Party, did not make it to the run-off.
Mr Hofer has suggested that if elected he could use his power to dismiss the government of the day under certain circumstances.
At a news conference, Mr Kern said working with the Freedom Party was possible if certain criteria were met, without specifying what they might be.
He added: "My plan is not to lead the SPO into opposition, the opposite is true.
"But at the end of the day we need an identity and for us it is absolutely unimaginable to work with parties who incite against people and minorities."
Swearing in Mr Kern at a ceremony in Vienna, outgoing President Heinz Fischer said: "You are taking on a great and beautiful but also difficult role with a lot of responsibilities." | Austria's new chancellor has refused to rule out co-operation with the country's far-right Freedom Party. | 36315733 | [
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He faced questions from MPs as the UK government published a White Paper, setting out its approach on Brexit.
It lays out 12 "principles" including migration control, free trade and "taking control of our own laws".
Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood said her party would do everything it could to prevent the damage of a "hard Brexit".
As the White Paper was unveiled, Montgomeryshire Conservative MP Glyn Davies asked Mr Davis for assurances that Welsh interests would be considered.
Putting the question, Mr Davies said: "In the interests' of UK unity, Wales' interests must be taken into account, including discussion of this white paper.
"Can you guarantee the involvement of Wales and continue to feature in all of our discussions, accepting of course that there can be no veto?"
The minister told him: "You are absolutely right and that's been the approach we've taken.
"We've had a number of meetings of the joint ministerial committee, two of them chaired by the prime minister, three of them chaired by me.
"We've been to Wales to see the Welsh Government to talk about some of these issues.
"The minister of state [David Jones] is appearing before the Welsh committee shortly on February 14.
"So we are taking the interests of Wales extremely seriously, and we will operate this negotiation so that no part of the United Kingdom loses. That's the aim."
Mr Davis was also challenged by Bridgend Labour MP Madeleine Moon to guarantee tariff-free access to European markets for car workers in Bridgend and steel workers in south Wales.
He told her that EU countries exported more to the UK than the UK exported to them, "so they clearly have a strong interest, as strong an interest as we do in tariff-free goods access".
Mr Davis added: "There's every reason to expect that we will succeed in what we intend to do which is to protect the jobs of her constituents."
Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood dismissed the White Paper as a "whitewash of the demands of Wales" as seen by her party and the Welsh Government.
They had called for "full and unfettered" access to the single market after Brexit in their own White Paper published in January.
"Today, the UK Government has confirmed it will forge ahead with a hard Brexit, dragging Wales out of the European Single Market, threatening 200,000 Welsh jobs and making tariff barriers likely," she said.
"Plaid Cymru will continue to do everything in its power to avoid economic damage and political oblivion." | UK ministers are "taking the interests of Wales extremely seriously" in preparations for leaving the EU, Brexit Secretary David Davis has said. | 38842769 | [
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Cooper, 18, was registered with the National League in time for him to be part of the squad for Saturday's home fixture against Braintree Town.
The son of former Swindon, Peterborough and Darlington manager Mark Cooper, the Blues under-21 player signed a first professional deal last summer.
However he is yet to make a senior appearance for Birmingham City. | Forest Green Rovers have signed midfielder Charlie Cooper from Birmingham City on a one-month loan. | 35391652 | [
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A letter from an NHS England official to managers and GPs in one region suggests vulnerable practices could be left to "wither by the system".
The note, seen by the BBC and Pulse magazine, claims NHS England is no longer able to "continue supporting practices irrespective of their ability… to transform appropriately".
NHS England denied this was the case.
A spokesman for the British Medical Association said it was "unacceptable" that some NHS managers believed that some GP practices would be left to close.
A practice may be vulnerable due to:
These are often practices rated by regulators as "inadequate" or "requiring improvement".
It comes as media reports suggest much of a special fund to help struggling GP surgeries has not yet been handed out more than a year after it was unveiled. In June 2015, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt announced a £10m investment in GP practices in England which were deemed to be vulnerable. This was formally launched by NHS England later in the year.
But last week, the medical publication Pulse reported that barely any of the fund had reached GPs. Managers administering the fund in each area were said to be still identifying which vulnerable practices would qualify for the support.
NHS England did not deny the report, though a source said the organisation was "working through its local teams to ensure the funding available through the vulnerable practice programme is fully committed to named individual practices by the end of October".
Around 800 out of a total of 8,000 practices are deemed by NHS England to be in the vulnerable category. The criteria include a high number of patients per GP and an "inadequate" or "requires improvement" rating by the regulator, the CQC.
NHS chiefs said the aim was to provide support for practices under pressure and to ensure patients had continued access to high quality care.
In April 2016, NHS England announced an extra £16m for this year for a so-called "practice resilience programme", with another £24m in subsequent years.
This pool of money was also aimed at shoring up struggling practices and was part of the GP Practice Forward View unveiled by the head of NHS England Simon Stevens.
But a letter sent by Paul Twomey, medical director of the NHS England North Yorkshire and Humber area team, to local GPs and health officials in August suggests a harder line stance.
In it he says: "The message we need to communicate to general practice is the GP Practice Forward View must be about transformation and in that sense is not like a pilot."
He goes on to express his belief that local health leaders will understand that "vulnerable practices must either transform and deliver a quality service or be allowed to fail and wither by the system. We are no longer in a position to continue supporting practices irrespective of their willingness or ability as a provider to transform appropriately."
Dr Richard Vautrey from the British Medical Association's GP committee said this approach was unacceptable.
He called on the government to deliver the funding immediately and "deter a mindset amongst managers that some GP practices can be allowed to disappear".
An NHS England spokesperson said: "Rising patient demand is placing GPs under more pressure and that is why we are reversing the historic under-investment in general practice through a wide-ranging action plan, backed with half a billion pounds to support struggling practices.
"This includes a four-year, £40m programme for helping the GP surgeries facing the most difficulties and further practical measures to stabilise general practice for the future."
References to surgeries and practices being "allowed to fail" comes at a sensitive time in the debate about the state of NHS primary care in England.
There has been a steady stream of surgery closures and recruitment problems. GPs complain of a growing and sometimes intolerable workload.
Last month 2,000 patients were left without a GP after a surgery was closed in Nottingham following an "inadequate" regulatory rating. They were advised to contact other surgeries nearby.
In July, an Oxfordshire doctor's surgery announced it would close because it claimed changes to the national GP contract made it "financially unviable" and two partners were due to retire. This week, a North Yorkshire practice said it would close in the New Year.
NHS England, while promising to boost the share of the overall NHS budget going to general practice, has encouraged doctors to pool resources by forming "super-partnerships" and federations.
Improving out-of-hours access and working more closely with community health services are also on the task list for GP groups. The underlying message is that more efficient ways of delivering care at a time of stretched resources are required.
NHS chiefs are under pressure to find efficiency savings and a multitude of smaller practices might not be the best use of resources.
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Soon he won't need a book to learn more about this tiny British overseas territory in the Mediterranean, just south of Spain.
Following the lead of the UK town of Monmouth, Gibraltar is aiming to spill the content of the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia into the real world.
To do this, it is equipping Gibraltar's tourist attractions with QR codes - "quick response" barcodes that can be scanned with a mobile phone.
These black-and-white pixelated images have been around for more than two decades but have started to gain mainstream acceptance only in the past few years, appearing on everything from walls and billboards to newspapers and detergent packs.
As well as other technologies such as near-field communication tags (NFC) and augmented reality (AR) apps, they give mobile phone users information about a particular object.
QR codes store text, phone numbers, email addresses and calendar events, and once scanned, create links to websites or generate some interactive content on your smartphone's screen.
Tourism is a big part of Gibraltar's economy, with more than 11 million visitors spending £280m last year, and the authorities are keen to seize any opportunity to increase revenue.
The QR codes take users directly to a Wikipedia page of the relevant tourist attraction, says Clive Finlayson of the Gibraltar Museum.
"Gibraltar is a multi-layered cake of historical events, starting with the Neanderthals of 50,000 years ago through to modern humans," he says.
What are QR codes' chances?
QR codes have been around for years, but only 11% of UK smartphone users scanned one in July 2012, according to data agency Comscore.
Some analysts have been saying that other technologies such as NFC, which lets you get information wirelessly just by waving your phone in front of the chip, may eventually replace QR.
But QR supporters argue that NFC is not quite there yet - it is expensive to create tags, and for now, not many phones can scan them.
QR codes are free to create, cheap to install and nearly all modern smartphones have apps that can read them.
Augmented reality apps are also a potential threat - they allow information to appear on your handset's screen simply by pointing the phone towards an object of interest. Google Glass headset could even take this one step further, and make information appear right in front of the user's eyes.
But QR is far from being dead - and recent moves by the electronic giants Apple and Microsoft could give it a push.
The technology will be integrated into Apple's Passbook ticket/coupon wallet service, available on the forthcoming iOS6 operating system. It will allow users to get into a cinema, check in for a flight, or redeem a coupon via their phone.
Microsoft has recently signed a licensing agreement with NeoMedia, one of the pioneers in the mobile barcodes field, to acquire all of the firm's QR code patents.
"Our own caving unit has now catalogued over 200 caves in Rock, with many being rich in archaeology but inaccessible to most people.
"Here we have another way of getting all this information across to the world."
"Gibraltarpedia" organisers want their QR codes to communicate with the user's phone to determine its set-up language, so a Brazilian tourist can be taken to a page in Portuguese, a Turk to one in Turkish and so on, says Roger Bamkin, a consultant to the Gibraltar government and a volunteer from Wikimedia UK, the charity that supports the online encyclopaedia.
"By scanning QR codes around them, tourists will be to able to find out about the place they are visiting in their own language, with the description written by a volunteer speaking that language," he says.
Volunteers have been producing up to 20 articles a day in various languages, and Mr Bamkin has been in Gibraltar this week seeking more people to contribute photos, maps and information on the territory's history.
But once all the landmarks are equipped with codes and all the articles are written, other factors need to be dealt with for the project to take off.
Roaming charges may deter visitors from connecting to the web - and the government of Gibraltar says it is considering the possibility of free wi-fi.
Also, tourists should be familiar with QR codes and be willing to use them. Although people may be used to seeing them, not many in the Western world actually scan them.
On the other hand, in Japan and South Korea many use them on a daily basis.
Tesco Korea lets consumers shop in a virtual supermarket while standing on a subway platform. They scan images of groceries with a QR code reader and buy them with a click.
But Gibraltarpedia organisers say that they realise QR codes may be replaced by other technology - just as DVDs replaced CDs, says Mr Bamkin.
However, he believes that the project will be a success - and be it QR, NFC or any other future tech, Wikipedia is aiming to bridge online and offline worlds.
"Projects like Gibraltarpedia are a test of our mission," says Mr Bamkin, adding that the next target is expansion into northern Africa.
"Africans have a great need of free information - there are many more Wikipedia articles in the UK or France than there are in Morocco, Algeria, or Mali." | Driving along a sunlit road along Gibraltar's western slopes, a tourist stops by one of the city's top attractions - St Michael's Cave - and consults his travel guide. | 19544299 | [
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The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals said it would not block a lower-court ruling that halted the order.
Mr Trump responded with an angry tweet saying national security was at risk and there would be a legal challenge.
But the 3-0 unanimous ruling said the government had not proved the terror threat justified reviving the ban.
The ruling means that people from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen with visas can continue to enter the US.
And refugees from around the world, who were also subject to a temporary ban, are no longer blocked either.
The case is now likely to end up at the highest court, the US Supreme Court.
They rejected the argument, made by the Justice Department on behalf of the US government, that the president had sole discretion to set immigration policy.
The court also said there was "no evidence that any alien from any of the countries named in the order" had committed a terror attack in the US.
They said both sides had made compelling cases.
"On the one hand, the public has a powerful interest in national security and in the ability of an elected president to enact policies.
"And on the other, the public also has an interest in free flow of travel, in avoiding separation of families, and in freedom from discrimination."
But they said the law stripped foreign arrivals of their rights under the Constitution.
Mr Trump responded to the ruling by tweeting his dissent, and then gave an audio statement saying it was a political decision.
The Justice Department, which made representations to the appeals court on behalf of the White House, said in a statement it was "reviewing the decision and considering its options".
Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson, who had sued over the ban, said it was a complete victory for the state.
New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio said: "Here in New York - the safest big city in America - we will always protect our neighbours, no matter where they came from or when they got here. Those are our values."
Donald Trump's lawyers did not make their case. In fact, according to three Ninth Circuit judges, they didn't even really try to make their case. Rather than explaining why the temporary travel ban was needed, the administration argued that the president's authority on immigration was so sweeping that they didn't have to explain why the order was necessary.
According to the court, the government was unable to say why Mr Trump's ban addressed a pressing national security threat that a temporary stay of the order would worsen. The lawyers for the challenging states, on the other hand, convinced the judges that re-imposing the order at this point would create further chaos by infringing on the due process rights of those on US soil, regardless of their immigration status.
By issuing a unanimous, unsigned opinion, the judges avoid accusations of partisan bias, as one of the three was a Republican appointee.
Mr Trump tweeted a sharp "SEE YOU IN COURT" following the decision - but which court?
An appeal to the Supreme Court seems likely, although a better move for the president may be to fight in the lower court until Judge Neil Gorsuch joins a conservative majority on the bench.
The executive order, at the end of Mr Trump's first week in office, had sparked protests and confusion as people were stopped at US borders.
Then a week later, a federal judge in Seattle issued a temporary restraining order that stopped the ban in its tracks, after Washington state and Minnesota sued.
The Justice Department appealed to the 9th Circuit in San Francisco, which heard oral arguments this week.
Lawyers representing the US government argued that the ban was a "lawful exercise" of presidential authority.
But the two US states said the ban had harmed universities in their states and discriminated against Muslims.
The appeal judges did not rule on the constitutionality or the merits of the law, just on the question of its reinstatement.
The lower court in Seattle must still debate its merits and there are other legal challenges across the country. | A US appeals court has rejected President Donald Trump's attempt to reinstate his ban on visitors from seven mainly Muslim countries. | 38927175 | [
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The man named as Abdalfatah HA is suspected of being part of a unit with an al-Qaeda-linked group formerly known as al-Nusra Front, which killed 36 Syrian government employees in 2013.
The federal prosecutors' office said the man, arrested in Duesseldorf, had carried out death sentences.
A second suspected al-Nusra fighter was arrested in the town of Giessen.
Abdulrahman AA is accused of breaking international weapons laws.
Both are thought to have been part of the same combat unit for al-Nusra, which was al-Qaeda's affiliate in Syria at the time.
The group formally severed its ties to the global jihadist network last year, renaming itself Jabhat Fateh al-Sham.
In January, JFS merged with four smaller groups to form Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.
German prosecutors allege Abdulrahman AA, 26, and Abdalfatah HA, 35, took part in an armed battle against Syrian government troops including taking over a big arms depot near Mahin, central Syria, in November 2013, eight months after the murders of the government employees.
Some local reports have claimed one of the men was an asylum seeker, but a spokeswoman for the prosecutors' office refused to confirm this. | A Syrian national has been arrested in Germany accused of war crimes involving the murder of dozens of civil servants. | 39139755 | [
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The British supermarket giant, the world's third largest retailer, has been looking to dispose of its loss-making US food chain for some time.
Around 4,000 of Fresh & Easy's 5,000 employees are to transfer to the new business as part of the deal.
Tesco said in a statement that this is an "orderly and efficient exit from the US market".
Under the terms of the deal, Tesco will loan the new business around £80m.
Fresh & Easy, which operates 200 stores across California, Nevada and Arizona, has lost money since opening in 2007.
Tesco did not specify which stores are being transferred to Yucaipa, but it is understood the remaining 50 shops will be closed.
It will cost Tesco £150m to dispose of the Fresh & Easy brand, but part of that is a loan which may be paid back.
Also, if Yucaipa is sucessful and the business becomes profitable, Tesco has the option to buy a stake.
Yucaipa is a Los Angeles based private equity company focused on supermaket and restaurant businesses and is run by billionaire investor Ron Burkle.
In April of this year, Tesco reported its first fall in annual profits for 20 years. | Tesco has agreed to sell 150 of its Fresh & Easy stores to the investment company Yucaipa Companies. | 24040346 | [
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The tiny crustaceans are a naturally-occurring parasite that can cause disease and are responsible for many losses to wild and farmed fish stocks.
With resistance to chemical treatments rising, the Glasgow team has been looking at breeding resistance.
It has now come up with a new protocol to breed resistant fish and developed a mathematical model to predict outcomes.
Sea lice can cause skin lesions and increased susceptibility to infections by suppressing the host's immune system.
The parasite is estimated to cost the worldwide fish farming industry hundreds of millions of pounds a year.
Professor Michael Stear said: "Sea lice infection is a major threat to the health of farmed salmon and to the fish-farming economy.
"Our research has produced a practical tool for quantifying resistance to sea lice and shown that selection could substantially reduce the need for drug treatments.
"Selective breeding for sea lice resistance should reduce the impact of sea lice on fish health and thus greatly improve the sustainability of Atlantic salmon production."
The study outlining the Glasgow University model is published in the Royal Society journal Interface.
WWF Scotland director Lang Banks said: "There is no doubt that sea lice are a major problem for Scotland's salmon farming industry and that large amounts of chemicals are currently used to combat the problem.
"If we are to protect the wider environment, then finding ways to reduce the industry's reliance on chemicals is to be welcomed.
"However, as chemical use is only one of a number of environmental impacts from salmon farming, we need to see more farms sign up to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council's "responsible farming" labelling scheme, and pledge to operate more sustainably in all aspects of their operations." | Researchers at Glasgow University have developed a new way to protect farmed salmon from sea lice. | 33974461 | [
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A spokesman for Australian Immigration Minister Peter Dutton confirmed the husband and wife had left Cambodia.
Just two of the five refugees transferred by Australia to the Southeast Asian country now remain.
Australia has promised to give Cambodia A$40m in aid and A$15m in resettlement costs to take in its rejected refugees.
This will be paid regardless of the number of people who settle there.
The Australian government maintains a policy where asylum seekers who arrive by boat are sent to processing centres in offshore locations, including the Pacific nation of Nauru and Manus Island in Papua New Guinea.
Those found to be genuine refugees are not allowed to settle in Australia and are instead sent to another country.
The Iranian couple were part of the first group of four who agreed to go from Nauru to Cambodia in May 2015.
A Rohingya man who was part of this group returned to Myanmar in October 2015 because he was homesick.
One Iranian man from the group remains in Cambodia, along with a fifth refugee who was transferred there late last year.
Mr Dutton's spokesperson said in a statement on Tuesday: "The Government remains committed to supporting the Government of Cambodia to implement settlement arrangements in Cambodia and encourages refugees temporarily in Nauru to explore this settlement option.
"The Government holds firm on our policy that you if you arrive by boat then you can either return to your country of origin or be resettled in a third country."
Opposition immigration spokesman Richard Marles told the Australian Broadcasting Corps that the Cambodia deal was an "expensive joke".
"It stands as the symbol for how this government has completely failed in negotiating any third country resettlement options which are credible," he said.
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill warned last week that his country did not have the resources to resettle the refugees and asylum seekers at the Manus Island detention centre. | Two Iranian refugees who were transferred to Cambodia under a A$55m ($41m; £29m) deal with Australia have returned to Iran voluntarily. | 35751536 | [
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The Chesterfield striker denies raping a 19-year-old woman at a Premier Inn in Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, on 30 May 2011.
Mr Evans, 27, was found guilty of rape at Caernarfon Crown Court in 2012, but his conviction was quashed in April.
Mrs Justice Nicola Davies told the jury at Cardiff Crown Court to decide the case "calmly, objectively and without emotion".
Mr Evans denies having sex with the woman while she was too drunk to consent.
He insists she agreed to let him "join in" while she was having consensual sex with fellow footballer Clayton McDonald, 27, after a night out in Rhyl.
The prosecution and defence have now both presented their evidence and the judge is directing the jury before each side presents their closing arguments.
She said: "Your task as a jury is to consider the charge made against this defendant, namely the charge of rape.
"You must do that by assessing only the evidence you have heard in this case.
"You are not here to judge the morals of any person who has given evidence in this case. And this includes the complainant and the defendant."
Closing the case for the prosecution, Simon Medland QC told the jury Mr Evans treated the complainant "with a callous, self-centred indifference".
"At the end of the 19th Century poet and writer Oscar Wilde was moved to remark that everything in life is about sex, apart from sex itself which is about power," he said.
"I accept, of course, that Oscar Wilde at the end of the 19th Century is a long way removed from room 14 in the Premier Inn in Rhyl, but you might think, considering this case, that it was one of his more insightful remarks."
He added: "This wealthy, successful young footballer felt entitled to have her and he did so regardless of whatever she might have wanted, and in doing so, we submit, made this rape."
Judy Khan QC, making the defence's closing statement to the jury, said the case against Mr Evans was "built around a myth".
"If [the complainant] cannot remember, she must have been incapacitated through drink and, in other words, the crown say, lack of memory equals lack of capacity, equals lack of consent," she said.
"We say that when you look at all of the evidence, that is wrong."
Miss Khan told the jury evidence given by two men who had sex with the complainant around the time of the alleged offence was "similar".
She added: "It totally undermines the prosecution case. It totally undermines the suggestion that it was without consent."
The trial continues. | The jury at Ched Evans' retrial for rape has been told not to judge the "morals" of those involved. | 37643848 | [
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The FTSE 100 share index was up 0.27%, or 18 points, closing at 6837.92.
An initial rally in the pound faded. Overnight it hit a two-year high against the euro and a two-week high against the US dollar, but fell back during the day.
Meanwhile RBS confirmed it would not be moving its registered head office now that independence had been rejected.
"The announcement we made about moving our registered head office to England was part of a contingency plan to ensure certainty and stability for our customers, staff and shareholders should there be a 'Yes' vote," the bank said.
"That contingency plan is no longer required. Following the result it is business as usual for all our customers across the UK and RBS."
In a statement, Lloyds Banking Group said: "The group is proud of its strong Scottish heritage and remains committed to having a significant presence in Scotland. We remain fully focused on supporting households and businesses in Scotland as well as right across the rest of the UK."
Over the past couple of weeks the pound had fallen on fears that Scotland would vote in favour of independence. As it became clear overnight that Scotland would vote against leaving the union, the pound spiked to a two-year high against at the euro and two-week high against the US dollar.
However, as trading in London got underway the rally faded and the pound dipped. At the end of the trading day it was down 0.48% against the dollar at 1.6322. Against the euro it was still 0.2% higher at 1.2714 euros, but lower than its overnight highs.
Jeremy Cook, economist at World First said: "The obvious risk to the currency markets was a yes and that would have caused a big sell off. Now the markets will go back to concentrating on the fundamentals of the UK economy."
Shares in RBS were up 2.6%. Lloyds Banking Group shares climbed nearly 2% in early trade before slipping back.
Brenda Kelly from IG Index said: "Investors in these firms will be relieved that management will be able to devote their time to business performance, rather than fretting about contract changes or headquarter moves.
"There is still uncertainty, primarily over the new changes to voting on English issues, but these are of importance primarily to politicians and less so to markets," she added.
The main Spanish share index, the IBEX, jumped more than 1% in early trade, but fell back in the afternoon. That was attributed to the 'No' vote because it was seen as reducing the chances of a breakaway in Catalonia.
The boss of Aberdeen Asset Management, Martin Gilbert, who had previously said that Scotland "would prosper" as an independent country, also welcomed the end to the uncertainty of the last few months.
"Scotland has long been a world leader in business sectors such as oil and gas, whisky and investment and the task now is to grow the rest of the economy with the strong support of politicians of all parties," said Mr Gilbert.
Sterling wasn't the only thing with a spring in its step this morning. Business leaders who had expressed concerns about the possibility of independence will also be relieved that all those contingency plans for possible upheaval can be put away - for the foreseeable future at least.
Business attention will now quickly turn to the constitutional changes announced by the prime minister this morning. Although initially it may not seem a business matter, greater federalism in the UK could have significant ramifications.
There may never be an English Parliament - I'm sure the last thing voters want is more politicians - but if powers over the setting of taxes and business policies for example are devolved to the four nations of the UK, then chief executives will have to sit up and take notice.
Read Kamal's blog in full
Analysts also said that the result reduced the risk of the UK leaving the European Union.
"Scottish residents are more in favour of remaining in the EU, compared to the rest of the UK where the majority favour an exit. Overall, major disruption has been avoided and focus can now return to building on the strong economic recovery in progress, " said Azad Zangana, economist at Schroders.
"The Bank of England is now likely to press ahead with raising interest rates early next year in the absence of political uncertainty," he added.
Stock markets in Asia were mostly higher, taking their cues from Wall Street.
US stocks rose on Thursday, one day after the central bank - the US Federal Reserve - said it would maintain its pledge to keep interest rates low. Those comments helped to lift the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 index to record highs. | Shares on the London stock market rose on Friday after Scotland voted against independence. | 29268196 | [
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The bird and wildlife charity was due to unveil its new sites at Snape and Hollesley later.
However, the flooded River Alde over-topped the reserve at Snape, filling the freshwater marshes with saltwater.
Work to clear up the damage is continuing and the RSPB said it hoped to open the reserves in the spring.
Aaron Howe, RSPB reserves project manager, said: "The rain has helped flush out virtually all of the salt and the marsh will recover, but the project has been delayed."
The 125-acre marsh at Snape is an extension to the existing 70-acre reserve.
The reserve at Hollesley was not flooded, but the RSPB was hoping to formally open it on the same day as it opened Snape. | The RSPB has had to cancel the opening of its two new reserves in Suffolk due to damage created by December's coastal surge tides. | 25983437 | [
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It began in November but 20 cases have been notified in the last week and the total is more than for the whole of Wales in the last three years.
So far, 32 secondary schools, primary schools and nurseries are affected.
Parents are being urged to make sure their children receive the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination.
The outbreak only affects the Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board area and eclipses the number of cases across the whole of Wales since 2010.
Last year's figure of confirmed cases for Wales stood at 116, while there were just 19 in 2011 and eight the year before, according to Public Health Wales.
There were 159 cases in 2009, still lower than the current outbreak in south west Wales.
Dr Marion Lyons, director of health protection for Public Health Wales (PHW), said: "We continue to be concerned at the number of cases of measles we are seeing in the Swansea and Neath Port Talbot areas.
"We cannot emphasise enough that measles is an illness that can kill, or leave patients with permanent complications including severe brain damage, and the only protection is two doses of the MMR vaccination."
She added that people most at risk of catching measles are children of school age who have not had two doses of MMR.
Children should receive the first dose of the vaccine at 12 to 13 months of age and the second at three years and four months of age
PHW estimates there are more than 8,500 school children at risk of measles in the Abertawe Bro Morgannwg area.
Many people who catch measles will have a fever, cough, red eyes, and blocked nose and feel generally unwell.
The blotchy rash appears a few days later beginning on the face and spreading downwards to the rest of the body over several days. | An outbreak of 189 cases of measles has been reported in Swansea, Neath and Port Talbot, Public Health Wales says. | 21617991 | [
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The 30-year-old joined Cobblers on a one-year deal last summer, making 25 appearances in all competitions.
But boss Justin Edinburgh said the club were unable to "get comfortable" with his commitments to DR Congo.
"Gaby is a top professional, we wish him all the very best for his future career," said Edinburgh. | League One side Northampton Town have released defender Gabriel Zakuani after contract talks broke down over his international commitments. | 39897941 | [
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Statues are smashed using sledgehammers and drills in what seems to be a museum in the city of Mosul.
Statues are also shown being destroyed at an archaeological site known as the Nergal Gate.
World heritage body Unesco has called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss how to protect Iraq's cultural heritage.
In a statement, Unesco head Irina Bokova said: "This attack is far more than a cultural tragedy. This is also a security issue as it fuels sectarianism, violent extremism and conflict in Iraq."
In the video released via IS social media sites, black-clad men push over statues, smash them with sledgehammers and use a pneumatic drill to destroy the rubble.
The video shows a black-clad man drilling through and pulling apart what appears to be a stone winged-bull Assyrian protective deity that dates back to the 9th Century BC.
One of the militants in the video describes the artefacts as "false idols" and seeks to justify their destruction in religious terms.
Analysts say the artefacts are unique and priceless although the museum does also house copies of some items.
Ihsan Fethi, an Iraqi professor of architecture based in Amman, Jordan, told Agence France-Presse the destruction was "a terrible loss and an unbelievable act of cultural terrorism".
Amir al-Jumaili, a professor at the Archaeology College in Mosul, told Associated Press: "I'm totally shocked. It's a catastrophe. With the destruction of these artefacts, we can no longer be proud of Mosul's civilisation."
IS have controlled Mosul, Iraq's second largest city, since June 2014. The US military have said that an assault on the city by the Iraqi army could happen within months.
The region under IS control in Iraq has nearly 1,800 of Iraq's 12,000 registered archaeological sites.
The reported destruction of the statues follows recent reports that IS burnt down Mosul Library, which housed over 8,000 ancient manuscripts. | The Islamic State (IS) group has released a video appearing to show the destruction of statues in Iraq. | 31647484 | [
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Adelie Ireland, which took over The Bite Group last year, has now gone into administration.
The company based in the Lackaboy Industrial Estate makes sandwiches and snack foods for convenience stores and retail outlets.
Staff were sent home after being informed of the news on Friday.
Administrators are examining the options for the future of the business. | About 80 jobs are at risk at a food manufacturer and distributor in Enniskillen. | 37200972 | [
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The Confederation of African Football (Caf) ruled that the five players all featured in the first round first leg in Sudan on 3 April.
Caf rules state only players born after 1 January 1997 are eligible to participate in the qualifiers.
Sudan qualify automatically for the second round as they try to reach the finals in Zambia next year.
The decision can be contested with the Caf's Appeal Board within three days of being notified. | Kenya have been kicked out of 2017 Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying for using overage players. | 36091237 | [
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But the Taliban has been regaining ground in Sangin and is now poised to recapture the district from Afghan forces. Why is this part of Helmand so important to both sides?
Regaining full control of Sangin would increase the Taliban's mobility in the north of the province and cut a key supply line for Afghan forces with Lashkar Gah.
Sangin is also a rich opium production centre - meaning potential tax revenue for the Taliban from the drugs trade.
The big question now is whether the Taliban can maintain their recent territorial gains in the district. Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesman, told the BBC late on Monday that the district administrative office had been abandoned by government forces. But Taliban fighters are cautious about entering it, he said.
The Taliban is more likely to keep administrative offices unoccupied, as they have done in the Musa Qala and Nowzad regions of Helmand - where 90% of the districts are said to be under Taliban control but the centres are with the government forces. The Taliban intentionally avoids centres of the districts, where they can easily be targeted.
Keeping control of the centre of Sangin would not be easy for the militants, but they may have an advantage among the local population. Many locals are resentful of government troops following military operations earlier this year which they say wrought unwarranted destruction to homes, farms, and other property.
The Taliban will probably seek to exploit that resentment and foster as much sympathy for their cause as possible, as they did in Kunduz where fighters could be seen posing for photos with civilians.
If the government wants to wrest total control of the area from the militants, it should look to win hearts and minds - a strategy once trumpeted by the foreign forces which controlled this part of the country.
It should deploy troops who do not bear the grudges of those who fought in the civil war in 90s, soldiers who are not trying to settle old scores. Above all, it should do all it can to avoid perpetuating a cycle of violence in which the biggest victims are the local civilians. | Sangin was once the centre of operations for international forces in Afghanistan, a key district that linked Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand province, to the province's northern districts. | 35156774 | [
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Chase, who was mid-way through a four-year deal at the end of this season, was revealed as a 2016 signing by Leigh on BBC Radio Manchester, although the deal has not been formalised to date.
The 29-year-old had already been granted a free transfer by Salford.
He was suspended internally by the club in September pending the hearing.
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The 2011 Man of Steel, who missed the final four games of the season because of that suspension, joined the Red Devils from Castleford for 2014 and scored seven tries in 17 league games in 2015.
The New Zealand-born half-back qualified for England on residential grounds in 2011 and has since gone on to win 11 caps, but has not featured since losing his place to Gareth Widdop for the 2013 World Cup semi-final defeat by the Kiwis.
Chase was banned for seven matches in April for a dangerous throw on Huddersfield forward Brett Ferres, but also showed off his skills during the campaign, notably with an assist for a Josh Griffin try against Hull FC. | England playmaker Rangi Chase has had his contract terminated by Super League side Salford Red Devils following a 'disciplinary procedure'. | 34648931 | [
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Lawless, 31, was a free agent, having been released by Luton Town when his contract at Kenilworth Road expired at the end of last season.
He made 203 appearances during a five-and-a-half-year spell with the Hatters, who signed him from York City in 2011.
Since beginning his career at Fulham, Lawless has also had spells at Torquay United and Forest Green Rovers.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Yeovil Town have signed midfielder Alex Lawless on a one-year deal. | 36923538 | [
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The blast happened in the early hours of Monday at the Weston Road branch in Long Ashton, near Bristol.
Cash was stolen and three men were arrested on suspicion of causing an explosion with intent to endanger life.
Two men, aged 22 and 24, from Southport near Liverpool have been held on suspicion of the same offence.
Villagers described the attack on the building as "shocking", "insane" and "a hideous act".
Owners David Andrews and Andrew Crabb said they hope to reopen "as soon as possible" after assessing the damage.
Many villagers posted their support on the store's Facebook page. | Two more people have been arrested over an explosion at a post office by thieves attempting to steal a cash machine from its front. | 35247214 | [
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The leftist Syriza government's surprise decision to call that vote scuppered its bailout talks with eurozone ministers.
The Greeks have very little time to prepare for a referendum whose outcome could decide their future in the euro.
What is the point of the referendum?
The government says the EU-IMF bailout terms are unacceptable, but cannot simply be rejected without the Greek people having their say.
The issue is so important for Greece's future that "we decided to turn to the citizens, to explain our negative attitude to it [the bailout], but to give them the choice", Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said.
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, in a letter to eurozone leaders leaked by the Financial Times, said holding a referendum "is a sovereign democratic right of the Greek people, necessary to ensure ownership over the financial assistance programme that will be eventually agreed with the institutions".
He told the Greek people that the lenders had resorted to "blackmail" in order to impose more austerity.
After five years of recession and welfare cuts many ordinary Greeks feel bitter that they have suffered while Europe's business elite recovered quickly from the financial crisis.
More than democracy is at stake - a vote to reject the bailout could trigger a "Grexit", a Greek exit from the euro.
A No vote would formally cut the euro pipeline from lenders, and the Greek government could be forced to issue IOUs or a "new drachma" currency to prevent a banking collapse.
However, the EU has no mechanism for a country to leave the euro - it has never happened before.
What will the question be?
The language is quite technical, and many Greeks may struggle to understand it:
"Should the proposed agreement be accepted, which was submitted by the European Commission, the European Central Bank, and the International Monetary Fund in the Eurogroup of 25.06.2015 and consists of two parts, which constitute their unified proposal?
"The first document is entitled 'Reforms for the Completion of the Current Program and Beyond' and the second 'Preliminary Debt Sustainability Analysis'."
Beside the question are two boxes: "Not approved/No; Approved/Yes".
Uncertainty still surrounds the referendum. Mr Tsipras's political opponents say he has not told the Greek public exactly what the lenders were proposing, and what in particular he rejected.
It is not impossible that Greece's tortuous negotiations with lenders could resume in the coming days.
And the current bailout expires on Tuesday - the day that Greece is supposed to pay back €1.6bn (£1.1bn; $1.8bn) to the International Monetary Fund.
Greece is teetering on the brink of default, and if that happens events could unfold dramatically before 5 July.
Who wants a No vote in the referendum?
Syriza, the nationalist Independent Greeks, and far-right Golden Dawn say "No" to the bailout terms.
Opposition parties object to holding a referendum, and their supporters are likely to vote "Yes" or abstain.
The main opposition parties are New Democracy (centre-right), To Potami (centrist) and Pasok (centre-left).
What was the lenders' reaction?
Anger. Eurozone finance ministers had been preparing for last-ditch talks on 27 June to hammer out a deal on reforms. Agreement would mean releasing the final €7.2bn bailout instalment that Greece desperately needs.
But Mr Tsipras pulled his delegates out of talks the night before and announced the referendum.
In an unusual move, the European Commission later published the detailed reforms that it wanted to negotiate with Greece.
But the Commission complained that "neither this latest version of the document, nor an outline of a comprehensive deal could be formally finalised and presented to the Eurogroup due to the unilateral decision of the Greek authorities to abandon the process".
Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said he felt betrayed by Mr Tsipras's move. "Playing off one democracy against 18 others is not an attitude which is fitting for the great Greek nation," he said.
IMF chief Christine Lagarde said any referendum would relate to "proposals and arrangements which are no longer valid".
Lenders' proposals - key sticking points
Source: European Commission document, 26 Jun 15 (pdf)
Why couldn't Greece get a bailout extension?
There remains a big gap between what the lenders want and the Greek government's agenda.
Syriza - a grassroots coalition of leftists - won elections in January promising to end austerity.
The price for Greece's massive €240bn bailout, which started in 2010, was austerity. The budget cuts demanded by the lenders have thrown many Greeks into hardship and a quarter of the workforce is unemployed.
Syriza has urged the lenders to release the last €7.2bn of bailout money. But the lenders say Greece must agree to widen the scope of its sales tax (VAT) - to boost revenue - and drastically reduce the numbers entitled to early retirement. The pension system is unsustainable, they argue.
Those are the main sticking points, but the lenders also want much more action against corruption and tax evasion.
The lenders are not convinced by Syriza's tax income projections. They also suspect that Syriza is unwilling to reform deeply-entrenched working practices. | Greece's cash-strapped banks are to remain shut for a week, until after a key 5 July referendum on the country's bailout conditions. | 33314442 | [
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NHS Tayside had the highest number followed by NHS Lanarkshire and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
The figures also revealed that more than 560,000 people missed at least one NHS outpatient appointment in 2014/15.
Each missed appointment is thought to cost the NHS £120, putting the total cost to the health service at £100m.
The figures were obtained by the Scottish Conservatives through a Freedom of Information request.
The statistics revealed:
The Scottish Tories have previously suggested those who fail to show for appointments on a certain number of occasions could face some sanction from the health board.
The party has also urged the Scottish government look at more innovative ways of reminding patients to turn up at appointments.
Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson said: "Missing a hospital appointment can happen to anyone, and for a range of reasons.
"But when you're getting to the point where you are missing five or more in the space of just a year, something really has to be done.
"That is costing the NHS thousands of pounds, wreaking havoc with hospital planning, and of course potentially harming the health of the patient involved.
"We've been critical of the NHS in the past for cancelling appointments and procedures, so it's only fair we do everything we can to make sure patient no-shows are limited too.
"We need to find ways to ensure people turn up at the appointments that are made and stop showing contempt for our NHS, doctors and nursing staff."
Health Secretary Shona Robison said the percentage of patients missing appointments has decreased slightly over the last five years.
She added: "However, it is important that all health boards understand why patients are not attending appointments and look at ways to reduce this.
"The Scottish government is committed to supporting health boards to deliver secure messaging services, including reminders.
"Health Scotland also recently published a report looking at those who did not attend appointments over a 10 year period from 2002/03 to 2011/12.
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The party's economy spokesman Rhun ap Iorwerth warned steel's troubles were a "canary in the mine", warning of deeper problems across a range of industries.
These include basic metals, chemicals and wood.
The Welsh government called on Westminster to address the impact of high energy prices on industry.
The UK government has been asked to comment.
Plaid said Gross Value Added (GVA) figures - which measure the value of goods and services produced - show the so-called foundation industries in Wales have suffered a 39% decline in the five years to 2013.
Mr ap Iorwerth urged the Welsh government to take action to help industries combat high energy costs.
He said: "Figures show that the threat to our economy runs far deeper than steel, but affects the range of industries that our economy is built upon.
"This includes the chemical industry, other metals, and wood products. Wales' foundation industries have witnessed a steep decline."
He said UK government should also work with the EU to ensure maximum flexibility in use of procurement legislation so that they can better protect British industry.
A Welsh government spokesman said: "No-one has defended the steel industry more than the Welsh government.
"We have raised with the UK government over several years our concerns about the impact high UK energy prices are having on the competitiveness of our industries and again call on them to address this major problem.
"The economy minister has set-up an industry-led task group to gather examples of good procurement practices and to identify support other EU countries have provided to their steel industries."
Pro Steel Engineering in Caldicot, Monmouthshire, is only three years old but has benefited from contracts in London, including the new Olympic Stadium roof in London for West Ham United and strengthening the Hammersmith fly-over.
Director Richard Selby said: "We're fortunate we're expanding and are hoping to start recruiting in a couple of months and we have a full order book.
"We've had the ability to stay agile and seizing the opportunities.
"But the foundation industries need a lot more support, particularly with the energy costs we have, and we need for the Welsh government and Westminster to get behind them to help them thrive."
Economist Prof Calvin Jones, of Cardiff University, said the foundation industries were still important in terms of their high economic value and for being iconic.
But he said Wales' growth areas had been in retail, hotels, back-office financial services and the public sector.
"We have to think about how they will fulfil Wales' economic destiny as we'd like to see it," he said.
"Of course, on current structures they can't, they simply aren't like Tata which is a company which is incredibly valuable in so many ways.
"A back office for a bank simply can't do the same things for Wales, no matter how many bums on seats there are in those call centres. They don't provide the same jobs or a narrative for the Welsh economy that will give us a future vision."
Prof Jones said the steel industry in Wales had done relatively well to avoid the worst of the crisis so far.
"There have been big rounds of redundancies over the last 30 years and we've a very lean operation in Wales and geographically we're better placed than those steelworks in the north of England and Scotland." | The crisis in the steel industry could signal potential problems across other core Welsh industries, Plaid Cymru has warned. | 35105472 | [
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Couples have been decorating the Ponte Milvio bridge on the river Tiber with locks for several years.
They are meant to symbolise the locking of hearts, inspired by a story described in a novel.
The city council said rust from the locks, which hang off chains, is harming the fabric of the bridge.
The custom is inspired by a book by novelist Federico Moccia in which a couple place a bicycle lock around a lamppost and throw the key into the Tiber.
The gesture was meant to symbolise the couple eternally locking their hearts together.
It took off and clusters of padlocks can be found near other landmarks in other Italian cities.
It is not the first time city authorities have stepped-in to break the locks apart.
Last year the council started a round of padlock cutting after complaints from residents that it equated to vandalism.
In 2007 the then mayor of Rome introduced a 50 euro (£40) a fine on couples found attaching padlocks to the bridge.
The BBC's Rome correspondent, Alan Johnston, says many people in Rome like the custom, and the writer behind the trend has said the locks ought to be left alone. | Thousands of "love padlocks" on a Roman bridge are being removed with bolt-cutters in order to protect the ancient structure. | 19545942 | [
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The materials, which can sense pressure as sensitively and quickly as human skin, have been outlined by two groups reporting in Nature Materials.
The skins are arrays of small pressure sensors that convert tiny changes in pressure into electrical signals.
The arrays are built into or under flexible rubber sheets that could be stretched into a variety of shapes.
The materials could be used to sheath artificial limbs or to create robots that can pick up and hold fragile objects. They could also be used to improve tools for minimally-invasive surgery.
In one approach, Ali Javey at the University of California, Berkeley, and his colleagues built up layers of criss-crossed nanometre-scale wires topped with a thin rubber sheet.
Together, the stack acts as what is known as a thin-film transistor, or TFT, with a pressure-sensitive layer on top.
The amount of electrical current running through the device is dependent upon how much pressure is exerted on the rubber sheet; more pressure allows more current to flow.
The team demonstrated the flexibility of their TFT stacks by bending them to a radius smaller than that of a pencil without changing the skin's performance.
"Javey's work is a nice demonstration of their capability in making a large array of nanowire TFTs," said Zhenan Bao of Stanford University, whose group demonstrated the second approach.
The heart of Professor Bao's devices is micro-structured rubber sheet in the middle of the TFT - effectively re-creating the functionality of the Berkeley group's skins with less layers.
"Instead of laminating a pressure-sensitive resistor array on top of a nanowire TFT array, we made our transistors to be pressure sensitive," Professor Bao explained to BBC News.
"Our microstructured rubber can bounce back to its original shape much faster and enable higher sensitivity," she added.
The overall flexibility of the Stanford group's skins appears to be lower, and Professor Bao concedes that to develop her group's approach further, better conductive rubber will be needed.
Nevertheless, both groups demonstrate that their skins can register a pressure in a tenth of a second, over a large range - from five grams per square centimetre to 40 times that high.
Those numbers rival the response of human skin, made with relatively inexpensive manufacturing techniques.
John Boland, a nanotechnologist from Trinity College Dublin, praised the two approaches in a critique for Nature Materials.
"Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of these studies is how they elegantly demonstrate that it is possible to exploit well-established processing technologies to engineer low-cost innovative solutions to important technical problems," he wrote.
However, he notes that there are still "significant opportunities for further innovation", such as reducing the distance between the sensors in the arrays to maximise the detail they could "feel", as well as improvements that could make large-area arrays possible and affordable. | "Artificial skin" that could bring a sensitive touch to robots and prosthetic limbs, has been shown off. | 11265415 | [
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Joshua Bwalya, who was 16, was found dead in the street when officers were called to Movers Lane, Barking, at about 01:00 BST on Wednesday.
Det Ch Insp Gary Holmes of the Met Police said the attack was "a senseless act of violence" that "was not only cowardly, but brutal".
A boy, 16, and a man, 20, suspected of involvement were also injured.
Both were taken to different hospitals in the capital before they were arrested on suspicion of murder, police said.
The teenager has since been discharged and released on bail while inquiries continue.
The 20-year-old has also been discharged from hospital and is being held at a London police station.
A post-mortem examination of Joshua's body found multiple stab wounds were the cause of death.
Mr Holmes said: "I urge anyone who has information that can help our investigation to come forward and help us to bring Joshua's murderers to justice." | A teenage boy stabbed to death in a "senseless" and "cowardly" attack in east London has been named by police. | 40834507 | [
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Meet former rally champion David and his shooting star son, Ben.
Back in the mid-1990s, a BBC Wales camera crew was filming at the home of two-time British Rally Champion David and a toddler - complete with denim dungarees - can be seen with his mum outside on the family farm.
That toddler is now 22 - and aiming to win a Commonwealth shooting gold medal.
The calm and calculated sport of shooting may seem a world away from the speed and risk of rallying, but both Ben Llewellin and his father believe there are similarities between their two sports.
"Here he's judging the speed of the clay and how fast the target's moving. In a car you're judging the speed and how far away the corner is," says David.
"It's hand-eye co-ordination isn't it?"
It's not as if Ben turned down the chance of following in his father's footsteps.
He often races with his dad in the off season - and is said to be very quick.
But - out on the range he built in the garden with his 18th birthday money - qualified carpenter Ben has long been committed to the sport of shooting instead.
"It's the success," he says, when asked why he loves it so much - and with a British title, two Welsh titles and a World Cup silver medal he's had plenty of that already.
"When you're on that peg, when it all comes down to shooting the next target, the feeling you get - the adrenaline buzz - is like nothing else."
Ben competes in Olympic skeet - one of the shotgun categories. From each of eight bases around a semi-circle, he must hit either one or two clay targets fired out at 60mph.
The time between the targets being released and Ben shooting them is often under a second.
Out on his practice range on the family farm near Haverfordwest, he's often accompanied by his dad. There not only to release the bright orange clays - but to offer a fatherly word of support too.
"I had a very disappointing year in 2014 - having missed out on the Commonwealth Games by one target," says Ben.
"I was very disheartened and not sure what to do with myself. But he (David) was able to give me the advice that that's what happens in sport and you have to move on to your next target.
"He's been a massive part of getting where I want to be in the sport."
Ben's enjoying his most successful season of his career so far.
He's representing Great Britain at every senior competition for the first time and next month travels to Baku, Azerbaijan, for the European Championships.
With the next Commonwealth Games just 10 months away, both Llewellin generations are confident Ben will be there this time - and on the podium too.
"Ben is a pretty determined young man," says David.
"He chose this discipline [of shooting] to take him up to the world level which he's achieved already.
"I have high hopes for Ben for the Commonwealths and the Olympics in the future."
"I want to put my mark on the top step of the podium and have my name amongst the Commonwealth champions," admits Ben.
"The extra four years from 2014 to 2018 have given me so much more experience so I'll have a good opportunity to go there and do what I want to do."
So Ben may be going his own way but the Llewellin family might not have to wait too long for their next rally champion. Ben's teenage brother Tom already has his sights set on a junior rally cross title.
This family affair might just have another chapter. | For the Llewellin family, when it comes to sporting success, the apple does not fall far from the tree. | 40260467 | [
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The incident took place close to Caernarfon's Crown Court and fire station just before 09:00 BST on Thursday.
The mother-of-five was airlifted to hospital in Stoke-on-Trent.
North Wales Police has said her 46-year-old partner has been arrested.
"This is being treated as a domestic-related crime but I would like to reassure the community that a swift arrest was made," said Det Chf Insp Iestyn Davies.
The Welsh Ambulance Service said they were called at 09:00 BST to reports that a woman had been assaulted.
Police said the victim remains in a serious but stable condition.
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In a series of tweets on Tuesday morning the president framed any disclosure of intelligence information as a calculated move to advance US national security priorities.
In a press conference hours later, National Security Adviser HR McMaster said Mr Trump's revelations where "wholly appropriate".
This was always going to be the most effective response, as the president has broad powers to declassify whatever he deems necessary. As the old Richard Nixon line goes: "When the president does it, that means it is not illegal".
The president's explanation is not absolution, however. A wave of the hand on Twitter isn't going to make this story go away any time soon. Here are five reasons why.
Let's get the impeachment question out of the way first. Shortly after the Washington Post story detailing the allegations broke, there were cries of "treason" from Mr Trump's more vociferous critics and calls for immediate removal from office.
The charge that Mr Trump, through ignorance or boastfulness, casually disclosed highly classified intelligence for no reason may not be a criminal offence, but that doesn't mean it wouldn't create a political controversy that could, in a worst-case scenario for the president, end in his impeachment.
The process for impeachment for "high crimes and misdemeanours" as outlined in the US constitution is a political act. A simple majority of the House of Representatives can impeach, initiating a trial in the Senate and a two-thirds vote necessarily for removal.
As the writers of Lawfare Blog point out, Mr Trump's opponents could accuse him of violations of his oath of office to "preserve, protect, and defend" the US Constitution - a catch-all category cited in the three previous times a president has been seriously threatened with impeachment.
Just because it's possible, however, doesn't mean it's likely. And again, it has nothing to do with the law and everything to do with politics - and how the story plays out from here.
Like Indiana Jones looking at a chamber full of snakes, many in the Trump White House must be muttering to themselves: "Russians. Why did it have to be the Russians?"
Allegations of cosier-than-desired relations with the US geopolitical adversary have bedevilled Mr Trump since the early days of his presidential campaign.
He's been questioned about the praise he's lavished on President Vladimir Putin, some of his aides are caught up in the ongoing investigation into Russian meddling in the US 2016 election, his attorney general was forced to recuse himself because of an undisclosed meeting with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak and his first national security adviser was fired for obfuscating about his Russia ties (and is one of the people under FBI investigation to boot).
All of this was hanging in the air as Mr Trump met with Mr Kislyak and Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov last week, just hours after he fired James Comey, the FBI director in overseeing the Russia investigation. US press was barred from attending, and the only photos that were released came from the Russian state-run news service.
It was never going to be a good look. Now, in light of the Washington Post's revelations, it's a terrible one.
Mr Trump's tweets explained that he was "sharing" information with the Russian officials in order to foster co-operation on important global issues like the fight against the so-called Islamic State. As Mr Trump points out, he has the "absolute right" to do so.
The fact that it's the Russians involved, however, means the story will pack that much more powerful a punch.
Back in February the Wall Street Journal reported that US intelligence officials were withholding sensitive intelligence information from Mr Trump out of concern that the material could be "leaked or compromised".
During the presidential campaign, Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton regularly said Mr Trump could not be trusted to competently manage the intricacies of US foreign policy.
Now, according to the Washington Post report, Mr Trump may have disclosed information provided to the US by a key ally that has "access to the inner workings of the Islamic State".
The Post said that its sources "declined to identify the ally but said it has previously voiced frustration with Washington's inability to safeguard sensitive information related to Iraq and Syria". One US official said it was potentially a "blow" to the US relationship with that ally.
If key US allies become reluctant to share intelligence data with the US, that would be a significant blow to the nation's national security - even if the details of this particular story are never fully established.
Throw in last week's Trump tweet implying that he - or someone - may have "tapes" of conversations made in the White House, and the result may be a chilling effect on US foreign relations across the board.
This latest controversy should also be viewed in the context of what has become a simmering feud between the president and members of the intelligence community.
Shortly after he tweeted out that two-part explanation of his White House meeting with the Russians, Mr Trump sent another message on a familiar theme - leaks.
"I have been asking Director Comey and others, from the beginning of my administration, to find the LEAKERS in the intelligence community..."
Back in January then-President-elect Trump sent a tweet comparing leaky intelligence agencies to Nazi Germany.
The president is clearly angered by what he views as a litany of embarrassing disclosures -about phone calls with leaders of Australia and Mexico, conversations his national security adviser had with the Russian ambassador and salacious details from a Trump-Russia dossier circulated among intelligence officials.
The president has threatened massive re-organisation of the US intelligence bureaucracy and an aggressive investigation into the source of the leaks - and it appears members of that community are striking back.
Monday evening, upon hearing of details about the Washington Post story, Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine echoed a familiar lament.
"Can we have a crisis-free day?" she said. "That's all I'm asking."
On Tuesday morning Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell offered a similar take.
"We could do with a little less drama from the White House on a lot of things," he told Bloomberg Television, "so we can focus on our agenda, which is deregulation, tax reform and repealing and replacing Obamacare."
A few of the Republican usual suspects who have been more outspoken in their criticism are continuing on that tack.
Congressman Justin Amash of Michigan tweeted that the White House should share "details of the president's meeting" with Congress.
Once again Senator John McCain of Arizona found something the president did "deeply disturbing".
Barring further revelations, however, the president has constructed a defence around which Republicans can rally. While members of Mr Trump's party may grouse about the ongoing administration fiascos, previous complaints have been followed by inaction. Until there is evidence to the contrary, this time looks to be no different.
Last week reporters raged over the fact that White House officials, from Vice-President Mike Pence on down, put forward an explanation regarding why the president had fired FBI Director James Comey that was completely undercut within moments of Mr Trump opening his mouth in a sit-down interview on Thursday with NBC News.
The president would later tweet that because he is a "very active president" his press team can't be relied upon to convey his positions with "prefect accuracy".
"Why were so many people giving answers that just weren't correct?" Jonathan Karl asked Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. "Were you guys in the dark?"
Needless to say reporters this week took the early White House spin that Mr Trump only discussed "common threats" with the Russians, per Deputy National Security Advisor Dina Powell, with more than a grain of salt. It appears their scepticism was at least partially validated when, on Tuesday morning, Mr Trump said he had shared "facts pertaining to terrorism" with Russia.
Presidents and the media typically have an adversarial relationship, but this White House is rapidly burning through any residual goodwill it may have had.
Given that Mr Trump and his team often refer to the press as the "opposition party", however, the may not lose much sleep over this development.
Twitter: @awzurcher | The Trump White House has now settled on its defence of the president's meeting with the Russian delegation, in which he reportedly revealed classified information to his guests. | 39941124 | [
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The visitors raced into a three-goal first-half lead at Hampden.
Weatherson opened the scoring with an unstoppable 15th-minute free-kick, and he made it 2-0 in the 27th minute.
Matt Flynn made it 3-0 six minutes later with a fine finish.
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The UK and Scottish governments and Dundee City Council have agreed a public service obligation (PSO) contract worth almost £3.7m.
Loganair will continue to operate the route from 26 March.
The service will see two return flights each weekday and one return flight on a Sunday.
The UK Government will contribute 50% of the total funds, with the Scottish government putting in £1.4m and Dundee City Council providing £400,000 of funding.
UK Aviation Minister Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon said: "I am delighted that Loganair will continue to operate this direct air service between Dundee and London Stansted for another two years.
"Passengers and businesses will continue to benefit from the connectivity this route provides. It will further boost trade and tourism opportunities will continue to flourish in Scotland."
Scotland's Transport Minister Humza Yousaf said: "The award of this contract to Loganair is welcome news which provides continuity of service on this important route.
"This flight not only provides a direct link to London, but also offers passengers a wide number of onward connecting destinations from Stansted. This will continue to benefit business and leisure travellers alike."
Dundee City Council leader Ken Guild added: "Securing the route for a further two years through this latest PSO gives the council and its partners an opportunity to build on the service and attract other routes."
The UK government funding is through the Regional Air Connectivity Fund, which aims to maintain connectivity between London and smaller regional airports, where routes are at risk of being withdrawn. | A new deal to secure the air link between Dundee City Airport and London Stansted for another two years has been announced. | 39261803 | [
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Police say the individuals were using software designed to remotely control computers - allowing for the stealing of information.
The other arrests were made in Estonia, France, Romania, Latvia, Italy, and Norway.
The practice, which in some instances can grant access to a victim's webcam, is known as "Ratting".
The phrase takes its name from the malicious software used to gain control - Remote Access Trojans (Rats).
Using Rats to view people through their own webcams, without their knowledge, is becoming "increasingly common" according to the UK government-backed Get Safe Online advice website.
The National Crime Agency (NCA) said it arrested two 33-year-old men, and a 30-year-old woman, in Leeds.
A 20-year-old man was arrested in Chatham, Kent, while a 19-year-old man had his home searched in Liverpool and was brought in for "voluntary questioning".
They are all accused of knowingly using Rats to spy on multiple targets.
"Victims are typically infected by being convinced to click on a link purporting to be a picture or video, or disguised as a legitimate file, but is instead an installer for the Rat," the NCA explained in a statement.
"In many cases, those who unwittingly install such trojans will have no indication that their machine is infected."
Source: ChildNet International and Ceop
As well as the arrests, the NCA said it was warning other users that the software was illegal, and its use would result in further action.
"The illegal use of Remote Access Trojans is a significant cybercrime threat, demanding this kind of strong, co-ordinated response from international to local UK level," said Andy Archibald, deputy director of the NCA's National Cyber Crime Unit.
"Suspected users of Rats are continuing to find that, despite having no physical contact or interaction with their victims, they can still be identified, tracked down and arrested by the NCA and its partners."
An investigation by BBC Radio 5 live in June last year looked into the growing problem of Ratting.
One victim, student Rachel Hyndman, told the station: "I was sitting in the bath, trying to relax, and suddenly someone potentially has access to me in this incredibly private moment and it's horrifying.
"To have it happen to you without your consent is horribly violating."
The investigation uncovered websites where hackers share pictures and videos of their victims.
Follow Dave Lee on Twitter @DaveLeeBBC | Fifteen people have been arrested, including four in the UK, in connection with the hijacking of computers. | 30146176 | [
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Scotland's animal welfare charity was alerted after the bird was discovered at Kingholm Quay on Monday.
The gull was taken to a vets where it had to be put to sleep due to the extent of its injuries.
Animal rescue officer Tricia Smith said: "An x-ray confirmed the bird had been shot.
"This was a juvenile gull which had been caused a great deal of pain and distress," she said.
"While the bird was found on an industrial estate, there are houses nearby and often children playing.
"It is very concerning that someone has not only used an airgun to cause harm to an animal but done so near a busy residential area."
They asked for anyone with information about the "mindless act of cruelty" to contact them.
Get regular updates from the Borders and Dumfries and Galloway via our south of Scotland live page. | The Scottish SPCA is appealing for information after a young gull was shot near Dumfries. | 34085517 | [
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The scheme was introduced by the Irish government four years ago to forge connections with some of the 70m people abroad who claim to have Irish roots.
It was an official confirmation of Irish ancestry, aimed at those who do not qualify for full citizenship.
However, as few as 3,000 certificates have been sold since the 2011 launch.
In a statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs said: "The uptake of the Certificate of Irish Heritage has been considerably less than anticipated.
"No further certificates will be available for purchase after 24 August 2015."
The department said the scheme had been set up to encourage people of Irish descent to trace their family roots and to give "greater practical expression to the sense of Irish identity felt by many around the world".
Previous recipients have included a number of high-profile figures, including US President Barack Obama, former US President Bill Clinton and the Hollywood actor Tom Cruise.
Applicants were asked to provide details of their Irish ancestors online, so their ancestry could be verified through record checks.
The certificates cost 45 euros (£32) or 120 euros (£85) for a framed version, but the Department of Foreign Affairs said it never anticipated that the scheme "would provide significant revenue to the government".
The website where applications are processed described the initiative as representing the "enduring emotional ties and sense of identity bestowed by Irish ancestry, recognising the continuing emotional attachment of the descendants who left our shores long ago". | The Certificate of Irish Heritage scheme, which officially recognises people of Irish descent around the world, is to end due to a low uptake. | 33973972 | [
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