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Unicode, the authority on computer text and characters, has already approved adding the three flags to the next release of emojis in June.
Technology companies such as Apple, Google, Microsoft and Facebook will be able to introduce the flags to their software from July.
A UK flag is already available on smartphones and other devices.
Unicode develops the mechanism for making the flags available, but manufacturers have to add the new emojis to their keyboards.
Emoji flags already available include those for Ascension Island, St Barthelemy, Curacao, Diego Garcia and Djibouti.
The campaign for a new range of emoji flags was started by Jeremy Burge of Emojipedia and BBC Wales' social media lead Owen Williams in March 2016. | Emoji flags for Wales, Scotland and England could be available on tablets and smartphones by the summer. | 39415365 | [
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The Court heard that a further pregnancy would be a "significantly life-threatening event" for both the mother and child.
Mr Justice Cobb said the woman had the "same human rights" as everyone else and this was not a case of "eugenics".
He has authorised health and council services to intervene and perform the sterilisation.
The name of the woman has not been released, to protect the identify of her children.
The Court of Protection, which rules in cases when people are unable to make decisions for themselves, heard the woman has no contact with any of her six children. All are being raised by carers.
The 36-year-old's history was described as "extraordinary, tragic, and complex".
Two of the children were born at home in conditions described as "unhygienic and overrun by pets".
There is evidence that barbecue tongs were used as forceps, although this was denied.
In another birth, the woman - known only as DD - contested there was no father and the pregnancy resulted from a "tablet from a health food shop".
Mr Cobb's judgement said: "The ethical, legal and medical issues arising here are self-evidently of the utmost gravity, engaging, and profoundly impacting upon DD's personal autonomy, privacy, bodily integrity, and reproductive rights."
It said there were considerable concerns about the woman's safety.
Doctors said the wall of her uterus was "tissue-paper thin" and likely to rupture in childbirth, leading to almost certain death of the infant.
Mr Cobb insisted: "Those who lack capacity have the same human rights as everyone else.
"This case is not about eugenics, this outcome has been driven by the bleak yet undisputed evidence that a further pregnancy would be a significantly life-threatening event."
He has authorised a sterilisation operation, but there will be no notice given to the woman or her long-term partner, who also has learning disabilities.
Rebecca Schiller, the co-chairwoman of the human rights in childbirth charity Birthrights, said: "Taking away a person's ability to have a child is truly draconian.
"It may be justified in extreme circumstances, but immense care must be taken to safeguard the rights of people with mental health conditions." | A mother of six with an IQ of 70 should be sterilised for her own safety, the Court of Protection has ruled. | 31128969 | [
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But does it? Is the problem any worse than it ever was in north Wales' biggest town, and are Wrexham's problems any worse than any other similarly-sized area?
Lisa is a former drug addict. By her own admission, she used to take every drug available to her. She has been five years in recovery though, and now works with charity and support services provider CAIS, trying to help users who want to go into recovery.
Few know Wrexham's drug scene better than her, and she does not believe the number of drug users in Wrexham has increased in the last decade. Nor does she believe Wrexham's drug problem is any worse than any other comparable town.
"I think it's everywhere," she said. "This problem is everywhere in all towns. Some are just hidden more than others."
What has changed dramatically though, is the type of drugs many people are now using. New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) - some of which were formerly known as so-called "legal highs" - are now the choice drug of many users.
"People are taking that (NPS) more than they're taking heroin," said Lisa.
"Heroin's dropping, crack cocaine is dropping and the NPS in increasing. I believe it's because it's cheaper, the quality's better - the quality of that man-made drug is better."
Lisa also describes NPS as "sociable drugs," which users tend to take with others. Often, she says, users congregate together to take the drugs, making the problem more visible, and possibly creating a perception drugs use is rising.
NPS are typically much cheaper than heroin or other drugs, and can be bought, Lisa says, for about £5. She also knows of some users buying single-hit "one-pops" for as little as £1.
Despite their price, she says the NPS are frighteningly strong - often more powerful than heroin.
"They are stronger. From the effects we're seeing with people, they are definitely stronger, and that's why a lot of heroin users are now swapping to the NPS."
She says some users are left "zombified".
"They don't know where they are; they don't know their own names. The first 10 minutes...they could easily walk out in the road. It really does dislocate them."
Lisa says that on average, a new batch of NPS hits Wrexham's streets every three weeks. They bear new names, and the effects on users often differ. Black Mamba is one of the better-known substances available in Wrexham.
The latest - which began to emerge a fortnight ago - is called Triple X. You know when a new batch hits the streets, she says, because users look like zombies as they adjust to the new effects. Some then develop a tolerance to it - until the next release comes along.
The constant release of new substances presents huge challenges for those trying to combat their effects.
Carry Burton is a harm reduction manager with the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. She helps run a mobile outreach service for users.
Asked how worrying the new trend is, she says: "Certainly for us as a health service, it does pose serious concerns. We are worried about people's health. We are concerned about people's safety. For heroin users, if they overdose on heroin we have Naloxone that we can give to save lives. We can't do that with new psychoactives, so we have to find alternative interventions.
"We are...very keen to try and keep people healthy, but how best to do that still remains a bit of a question mark really for us all."
She believes other towns of a similar size probably experience similar problems to Wrexham. However, in north Wales - with the exception of the "odd little pocket here and there" - the harm reduction team are only witnessing the rise of NPS in Wrexham.
Some believe that could be because Wrexham has a relatively high concentration of charities or service providers which help drug users, homeless people, or others in need.
Dave Jolly, North Wales Police's chief inspector for the Wrexham area, says: "I think Wrexham is unique from the point of view of the visibility."
He adds: "I think what you've got now is a collective group of about 47 men and women who are generally moving from one service provision to another within their day...predominantly they hang around the town centre, so their visibility is enhanced."
While Lisa from CAIS believes many heroin users are now switching to NPS, Chief inspector Jolly says he knows of heroin users who are trying Black Mamba and "shunning it" because they don't like the "adverse reaction".
"If they're running away from it, then clearly there's something about it that's very sinister."
He admits the problem with NPS is probably going to get worse for Wrexham and other areas. A "joined-up approach" between health professionals and other services providers, supported by police, is what is needed to combat the problem, he says, and to try and "understand why these people are doing what they're doing". | When pictures of people apparently high on drugs in Wrexham's bus station were posted on social media earlier this month, it prompted claims by some the town has a major drugs problem. | 39343444 | [
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The announcement comes as RAF stations in Lincolnshire celebrate their 100th anniversary.
There has been some uncertainty in recent years whether the team, based at RAF Scampton, would be retained.
Sir Michael said: "They are a key part of our defence engagement..., and I don't think the public would let us lose the Red Arrows."
There has been speculation in the media in recent years that the Red Arrows could be axed as part of defence cuts in the UK.
In 2014, The Express reported the Queen was said to be worried about the team's future.
Politicians, including Labour's Vernon Coaker, have also previously said there can be no guarantees.
Speaking to BBC Look North, Sir Michael said: "Eventually we will have to replace the aircraft, and we will start to think about that in the next year or two."
He said any attempts to axe the team is "not a fight I would have".
The Red Arrows is currently taking part in a 60-day world tour aiming to promote "the best of British", which includes its first ever display in China.
RAF Waddington, Cranwell and Scampton are all holding events marking 100 years in the county.
Sir Michael added that "Lincolnshire is central to the RAF's story, and has a proud history".
He cited the Dambusters' role in World War Two, and the Vulcan involvement in the Falklands conflict, and the work being done today to tackle terrorism in the Middle East.
RAF Cranwell is also home to the RAF's Central Flying School, which under the leadership of Robert Smith-Barry, revolutionised flight training for new pilots.
Amendment: This story was changed on November 1 to reflect the defence secretary's comments that the Red Arrows fleet would be reviewed rather than imminently replaced. | The Red Arrows aerobatic team will be "around for a while yet", Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon has said. | 37833311 | [
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Sue Sim was the first woman to lead the force and led the hunt for murderer Raoul Moat in 2010.
Last month Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner Vera Baird launched an investigation into Ms Sim over alleged rudeness to staff.
Ms Sim is retiring on 3 June to spend more time with her family to "make up for the sacrifices" they made.
She joined Merseyside Police in 1985, progressing through the ranks before moving to Northumbria in 2004.
Ms Sim said the hunt for Moat following the murder of Christopher Brown and shooting of one of her officers, PC David Rathband, was one of the biggest challenges she faced.
She said: "That was the largest manhunt the country has seen for 44 years. I spent my time out and about reassuring the public and responding to their questions.
"I am immensely proud of my officers and staff who went about their roles fully aware of the threats against them, but determined to support the public."
She has also overseen savings of £117m since 2010 and was at the helm as Northumbria Police reopened no crime rape reports following an audit.
Ms Baird's office said the misconduct investigation will continue but admitted if the complaints against her were upheld, Ms Sim's retirement would mean any sanctions, such as a written warning, would have no impact.
Ms Baird said: "Sue has brought passion and enthusiasm to her role and leaves at a time when Northumbria is one of the highest performing forces in the country." | The chief constable of Northumbria Police will retire after 30 years of service, it has been announced. | 32254913 | [
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SKN Heritage Museum is showing the type of belongings brought by African-Caribbean immigrants in the 1940s and 50s.
The Windrush generation responded to adverts to work in Britain but were only allowed to bring one suitcase.
Organisers said the display gives a unique insight into important part of Nottingham's history.
The Windrush was named after the first boat which brought people from the Caribbean to Britain in 1948.
The exhibition, called 'From Caribbean Isles to the British Isles -Home to Home', aims to give an insight into people who travelled across the Atlantic to seek a better life in what was still the Empire's "mother country".
Item include photographs, clothes, records and games - as well as beauty products designed for black skin and hair when none were commercially available.
Catherine Ross, the museum's founder, cameto Nottingham from St Kitts when she was just seven years old.
She said: "Our aim is to let everyone know about the contributions that Caribbeans have made to British society and Nottingham and commemorate these achievements.
"There'sno better place tostart than Nottingham Carnival, as it's such awell known and celebratory event in Nottingham's calendar."
The carnival is taking place for the first time take in two sites - the Forest Recreation Ground on Saturday and the Victoria Embankment on Sunday. | A unique perspective on a landmark social event is to be unveiled as part of Nottingham's Caribbean Carnival. | 34021188 | [
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Officers were called to Derby Road, Enfield at 15:30 GMT on Saturday after reports of a gun being seen in a car.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said the reported car was stopped at 16:00 GMT and the four men inside were arrested.
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It has filed to sell up to $24.3bn (£15bn) stock, which would make it the biggest technology listing in the US.
Facebook's IPO, which raised $16bn in 2012, was the previous biggest share sale for an internet company.
Alibaba accounts for 80% of all online retail sales in China. Its sites also include Taobao, Tmall, and AliExpress.
Facebook's IPO gave it a market value of more than $100bn. Alibaba's IPO would give it a market value of up to $162bn.
"From the very beginning our founders have aspired to create a company founded by Chinese people but that belongs to the world," said executive chairman Jack Ma in the regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Alibaba will decide on its final share price after an international roadshow set to start in the coming week.
The company is selling 123.1 million of the 320.1 million shares in the IPO.
Meanwhile, selling shareholders, including Mr Ma, Yahoo, and executive vice chairman Joe Tsai, are offering the rest.
Rising internet usage in China and a growing and affluent middle-class helped revenue in the June quarter grow by 46% year-on-year to $2.54bn. | China's biggest e-commerce firm Alibaba Group Holding says it expects to price its initial public offering (IPO) at between $60 and $66 per a share. | 29089276 | [
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The man, known as David, said he wanted answers about how Lincolnshire Police dealt with allegations against Gordon Dawson, a farmer from Spilsby.
Mr Dawson shot himself in 2007 after officers informed him of the inquiry.
In a statement, Lincolnshire Police said "procedures were correctly followed at the time" but policy has subsequently changed.
David claimed Mr Dawson had repeatedly abused him from the age of 15.
According to Lincolnshire Police, the first allegation was made in 1999 but no action was taken due to "insufficient evidence".
In 2006 police arrested Mr Dawson after four other men came forward claiming they were also abused as children between 1964 and 1986.
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An investigating officer phoned Mr Dawson on 23 March 2007 to tell him he would be questioned further and a few hours later he was found dead at his home.
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"It's been shutdown, shutdown all the way. I just want some answers."
Supt Rick Hatton said: "We have revisited the circumstances surrounding the investigation into Mr Dawson and are satisfied that the investigation that took place was thorough and robust, and no misconduct took place.
"However, a number of lessons were learned in relation to best practice and fed back to the Public Protection Unit.
"We are very sympathetic to the position of the victims in this case and appreciate they may feel that Mr Dawson was not brought to justice."
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The devices are fitted with small mobile sites that include a base station and an antenna.
They could also be used to connect remote parts of the UK where coverage is thin.
EE said it planned to deploy such a network in a UK rural area this year.
The drones can stay airborne for up to an hour at a time and the "helikite" balloons for several weeks as they have a tethered power source.
The drone was designed to give short-term targeted coverage to aid search and rescue situations, EE said.
"Innovation is essential for us to go further than we've ever gone, and deliver a network that's more reliable than ever before," said EE chief executive Marc Allera.
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"Everyone immediately thinks of disruptive players like Facebook and Google when it come to things like balloon-based networks. The traditional networks need to step up so they don't get left behind," he told the BBC.
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Last month the tech giant confirmed it had closed its internet drone project, Titan, which was designed to bring the internet to remote rural areas.
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Michael Lane denies killing Shana Grice, 19, who had her throat slit and her bedroom torched.
A friend of Mr Lane, lay preacher Andrew Birks, told Lewes Crown Court he saw him shortly before she was found.
He told the jury he had waved to Mr Lane, who did not wave back and had appeared to quicken his pace.
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A neighbour of Miss Grice, Sarah Thompson, told the court earlier that about three weeks before her death she saw and heard arguments at Miss Grice's home.
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It's part of a mega bridge called the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, which will connect three different places on the coast.
They used the world's heaviest crane ship to hoist the 6,000-tonne piece of concrete into place.
Jenny has all the details. | Engineers have been doing the tricky job of slotting in the last section of a huge undersea tunnel in south-east Asia. | 39790116 | [
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Carter has suffered with the condition for years and struggled throughout the 6-2 defeat by the three-time champion at the York Barbican.
Carter, 36, told BBC Sport: "I have such a handicap living with this Crohn's disease.
"When you have constant abdominal pain you can't settle."
Carter, who has recovered from a life-threatening cancerous tumour on his lung, scored a fluent 89 in the opening frame.
But Higgins lived up to his billing as a pre-tournament favourite, barely missing a ball thereafter.
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Two-time World Championship finalist and world number 28, Carter, added: "I missed a couple of balls and am 3-1 down.
"It is so hard to compete at the top level anyway and when you have something like that, it makes it very difficult.
"I don't want to keep going on about it and I don't feel like my game is a million miles away. But it is such a big handicap If you are not 100% right competing at this level."
"It's a wonder I can compete at all. It's not an excuse, it's a handicap. But in the bigger picture, I am lucky to be alive I suppose." | Ali Carter said his battle with Crohn's disease put him at a huge disadvantage during his third-round UK Championship loss against John Higgins. | 34963205 | [
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Just over one billion contactless transactions were completed in 2015, the UK Cards Association said.
More was spent using this technology last year than during the previous seven years combined.
About half of all debit and credit cards are fitted with contactless capability.
This allows shoppers to spend up to £30 on their card by placing it next to a sensor in a shop, without the need to enter a four-digit Pin.
One in 13 purchases was on contactless during the whole year, but use grew to one in eight by December, the UK Cards Association said.
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Transport for London said it was the first integrated transport authority to introduce contactless ticketing.
Concerns have been raised in the past over security of contactless cards, although the industry said that fraud levels on contactless payments were low.
Consumer group Which? said in July that, although the risks were low, it would be possible for somebody standing very close to "lift" card details without the owner knowing. Wrapping the card in tin foil, or putting it in a foil-lined wallet would guard against this.
Every contactless card has an in-built security check which requires a Pin to be entered after a number of consecutive contactless payments, to verify the genuine cardholder. | One in eight purchases made on UK cards in December used contactless technology, marking a surge in the use of the alternative to loose change. | 35668277 | [
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Captcha checks typically ask people to complete a puzzle that a computer would struggle to complete correctly.
They are designed to stop automated bots accessing and using websites.
Google's new system tracks how a person interacts with a website to prove they are real, so the puzzles are no longer necessary for most people.
Captcha checks are often deployed by concert ticket websites to stop people setting up automated bots to buy all the best tickets. They also appear when somebody is trying to log in to a website with the wrong password, to spot automated attempts.
The puzzles present challenges that people find simple but computers can find more difficult, such as:
The puzzles also benefit companies such as Google by helping train artificial intelligence algorithms. For example, if Google's AI can not recognise a house number in a photograph taken by a Streetview car, it may add the photo to its Captcha system to get human input.
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Gayle was responding to a question from Ten Sport's Melanie McLaughlin about his aggressive batting style after scoring 41 runs in 15 deliveries.
He said: "To see your eyes for the first time is nice. Hopefully we can have a drink afterwards. Don't blush."
A BBL statement said the comments were "disrespectful and inappropriate".
The 36-year-old former West Indies captain's knock helped the Melbourne Renegades to a five-wicket win over Hobart Hurricanes.
BBL head Anthony Everard added: "We'll certainly be talking to him and the Renegades about it.
"This league is all about its appeal to kids, families and females. There's just no place in the BBL, or for that matter cricket anywhere, for that sort of behaviour."
Australian broadcaster Ten Sport apologised on air after the interview and later tweeted "well played for staying professional" after McLaughlin replied to Gayle: "I'm not blushing."
McLaughlin, 36, joined Network Ten to host match-day coverage of the Big Bash League in 2013. | West Indies batsman Chris Gayle has been called "disrespectful" for asking an Australian journalist on a date in a Big Bash League pitch-side interview. | 35221670 | [
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In a damning new report, the group also called for an "independent and impartial" inquiry into cases of abuse.
The law, AFSPA, was introduced in the region in 1990 as a response to violence by insurgent groups.
But it has contributed to increasing people's alienation, the report says.
Tens of thousands of security forces are deployed in Indian-administered Kashmir to fight the militancy which began in the late 1980s. AFSPA - the Armed Forces Special Powers Act - allows troops to shoot to kill suspected militants or arrest them without a warrant.
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The report documents the excesses carried out by the armed forces over the years and says the government's response to these violations has failed to deliver justice.
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The 31-year-old former Newcastle United centre-back has joined the Championship side until the end of the season.
And he was taken aback by an offer to clean his boots by a Town youngster.
"I think that should happen at every football club, you earn your right and the respect of every first-teamer," Taylor told BBC Radio Suffolk.
He has moved to Portman Road after spending the first part of the season in the United States with MLS side Portland Timbers, having left Newcastle in the summer after 268 appearances.
He played under the late Sir Bobby Robson during his time at St James' Park, a legend at both Newcastle and Ipswich, and Taylor says there are similarities with the regime under Town boss Mick McCarthy.
"What the boys do here brings back memories of Newcastle," continued Taylor, whose new side are currently 17th in the Championship table.
"When you were a young lad you had to do certain jobs around the place, like the boots, shampoos for the first team, get the coffee, don't eat until the first team get here.
"After the old heads left at Newcastle, it became a thing where the reserves don't do that any more.
"I came in on my first day here and had a young lad come up to me and ask to clean my boots, and I said 'I'll do it myself', because I wasn't used to it.
"It brings back memories of how a club should be run and that's how Mick McCarthy is and how it was with Bobby."
Following Tuesday's 3-0 home defeat by Derby County, McCarthy reiterated his desire to speak to owner Marcus Evans at the end of the season about his position as manager.
"I've got a year's contract to run at the end of this season," said the 57-year-old. "I have no intentions of going anywhere, but let me see, I don't know.
"It depends how everybody feels about me come the end of the season. It's not a particularly pleasant place for me either at the moment by the way.
"I don't like turning that sort of performance out and the last thing I need is the abuse I get, so I will consider what I want to do." | Ipswich Town defender Steven Taylor believes all young footballers should still clean the boots and fetch coffees for the first team. | 38844522 | [
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The research, by William C Campbell, Satoshi Omura and Youyou Tu, has led to drugs to treat diseases affecting more than 3.4 billion people around the world.
One of them, malaria, most people have heard of. But the other two illnesses, onchocerciasis or "river blindness" and lymphatic filariasis or "elephantiasis" - both caused by roundworm parasites - are lesser known.
People catch these worms from bites from infected insects such as flies or mosquitoes.
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William C Campbell discovered this by studying bacteria living in soil samples obtained by Satoshi Omura from a Japanese golf course in Ito City, in the Shizuoka region.
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Last year, it donated more than 300 million doses to treat river blindness and elephantiasis.
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The staples quinine and chloroquine were failing because the parasite that causes malaria - Plasmodium falciparum - had learned how to evade their attack.
Disheartened by the lack of effective drugs to tackle this mosquito-borne disease, the professor turned to traditional medicine to hunt for a new option.
She found that an extract from the sweet wormwood plant Artemisia annual was sometimes effective - but the results were inconsistent, so she went back to ancient literature, including a recipe from AD350.
This ancient document - Ge Hong's A Handbook of Prescriptions for Emergencies - recommended a handful of qinghao [the Chinese name for the plant extract] immersed in two litres of water, "wring out the juice and drink it all".
This she did (with a few tweaks), testing it on herself as well as animals in her lab.
She said: "During the Cultural Revolution, there were no practical ways to perform clinical trials of new drugs. So, in order to help patients with malaria, my colleagues and I bravely volunteered to be the first people to take the extract.
"After ascertaining that the extract was safe for human consumption, we went to the Hainan province to test its clinical efficacy, carrying out antimalarial trials with patients," she wrote in Nature Medicine.
Her discovery eventually led to the creation of an antimalarial drug - artemisinin - that is still relied upon today.
The World Health Organization credits the expanding access to artemisinin-based combination therapies in malaria-endemic countries as a key factor in driving down deaths in recent years.
In 2013, 392 million ACT treatment courses were procured by endemic countries - up from 11 million in 2005.
But artemisinin-resistant strains of malaria are emerging.
As of February 2015, artemisinin resistance had been confirmed in five countries:
And so the quest for new drugs continues. | The Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine has been split two ways for groundbreaking work on parasitic diseases. | 34442097 | [
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His sister was married to Mohammad Sidique Khan - the oldest of the four suicide bombers who attacked London on 7 July 2005, killing 52 people.
Now he has decided to speak publicly for the first time, because he wants to help in efforts to prevent radicalisation.
Mr Patel says the actions of his brother-in-law, who killed himself and six others when he detonated a bomb on a Circle Line underground train near Edgware Road, were "disgusting".
Mr Patel struggles to find adjectives about him that are not expletives, adding: "He's a coward. How is his daughter supposed to live the rest of her life now? Terrorism hurts everybody."
He says that at first he did not register the attacks and only properly understood what had happened on 12 July.
"My mother, brother, sister and niece, came to my house. Scotland Yard and MI5 with them. My brother said to me 'that thing in London, they're telling us it was Sidique,'" he recalls.
"I actually asked him, 'What thing has happened in London?' I had to go research it.
"I nearly fainted. I can remember my mother the next two or three days fainting multiple times."
Profile: Mohammad Sidique Khan
7/7 attacks: What happened that day?
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His first reaction was denial.
"You cannot believe this person that you knew is capable of that, simply because there were no signs, there were no indicators.
"I'm thinking 'maybe he's just one of the victims', because it was an ongoing investigation."
That period of denial came to an end when Mohammad Sidique Khan's "martyrdom video" was released.
In it he claimed to be acting in response to western involvement in Muslim countries.
Mr Patel is categorical that there were no signs he could have spotted in Khan to predict what he would go on to do.
He says Khan, who worked as a learning mentor for children before the attacks, would discuss events such as the Iraq War as part of normal conversation but never showed signs of being capable of violence.
But he does say that Khan looked down on the Muslim community in Dewsbury, where they were all living, and would refuse to visit local mosques because he disagreed with their non-political stance.
"His attitude was 'my prayers won't be accepted in these mosques'.
"The term he would use is that, 'You guys are hippy Muslims - you're like the Quakers, like the Salvation Army. All happy clappy Muslims, that's what you Sufis are.'"
Mr Patel has met two 7/7 survivors and has often considered paying his respects to victims at one of the annual commemorations but worries it would offend grieving relatives.
He says his family have also have been affected, with his children being bullied by other Muslim children.
"We were not the perpetrators, but we were ostracised from the community - that is proof that the community views terrorism with disgust - and they view the families of terrorists with disgust."
But Patel is clear that he is not trying to detract from the suffering of those who lost loved ones in the attacks.
"Their (suffering) is much worse. If people don't sympathise with me, ok, I don't blame them. I blame him [Mohammad Sidique Khan]."
Mr Patel believes there can at times be an unhelpful focus on foreign policy when discussing radicalisation.
He says Khan's claims that his actions were a response to foreign policy were a "pathetic excuse". "We all have grievances," he says.
He is similarly forthright in rejecting the idea that Muslim communities are mistreated in Britain and that is pushing them towards radicalisation.
"After 7/7 there's been very little blowback. There have been isolated incidents. It makes you put your faith back into humanity.
"Whenever somebody like the EDL or Britain First come around, the first people to actually oppose them, along with us, will be their fellow countrymen."
For Mr Patel - radicalisation is an issue for all of British society - not just the Muslim community.
Nevertheless, he believes mosques could do more.
He says there need to be more English-speaking imams and more co-ordination with youth workers who have "life experience".
"ISIS (so-called Islamic State) have to be discussed.
"Otherwise, because we're not addressing these issues in the mosque, they will go online and they will end up in a bad place. We're not to blame, but we're part of the problem because we're not doing what we can do ourselves."
Mr Patel says he is broadly supportive of government counter-radicalisation programme, Prevent.
He also hopes to be able to forge links with others working in de-radicalisation to be able to help prevent another atrocity happening here.
Asked if he is worried there could be another attack on British streets, he replies: "Yes, that's why I feel I have to speak out." | For more than a decade Ahmed Patel has lived with the legacy of the 7/7 attacks. | 37324130 | [
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The Strategic Defence and Security Review in October revealed HMS Ocean or aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious would be scrapped.
Mr Fox said HMS Illustrious would be withdrawn in 2014.
A Ministry of Defence study said amphibious assault ship HMS Ocean was the most effective helicopter platform.
A ministerial statement said HMS Illustrious would be withdrawn from service once HMS Ocean had been refitted.
Four Devonport-based frigates, HMS Chatham, Campbeltown, Cumberland and Cornwall will be withdrawn in 2011.
Chatham will be withdrawn from service at the end of January and Campbeltown and Cumberland will follow on 1 April.
HMS Cornwall will be withdrawn at the end of April once it has returned from a deployment to the Indian Ocean.
HMS Ocean, built in the mid 1990s, is designed to support amphibious landing operations.
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The Spaniard, 27, spent three years at Barca and joins the Blues after Arsenal turned down a first option to buy him.
Fabregas joins for an undisclosed fee and said Chelsea matched his football ambitions, adding he had "unfinished business" in the Premier League.
"I considered all the other offers very carefully and I firmly believe that Chelsea is the best choice," he said.
While the fee for the move is unknown, the Spanish club were happy for Fabregas to leave for a fee in the region of £30m.
His arrival comes 10 days after England midfielder Frank Lampard announced he would end his 13-year stay at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho is also keen to finalise the transfer of Spanish international Diego Costa from Atletico Madrid, as he bids to improve on his side's third-place finish in 2013-14.
"Twelve months ago, Fabregas was not prepared to let his Barcelona dream die by joining Manchester United. Now he has decided the time is right for a return to the Premier League.
"At Chelsea he will be filling the role of Frank Lampard, who signed off this summer after 13 glorious years when he won three Premier League titles, the Champions League and became the club's highest scorer.
"That is the legacy Fabregas will be expected to live up to. Jose Mourinho will demand it."
"They have an amazing squad of players and an incredible manager," added Fabregas, who has 89 caps for Spain. "I am fully committed to this team and I can't wait to start playing."
Fabregas, who scored 50 times in 305 games for Arsenal during his previous spell in England, will wear the number-four shirt and join Ramires, Nemanja Matic and John Obi Mikel as central midfield options for Mourinho.
He scored 35 goals in 129 appearances for Barcelona, but it failed to earn him a regular midfield role at the Nou Camp, with the trio of Xavi Hernandez, Andres Iniesta and Sergio Busquets viewed as the club's main central combination.
Still Arsenal's youngest ever player at just 16 years and 177 days, Fabregas was expected to have been subject of a bid from his former club.
But with Jack Wilshere, Aaron Ramsey, Mesut Ozil, Mikel Arteta and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain all able to fulfil central roles, Gunners manager Arsene Wenger chose not to sign the man he made captain in 2008.
"Yes, everyone knows that Arsenal had the first option to sign me," added Fabregas, who said it was "extremely important" the move was completed before the World Cup finals.
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"They decided not to take this option and therefore it wasn't meant to be. I wish them well in the future."
Chelsea look set to lose defender David Luiz to Paris St-Germain after a deal was agreed for the Brazilian, but goalkeeper Petr Cech welcomed the signing of Fabregas.
"Obviously he's a great player, with a lot of experience of playing in England and the Premier League so it's a great addition to the team," said Cech.
Barcelona schooled Fabregas in their La Masia academy from the age of 10 and thanked him for "his professionalism and dedication during his years at the club".
He could feature in Spain's World Cup opener against Netherlands on Friday, with team-mate Xavi calling the move "a great opportunity".
"He's looking very happy now and he knows what his future holds in store for the next few years," said Xavi, although he added that it was a big loss for Barcelona to see Fabregas leave. | Chelsea have signed former Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas from Barcelona on a five-year deal. | 27819204 | [
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Mignon du Preez hit a second ODI century with 116 off 99 balls, helping her side to 272-6.
Du Preez added 89 for the sixth wicket with Chloe Tryon (52).
Seamer Masabata Klaas removed Ireland's openers cheaply and the Irish, who had lost Friday's first game by 89 runs, were all out for 204.
South Africa started strongly with openers Laura Wolvaardt and Trisha Chetty adding 65 in 17 overs, but they lost three wickets in four balls when Lucy O'Reilly removed Chetty for 49 and Andrie Steyn for a first-ball duck at the end of the 30th over.
Two balls later, Isobel Joyce bowled Dinesha Devnarain for a duck, and then Sune Luus fell lbw to Ciara Metcalfe for 10 in the 36th over. South Africa slipped from 140-1 to 168-5 but Du Preez led the charge.
She got to her first fifty off 46 balls and needed only 42 balls for the second, stroking 13 fours in the process, to give the Proteas a commanding total.
Clare Shillington and wicketkeeper Mary Waldron contributed forties for Ireland, but Klaas, Luus and Yolani Fourie claimed two wickets each to bowl Ireland out in 48.2 overs.
The sides, who drew 1-1 in a Twenty20 series last week, play further ODI matches on Tuesday and Thursday. | South Africa's women beat Ireland by 68 runs to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in their four-match one-day international series in Dublin. | 37005902 | [
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Gwynedd council decided to go ahead with establishing a new Church in Wales campus at Ysgol y Berwyn in Bala.
Governors want it designated as a community site and 500 people have signed a petition against the move.
The council spokesman said it had received the objections and would "carefully consider the contents of the letter".
The plan would see the merging of Ysgol Bro Tegid and Ysgol Beuno Sant, a Church in Wales school, with the secondary Ysgol y Berwyn.
In December, the council alleged the church no longer supported the project, something it denied.
Chairman of governors Gwion Lynch said following this row, it confirmed fears the relationship would not work and any trust had been shattered.
The Church in Wales said only two of the 17 places on the shadow governing body would be for its members, with two others reserved for other Christian traditions in Bala and the remaining 13 places would be for others - religious or not.
A spokesman said the church remained "fully committed to providing the best educational opportunities for the children and young people of Bala, Penllyn and surrounding areas".
A report is expected to be discussed at the council's cabinet meeting on 14 February.
If all goes to plan - the new three-to-19 campus will open in September 2018. | Governors at a Gwynedd school want a consultation restarted over church ownership of its new £10m campus. | 38749136 | [
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David Harris, 68, who had become "besotted" with another woman, was found guilty of offering to pay an undercover policeman £150,000 to murder Hazel Allinson.
His Old Bailey trial heard he wanted to inherit her West Sussex home and elope with sex worker Ugne Cekaviciute, 28.
The Court of Appeal confirmed papers had been lodged for an appeal.
Harris, the former producer of the police drama series The Bill, had claimed he was researching a spy novel and denied solicitation to murder at his trial.
But the retired producer was caught when the police officer posing as a would-be hitman taped a conversation in which Harris said he was "100% sure" he wanted his partner dead.
The jury was told Harris had mounting debts and was desperate to inherit his partner's £800,000 home in Amberley and set up home with Ms Cekaviciute.
The Old Bailey was told Harris had approached London mechanic Christopher May in March 2016 and said: "I'm offering you £250,000 to kill my wife."
In November 2016 he met an undercover policeman posing as a hitman called Chris in the car park of Sainsbury's in Balham, south London.
They were introduced by a 6ft 3in "man mountain" called Zed, to whom Harris had previously given Ms Allinson's details and a photograph.
Unknown to Harris, Zed, whose real name is Duke Dean, had already reported him to City of London Police, the court was told.
Jailing Harris for 17 years in July, Judge Anne Molyneux QC said: "For your pipe dream, for your obsessive infatuation with a young woman, Ms Allinson, who had protected and nurtured you, was to die a painful and terrifying death in an isolated spot.
"Her death was to fund your life. You had used her until she had outlasted her usefulness to you." | A retired TV producer is to appeal against his conviction for trying to hire a hitman to kill his partner. | 40844026 | [
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Bu farw Sophie Taylor, 22, ar ôl i'w char daro bloc o fflatiau yn ardal Adamsdown ym mis Awst y llynedd.
Cafwyd Melissa Pesticcio, 23 o Lanrhymni, yn euog o achosi ei marwolaeth trwy yrru'n beryglus, ac fe gafodd ei charcharu am chwe mlynedd a hanner ddydd Gwener.
Cafodd Michael Wheeler, 22 o Dremorfa, oedd wedi cyfaddef i'r un cyhuddiad, ei ddedfrydu yn Llys y Goron Caerdydd i saith mlynedd a hanner mlynedd dan glo.
Roedd Pesticcio hefyd wedi ei chael yn euog o achosi anafiadau difrifol i Joshua Deguara trwy yrru'n beryglus - teithiwr yng nghar Ms Taylor.
Fe wnaeth Wheeler, oedd wedi bod mewn perthynas â'r ddwy ddynes, hefyd gyfaddef achosi anafiadau difrifol trwy yrru'n beryglus a chyhuddiad o fygwth.
Clywodd yr achos bod Pesticcio wedi dilyn Sophie Taylor yn ei char ar hyd strydoedd y brifddinas ar ôl ei gweld tu allan i gartref ei chariad, Wheeler.
Roedd y ddwy wedi ffraeo'n gyson ar ôl i Wheeler adael Pesticcio am Ms Taylor, ond aeth Wheeler yn ôl at Pesticcio yn ddiweddarach.
Yn dilyn anghydfod dros arian, dilynodd Pesticcio a Wheeler y ddynes ifanc drwy strydoedd ardal Adamsdown.
Roedd car Vauxhall Corsa Wheeler yna wedi "gorfodi" car BMW Ms Taylor i mewn i wal, gan achosi ei marwolaeth a gadael Mr Deguara gydag anafiadau oedd "wedi newid ei fywyd".
Roedd y tri char wedi gyrru'n gyflym drwy strydoedd Caerdydd, gyda lluniau camerau cylch cyfyng yn dangos car Pesticcio ar y blaen, gyda Wheeler yn ei dilyn y tu ôl i gar Sophie Taylor.
Roedd Wheeler wedi gyrru ar ochr anghywir y ffordd ddwywaith er mwyn gyrru'n nes at gar Ms Taylor.
Gyrrodd i mewn i'w char, gan olygu ei bod wedi troi allan o reolaeth i mewn i wal y bloc o fflatiau.
Bu farw Ms Taylor ac fe ddioddefodd Mr Deguara anafiadau difrifol gan dreulio "misoedd lawer" yn yr ysbyty. | Mae dynes a'i chariad, wnaeth achosi marwolaeth dynes arall mewn gwrthdrawiad wrth ei dilyn ar hyd strydoedd Caerdydd, wedi eu dedfrydu i gyfnodau sylweddol o garchar. | 39896718 | [
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Police and firefighters were called to the fire, in Elgin Road at its junction with Inchbroom Road, at about 16:10 on Wednesday.
The body of the elderly man was found inside. His name has yet to be released. No-one else was injured.
Police said a joint fire investigation would take place but their initial inquiries suggested there were no suspicious circumstances. | An 88-year-old man has died following a fire at a house in Lossiemouth. | 38987050 | [
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Since 2014 Libya has had two rival parliaments - an Islamist-backed one in Tripoli and an internationally recognised government in the east.
However, several MPs on both sides of the divide have described the latest announcement as premature.
Both parliaments must back the deal.
UN envoy Bernardino Leon told a news conference in Morocco that Fayez Sarraj would be nominated as prime minister.
Abdulsalam Bilashahir, of the Tripoli-based General National Congress (GNC), told the BBC: "We are not a part of this [proposed] government. It means nothing to us and we were not consulted."
Ibrahim Alzaghiat, of the House of Representatives (HoR), based in Tobruk, said: "This proposed government will lead to the division of Libya and will turn it into a joke. Mr Leon's choice was unwise."
MPs from rival camps appear to be finding rare common ground over their dismissal of the UN proposal, saying it is premature.
The rival parliaments have not even accepted the political agreement that embodies the proposed unity government, so announcing the names appeared rushed.
The UN pushed for it because there were still objections to the wider deal and mediators worried that talks would collapse.
But there is a danger that this latest move will backfire. Civilians are frustrated with the dangerous and chaotic realities ruling their lives. It is unlikely they are waking up more hopeful today.
Why is Libya lawless?
Who wants what in Libya?
However, Mr Leon said he believed that the list of proposed ministers for the unity body "can work".
Speaking in the Moroccan city of Skhirat, where the talks have been taking place, Mr Leon said: "After a year of work in this process, after working with more than 150 Libyan personalities from all the regions, finally the moment has come in which we can propose a national unity government,"
"All of them will work as a team," he added.
Other posts in the proposed government include three deputies for the prime minister to represent Libya's east, west and south.
One of the proposed deputy prime ministers, Mussa al-Kouni, said: "The hardest part has just begun."
A loose alliance of militias, including Islamists, seized the capital, Tripoli, in August 2014 and reinstated the GNC, forcing the existing and internationally recognised government to flee to the eastern city of Tobruk.
Libya's politicians have faced increasing pressure from the West to reach agreement on a unity government.
Libya has suffered years of unrest since the overthrow of dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
The violence and political chaos have allowed Islamist militants to gain ground in Libya and also seen human traffickers use the Libyan coast to send tens of thousands of migrants across the Mediterranean to Europe. | The United Nations envoy for Libya has proposed the formation of a national unity government, after months of difficult talks. | 34483137 | [
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The 21-year-old made his debut for the Tigers in the League Cup first-round tie against Accrington Stanley in August.
Dixon was captain of the Championship club's under-21 side.
He could make his debut for the Minstermen, who are bottom of the Football League, in Saturday's match against Newport.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | League Two side York City have signed Hull City midfielder Matt Dixon on an 18-month deal. | 35324257 | [
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The Japanese firm expects net profit in the year to March of 1.7 trillion yen ($15.1bn; £12.1bn), compared with a previous forecast of 1.55 trillion yen.
That is despite losing its top-selling carmaker status to Volkswagen in 2016,
Meanwhile, Toyota said it had begun formal talks to work with Suzuki on projects including safety technology.
Analysts said the partnership - which could also involve collaboration on vehicles that were less damaging to the environment - would give Suzuki access to Toyota's technology. Benefits for Toyota are likely to include tapping in to Suzuki's strong market position in India.
The forecast for 2016-17 profits is still below the 2.1 trillion yen profit it recorded a year earlier.
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Like other Japanese carmakers, Toyota is watching closely for any trade tariffs introduced by the new US administration.
At the moment, only about half of the cars it sells in the country are manufactured locally. Last month, US President Donald Trump criticised it for making vehicles in Mexico to sell over the border.
The US is its biggest market, and it is struggling to meet demand for bigger vehicles such as sport utility vehicles. Lower petrol prices have made such models more affordable to drive. | Toyota says its full-year profits will be better than expected thanks to a pick-up in sales and a boost from currency fluctuations. | 38877750 | [
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The Boomtown Rats were to headline the event in Dumfries along with Rick Astley, ABC, The Stars from The Commitments and The Rezillos on 4 June.
Last year the Doonhamers hosted their first concert when Status Quo were the headline act.
However, advanced ticket sales of just 700 compared with 5,000 sold in 2015 prompted the decision to cancel.
Organisers said sales were "not sufficient to justify the event going ahead on a commercial basis".
"We have not been helped with the number of alternative outdoor festivals and concerts across Scotland and the north of England," they said.
"After weighing up additional costs to go ahead with the concert from this point against the costs of cancelling altogether it was unfortunately a decision that had to be taken.
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The men tried to take their own lives to protest against last week's assault on four Dalit men allegedly by the members of a Hindu hardline group.
The Dalit men were assaulted while trying to skin a dead cow.
Many Hindus consider cows sacred and the slaughter of the animal is banned in many Indian states.
Last year, a Muslim man was lynched by a violent mob that attacked his house over allegations that his family had been storing and consuming beef at home.
There have several other attacks across India where Muslim men have been accused of eating or smuggling beef.
Protesters set government buses on fire on Gondal, Dhoraji and Junagadh highway on Monday and blocked a national highway and seven men allegedly took poison at separate protest rallies by Dalit groups, police said.
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After a video of the assault was released on the internet, eight attackers were identified and arrested.
The victims are reported to be severely wounded and are recovering in hospital.
Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel has said that her government was committed to protecting the Dalits and ordered an inquiry into the incident. Four policemen have been suspended. | Tension has gripped parts of the Indian state of Gujarat after reports that seven men from the low-caste Dalit community had attempted suicide. | 36832687 | [
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From the northern lights to noctilucent clouds, the range of subjects in this year's competition covers all things astronomical. Here is a selection of the shortlisted images.
The Milky Way rises above a small radio telescope at Miyun Station, National Astronomical Observatory of China, Beijing, in Haitong Yu's photograph.
The image depicts light pollution, which together with electromagnetic noise, has turned many optical and radio observatories near cities both blind and deaf.
To make this image, Haitong Yu used a light-pollution filter and stacked multiple frames to show the Milky Way above the city light.
This picture of the aurora borealis swirling above snow covered trees in Murmansk, Russia, was made by Yulia Zhulikova. The trees glow a vivid pink, highlighted by street lamps.
Ainsley Bennett captures the waxing crescent Moon setting in the evening sky over the Needles Lighthouse on the western tip of the Isle of Wight.
Despite the Moon being a thin crescent, the rest of its shape is defined by sunlight reflecting back from the Earth's surface.
A large, searing hedgerow prominence extends from the surface of the Sun in Paul Andrew's picture.
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A snow-clad mountain in the Eastern Sierras, California, towers over an aspen grove in Brandon Yoshizawa's image.
Above this autumn scene, the Milky Way shines.
Taken from Victoria Peak, the highest mountain on Hong Kong Island, Prisca Law's image shows a busy city in contrast to the peaceful starry sky.
The yellow haze above the landscape is light pollution. Along the coastline roads, the pattern of light signifies the fast-paced life of cities.
After a long hike from his small cabin to Kvalvika, Lofoten Islands, in Norway, Nicolas Alexander Otto arrived at the slopes above the beach at about midnight.
During the hike, the aurora borealis display was relatively weak. But when he made it to the beach, the sky ignited in a colourful show of greens and purples framed by the mossy landscape.
The image was composed from six different exposures due to the high ISO camera setting and thermal noise in the foreground. The sky was added from one of these exposures.
A shooting star flashes across the sky over the craggy landscape of Portland, Dorset, as the planet Jupiter glows in Rob Bowes's photograph.
The image was made from two exposures: one for the sky and one for the rocks.
The International Space Station moves across the face of the Earth's natural satellite, the Moon, photographed in broad daylight by Dani Caxete.
The ISS was illuminated by the Sun at a height of nine degrees on the horizon.
Like the Moon, the ISS receives solar rays during its several orbits of the Earth a day, making it possible to see it when the Sun is still up.
This image was made with a single shot, with no composite or clipping in the process.
Noctilucent clouds stretch across the Swedish sky, illuminating Ruslan Merzlyakov's ride home in this dramatic display.
Noctilucent clouds are the highest clouds in the Earth's atmosphere and form above 61km (200,000ft).
Thought to be formed of ice crystals, the clouds occasionally become visible at twilight when the Sun is below the horizon and illuminates them.
On 31 October 2016, Near Earth Asteroid 164121 (2003 YT1) made a close encounter with Earth at three million miles.
This Apollo asteroid with an orbital period of 427 days was discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey on 18 December 2003.
Derek Robson's attempt at imaging the asteroid was done with a camera on a fixed tripod, controlled by Astrophotography Tool software.
Lying in the constellation of Gemini, IC443 is a galactic supernova remnant, a star that could have exploded as many as 30,000 years ago,
Its globular appearance has earned the celestial structure the moniker of the Jellyfish Nebula.
In this picture made by Chris Heapy, at the upper left of the Jellyfish Nebula there is a much fainter background area of nebulosity, which is a large cloud of mostly molecular hydrogen gas and dust.
Professional observatory data shows that what we are actually seeing are two lobes superimposed on each other, but from this angle one appears as the head of the jellyfish (to the left) and the other lobe (to the right) as the dangling tentacles. | All photographs courtesy of Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year. | 40789348 | [
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The cub will be the first giant panda to be born in Hong Kong.
Earlier this year, 10-year-old Ying Ying mated naturally and was also artificially inseminated.
However, the staff at Ocean Park are unsure which method has resulted in the successful pregnancy.
Ying Ying was sent to mainland China's Sichuan province this spring to take part in a breeding programme.
The 100kg female - described by the park as "inquisitive, active and vigilant" - attempted to mate naturally with two male pandas on five different occasions and one of the attempts was deemed successful.
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A 56-year-old man had to be placed in a medically-induced coma after he was attacked on Davies Row in the town on Sunday.
Police said he had suffered severe facial injuries in a "serious and sustained assault".
Gregor Thomson, 26, was arrested on Tuesday and has appeared at Falkirk Sheriff Court charged with attempted murder.
Thomson, from Denny, made no plea or declaration when he appeared on petition before Sheriff Craig Caldwell, and was remanded in custody until a hearing next week.
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Several fire appliances were called to the scene at Carnsalloch House to tackle the blaze.
One witness reported damage to the main part of the house at Kirkton, with floors and the roof burnt out.
The category A listed building had fallen into a state of disrepair and had been described as a target for vandals, fireraisers and drug-users.
The mansion house at Kirkton was built in the middle of the 18th Century, with a number of extensions added over the years.
From the late 1960s until about 2000 it was owned by the Leonard Cheshire foundation.
Plans for a housing development at the site were rejected and earlier this month the developers sought a council review of the decision. | A derelict historic house near Dumfries has been damaged in a fire which broke out overnight on Friday. | 35855306 | [
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It began when he left behind a glamorous Manhattan lifestyle for the wonder and wastelands of Sierra Leone five years ago. It will end when he walks through the front door of the family home in Lisburn, Belfast for Christmas, having lived through an incredible time in modern history.
Very few 29-year-olds have managed a national football team. None have done it while that country is being brought to its knees by Ebola. "I'm very sad, very emotional," he said.
"Saying goodbye to Sierra Leone was very emotional, very difficult. I don't keep my distance from things; I invest emotionally. The country has become part of me."
Having been an academy coach with the New York Red Bulls, McKinstry was appointed technical director of the Craig Bellamy academy in Sierra Leone at the age of 24.
By 27, he was manager of the national team. Within 18 months his squad were in the top 50 of the world rankings for the first time. "I've made a career of proving doubters wrong," he said.
Two months ago he was sacked by email, as the Ebola outbreak gathered momentum.
"We believed we had the chemistry, cohesion and spirit to achieve anything. But the Ebola outbreak changed everything. Circumstances meant that, in the end, it was an impossible job."
McKinstry stepped off a plane four hours before we met in a London hotel. He had not slept for the best part of two days.
The journey to Freetown Airport had to be made by boat to avoid some of the areas worst affected by Ebola. An early flight meant crossing the night before.
A night at an airport, one plane to Morocco, another to London followed by a medical check by customs officers is no ordinary preparation for an interview. But for a man who has spent much of the past six months living in lockdown, being among the bustle again is a welcome change.
His time in Sierra Leone has now come to an end. The memory of it will, however, live on.
"In the last month or so when I went into Freetown for supplies, I started to see more of the Ebola response teams, with the full yellow bio-hazard suits," he said. "You might see an ambulance driving past and even the driver would be in the full bio-hazard gear.
"When you see that it really does bring it home to you just how serious the situation is."
McKinstry was offered a way out, a safe passage home in July, but refused it. Many of the players in the academy were from affected areas, he felt he had a duty of care not to walk away and send the young footballers into danger.
Instead he quarantined the academy behind the gate and walls of the compound. "When the outbreak started a lot of people ran for cover," he said.
"But Ebola is a disease of contact, if you remove the contact, you remove the risk. So that is what we did. We moved everyone who was off site, behind the walls. We had generators for power, bore holes for fresh water, we had dorm rooms, classrooms and a football pitch."
In Northern Ireland his family were growing increasingly worried about the situation. Did they want him home? "They wanted information. They wanted to know what was going on, to know that I was safe, that the boys at the academy were safe," he said.
It is not sensationalist to suggest that the Ebola virus cost McKinstry his job as head coach. But before he explained how it came to an end, he addressed the question of how it all began.
"When it comes to football, confidence has not been something I have been lacking," McKinstry said with a smile. "There is a saying in Newcastle - 'shy bearns get nowt' - if you don't ask you don't get.
"That was my attitude to the Sierra Leone job. I know I was 27 but if they said no, nothing is lost. If they said yes, it was going to be the start of an exciting new chapter."
McKinstry had watched every Sierra Leone home game in person, every away game on TV, he had watched them train, studied their players. "I thought I was the best man for the job," he added. "I got in the room with the decision-makers and I went through Sierra Leone's last two games with a fine tooth comb and Tunisia's last two, who would be our next opponents.
"I outlined how I'd beat Tunisia, how I saw the future. Every member of the panel went away with a dossier, which I told them they could keep and use even if they didn't choose me.
"Two days later they offered me the job."
McKinstry made an impressive start, losing just one of his first six matches and leading Sierra Leone into the top 50 of Fifa's world rankings, above Northern Ireland, the Republic, Cameroon and Senegal. Then the Ebola outbreak happened and football became a side issue.
"We looked at what little we could do as sporting heroes, could we put smiles on the faces of the nation?" McKinstry said. "Football is a second religion in Sierra Leone.
"So when the national team wins, the national psyche is buoyed, everyone walks an inch or two taller. We made a commitment to keep on winning to try to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations so that people in the country would feel a little bit better. Unfortunately it wasn't to work out that way."
The Confederation of African Football ruled that Sierra Leone could not play games at home. A challenging task was becoming a near-impossible one. "In football, the home team tends to win 50% of the time. In Africa, the home team wins 65 or 70% of the time," McKinstry explained.
That was not the only complication. "In my final game, against DR Congo, we had 17,000 fans just chanting 'Ebola, Ebola, Ebola' at us. It was upsetting for our players. The atmosphere was difficult. It made the players angry that people were mocking the situation in their homeland," he said.
Sierra Leone players found opponents unwilling to shake hands, hotels unwilling to check them in and governments uncertain on granting them entry. "People fear things they don't know," he said. "Hotel arrangements were monitored wherever we went, there were daily medical checks for my players and, while that is not overly difficult, it can impact on players' mental state."
Sierra Leone's first group game as they attempted to qualify for the African Cup of Nations was away to Ivory Coast in early September.
With a week to go, McKinstry was still unsure whether he and his players would be allowed into the country. The confusion meant some players had to buy their own plane tickets. Others arrived the night before the game.
Sierra Leone led for an hour, only to lose 2-1. The demands of their schedule meant the squad left at 11pm that night to fly to DR Congo for a 'home' qualifier that was to be played in the away team's stadium. That game too ended in a 2-0 defeat and was marred by chants of 'Ebola, Ebola.'
McKinstry did not see the end coming. He said: "I had been in the FA building that day and not once was anything mentioned. I was driving back home, over a mountain pass, when my phone buzzed with an email from one of the men I'd been speaking to, not two hours earlier. It said they had terminated my contract. I was disappointed. I'd been standing in their office a few hours earlier.
"But I believe in a certain way of doing things. So I spun the car around, went straight back to the FA, not to argue with them but just to go in shake hands and say 'best of luck for the future and it has been a pleasure for the past 18 months.'"
McKinstry has a voracious appetite for football and for learning, he lives and breathes it and his sense of adventure means predicting his next move is not easy.
In the New Year he has a series of meetings in Asia. This is not a man who does things by the book. Having been a coach from the age of 15, McKinstry already has miles on the clock.
The boyhood Newcastle United fan still dreams of taking charge at St James' Park or leading his native Northern Ireland out. "Nothing would make me prouder, my heart would be beating out of my chest for both those opportunities at some stage in my career."
Watch the full interview with Johnny McKinstry - Football Focus, BBC One on Saturday 20 December at 12:10 GMT. | Johnny McKinstry is on the final leg of a remarkable journey. | 30472392 | [
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Just minutes after leaving harbour, the ferry capsized. 193 people were killed in the tragedy.
Belfast man Bill McCrea was more than 1,500 miles away in Kent, when the ship began its final journey.
A chaplain for the Sailors' Society, Bill was on duty at the Merchant Navy and National Sea Training College in Gravesend.
Despite the distance, news of the tragedy travelled to the college fast.
"Our centre had younger trainee sailors coming through, and also older seafarers who were there to update their training.
"We had three men from the Herald at the centre that night who we had to try and comfort."
When Bill speaks, it's with a soft, instantly recognisable Belfast accent - a voice apparently unchanged by decades spent posted across the globe.
He grew up on the Donegall Road in the city and before entering the ministry, discovered an early love for the sea.
"I used to go down to the Belfast docks with my brothers and sisters to see the ships," he said. "I would say to them, 'look, see that ship? Someday I'll be a captain too'".
In the end, he took to the sea as a chaplain when he accepted the role with the Sailors' Society in 1969, a position he held until retirement in 2006.
In that 37-year period, the Zeebrugge disaster would become "the most traumatising tragedy that ever happened in my life".
The disaster marked the beginning of months of shared grief and years of recovery, as signified by the annual remembrance service that continues with this week's 30th anniversary memorial.
After the incident, Bill travelled to Dover where he spent two weeks in the Sailors' Society's Seafarers' Centre, providing support to sailors and families alike.
Bill often travelled to visit those grief stricken by what happened, and also conducted the funerals of four victims.
"The disaster and the subsequent weeks was a shock to my system. I have dealt with loss of life with seafarers' families over the years, but it was the enormity of this situation - so many people lost their lives that night."
One funeral the chaplain presided over was for a young man who he knew from the training centre - the Herald of Free Enterprise was his first posting as a sailor.
"It was his first assignment and he didn't come back. I visited his family and they were devastated.
"He had just finished his college course two weeks before. I knew him well."
He continued: "The first month or so (after the disaster) was hard going. In their way, actually, the families were a big support to me.
"It can be difficult because families always react differently to your presence. Some are happy to have you, some will swear, some will be annoyed, some will be anti-God.
"In my case, most families needed help - not so much talking, just being there.
"The tragedy left people on their knees. The area of Dover was devastated, but the community came together in huge support.
"I think that's what helped my visits. I was able to pray with the families, and not one refused a prayer."
Among the sadness and grief, there were unlikely tales of heroism too.
"I visited the wife of a man who died, she felt very guilty on top of everything else.
"She had talked her husband into the trip. When the boat capsized, they were trapped. It was actually incredibly hard to escape, particularly with a lifejacket, because you were trapped at the bottom of a boat that was on its side.
"She was trapped there and hypothermia set in, but there was a lorry driver beside her. He kept her alive by slapping her face and nipping her, to make sure she didn't fall asleep.
"It was a nightmare situation on board."
He said that surviving crew members attended funerals as part of their "shared grief".
A year on from the disaster, Bill led a memorial service at the request of the victims' families.
This began an annual service that the Sailors' Society has continued every year since.
"Each year we've held the service and families have come. About 10 years ago, the question was asked if the service should end but the families wanted it to continue.
"They've never really got over it completely.
"I've never really got over it myself." | On 6 March 1987, passenger ferry the Herald of Free Enterprise pulled out of its berth at the Belgium port of Zeebrugge carrying 459 passengers and 80 crew. | 39167480 | [
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Trafford Council closed Bollin Primary School in Bowdon, Greater Manchester on Monday after concerns about a "reduced capacity of senior leadership".
The council said the school had appointed an interim head teacher and it would reopen for Key Stage 2 pupils on Thursday.
Other classes will return in the next few days, said the council.
It follows a strike by teachers on Thursday, supported by some parents who demonstrated outside school.
The school has appointed Kylie Spark as interim head teacher while Michelle Brindle was "not in school", the council said.
There are no details about how long Mrs Spark, of Sale's Tyntesfield Primary School, will be in post.
A number of staff have been neutrally suspended while investigations continue into a video purporting to show teaching staff at a party making comments about Ms Brindle.
Trafford Council added it has applied to the Department for Education for approval for an interim executive board consisting of experienced governors.
One parent of a pupil at the school, which was rated as "outstanding" in its last Ofsted inspection, said she was worried many of the teachers will not return.
Julie Saunders said: "That is massively disruptive and upsetting for the children.
"It is not just a building with a few supply teachers; a school is a community which knows and understands the kids."
Sean Anstee, leader of Trafford Council, said he understood parents' concerns and the council had been working with the governing body to resolve issues.
He added: "We are doing everything we can to reopen the school and return it to the wonderful school we know it to be."
Key Stage 1 pupils will be invited back into school on Friday and early years pupils will return on Monday.
A petition of no confidence in Ms Brindle has been signed by more than 900 people.
The head teacher told the BBC she did not want to comment.
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In a speech marking the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, he said Iran still had sharp differences with the US, above all over the Middle East.
Iran would continue to back Syria, Iraq, the Palestinians and "oppressed people" in Yemen and Bahrain, he said.
The deal on Iran's nuclear programme came after years of negotiations.
The agreement limits Iran's nuclear activities for at least 10 years in exchange for the gradual lifting of sanctions which have hampered the country's economy.
"Whether the [nuclear] deal is approved or disapproved, we will never stop supporting our friends in the region and the people of Palestine, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Bahrain and Lebanon," Ayatollah Khamenei said.
"Even after this deal our policy towards the arrogant US will not change."
The supreme leader also denied that Iran was intending to create a nuclear bomb.
"The Americans say they stopped Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon," he said in his speech at the Mosala mosque in Tehran.
"They know it's not true. We had a fatwa [religious ruling] declaring nuclear weapons to be religiously forbidden under Islamic law. It had nothing to do with the nuclear talks.
"We have repeatedly said we don't negotiate with the US on regional or international affairs; not even on bilateral issues.
"There are some exceptions like the nuclear programme that we negotiated with Americans to serve our interests... US policies in the region are diametrically opposed with Iran's policies."
The supreme leader said it was now necessary for Iranian politicians to scrutinise the nuclear agreement and make sure that Iran's national interests were being preserved.
Correspondents say that Ayatollah Khamenei's views are in contrast to the acclaim that the accord has received from President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. | Iran's stance towards the "arrogant" US will not change despite the nuclear deal reached earlier this week, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said. | 33578942 | [
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That is the message from police and other experts gathering for a special event highlighting the issue on Friday.
Victims are due to share their experiences at the All Wales Anti-Slavery Conference in Llandudno.
Gwent Police officers who rescued a man who worked unpaid for 13 years on a Newport farm are also taking part.
Det Supt Mark Pierce from North Wales Police, who is the lead officer for the force on tackling slavery and human trafficking said: "It's imperative we identify and prosecute those responsible and make our communities safer.
"Human trafficking is serious and organised crime with those involved likely to be involved in the other serious crimes like drug production, kidnapping and the criminal use of firearms."
Among the guests also expected to address the event is the new UK independent slavery commissioner, Kevin Hyland.
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The watchdog assessed the authority's services between January 16 and February 9 and found improvements since its last inspection in 2011.
Inspectors said parents had told them new services, brought in over the past 18 months, were "making a difference".
The council welcomed the report, but said it was "identifying areas where can do better".
See more stories from across Birmingham and the Black Country here
Inspectors assessed three key areas and ranked two - leadership and services for looked-after children - as "good".
The third area - children who need help and protection - was rated as "requires improvement".
In 2011, services in the city were ranked "adequate".
In 2013 the council closed two children's centres and reopened eight others as "strengthening family hubs" and inspectors said this seemed to be a difference.
"Services have been reconfigured in such a way as to bring together... family workers with health visitors, midwives and social workers," the report said.
"Parents told inspectors that it is making a difference to them and their families and that, increasingly, they are able to get the right help in the right way."
However, the report added the help and protection which children and young people receive requires improvement.
"The quality of analysis, assessments and plans... is variable," it said. "Some children are not getting the help and support that they need quickly enough."
Val Gibson, the authority's cabinet member for children and young people, said: "Inspectors have scrutinised our services in minute detail, highlighting the many areas where we are performing well, and identifying areas where we can and will do better."
"We have developed a robust action plan to raise standards still further." | Children's services in Wolverhampton have been rated "good" following an inspection by Ofsted. | 39452584 | [
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Martin Godfrey said he had never supplied Tesco and was surprised to find the picture being used on the firm's website.
The supermarket chain acquired the image through an agency.
A Tesco spokesperson said: "We work tirelessly to support farmers and suppliers and we are sorry for any upset that has been caused."
Mr Godfrey, from Okehampton, Devon, said the picture was originally taken when he was working for Shillingford Organics near Exeter, but was later sold on as a stock image.
Tesco later got the image through its advertising agency, which acquired it from Getty Images.
Mr Godfrey owns an organic produce business and campaigns with the Land Workers' Alliance.
He said the picture of him pulling carrots on the organic farm was a "marketing blunder".
"This inappropriate use of the organic farming image and myself... was taken whilst working at Shillingford Organics some 10 years ago, which has no connection to Tesco whatsoever," he said.
The image has been removed from the supermarket's online promotions, but remains printed in some of its magazines.
Tesco has promised not to use the image in future promotions.
It has offered to donate £1,000 to a local charity, Mr Godfrey said.
He said he appreciated the supermarket was "doing something about food waste" and suggested other chains should do the same. | An organic farmer has persuaded Tesco to take down a photograph of him from its website. | 39382320 | [
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Fresh from collecting a fourth career gold medal at London 2012, Ainslie is now concentrating on making a challenge for the 35th version of the series.
The 34th America's Cup, to be held in San Francisco in September 2013, will come too early for the Briton.
"I've had some America's Cup experience in the past and I would really love to be part of a winning team in the future," said Ainslie.
"As a kid my main two goals were the Olympics and the America's Cup."
He will sail a catamaran under his Ben Ainslie Racing (BAR) banner, with JP Morgan announced as the main sponsor for the team, and will enter the upcoming America's Cup World Series, which starts in San Francisco on 21 August.
"We started a new team, JP Morgan BAR, which will take part in the America's Cup World Series," he said.
"It will take part in this coming series and the one after, which is really a great opportunity for us to build this team up.
"The next America's Cup is in 2013 and we want to try and build this team up for the World Series so we can be a proper challenger for the America's Cup post-2013."
Ainslie won his fourth Olympic gold in a row by coming home first in the Finn class at Weymouth, a victory that makes him the most decorated Olympic sailor in history. | Olympic hero Ben Ainslie has outlined his plans to win the America's Cup. | 19289360 | [
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Thick smoke has been billowing from the fire in Slitting Mill Road in Rugeley, Staffordshire, since the blaze began on 5 September.
The fire service said a controlled burn was taking place over fears water supplies could be contaminated.
It is not known how long it will take to put the fire out.
More updates on this and other stories in Staffordshire
Resident Steve Povey said he and others were also concerned about "something toxic" in the air that could affect people's long-term health, including his pregnant daughter.
Alison Shaw, manager of the nearby Horns Inn, said the pub's takings were also down because of the blaze.
"Last week alone we have been down £3,000... we're very angry about it."
MP for Cannock Chase Amanda Milling also said it was "unacceptable" the fire was still burning.
The fire service said it was informed there was to be a two-hour controlled burn on the land on 5 September, but later received a 999 call to say it had got out of control.
Dermot Hogan, group manager of Staffordshire Fire Service, said he was aware of residents' frustrations.
Crews have been smothering part of the fire with soil, using foam to suppress the smoke and trying to remove burnt waste, he said.
The Environment Agency said there were fears the water run off could contaminate the local watercourse and potentially impact groundwater supplies.
Staffordshire County Council confirmed the land owner was instructed to remove rubbish from the site in June, and has since been served with enforcement notices. | Residents are angry they have to keep their doors and windows shut 10 days after 1,000 tonnes of waste caught fire on farmland. | 37371806 | [
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The Serbs lost 6-4 6-4 to Brazilians Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares in Rio.
The loss came a day after Djokovic was knocked out of the singles by Argentine Juan Martin del Potro.
World number one Djokovic, 29, suffered a surprise third-round defeat at Wimbledon in July when he lost to American Sam Querrey.
The 12-time Grand Slam winner came back to claim his 30th Masters title in Toronto before the Olympics.
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | Novak Djokovic lost in Rio for the second time as he and 40-year-old team-mate Nenad Zimonjic exited the men's Olympic doubles in round two. | 37018844 | [
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Agriculture minister Barnaby Joyce said Australia had agreed to health protocols that would be finalised by his Chinese counterpart.
This comes after Indonesia slashed live cattle imports from Australia.
Mr Joyce said the trade in live cattle between Australia and China could be worth up to $A2bn ($1.5bn, £950m) each year.
Now that Australia had agreed on the health conditions, farmers could prepare to export cattle once China made the deal official, Mr Joyce said in a statement.
"I was very pleased today to sign the agreement of health conditions for trade of Australian feeder and slaughter cattle to China—now it's over to my counterpart, Minister Zhi Shuping, to sign on the dotted line and finalise the agreement between our two nations," Mr Joyce said.
"Over the past five years we've had a significant trade in breeder cattle with China, primarily for dairy heifers.
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Earlier this month, Australian cattle producers were told Indonesia would only allow 50,000 head of cattle to be imported into the country between July and September, compared with an expected 200,000 permits for that quarter.
The Australian Livestock Exporters Council said that decision was both a surprise and a disappointment.
The Council's chief executive, Alison Penfold, said the deal with China was a "major breakthrough".
"Australia will be the first country to export feeder and slaughter cattle to China," Ms Penfold said in a statement.
In recent years, the live cattle industry has been rocked by a series of scandals about poor treatment of the animals in some of the countries Australia exports to. | Australia is a step closer to exporting live cattle to China, opening a new market for its farmers. | 33605075 | [
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Plans for the Ysgol y Berwyn site were originally approved in 2015, and the campus was due to open in 2018.
But a petition called for a review of proposals that would see the Church own the buildings.
On Tuesday, Gwynedd's cabinet agreed to consult on the school's Church status.
The Diocese of St Asaph said it was "disappointed but not surprised" by the decision, and accused the council of making "a complete mess of this project".
"The fundamental issue here is that Cyngor Gwynedd (council) has withdrawn its support for this project and as a result has intentionally destabilised the partnership," said the Church in a statement.
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"Unfortunately, following a long period of working in partnership with the Church in Wales, the latest developments have caused great concern amongst governors and members of the local community and poses a significant risk to the success of the school," said the cabinet's education member, Gareth Thomas.
"As a result, the cabinet has decided to support the recommendation to hold a formal consultation with governors on the option to abandon the existing proposal."
In its statement, the Church said it felt the council "now has a responsibility to the community, children and the diocese to find a way forward that develops community and church education".
Church officials said they hoped the council would contact them over the developments "as a matter of urgency". | Gwynedd's council leadership has come under fire from the Church in Wales in a row over the future of plans for a new £10m school campus serving the Bala area. | 38974185 | [
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Colour Sgt Martyn Horton, L/Cpl David Ramsden, Pte Douglas Halliday and Pte Alex Isaac all died after the crash in Helmand on 23 June, 2010.
The collision forced their Ridgeback vehicle onto two wheels, before rolling into the canal, the court heard.
The inquest is due to take five days.
The hearing, at Salisbury Coroner's Court, resumed on Monday after being part heard in November,
The servicemen were members of a police advisory team, travelling as part of a two-vehicle convoy, at the time of the crash.
The vehicle, driven by L/Cpl Ramsden, collided with an Afghan National Police car by the Nahr-e Bughra canal.
The inquest heard how the crash happened as the vehicle was travelling to a police checkpoint, at the request of the Afghan National Police.
The request followed several explosions in the area.
Dr John Searle, a consultant in accident reconstruction, said: ""It was a glancing impact, an impact where the vehicle carries on and is not stopped by the impact."
He said visibility in the vehicle would have been similar to a car driving in normal night-time conditions.
Pte Michael Peers, who managed to escape from the submerged Ridgeback, said the occupants were wearing seatbelts and opened the back hatch near the water, as was recommended.
"I heard a loud bang which was like an explosion, I do not know where it came from or where it impacted, if it did impact," he said.
Colour Sergeant Horton, 34, was from Runcorn in Cheshire, L/Cpl Ramsden, 26, was from Leeds and Pte Halliday, 20, was from Wallasey in Merseyside.
Pte Isaac, 20, was from the Wirral.
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Paul McMullen got them underway when he finished a Billy King cross, and shortly after it was 2-0 when King scored with a long-range shot.
Mark Durnan volleyed in a third to give the visitors a commanding half-time lead against the Highland League side.
The result was marred with United striker James Keatings carried off.
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Multiplication was a "very important" part of a child's mathematics knowledge, Mr Gibb said.
Plans for such a test were in the Conservatives' election manifesto.
Proposals to test 11-year-olds on their times tables were first announced by former Education Secretary Nicky Morgan in January 2016.
However, the move was put on hold when her successor, Justine Greening, said there would be no new national tests or assessments introduced before the academic year 2018-19.
Appearing before the Commons Education Select Committee on Wednesday, Mr Gibb confirmed the times table check would now go ahead.
He told MPs: "I think it is an issue of policy. It is my view that there should be a multiplication check.
"It was in our manifesto in 2015. We think times tables are a very important part of mathematical knowledge."
If a child was trying to perform long multiplication or long division they needed to know their times tables, he added.
"It's why it was in our manifesto," Mr Gibb said. "It's why we are introducing a multiplication check in 2018-19."
The check will be taken by Year 6 pupils in the spring of 2019 - the cohort currently in Year 4 - alongside their national curriculum tests, known as Sats tests.
Responding to the news, Anne Watson, emeritus professor of mathematics education at the University of Oxford, expressed concern for pupils who struggled with the test.
"My main concern is what he [Mr Gibb] has in mind for the children who do not pass the test.
"This group will include children with undiagnosed dyslexia, test anxiety, possibly some with slower physical response if this is a timed test, and might even include those who have perfectly good and fast methods of retrieval that do not fit with the test design.
"If this is to lead to retesting ad nauseam until it is passed, what mathematics is going to be missed meanwhile and how much dislike of mathematics is going to be generated?"
Russell Hobby, general secretary of school leaders' union NAHT, said: "We are extremely disappointed that the government are determined to push ahead and implement the multiplication check.
"It is both unnecessary and un-costed and won't tell teachers or parents anything that they don't already know."
Giving evidence to the same panel of MPs before Mr Gibb, a senior official for the exams watchdog, Ofqual, answered questions about two security breaches that affected last summer's primary school tests.
In the first, a version of the Key Stage 1 (five- to seven-year-olds) literacy test was published online, containing live test words.
In the second case, the answers to a spelling, punctuation and grammar test due to be taken by 11-year-olds appeared on a website, where they remained in a password-protected area for several hours before being removed.
Dr Michelle Meadows, Ofqual's executive director for strategy risk and research, told the committee: "We asked ourselves this very question, if we had been monitoring delivery more closely, would we have spotted what were essentially human errors, and we came to the conclusion that we probably wouldn't have."
Ofqual attended meetings about the tests and scrutinised documents to do with their implementation, she said.
"Would we have spotted occasional human error, if you take it in the context of the annual cycle of assessment that's year on year for the whole cohort? We suspect not," she said. | Pupils in England will sit a times tables check, from 2019, at the end of their primary years, Schools Minister Nick Gibb has confirmed. | 39053483 | [
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Toulon's Halfpenny, 26, ruptured anterior cruciate knee ligaments during Wales' 23-19 win over Italy at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday.
Scrum-half Rhys Webb, also 26, suffered an ankle injury in the match, but there is no news yet on the extent of the damage.
Halfpenny's likely replacement at full-back, Liam Williams, has not played since having foot surgery in June.
The other two full-backs in Wales' 31-man squad - Bristol's Matthew Morgan and Dragons' Hallam Amos - have six caps between them.
Halfpenny has scored 508 points in 62 appearances for Wales.
The Welsh Rugby Union has not said who will replace Halfpenny.
Wales start their World Cup campaign against Uruguay in Cardiff on 20 September, before playing co-hosts England, Fiji and Australia their remaining Pool A matches.
Former Wales Shane Williams has questioned coach Warren Gatland's decision to select Halfpenny against Italy.
Halfpenny started the game with strapping on his right leg, suggesting he was already carrying an injury.
Record Wales try-scorer Williams said the victory over Italy was "just horrendous for Wales".
"Webb has been the form player for Wales and to lose Halfpenny as well, it's just a massive blow," he said.
"You kind of thought 'do we need Halfpenny on the field? Let's wrap him up in cotton wool and roll him out when we really need him'.
"Wales is in mourning already. Especially with Halfpenny, he was strapped up on his leg anyway."
Props: Tomas Francis (Exeter Chiefs), Paul James (Ospreys), Aaron Jarvis (Ospreys), Gethin Jenkins (Cardiff Blues), Samson Lee (Scarlets).
Hookers: Scott Baldwin (Ospreys), Ken Owens (Scarlets).
Locks: Jake Ball (Scarlets), Luke Charteris (Racing 92), Dominic Day (Bath), Bradley Davies (Wasps), Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys).
Back-rows: Taulupe Faletau (Newport Gwent Dragons), James King (Ospreys), Dan Lydiate (Ospreys), Justin Tipuric (Ospreys), Sam Warburton (Cardiff Blues, capt).
Scrum-halves: Gareth Davies (Scarlets), Rhys Webb (Ospreys), Lloyd Williams (Cardiff Blues).
Fly-halves: Dan Biggar (Ospreys), Matthew Morgan (Bristol), Rhys Priestland (Bath).
Centres: Cory Allen (Cardiff Blues), Jamie Roberts (Harlequins), Scott Williams (Scarlets).
Wings: Hallam Amos (Newport Gwent Dragons), Alex Cuthbert (Cardiff Blues), George North (Northampton Saints).
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The supporters claimed the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) would subsidise rent, which it denied.
The group made up of trusts from clubs including Arsenal said it was "disappointed" by the decision but had expected it.
The government said the deal had been "scrutinised" and "upheld".
The LLDC, which owns the stadium, said West Ham contributed £15m to the £272m conversion of the stadium and the development corporation would also pay for "facilities and services" such as pitch maintenance and for stewarding on match days, which can cost £2.5m annually.
It is also understood the club will pay up to £2.5m a year in rent, although the LLDC said it would never reveal that information.
In comparison, Manchester City, who moved into the former Commonwealth Games stadium, pay overheads on top of £4m rent.
The coalition of supporters, made up of trusts from clubs including Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur, started an online petition which had gained more than 24,000 signatures in favour of a public inquiry.
Mat Roper said the group remained concerned they were expected to see it as a "fabulous deal for the taxpayer" when they had not seen any figures to support the claim and one document they requested had been "completely redacted".
He said: "We're no nearer the truth of what we think is in the rental agreement....until we know that then we're going to continue.
"Whether it happens to be continuing with that petition, a new petition or... a new FOI request, it's certainly not dead in the water."
The group said they remained concerned the deal would give the Hammers a competitive advantage.
But the Department for Culture, Media and Sport said: "West Ham United has a concession at the stadium and their contributions reflect that status.
"The contract, awarded after an open public competition, has been widely scrutinised and tested in court.
"The stadium remains in public ownership and the profits from its multiple uses will flow to the taxpayer."
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The airlines announced that they would no longer transport lion, rhinoceros, leopard, elephant or buffalo remains.
They have not, however, given official reasons for their announcements.
Delta flies direct to a number of African cities and was subjected to an online petition to ban such shipments.
American Airlines and United fly to fewer sub-Saharan cities than Delta, but United said in a tweet its decision to stop carrying trophies was "effective immediately".
United spokesman Charles Hobart said: "We felt it made sense to do so."
Cecil was shot illegally in July by US dentist Walter Palmer of Minnesota. Zimbabwe is seeking his extradition and that of a doctor from Pennsylvania, named as Jan Casimir Seski, who is suspected of killing a lion in April.
Mr Palmer is believed to have paid about $50,000 (£32,000) to hunt Cecil, a major tourist attraction in the Hwange National Park.
He says he thought the hunt was legal and was unaware Cecil was protected, but the killing triggered a huge online backlash.
Delta would not answer questions from journalists as to why it made its decision on Monday, nor would it detail how many hunting trophies it has transported in recent years.
"Effective immediately, Delta will officially ban shipment of all lion, leopard, elephant, rhinoceros and buffalo trophies worldwide as freight," the company said in a brief statement.
Its announcement came as several other airlines indicated that they are - or soon will be - stopping the transport of all trophy-hunting kills.
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The fallout from his comrades is unprecedented. His deputy, Cyril Ramaphosa, came out in public to say the president's decision to get rid of Mr Gordhan without consultation was "unacceptable".
While the Secretary-General of the governing African National Congress, Gwede Mantashe, said the list of ministers which Mr Zuma presented to the party leadership was compiled "elsewhere".
A fellow KwaZulu Natal province comrade Zweli Mkhize, who runs the ANC's treasury, also came out against the president. "I have my reservations on the process followed and the manner in which this cabinet reshuffle was done," he said in a statement.
But one of the major consequences for President Zuma since his controversial reshuffle is the call by his own allies from the South African Communist Party for him to resign.
And so the domino effect starts. Mr Zuma's old allies in the trade unions are also considering a call for him to step down.
Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) Secretary-General Bheki Ntshalintshali said "the federation cannot ignore current political developments".
There is no doubt that the knives are out for President Zuma. The question is whether all the protests and the public outcry will yield any results.
Mr Ramaphosa, who is not known for his brevity, suddenly came out guns blazing over the weekend.
"The events that are unfolding now, are not events that should make us scared. They are not events that should make us afraid of the future that beckons."
And then he went further.
"A moment of great renewal is upon us and we should not let it go by. We should grasp this nettle because that moment has arrived," said the man who helped write the country's constitution.
"Let us act together in unity! Unite our movement, unite our country around one goal.
"The goal of making South Africa great. The goal of making South Africa corruption-free. The goal of making South Africa a South Africa we can all be proud of - and getting rid of greedy people, corrupt people within our land."
You do not need to be a rocket scientist to figure out what the shrewd lawyer was saying here.
This is a clarion call for the people to rise and support him.
But will they?
We have been here before.
President Zuma's obituary has been written many times before only for him to rise from the ashes.
Political analyst Dumisane Hlophe told me that Mr Zuma is unlikely to be removed.
"He is not going down any time soon. In fact he may be in pole position. He has consolidated his power where decisions are taken within the party. In the ANC National Executive Committee (NEC).
"The numbers within the NEC are what counts and in there he has considerable support."
In its 23 years of freedom South Africa, which came with much promise when Nelson Mandela took over as the first black president in a post-apartheid world, finds itself at a crossroads yet again.
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Kevin McKell, from Dundee, had returned from a visit to Bavaria when his suitcase set off alarms going through an X-Ray machine.
McKell, 31. told security staff that he had a knuckle duster and a knife.
But a check revealed three CS gas canisters, seven knives and 10 knuckledusters.
Edinburgh Sheriff Court was told that the items were "readily available" in Bavaria and that McKell was bringing them back for friends.
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23 October 2015 Last updated at 18:33 BST
But for Ivorian entrepreneurs, access to funds and training is sometimes complicated.
Ahead of elections this coming Sunday, 24-year-old designer Anine Mariam Ouattara tells the BBC about difficulties young people face and her aspirations for her country. | Ivory Coast's economy is growing and the business environment has dramatically improved since the political crisis that hit the country following elections in 2010. | 34620562 | [
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There have been ongoing industrial problems in the school for months.
The panel consists of leading educationalist Prof Sir Robert Salisbury, trade unionist John Corey and Belfast Metropolitan College's principal Marie-Thérèse McGivern.
Education Minister John O'Dowd has said he wants them to complete the investigation by early summer.
The secondary school, in the Andersonstown area of west Belfast, has 1,100 pupils.
About a third of its 70-strong teaching staff were absent for a period prior to Easter, and, in an unusual move last month, an associate principal was appointed to the school.
A group representing some parents also held a number of protests to express their concern about how the disputes were affecting their children.
Mr O'Dowd said that he wanted the panel to investigate events in the school, and make recommendations "to ensure the school's future".
"I consider the panel members to be eminently well qualified and experienced," he said.
"My priority continues to be to the pupils at the school and this investigation will give pupils, parents, staff and their representatives, and all those involved with the governance of the school, the opportunity to express their view."
The investigation will look at staff relationships, the role of senior leadership, governance of the school and the impact of the ongoing disputes on pupils.
Mr Corey was general secretary of Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance (NIPSA) union from 2003-10 and is currently a member of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission.
Prior to her role at Belfast Metropolitan College, Ms McGivern was director of development at Belfast City Council.
Sir Robert, meanwhile, recently chaired the literacy and numeracy task force in Northern Ireland and is a former professor of education at the University of Nottingham.
The National Association of Schoolmasters and Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT), which represents almost half the teachers at De La Salle College, welcomed the appointments.
It said the move "should reassure all partners in the De La Salle community that Minister O'Dowd is committed to finding a robust resolution to the recent period of challenge".
However, it said the terms of reference would be "critical to the success or otherwise of the investigation".
The NASUWT also said it will "seek assurances from the panel that their work will not cause any further disruption".
Jim Clarke, chief executive of the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS), also welcomed the appointment of the panel.
"The background and experience of those who will be carrying out the investigation gives confidence to the process," he said.
"CCMS will continue with its ongoing work with the other interests through the agreed strategy. It remains focused on the needs and interests of the pupils at the school." | A three-person panel has been appointed to carry out an investigation into De La Salle College in west Belfast. | 36163760 | [
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The body of the man in his 70s, was found at the house in Nettleden Road, Little Gaddesden, near Berkhamsted, on Saturday afternoon.
A man in his 80s was also taken to hospital, a police spokeswoman said.
Detectives want to question 55-year-old Ian John McLoughlin, also known as Ian John Baker, and have warned people not to approach him.
Det Ch Insp Martin Brunning, from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire major crime unit, said: "The investigation is still in its early stages.
"However, we are continuing to treat the death as murder. We urgently want to speak to Ian McLoughlin in connection with this offence."
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He is believed to have been wearing sunglasses, blue jeans or three-quarter length trousers and a dark blue, light blue and white checked short-sleeved shirt with a button-down collar.
Anyone with information has been urged to contact police or Crimestoppers.
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Both are senior managers and have a long track record with Fox.
Mr Ailes resigned in July after a series of sexual harassment allegations against him by female news presenters. He has denied any wrongdoing.
Fox News plays a prominent role in US election coverage.
The channel's more conservative tone is popular among many Republican voters.
Mr Abernethy is chief executive of Fox Television Stations, running the 28 Fox-owned channels, and Mr Shine is senior executive vice-president and close aid to the company's founder Rupert Murdoch .
The men will divide the tasks of running the Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network. Mr Abernethy will focus on finance, advertising sales and distribution, while Mr Shine will manage the programming.
"While this has been a time of great transition, there has never been a greater opportunity for Fox News and Fox Business to better serve and expand their audiences. Together with our worldwide team of dedicated professionals, we are the most influential and powerful brand in television," said Mr Murdoch.
Mr Murdoch has taken over the role of Fox News CEO and executive chairman since Mr Ailes stepped down.
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12 July 2017 Last updated at 07:06 BST
Can you spot him?
Yes, it's the 130th anniversary of the first Sherlock Holmes book, so it's a pretty good choice.
Sherlock is famous for solving complicated crimes, and now visitors to Maze can put their own detective skills to the test.
They will have to find their way through the maze and collect clues as they go.
Elementary! | This is the award-winning Wistow Maze in Leicestershire and this year a very special character is taking over. | 40574499 | [
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Instead, she became a songwriter for hire, donating hits to the likes of Cher, Christina Aguilera and Rihanna (more on that later). Then fate came calling...
"I got an Instagram message from a guy in Greece who said, 'Hey, I really think your music would work over here and I'd like to license it.'"
"With all my experience, I didn't really know what licensing meant," says the New York native. "I figured it was for a film or television programme."
Instead, her mysterious Greek contact put out a single, Lost On You, and sent it into the Top 10.
Soon, the song was charting in Italy, then Sweden, France, Poland, Belarus and Israel. At one point, it was the fourth most Shazamed song in the world.
"It's just a wild thing to be going on," marvels the singer.
"I know all too well what it takes to have a hit: A little bit of luck, a little bit of work, a little bit of talent.
"I've worked with so many people, but I've never seen anything like this happen. I feel so lucky to be experiencing it."
In fact, the 36-year-old is so in-demand that she's speaking to the BBC as she boards a flight to Los Angeles; a task that's not without its pitfalls.
"Can you hold on for just a second?" she cackles. "I just found out I have to take six kilos out of my luggage because I bought so much crap over here."
Undeterred, she talks me through her story as she unpacks.
Pergolizzi's dad was a lawyer and her mum sang opera, but gave it up when she had a family.
Although it was a musical household (they listened to the classics, not the pop hits) her father advised against a career in entertainment, saying it would "never pay the bills".
But when her mum died in 1997, Pergolizzi finished high school, moved to Manhattan and pursued her passion; adopting the stage name LP after a nickname given to her by a camp counsellor.
"It's LP personally and professionally," she says, after I make the mistake of calling her Laura. "Even my girlfriend calls me LP."
Gigging around New York, she caught the attention of alt-rock band Cracker, who invited her to sing on their 1998 album, Gentleman's Blues. Singer David Lowery then produced her independently-released 2001 debut, Heart-Shaped Scar.
Enigmatic and androgynous, she cut a striking figure with her tumbling black curls and surgically-attached shades.
"I do rock the sunglasses," she concedes. "To a rude point, at times. But I don't care, it's my first defence. I'm shy, so I've gotta have something. I need some protection, man."
In 2006, she made a semi-legendary appearance at the music industry festival SXSW, triggering a record label bidding war.
Among her suitors was American Idol judge and all-round big cheese LA Reid, who signed her to Island Records - but their relationship quickly soured. (LP later accused Island of "taking a little tomboy and putting her in a dress").
To her horror, the pattern was repeated over and over again.
"I've had so many record deals now. I'm like on my seventh one. I've had so many chats about how much money I was going to make, it's shocking."
"Three or four record deals in, it feels like life has smacked you in the face."
Incredibly, she doesn't hold any grudges, taking a philosophical view of her "'quote-unquote 'failures'".
"Trying to launch a career as an artist is like trying to run through a crowd holding hands with five people. It's so difficult."
By 2007, she'd given up on the idea of solo success, becoming a professional songwriter after one of her Island rejects, Love Will Keep You Up All Night, ended up on a Backstreet Boys album.
Her big breakthrough came when she contributed to Rihanna's hit single Cheers (Drink To That), a dizzy, Jameson-swilling party anthem from the star's Loud album.
Incredibly, LP claims to have bashed out the song on a "cheap Hawaiian-brand ukulele" she'd brought along to the studio on a whim.
"It's a nice, off-the-cuff thing to bring to a session," she explains. "It's a little more organic. After we were done writing melodies, I could sit in the corner and write words with it, you know?"
She's since adopted the ukulele as her signature instrument - she even has her own, custom-made model from uke legends CF Martin & Company.
"Unknowingly, the ukulele started to worm its way into my heart," she says.
"I would sit in bed with it and whistle these little melodies. It was like, 'Wow, I love this. Maybe I should make it into a song?'"
"And that's where my trajectory of becoming an artist again came from. It was like me working my way back to enjoying music again."
But the main catalyst for her new material was a painful break-up with her girlfriend of five years. Lost On You is a primal howl, lamenting all the time she wasted on the relationship.
"Let's raise a glass or two / To all the things I've lost on you," sings LP.
"When I wrote that song, I was still about a year away from the breakup," she says. "It was like a long, winding, circle-the-drain situation."
The beginning of the end came when her partner asked to have an open relationship.
"The thing that upset me most was I knew she could see that I didn't want to go along with it. But I tried it because I was really in love with her."
A couple of months into the experiment, though, LP fell for someone else. Hard.
"I was like, 'oops, I just fell in love with someone else'. And it's still going. I'm still with that woman a year and a half later."
"It's a happy ending - but also with some scars and some baggage, for sure."
LP's new girlfriend - musician Lauren Ruth Ward - even appears at the end of the video for Lost On You, which the singer describes as a cautionary tale.
"That story is something you definitely don't want to hear if you're the person that decides to have an open relationship," she laughs.
It's easy to see why Lost On You has connected with so many people. LP sings with unfiltered angst about trying to wake up a lover who's lost interest; while the song's spaghetti-western arrangement betrays the hopelessness of the situation.
Like the lonesome cowboy she is, LP whistles throughout the track - sorrowfully echoing the hook and, at one point, apparently hailing a cab.
"I have a bunch of whistles I can do," she laughs, "and we were like, 'let's take my whistling to another level!'"
It's not very fashionable, though, is it? The last great whistling song was Peter, Bjorn and John's Young Folks 11 years ago, and it's not like people were gagging for a sequel.
"I feel good about whistling," protests LP. "A lot of people don't get it [but] I use it as an instrument.
"I do two things that are normally super-gimmicky, that I refuse to accept as gimmicks in my music: ukulele and whistling.
"I just use them unabashedly. Let's do both!"
Lost On You features on LP's Death Valley EP, which is out now on Vagrant Records.
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There were 31,000 offences recorded in the year up to April 2014, up 8,500 on the previous year.
Figures compiled by the charity show 85 offences were recorded by police every day, with significant rises in Scotland and Northern Ireland also.
A spokesman said high-profile cases had "played a contributory factor" in encouraging people to come forward.
Jon Brown, from the NSPCC's sexual abuse programme, told BBC Radio 4's Today that cases in Rotherham, Rochdale, Oxford and elsewhere had helped prompt "children, young people and adults to speak about abuse that is either happening to them or has happened to them".
BBC home editor Mark Easton said police forces had put significant effort into encouraging victims to come forward and this appeared to be paying off.
It is probable sexual offences are actually falling despite cases coming to light in recent years, he added.
Chief Constable Simon Bailey, the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) lead for child protection, said police now looked "upon child abuse very differently".
"Many, many, more" people had found the confidence to report incidents, he said, but the latest figures could be still only be "the tip of the iceberg".
And Peter Wanless, the NSPCC's chief executive, said the figures were "a fraction of the true number of victims, because some endure an agonising wait of many years before telling anyone - and others never reveal what has happened to them".
According to the figures, compiled by a Freedom of Information request:
In 2012/13, the same research showed 22,654 cases were recorded by 41 police forces. All 43 forces in England and Wales responded in the latest study.
The NSPCC said the total had largely remained steady until this year's figures, and that the 38% rise was the biggest increase in six years of requesting the data.
The number has now increased by almost 50% since 2008/09.
In Scotland, government figures showed that in 2013-14 there were 3,742 sexual offences against children under 18 recorded, including rape, sexual assault and grooming - a 10-year high.
The NSPCC said 1,485 sexual offences against people under 18 were reported to police in Northern Ireland in 2013/14, up 26% on the previous year.
By Mark Easton, BBC home editor
The fact that police are recording more suspected incidents of child sexual abuse should probably be regarded as a positive development.
Police forces have put significant effort into encouraging victims of such crimes to come forward and this seems to be paying off. Prosecutors and chief constables are under instruction to take seriously allegations that are made and, where appropriate, revisit reports made in the past.
Britain is only beginning to recognise the appalling scale of child abuse and the criminal justice system still only deals with a fraction of offences. It is possible - indeed the recent focus on child welfare and big falls in overall violent crime makes it probable in my view - that sexual offences against children are falling, despite all the horrific cases that have come to light in the last few years.
However, while more victims coming forward is good news, it is vital that the resources and support are available to deal with the increased demands on police and other services.
The NSPCC's Mr Brown said there was not enough support available for children who had been sexually abused.
"Their concerns need to be taken seriously and acted promptly upon.
"Through the court process they need to be supported and there are some real gaps there, and then there's a huge gap in the amount of help and therapy that's available for children who have been abused."
Mr Brown said the charity estimated that there was a shortfall of 50,000 places across the UK for children who needed treatment, having been sexually abused.
The figures are published as the NSPCC launches its third annual "How Safe Are Our Children?" report at the charity's annual conference in London.
A government spokeswoman said children must be protected from "systemic and appalling cases" of abuse such as those seen in Rotherham, Rochdale, Oxford and elsewhere.
She said: "We have given child sexual abuse the status of a national threat so that it is prioritised by every police force, will shortly launch a new child sexual abuse taskforce and centre of expertise to improve local responses and we have provided £7m funding to organisations that support victims.
"It is encouraging that police figures show more victims are having the confidence to come forward and report these often ignored and under-reported crimes."
Home Secretary Theresa May has established an independent inquiry to probe allegations of historical child sex abuse and a Westminster paedophile ring.
By Danny Shaw, BBC home affairs correspondent
Over the past 18 months there's been a raft of data indicating that more people are reporting sexual offences.
What's different about these statistics is that there's a breakdown by age of victim, enabling us to see the extent of the problem as it affects children. It's a deeply worrying picture.
It raises questions about the level of support available for victims, at a time when criminal justice, welfare and health budgets are under strain, as well as the need to find ways to deal effectively with the perpetrators.
To do that we must attempt to understand what drives people to commit offences against children and babies, however unpalatable that may be, to prevent further crimes in the future.
Last month it emerged that police were investigating more than 1,400 prominent men for historic child sex abuse, including politicians, celebrities and those linked to institutions.
And also last month, the NPCC said it had seen an "unprecedented increase" in the number of reports of abuse following the Savile cases coming to light.
Mr Bailey said of the latest figures: "The service now looks upon child abuse very differently and victims can expect a professional response.
"As a result many, many, more victims have found the confidence to report abuse, knowing they will be treated with sensitivity and respect, that we will listen to them and that we will take their allegations seriously." | The number of recorded sexual offences against children in England and Wales has risen by a third, the NSPCC says. | 33160361 | [
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Elgan Varney, 33, was accused of raping Hannah Stubbs, who was a student at Keele University, in Staffordshire.
The 22-year-old killed herself at her Stafford home in August 2015.
Judge John Fletcher cleared Mr Varney, formerly of Newcastle-under-Lyme, of two counts of rape and one of sexual assault after the CPS offered no evidence against him.
See more stories from across Stoke and Staffordshire here
During the hearing at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court, prosecutor Karim Khalil QC said the decision not to continue the prosecution had been taken at the "highest level" of the CPS.
The CPS said the case had been kept under regular review and prosecutors were no longer satisfied there was a realistic prospect of conviction.
Defence counsel Ann Cotcher QC told the court Mr Varney had been "removed from his attempts at education" at Keele because of the proceedings against him.
"This is an allegation that goes back to 2014," Ms Cotcher told the brief hearing.
"The defendant was interviewed, as was the complainant, in March 2015, almost exactly two years ago."
Following the hearing, Mr Varney offered his condolences to the family of Ms Stubbs.
In a statement read out by his solicitor, Hollie Alcock, Mr Varney said: "This is not a time of celebration for me - quite simply, I should never have been charged and put through this horrendous ordeal."
He also called for a change in the law to provide anonymity to those charged with but not convicted of sexual offences.
In a statement, Ms Stubbs' parents, Paul and Mandy Stubbs, said: "We don't want what happened to Hannah to define her life or our memory of the kind and loving person that she was."
An inquest recorded a narrative verdict that she had taken her own life following post-traumatic stress.
A spokesman for the university said: "Based on today's outcome, we will be in conversation with Mr Varney over the coming weeks.
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The interactive 3D renderings are assembled from photos of the objects, sourced from tourists who visited them before the destruction.
So far the project has received more than 700 photos and produced 15 3D images of artefacts, mostly from the ransacked Mosul Museum.
The archaeologists who established the project hope to widen its scope to include objects lost at other sites, to violence or natural disasters such as the recent Nepal earthquakes. | In an initiative called Project Mosul, cyber-archaeologists and volunteers are re-creating works of art destroyed by IS militants in Iraq. | 32789261 | [
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Victory lifted the Shrimpers up to fifth, while Posh have only won six of their 17 home league games this term.
"If you don't believe you're going to get there [to the play-offs] you never will. My belief won't stop until it's mathematically impossible," he said.
"We're five points off the play-offs. It's not a lot with 13 games to go."
He continued to BBC Radio Cambridgeshire: "I know we've just been thrashed at home, but we need to continue to support each other. All I can do is apologise to the fans after the performance.
"I always take the blame when we lose and I'll do it again now. It's down to me why the team lost. What we've got to do now is stand up like men, puff our chests out, come back on Saturday and produce a win."
Two goals from Marc-Antoine Fortune set the Shrimpers on their way to victory at the ABAX Stadium, while Tom Nichols scored the only goal for ninth-placed Posh.
However, McCann has received positive news regarding Gwion Edwards' knee injury, picked up in Saturday's defeat by Walsall.
"It'll be seven or eight weeks instead of seven or eight months. We feared the worst to be honest, but we got the good news it's not too serious.
"He's been top drawer this season, he's got a great attitude and he's a tough little cookie." | Manager Grant McCann has apologised to the fans for Peterborough United's 4-1 home defeat by fellow League One play-off hopefuls Southend United. | 39050812 | [
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The 33-year-old, leading after Friday's dressage, delivered a fault-free cross-country round on his mount La Biosthetique.
Jung won the Burghley and Kentucky titles and is hoping to seal the Rolex Grand Slam to earn the bonus.
Great Britain's challenge faltered, with Emily King eliminated.
She was second overnight but fell riding Brookleigh before Sunday's showjumping finale.
The 20-year-old shone in the dressage to raise hopes of becoming the youngest Badminton winner since 1973.
Instead it is Jung who will be centre stage as he attempts to become just the second winner of the Grand Slam, emulating Pippa Funnell in 2003.
"It's a long night, a big day, everything can happen," said Jung, an individual and team gold medallist at London 2012.
"For me, this is the best horse in the world. It is a wonderful feeling to ride such a good horse."
Jung remains on 34.4 penalty points, nine better off than compatriot Andreas Ostholt aboard So Is Et and 10.2 points ahead of Britain's Gemma Tattersall, who rides Arctic Soul, in third.
The cross-country challenge
Jung navigated all 33 obstacles over the 6,500m course with precision and finished well inside the optimal time - 11 minutes 58 seconds - at which competitors begin to incur time penalties.
It means he can afford to see two poles fall in Sunday's showjumping finale, assuming his closest rivals deliver blemish-free rounds.
"That horse is really amazing," added Jung. "He always listens to me and trusts in me."
In all, 27 of 75 horses failed to complete the course, set against the picturesque backdrop of Badminton House.
Organisers believe last year's cross-country attendance of 95,000 was comfortably bettered, with more than 100,000 people lining the track.
King's fall at the penultimate obstacle drew howls of concern from those watching and she was visibly upset.
The daughter of six-time Olympian Mary King is one of a number of Britons looking to position themselves for a place at the Rio Olympics.
Tattersall's third place overnight gives her a fine chance of improving on her best finish at Badminton - 16th last year.
Team GB hopefuls must hit qualifying standards on the horse they wish to take to the Games by 19 June, with a selection announcement expected in July.
Former world champion Zara Tindall and her mount High Kingdom have work to do, as they sit 24th in the field, but Oliver Townend and Izzy Taylor are eighth and ninth on Armada and Allercombe Ellie respectively. | Germany's Michael Jung closed in on a £240,000 bonus prize as he secured a dominant lead to take into the final day of Badminton Horse Trials. | 36237594 | [
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Up to a million people still needed to complete their tax credit renewals in the final week before the deadline.
They would have received information about their annual review notice in a white A4 envelope, but they can renew online up until Sunday night.
Separately, many of those in the self-assessment system must pay a tax bill.
This so-called payment on account is the equivalent of half the previous year's tax bill, as an advance payment on their next bill. The other half is paid on 31 January.
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) warned that anyone who failed to renew their tax credits could be in danger of having payments stopped, or find themselves paying more than they needed to.
"It is great that millions of people have renewed their tax credits or reported changes so far, but anyone who has not done so yet should take action now - it only takes a few minutes to renew online," said Nick Lodge, of HMRC.
Renewals can now also be completed via smartphone apps. The tax credit helpline - 0345 3003900 - is open until 20:00 BST on Saturday and Sunday.
To renew, they will need their renewal pack, their National Insurance number, their and their partners total income for the tax year to April 2016, the 15-digit number on their renewal pack, and details of any changes to their circumstances, such as working hours and children.
Claimants who received notices in a brown A5 envelope will see their tax credits renewed automatically and are only required to contact HMRC if they need to make any corrections or notify HMRC of any changes to household circumstances.
Those whose notices came in a white A4 envelope must renew, even if their circumstances have not changed.
The tax payment deadline affects everyone in the self-assessment system unless:
There are various ways of paying but those leaving it to the weekend are likely to be limited to paying via online or telephone banking, or via the HMRC website using a debit or credit card.
Interest is charged if the payment deadline is missed. After 28 days without payment, following the deadline, a surcharge is 5% of any unpaid tax is levied. This surcharge is repeated after six months.
"This is a massive amount given the era of near zero interest rates," said Chas Roy-Chowdhury, head of taxation at ACCA accountancy body.
An HMRC spokesman pointed out that there was some wriggle room for those who contact HMRC if they are struggling to pay the tax owed.
"If a taxpayer can't pay and calls us before the due date and we agree a time to pay arrangement, they will not incur a surcharge," he said.
"Our reasoning being the taxpayer is making an effort and it would not be fair to hit them with a surcharge, where a time to pay arrangement is in place."
HMRC has been criticised by MPs and the National Audit Office for waiting times for those trying to call at key times, but the tax authority said the service had now improved. | Thousands of people face a deadline of the end of Sunday to renew tax credits and pay tax owed, or face losing payments or being hit with penalties. | 36922763 | [
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Simon, 29, joined the Wildcats from Catalans Dragons, and has played nine times in Super League this year.
Coach Chris Chester told BBC Radio Leeds: "It's massive and I'm really pleased that he has put pen to paper.
"He has been a stand-out player for us over the last few weeks and it's a real statement of intent from the club." | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats prop Mickael Simon has signed a one-year contract extension, keeping him at the club until the end of the 2017 season. | 36113586 | [
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One Syrian boy happily shows a model he has made out of cardboard - a neat house, complete with a shiny red roof, bright blue walls and tiny windows that swing open.
It is a bitter sweet achievement.
He has designed his dream house from memory of a time before, for there are no windows to open here.
We are in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, and the schoolroom in this camp, like all the 40 or so other buildings, is made of wooden frames on concrete floors, covered in plastic sheeting.
Much of it is decorated with incongruous advertising pictures, black-and-white shots of men in sunglasses and designer stubble.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron wants to take refugees directly from camps like this in the Middle East, rather than absorb the people who have already made the journey to Hungary, Greece or Italy.
The logic is that it will stop people making the perilous voyage across the Mediterranean.
It makes a lot of sense. But it may already be too little, and far too late. Taking 4,000 more people each year until 2020 will hardly dent the problem.
The border with Syria is only a few miles across the hill rising above the camp.
The people here can still hear the war they fled, as President Bashar al-Assad's bombs land on a besieged town.
Life is definitely safer this side of the border. But it is not comfortable.
There are rats, the drinking water is dirty, and while it is now stifling under the September Sun, in winter the snow is 3ft (1m) high and they freeze.
More importantly, life is getting worse and the pressure to leave Lebanon is growing all the time.
One man, Mzead al-Ali, tells me he is on the brink of following those who have made the perilous exodus, leaving his wife and four children, including two seven-month-old twins, behind in the camp, so he can send them money.
His brother left three days ago for Turkey. They haven't heard from him since he went, and don't know if he is safe.
His mother wants to talk about it but has to keep pressing her hands flat against her face, to stop the tears.
This is not, according to the government here, a refugee camp but a temporary settlement, and there are thousands like it.
Lebanon is a country of four million people, and it now hosts well over a million refugees from its war-riven bigger neighbour.
A third live in camps like this, but life is difficult also for others who have more conventional accommodation.
The burden on Lebanon is nearly unbearable, as a government minister told me, and there are rising tensions.
The refugees' presence puts pressure on the already dubious efficiency of water and electricity, schooling and health care.
The charities are running out of money, and food aid has been slashed and slashed again. It is due to be cut again soon.
Refugees can't get work permits so can't earn money for the papers they need to renew every year - the $200 (£130) is out of sight for most of them.
Almost unbelievably, they have to pay rent for their camps, and they are not allowed to expand them, even though the population is steadily growing.
The borders are closed, so they can't go back and relatives can't join them.
The schoolroom is funded with aid from Britain.
It is part of the UK government's case that while it make take fewer refugees than other countries, it spends far more in helping people in the Middle East.
But it is noticeable that the schoolroom is decorated with crayon drawings in black, yellow and red - the German flag.
"Next time you come, we have a British flag," says Mr al-Ali, slightly embarrassed.
He says he wants German Chancellor Angela Merkel to send a big ship to take them all to Europe.
There is anger here that the rich Gulf States and Saudi Arabia have done next to nothing to help settle refugees and seem oblivious to the fact that some might think it their responsibility before Europe's.
For this crisis raises some interesting questions about leadership.
Germany's latest intervention is fascinating, reflecting a change in attitude that means it is more confident of making foreign policy gestures intended to show leadership in Europe, and which demonstrate a wish to change the world through instruments other than war.
There is also a new impatience with other EU members, and a willingness to lead through example rather than wait for agreement.
Germany, where for a long time foreign workers have been made to feel unloved, wants to show itself as open to the world, a successful and dynamic economy that can absorb, indeed needs, a new workforce.
But it may have unintended consequences.
Earlier this week, Lebanon's morning newspaper, the Daily Star, carried an advert by the Danish government, warning it had toughened up its asylum rules and cut benefits to migrants.
The Danes will not be the only ones who worry about the downside of German generosity.
People I met in Lebanon say those who would like to leave Iraq and Afghanistan have heard a message - now is the time to go to Europe, before there is another change of mood and the drawbridge goes up again.
So it is little wonder people in non-governmental organisations (NGOs) feel Mr Cameron may be onto something - it makes sense processing people here, rather than luring them into a dangerous journey.
But while the British policy was announced last week and fleshed out in the Commons on Monday, no-one in Lebanon has heard anything officially.
The generous feel it will take a while, the cynical that it is all about the headlines.
Wednesday's announcement on migrant quotas was focused solely on dealing with the crisis within Europe, but there has not even been a whisper of a coordinated European approach using camps in the Middle East, which is what would seem to make the most sense.
It is the death of one toddler on a Turkish shore and the sight of thousands of people dragging themselves across Europe that has focused the minds of politicians on this crisis on our continent.
There is a clear need, somehow, to absorb - or, some might argue, return - these people.
But the far greater crisis is elsewhere, and indeed is also in the future.
Mass migration is not just the by-product of one horrible war, or even several conflicts and vile regimes but, in part, the result of the growing aspirations, understanding and opportunity that globalisation brings.
Biafra did not send thousands of the dispossessed into Europe.
On 30 May 1967, the head of the Eastern Region of Nigeria, Col Emeka Ojukwu, unilaterally declared the independent Republic of Biafra.
The Biafran forces were pushed back after initial military gains.
More than two years later, after one million civilians had died in fighting and from famine, Biafra was reabsorbed into Nigeria.
Thirty years ago, the Ethiopian famine produced Live Aid - it meant thousands of people packing into a concert venue in central London for a day, not thousands of the displaced crowding on to trains and lorries for years.
When the cities and farmlands of millions people disappear under the waves, it will not be so.
When nations fight wars over precious water, populations will march, not in protest, but to happier lands.
It is genuinely hard for politicians in democracies to think beyond four-year cycles, and the next day's headlines.
But perhaps it is time they made a start.
You can listen to our programme from Beirut here. | The little children trailing round behind us rush forward in their excitement, herding me into their makeshift schoolroom. | 34188152 | [
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Sean Corrigan, 31, was found at a flat in St Mary's Garden and later died in hospital.
Post mortem results indicated he may have died in suspicious circumstances.
Det Ch Insp Justyn Galloway said police believe Mr Corrigan may have been assaulted in the hours prior to his death.
"We are carrying out a full investigation into Sean's death," he said.
"We have examined CCTV footage and spoken to a number of witnesses. We will also be carrying out house to house enquiries in the area over the coming days.
"It is vital that we speak to anyone who may have more information in relation to Sean's movements that night and what happened in the apartment.
"I would urge the local community to help us ascertain what happened to Sean by coming forward with information. If you were in the area between 1am and lunchtime, if you saw any suspicious activity or if you have any other information about Sean's death which might assist us with our enquiries, then please get in touch." | Police have renewed their appeal for information on the first anniversary of the death of a man in west Belfast. | 34237718 | [
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US carrier United Airlines has said it will end daily flights between Houston, Texas and Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos, on 30 June.
It follows Spanish airline Iberia's decision to pull out in May.
Falling oil prices have hurt Africa's biggest economy, which has contracted for the first time since 2004.
As a result of the foreign currency restrictions, airlines have been unable to repatriate up to $600m (£417m) in ticket sales, according to the International Air Transport Association (Iata).
Foreign currency reserves have dwindled to their lowest level in more than ten years and the government introduced a currency peg last year that has created a black market for the naira currency.
"The inability of airlines to access forex in Africa's largest economy, if not solved, will affect air transport services to, from and within Nigeria and undermine the country's position as West Africa's aviation hub," Iata said this week.
Iberia said it was leaving Nigeria due to "very difficult operating circumstances and dwindling passenger numbers."
Businesses operating in Nigeria are struggling to get their hands on dollars, sterling or euros, says the BBC's West Africa correspondent Martin Patience. The official exchange rate, which is controlled by the government is also very low compared to the black market rate.
"If you take $1, the official rate is 200 naira but if you then go on the black market where you will get the cash it can often cost you double that and airlines...simply can't go on the black market to get business done," says Patience.
Nigeria's economy contracted 0.4% in the first quarter of this year and last month Nigeria's central bank governor said a recession appeared "imminent." The central bank also announced plans to introduce a greater flexibility into the foreign exchange market. | Foreign airlines are halting flights to Nigeria, where a foreign exchange crisis has led the government to limit access to dollars. | 36497320 | [
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Essex Police said two teenage boys and a man were taken to hospital after being stabbed in Colchester between 18:22 and 18:31 GMT on Saturday.
As a result, the force's temporary deputy chief constable approved use of additional powers to search people.
The "robust policing tactic" was used for three hours to "ensure order had been fully restored", the force said.
A 17-year-old boy and an 18-year-old man from London were arrested, along with a 21-year-old man from Barking.
Ch Insp Simon Anslow said none of those who were stabbed suffered life-threatening injuries.
"This is a rare situation in any town and we are using the full range of legal tools at our disposal to keep the overwhelming majority of people safe, while making sure those intent on causing trouble will be swiftly picked up and dealt with," he said.
"We will be pursuing a vigorous investigation to put all those we can find who are responsible for this detestable behaviour before the courts."
The use of section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 gives officers the power to search people for dangerous objects and weapons without the need to have a reasonable suspicion.
The powers were in force in Colchester town centre from 18:40 until 21:50 GMT on Saturday.
Read more on this and other stories on the BBC Essex Live page
Colchester MP Will Quince said he supported the force's use of the powers in this instance.
"Their swift action in getting the section 60 order, which is a rarely used piece of legislation, means they can stop anybody without reasonable cause to check if they have a weapon within a certain time frame - I applaud the police for doing that," he said. | Police invoked special stop and search powers after three people were stabbed within 10 minutes in a town centre. | 35739385 | [
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In one Muslim school, a "female governor sat out of sight of the male governors in an adjacent room".
The watchdog inspected 22 schools in England which had previously been inspected by the Bridge Schools Inspectorate.
Inspectors found that nine of these schools were inadequate.
Ofsted chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw has written to Education Secretary Nicky Morgan with the findings of inspections of 15 Muslim and seven Christian schools, in cities including Manchester, Coventry, Birmingham and Leicester.
Previous checks of these private faith schools had been carried out by the Bridge Schools Inspectorate (BSI), an independent inspectorate which had inspected about 50 private Muslim and Christian schools.
Independent schools do not come under the same Ofsted process as state schools, with inspections being carried out by independent agencies such as the Independent Schools Inspectorate and the School Inspection Service.
Ofsted had raised concerns about the "quality of BSI inspection" and, this autumn, Ofsted took over its inspection responsibilities.
One school in this current wave of Ofsted inspections - Manchester Islamic High School for Girls - was rated outstanding.
But Sir Michael's letter highlights a range of concerns about other schools previously inspected by BSI.
Four of the schools were assessed not to be "promoting fundamental British values". This included not promoting "mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs".
There were concerns about a lack of exposure to other religions and "inappropriate" books.
At Al Ameen primary school in Birmingham, inspectors say pupils were not protected from reading "inappropriate literature about extremist, sexist or partisan views".
Inspectors said that at Darul Uloom Islamic High School in Birmingham, "the only female governor sat out of sight of the male governors in an adjacent room to the main meeting.
"As a result, she could only contribute to the meeting through a doorway. Governors told inspectors this was their usual arrangement.
"A senior HMI has pointed out to the school that this practice is unacceptable as it fails to show proper respect for women."
This school, now rated as inadequate, had been inspected by Ofsted inspectors since 2011. In October 2013, Ofsted rated it as good and described the head teacher as "forward thinking".
Ofsted says that although its own inspectors carried out a number of inspections in recent years, the school was considered to have been part of the BSI inspection system.
In Cornerstone School in Epsom, a private Christian school, Ofsted said pupils were "not given sufficient opportunities to learn about different cultures and the perspectives of others".
There were eight schools where there were safeguarding concerns, including "not paying due regard to the guidance issued in 'Keeping children safe in education', a lack of checks on staff or insufficient records on pupil attendance.
And in a further 10 cases there were concerns about schools not providing a sufficiently broad curriculum.
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It would make the disused Fawley power station chimney the tallest such attraction south of London's Shard.
Developers Fawley Waterside said it would be the centrepiece of a "merchant city" development.
The power station closed in 2013 after more than 40 years in operation.
Architects plans show a petal-shaped glass structure at the centre of a £1bn development featuring a marina, housing and restaurants.
It also includes fast ferry links to Southampton and Portsmouth.
With an application for outline planning permission due later this year, building could start in 2018.
The oil-fired Fawley Power Station, on the western side of Southampton Water, was commissioned in 1971 and was capable of powering one million homes.
The 300-acre site was sold to Fawley Waterside developers in 2016.
Aldred Drummond of the company said: "We'd be mad to knock the chimney down - its our signature piece of infrastructure.
"If you think of the money spent building the i360 in Brighton, or the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth, this building is already there so with relatively little investment we can do something very spectacular."
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198 metre-high chimney dominates the Solent sykline
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The Scottish champions had been charged after fans set off fireworks during the 1-1 draw in Group A at Sukru Saracoglu Stadium in Istanbul on 10 December.
Uefa's disciplinary body also charged the club with improper conduct after five players were booked.
Celtic finished bottom of the group and without a win in their six matches.
It is the third match in a calendar year - and the eighth in five years - that has resulted in the Glasgow club being fined by European football's governing body.
Last season, they were disciplined for crowd disturbances against Dinamo Zagreb and then for supporters setting off flares, as well as player indiscipline, against Inter Milan.
Celtic issued indefinite bans to two supporters following the incidents in Turkey and revealed in December that they were considering legal action against individual fans.
Five fans were arrested this month in connection with complaints of sectarian singing during Celtic's Scottish Cup win away to Stranraer.
The Scottish FA has written to both clubs and continues to investigate. | Celtic have been fined £13,000 after poor behaviour by their supporters and player indiscipline in their Europa League match against Fenerbahce. | 35640219 | [
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Fifteen of those won gold. How many of them will be back to defend their titles in 2016 at the Rio Olympic Games, and who else might come through the ranks to join them?
A week is a long time in sport, never mind four years. But here, BBC Sport takes an early look at some names in the frame for future Olympic fame.
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Six of the 12 British Olympians who won more than one medal at London 2012 were younger than 26.
Laura Trott, 20, and boyfriend Jason Kenny, 24, were both double Olympic champions in the velodrome, Andy Murray, 25,took tennis gold and silver, gymnasts Louis Smith, 23,and Max Whitlock, 19,both picked up two medals, and Rebecca Adlington, 23,won double bronze in freestyle swimming.
It would be risky to bet against any of them returning for Rio. Trott, in particular, has the chance to establish a legacy to match Sir Chris Hoy's record medal haul over the next decade, having dominated her team pursuit and omnium events in recent years.
Adlington has some thinking to do after losing both of her Olympic titles, particularly following the stunning performance of American 15-year-old Katie Ledecky over her favoured 800m distance. Smith has suggested younger gymnasts may prove better all-rounders and push him out of the 2016 gymnastics team.
But you can expect Whitlock to be a bedrock of that squad if he maintains his progress, while Trott and Kenny should have at least two more Olympic outings left in them, if not more. Murray will certainly hope to defend his singles title in Rio.
Of course, 25 is something of an arbitrary barrier. In many sports, you can just as easily win a medal in your 40s or 50s as your teens. Many of GB's gold medallists can be expected to fight for their place, if not retain their title, in four years' time - think of the likes of Jess Ennis, 26,and Mo Farah, 29, plus many of the GB rowing team.
To take an example from the opposite end of the spectrum: Nick Skelton is 54, has come back from a broken neck and a hip replacement, and now needs work on his back - but the team showjumping champion plans to return.
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Plenty of likely candidates for Rio 2016 have already broken into the team at London 2012, even if they didn't grab the headlines.
The most obvious of these is Adam Gemili, the world junior champion over 100m, whose time of 10.06 seconds in the Olympic semi-finals saw him narrowly miss out on a place in the final alongside the likes of Jamaican winner Usain Bolt and his team-mate Yohan Blake.
Gemili, still only 18, has already been hailed by US rival Tyson Gay as a man with the potential to become one of the greatest in history. By Rio, we will know a lot more about what the former footballer can achieve on the track.
Nineteen-year-old Katarina Johnson-Thompson (heptathlon or long jump) and 20-year-old hurdler Andrew Pozzi are others whose names were lower down the 2012 card but could top the billing in Rio.
Andrew Osagie, the 800m runner, finished last in his final as David Rudisha stormed home in a new world record, but the Briton ran a personal best that would have won gold at any of the three previous Olympics. He will be 28 in 2016.
In contrast Olympic triathlon champion Alistair Brownlee occupied every headline going with his stunning win but will face renewed pressure from younger brother Jonny in Rio.
The two look set to dominate their sport for years to come, but 22-year-old Jonny may yet have it in him to surpass his 24-year-old sibling in time for Rio, having taken bronze behind Alistair in Hyde Park.
In gymnastics, Rebecca Tunney made her Olympic debut as the youngest member of Team GB at the age of 15, looking assured and unfazed in the women's all-around final. She will spend the next four years increasing the difficulty of her routines although, in a sport with a phenomenally high turnover rate as new gymnasts come on the scene, she already faces a battle to keep her place in the British team.
Fencer James Davis impressed as Britain valiantly scrapped to a narrow defeat by world number ones Italy in the men's team foil event, and he could be joined by world junior epee champion Philip Marsh in Rio.
Teenager Harry Martin somehow managed to have a decent game for the GB men's hockey team as they were drubbed 9-2 by the Netherlands in their semi-final and is one to watch, while rowing trio Constantine Louloudis, George Nash and Will Satch all picked up bronze at Eton Dorney and will look to upgrade that in Brazil.
Swimming was a disappointment for Britain at their home Games, and now the search is on for future stars. Siobhan-Marie O'Connor, the 16-year-old breaststroke swimmer from Bath, may be one of them if she can improve her race strategy. Diver Jack Laugher struggled in his 3m competition and finished 27th but he will only be 21 by the time of Rio; Tom Daley, of course, will be just 22 himself.
Some of the GB stars at Rio 2016 could be in sports entirely new to the Games.
British teams will fancy their chances at medals in rugby sevens, introduced to the Olympic programme for the first time, with Michaela Staniford a name to remember as the 25-year-old captain of the current England women's team.
Kiteboarding replaces windsurfing for Rio and Steph Bridge, a four-time world champion in the sport for Britain, has already seen her profile rise as a result. If windsurfing wins its appeal against losing its place, Izzy Hamilton could benefit. The pro windsurfer is also taking up kiteboarding with a view to reaching Rio, no matter which of the two is included.
Elsewhere in sailing, 22-year-old Katrina Hughes - who lost her battle for a place in the women's 470 boat to Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark, this time - will be back and raring to go alongside partner Penny Clark for 2016.
A crop of gymnasts are preparing to emerge from the increasingly successful British junior production line. European junior champions Frank Baines and Nile Wilson are two leading lights on the men's side while Youth Olympic trampolinist Nathan Bailey is hoping to star at 2016. Ellie Downie, younger sister of 2008 Olympic gymnast Becky, is just 12 years old now but will be 16 and could have reached her peak by the time of the next Games.
Cycling has a seemingly endless conveyor belt of talent to raid for 2016. Names like Lucy Garner and Simon Yates, both already junior world champions in their short careers, could be firmly established in senior circles well before then.
Other names waiting in the wings for Rio include boxer Chantelle Cameron, eventer Laura Collett and modern pentathletes Freyja Prentice and Jamie Cooke, the latter tipped by his coaches as a future world champion.
Rowers Pat Lapage and Mike Evans, and Michael Eilberg with Woodlander Farouche in dressage, will also hope to be in Rio. | More than 30 of the Britons who won medals at London 2012 were aged 25 or under. | 19235084 | [
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George Allen, 37, and his five-year-old son, Geordie, are critically ill in hospital after the incident at Killowen Primary School in Lisburn on Tuesday.
Mr Allen's seven-year-old daughter, Georgia, is stable.
The vice-principal of the school resuscitated Mr Allen using a defibrillator.
Education Minister Peter Weir praised the staff's "swift response" to the "traumatic situation".
He said his "hopes and prayers" were with Mr Allen's family.
Although the school was closed on Wednesday, staff met with independent counsellors to prepare them for any questions the children might ask when they return.
Democratic Unionist Party councillor Jonathan Craig, who sits on the school's board of governors, said the vice-principal would need support after his efforts at the scene.
"I know that over the next 24 hours, the real impact of what has occurred will probably hit him.
"That's where we need specialist help to try and counsel and give guidance to him and the rest of the staff."
Mr Allen is being treated in the Ulster Hospital in Dundonald.
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Under the proposals, 120,000 additional asylum seekers will be distributed among EU nations, with binding quotas.
It comes after a surge of thousands of mainly Syrian migrants pushed north through Europe in recent days.
Mr Juncker told the European Parliament it was "not a time to take fright".
Germany, the main destination for many migrants, supports quotas, but some EU countries oppose a compulsory system.
Mr Juncker's plans were set out in a "state of the union" annual address in which he outlined the priorities of the European Commission.
He opened his speech by admitting the European Union was "not in a good situation. There is a lack of Europe in this union, and a lack of union in this union".
He said tackling the crisis was "a matter of humanity and human dignity. It is true that Europe cannot house all the misery in the world. But we have to put it into perspective.
"This still represents just 0.11% of the EU population. In Lebanon refugees represent 25% of the population."
The mass migration has seen those seeking an end to persecution, conflict and hardship travel from Turkey across the sea to Greece, through Macedonia and Serbia, and then to Hungary from where they aim to reach Austria, Germany and Sweden.
On Wednesday, Denmark suspended all rail links with Germany and shut a section of motorway after migrants crossed the border and began walking north, apparently trying to reach Sweden.
In southern Hungary, migrants on the border with Serbia broke through police lines at the Roszke camp, forcing the closure of the M5 highway.
Among Mr Juncker's proposals:
"It's 160,000 refugees in total that Europeans have to take into their arms and I really hope that this time everyone will be on board - no rhetoric, action is what is needed," he told MEPs.
The new plans would relocate 60% of those now in Italy, Greece and Hungary to Germany, France and Spain.
The numbers allocated to each country would depend on GDP, population, unemployment rate and asylum applications already processed.
Countries refusing to take in migrants could face financial penalties.
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Spain on Wednesday said it would accept a quota of almost 15,000 extra migrants migrants set by EU.
However Mr Juncker's proposals was criticised by both the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka said compulsory quotas were "not a good solution", while his Slovak counterpart called them "irrational".
Poland and Romania have also opposed the idea, although Poland has agreed to take in more migrants.
France welcomed the first of 1,000 migrants it has pledged to take from Germany, having committed to receive 24,000 migrants over two years.
In a separate development Australia has announced plans to take in 12,000 Syrian refugees.
Germany has welcomed Syrian migrants, waiving EU rules and saying it expects to deal with 800,000 asylum seekers this year alone - though not all will qualify as refugees and some will be sent back.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday that Germany needed to learn from its mistakes in labelling incomers in the post-war period as "Gastarbeiter" or "guest workers" - with the implication that they were not permanent residents.
Many of the refugees it expects in future "will become new citizens of our country", she said.
A note on terminology: The BBC uses the term migrant to refer to all people on the move who have yet to complete the legal process of claiming asylum. This group includes people fleeing war-torn countries such as Syria, who are likely to be granted refugee status, as well as people who are seeking jobs and better lives, who governments are likely to rule are economic migrants. | European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has announced plans that he says will offer a "swift, determined and comprehensive" response to Europe's migrant crisis. | 34193568 | [
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Tries from Dan Leavy and Luke McGrath - either side of a brilliant breakaway by the Blues' Tomos Williams - put the hosts 14-7 ahead at half-time.
The visitors fought back to lead 21-17 after counter-attacking scores from Williams and Sion Bennett.
But Ross Molony plunged over from close to give Leinster a seventh successive league win.
Leo Cullen's men are now six points clear at the Pro12 summit, with second-placed Ospreys away against Treviso later on Saturday.
Defeat for the Blues, meanwhile, sees them stay in eighth place.
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Glorious sunshine and a pristine pitch made for perfect conditions at the RDS, encouraging both teams to play adventurous, running rugby.
Leinster led after just four minutes as flanker Leavy collected a neat grubber kick from centre Noel Reid to touch down in the corner.
Their lead did not last long as the visitors counter-attacked at pace, with captain Blaine Scully and Rey Lee-Lo offloading sharply before Williams cantered over.
The Blues were threatening whenever their backs got their hands on the ball but their pack struggled against the ballast of Leinster's forwards, whose powerful carries paved the way for scrum-half McGrath to dive through a crowd of bodies and touch down.
The visitors fought back in spectacular fashion, with Williams finishing after a fine run from hooker Kristian Dacey, before replacement back-rower Bennett showed a similarly impressive turn of pace to run in from 40 yards and put the Blues 21-17 ahead.
It was the Leinster pack, however, who had the final say, with lock Molony emerging at the bottom of a pile of bodies to score the decisive try.
Leinster: J Carbery; A Byrne, R O'Loughlin, N Reid, I Nacewa; R Byrne, L McGrath; C Healy, R Strauss, M Bent; R Molony, H Triggs; D Leavy, J van der Flier, R Ruddock.
Replacements: J Tracy, P Dooley, M Ross, M Kearney, M Deegan, J Gibson-Park, T Daly, F McFadden.
Cardiff Blues: Matthew Morgan; Alex Cuthbert, Rey Lee-Lo, Steven Shingler, Blaine Scully (capt); Gareth Anscombe, Tomos Williams; Corey Domachowski, Kristian Dacey, Anton Peikrishvili, George Earle, Jarrad Hoeata, Macauley Cook, Josh Navidi, Nick Williams.
Replacements: Matthew Rees, Gethin Jenkins, Scott Andrews, Sion Bennett, Ellis Jenkins, Lloyd Williams, Willis Halaholo, Tom James.
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
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Total catches of cod, haddock and plaice have been increased, the Scottish government said.
Catches of saithe, whiting and herring will be decreased in line with long-term management plans.
Talks between the EU and Norway agreed the total allowable catch for cod would be 29,189 tonnes, 5% up on 2014.
The increase will give UK fishermen an additional 542 tonnes and Scottish fishermen around 343 tonnes.
A 6% increase in the haddock catch to 40,711 tonnes gives the UK an additional 3,468 tonnes and Scottish fishermen more than 2,500 extra tonnes.
Scottish Fisheries Secretary Richard Lochhead said: "I am pleased there has been an increase in the quota of these key stocks for next year which is in line with the recent scientific advice that the stocks are in good shape.
"It is welcome the agreement has been reached quickly this year compared to the protracted talks last year and will provide certainty for the industry about opportunities in 2015 and avoids any delays to the commencement of fishing in the new year.
"There is much to be done to prepare for the discard ban which starts to come into force for white fish from 2016. This outcome will help these stocks continue to rebuild next year while also helping to minimise discards, and should provide a sound launchpad for establishing the following year's quota under the ban.
"We now look ahead to the crucial December EU fisheries council when we will be highlighting again that our vessels need to retain the number of days they can go to sea as any cut would simply be counterproductive."
UK Fisheries Minister George Eustice said the agreements were an "excellent result for the UK".
He said: "It sees UK fishermen getting a 5% increase in their quota for cod - the second successive rise in annual cod quota in two years. The increase is an encouraging sign that we are achieving our goals; a thriving fishing industry with sustainable fish stocks.
"The deal also saw a 7% rise in North Sea haddock and 15% rise in plaice quotas. This is great news for our fisheries ahead of vital quota negotiations next month where I will be representing UK fishermen." | Early agreement has been reached on North Sea fishing quotas for next year, with an increase in key stocks for Scottish fishermen. | 30340553 | [
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Tight-head Rae, 22, has committed himself to the Warriors until May 2019, having joined in 2013.
Fellow Scot Bhatti, 23, has agreed professional terms with Glasgow for next season.
The loose-head has spent most of this season playing for Premiership side Melrose but has featured three times for the Warriors.
"It has always been a dream of mine to be a professional rugby player, so I'm really happy to have signed a contract with Glasgow," he told Glasgow's website.
Rae previously had spells on loan at London Scottish and Benetton Treviso and has been capped up to Scotland Under-20 level.
"Glasgow is my home club and all my family are here and I'm enjoying it," he said.
"I want to play well for my club and if I got the opportunity to play for Scotland one day, that would be a bonus."
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Diabetes UK Cymru says there are now 177,212 people in Wales living with the condition.
It said if the trend continues these figures could rise to 288,000 by 2025.
Launching Diabetes Week, the charity said a lack of education on managing the condition had led to "devastating" health complications, including amputations, blindness and strokes.
According to the charity, many cases of type 2 diabetes can be prevented but there is no way of preventing type 1.
Diabetes costs NHS Wales nearly £500m a year, it added.
Diabetes UK Cymru's director Dai Williams said: "Over the last decade we have seen the number of people with diabetes rising at an alarming rate and these latest figures are a stark call to action.
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In July, the authority earmarked £38m to the scheme as part of a package of works totalling more than £100m.
Proposals include creating a dual carriageway, designated bus lane, as well as Witney to Oxford train and tram services.
Up to 30,000 vehicles use the route between Oxford and Witney each day.
Joe O'Connor, from Stanton Harcourt, said his commute to Oxford takes about 20 minutes "on a good day", but an accident on the A40 can lead to delays of up to two hours.
"You have to give so much time to extra travelling which is horrendous," he said.
"You should be able to regiment your time a little bit."
Witney MP David Cameron described the A40 as "a bit of a foot on the windpipe of west Oxfordshire economy".
He added he wanted to see a dual carriageway created along the route.
As part of the strategy, Oxfordshire County Council said it wanted to improve travel times an "journey reliability" between Witney and Oxford, as well as "stimulate economic growth" and improve safety.
Council leader Ian Hudspeth said long-term solutions would require "ambition and creativity".
The public consultation closes on 8 November. | Views from members of the public on how best to solve congestion problems on the A40 in Oxfordshire are being sought by the county council. | 34368539 | [
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MEP Nathan Gill said he "could not stay in a party that suddenly represented all the things that for 12 years I said it didn't represent".
Ms Waters, who founded the Sharia Watch pressure group, is one of 11 candidates in the race.
Her bid has split the party, with many angry she has been allowed to run.
Former Labour activist Ms Waters believes her anti-Islam message, including a proposed ban on burkas, the closure of sharia councils and a temporary freeze on all immigration, will appeal to many voters.
She has argued UKIP could regain support if it had the "guts" to be "honest about Islam" and challenge the view that it had "nothing to do" with jihadist violence.
But Mr Gill said he could not support those views and said "a lot of my colleagues feel the same way as well".
He told BBC Radio Wales' Sunday Supplement programme: "I don't have a dog in this race, I am not backing any of the candidates.
"But I do know that I have got red lines and if I see the party going in any direction that it absolutely should not be going in then I cannot remain a member of that party."
The candidates to replace Paul Nuttall - who stood down after UKIP's poor performance in June's general election - are:
Voting papers will be sent to party members over the next few weeks and the new leader will be announced at the party's annual conference in Torquay, held on 29 and 30 September.
Mr Gill also criticised the party's delay in addressing concerns raised about UKIP assembly member Michelle Brown, following a row over racial slurs she made about a Labour MP.
The North Wales AM called Streatham MP Chuka Umunna a "coconut" in a recorded call in May 2016 to her then senior adviser Nigel Williams. She later apologised.
Mr Gill claimed the issue, which the party postponed making a decision on at its National Executive Meeting, had been "kicked into the long grass".
"I have said very clearly that I think that Michelle Brown should be expelled from the party," he said.
"We have to show, very clearly, what we are not - and we are not a racist party and I fought so strongly for that." | The former leader of UKIP in Wales has said he would leave the party if anti-Islam campaigner Anne Marie Waters won the leadership election. | 40915420 | [
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He is among the hundreds of boys who collect coins thrown into the river by visitors and devotees during the annual month-long Sonepur fair, which is said to be Asia's biggest cattle fair.
Armed with heavy magnetic rings tied with colourful plastic ropes, Rohit is at work every day from 5am to 5pm. For a month, he is missing school.
"I fish out around 100 rupees [$1.83; £1.14] to 110 rupees every day and my mother is happy with my efforts," says Rohit.
His father, Shatrughan Singh, is a day labourer who earns a similar amount on the days he can find work.
Rohit hands over the money he collects to his parents and it goes a long way in helping feed their family of six.
Rohit first started going to the river bank two years ago after he saw other village boys going every morning with their fishing lines.
"I was curious, so one day I went along with them and learned the tricks of the trade," he said.
He borrowed 10 rupees ($0.18; £0.11) from his mother, promising to return double the money in the evening.
At the beginning of the cattle fair, hundreds of thousands of Hindu devotees bathe at the confluence of the Gandak and Ganges rivers in Sonepur, in Saran district, 35km (21 miles) north of the state capital, Patna.
The devout also throw coins in the river as a mark of their devotion and reverence.
As soon as a coin is thrown into the water, the hawk-eyed little boys throw their magnets in the same direction, much like the fishermen throwing their nets into the sea.
"I generally collect coins worth 150 rupees ($2.70; £1.70) a day and most of the time my family buys food with this money," said Rakesh Kumar, another coin collector.
Rakesh's father, Suresh Rai, runs a tea stall at the fair ground and has a large family of nine members.
Rakesh and his sibling Bittu Kumar come to the river bank every morning at the crack of dawn and leave only after at 5pm.
"My rope has just a single magnet which is not very effective. I'll buy a bigger one soon so that I can collect more coins," Rakesh said.
Gruelling poverty
His friend Krishna Kumar, who also collects coins worth 100-150 rupees a day, says their work is not easy.
"I spend almost 10 hours a day on the river bank, with my eyes fixed on the coins thrown into the water. Sometimes I get them, sometime I lose to other friends," he said as he displayed a coin he had just fished out of water.
Krishna says he keeps a part of the money he makes "to buy some sweets at the fair".
"When the fair begins, one can see hundreds of young coin collectors here. See how they have used local technology to fish out coins from water," Radheshyam Panda, who performs religious rituals on the river bank, said.
"These young coin collectors may use different magnet sizes or different colours of plastic ropes but one thing which they have in common is their gruelling poverty," said Mahendra Babu who sells ingredients for religious ceremonies on the river bank. | Every day since 28 November, 10-year-old Rohit Kumar has sat from dawn to dusk on the banks of the Gandak river in the eastern Indian state of Bihar with a magnetic fishing line trying to fish out coins from the water. | 20662368 | [
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The hosts led when Cristiano Ronaldo played in Mateo Kovacic for his first La Liga goal.
Kovacic then played in Ronaldo to clip the ball over keeper Geronimo Rulli - his 13th goal in his past 13 games.
The visitors had Inigo Martinez sent off for two bookings before Alvaro Morata headed in Lucas Vazquez's cross.
Real Madrid were the only one of the top four in Spain to win this weekend, after Barcelona drew 1-1 with Real Betis, Sevilla lost 3-1 to Espanyol and Atletico Madrid drew 0-0 with Alaves.
Their convincing victory was even more impressive, given Real Sociedad are in fifth place, only one point behind Atletico in the race for a Champions League spot.
Match ends, Real Madrid 3, Real Sociedad 0.
Second Half ends, Real Madrid 3, Real Sociedad 0.
Zaldúa (Real Sociedad) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Álvaro Morata (Real Madrid).
Offside, Real Madrid. Isco tries a through ball, but Cristiano Ronaldo is caught offside.
Substitution, Real Madrid. Marco Asensio replaces Lucas Vázquez.
Zaldúa (Real Sociedad) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Casemiro (Real Madrid).
Goal! Real Madrid 3, Real Sociedad 0. Álvaro Morata (Real Madrid) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lucas Vázquez with a cross following a fast break.
Zaldúa (Real Sociedad) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Casemiro (Real Madrid).
Foul by Zaldúa (Real Sociedad).
Álvaro Morata (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Real Sociedad. Esteban Granero replaces Sergio Canales.
Substitution, Real Madrid. Isco replaces Mateo Kovacic.
Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Carlos Vela (Real Sociedad) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid).
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Second yellow card to Iñigo Martínez (Real Sociedad) for a bad foul.
Foul by Iñigo Martínez (Real Sociedad).
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Foul by Kévin Rodrigues (Real Sociedad).
Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Iñigo Martínez (Real Sociedad).
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Carlos Vela (Real Sociedad) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nacho (Real Madrid).
Substitution, Real Madrid. Álvaro Morata replaces Karim Benzema.
Iñigo Martínez (Real Sociedad) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Karim Benzema (Real Madrid).
Foul by Carlos Vela (Real Sociedad).
Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Corner, Real Sociedad. Conceded by Casemiro.
Substitution, Real Sociedad. Carlos Vela replaces Mikel Oyarzabal.
Substitution, Real Sociedad. Xabi Prieto replaces Willian José. | Real Madrid took advantage of Barcelona and Sevilla slipping up by beating Real Sociedad to go four points clear at the top of La Liga. | 38719239 | [
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Bethany Hill, 20, was found dead with neck injuries in Stratford-upon-Avon on 3 February last year.
It is alleged she was killed by Jack Williams, 21, and his girlfriend, Kayleigh Woods, 23, at the flat they all shared in Hertford Road.
The pair, who are on trial at Warwick Crown Court, deny murder.
See more stories from across Coventry and Warwickshire here
Opening the case, prosecutor Stephen Linehan QC said Miss Hill was a former girlfriend of Williams and had a "volatile" relationship with Woods, a transgender woman with whom she had planned to have a child.
Jurors heard Miss Hill was found dead by a police officer in a blood-drenched bathroom.
Mr Linehan QC told the court: "In the course of the killing, Beth's wrists were bound together with duct tape and the blade was used to inflict repeated cuts across the back of her neck before she was killed by the jugular vein being cut through."
He said Miss Hill was found dead after Woods, formerly known as Kyle Lockwood, dialled 999 at 19:07 GMT on 3 February, telling the operator: "Well my best friend is dead in my flat."
Alleging the "sadistic" killing may have been carried out for "perverted pleasure", Mr Linehan QC said: "What she was saying was that her friend had killed herself while she was out of the flat and that she had returned to find blood everywhere, and that she had cleaned up the flat before making that telephone call.
"All of these things were lies. Bethany Hill had not died as a result of cutting herself - she had been brutally, brutally murdered.
"She [Woods] lied because she was one of the two people who took part in the killing and the other person was the defendant Jack Williams.
Mr Linehan said the pair had "set about trying to cover up the truth about what they did" from the moment of the 999 call.
The court heard that Miss Hill, who was brought up in Bidford-on-Avon, had a brief relationship with Williams as a teenager.
She then moved to Stratford to begin a college course, while Williams, also from the Bidford area, met Woods and moved in with her.
Before the alleged killing, the court heard, Miss Hill had also moved into the flat in Hertford Road, using the bedroom, while Woods and Williams slept in the sitting room.
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Evans took another step towards a possible world title shot in a scrappy fight that swung in favour of the champion in the later rounds.
Ormond was down twice at the end of the final round as two left hands to the body secured a 10-7 round for Evans.
The judges scored the contest 97-91, 99-89, 96-93 in favour of the Welshman.
Evans stated before the fight that he wants a shot at WBO lightweight champion Terry Flanagan and victory over Ormond will improve his WBO ranking of ninth. | Welshman Craig Evans secured a unanimous points victory over Irishman Stephen Ormond to retain his WBO European lightweight title. | 40306866 | [
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LeMond, 52, is the only American winner of the Tour after Armstrong was stripped of his seven titles in 2012 for systematic doping.
"If he was clean and everybody else was clean, he's a top-30 [Tour finisher] at best," LeMond told CNN.
"He's not capable of winning the Tour, he's not capable of the top five."
Armstrong, 42, was also banned for life following a United States Anti-Doping Agency investigation into the doping practices of the United States Postal Service team, a punishment LeMond feels is fair.
"There are people who are criminals who just shouldn't be able to participate again in anything," he said.
"It's like [jailed financier] Bernie Madoff - should he be allowed to come in and be a part of Wall Street managing money? No, he shouldn't.
"And that's [the case] with Armstrong. He shouldn't be allowed to be back in sport." | Three-time winner Greg LeMond believes Lance Armstrong was only capable of a top-30 Tour de France finish "at best" without performance-enhancing drugs. | 24628728 | [
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Tara Hudson, 26, from Bath, was jailed at the all-male HMP Bristol for 12 weeks after admitting assault.
Her supporters claim it has placed her in danger of sexual violence and more than 110,000 people have signed a petition calling for her to be moved. Her appeal will be heard on Friday.
Hudson's mother said she was being sexually harassed by other prisoners.
Jackie Brooklyn said her daughter was "constantly" having sexual taunts shouted at her in the jail.
Hudson has had reconstructive surgery and lived as a woman all her adult life but is still legally a man.
The Prison Service said it was a longstanding policy to place offenders according to their legally recognised gender.
"There are strict rules in place to ensure transsexual prisoners are managed safely and in accordance with the law," a spokesperson said on Tuesday.
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Alexis Sanchez took advantage of Gary Cahill's error to race clear and lift a composed finish over Thibaut Courtois after 11 minutes, and Theo Walcott completed a brilliant move to steer in Hector Bellerin's pass three minutes later.
Mesut Ozil then left N'Golo Kante trailing to expose Chelsea on the counter-attack and steer home Arsenal's third five minutes before the break, after an exchange with Sanchez.
It was little more than damage limitation for Chelsea after that as they fell to their second league loss in a row as rampant Arsenal moved third in the table.
Arsenal, for all Chelsea's obvious frailties, were simply untouchable from back to front in a magnificent first 45 minutes that revived memories of their finest days.
The Gunners showed pace, skill, pressed Chelsea into submission and probed weaknesses ruthlessly in the manner of a team at the top of its game.
Arsenal's fans, so often frustrated and having already expressed their discontent at home this season, left Emirates Stadium with a spring in their step and sharing the optimism expressed by manager Arsene Wenger.
He wrote in his programme notes: "We feel as though we are on the way up."
This was a performance that spoke eloquently on behalf of Wenger's theory - with the proviso Gunners fans have heard this talk before only to be disappointed.
This, however, was a magnificent exhibition of power, pace and end product, from the skills of Sanchez and Ozil in attack to the lightning speed and tackling of Bellerin at the back.
It was as complete an Arsenal performance as they have delivered for some time. Now can they build on the platform laid by this brilliant 90 minutes?
Chelsea looked an old and jaded side when faced with Liverpool's intense, aggressive approach at Stamford Bridge last week, their first loss under Antonio Conte.
This was, arguably, an even more harrowing experience and a stark illustration of the job the Italian must do to revive Chelsea.
Conte will know the pressures that come with managing under demanding owner Roman Abramovich, but the man who impressed so much in charge of Juventus and Italy must be given time to address so many problems.
Chelsea still rely so heavily on 35-year-old captain John Terry, out injured here, while elements of the side that looked so strong winning the title the season before last are crumbling.
Branislav Ivanovic had a miserable game but it was even worse for England defender Cahill, who was responsible for Sanchez's opener and also involved in an arm-waving spat with Courtois after a breakdown in communication in the second half
Kante does not have the energy and support he had in midfield at Leicester City, with Nemanja Matic laboured and Cesc Fabregas off the pace and substituted. The hero of last season's title win was left trailing in Ozil's wake for Arsenal's third.
Eden Hazard has regressed again while Diego Costa's only serious contribution was to conduct another war against the world.
In other words, Conte has a large job on his hands.
When Sanchez and Ozil are in this mood, Arsenal are a threat to anyone. The pair are world class when at the peak of their powers - and they certainly were here.
Sanchez hurried Cahill into a panic before a gloriously composed chip for Arsenal's first, and he and Ozil combined to leave Chelsea's defence embarrassed as the latter scored the third.
Arsenal were outstanding in all areas - but Sanchez and Ozil provided the final flourishes with the sort of class that makes them central figures in all Wenger is trying to achieve this season.
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger said: "It was an outstanding team performance. We played with spirit and collective pace and movement, always in a positive and committed team way.
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"Our defenders have done extremely well. You cannot say one player was not at the right level from Petr Cech to Alexis Sanchez.
"We wanted to start strong in a high pace and committed way. We started wobbly in the first 20 minutes against Southampton. We wanted to be consistent in our pressure no matter the score. We did it very well in the first half. It was in and out in the second, which was understandable.
"Ideally you want the perfect game and you never get it. We got nearly the perfect first half and that is not bad. Football doesn't care for history and the anniversaries, just the result on the day. Today we had a good performance."
Chelsea manager Antonio Conte said: "I think that we didn't have the right attitude from the first minute.
"After today we are thinking we must work a lot because we are a great team only on paper. It is always a team problem rather than individuals, When nothing works it is very hard for a player to play well.
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"I don't want to talk about the mistake [from Gary Cahill]. It is not right for the player. We win and lose as a team. If someone thinks this team is ready to fight, I think we must wait to improve a lot to come back a great team on the pitch, not just on paper.
"We have not got the balance and now is the moment to consider everything. It is incredible to concede three goals. We must have last season present in our mind to not repeat the mistakes. We must reflect a lot to find very soon the right way."
Arsenal are involved in Champions League action on Wednesday with a home tie against Swiss side Basel (19:45 BST). Chelsea are not playing again until Saturday, when they visit Hull in the Premier League (15:00).
Match ends, Arsenal 3, Chelsea 0.
Second Half ends, Arsenal 3, Chelsea 0.
Foul by César Azpilicueta (Chelsea).
Mesut Özil (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Marcos Alonso.
Attempt missed. Pedro (Chelsea) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Nemanja Matic.
Attempt missed. Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Kieran Gibbs with a cross.
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Petr Cech.
Attempt saved. Michy Batshuayi (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by David Luiz with a through ball.
Diego Costa (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.
Diego Costa (Chelsea).
(Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. César Azpilicueta (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Granit Xhaka (Arsenal).
Substitution, Arsenal. Olivier Giroud replaces Alexis Sánchez.
Attempt missed. Granit Xhaka (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Kieran Gibbs.
Offside, Arsenal. Alexis Sánchez tries a through ball, but Mesut Özil is caught offside.
Offside, Arsenal. Granit Xhaka tries a through ball, but Santiago Cazorla is caught offside.
Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Marcos Alonso.
Substitution, Chelsea. Michy Batshuayi replaces Eden Hazard.
Substitution, Chelsea. Pedro replaces Willian.
Substitution, Arsenal. Kieran Gibbs replaces Alex Iwobi.
Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Thibaut Courtois.
Attempt saved. Theo Walcott (Arsenal) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alex Iwobi.
Foul by Diego Costa (Chelsea).
Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Willian.
Willian (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Granit Xhaka (Arsenal).
Attempt missed. Diego Costa (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by César Azpilicueta with a cross.
Hand ball by Shkodran Mustafi (Arsenal).
Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Branislav Ivanovic.
Attempt missed. Granit Xhaka (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Mesut Özil.
Substitution, Chelsea. Marcos Alonso replaces Cesc Fàbregas.
Offside, Chelsea. Cesc Fàbregas tries a through ball, but Eden Hazard is caught offside.
Offside, Arsenal. Alexis Sánchez tries a through ball, but Mesut Özil is caught offside.
Offside, Chelsea. Gary Cahill tries a through ball, but Diego Costa is caught offside.
Offside, Arsenal. Nacho Monreal tries a through ball, but Alex Iwobi is caught offside.
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Cuadrilla, the firm behind the tests, said drilling had been suspended as a precaution after the 1.5 magnitude tremor - the second in two months.
It will now examine the data collected by the British Geological Survey (BGS) before deciding whether to resume.
A tremor centred on Poulton-le-Fylde on 1 April shared a "similar location and mechanism", the BSG said.
Shale gas drilling, known as "fracking", involves shattering hard shale rocks underground to release gas using either hydraulic pressure or tiny explosions.
Mark Miller, chief executive of Cuadrilla Resources, said: "We take our responsibilities very seriously and that is why we have stopped fracking operations to share information and consult with the relevant authorities and other experts.
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The process has proved controversial in the US with environmentalists alleging that shale gas leaking into their drinking supply could cause tap water to ignite.
But earlier this month the Commons energy select committee called on ministers to support the process in the UK arguing that environmental problems associated with it in the US could be overcome by tight regulation and good industry practice.
The BGS said it was also monitoring fracking as a precaution. There have been two small earthquakes in Lancashire since fracking began in the county in March, including the latest on Friday.
In an analysis of the April quake published on its website the BGS said: "Any process that injects pressurised water into rocks at depth will cause the rock to fracture and possibly produce earthquakes.
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The BGS said the April tremor took place 1.2 miles (2km) away from the drilling site but said its monitoring instruments were 50 miles (80km) away.
Speaking about the latest quake, Dr Brian Baptie, head of seismology at the BGS, said: "The earthquake was felt by at least one person in Poulton-Le-Fylde.
"Our analysis places the epicentre of the event to within 2km of the Preese Hall site.
"Data from two temporary instruments close to the drill site, installed after the magnitude 2.3 earthquake on 1 April, indicate that the event occurred at a depth of approximately 2km (1.2 miles).
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Northern Ireland's world number three is due to tee off with Americans Dustin Johnson and Rickie Fowler at 02:45 GMT (10:45 local time) on Thursday.
The 26-year-old currently leads the Race to Dubai rankings with just three tournaments remaining.
"I'm not feeling great. I ate something a couple of nights ago and Tuesday wasn't good at all," he said.
"I thought I would be better Wednesday morning, but I had a piece of toast and a couple of bits of melon for breakfast and I came here and tried to hit some balls, but even just making a couple of swings my stomach was too sore.
"I just need another day of rest and hopefully I will be better tomorrow and I can play."
Four-time major winner McIlroy is the only two-time winner of the Race to Dubai - the European Tour's season-long event - having claimed titles in 2012 and 2014.
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De Gea, 24, reportedly wants to move to Real Madrid with speculation over his future persisting all summer.
"We've observed him in training and matches and he's not the David De Gea of last year," said Van Gaal.
New signing Sergio Romero, 28, Anders Lindegaard, 31, or Sam Johnstone, 22, could replace De Gea.
Lindegaard and Johnstone travelled on the club's summer US tour, but neither played for United last season. Lindegaard did not feature once in the previous campaign, while Johnstone has yet to make his United debut.
United also have Victor Valdes, but the 33-year-old Spaniard has been made available for transfer after Van Gaal claimed he "refused to play" in the reserves.
"De Gea tries and does his utmost best, but it's a difficult situation," added Van Gaal.
"Now we have to play our first match and I want players who can focus only on the match and he is not capable to do that.
"He shall not play."
De Gea has made 175 appearances since joining United from Real's city rivals Atletico Madrid in 2011.
United are believed to be holding out for a deal that includes Real defender Sergio Ramos coming to Old Trafford.
Angel Di Maria has written an open letter to United supporters, following his £44.3m move to Paris St-Germain.
The 27-year-old Argentina midfielder conceded his one season at Old Trafford "did not go well".
"I can guarantee you it was not for trying," he said in his letter.
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"I did my best but football is not like maths: often a lot of things out of our control affect the way we feel and the way things turn out.
"I am sorry it did not work out as I would have wished in this amazing, huge club."
Van Gaal, who will reportedly sign Barcelona's Pedro as a replacement, said Di Maria's exit would be a "big loss".
But the United boss suggested Di Maria may have struggled to adapt to life in the Premier League.
"I want more attackers with speed and creativity," he said. "Di Maria is one of those players so we have to look for that kind of player, but they have to have the talent to cope with the English rhythm and that's difficult to find.
"That's why players are not having success in this competition - because of the rhythm of the game and the English culture is a different culture to the Latin culture."
Red Devils winger Ashley Young has signed a new deal until 2018, with the option of a further year.
The 30-year-old England international has made 115 appearances and scored 13 goals since joining from Aston Villa for a reported £17m in 2011.
Van Gaal described Young as a "multi-functional player" who "flourished" last season.
Young said: "The spirit and motivation amongst this team is very high and we are all determined to make this a season to remember."
New signing Bastian Schweinsteiger will not play against Spurs, with Van Gaal saying he lacks match fitness.
There were concerns raised over the German's condition after Pep Guardiola, his boss at Bayern Munich, said the 31-year-old midfielder had not been fully fit for three years.
"Schweinsteiger came to us at the last moment, out of his holidays," said Van Gaal.
"I don't think he's fit enough, so we have to build him to the fitness I think he needs."
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Lib Dem sources say 30,000 local authority places are being lost as money is diverted to new free schools.
They said Mr Gove was "ideologically obsessed" about backing free schools.
Tory education sources called the Lib Dems "pathetic", saying more school places were being created overall.
Asked about the issue on BBC One's Andrew Marr Show, David Cameron said free schools were "an excellent innovation" and he would "get on with delivering what matters, which is good schools for our children".
The Liberal Democrats' deputy leader, Malcolm Bruce, said the budget for free schools was "completely out of control" and accused the education secretary of being "monetarily obsessed".
He told the BBC: "He [Mr Gove] is basically raiding money that should be going to the vast majority of schools that have real needs for a small number of free schools, many of which are in places where there isn't a pressure or a need."
Mr Bruce added: "Michael Gove needs to be reined back, the programme needs to be properly costed and controlled."
The row is not the first within the coalition government over education policy.
But BBC political correspondent Iain Watson said the "striking" language used was evidence that both parts of the coalition were becoming more willing to air their disagreements and grievances in public a year ahead of the general election and less than two weeks before local and European elections.
According to sources in Mr Clegg's office, last December Mr Gove overruled the Lib Dem schools minister David Laws to take £400m from the Basic Need Budget for 2015-17.
They claim the money was diverted to help cover a projected £800m overspend between 2013 and 2016 in the budget of free schools - a project close to Mr Gove's heart.
By Alex ForsythBBC Political Correspondent
With less than two weeks to go before the local and European elections, increasing tensions between political parties are no surprise. The coalition parties in particular are trying to put clear water between them, and this isn't their first public disagreement.
But on this occasion both sides have bandied round strong language - calling the other 'pathetic' or 'laughable' and describing funding decisions as 'lunacy'.
Those involved may see it as an opportunity to promote their party's policy and convince voters of what they stand for - in the strongest possible terms.
To others it might be viewed as two political parties, both in government, attacking each other and policies they've officially both agreed. They may view this as good tactics. The public may view it differently.
Free schools can be set up by parents, teachers, charities, businesses, universities, trusts, religious or voluntary groups, but are funded directly by central government. There are currently 174 free schools in England with another 116 approved to open from this September.
A Lib Dem source said the Conservatives were "putting the needs of a handful of their pet projects ahead of the requirements of the other 24,000 schools in the country".
"Michael Gove was warned by the schools minister David Laws that this was a bad idea but the zealot pressed on anyway," said the source.
Mr Gove's allies say the Basic Need Budget will still rise by more than £200m a year in 2015-17 and argue that expansion of free schools will lead to more school places overall.
Research last month highlighted by the Labour Party suggested the government was currently funding free schools for 1,500 more pupils than were actually attending.
A spokesman for Mr Gove disputed the claim by critics of free schools that the places being created were not necessarily where they were most needed.
He said: "The suggestion we are cutting money for new places in areas of need to pay for free schools where they are not needed is totally wrong.
"These claims pretend that money spent in free schools is not creating new places in areas of need. That is simply not true."
Research by the Times Educational Supplement suggests that:
The row comes days after emails leaked to the BBC indicated senior Department for Education officials had raised concerns school places may have to be cut if the Lib Dems' free school meals policy for infant children was implemented.
A Conservative source at the Department for Education said: "This is a pathetic attempt by the Lib Dems to divert attention from their botched school food policy which councils are being forced to fund by cutting money for school places.
"They opted for free schools and backed them from the start. For the Lib Dems to attack them now is frankly risible."
Labour's shadow education secretary, Tristram Hunt, said free schools "had the Lib Dem stamp of approval from day one.
"They're as much to blame for the failings as the Tories."
Mr Hunt said there was a "national crisis" over primary school places and said the secretary of state was behaving irresponsibly.
The Lib Dems and Tories have also previously clashed over the employment of classroom staff without formal teaching qualifications and Mr Gove's decision not to re-appoint Labour peer Sally Morgan to watchdog Ofsted.
Two days ago, a report by a cross-party group of MPs said financial management of some free schools was inadequate.
The Public Accounts Committee said procedures were "overly reliant" on whistleblowers to uncover financial problems.
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Jose Manuel Barroso said Britain could not negotiate with the US and China "on an equal footing" on its own.
He also said free movement of people within the EU was an "essential" principle that could not be changed.
Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps said Mr Barroso was "out of touch" and an "unelected bureaucrat".
Mr Barroso was asked about Prime Minister David Cameron's stated intention to negotiate a better deal for the UK in Europe, ahead of an in/out referendum.
The prime minister has said he will "not take no for an answer" and "get what Britain needs" on the question of freedom of movement.
If the Conservatives remain in power, a referendum would be held by 2017, Mr Cameron has said.
Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, Mr Barroso, whose term of office ends this month, said he believed Mr Cameron wanted Britain to remain in the EU.
"Britain is stronger in the European Union," Mr Barroso said, pointing to the Ebola crisis as an area where Britain would not have the same level of influence if it was outside the EU.
"David Cameron wrote to all of us about Ebola... What would be the influence of a prime minister of Britain if it was not part of the European Union?
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Mr Cameron has said he wants to curb migration within the EU and last week pledged to have "one last go" at renegotiating the rules for Britain.
The Conservatives lost the recent Clacton by-election to the UK Independence Party, which wants the UK to leave the EU.
Mr Barroso would not comment on a report in the Sunday Times that the government could limit the number of national insurance numbers given to low-skilled immigrants.
But he said that while the EU was willing to discuss benefit fraud and sham marriages, an "arbitrary cap" on migration would "not be in conformity with European rules".
He said Mr Cameron had previously asked him to enforce the free movement principle between Spain and Gibraltar.
Mr Barroso said 1.4 million Britons lived elsewhere in the EU and it was a "matter of fairness" that other EU citizens had the same rights.
He also criticised comments by Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond last week that Britain was "lighting a fire under the European Union" with the proposed referendum.
Mr Barroso said: "I'm told the foreign secretary was the former minister of defence. I think this reference to fire and weapons is more appropriate for defence than foreign secretary.
"It is very important to have a positive tone regarding these issues between Britain and the EU."
BBC political correspondent Matt Cole said this was a "bit of a slap-down" for Mr Hammond although Jean-Claude Juncker would shortly be taking over as commission president.
These comments are definitely unhelpful - and a window into Brussels thinking.
But Jose Manuel Barroso is on his way out - he's the outgoing president and a whole new commission will take over next month.
And in several areas where David Cameron wants to renegotiate, he has allies in Europe.
On restricting benefits that EU migrants can claim, his concern is shared in several capitals - most importantly Berlin.
I think there is some support for returning powers from Brussels to national governments.
But the big hurdle is this question of free movement of existing EU citizens which Mr Cameron is now talking about - even though we don't have a clear policy proposal from the government.
A change of treaty would be impossible, I think.
There could be an attempt to change the directive that puts the freedom into practice but that would require agreement by EU leaders and the parliament.
The incoming commission president Jean-Claude Juncker has said he is prepared to make a "fair deal" with Britain. But it won't be at any price.
Mr Shapps said Mr Barroso had "dismissed" the UK, adding: "If he can dismiss us... then every other country in the EU ought to look out because apparently no country means anything to him."
Speaking on the BBC's Sunday Politics, Mr Shapps said "a whole bunch of things" needed to change in the EU, of which immigration control was "one of the important ones".
He said: "[Mr] Barroso is only the latest person from Europe to tell us we will never get what we want."
Mr Shapps said "there are lots of impossible things that we have negotiated" including a cut to the EU budget.
UKIP leader Nigel Farage said there was no way of limiting European migration while the UK remained an EU member.
"Do not take Mr Barroso's comments on their own," he said. "Everyone in Brussels... says the same thing.
"We are committed by treaty - we have been since 1973 - to total free movement of peoples within the European Union."
The level of net migration stands at more than twice the government's target of 100,000 a year.
International Development Secretary Justine Greening told Sky's Murnaghan programme: "Free movement of labour was never meant to be an unqualified principle, irrespective of how it might have worked on the ground.
"We do need to see action taken in relation to negotiation with the EU."
She said the government was "taking a fundamental look at some of the rules that allow unrestricted immigration".
Eurosceptic Conservative MP John Redwood said he understood work had been going on "for some time" to come up with ways to limit migration from the EU.
But the BBC's Mark Mardell said a senior Brussels source had told him Mr Cameron's plan was "complete nonsense legally and economically".
Mats Persson, director of Open Europe, a think tank that calls for EU reform, said free movement was "the most basic principle perhaps of European Union membership, so you are effectively saying to the EU 'we want to renegotiate one of your founding principles'". | The UK would have "zero" influence if it voted to leave the EU, the outgoing president of the European Commission has said. | 29680059 | [
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Rumours of a tour to celebrate the band's golden anniversary have been circulating for a number of years.
However, Richards would not go so far as to say when the quartet would be performing in public again.
"There's things in the works - I think it's definitely happening," he told the BBC. "But when? I can't say yet."
"We're playing around with the idea and had a couple of rehearsals - we've got together and it feels so good."
Richards was speaking to BBC arts editor Will Gompertz the day before the band turns 50.
They played their first gig at London's Marquee Club on 12 July, 1962; and had their first hit, a cover of Chuck Berry's Come On, 12 months later.
A photography exhibition marking the band's long career will be launched at London's Somerset House on Thursday.
Talking about the pictures, which include reportage, live concert and studio images, the guitarist said he felt "weird" looking back at the group's early days.
"It's amazing - most of these pictures I think, 'where was the cameraman?' I don't remember them being there," he said.
He added he would like the band to continue for as long as possible, saying: "There might be life in the old dog yet - we'll die gracefully, elegantly wasted.
"Sometimes its hard work and you wonder why you're doing it, but apart from those few moments it's been an incredible adventure."
The Stones last world tour, A Bigger Bang, played to 4.5m people in 32 countries over two years before it finished in London in 2007.
With ticket sales of $558m (£360m), it was the most profitable tour of all time, until it was eclipsed by U2's 360 tour last year. | The Rolling Stones' guitarist Keith Richards says the band have met up for "a couple of rehearsals" as they mark 50 years together. | 18796964 | [
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The new charge will be imposed from April 2017 and help ensure that big business shoulders the cost of training workers, George Osborne said.
But business groups have described the levy as a new "payroll tax".
The Institute of Directors said it would be a big cost for many companies, including medium-sized firms.
The CBI said it was a significant extra tax for business that would hit many smaller companies.
Only businesses with a wage bill of more than £3m will pay the levy, which the government said would exempt 98% of employers.
Mr Osborne told the Commons: "It's a huge reform to raise the skills of the nation and address one of the enduring weaknesses of the British economy."
But Institute of Directors director-general Simon Walker said: "We are very concerned by the government's assumption that a quarter of the money collected will be spent on just administering the levy.
"Firms have been promised they will get back more than they put in, but it's not clear how this will happen if so much is being lost in bureaucracy."
CBI director-general Carolyn Fairbairn said the levy was the sting in the tail for business in the chancellor's statement.
The Office for Budget Responsibility, the organisation that compiles forecasts for the government, said that the levy would help reduce wage growth over the next five years by 0.7%.
The OBR added: "We assume that most of the cost will ultimately be borne by employees."
Chris Sanger, head of tax policy at EY, said the chancellor had tried to sugar-coat the introduction a new tax, which accounted for more than half of the tax rises announced in the Autumn Statement.
British Retail Consortium director-general Helen Dickinson said: "The government is absolutely right to want to increase the number of apprenticeships but in doing so it must make sure the quality is increased too."
However, Petra Wilton, of the Chartered Management Institute, said: "If businesses want a skilled workforce then it's only right that they pay for it."
In other announcements affecting business, £165m of research and development grants distributed through Innovate UK will be turned into loans. The chancellor said this approach had been used successfully in France for years.
An Innovate UK spokesman said the change meant that it would "have to focus its work within a new operational funding framework".
John Longworth, British Chambers of Commerce director-general, said it was important that replacing grants with loans did not "reduce our dynamism in the global economy".
The BCC also welcomed increased spending on infrastructure, particularly for the road network, which it said would help businesses to expand.
Support for the aerospace and automotive industries will be maintained at existing levels for the next decade.
Paul Everitt, chief executive of ADS Group, which represents aerospace, defence, space and security companies, said the move was "an unprecedented vote of confidence" for the UK aerospace industry.
"Long-term funding for aerospace R&D will ensure our industry remains globally competitive and one of the most attractive locations for this high value and high skilled activity," he said.
Mr Osborne said the business rate relief scheme would be extended for another year, helping 600,000 small firms.
John Allan, chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses, said its members would be relieved by the extension, although the CBI's Ms Fairbairn added: "Many firms will be disappointed to have been kept hanging on for a much-needed review of business rates until next year's Budget."
The BRC said that the High Street retail discount - worth up to £1,500 a year to shops, cafes, pubs and restaurants - had not been renewed in a move that retailers would find "very disappointing".
Annual business rates for the average small shop will breach the £9,000 level for the first time next year, according to retail expert Paul Turner-Mitchell.
"The Autumn Statement was terrible for both the retail sector and those who have campaigned long and hard for the meaningful structural reform of the system," he said. "It's a real kick in the teeth and the government has just simply not listened."
Presented by Chancellor George Osborne, the Spending Review sets out what government spending will be over the next four years, while the Autumn Statement is an annual update of government plans for the economy.
Special report: Full in-depth coverage of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement
Documents: Link to full Autumn Statement and Spending Review documents via HM Treasury
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"Many injured - some head injuries, burns, cuts and bruises," tweeted BBC science reporter Rebecca Morelle.
Lava flow mixed with steam had caused a huge explosion, which pelted the group with boiling rocks and steam, she said.
About eight people had been injured, with some evacuated from the mountain by rescue teams, she added.
"Bbc team all ok - some cuts/ bruises and burns. Very shaken though - it was extremely scary," she relayed in one of a series of tweets as she ran down the mountain.
The BBC reporter said a volcanologist at the scene told her it was the most dangerous incident he had experienced in his 30-year-career.
She said a guide had suffered a dislocated shoulder, while a 78-year-old woman had been very close to the blast, but managed to get away safely.
Members of the group ran away from the blast, trying to reach the safety of a snow mobile, she added.
Lava ran into snow - Jonathan Amos, BBC science correspondent
Etna is one of the most active volcanoes in the world. That makes it a big draw not only for the scientists who want to understand better how these mountains work, but also for tourists who want to be amazed by a spectacular show of fire.
But you do not just wander up the mountain. If you're a reporter, you go with an experienced science team; if you're a tourist, you go with guides who are familiar with the sights and sounds that spell danger.
But even so, a volcano can often do something that catches everyone by surprise.
In this case a flow of lava ran into snow, producing superheated steam that sent fragments of rock flying in all directions. Everyone counts themselves lucky to have escaped with just cuts and bruises.
Rebecca Morelle's team was on site filming for a report about advances in volcano monitoring. What happened illustrates just how much we still need to learn about these mountains.
Everyone had been taken from the mountain by a team of rescue workers who were "brilliant", Ms Morelle said.
The Catania operation centre of Italy's volcanology institute confirmed that three of its volcanologists had been on the mountain when the explosion took place, and said some had suffered injuries, but gave no detail.
Mount Etna, which is Europe's tallest active volcano, spewed lava up into the sky in the early hours of Thursday morning, for the third time in three weeks. | A BBC team and a number of tourists have suffered minor injuries after being caught up in an incident on the erupting volcano Mount Etna in Sicily. | 39293086 | [
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