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It said the memory chips from the Su-24 bomber downed on the Syrian border were destroyed or badly damaged.
The Russians had hoped to prove the plane never entered Turkish airspace, as claimed by Ankara. Work will continue to try to retrieve the data.
The incident sparked a major bilateral crisis, with Russia imposing sanctions.
The Russian military representatives presented their preliminary findings in Moscow on Monday, after opening the "black box" on Friday in the presence of international experts.
Some 13 of the 16 chips had been destroyed, while x-ray tests on the others showed extracting information would be impossible using normal methods.
What we know about how the Su-24 was downed
How Russia's sanctions could hit Turkey
The war of words as it erupted
However, the BBC's Sarah Rainsford in Moscow says further work will be done to see if other methods of retrieving the data are possible.
The Su-24 was shot down by F-16 fighters on 24 November.
Turkey insists that the jet, from the Russian air contingent deployed in Syria in support of President Bashar al-Assad, ignored warnings to leave its airspace.
Both crew members ejected but the pilot was killed, apparently by militants on the ground while the navigator was rescued.
A Russian marine sent to rescue the crew was also killed and a helicopter destroyed on the ground.
Russia says the plane was shot down within Syrian airspace. President Vladimir Putin has described Turkey's action as a "stab in the back" committed by "accomplices of terrorists".
Russia has demanded an apology from Turkey and in the meantime has imposed sanctions including a ban on package holidays, which could cost Turkey billions of dollars. | Data on the flight recorder of the Russian war plane downed by Turkey last month has so far proved to be unreadable, Russia's military has said. | 35154651 | [
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The bodies of David Miller, 24, and Hannah Witheridge, 23, were discovered on a beach in Koh Tao on 15 September.
Metropolitan Police officers flew out last month to work with Thai police, who are holding two Burmese suspects.
The UK detectives will now compile a report and "update the families of Hannah and David," a spokesman said.
"Detectives from the UK who are currently in Thailand reviewing the investigation into the murders of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller have completed their work, as far as possible," the Met Police said in a statement.
"They will now be returning to the UK to compile their report and to update the families of Hannah and David on their findings.
"The police team wish to thank the Thai authorities for facilitating the visit."
Zaw Lin and Win Zaw Htun, both migrant workers from Myanmar, also known as Burma, are alleged to have confessed to the killings.
Thai police have denied subsequent reports that the pair, both aged 21, have since withdrawn their confessions.
The two suspects are charged with conspiracy to murder, conspiracy to rape and robbery, and could face the death penalty if found guilty.
However, the UK Foreign Office last month summoned the Thai charge d'affaires to express concerns about the police investigation.
The concerns are understood to have been around the verification of DNA samples of the suspects and allegations of their mistreatment.
The UK police visit came after Thai Prime Minister Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha met Mr Cameron at a summit in Italy and agreed that a delegation of British officers could travel to Thailand.
He had previously rejected offers of assistance.
Post-mortem examinations found Mr Miller, from Jersey, died from drowning and a blow to the head, while Miss Witheridge, from Great Yarmouth, died from head wounds.
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The Twickenham crowd watched England run in three tries within eight second-half minutes as the home side ran out comprehensive 38-21 winners.
Their previous biggest win over New Zealand was 13-0 at Twickenham in January 1936, while the most points they had ever registered against the All Blacks was the 31 they scored at the same venue in November 2002.
Only once in 498 Tests had New Zealand been beaten by a bigger margin (28-7). So, what have the pundits got to say about an England victory which very few saw coming?
"I can probably see this being maybe the greatest ever England victory, ever, at Twickenham. Nothing is springing to mind where they have annihilated the world's best team as they have today.
"I think I have been to every single England game at Twickenham since I was 14. This was by far the best game I've seen.
"It's the best performance by an England side considering the opposition and considering what this team has been through, particularly over the last two weeks. This was absolutely magnificent.
"Not only has this got to be the greatest game I've seen England play at Twickenham, we've got to put this among one of the world's greatest upsets, maybe even in any sport.
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"It was an absolutely astonishing performance to win by 17 points. England harried, hounded and were just relentless. They said to New Zealand 'We will tackle you wherever you go and then we'll pinch the ball and see if we can live off scraps'. New Zealand cracked.
"It has been England's day - this is not about today not being New Zealand's day. England have put New Zealand under pressure and they defended not only for their lives but for the 80,000 people inside Twickenham and the millions watching at home. It has been relentless and they gave everything, epitomised by man of the match Tom Wood.
"People stepped up. Individuals stepped up one to 15, not just the odd player, particularly in that second half. It was wave after wave of England, whether it was defence or attack. That was the difference."
Matt Dawson was speaking on BBC Radio 5 live.
"It was a fantastic Test match played with great energy. This England team has had a lot of flak over the past couple of weeks and they've got a lot of pride back in the shirt.
"The crowd just buzzed off it and it was wonderful to be here.
"What I liked about the start was that when England walked on the field there wasn't a lot of song and dance about it, they knew they had to do a job and they took the game to New Zealand.
"I said beforehand, if you're going to beat the best teams in the world, indeed become the best in the world, you've got to have self-belief and for me they played with that self-belief today. They took the game to New Zealand and deserved the victory.
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"Looking at the first half, New Zealand will rue a couple of those missed penalties but psychologically England just built it and built it.
"There was still room to improve - Ashton missed an opportunity in the corner, Tuilagi forced the ball - but this team today gelled. They got opportunities and took them - to me that's what Test match rugby is about.
"It's very easy to look back at the past but England's 31-28 win against the All Blacks in 2002 was the day we actually said 'we are the top team in the world'. It was a massive transformation from which England then built for the next few years.
"Hopefully we'll look back at this day not just as a great day for English rugby, but the day this team really grew up."
Josh Lewsey was speaking on BBC Three.
"Absolutely unbelievable. Not just to get the victory, but the best victory England have ever had against the All Blacks. No-one saw it coming, but maybe this England team did.
"They played absolutely magnificently well, not just scoring penalties to build the score in the first half, but try after try in the second half. It was quite extraordinary.
"Chris Robshaw was a hero - he deserves all the credit he will get. In the same way England were lambasted in defeat, when they play well - which they did, they were heroic - they should take a huge round of applause.
"They got themselves 15-0 up and then conceded two soft tries, but the way they came back at New Zealand was so impressive.
"The All Blacks looked shell-shocked at the end."
Lawrence Dallaglio was speaking on BBC Three
"It was a fantastic win. It was a great to be there, one of best games I ever seen at Twickenham.
"It was the All Blacks against England who were coming off two average defeats. The scoreline reflected the performance. It was a great day for England.
"I think because it was the last of the games in the series and what happened in the match means it was a David versus Goliath effort.
"England got stuck into New Zealand early on and they were rattled. A key point was when Conrad Smith came flying out and England went through.
"New Zealand never recovered from that. It was a great, great victory for England."
Sir Clive Woodward was speaking to BBC Radio 5 live's Sportsweek | England's record-breaking win over New Zealand even had All Blacks coach Steve Hansen praising Stuart Lancaster's side. | 20570937 | [
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Exam regulator Ofqual says there were more than 572,000 queries over grades - an increase of 27%.
Head teachers have complained about the quality of marking and the damaging impact of incorrect grades.
Ofqual is launching a consultation to overhaul the appeals system.
The annual figures from Ofqual show another significant increase in exam papers sent back for being re-marking and grades changed at both A-level and GCSE in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Appeals against results meant that 62,000 grades were changed at GCSE and 28,500 at A-level.
The number of grades changed after re-marking has almost doubled in three years. In 99% of cases, it was an upwards change.
Brian Lightman, leader of the ASCL head teachers' union, said these exam results are of "critical importance to the future of young people".
"We have warned for some time that the marking system is under huge pressure and fear that the increase in re-grades strongly suggests it is creaking under the strain."
"Every child sitting an exam deserves to trust that their paper will be marked accurately. So it is very disappointing to see yet another huge upsurge in false GCSE and A level grades," said Chris King, chair of the Headmasters and Headmistresses Conference group of independent schools.
"The implications for pupils are grave - for some it has meant they have wrongly missed out on a place at their preferred sixth form, further education college or university of choice."
But Mr King said the "true statistics are likely to be even higher, as we know many state schools do not have the time and resources to put in lengthy, complicated and expensive appeals".
There have been warnings from head teachers' leaders that because of the cost of re-marking, fewer appeals are likely from state schools.
Figures from the OCR exam board published by the BBC earlier this year showed that independent school exam centres accounted for a disproportionate number of inquiries.
But the analysis from Ofqual does not provide an official breakdown of state and independent school challenges to grades - or how much the process costs schools and parents.
Exam boards refund the re-marking fee if an exam is changed - but not if the grade remains the same, with fees costing between about £20 and £60 per paper.
This year's figures show more than 480,000 grades were not changed, representing millions of pounds of expense.
The most common result challenged at GCSE was a D grade - reflecting the importance of getting across the C grade threshold. At A-level, the most challenges were for B grades, suggesting it could relate to university applications.
Figures published on Thursday also showed that 2,460 exam candidates faced penalties for cheating this year, fewer than last year. But penalties for teachers caught cheating, such as giving unfair help to pupils in exams, more than doubled to 262.
The Joint Council for Qualifications, representing exam boards, said only a small proportion of exam grades had been found to need changing, in a system with 50,000 markers and 15 million individual scripts.
"As data published today by Ofqual shows, each year over 8 million GCSE and A level grades are awarded to a high level of accuracy. Although the number of enquiries about results increased in 2015, the proportion of all grades changed was 1.1%," said the JCQ's director general Michael Turner.
Ofqual has launched a consultation into ways of improving the process of querying results.
It will address concerns such as a "lack of transparency in the system", the time taken to process appeals and the cost to schools and candidates.
The proposals include marks only being changed if an examiner has made an error in applying the marking scheme, or adding up the marks.
This would mean that if there was a difference in academic judgement between the original marker and a second examiner carrying out a re-mark, the original mark would stand.
Ofqual chief Glenys Stacey said: "This year we have seen another increase in appeals.
"Schools want to do the best for their students, which is understandable given the importance of GCSE, AS and A-level grades on their future prospects, but it also reflects teachers' increasing lack of confidence in marking and the current appeals system.
We believe the evidence-based proposals put forward today will improve transparency and fairness." | More than 90,000 GCSE and A-level results were changed after challenges to grades awarded this summer - the highest on record and an increase of 17% compared with last year. | 35054399 | [
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The 26-year-old defender joins team-mates Michail Antonio, Dimitri Payet, Adrian, and Cheikhou Kouyate in committing his future to the club.
The former Ipswich Town full-back has made 89 appearances for the Hammers, scoring four goals.
"I've been here for two years now and I'm looking forward to the next five seasons now that I've signed," he said. | Aaron Cresswell has signed a one-year contract extension with West Ham, taking his current deal to 2021. | 36713818 | [
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A YouGov survey suggested low name recognition of councillors across the UK, with 79% of East Midlands residents unable to name a single representative.
Satisfaction with the work of councils is highest in North East England - but still less than one in three are happy.
People have rated councils better than national government in past studies.
Voters will go to the polls on 5 May to elect more than 9,500 councillors in nearly 280 councils across England.
Research by polling firm YouGov, designed to coincide with the election campaign, has suggested that the majority of voters casting their ballots next month will do so not knowing any of the candidates.
It asked more than 2,000 people aged over 18 across the UK whether they could name any of their local councillors.
Recognition was highest in Scotland, where 47% of those canvassed were able to identify one of their local representatives. In Northern Ireland, the figure was 46%, while in Wales, the figure was 44%.
Across the English regions, recognition was highest in the North East of England - at 43%. But in six regions - the East Midlands, the East of England, the West Midlands, London, the south west of England and the south east - less than one in three of those asked could identify the person representing them.
Asked whether the local authority addressed the needs of their local communities, only 20% of people living in the North West of England said it did. Approval levels were highest in the North East (31%), the West Midlands (28%) and Wales (27%).
Social networking site Streetlife, which commissioned the research, suggested it demonstrated there was a "real disconnection" between residents of local communities and those representing them.
The findings contrast with those of the Hansard Society, whose recent audit of political engagement concluded that awareness and satisfaction with local politics had increased since last year's general election.
It found that more than two out of three people were interested in how local services were provided and nearly half believed they were being delivered well - much higher than at a national level.
The Hansard Society also found name recognition was also a problem for national politicians, with only 38% of people able to name their own MP.
But its research suggested that interest in local politics did not translate into a wish to become involved - with only one in ten people saying their were likely to volunteer in their communities over the next couple of years.
Elections are taking place next month in 36 metropolitan boroughs, including Birmingham, Liverpool, Leeds and Sheffield, as well as 49 unitary authorities and 194 district councils - the biggest test of popular opinion since last year's general election.
David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg have all been campaigning in recent days to try and garner support. | Most people cannot name any of their local councillors and are dissatisfied with their work, research on attitudes to local authorities has suggested. | 13122770 | [
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Campaigners fought to save Ipswich Airport after it was earmarked for housing by Ipswich Borough Council, with some occupying the terminal building for about four months.
The anniversary of the closure is being marked with an exhibition.
Organisers said: "There is now a generation that probably doesn't even know Ipswich had its own airport."
The site was formerly a World War Two airfield and home to RAF Blenheim light bombers, Hurricanes and - for short periods - Spitfire squadrons.
During its 66-year history, the airport launched a daily flight to Clacton with a journey time of just 15 minutes in 1938 and it later handled flights carrying royal passengers and sports stars.
In the 1980s, Suckling Airways started operating flights to Amsterdam and Manchester and by 1990 the airport housed flying schools, a helicopter school, parachute centre and various support firms.
But in 1996 the borough council, which owned the airport, announced the site would close later that year, to be turned into what is now the Ravenswood housing estate.
Saturday's exhibition at the town's Transport Museum has been put together by Ipswich Airport Association (IAA) whose members will be on hand to answer questions.
The reunion and exhibition will also feature press cuttings, photos and memorabilia to mark 20 years since the airport officially closed on 31 December 1996.
Martyn Steggalls, a director of the IAA, who worked part-time at the airport, said: "It's a time when a lot of people involved in the airport can get together and reminisce.
"It's a focal point to people who used to fly from there, work there and lived nearby." | An airport that "refused to close" is being remembered this weekend, 20 years after flying eventually stopped. | 37440004 | [
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From 21 June, EDF customers will see electricity prices increase by 9% and gas prices go up by 5.5%.
The supplier previously increased electricity prices by 8.4% on 1 March, although it cut gas prices in January.
The rise was immediately criticised by the energy regulator, Ofgem, which said it was hard to justify.
The average dual-fuel customer will pay an extra £78 a year, bringing the annual bill to £1,160, EDF said.
Combining both increases will mean that 1.5 million EDF customers will pay 18.1% more for their electricity this year.
However, taking into account the previous cut, gas prices will remain flat, the company said.
Most of its customers - 1.8 million - are now on fixed price deals, so will not be affected.
Ofgem was highly critical of the increases.
Dermot Nolan, its chief executive, said: "EDF's second price rise in four months, when there has not been a dramatic rise in wholesale energy prices since it last put up prices, is difficult to justify and is further evidence that the energy market is not working in all consumers' interests."
Commentators said EDF customers on standard tariffs could save more than £300 a year by switching to the best fixed-price deal.
"EDF has hit millions with a second shock price hike," said Archna Luthra, head of energy at MoneySavingExpert.
"If you haven't compared and switched already, see this as a final red alarm bell to take action - what are you waiting for?"
EDF said it would be contacting all customers on standard variable tariffs to review their situation.
The company is also introducing a new three-year fixed deal.
"I know that price rises are never welcome, but the industry is facing significant cost increases," said EDF's chief executive, Vincent de Rivaz.
"To be a sustainable and responsible business, we aim to make a fair margin in supplying customers. This fair margin allows us to invest for the long term, in particular in good service, innovation and smart metering."
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Lieutenant Colonel Benedict Tomkins, 49, of Defence, Equipment and Support, based at Abbey Wood, near Bristol, is facing trial in the US.
He allegedly attacked the woman in her hotel room where he went under false pretences after a drinks reception.
The woman told the court Mr Tomkins was "very aggressive" and "took control".
The trial is being heard at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland. It is the first-ever court martial which will be held in the US and UK to allow more witnesses to testify.
The court heard that Mr Tomkins said he had had sexual activity with the woman, which "wasn't rose petals or cupid's arrows, it was fairly animal".
The incident is alleged to have happened after a dinner and a drinks reception at the Sheraton Hotel, Kampala, on 7 January 2015.
By the end of the evening, the young woman said she was "very drunk" when Mr Tomkins went to her hotel room.
"There was no talking, no romantic lead up to something that I recall. He did get much more aggressive and used some level of force to take things further," she said.
"The room was spinning, it was a very brief memory."
They later exchanged messages and he thanked her for a "wonderful evening" to which she agreed. She told investigators she initially feared reporting the incident in case it would harm her career.
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The Euro 2016 semi-finalists initially faced spirited Moldovan resistance but led 2-0 at half-time thanks to goals from Sam Vokes and Joe Allen.
Gareth Bale seized on a woeful pass for the third, then netted a last-minute penalty for his second of the night.
Wales' win puts them top of Group D on goal difference ahead of Austria.
Chris Coleman's men travel to Vienna for their next World Cup qualifier on Thursday, 6 October.
As the group's top seeds, Coleman's side had been expected to make light work of Moldova, who are ranked 154 places below them in the world rankings.
After a cagey first half hour they eventually did so with a flourish, becoming the first team to score three or more goals against the eastern European minnows since England's 4-0 victory in 2013.
Having led Wales to a first major tournament semi-final at Euro 2016, Coleman said he was "desperate" to follow that achievement by qualifying for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
The former Fulham manager and his players want to ensure their summer exploits in France were not a one-off but a springboard to sustained success.
They were backed by a typically vociferous Cardiff City Stadium crowd of 31,731, close to capacity once again as a nation basks in its greatest footballing era.
And although it came against limited opposition, this opening victory was an encouraging start as Wales aim to end an absence from World Cups that stretches back to 1958.
"That was the perfect start," former Wales international John Hartson said on Radio 5 live. "Moldova were awful, it was a comfortable win as you will see and great start to the qualifying campaign."
There was a familiarity to Wales' initial inability to break Moldova down; struggling to unlock a deep and tenacious defence as they had done against Andorra and Israel during their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign.
Moldova had lost 14 of their past 20 games but they are seldom pushovers and have conceded only 26 goals in the process.
However, Wales' domination of possession and territory eventually paid dividends after 38 minutes when Bale's arcing cross was headed in by Vokes.
Five minutes later, a weak attempted clearance from Moldova goalkeeper Ilie Cebanu found its way to Allen, who scored his first goal for Wales with a drilled half-volley from the edge of the penalty area.
Bale claimed Wales' third goal in comical circumstances, as he latched on to a terrible backpass from Moldova's Ion Jardan before clipping the ball neatly beyond Cebanu.
The Real Madrid forward scored his second in added time, converting a penalty after he had been brought down to move within four goals of Ian Rush's Welsh record of 28.
Wales' next fixture could be the toughest of their qualifying campaign, away against Group D second seeds Austria on 6 October.
Austria won 2-1 in Georgia on Monday and, with Serbia and the Republic of Ireland drawing 2-2 in Belgrade, this group is expected to be wide open.
Sterner challenges await Coleman's side but this victory - their biggest winning margin in a competitive game since 2003 - will lift hopes of qualifying for a first World Cup in 60 years.
Match ends, Wales 4, Moldova 0.
Second Half ends, Wales 4, Moldova 0.
Goal! Wales 4, Moldova 0. Gareth Bale (Wales) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Penalty Wales. Gareth Bale draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Andrian Cascaval (Moldova) after a foul in the penalty area.
Offside, Wales. Gareth Bale tries a through ball, but Andy King is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Hal Robson-Kanu (Wales) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Gareth Bale (Wales) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Andrei Cojocari (Moldova).
Joe Allen (Wales) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Aleksandru Gatcan (Moldova).
Hal Robson-Kanu (Wales) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Andrian Cascaval (Moldova).
Foul by James Chester (Wales).
Igor Bugaev (Moldova) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Moldova. Maxim Mihaliov tries a through ball, but Eugeniu Sidorenco is caught offside.
Substitution, Moldova. Maxim Mihaliov replaces Alexandru Dedov.
Emyr Huws (Wales) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Igor Armas (Moldova).
Substitution, Wales. James Collins replaces Ashley Williams.
Attempt missed. Andy King (Wales) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Emyr Huws.
Attempt missed. Igor Armas (Moldova) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Ion Jardan.
Substitution, Moldova. Igor Bugaev replaces Radu Ginsari.
Substitution, Moldova. Eugeniu Sidorenco replaces Eugeniu Cebotaru.
Substitution, Wales. Hal Robson-Kanu replaces Sam Vokes.
Attempt missed. Gareth Bale (Wales) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Emyr Huws.
Corner, Wales. Conceded by Alexandru Epureanu.
Corner, Wales. Conceded by Alexandru Dedov.
Corner, Wales. Conceded by Alexandru Epureanu.
Attempt blocked. Andy King (Wales) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Joe Allen with a headed pass.
Substitution, Wales. Emyr Huws replaces Joe Ledley.
Foul by Joe Ledley (Wales).
Radu Ginsari (Moldova) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Offside, Moldova. Ion Jardan tries a through ball, but Radu Ginsari is caught offside.
Joe Ledley (Wales) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Andrei Cojocari (Moldova).
Joe Ledley (Wales) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Andrei Cojocari (Moldova).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
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When I caught up with Gavin Robinson in the leafy streets just outside the Stormont estate he had his DUP colleagues Arlene Foster, Lord Morrow and Ian McCrea for company.
But there's no protection from a barking dog - or its owner. At one doorstep the householder told the DUP candidate not to worry, his animal didn't bite, before adding rather worryingly "unless I tell him to".
The pet owner then tackled Gavin Robinson about the pact agreed between the DUP and the Ulster Unionists in East Belfast, telling him "I didn't like you joining up with two parties together against Naomi".
The candidate responded that the deal had been decided "over my head".
On another doorstep not far away another candidate, Alliance's Naomi Long came across another over excited dog, named Chuckie. "Don't worry" the lady who answered the door assured her, "Chuckie's an Alliance supporter".
Naomi Long's victory over the DUP leader Peter Robinson, who held East Belfast for 30 years, was the big surprise of the 2010 election.
Alliance benefited from an anti-Robinson mood after TV investigations into his family's business dealings and a decision by some loyalists to lend their votes to Ms Long.
But since then the Alliance MP has found herself on the receiving end of death threats as a result of the Belfast council Union Flag dispute.
She told me the intimidation remains a regular occurrence - indeed she was hit by a projectile just this week after visiting a nail salon which had been targeted by racist arsonists.
Whilst condemning that kind of behaviour, unionists argue that Alliance bears responsibility for its own decisions in limiting the flying of the Union flag over Belfast City Hall.
Now Gavin Robinson, a namesake but not a relation of the DUP leader, has high hopes of winning East Belfast back for unionism.
The man with the barking dog might not like the pact, but others I talked to on the streets of East Belfast think unionists should have been co-operating long ago.
Gavin Robinson insists the pact has been broadly welcomed. But Naomi Long claims it has galvanised some Ulster Unionists to back her rather than let their choices be dictated by the unionist leaders.
Four others are competing for votes in East Belfast. They are Sinn Fein's Niall Ó Donnghaile, the SDLP's Mary Muldoon, the Greens' Ross Brown and the Conservative Neil Wilson.
But it's the DUP Alliance battle which is box office - something underlined by the large audience which packed out the Strand Cinema in East Belfast to watch the two frontrunners go head to head.
The Slugger O'Toole election debate wasn't quite the thriller some might have hoped for.
Both Naomi Long and Gavin Robinson were at pains to reject suggestions they can't stand each other. Gavin Robinson also distanced himself from remarks by his party leader that Ms Long she should "dry her eyes" rather than complaining about the unionist pact.
The candidates differed about issues like the extent of paramilitary racketeering or the impact a future withdrawal from the European Union might have on the local aircraft industry. Afterwards both sides claimed victory.
The audience were then ushered out to make way for the cinema's late showing "Fast and Furious 7", a title which could be adopted for the closely fought and sometimes heated contest in East Belfast. | The advantage of canvassing close to Stormont is that you can call on your party colleagues to help you out. | 32352404 | [
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From Friday, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is making its video streaming service available in the mainland.
The part-sport, part soap-opera joins a long list of sports eager to tap into a new customer base.
Industry-watchers say finding local stars will be key to its success.
WWE's service will be available through its Chinese partner PPTV, with subscribers required to download an app to access the content.
Past events have "received a great response from WWE fans in China," according to Godfrey Zeng, executive vice president of Suning Sports Media, parent company of PPTV.
China has held a number of WWE events over the years, and there's even a local WWE-style wrestling organisation, but this is the first time an entire channel devoted to WWE will be available.
The network will feature WWE's major live events and original series, as well as reality shows and classic matches.
The organisation is kicking things off by making one of its marquee events SummerSlam, which takes place on Monday, available live in Mandarin.
Sports ranging from mixed martial arts to Australian rules football have all been trying their luck in China.
Other sports have managed to capitalise on the success of Chinese stars.
The country's huge population means that most organisations would only need a small share of the market to see a return on their investment, but some industry watchers caution that it's not as easy it might seem.
"Everyone's trying to break into China, and you've all got those much more established sports. Then you've got things like rugby, and combat sports and they're all trying to compete for the same demographic," said Mark Dreyer, who runs the China Sports Insider website.
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Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg said parts of the track in the Azerbaijani capital were "really not looking good".
Button added that some corners "don't have any run-off at all".
Rosberg hoped governing body the FIA had stuck to the safety guidelines that govern tracks, but added: "I'm doubting it a little because of those corners."
The main areas of concern on the new track, which joins both the new and historic old parts of the city and is expected to be the fastest street circuit in F1 history, are turns three, seven and 15 and the pit-lane entry.
Button said: "We trust in the FIA and they do a fantastic job in keeping us safe. They have improved pretty much every circuit we go to, including Monaco.
"It's just that on certain corners here, it looks as if there is not a lot of run-off. Hopefully I'm wrong."
He added: "It is fine as long as no-one has a failure, we will go away all happy. We just have to hope that doesn't happen."
Button said the most critical area was turn 15, which the drivers will approach at estimated speeds of about 180mph after a long flat-out section.
He said: "There is run-off but you have to turn right to take it."
Rosberg added: "The track is great, the place is great. I have been welcomed very well so I'm sure all in all it will be a great success.
"But there is a bit of a concern for sure with those run-offs. That's not great. The corner before going down the hill (15) where you have a wall straight on, turn three, and then the pit entry as well. that is not fantastic."
The pit-lane entry is towards the end of a 2.1-kilometre straight, where cars are expected to be travelling in excess of 200mph, and features a tight chicane.
The area governed by the pit-lane speed limit does not start until after the chicane.
Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo said the pit entry "is going to be quite cool" because, as it is effectively part of the race track, there was "between half-a-second and a second" for a driver to gain in the chicane.
But Rosberg countered: "Yeah but there is also a massive accident to be had if you go a little bit more than that."
McLaren's two-time champion Fernando Alonso, who is the race's official ambassador, played down the issue.
"There are some corners probably we will talk about," he said. "Some others that we need to go on the car first and see how they feel.
"In terms of safety, the FIA ran many simulations in terms of how to make the run-off safe enough. Some of them are safe enough, some of them maybe they look small but it's always better than Monaco, for example. It cannot be any worse than that."
The FIA has yet to answer BBC Sport's request for a response.
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The so-called Christmas Blitz on the evening of 22 December reduced shops and buildings in St Ann's Square to ruins. The area around Deansgate near the cathedral was badly damaged, with a large bomb crater marking the road.
War Office photographer William Lockeyear took a series of images as buildings burned and masonry came tumbling down. The sky glowed orange as huge clouds of smoke billowed and thickened the air with dust. The pungent whiff of burning wood and the smell of powdered brick and plaster lingered.
Two waves of bombs pounded the city from 20:00 GMT on 22 December, only ending at 06:00 the next day.
Among the buildings hit in the heart of the city were Manchester's Free Trade Hall, the Royal Exchange, Smithfield Market, Cheethams Hospital, the Gaiety Theatre and St Ann's Church.
In total, 684 people died and a further 2,300 were wounded with districts to the north and east of the city badly affected, notably Cheetham Hill and Strangeways. At least 8,000 homes were made uninhabitable.
During the war as a whole, 1,400 civilians died in Manchester, so the raid represents almost half those killed. One in 10 of was under the age of 13.
Seven-year-old Doreen Herring saw a Luftwaffe plane flying overhead as her family, from Pendleton, made their way to an air raid shelter.
They looked up and saw the pilot pause and then the plane sped ahead without dropping a bomb. "I am convinced it was because he could see us," she said.
Her father, George Pinder, refused to go to the air raid shelter and said: "If a bomb wants to get me, it will get me."
They were terrified of seeing if their house had been damaged when leaving the shelter. "Next door to us had been bombed to bits.
"All you wanted to do afterwards was to have a cup of tea."
She remembers there were a lot of children's funerals and the disgusting smell of rotten food after the bombing ended. "You could breathe again," she added, when the raids were over.
People coped by cooking using broken furniture in their gardens that they would burn on fires to create heat. If water mains were damaged, they would drink water from bowsers.
Father George Street, 34, who had spent all night helping people amid the bombing, died when the church of St Augustine in York Street took a direct hit. A collage of mangled chalices and church items is now on the wall of the new church in All Saints Place, off Oxford Road.
The current incumbent, Father Dave Lannon, said Father Street had offered his usual chair to another priest. Had he stayed there "he would have survived".
Geoffrey Whittle was 12 when he was evacuated twice from the home he shared in Gorton with his grandmother to the leafy suburbs of Bramhall.
However, he hated it there - his hosts imposed a "cruel" regime of being forced to eat the previous day's leftovers - and he was back in Gorton when the raid took place.
He remembers closing all the curtains when the air raid sirens went off and being scared of any light showing through.
"We were all settled in this brick shelter about 500 yards away from the house in Greave Street, Gorton. Then this man would play the piano accordion and sing war songs.
"Everyone would be singing along and I don't remember getting any sleep in the shelter."
Susan Jones, 16 at the time, was shopping in Ancoats as the bombs started dropping. She watched pieces of shrapnel hitting the buildings and sparking and bouncing off.
She took refuge in the shelter near the Avro Manchester factory, where she was working as a riveter and driller on Lancaster bombers. The sight of several cockroaches scuttling across the shelter led her to volunteer for fire warden duties on the factory roof.
"The shrapnel started coming down and one bit hit a wall of one of the big mills," she said. "I could see sparks and I was hugging the wall to try and stay safe. I wasn't frightened because of my age at the time, I thought I was indestructible and found it dead exciting."
One of her relatives was hit in the face by an incendiary device during the raids, but survived.
"It was a dreadful thing," she said of the Christmas Blitz. "I looked up at the sky and it seemed like everything was on fire. There was an acrid smell of burning and from the guns. The sky was all orange and yellow it looked like the fireworks I'd seen at Belle Vue when I was younger."
Historian Ian Kikuchi, from the Imperial War Museum North in Trafford, said there had been few fatalities in Manchester until the Christmas Blitz.
"The heaviest bombing previously had been in the East End of London," he said. "The Luftwaffe launched bombings across Britain as they were trying to disrupt food supply and were targeting ports and centres of distribution."
Mr Kikuchi said the Germans bombed Coventry in November 1940 because of its strategic position in heavy industry, but the focus soon shifted to other cities across Britain.
He said the raids had been anticipated by British intelligence. "What was surprising was the intensity of the raids," he said.
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Moeen, 27, took 19 wickets in five Tests against India in 2014 but was less impressive in last week's win over West Indies, despite figures of 4-98.
"India didn't show me enough respect in the way they batted against me," he said. "It's going to be tougher playing New Zealand and Australia."
England start five Tests against the Kiwis in May and Australia in July.
In less than a year since making his Test debut against Sri Lanka, Worcestershire's Moeen has become key to England's attack and was flown out to Grenada for the victory over West Indies in the second Test after recovering from a side strain.
The off-spinner says that decision by the selectors gave him confidence and, despite a slow start with first innings figures of 1-47 then took three tail-end wickets as England bowled the hosts out for 307 in their second innings.
"Even when I wasn't bowling so well in the first innings it gave me confidence the management backed me, liked the way I bowl and think I'm a threat to the batsmen," added Moeen, who averages 27.53 with the ball in his eight Tests.
After a century in his second Test outing, Moeen has not contributed more than 40 in any knock since and is seen as an option to bat at six, with Jos Butler and Ben Stokes also possibilities.
"Whatever the captain and coach want me to bat I'm more than happy," he said. "We see it as a strong batting line up. Hopefully when we all play games and click we can be dangerous."
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Pakistan's 42-year-old Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq and 40-year-old batsman Younis Khan complete the list.
India captain Virat Kohli, 28, was named leading cricketer in the world, while Australia's Ellyse Perry, 26, was the world's leading women's cricketer.
The coveted awards, which began in 1889, are a central feature of the annual Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.
Its editor said 2016 was the year Woakes, 28, "announced himself as an international-class all-rounder".
They praised the 26 wickets the Warwickshire player took over last summer's four Tests against Pakistan, and the unbeaten 95 he scored in a one-day international against Sri Lanka at Trent Bridge in June.
Northamptonshire batsman Duckett, 22, was singled out for his "remarkable" run total of 2,706 across all formats of the game last year.
"As much as anyone, he epitomised English cricket's new breed of 360-degree batsmanship," it was added.
Roland-Jones, 29, who was called up to England's Test squad for the first time in July, picked up a hat-trick for Middlesex as they secured a first County Championship title in 23 years in September.
Wisden editor Lawrence Booth described the feat as "the highlight of the domestic summer".
Younis' "classy" 218 in Pakistan's final Test against England at The Oval was "a reminder that his struggles earlier in the series had been a blip rather than part of a decline", Booth wrote.
Misbah's celebratory press-ups after an unbeaten century in the first Test at Lord's were described as "one of the motifs of the year".
Australia all-rounder Perry "seemed to be operating on another level" over a year in which she averaged 81 with the bat in one-day internationals, taking her record between 2014 and 2016 to 17 half-centuries in 23 innings.
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After resuming on 397-9, on-loan Nottinghamshire all-rounder Will Gidman (75*) and Mitch Claydon (46) extended their last-wicket partnership to 75.
When the visitors batted again, 240 behind, George Rhodes (55) reached his maiden first-class half-century.
But Gidman took two wickets to help reduce Worcestershire to 213-6.
They still trail Kent by 27 runs with four wickets remaining and, barring bad weather, Steve Rhodes' side look on course for only their second Championship defeat of the season.
The only consolation for Rhodes was the form of his 22-year-old son George, on only his second first-class appearance.
Playing as an emergency opener in the absence of injured new England Lions international Brett D'Oliveira, he scored 55 in an opening stand of 94 with skipper Daryl Mitchell (43).
But Gidman removed both openers in quick succession and, despite 32 from Tom Fell, after the loss of Ross Whiteley to James Tredwell in the day's final over, the visitors' slim survival hopes now rest largely in the hands of overnight not out batsman Ben Cox (35*).
Kent off-spinner James Tredwell told BBC Radio Kent:
"It's been a docile sort of pitch but it's just starting to turn a little. You get your rewards if you stick to your line and length long enough.
"It's a patience pitch where you have to try and draw a mistake out of the batsmen. There's a little bit of rough, so I was trying to encourage the occasional drive when there's nothing going on.
"We're still 30 runs to the good and we're backing ourselves to finish the job off on the final day."
Worcestershire all-rounder George Rhodes told BBC Hereford & Worcester:
"It was a great feeling and it would been even better had we not lost six wickets by the close. I really enjoyed the challenge and I'm so glad that I managed to take my opportunity,
"I knew on the way down to Kent that I'd be going in up top when Mitch said to me 'get your head around opening'.
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The Marine Conservation Society said more than 8,000 bottles were picked up during its Great British Beach Clean Up in September, up 43% on 2014.
It wants deposit return schemes, which give money back to people who return empty bottles, to encourage recycling.
More than 6,000 volunteers collected and recorded litter along 340 beaches across the UK.
The MCS said putting a charge on the bottles of up to 20p, which gets refunded when they are returned, would change behaviour, and called for the UK government to explore the potential of such a scheme.
Lauren Eyles, the charity's Beachwatch manager, said: "The bottles we find on beaches are either dropped directly on to the beach, blown from land or sea, or end up there via rivers.
"The more we use as a nation, the more we'll see ending up on our shores."
The survey also found:
All countries within the UK saw an increase except Wales, where levels dropped after a record rise the previous year, the MCS said.
England saw record levels of litter across 189 beaches, with highest levels of rubbish - averaging 5,170 items per kilometre - in the South West.
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Rebel fighters have agreed a ceasefire and will leave Homs to President Bashar al-Assad's tender mercies.
Yet in just a few weeks' time - by the New Year at the latest - President Assad is meant to be talking peace with some of the leaders who have suffered this reverse.
It doesn't seem very likely - not with Russian President Vladimir Putin behind him.
For its part, the fractured and disparate opposition wants President Assad not across the table but at least out of power and, better still, dead.
Like some sick version of a knockout league, the opposition is arguing, and in some cases fighting, among themselves about who should play-off against President Assad.
There is a conference in Saudi Arabia designed to sort this out. But some significant players are absent.
The Kurds aren't there, despite being, by most accounts, the most effective and efficient fighting force.
The jihadists aren't welcome, of course. The Western priority is to crush so-called Islamic State (IS) before there can be serious progress towards peace.
This determination is most often justified by the threat IS poses to Europe and the US.
But the British government argues it also directly relates to keeping alive a moderate opposition.
The rather mysterious force of 70,000 fighters talked about by David Cameron as "troops on the ground" morphs before our eyes into a vulnerable but essential group to be preserved.
I was watching a crucial but largely ignored Defence Committee meeting just before last week's Commons vote.
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon told the committee the 70,000 "are fighting Assad, and one of the reasons for us getting more involved in tacking Isil [a longer acronym for Islamic State] in Syria is so that they are not being squeezed by both sides".
The deputy chief of the defence staff, Lt Gen Gordon Messenger, helpfully spelt out the need to "preserve them as part of a future political process".
He added: "Nor are we saying they are ready to advance to Raqqa - but we are saying they are a really important group to preserve.
"Because we see them as being a vital part of the political process, critical to preserve to prevent Syria becoming a choice between Assad or Isil, so they are a very important part of the dynamic."
The West's hopes for an alternative Syria seem based on crossed fingers rather than serious analysis.
The survival of a moderate opposition may depend not on British bombs but Russian ones.
If Russia continues to target it, it will not be a force at the negotiating table, and there will be no real reason for President Assad to come to the table.
It is very unpalatable for the West, but President Putin's military intervention means he holds the key to Syria's future.
Syria, the US and the rest of the Western alliance hangs on his next move.
Is this a victory for President Bashar al-Assad?
The withdrawal of the last remaining rebels from al-Wair is a blow to the opposition because it gives the government complete control over what was once the centre of the uprising against the president.
Has it come about because of Russia's intervention?
The Syrian military launched an offensive on rebel-held areas outside Homs after Russia began its air campaign two months ago. But al-Wair fell because its residents were besieged for almost three years, coming under continuous and heavy bombardment and receiving only limited and irregular supplies.
Does this offer hope for a wider peace deal?
Local ceasefires such as the one that allowed the al-Wair withdrawal - negotiated by Syrians, rather than involving outside states - may be the most effective way of gradually bringing peace to the country.
Why are rebel and opposition factions meeting in Saudi Arabia?
Leading opposition politicians and rebels are for the first time meeting in an attempt to agree a common position ahead of peace talks with the government, which world powers want to start in Vienna next month.
Will those talks lead to peace talks with the government?
Analysts say trying to get the disparate factions to agree to the same platform and negotiate as one unit will prove very difficult, if not impossible. | The Syrian city seen as the capital of the revolution has fallen, by agreement. | 35049089 | [
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The man was injured by accident on "soft ground" near Okehampton in Devon, police said.
The man was with his 10-year-old daughter the time, officers said. There were no reports she was injured.
It is not known how extensively the man was injured, but Sgt Harry Tangye, of Devon and Cornwall Police, tweeted that the early signs were "good".
An air ambulance was called to the scene after the incident on Tuesday morning. | A man has been injured when he was run over by a JCB forklift handler vehicle in a field. | 38442490 | [
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Another user in the dark web - a hidden part of the internet where guns, drugs and child abuse images are traded - alerted police, a spokesperson said.
The boy's body was subsequently found in the cellar of a house in Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia.
Police say the 19-year-old suspect may be armed.
Searches are being carried out in towns near Herne, which lies in the Ruhr area, a heavily industrialised region.
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Ryan Totten, 7, and Ian McKinley found themselves barred from playing rugby in Ireland because of eyesight problems.
Both of them were keen to play the sport they love wearing special sports goggles.
But the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU), the game's governing body in Ireland, had blown the whistle on that.
An IRFU ruling banned players of all ages from wearing eyewear of any kind during play.
However, the IRFU has agreed to register to participate in an ongoing World Rugby goggles trial.
For Ryan and Ian, it's a win win situation.
Five years ago, Ian was playing with Leinster and had 11 caps for Ireland under his belt.
But he suffered an injury that eventually led to the loss of sight in one eye and forced him into retirement at just 21 years old.
Goggles would have made all the difference, protecting his sight.
Countries across the world are taking part in the goggles trial, but Ireland and France were not.
Ian joined the Italian team Zebre and was able to play wearing the goggles.
"I'm blind in my left eye, the main function of the goggles is to protect the good eye," he told BBC's Good Morning Ulster.
"I have played nearly 40 professional games with the goggles. There has not been one incident of note and that has been a huge positive."
He is celebrating the IRFU's turnaround.
"It is something that has been campaigned for since 2014. It is a huge relief for me and I can pursue my professional career," he said.
"But it is also great for under-age children in Ireland to be able to play."
For Ryan Totten, it is wonderful news. At just seven years old, he was disappointed when his poor eyesight meant he was unable to play sport without eyewear.
He and his mother, Christine, are celebrating the good news.
"He will be a lot happier playing when he can see where he is going," she said.
"He has had a go at playing without anything but he has not been very comfortable doing that. He is very long sighted - for rugby you need all sorts of vision."
Last August, Ryan and Christine described what a disappointment the goggles ruling was for them.
Her son was "upset, embarrassed and disappointed," Christine Totten said.
World Rugby, the game's global governing body, has been running a separate trial of goggles for players with sight problems at all levels of the game.
In a statement, the IRFU said it had changed its mind.
It said some initial concerns had been addressed by design changes in the goggles.
The IRFU hopes that it will be confirmed as a participant in the goggles trials by World Rugby early in the New Year. | A schoolboy and a professional rugby player have tackled the sport's chiefs and come out of the scrum smiling. | 35150266 | [
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Moussa Dembele missed training on Tuesday with a hamstring complaint and will be assessed.
Leigh Griffiths is serving a one-game ban for "provoking supporters" in the previous round against Linfield.
Erik Sviatchenko is carrying a knock, while fellow central defender Dedryck Boyata is a long-term absentee.
Norway winger Pal Andre Helland is Rosenborg's only injury absentee.
Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers said Sviatchenko "could well miss this game" and suggested that 19-year-old Kristoffer Ajer, who spent last season on loan to Kilmarnock, "could potentially" come into contention.
Revealing that Dembele could also be a doubtful starter, he said: "We are looking at a possible injury he may have.
"We could be without him and Leigh, so we need to find a way.
"We do what we always do - we will try to find a solution within the team to make it work."
Even if Celtic have to face Rosenborg without their two leading forwards, history is in their favour.
The Glasgow club have played 25 Champions League qualifying matches at home and lost only four, winning 19 of them.
Celtic have met Rosenborg twice before in European competition, winning three of the four legs against the Norwegians.
Rosenborg progressed to the third round of qualifying thanks to an extra-time win over Dundalk.
The team from Trondheim are top of the Norwegian Eliteserien, 17 games into the campaign, having won the last two championships following five years without winning the trophy.
It is 10 years, though, since they last featured in the group stage of the Champions League.
"We expect a tough game," added Rodgers. "They are well into their season, so they will be at a good level of fitness.
"Rosenborg are very set on how they play. They like to build from behind in a 4-3-3.
"They have good players but are very much based around the strength of the team."
Matthias Vilhjalmsson is pushing for a starting place after scoring the extra-time winner in their 3-2 aggregate win over Dundalk.
However, Rosenborg coach Kare Ingebrigtsen preferred former Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner up front for both legs, which meant the Iceland international was in midfield for the first leg in Ireland and on the bench for the return.
Rosenborg captain Mike Jensen is expecting an early onslaught at Celtic Park by a side he rates as favourites to progress to the play-off stage.
"It's a big challenge for us," said Bendtner's fellow Dane. "They are maybe the best team we have played for a long time, but we need to focus on ourselves.
"Everyone will agree that they are the favourites to go through, but the best version of Rosenborg will beat the second best version of Celtic.
"We will have chances and I hope we have the courage to take them. We will have a go. It's not in our style to defend deep for 90 minutes.
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Bill Lord sets aside £3,500 from his annual budget to pay for the extra holiday for everyone at Long Sutton Primary School in Spalding.
He said it was about both recruiting and keeping "fantastic teachers in front of children".
A 'duvet day' is an absence which can be approved by the employer with no reason given.
Read more about this story and others from across Lincolnshire
Mr Lord said all staff - including himself and the cleaner - were offered one additional day a year, but had to give notice and could not take the first or last day of term off.
He said the scheme cost less to implement than the £4,000 process of hiring new staff and it was difficult to hire staff in rural schools.
"Often young teachers coming out of university want to be near the bright lights so they will head to [big cities].
"Each year we get to July panicking as to whether we are going to be able to have the fantastic staff that our kids deserve."
The head teacher added it was essential to offer incentives to recruit and retain employees and one member of staff used her day to attend events at her children's school.
"She said the time was far more valuable to her than a pay enhancement."
Kevin Courtney, from the National Union of Teachers, said it was "no surprise" some head teachers were offering additional benefits.
"The teacher recruitment and retention crisis that is blighting schools is brought about by the unacceptable levels of workload expected of teachers - which are unusually high in our country."
The Education Select Committee warned the government in February about a shortage of teachers in England.
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An uplifting Six Nations featuring wins over Italy and France ended with a 35-25 defeat by Ireland on Saturday.
Two quick Irish tries while the Scots had a man in the sin-bin proved costly.
"The top teams in the world simply don't have flat halves like we did. They don't come out and start slowly," Gray told BBC Scotland.
"I hope we can achieve that winning habit, and every time we take the field, we start with a bang."
Gray's second-half try in Dublin was one of 11 Scotland scored in the tournament, surpassing their previous best Six Nations tally of nine in 2000.
Their 25 points in defeat was the most they had managed in Dublin for 32 years, contributing to an overall haul of 122 from their five matches, the first time they had passed three figures in the Six Nations.
"I think there's been progress," added, Gray, echoing the sentiments of captain Greig Laidlaw and hooker Stuart McInally.
"Certainly, looking at last year's tournament, we didn't manage to win a game and this year we won two and came very close in two.
"We finished well and we'll take a lot of positives from the championship.
"We've always said that it's a talented group, it's a group that can do things and we're building towards something."
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Stuart Hogg, who scored a stunning solo try in Dublin, and Duncan Taylor, who enjoyed another strong outing after a brilliant individual try against France, have been nominated among 12 players for the Six Nations player of the tournament award.
England trio Billy Vunipola, Jonathan Joseph and Jack Nowell, Wales duo George North and Gareth Davies, Ireland's Jonathan Sexton and Conor Murray, France pair Guilhem Guirado and Virimi Vakatawa, and Italy captain Sergio Parisse are the others. | Lock Richie Gray says Scotland can't afford flat periods and must start every game 'with a bang' if they are to develop into a world-class team. | 35858497 | [
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The sum, covering January 2013 to October 2014, included money spent on in-house staff, third party companies and advertising agencies.
Some residents said this was a "waste of money" and the States would need to "measure its effectiveness".
Deputy Heidi Soulsby said when it comes to advertising "we've got to think in a modern way - this is the digital age".
Ms Soulsby said currently States accounts do not show what is spent on advertising and promotion.
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There are pubs where they play music and then there are pubs where music takes a more prominent role. Sometimes, however, there are pubs where drinking seems almost a sideline to the main business of musical appreciation.
Walking into Sandy Bell's in Edinburgh, you feel it sits very firmly in the latter category. Long a focus for the Scottish traditional music scene, recent years have seen more performances, bigger audiences and some very talented players. And as far as many are concerned, that tells you something about Scotland today.
"There's more pride in Scotland generally," says Archie, a smiling accordion player from Skye. "You'll get pubs that used to be trendy pubs, with CDs playing, and now they have folk music sessions."
For Sam, who plays violin, it's a particular source of pride that so many visitors from abroad now seem captivated by the melodies of her native land.
"You've got tourists from Canada, Australia, America, Japan, China. I've always liked this sort of music. It does make me feel like I'm celebrating being Scottish."
In a week when Scotland's First Minister unveiled plans for a possible second referendum on independence, the strength of nationalist sentiment has usually been gauged by polls.
And much to the frustration of Ms Sturgeon's Scottish National Party, support for independence has barely budged from the 45% who voted for it in the previous referendum of 2014.
Yet many believe that Scots now have a far stronger sense of their country's distinct identity, a sentiment that polls seem to miss.
Among them is Henry McLeish, the Labour First Minister of Scotland from 2001-02, who extols what he believes are Scotland's particular qualities.
"We're more internationalist, we're more open to immigration," he says.
It is the Brexit vote and its aftermath that has done more than anything else to shift his opinion. The majority of Scots voted to remain in the European Union, in contrast to the UK vote to leave.
"I was a diehard unionist. Politics has changed, I've had my Britishness squeezed out of me. It's more in sorrow than in anger that I am ready to say that I could support an independent Scotland."
Michelle Ferguson is not sorry about her increasingly strong sense of being Scottish, but it has come as something of a surprise.
Once an employee of a large multinational, she used to live in London and described herself as British. But Michelle has now become managing director of a social enterprise, St Andrews First Aid Supplies and Training, which ploughs all its profits back into the local community.
The experience seems to have changed her sense of identity, as much as her attitude to business.
"Here in Scotland, people really want to make a difference, it's not all about the big bucks," she says. "I now feel that if I had to fill in a form… I would have to say I am Scottish."
Michelle does not want to say whether she voted for Scottish independence, nor whether she would do so in the event of another referendum. And the fact is that whatever resurgence of Scottish pride there may be, the Scottish National Party has so far failed to capitalise on it.
But then the Party has always been keen to emphasise the alleged economic benefits of independence, rather than playing the identity game and appealing to voters' "tartan blood".
"A vote for independence should not just be about how we feel, although that is important," says Ben Macpherson, an SNP Member of the Scottish Parliament, representing Edinburgh North and Leith.
Yet pushed on the issue, Macpherson agrees with the suggestion of growing national self-awareness, and hints that it might help his cause.
"Scotland is an increasingly more confident country than when I was a child. More and more, Scotland is starting to understand that Scotland is ready to govern itself." | The Scottish Government has published a bill outlining provisional plans for another referendum on Scottish independence, plans which some believe coincide with a renewed sense of Scotland's separate identity. | 37732013 | [
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Its 2015 annual report found cases were down by 23% on the previous year, while a total of 7,589 animals were rescued.
The number of people accepting welfare advice rose from 5,527 to 5,790, and the charity rehomed more than 1,750 animals across Wales.
It also said the numbers of warning notices issued to owners increased.
One of the cases involved a lurcher cross who was dumped injured in a playing field in Flint, Flintshire, after a suspected badger-baiting incident.
Local residents found a female badger in a pool of blood, and the dog - renamed Flint after the town - had its ear torn, part of its nose was missing and had puncture wounds over its body.
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Another case saw a litter of eight abandoned puppies found in a bin in Queensferry, Deeside, in March 2015. Some still had their umbilical cord attached. They were eventually found new homes.
Assistant external relations director Claire Lawson said: "Although 2015 was another very busy year for the RSPCA in Wales, progress continued in the fight to reduce cruelty and alleviate suffering.
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Straker, 27, has been without a club since leaving York in January, where he made 27 appearances.
He began his career at Crystal Palace and helped Aldershot Town win the Conference title in 2008, before moving to Southend United.
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The city also ranks second in a list of Britain's most congested cities, while Glasgow is third.
Only London ranked worse than Scotland's largest cities in the survey of the UK's roads by Inrix Roadway Analytics.
It found that the jams could cost drivers in Scotland £5.1bn in wasted time over the next decade.
The firm studied traffic hotspots in 21 UK cities in September 2016.
It assessed the impact of the congestion by looking at the average duration of traffic jams, their average length and the number of times they occurred.
The research found that the impact of Edinburgh's 455 traffic hotspots was second only to London and was likely to cost drivers £2.8bn by 2025.
Glasgow was ranked third in the same list - worse than Birmingham, Manchester and Bristol. It's 357 hotspots could cost £2.3bn over the next 10 years, Inrix said.
Researchers calculated the time wasted by drivers in traffic jams across the UK could cost £61.8bn by 2025 if congestion levels are not reduced.
And in their survey of 123 cities across Europe, London was found to have more traffic "pinch points" than any other city.
It also ranked worst in an assessment of the impact of its traffic jams. Rome was second and Paris was third.
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Liam Cann, 22, of Blind Lane, Goldhanger, Essex, contacted a number of boys while playing Xbox games online, Chelmsford Crown Court heard.
He was convicted of 23 sex offences in October last year, having abused six boys from 2006 until 2014.
Judge John Dodd described the defendant as "clever and calculating".
The judge told the court that Cann, a bell-ringer at his local church, had bribed his victims "with Fifa game currency", which players can use to buy in-game features and build their teams of footballers.
Cann, who admitted one offence of possessing indecent images, was given an extended licence period of six years to remain in place after his release, and was placed on the sex offenders register for life.
His other offences included sexual grooming, attempted rape of a child under 13, and nine counts of sexual activity with a child.
A police investigation was started after one of the boys' mothers contacted the NSPCC.
One of his victims told the court he had been contacted by Cann "by messaging" and had later received a naked image of the 22-year-old.
"He gave me £20-£50 through the Xbox and I drew it on Liam's account. I knew he gave another boy £200." | A bell-ringer who "wheedled, connived, bullied and bribed" boys as young as eight has been jailed for 10 years for a string of sex offences. | 35271514 | [
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The man was found unconscious at a flat in Caledonia Court on Wednesday.
He was treated at the scene and taken to Galloway Community Hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later.
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Initially working independently, they finally met, combined their work and published a book called Subway Art in 1984, a tome that was to define the era, and arguably ensure the genre lived on to be reborn as part of the global art movement decades later.
By the end of the 80s, the graffiti culture was being forced to adapt, as by then, New York's Transit Authority had brought in procedures that made it tougher to gain access to the train yards. New models with coatings that were resistant to paint, and faster cleaning of any that were covered in graffiti also meant the artists' work was short-lived and the thrill of seeing the work trundling around the city was lost.
In the years since, some of the artists have fared well in the US and Europe, others have spent time in prison, one has become a policeman and some have died.
The art itself is now part of the mainstream, no longer reserved for city walls but a regular part of a designer's armoury.
For Cooper, the graffiti work is an important part of her time in New York, producing the images she is most proud of, rather than those shot on assignment for newspapers or magazines.
At times, she would spend hours waiting and watching, for that moment when good light combined with a powerful piece of art passing through an interesting part of the city.
Chalfant approached the graffiti from a different angle, concentrating on the work itself, often shooting a series of overlapping images using the motor drive on his camera. He would then splice the pictures together in his studio. He said at the time: "I was more interested in capturing the beautiful, ephemeral work of art than in taking a beautiful picture as a photographer."
Here is a selection of the photographs by Cooper and Chalfant.
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Morton are well placed to secure a Championship play-off spot after Tuesday's 1-0 win at Raith Rovers.
They were one of only two sides to earn a point at Ibrox in the league last season, and Duffy insists they will make it "as uncomfortable as possible".
"[A Morton win] would be a monumental upset," he told BBC Scotland.
"Rangers are a different proposition at Ibrox. Even though they drew last weekend [1-1 v Ross County], their home form has been very good over the last couple of years under Mark Warburton.
"The pitch, the expanse at Ibrox certainly suits the style they play. But we will certainly go there with a bit more heart after last night [the win at Raith].
"The heavy pitch took its toll so we have to make sure we recover right and prepare tactically as well.
"We will go there and try to make it as uncomfortable a day as we possibly can for Rangers. If we play well, manage to stifle Rangers a little bit and keep the ball, we can frustrate them."
With last season's Championship winners Rangers 27 points behind Celtic in the Premiership, Duffy believes Warburton's side will place extra emphasis on Sunday's fifth-round tie.
"The nature of being a big club like Rangers is the expectations are huge," noted the former Dundee centre-back and manager.
"They know it is their only chance of silverware this season. Celtic have already got the League Cup, and have all but wrapped up the league, so the only trophy available to Rangers and their supporters is the Scottish Cup.
"That will be the main objective and target now which will make it doubly difficult for us because all their focus will be on that.
"But we have got a job to do - to stay in the game and be difficult to beat. If Rangers get a little bit nervous, and their fans get frustrated, then you never know. But we have to be good enough to take advantage of those situations."
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Morton's victory at Stark's Park lifted them to within two points of second-placed Dundee United and nine off Championship leaders Hibernian, but crucially, nine points clear of fifth-placed Queen of the South in the battle for a play-off place.
Duffy believes a prospect of a tilt at the title is unrealistic, insisting a play-off spot will be a significant achievement for the Greenock outfit.
"If we get into the play-offs, we will be singing and dancing, there is no doubt about that," he added.
"But it is still a long way away. A lot of clubs will be challenging for that. There will be clubs that can find a run of form and you can have a dip.
"But the players showed terrific character to bounce back from a disappointing weekend [losing to Queen of the South] and it sets us up nicely for the Scottish Cup tie against Rangers." | Greenock Morton boss Jim Duffy says it would be a huge shock if his side were to knock Rangers out of the Scottish Cup at Ibrox on Sunday. | 38904948 | [
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The skeleton of "Thankerton Man" was found in a stone cist - a type of burial chamber - at Boatbridge Quarry, Thankerton, South Lanarkshire, in 1970.
It was radiocarbon-dated to between 2460BC and 2140BC and thought to have been that of a man aged 18 to 25.
The reconstructed image will go on show at the Biggar and Upper Clydesdale Museum, which opens on Tuesday.
The reconstruction was produced by specialists from Dundee University's Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification (CAHID) who worked from detailed analysis of the skull.
Caroline Erolin, lecturer in forensic and medical art at CAHID, said: "Given its age, the skeleton of Thankerton Man was in excellent condition, which allowed us to get a strong impression of how he may have looked.
"Once we built the basic shape of his face we then looked at historical data to get a better idea of how a man would have looked at that time. For instance, we know they had the ability to shave."
The estimated height of the man was around 1.8 metres (5ft 11ins), which is regarded as tall in Copper Age terms.
The cist contained a finely-decorated beaker which had held food or drink for the deceased's journey into the afterlife.
The pot and skeleton are curated by National Museums Scotland.
Dr Alison Sheridan, principal curator of early prehistory at National Museums Scotland, who provided archaeological advice, praised the reconstruction.
She said: "This is a magnificent piece of work that really brings the past to light. It has spurred us on to arrange the DNA analysis of this man's remains." | Scientists from Dundee University have recreated the face of a young man who lived more than 4,000 years ago. | 33677857 | [
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An administration oversight allowed US student Sanmay Ved to buy the right to control the domain on 29 September.
The oversight left him in charge of Google.com for about a minute until Google caught on and cancelled the transaction.
Now Mr Ved has been given a cash reward for spotting the error, which he has decided to donate to charity.
Google declined to comment on the story.
Mr Ved detailed his experience in a post on the LinkedIn site saying that he had been keeping an eye on Google-related web domains for some time because he used to work at the search giant. Mr Ved is currently an MBA student at a US college.
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Mr Ved decided to give the cash to an Indian educational foundation and in response, Google doubled the reward. | A man who briefly bought and owned the Google.com web domain has been rewarded by the search giant. | 34504319 | [
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Spencer Vaughan, 27, of Campbell Road, Plymouth, suffered spinal damage after hitting his head on a sand bar in Gran Canaria while on a training course.
He is seeking damages from the MoD for not warning about the dangers of diving into shallow waters.
Mr Justice Davis will give his ruling at a later date.
Mr Vaughan, who comes from Cwmbran, South Wales, is now an incomplete tetraplegic following the accident in 2009 and gave evidence from his wheelchair at London's High Court.
Mr Vaughan insisted he was "on duty" when he walked into the sea to "cool off", executing a shallow, surface dive as the waters reached waist height.
Malcolm Sheehan QC, for the MoD, suggested to Mr Vaughan that he and his comrades were simply "chilling out" on the beach.
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Mr Vaughan agreed that he and his fellow marines were "relaxing and chilling out", but said their primary purpose was to exercise and to swim.
Mr Vaughan said he had walked carefully into the water to avoid a young family in front of him.
Mr Sheehan said he had "every sympathy" for Mr Vaughan's plight, but added: "On the facts of this case there is no basis for a finding of negligence on the part of the MoD."
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The Serbian FA has been charged with alleged racist chanting by fans and both associations over the behaviour of players at the end of the game.
Violent scenes erupted shortly after Connor Wickham scored in the 90th minute to give England a 1-0 win.
The cases will be discussed at the next ordinary hearing of the Uefa Control and Disciplinary Body on 22 November.
A Uefa statement read: "Uefa has opened disciplinary proceedings against both the Football Association of Serbia (FSS) and England's Football Association (FA) following a number of incidents during and after England's 1-0 win over Serbia in the 2013 Uefa European Under-21 Championship play-off second leg at the Mladost stadium in Krusevac on Tuesday 16 October 2012.
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"Regarding alleged racist chanting, Uefa will instigate proceedings against the FSS over the misconduct of their supporters during and at the end of the match. Proceedings will also be instigated against the FSS for the improper conduct of the Serbia players at the end of the match.
"Uefa will also commence proceedings against the FA for the improper conduct of the England players at the end of the match."
Moments after Wickham's strike, which ensured Stuart Pearce's side qualified for Euro 2013, a series of scuffles between players and staff on both sides broke out as missiles were thrown on to the field.
Sunderland's Danny Rose was sent off after the final whistle for kicking the ball away in reaction to the abuse he was receiving. He later claimed the abuse was racial.
However, the Serbian FA released a statement on Wednesday saying a connection between the on-pitch scuffles and racism had "absolutely no ground" and also blamed Rose for the clashes because of "inappropriate, unsportsmanlike and vulgar" behaviour.
The FA rejects that version of the events and urged Uefa to take the "strongest possible action" against anyone found guilty of racism.
FA general secretary Alex Horne said: "Our players and staff were subjected to racial abuse, violence as well as missiles being thrown at them throughout the match.
"What occurred is inexcusable and not acceptable. We are making a formal complaint to Uefa today.
"We call on Uefa to take the strongest possible action against the Serbian FA, their supporters and anyone found guilty of being involved in the numerous instances of violence and abuse." | Uefa has charged the Football Associations of England and Serbia in the wake of Tuesday's Under-21 match. | 19976781 | [
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Nathan Smith's overhead kick hit the bar and bounced in off luckless keeper Dean Snedker's back to give the Gulls an early lead before Nathan Blissett's towering header doubled the advantage.
Kelvin Langmead then headed in before Arthur Gnahoua shot home the equaliser.
But Smith poked in an 82nd-minute winner after a goalmouth scramble to earn Torquay's fourth successive win.
It leaves the Gulls four points from safety with a game in hand, but Colin Gordon's Harriers are now 11 points off 20th-placed Boreham Wood with nine games left.
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The pair shared a partnership of 187 after Nick Compton and Stevie Eskinazi fell in quick succession.
Stirling's century was his first in a Championship match and he made 111 before falling lbw to Adil Rashid.
Robson was dropped on 31 by Jack Brooks and was still there on 152 not out at the close, with Middlesex 337-4.
Yorkshire went into the game second in the Division One table, just six points behind leaders Essex, with Middlesex down in sixth place and minus Dawid Malan, Nick Gubbins and Tom Helm, who are all on international duty.
The home side, who won the title by beating Yorkshire in the corresponding match last season, opted to bat first after winning the toss and Compton put on 64 for the first wicket with Robson before a thin edge to the keeper off Steve Patterson saw him depart for 22.
Eskinazi was bowled by Brooks five overs later, but the Yorkshire paceman had crucially been unable to hold onto a low caught-and-bowled chance offered by Robson.
The opener was first to three figures following the tea interval, and although Stirling departed when he missed an attempted pull to a ball that kept slightly low and James Franklin was bowled by Ryan Sidebottom, he passed 150 with a boundary off Rashid - the 18th of his innings - in the final over of play.
Middlesex batsman Paul Stirling told BBC Radio London:
"It's about time I did this and also about time I started to score more consistently. That said, I don't want to take away my natural instinct to play attacking cricket. That's the balance I have to find.
"Our skipper James Franklin has given me freedom to go in and play at the same sort of tempo as I would in one-day cricket and transfer that into the red-ball game.
"When the pitches are as flat as they have been at Lord's it's a little easier to do that and I'm glad it came off."
Yorkshire head coach Martyn Moxon told BBC Radio Leeds:
"It's been a tough day, what with the weather and a pitch that's pretty benign. The lads stuck to their task really well.
"A few nicks fell short and some very close lbw decisions didn't go out way. It was a frustrating day, but I can't fault the lads for their efforts.
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After resuming 41 behind on 322-7, the Bears' hopes of saving the game pretty much rested on Jonathan Trott.
But Tom Curran broke through, trapping Jeetan Patel lbw - and Trott added just 10 to his score before holing out off Mark Footitt for 151.
Chris Wright was then bowled by Curran as Warwickshire were all out for 362.
It was a good second-innings effort by the Bears, built around the 41st century of Trott's first-class career.
But they were always staring at defeat after being bowled out for 91, either side of tea on Saturday, to follow-on 363 runs in arrears - and they take just a single point from the match.
It was perhaps fitting that Footitt ended Trott's epic knock, in the eighth over of the morning, after the former England batsman had aimed an upper-cut at a short ball from the left-arm paceman, only to see it balloon into Dom Sibley's hands at third man.
That gave Footitt a match haul of eight wickets to continue the England hopeful's fine form since reaching full fitness again at the end of last season.
In Surrey's last three home Championship matches going back to last season, out of a possible 50 wickets, Footitt has taken 22 of them.
Having opened up with a 23-point haul, Surrey's next game is also at home against Lancashire, starting on Good Friday, when Warwickshire are also back in action, hosting Yorkshire at Edgbaston.
Surrey captain Gareth Batty told BBC Radio London:
"We're absolutely delighted. Both Mark Footitt and Mark Stoneman will deservedly get the plaudits for their first-innings performances, but we can get better. This is just one win.
"The fact that we were able to leave out two England players (Stuart Meaker and Zafar Ansari, plus Jason Roy, who is playing in the IPL) is a big statement. But we are not an 11-man team. It is all about the squad. It could be me sitting out the next game because people will need resting and we will always pick the right team for the surface.
"There are some seriously good teams in this division. We have now got the best domestic first-class cricket in the world. The cricket I've seen played in the last two or three years has been the best of my time in the game.
"Full credit to Trotty, who is still one of the best players in the country. It was a very good lesson for our bowlers to see how someone that good goes about his business."
Warwickshire bowling coach Alan Richardson told BBC WM:
"You just can't give sides the sort of start we gave them on the first couple of days.
"We're pleased we showed some fight after that, and Trotty was superb, but this game is a wake-up call for us.
"We bowled well on the second day, too, but overall we're disappointed. We have spoken about how we need to bounce back." | Surrey took less than an hour on the final morning at The Oval to wrap up a season-opening victory over Warwickshire by an innings and one run. | 39553856 | [
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The move mirrors an update by Apple in September that allowed ad-blockers to be installed as extensions for the Safari browser.
Blockers on Samsung phones will have to be added in the same way and will not come as standard.
The new browser has begun rolling out for Android Lollipop or higher users.
Popular ad-blockers, Adblock Fast and Crystal, have already been made available for Samsung phones.
As well as making web pages less cluttered, ad-blockers often improve browsers' performance - and reduce the draw on phone batteries and data plans.
"Those who use ad-blockers will likely use other browsers than the default one," said advertising industry analyst Daniel Knapp at IHS.
"It's nonetheless important for Samsung to jump on the ad-blocking bandwagon."
"It wants to show customers that it is a premium brand that protects them as well as Apple."
Mr Knapp also told the BBC there had been a "seismic change" in the ad industry, in which marketing budgets were increasingly being moved from traditional forms of advertising to, for example, sponsorship deals.
He said it was those most highly prized by advertisers, young and affluent users, who were more likely to use ad-blockers in the first place.
"I think it's an expression of massive consumer dissatisfaction with the way the ad industry works," he said.
Ad-blockers work by removing scripts in web page code that would otherwise pull content from ad networks' servers.
In November, 18% of British adults online were using some form of ad-blocker, up 3% from June, according to a report from the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB).
Meanwhile, in Facebook's annual financial filing, the social network announced advertising earnings of $5.64bn (£3.9bn) for the fourth quarter of 2015 but warned ad-blockers could "adversely affect" future profits.
"If such technologies continue to proliferate, in particular with respect to mobile platforms, our future financial results may be harmed," it said.
But Mr Knapp said companies such as Facebook were less likely than other content publishers to be affected by mobile web ad-blockers because ads could still be delivered via their third-party apps.
"Think of ad-blockers being admitted to iOS 9," he said.
"They were all exclusively focused on the in-browser environment - not for third-party apps like Facebook." | The latest version of the default web browser on Samsung's Android phones will allow users to install ad-blocker extensions. | 35460785 | [
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The powdery white beaches of Zanzibar's east coast are best known as a holiday destination.
But each day, as the tide begins to ebb and the beachgoers return to their hotels, a small army of men and women armed with sticks and spears wade out across the coastal flats in search of one of the Tanzanian island's finest delicacies - octopus.
During a single low tide a skilled octopus hunter can spear more than 10 of the slimy invertebrates, which thrive amid the maze of rocks, corals and sea grass that lie beyond the beaches.
The catch is highly prized by the island's tourist hotels and provides an important source of protein for coastal communities.
Protected by an offshore reef, the tidal flats off the island's east coast provide livelihoods and sustenance for local residents, in the form of fish, crabs, shellfish, seaweed and octopus.
Tanzania is the largest producer of octopus in the western Indian Ocean.
Abdullah Ali, 35, prepares to launch his traditional wooden boat on an octopus hunting expedition from Dongwe village.
Traditionally a female-dominated activity, more men are now turning to octopus for a source of income.
"The octopus has helped me to drive my life forward," said Ali, who makes about £1.90 ($2.30) per kg (2lb 3oz) for his octopuses.
According to data from the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation, catches in Tanzania have increased from 482 tonnes in 1990 to more than 1,250 in 2012.
The mix of jagged rocks and corals near the reef offer many places for the octopuses to hide at low tide, becoming almost invisible to the untrained eye.
Thousands of sea urchins provide a further challenge.
Mariam, an octopus hunter from Bwejuu village, plunges into the water to cool off after a morning's work.
Mama Juma, a seasoned octopus hunter, scans the crystal clear water near Paje beach for likely octopus hideouts.
A lone woman searches for octopus in the evening beyond a seaweed farm at Bwejuu.
Local communities derive much of their livelihood from the intertidal flats.
Grilled octopus is a staple at the nightly seafood market in Stone Town.
Most of mainland Tanzania's octopus catch is exported to Europe, but on the island of Zanzibar tourism has provided a booming market. | All photographs by Tommy Trenchard and Aurelie Marrier d'Unienville | 37677833 | [
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Overweight children between four and 18 months old eat similar food to healthy weight children but have bigger portions, a study found.
The University College, London report said parents may not realise how much young children should be eating or the dangers of them being overweight.
It said feeding guidelines needed to be more specific and better known.
The study of data from a UK survey, being presented at the European Obesity Summit in Gothenburg, Sweden, looked at eating diaries parents kept for 2,564 children.
The diaries showed what children ate, how often they were eating and the size of their portions.
Researchers used the data to compare the eating habits of overweight children - classed as being in the heaviest 15% in their age group - and those of a healthy weight.
The report found overweight children were consuming larger meals than their counterparts (141 calories versus 130 calories).
Report author Hayley Syrad, from University College, London, said: "The research suggests eating frequency is having no impact on weight and it's not that parents of larger children are giving them an extra Mars bar or apple - it's that their portions are bigger."
For every extra 24 calories consumed during each meal, there was a 9% increased risk of becoming overweight or obese, researchers said.
Ms Syrad said the research suggested some parents may be overfeeding their infants, potentially under the belief it is healthy for babies to be "chubby".
She added: "We know that even birth weight tracks into later life. If children are overweight when they are under two it tracks into adulthood.
"A bigger baby is likely to be a bigger child and then a bigger adult."
According to Public Health England, which publishes its advice on the NHS Choices website, there is "very little official guidance on precisely how much food children require".
But it says: "A good rule of thumb is to start meals with small servings and let your child ask for more if they are still hungry.
"Try not to make your child finish everything on the plate or eat more than they want to. And avoid using adult-size plates for younger children as it encourages them to eat oversized portions."
The guidance also says children should be encouraged to eat slowly and have set mealtimes.
Judy More, a nutritionist and paediatric dietician, said some parents were overfeeding their babies and young children out of fear of them being underfed.
She said babies and young children who are not overweight should eat until they are full rather than being made to finish everything on their plate.
"It's the parents' responsibility to provide nutritious food, but they should allow children to eat as much they want to."
Ms Syrad added that eating guidelines for infants and toddlers needed to be more specifically catered to smaller age ranges.
She said it was important for future research to follow the children in the study and see how food intake affects their weight as they get older.
Anne-Marie O'Leary, editor-in-chief of parenting website Netmums, said more guidance and support for parents was needed.
"Dietary advice for adults is conflicted and confusing - the U-turn on fats, sugar becoming the bad guy - let alone for parents.
"When parents are weaning their babies, most of the advice is about making sure they are gaining enough weight, not about making sure they don't gain too much."
She said the website was one of the bodies consulted by the government in advance of upcoming Department of Health guidelines on childhood obesity. And one of Netmums' posts illustrating portion size for toddlers was one of its stories that generated most reader engagement. | Parents may be feeding their babies and toddlers larger portions than they need, experts have warned. | 36444984 | [
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GB were beaten 24-18 by Israel, 37-14 by Hungary and 46-14 by Netherlands.
The men's and women's teams had their £2.92m funding to support elite athletes removed after London 2012.
"Although we did not make the finals, there are some great young handball players in this country," said British Handball director David Meli.
"Our aim now is to find a way of bringing additional funding into the association to allow us to run other teams in both male and female competitions."
Netherlands won all three games to secure their place at the finals in Rio, which take place from 19 July to 2 August. | Great Britain failed to qualify for the men's Under-21 World Handball Championship after losing all three qualifying games at Kent's Medway Park. | 30772391 | [
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The parade by the campaign group, Veterans for Justice UK, is now set to take place in Coleraine, County Londonderry, on Saturday 4 March.
The original plan was to hold the march in Derry on the same date.
However relatives of Bloody Sunday victims objected, saying it was an "insult" to the people of the city.
John Kelly, whose brother was one of 14 Bloody Sunday victims killed by soldiers who opened fire on a civil rights march in Derry in 1972, had described the original plan as "an act of pure provocation".
The Derry parade was called off last week amid reports of counter-demonstrations planned by republicans.
Veterans for Justice UK has now lodged a fresh application with the Parades Commission to march through the centre of Coleraine.
The group said it expects 150 marchers to take part in the parade, which will start and finish at the Royal British Legion.
Last week, march organiser Anto Wickham said the aim of the event was to protect soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan facing "false prosecutions".
Mr Wickham said he was "upset" by suggestions that the Derry march had been planned to raise tensions in the city.
He told Tuesday's Belfast Telegraph: "With help from the Royal British Legion in Coleraine, we are now able to parade and carry on our fight for justice".
In recent months, a number of former soldiers and Conservative MPs have complained that Army veterans were being unfairly targeted by investigations into Troubles-era killings.
In January, hundreds of veterans marched through London to demand an end to the prosecutions.
A London-based law firm representing a number of ex-soldiers also called for an independent inquiry into the prosecution process.
The criticism drew a response from Northern Ireland's Director of Public Prosecutions Barra McGrory QC, who defended his impartiality.
Mr McGrory told the BBC last month that critics who accuse him of treating former soldiers unfairly had insulted him and his office. | Organisers of a march for military veterans, which was cancelled in Londonderry due to security fears, have rearranged the event. | 38968468 | [
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The judge in Brooklyn denied a motion by the US Justice Department to get Apple to unlock a phone in a drug case.
In an unrelated case, the FBI wants Apple to unlock the iPhone of Syed Rizwan Farook, who killed 14 people in San Bernardino, California in December.
But Apple has resisted, calling that demand "dangerous" and "unprecedented".
The ruling in Brooklyn on Monday centres on the same point as the San Bernardino case.
The two court cases are not linked - the magistrate in San Bernardino doesn't have to pay any attention to the ruling and remarks from the New York judge.
But Apple feels the decision in New York gives added strength to its position. A senior Apple spokesman told reporters in a conference call that he was confident the San Bernardino judge would carefully analyse the New York ruling.
Most promising for Apple is the reason for which Judge Orenstein threw out the New York case.
He said he was not at all convinced the All Writs Act, a law more than two centuries old, could be used to force Apple to comply. The same law is being used in San Bernardino.
The All Writs Act is designed to give law enforcement powers not specifically addressed in other laws - but using it requires meeting certain strict criteria, too burdensome to detail here.
No legal precedent has been set here - but as the magistrate in San Bernardino considers her ruling, momentum certainly appears to be with the computing giant.
Apple v the FBI - a plain English guide
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Fourteen people were killed and 22 injured when gunman Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik opened fire in the Californian city in December.
A court order in California demanded Apple help circumvent security software on Farook's iPhone, which the FBI said contains crucial information.
Apple's CEO Tim Cook said the request was "an overreach by the US government" and risked giving authorities "the power to reach into anyone's device to capture their data". Last week, the company asked a court to overturn the ruling.
The same Act from 1789 that was used by the FBI in the San Bernardino request was applied in the Brooklyn case. But Judge James Orenstein said the Act was not applicable in this case, adding that it was not right to impose "on Apple the obligation to assist the government's investigation against its will".
The US Justice Department said it planned to appeal against the Brooklyn ruling. | A judge in the United States has ruled that Apple cannot be forced to give the FBI access to a locked iPhone in a case that echoes an ongoing legal battle. | 35692931 | [
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Arkadiusz Jozwik, 39, died from head injuries after he was punched and fell to the floor in Harlow in August.
The teenager from Harlow, who cannot be named for legal reasons, spoke only to confirm his name, date of birth and address at Chelmsford Youth Court on Friday. No plea was taken.
He was bailed to appear at Chelmsford Crown Court on 9 January.
Read more on this story and other Essex news
Essex Police said Mr Jozwik, who was from Poland, was attacked late on 27 August in The Stow shopping precinct. He died in hospital two days later.
In a tribute statement issued at the time, the family of Mr Jozwik, who was known as Arek to his friends, said: "He was a hard-working man who loved spending time with his family, specifically his nephew, with whom he loved to play table football."
Five other teenage boys who were initially arrested in connection with Mr Jozwik's death were told they would face no further action by Essex Police owing to a lack of evidence. | A 15-year-old boy charged with the manslaughter of a man who died from a single punch has appeared in court. | 38532563 | [
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New England manager Allardyce takes charge of his first game after predecessor Roy Hodgson resigned in the immediate aftermath of the humiliating last-16 exit at the hands of Iceland in France.
Allardyce, 61, starts England's campaign to reach the World Cup in Russia in 2018 with an opening qualifier against a side that held them to a damaging goalless draw in the Euros - and wants to deliver a morale-boosting opening result here in Trnava.
He said: "I can only focus on this game and hopefully the fans who watch on TV and that are here go home very happy or are turning the television off saying England are back on track and looked great.
"Everyone will want us to win. Some will expect us to win but I don't think it will be that easy based on Slovakia's record.
"Winning is what we want. If the nation thinks that's the only thing we can have to make us feel better, we'll try. But personally, if we get a draw from the most difficult game of the group, I'll be happy."
Allardyce defended his new England charges against any claims that they were not hurt by the harrowing experience of Euro 2016 as they rebuild once more after the disappointment of another early exit at a major tournament.
He said: "The nation was proud of the team up to Iceland. It was only that result which turned everyone against them.
"It was a hugely disappointing result for everyone, and none more so than them. Everyone involved in England hurt that night, but the players more than anyone else.
"There's a perception that they don't hurt, but they do. The period 2014-16 was a fantastic ride for this young team and it's something we have to try and achieve again. I just hope they gain in confidence, get there and then do better when they get to in Russia 2018."
Allardyce is fulfilling a lifelong ambition of leading England after a managerial career that has taken in clubs such as Bolton Wanderers, Newcastle United, Blackburn Rovers, West Ham United and Sunderland.
And he admits it was a special moment when he met his England players for the first time as the squad gathered at St George's Park ahead of this qualifier.
"It's been a great week for me," said Allardyce. "Walking into St George's Park, then the lads coming in and the training week - it's been really enjoyable.
"I've enjoyed watching, meeting up with everyone and the coaches. I think that, hopefully, it goes as well on the pitch as I've seen in training, but it's all about what happens on the pitch on Sunday. It's the best job for me at this stage of my life.
"I couldn't have asked for anything better. Having met the players and chatted, I have a very talented squad. In the Euros it was the youngest average age, and this squad can only mature and get better."
Wayne Rooney has revealed his plans to retire from international football after the World Cup in Russia in 2018 but any questions over his position in the side after England's failure in France were swept away by Allardyce's decision to confirm the Manchester United forward as captain.
Allardyce has no doubts about the 30-year-old who will win his 116th England cap in Slovakia to take him clear of David Beckham as the all-time record outfield caps holder, although still behind goalkeeper Peter Shilton with 125.
He said: "I've seen Wayne play for Manchester United up front, in the hole, down the right, central midfield.
"Does that not show you the credibility of the man and his flexibility? All the managers that he's had will play him to get him on the field. Instead of sulking and saying 'I don't play there, I play there' he'll do what he needs to do to play for Manchester United and get in the team."
England goalkeeper Joe Hart returned from France with his reputation damaged and his status as undisputed number one under threat after a wretched tournament characterised by mistakes that resulted in goals against Wales and, more significantly, in the loss to Iceland in the knockout phase.
He took another hit when new Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola made it clear he would be replaced at club level - but Allardyce is hoping he will be back on an even keel after a loan move to Torino was secured and reassurance that he remains England's first choice.
"We spoke and it was in the air," said the England manager. "And then within 24 hours he'd made the decision that he was off to Italy.
"There was a plane landing for him and I said 'get on it as quick as you can and get back here within 24 hours. It'll be sorted, it'll be settled, you'll be playing in Italy, a fantastic experience for you and your family'.
"It settles him down to play as we know he can. He did play one game for Manchester City and got a tremendous boost from the fans, which was emotional for him, but he's now looking forward for this game. He's not thinking about what happened in pre-season. It's sorted."
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | Sam Allardyce has made it his mission to restore the nation's pride after the debacle of Euro 2016 as his new England era starts in Slovakia on Sunday. | 37268797 | [
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Frank MacDonald, 44, from the Brechin area, was between the B976 South Deeside Road at Strachan and the B974 Cairn o'Mount road at about 14:00 on Saturday when the crash happened.
The vehicles involved were a blue Suzuki GSXR motorcycle and a grey Toyota Hilux.
Relatives said the "much loved" father-of-three would be greatly missed.
The unclassified road was closed for more than eight hours following the crash. Police have appealed for witnesses to come forward. | A man who died after his motorbike collided with a car in Aberdeenshire has been named. | 33223966 | [
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The pontiff granted Spanish Monsignor Lucio Vallejo Balda a Christmas-time clemency after he served half of his 18-month sentence, the Vatican said.
The priest was convicted in July. The leaked papers were cited in books published in 2015, that alleged corruption in the Catholic Church.
A former colleague of the priest was given a 10-month suspended sentence.
On Tuesday, the Vatican said in a statement that Pope Francis granted "conditional freedom" to Mgr Angelo Lucio Vallejo Balda.
"This is a clemency measure which allows him to regain his freedom. The penalty is not quashed."
The statement added that all his professional ties to the Vatican had ended, and he would now be under the authority of the Bishop of Astorga in Spain - the priest's original diocese.
Mgr Balda has made no public comment on the latest developments.
The books, by journalists Emiliano Fittipaldi and Gianluigi Nuzzi, were based on leaked materials and exposed waste and financial mismanagement in the Church.
The original Vatileaks episode saw the last Pope's former butler, Paolo Gabriele, sentenced to 18 months in jail in 2012 after being found guilty of stealing sensitive documents from the pontiff's desk.
He served nearly three months of his sentence under house arrest in the Vatican before Pope Benedict visited him and personally pardoned him.
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The raids by 19 RAF Lancaster bombers destroyed two strategically significant German dams and damaged a third.
Taken by the Nazi authorities before and after the raids - on 16 and 17 May 1943 - the aerial images are stamped "Secret Command Document".
The photographs were sold in Nottingham for £2,100 - considerably more than the list price of £1,200.
As well as the time and date of the images, they also carry a warning forbidding them to be copied.
The revolutionary bombs skipped across the lakes behind the dams and showed how precision attacks were possible in an age when most missions were lucky to get within miles of their target.
Eight aircraft were lost and 56 of 133 aircrew were killed or captured. An estimated 1,600 people died on the ground.
International Autograph Auctions, of Nottingham, offered a set of reconnaissance images showing the Mohne and Edersee dams.
Two pairs show the Mohne and Edersee dams before and after the attacks and a fifth image of a reserve dam on the Mohne reservoir shows how part of it had emptied out.
Carl Buck, senior researcher at International Autograph Auctions, said: "The usual pictures we see of the dam raids are from photo-reconnaissance Spitfires despatched after the mission or close ups from Germany."
Dambusters expert Charles Foster said: "The fascination with the Dambusters themselves is because it combined so many different things which contributed to the war effort - a revolutionary new weapon, supreme airmanship skills and raw courage in pressing home an attack under fire.
"The fact that it was then immortalised in what is now regarded as one of the best ever British war films just adds to its mystique." | A set of rare photographs showing the impact of the Dambusters' "bouncing bomb" raids have been sold at auction. | 39705634 | [
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Steven Rodriguez, who was better known as A$AP Yams or Yamborghini, died aged 26 on 18 January at Brooklyn's Woodhull Medical Centre.
He founded the US rap collective A$AP Mob along with fellow New Yorkers A$AP Bari and A$AP Illz.
Now the New York Times reports that his death was caused by acute mixed drug intoxication.
Opiates and benzodiazepines were found in his system and it was ruled an accident.
After his death artists paid tribute to him on social media.
Drake tweeted: "Rest in peace Yams. A$AP is family."
Azealia Banks wrote: "ASAP YAMS should be remembered as a leader, an innovator and most importantly as an important part of NYC youth culture."
Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter, BBCNewsbeat on Instagram and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube | American rapper A$AP Yams died of an accidental drug overdose, according to New York City's chief medical examiner. | 31983012 | [
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Georg Niedermeier's own goal gave Pep Guardiola's side a half-time lead, which David Alaba doubled.
Daniel Didavi fired into the top corner for Stuttgart, but Douglas Costa's long-range shot sealed Bayern's win.
Borussia Dortmund, in second, can cut the gap to five points with a win at Schalke on Sunday.
Bayern need a maximum of 11 points from their final five league matches to secure the title for Guardiola before he leaves to join Manchester City at the end of the season.
The Bayern boss rotated his squad with Wednesday's Champions League quarter-final second leg trip to Benfica in mind, beginning with Thomas Muller, Philipp Lahm, Costa and Thiago on the bench.
But he brought on Muller after just 27 minutes, concerned that Chile midfielder Arturo Vidal was in danger of getting sent off after making two reckless challenges and collecting an early booking.
Stuttgart captain Niedermeier scored at the wrong end as he stretched to prevent Franck Ribery's cross reaching Robert Lewandowski.
Austria international Alaba added another early in the second half, showing neat footwork before beating goalkeeper Przemyslaw Tyton at the near post.
Didavi, Stuttgart's leading scorer, improvised superbly to pull a goal back with just under half-an-hour left as he hooked the ball past Manuel Neuer while on the ground for his 11th of the season, but Costa's 25-yard drive ended hopes of a comeback.
Augsburg moved out of the bottom three as they came from a goal behind to win 2-1 at Werder Bremen, who dropped into the relegation play-off place.
Alfred Finnbogason and Hong Jeong-ho scored for the visitors after Florian Grillitsch's first goal of the season had put Bremen in front just before half-time.
Hoffenheim are three points above Bremen after a third victory in four games as they won 2-0 at next-to-bottom at Eintracht Frankfurt.
Darmstadt improved their survival chances with a 2-1 win at Hamburg, while Ingolstadt are eighth thanks to a 1-0 victory over Borussia Monchengladbach. | Bayern Munich edged closer to a fourth successive Bundesliga title as they restored their eight-point lead with victory at Stuttgart. | 35956670 | [
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Government figures show 59,090 households were accepted as homeless by councils in England between April 2016 and March 2017.
This is 17% higher than the number made homeless in the year 2011-12.
The Department for Communities and Local Government says it is investing £550m to 2020 to tackle the issue.
But the figures, just published, also show nearly 200,000 people are at risk of homelessness and have sought help through their local authority.
Homelessness and housing charity Shelter said the fire tragedy at Grenfell Tower had put the issue of homelessness into the spotlight.
Its director of communications, Anne Baxendale, said: "While Shelter is calling for those affected to be placed in good quality temporary accommodation nearby, and [we] hope officials make good on their promise to do so, we know many local authorities simply don't have enough affordable accommodation for those on low incomes.
"It's a similar story across all London boroughs and the country more widely, so it's no surprise that today's homelessness stats reveal the problem is getting worse nationally, with more households becoming homeless every year."
The charity highlighted that a quarter of households staying in temporary accommodation had been doing so for more than a year.
While 1,290 families were spending more than the six-week legal limit living in bed and breakfast accommodation.
A Department for Communities and Local Government spokesman said: "This government is determined to help the most vulnerable in society, and is committed to ensuring people always have a roof over their heads.
"Statutory homelessness acceptances are less than half the 2003 peak.
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The Zimbabwean hit 10 boundaries in his 207-ball knock before he was lbw to left-arm spinner Jack Leach (3-77).
Leach earlier bowled England batsman James Vince for a third-ball duck as the visitors struggled to 92-4.
Ryan McLaren, though, scored 61 as he and Ervine added 118, while Lewis McManus was 41 not out at the close.
Hampshire are second from bottom of the table but defeated Nottinghamshire in their last outing, while Somerset are fifth, 35 points behind leaders Middlesex.
Lewis Gregory struck the first blow for the home side by bowling Jimmy Adams in the fourth over of play.
Will Smith and Vince followed in successive overs as Somerset wasted no time in bringing their two spinners, Leach and Roelof van der Merwe, into the attack.
Paceman Craig Overton was awarded his county cap during the lunch interval but went through the day wicketless, and it was Leach ended the partnership between Ervine and McLaren by having the latter caught by Tom Abell at short leg.
Hampshire all-rounder Sean Ervine told BBC Radio Solent:
"We looked at the wicket and we all saw it was going to spin.
"They bowled well up front and obviously the partnership with Ryan McLaren was hugely important and great for us.
"He played very well and was a bit unlucky - it was a great catch at short leg.
"We had a game plan, I guess it helped us being left-handed, and just had to bide our time and try and hit the bad balls." | All-rounder Sean Ervine made a vital century for Hampshire as they reached 281-6 on the opening day against Somerset at Taunton. | 37117803 | [
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An overrunning engineering project shut the line between Reading and London Paddington at the end of last year.
Major work, including extensive signalling improvements, is being carried out on the route from Good Friday to Easter Monday.
Network Rail said it had "hundreds of buses" ready in case it overruns.
Julian Burnell, from Network Rail, said the disruption was needed to allow for the last major stage of work on the Reading station redevelopment to be completed.
He added: "This is a very big project, dealing with one of the biggest bottlenecks anywhere in the country.
"I can't say there's absolutely no danger [of an overrun at Easter], but we have done everything in our power to get it finished in good time. There are hundreds of buses waiting if that happens."
On 27 December, King's Cross station was shut and Paddington was closed for part of the day after engineering works took longer than expected.
A number of projects will take place over the Easter break, including a closure of the line between Hayes & Harlington in West London and Didcot Parkway in Oxfordshire while further work is carried out on the Crossrail project. | Network Rail has promised to do "everything in its power" to stop a repeat of the rail chaos at Christmas when it carries out work over Easter. | 32112556 | [
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He called for more sobriety in a world obsessed by "consumerism and hedonism, wealth and extravagance".
The Pope was celebrating a Christmas eve Mass in St Peter's Basilica in front of about 10,000 people.
Later on Friday he will deliver his traditional Christmas message from the central balcony of St Peter's Square.
Celebrating Mass, the Pope said Christmas was the time to "once more discover who we are".
He called on believers to show the same simplicity as the child Jesus, "born into poverty in a manger despite his divinity" to inspire their lives.
"In a society so often intoxicated by consumerism and hedonism, wealth and extravagance, appearances and narcissism, this child calls us to act soberly, in other words, in a way that is simple, balanced, consistent, capable of seeing and doing what is essential," he said.
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"Amid a culture of indifference which not infrequently turns ruthless, our style of life should instead be devout, filled with empathy, compassion and mercy."
Security was tight at the service with police carrying out spot checks in the area surrounding the Vatican. Everyone who went into the basilica, the largest church in Christendom, had to pass through metal detectors.
Correspondents say the Pope, 79, used his homily to reflect the key themes of three years in office - mercy, compassion, empathy and justice.
"In a world which all too often is merciless to the sinner and lenient to the sin, we need to cultivate a strong sense of justice, to discern and to do God's will," he said.
His voice was occasionally hoarse - the effect of a slight flu earlier this week. | Pope Francis has warned the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics not to be "intoxicated" by possessions in his annual Christmas homily. | 35178228 | [
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The speed at which the government has moved to take control of the narrative shows just how much pressure they're under to display they're in charge.
Observers say officials are trying to put on a show of "business as usual" at the shrine and the surrounding areas, encouraging people to visit and pay their respects. Most of the offices, schools and businesses in the area have remained open - political analysts say the government is desperate to retain an air of normality in the capital.
But industry experts say it will take more than this initial show of strength to convince investors and visitors that Thailand is still a safe place to do business in and to go on holiday to.
"It's a shocking incident, and the worst of its kind," Andrew Herdman, the director general of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines told me. "It's bound to affect tourism, tourists will be fearful, and tourism is a key pillar of the economy."
Thailand is no stranger to turmoil. Its economy has had a rough ride over the last few years. But the one thing I remember business people telling me while I was there covering the political instability, the floods and the protracted protests is that Thailand always bounces back.
And in the past, that maxim has proved true most of the time.
But this time, there are concerns it won't be so easy.
Unusually, even the government has pointed to the fact that this time the economy was a target. The prime minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said that it was the "worst ever attack" on Thailand, and that "they want to destroy our economy, our tourism".
Tourism accounts for 10% of GDP and has been one of the bright spots in the economy. This year in particular, after the continuing political protests in the last 18 months, many had hoped tourist arrivals would help to push growth higher. Foreign tourist numbers were up almost 40% in the April to June period of this year - in contrast exports fell by more than 5% during the same time.
ANZ Bank says tourism is the only sector driving growth in Thailand at the moment and that "a loss of momentum in the sector will present a new downside risk to economic activity".
Ratings agency Standard and Poor's added the "attack has increased uncertainties over political stability and will put additional pressure on near-term economic prospects".
That's the last thing Thailand needs. Most analysts say growth prospects could be hit hard if the government doesn't act decisively and show it's in control of the situation.
Also key will be whether there are any further attacks. Economic growth data out on Monday - released just hours before the attack - showed that economic performance was weak in the first half of 2015, coming in at 2.8%.
That's one of the weakest rates in South East Asia and is coming at a time of renewed concerns about global growth given the slowdown in China.
Thailand was only just starting to see an improvement in its economy. This attack could be a major setback in the short-term. | As I write this, Thai authorities have re-opened the Erawan shrine after the devastating attack on Monday that killed more than 20 people and injured scores more. | 33984478 | [
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A judge at the High Court in London ruled in favour of environmental lawyers ClientEarth.
The group called air pollution a "public health crisis" and said the government has failed to tackle it.
The ruling in the judicial review called the government's plan "woefully inadequate".
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) told the BBC that it accepted the court's judgment.
ClientEarth won a separate, Supreme Court ruling against the government in April 2015.
That judgment ordered ministers to come up with a plan to bring down air pollution to within legal limits as soon as possible.
But ClientEarth was dissatisfied with those proposals, and took the government to the High Court in a judicial review.
In the ruling on Wednesday morning, Mr Justice Garnham said the 2015 Air Quality Plan (AQP), devised when Liz Truss MP was Environment Secretary, failed to comply with the Supreme Court judgment and EU directives.
Furthermore, the ruling said the government had erred in law by fixing compliance dates based on over-optimistic modelling of pollution levels.
"It seems to me plain that by the time the plan was introduced the assumptions underlying the Secretary of State's assessment of the extent of likely future non-compliance had already been shown to be markedly optimistic," said Mr Justice Garnham.
He said the Secretary of State "fell into error" by fixing on a projected compliance date of 2020 (and 2025 for London).
In particular, he drew attention to the cost implications of bringing in Clean Air Zones no earlier than 2020.
"The evidence demonstrates clearly that Clean Air Zones, the measure identified in the plan as the primary means of reducing nitrogen dioxide emissions, could be introduced more quickly than 2020," Mr Justice Garnham said.
He continued: "I have also seen a document setting out questions for Defra from HM Treasury dated 18 August 2015; one question asks why the money required 'needs to be spent over two years?'
"The answer given is 'spend does not have to be over two years, nine years is more realistic given that London does not need to be in compliance until 2025'."
A raft of recent studies and reports have linked air pollution to heart disease and lung problems, including asthma.
In February, the Royal Colleges of Physicians and of Paediatrics and Child Health said outdoor air pollution was contributing to some 40,000 early deaths a year in the UK.
ClientEarth chief executive James Thornton commented: "This is an urgent public health crisis over which the Prime Minister must take personal control.
"I challenge Theresa May to take immediate action now to deal with illegal levels of pollution and prevent tens of thousands of additional early deaths in the UK. The High Court has ruled that more urgent action must be taken."
A spokesperson for Defra said its plans had always followed the best available evidence, adding: "Whilst our huge investment in green transport initiatives and plans to introduce Clean Air Zones around the country will help tackle this problem, we accept the court's judgment.
"We will now carefully consider this ruling, and our next steps, in detail."
The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said: "Today's High Court ruling brings sharply into focus the scale of the country's air pollution crisis and lays the blame at the door of the Government for its complacency in failing to tackle the problem quickly and credibly.
"In so doing they have let down millions of people the length and breadth of the country."
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The former UKIP leader will provide political analysis for the main channel, and the Fox Business Network's daytime and primetime programmes.
Mr Farage has been one of the UK's most prominent supporters of US President Donald Trump and appeared alongside him during his election campaign.
He was the first UK politician to meet Mr Trump after his win in November.
It comes shortly after he was given his own nightly show on UK radio station LBC.
Mr Farage travelled to Washington for Mr Trump's inauguration on Friday.
After the ceremony he tweeted his approval saying: "A very strong speech by @POTUS. He means it."
He also appeared on Fox Business to comment on the inauguration. He said: "Listening to the speech today, this is a political revolution and it's very exciting."
Mr Farage has said he wants to be a "bridge" between the UK and Donald Trump's US administration.
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Police were called to the unusual double parking incident at 11:40 on Tuesday.
It is not clear how exactly the silver-coloured Mazda ended up on top of the white Volkswagen Golf.
A sign later placed next to one of the vehicles reads: "Parking out of marked bays is an offence." | Two cars ended up sharing the same parking bay after a collision at Kirkcaldy train station. | 38577127 | [
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His body was found on concrete steps in North Street in the early hours of Sunday morning.
He was treated by medical staff but was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Omari Mwanahamisi put Tanzania ahead after only 26 minutes and she doubled the lead just before half-time.
Kenya pulled a goal back through Christine Nafula but the 2016 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers were unable to find an equaliser.
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The pound has gained 1% and although the stock market is down more than 2%, a lot of that happened before Theresa May called a snap election for 8 June.
Still, market watchers are reading the tea leaves and have made a few observations.
Since the big fall in sterling after the referendum result, the pound has tended to rise at times when a softer Brexit has looked more likely and vice versa.
Today's rise in the pound suggests markets are betting that Theresa May will (a) win and (b) win a bigger majority than she currently has, which (c) will make her less dependent on hardline Eurosceptics in her own party.
The theory goes that all this will allow her room to deliver a softer Brexit, which will be less of a shock to the economic system - hence the pound strengthens.
The stock market is falling because most of the UK's largest companies make their money in foreign currencies. As the pound rises, those foreign earnings are worth less in sterling terms.
That is the way markets are reading it today, but as we know, markets can be pretty terrible at reading politics and it is certainly not a done deal that Theresa May will use any consolidation of her position as an opportunity to peddle a softer line on Brexit.
One thing an election in June does give her - if she wins - is more breathing room. She will be under less pressure to deliver a "clean" Brexit in 2019 without the deadline of another election in 2020 bearing down on her.
Facing the country again while possibly still enmeshed in tortuous negotiation (with potentially little control over immigration by then) was an unappealing political prospect.
Business groups have been broadly supportive of the move. All other things being equal, businesses prefer the additional certainty that a government with a larger majority can provide.
The EEF said "a fresh and stable mandate from the country can only provide greater certainty about the future direction of travel for policy", while the CBI had a cooler response, saying: "Distraction from the urgent priorities of seeking the best EU deal and improving UK productivity must be kept to a minimum."
While it's true that this election is a further complication to an already mind-bogglingly complex situation, very little can meaningfully be achieved in negotiations until after elections in France, Germany and possibly Italy.
Everyone else seems to be having an election, so we might as well have one here while the political and economic going is good.
The economy has defied the gloomy prognosis that many, including the Treasury and the Bank of England, gave before the referendum. Average wages are rising a smidgeon faster than prices (although this is expected to change imminently) and there are a record number of people in work.
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The BBC has obtained details of the major survey.
Almost 70% - 2,479 - of the university's 3,600 staff took part in the survey earlier this year.
Only 29% of staff who responded agreed senior leaders provided "effective leadership". One in five said the university managed change effectively.
Fewer than a third gave positive responses to questions about leadership and direction.
Queen's recently introduced major changes to some faculties and more than 140 staff left under a voluntary redundancy process in 2015-16.
However, staff were more positive about other aspects of the university, with two-thirds saying they were proud to work there.
Almost nine in 10 who responded said Queen's had a high standing in Northern Ireland, while two-thirds would recommend it as a "great place to study".
The vast majority of respondents - 89% - said that they found their work interesting.
While only a quarter of staff agreed that "Queen's works as one university", more than three-quarters said it was "committed to world class research".
However, fewer than a third of staff believed any action would be taken as a result of the survey.
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"The positive results highlight a number of key strengths, including staff respect, interesting work and a sense of personal accomplishment.
"The university is now working in partnership with staff in the development of action plans in response to the results.
"This process will enable staff to initiate change in those areas highlighted as challenges and to build on the strengths identified in the survey."
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Ethnically it is highly diverse, with more than 300 local languages. The people range from rural hunter-gatherers to a modern urban elite.
Sophisticated kingdoms existed before the arrival of the Dutch, who consolidated their hold over two centuries, eventually uniting the archipelago in around 1900.
After Japan's wartime occupation ended, independence was proclaimed in 1945 by Sukarno, the independence movement's leader.
The Dutch transferred sovereignty in 1949 after an armed struggle.
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Long-term leader General Suharto came to power in the wake of an abortive coup in 1965. He imposed authoritarian rule while allowing technocrats to run the economy with considerable success.
But his policy of allowing army involvement in all levels of government, down to village level, fostered corruption. His "transmigration" programmes - which moved large numbers of landless farmers from Java to other parts of the country - fanned ethnic conflict.
Suharto fell from power after riots in 1998 and escaped efforts to bring him to justice for decades of dictatorship.
Post-Suharto Indonesia has made the transition to democracy. Power has been devolved away from the central government and the first direct presidential elections were held in 2004.
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Investors are attracted by a large consumer base, rich natural resources and political stability, but often equally deterred by poor infrastructure, rampant corruption and growing calls for economic protectionism.
The country faces demands for independence in several provinces, where secessionists have been encouraged by East Timor's 1999 success in breaking away after a traumatic 25 years of occupation.
Militant Islamic groups have flexed their muscles over the past few years. Some have been accused of having links with al-Qaeda, including the group blamed for the 2002 Bali bombings, which killed 202 people, and others more recently with Islamic State.
Lying near the intersection of shifting tectonic plates, Indonesia is prone to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. A powerful undersea quake in late 2004 sent massive waves crashing into coastal areas of Sumatra, and into coastal communities across south and east Asia. The disaster left more than 220,000 Indonesians dead or missing.
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Heavy rain seemed to have scuppered any hope of play on a night just three matches from seven got under way, and only two ended with a positive result.
The Jets chased down Leicestershire's 88-2 to win thanks to Paul Coughlin (38 not out) and Paul Collingwood (34).
In the South Group, Hampshire beat Gloucestershire by 24 runs in Bristol.
Gloucestershire scored 175 in 19 overs, with Australian Michael Klinger hitting a magnificent unbeaten 101 from 58 balls, which included six sixes and seven fours.
But openers James Vince (42) and Rilee Rossouw (45) ensured the visitors were always ahead of the run chase.
The reached 121-3 to earn a 24-run victory courtesy of the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern system when the rain forced an early end.
The victory lifted Hampshire four places to third in South Group.
Durham Jets appeared to be facing a seventh straight defeat in this season's competition when a Luke Ronchi-inspired Leicestershire made 88-2 from their seven overs at Grace Road.
The New Zealander smashed a six and five fours from James Weighell's first over and went on to make 63 from 21 balls.
Despite losing both openers cheaply, former England batsman Collingwood and Coughlin teamed up to guide the away side to an unlikely victory
However, there was drama in the final over as Collingwood and Jack Burnham were run out off successive balls before Coughlin hit the winning boundary as rain poured down across the ground..
"It was a bit of a surprise that we managed to get out there, the outfield was really wet," Collingwood told BBC Newcastle.
"But, when you've got a win under your belt, your first win, you don't mind. I thought the guys showed a lot of character.
"Things hadn't been going easy in T20 this year, but to stand up and chase that total down after what was pretty much a Luke Ronchi blitz in the first innings, was a great effort."
Despite the victory, Durham remain bottom of North Group, with Leicestershire dropping two places to sixth.
Sussex and Middlesex managed to make a prompt start to their match in Hove, but were eventually beaten by the rain which swept across the country.
Middlesex were chasing a fourth T20 victory of the season and reached 136-6 from 17.4 overs when the players were forced off for the second time.
Captain Brendon McCullum smashed a quickfire 26 early on, but he fell to Chris Jordan and some impressive fast bowling from Jofra Archer (2-17) kept the visitors in check.
The worsening conditions meant the Sharks reply never got under way with the match abandoned just after 21:30 GMT.
The games between Lancashire and Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Northants, Birmingham and Yorkshire, and Glamorgan and Surrey were all called off before a ball could be bowled.
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Scott Ludlam, 46, who is deputy leader of the Australian Greens party, made the announcement in a Facebook post.
He said he had been dealing with mental health issues "for a while".
"I will return to work as soon as I'm able to give the commitment the work demands," Senator Ludlam wrote.
"I am fortunate to be getting the very best of care from my friends and family, and my health professionals," he added.
Figures from across Australian politics wished Mr Ludlam well on social media, praising his honesty.
"Wishing my dear friend and colleague @SenatorLudlam all the best for a speedy recovery. We love you Scott," Australian Greens chief Richard Di Natale tweeted.
Western Australia Labor Leader Mark McGowan wrote: "Thinking of you @SenatorLudlam. A brave thing to do today. All WA parliamentarians wish you the very best. MM."
As the news spread on Twitter, many Australians spoke of their respect for the Greens leader, suggesting that his openness would help others who are fighting mental health battles.
During his absence, Senator Ludlam will be offered a "pair" in the Australian Senate. This means a single vote on the opposing side of debates will be cancelled out for as long as he is on leave.
Mr Ludlam is a popular figure among young left-wingers in Australia, and has been vocal about online privacy issues. In 2015 he branded the Australian government's new national security legislation a privacy invasion, and provided a list of ways for people to circumvent data retention laws.
The senator said his work for Western Australia - which includes communications, international aid, defence, foreign affairs and nuclear technology spheres - would be handled by "senate colleagues" and "the team in my office".
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, a large number of Australian MPs have admitted privately that they struggle to cope with alcoholism, feelings of isolation, and stress from marriage breakdowns or scandals.
Warren Entsch, a Liberal party leader and former MP, told the Herald he was left in "absolute hell" back in 1999 when the opposition Labor party were pursuing him over a defence contract they said was dodgy.
"I was sick. I was devastated. I had to go to Canberra Hospital for chest pains. There were a couple of days where I couldn't get off the couch in my office," he said.
"I always feel for someone who is getting beaten up by the media - what you go through from a mental health perspective is absolutely intense."
Former MP Doctor Malcolm Washer, a qualified GP who was known as "the doctor in the house", has claimed there is a "significant" amount of depression among Australian politicians, adding that the job is "very isolating".
He has estimated that around 20% of people working in Parliament House are taking anti-depressants, and many more are on sleeping pills.
Mr Ludlam is not the first senior leader to go public about his depression. Former Liberal MP Andrew Robb took leave for six months in 2010 to address the condition, and is now a passionate advocate for mental health.
Scott Ludlam is one of a number of high-profile figures who have spoken about their mental health issues in recent days.
Singer Zayn Malik, a former member of the wildly successful boyband One Direction, has talked about his battle with "extreme anxiety", saying: "Anxiety is something people don't necessarily want to advertise because it's seen, in a way, like a weakness."
The 23-year-old said he had pulled out of several live performances earlier this year due to mental health struggles.
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"I speak about it so that people understand that it doesn't matter what level of success you have, where you're from, who you are, what sex you are, what you do - you can still experience these things," Mr Malik told ES magazine.
Another world-famous singer, Adele, shared her experience of postnatal depression after the birth of her son Angelo.
She told Vanity Fair that while she "loves her son more than anything", she sometimes felt she had made "the worst decision" of her life as she struggled to adjust to motherhood.
She told the magazine a breakthrough came when she opened up, admitting: "One day I said to a friend, 'I ****** hate this,' and she just burst into tears and said, 'I ****** hate this, too." | An Australian senator has been flooded with support after announcing he is taking a leave of absence to treat depression and anxiety. | 37871491 | [
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David Jordan, 44, from Cavanalinn in Pomeroy, County Tyrone, is accused of the bomb attack on the officer in Castlederg in May 2008.
The police officer was driving to start a night shift at a police station when a booby-trap bomb hidden under his car exploded.
He escaped from the vehicle but suffered serious leg wounds.
Mr Jordan is also charged with causing an explosion and belonging or professing to belong to a proscribed organisation.
On Thursday, Gavin Coyle, 38, was also charged with attempting to murder the police officer.
Mr Coyle, formerly of Culmore Park in Omagh, County Tyrone, but whose address was given as Maghaberry Prison, also faced charges of causing an explosion likely to endanger life and membership of the IRA.
A detective told Friday's hearing at Dungannon Magistrates' Court that the two men were involved in a "joint enterprise" to try to kill the policeman.
She said that when each charge was put to Mr Jordan during police interviews, he replied: "I am totally innocent of this fabricated charge."
The detective added that the accused then said: "This is yet another case of internment by remand."
Mr Jordan had originally been arrested in connection with the bombing in the days after the attack, but was released without charge, the court heard.
The detective said police believe CCTV footage captured Mr Jordan and Mr Coyle driving two vehicles in the vicinity of the officer's house prior to the bomb.
A trace of nitroglycerin was also found in the boot of a car later seized by police from Mr Jordan, the detective added.
She said police were opposing bail as the defendant was connected to republican paramilitary groups and could commit offences if he was bailed, adding that he also posed a flight risk.
But a defence lawyer told the court the evidence linking Mr Jordan to the attack was "non-existent".
He rejected a claim that new evidence had emerged since his client's original arrest in 2008.
He said: "This defendant should not be connected to these offences."
Police expert analysis of the CCTV footage had not even been able to confirm the make and model of the vehicle, he said, and the car later impounded by police was not even registered to Mr Jordan.
The solicitor also questioned the police's reliance on the nitroglycerin trace, saying the bomb used in the attack had been made of semtex.
The judge refused Mr Jordan's application for bail.
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About 60 families were unable to get their child's remains because of poor training and out-of-date equipment at council-owned Emstrey Crematorium, Shrewsbury, between 1996 and 2012.
Lawyers believe the crematorium breached the Human Rights Act.
The council said it was liaising with its insurers.
A spokesman for the authority said: "Shropshire Council confirms it has received a letter of notification in respect of Emstrey Crematorium and this has been passed to the council's insurers, who will deal with the matter confidentially in the usual way."
If the legal challenge is successful, it could pave the way for action against crematoriums across the UK where other families were not given their child's ashes.
A Freedom of Information inquiry by the BBC last year found the ashes of more than 1,000 babies were not handed to their parents between 2008 and 2013.
The scandal in Shropshire came to light following a BBC Radio Shropshire investigation.
The lawyers are representing families who have joined the campaign group Action for Ashes.
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A further 111 are thought to have been wounded in the strikes.
Armed Forces Minister Mike Penning revealed the figures after a written parliamentary question by Lib Dem leader Tim Farron.
He said they were an estimate because strike sites cannot be visited and assessed by the UK.
Mr Farron had asked the Ministry of Defence how many militants from the terrorist group had been killed by British forces in Iraq from 2 December 2015 to 2 December 2016.
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Selby, 27, is brother of current World IBF Featherweight champion Lee Selby.
Andrew Selby made a dazzling start to his professional career, beating Tanzanian Haji Juma in Newport on October, 2015.
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For a second time, he's giving up a role he didn't inherit, but gained on merit.
After stints in the RAF and the air ambulance, his days as a pilot are coming to an end.
He will miss them. He's spoken of how he's loved working in a team. Something, he said, "his other job" didn't necessarily offer.
The prince is the only senior royal to have a deep understanding of the National Health Service the majority of the population experience.
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They went in front on eight minutes when a superb Lloyd James free-kick was headed back across goal and Jordan Moore-Taylor poked home the loose ball from close range.
The Grecians, who lost striker Reuben Reid in the warm-up, then saw Ollie Watkins limp off injured and as they struggled to regroup, George Cooper curled a long-range shot off the top of the crossbar for Crewe.
Exeter were indebted to Christy Pym, who made an astonishing double save to deny Cooper and keep their lead intact.
Two minutes later, it was 2-0 as David Wheeler headed in from close range from Liam McAlinden's 58th-minute cross to make it a club-record seven goals in seven successive matches.
Simpson laid the ball off to Wheeler and he drilled a brilliant 20-yard shot into the bottom corner for the third on 68 minutes.
Crewe's misery was compounded by a straight red card for substitute Charlie Kirk for an awful tackle on Exeter's Jake Taylor and on 86 minutes, James curled in the fourth from 25 yards.
Report supplied by the Press Association
Match ends, Exeter City 4, Crewe Alexandra 0.
Second Half ends, Exeter City 4, Crewe Alexandra 0.
Luke Croll (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jordan Bowery (Crewe Alexandra).
Attempt missed. Jordan Bowery (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Goal! Exeter City 4, Crewe Alexandra 0. Lloyd James (Exeter City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
Attempt missed. Chris Dagnall (Crewe Alexandra) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Substitution, Exeter City. Joel Grant replaces Ryan Harley.
Jake Taylor (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Charlie Kirk (Crewe Alexandra) is shown the red card.
Foul by Charlie Kirk (Crewe Alexandra).
Attempt saved. Robbie Simpson (Exeter City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Ryan Harley (Exeter City).
(Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by Ben Garratt.
Substitution, Exeter City. Luke Croll replaces Jordan Moore-Taylor because of an injury.
Delay in match Jordan Moore-Taylor (Exeter City) because of an injury.
Substitution, Crewe Alexandra. Charlie Kirk replaces Danny Hollands.
Corner, Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Lloyd James.
Attempt saved. Jordan Bowery (Crewe Alexandra) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner.
Jake Taylor (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jordan Bowery (Crewe Alexandra).
Corner, Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Jordan Moore-Taylor.
Corner, Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Troy Brown.
Attempt blocked. Callum Cooke (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by David Wheeler.
Goal! Exeter City 3, Crewe Alexandra 0. David Wheeler (Exeter City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Robbie Simpson.
Substitution, Crewe Alexandra. Chris Dagnall replaces Alex Kiwomya.
Foul by David Wheeler (Exeter City).
Ben Nugent (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by Zoumana Bakayogo.
Craig Woodman (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Callum Cooke (Crewe Alexandra).
Goal! Exeter City 2, Crewe Alexandra 0. David Wheeler (Exeter City) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ryan Harley with a cross.
Corner, Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Troy Brown.
Attempt missed. Callum Cooke (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
Corner, Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Christy Pym.
Attempt saved. George Cooper (Crewe Alexandra) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Attempt saved. George Cooper (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Attempt missed. Robbie Simpson (Exeter City) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. | Exeter City made it 12 games unbeaten with a ruthless demolition of 10-man Crewe at St James' Park. | 38779132 | [
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First-team coach Andy Smith, goalkeeping coach Marco Tabuas and fitness coach Maykel Moreira have now also left Vale Park, the League One club has confirmed.
The three all arrived when Ribeiro was appointed in the summer.
"We thank them for their time with us," a club statement said.
"They helped assist the club to their best home start to a season ever at Vale Park and progression to the FA Cup third round."
Vale face a home game with Chesterfield on Friday before a trip to Oldham on Monday, prior to playing Championship side Huddersfield Town in the FA Cup on 7 January,
They have lost their last three league games to slip to 17th in the table - just six points above the relegation zone.
Ribeiro's former assistant, Michael Brown, has been placed in temporary charge of the Burslem-based club. | Port Vale have parted company with three of their backroom staff after manager Bruno Ribeiro's Boxing Day departure. | 38470566 | [
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Sir Tim Hunt, who is a Royal Society fellow, reportedly told a conference in South Korea women in labs "cry" when you criticise them and "fall in love" with their male counterparts.
He told the BBC he "did mean" the remarks but was "really sorry".
The society said Sir Tim's comments did not reflect its own views.
Sir Tim, 72, who was awarded the Nobel prize in physiology or medicine in 2001 for his work on how cells divide, reportedly told the World Conference of Science Journalists: "Let me tell you about my trouble with girls. Three things happen when they are in the lab: you fall in love with them, they fall in love with you, and when you criticise them they cry."
Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, he said he was "really sorry that I said what I said", adding it was "a very stupid thing to do in the presence of all those journalists".
The British biochemist, who was knighted in 2006, said the remarks were "intended as a light-hearted, ironic comment" but had been "interpreted deadly seriously by my audience".
He went on to say he stood by some of the remarks.
"I did mean the part about having trouble with girls," he said. "It is true that people - I have fallen in love with people in the lab and people in the lab have fallen in love with me and it's very disruptive to the science because it's terribly important that in a lab people are on a level playing field.
"I found that these emotional entanglements made life very difficult.
"I'm really, really sorry I caused any offence, that's awful. I certainly didn't mean that. I just meant to be honest, actually."
On his remarks about women crying, he said: "It's terribly important that you can criticise people's ideas without criticising them and if they burst into tears, it means that you tend to hold back from getting at the absolute truth.
"Science is about nothing but getting at the truth and anything that gets in the way of that diminishes, in my experience, the science."
Connie St Louis, a lecturer in science journalism at City University, was in the 100-strong audience in South Korea.
"Nobody was laughing, everybody was stony-faced," she told the BBC News Channel.
"The Korean female scientists who hosted us looked aghast and he just ploughed on for about five to seven minutes.
"It was just really shocking. It was culturally insensitive and it was very sexist. I just thought, 'Where in the world do you think you are that you can be making these kind of comments in 2015?'"
Dr Jennifer Rohn, a cell biologist at University College London, added: "I think it was clear he was trying to be funny. But people will interpret his comments as having a kernel of truth underneath. And as a Nobel laureate, I know he's a human being, but he does have some sort of responsibility as a role model and as an ambassador for the profession."
Imran Khan, chief executive of the British Science Association, said Sir Tim's comments were "careless".
"Sadly, dealing with sexism and other forms of discrimination are a daily reality for many people, and I imagine it's hard to find Sir Tim's comments funny if you've been held back by systemic bias for years - whether those remarks were intended as a joke or not," he said.
The Royal Society, which promotes and supports scientific advances, said: "Too many talented individuals do not fulfil their scientific potential because of issues such as gender and the society is committed to helping to put this right.
"Sir Tim Hunt was speaking as an individual and his reported comments in no way reflect the views of the Royal Society." | A Nobel laureate has apologised for any offence after he made comments about the "trouble with girls" in science - but said he had "meant to be honest". | 33077107 | [
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Rohan Rhodes should have had blood tests on three occasions in the hours before he died at St Michael's Hospital in Bristol, coroner Maria Voisin said.
A narrative conclusion was recorded at Flax Bourton Coroner's Court.
The hospital trust said a safety check system has since been introduced.
Ms Voisin told an inquest into his death that there were "lost opportunities" to give Rohan earlier medical care before his death when the tests were not carried out.
Rohan, from Narberth, was born 15 weeks early at Singleton Hospital in Swansea in August 2012, but was transferred five weeks later to St Michael's Hospital in Bristol for specialist surgery to his heart.
The "extremely premature baby" died there aged just 36 days old.
The inquest into Rohan's death has heard how he deteriorated soon after a ventilator was removed without the consent of his parents or senior hospital staff.
Medical staff wept as they told the three-day hearing how the baby's condition dramatically worsened.
The inquest heard the baby was not allowed to die in his mother's arms despite her wishes because staff were unable to remove lines from his body.
Rohan had been transferred to St Michael's Hospital for surgery to repair an open heart duct.
His parents Alex and Bronwyn Rhodes told the coroners' court on Monday about concerns they had about their son's treatment.
They said that Rohan's feeding tubes were inserted "aggressively" and caused him pain.
The couple said they did not want any other child to suffer as Rohan did.
Following the inquest Mr and Mrs Rhodes said they were planning to take legal action against the University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the hospital where their son died.
Bryony Strachan, of the University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, apologised that opportunities to carry out tests on Rohan were missed, and said safety systems have since been introduced.
"The coroner has confirmed that what those results would have been remains unknown, but we are very sorry that those three checks were missed, within continuous monitoring of Rohan's critical condition within NICU (neonatal intensive-care unit)," she said.
"We have already put in place clear requirements for blood gas measurements in babies on respiratory support and have implemented a system of safety checking shared by both medical and nursing staff looking after individual babies," she added.
On Tuesday the court heard from medical staff at the hospital who said the plan had been to keep Rohan on the ventilator.
However, the hearing was told advanced neonatal nurse Amanda Dallorzo took the "autonomous" decision to extubate (remove a tube from the airway), remove the baby from the machine, and apply a breathing mask instead.
Rohan's condition dramatically deteriorated and he died the following day.
Mrs Rhodes said: "We were terrified and were watching all this in horror. He was so pale and lifeless during this time, we were terrified we were losing him."
Dr David Harding, Rohan's consultant, told the inquest that the weekend Rohan died was the "busiest and worst weekend of his career".
The court also heard that there were fewer nurses on the ward that weekend than there should have been.
A "root cause analysis" report looking at the cause of Rohan's death concluded the ward was understaffed. | The parents of a severely premature baby from Pembrokeshire say they will take legal action against the health trust in charge of the hospital where he died. | 26352931 | [
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The former Bond girl has been involved in early workshops for the production from a script by One Man, Two Guvnors writer Richard Bean.
It is understood Arterton would be in line to play the lead role of Rita, played in the film by Sally Hawkins.
Producers Stage Entertainment told the BBC they would "very much love her to be part of the production".
It has not yet been announced which London theatre the musical will be staged at, but it is hoped it will play next year.
"As with all casting there are schedules to work out, but we'd very much love [Arterton] to be part of the production when it opens in the West End," a spokesman said.
Early workshops were directed by Rupert Goold - the new artistic director of London's Almeida Theatre - with the score written by David Arnold, who also provided the music for the Bafta-nominated film.
Made in Dagenham told the story of the machinists who went on strike in 1968 at the Ford Dagenham car factory demanding equal pay and protesting against sexual discrimination.
The character of Rita played a pivotal role in leading the strike and meeting former employment secretary Barbara Castle, leading to the Equal Pay Act 1970.
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The US ambassador to Bangladesh condemned the killing of Xulhaz Mannan, who also worked at the US embassy.
Another person was also injured when the attackers entered a Dhaka flat.
Since February last year suspected militants have killed several secular or atheist writers and members of religious minority groups.
The two men were murdered two days after a university teacher was hacked to death by suspected Islamist militants.
So-called Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility - but the Bangladeshi government insists there is no IS presence in the country.
Lurching from secularism to sectarian terror?
Who is behind the Bangladesh killings?
"I am devastated by the brutal murder of Xulhaz Mannan and another young Bangladeshi," said US Ambassador Marcia Bernicat.
"We abhor this senseless act of violence and urge the government of Bangladesh in the strongest terms to apprehend the criminals behind these murders," she added.
BBC Bengali Service editor Sabir Mustafa said staff at Roopbaan, a magazine and activist group for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community that had not been condemned by the government and received some support from foreign embassies, had been careful to protect their identities but had not believed their lives were at risk.
Suspected extremists in Bangladesh are gaining a sense of security that they can carry out killings with impunity, he says.
A British photographer who knew Mr Mannan and the other victim, known as "Tonoy" and named in Bangladeshi media as Tanay Mojumdar, said they and other friends had set up Roopbaan with the aim of spreading tolerance.
Homosexuality is technically illegal in Bangladesh and remains a highly sensitive issue in society.
Both men were openly gay and believed that if more gay Bangladeshis came out then the country would have to accept them, the photographer, who asked not to be named, said.
They were also were behind the annual "Rainbow Rally", held on Bengali New Year, 14 April, since 2014. This year's rally was banned by police as part of widespread security measures.
"Both were extremely gentle, non-violent and aware that being openly gay and active in their work was a personal danger," the photographer said.
Their killings were likely to spread fear among Bangladesh's gay community, he said.
"Until a year ago the only threat to coming out was shame of the family and having to start a new life elsewhere in Bangladesh. Now it's one of danger," he said.
Meanwhile Bangladesh's best known blogger said he had received a death threat on Sunday.
Imran Sarker, who led major protests by secular activists in 2013 against Islamist leaders, said he had received a phone call warning that he would be killed "very soon".
Earlier this month, a Bangladeshi law student who had expressed secular views online died when he was hacked with machetes and then shot in Dhaka.
Last year, four prominent secular bloggers were also killed with machetes.
The four bloggers had all appeared on a list of 84 "atheist bloggers" drawn up by Islamic groups in 2013 and widely circulated.
There have also been attacks on members of religious minorities including Shia, Sufi and Ahmadi Muslims, Christians and Hindus.
Two foreigners - an Italian aid worker and a Japanese farmer - have also been killed.
Muslim-majority Bangladesh is officially secular but critics say the government has failed to properly address the attacks. | Bangladesh police say a top gay rights activist and editor at the country's only LGBT magazine is one of two people who have been hacked to death. | 36128729 | [
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The Scotland winger, 26, suffered the injury in Saturday's 1-0 win at QPR.
Bruce said Snodgrass, who joined Hull in a £6m deal from relegated Norwich this summer, would be missing "for the best part of the season".
Snodgrass was due to see a specialist on Wednesday to undergo surgery.
The player tweeted: "Gutted ....!!! But I will work as hard as I can to come back fitter and stronger."
"We've lost Robert Snodgrass and the diagnosis is he'll be gone for six months which is a big blow to us," Bruce told reporters at Humberside Airport before flying to Belgium for Thursday's Europa League tie with Lokeren
"We spent a lot of money adding to our midfield area and now we've lost Snodgrass for the best part of the season. It's a tragedy for him and for us.
"It's a huge blow. He was brought in to bring that little bit of quality to the midfield area."
Bruce added that he would seek to sign a replacement for Snodgrass before the end of the transfer window.
Snodgrass scored seven goals in 34 appearances last season as the Canaries were relegated from the Premier League.
The player will also miss Scotland's four opening European Championship qualifiers, as well as a friendly against England in November.
"Robert has given everything to become the influential player he has," said Scotland manager Gordon Strachan. "He is a popular guy around the squad, has a first-class attitude and a work-rate that has taken him to the level he has attained.
"It's a shame that this terrible injury has occurred at the start of a new season, with a new club and a new qualifying campaign to look forward to but the best players overcome such adversity in the long run and I have no doubts Robert will do just that." | Hull midfielder Robert Snodgrass will be out for up to six months with a dislocated kneecap, manager Steve Bruce has confirmed. | 28824194 | [
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Kvitova followed up wins over world number one Angelique Kerber and Britain's Johanna Konta with a 6-1 6-2 demolition of Romania's Halep.
The two-time Wimbledon champion needed just 67 minutes to win the semi-final.
Kvitova goes on to face Slovakian 10th seed Dominika Cibulkova, who beat Svetlana Kuznetsova 3-6 6-3 6-4.
Cibulkova, who missed four months of the season in 2015 after having surgery on her left foot, is now close to qualifying for the eight-player WTA Finals in Singapore for the first time.
"I'm a good player," said the 27-year-old. "I can beat top players. But I was missing consistency in my game. This is the first year that I'm really consistent playing the whole year."
Kvitova, 26, hit 34 winners in a dominant display against Halep, overpowering the Romanian to reach her first final of 2015.
"It's amazing," said the two-time Wimbledon champion.
"I came to this tournament and really didn't expect this kind of performance. Physically I'm still so-so - I'm really happy that I'm not falling apart.
"But I played a really great match today in spite of everything, which really put the pressure on her." | Czech 14th seed Petra Kvitova kept up her superb form by thrashing fourth seed Simona Halep to reach the final at the Wuhan Open in China. | 37518517 | [
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The Council of Europe's commissioner for human rights said budget cuts cannot be used as an excuse for not upholding the rule of law.
More than 300 people were killed by the security forces in Northern Ireland.
Nils Muiznieks said the government is currently breaching the European Convention of Human Rights.
He said they were doing so by not conducting effective, independent and reasonably prompt investigations into the killings.
"Article two, the right to life, is one of the core rights," he told the BBC.
"It involves not only the state's responsibility to protect people from unlawful death, but also the responsibility to investigate effectively the circumstances of the death and punish those responsible. It is an absolute obligation."
As one of 47 members of the Council of Europe, the UK has signed up to the Convention on Human Rights.
The European Court has previously ruled that the British government had failed to comply with its legal obligations.
In response, the government put forward a package of measures it said fulfilled its legal duties.
The government points to the work of the Historical Enquiries Team, the office of the Police Ombudsman and inquests in Coroner's courts as evidence of its commitment to investigating the past.
However, critics and campaign groups say, that in reality, the investigation into killings by soldiers and police officers has virtually ground to a halt.
The HET has ceased conducting investigations and will cease to exist from the end of the year. Investigations by the police ombudsman into some highly controversial killings have been delayed because of budget cuts. A lack of resources has also led to long delays in inquests.
"I'm concerned. I think far too long a period has passed before people have received justice and information about the fate of their loved ones and about the fate of these cases," Mr Muiznieks said.
"It is clear that budgetary cuts should not be used as an excuse to hamper the work of those working for justice. Westminster cannot say 'well we will let the Northern Irish Assembly deal with this, this is under their jurisdiction'.
"The UK government cannot wash its hands of the investigations, including funding of the investigations. These are the most serious human rights violations.
"Until now there has been virtual impunity for the state actors involved and I think the government has a responsibility to uphold its obligations under the European Convention to fund investigations and to get the results.
"The issue of impunity is a very, very serious one and the UK government has a responsibility to uphold the rule of law. This is not just an issue of dealing with the past, it has to do with upholding the law in general."
In a statement released on Thursday, a Northern Ireland Office spokesperson said the UK government has a "strong track record in upholding human rights, and takes its human rights obligations extremely seriously".
"We are working assiduously on a range of processes under way which relate to Northern Ireland's past, including very extensive disclosure exercises," the statement added.
"Developing a fresh approach to Northern Ireland's troubled past remains an issue that needs to be resolved as part of Northern Ireland's peace and political process.
"The government is currently engaged in intensive talks with Northern Ireland's political leaders and the Irish government on a range of matters including how to approach the legacy of the past. The Secretary of State believes that these talks provide a crucial opportunity to address this pressing issue."
The commissioner was in Belfast to make the keynote address at a conference organised by the Ulster University.
Other speakers included Attorney General John Larkin QC and Police Ombudsman Dr Michael Maguire.
Campaign groups and lawyers will scrutinise the commissioner's comments closely.
There has been much talk in recent months about the impact of budget cuts on dealing with the past.
It has been said that policing the present has to take precedence over policing the past.
Mr Muiznieks's comments may make it more likely that that approach will be challenged in the European Court. | A European official has said the government should pay for investigations of killings by soldiers and police during the Troubles. | 29941766 | [
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Our article on whether Brexit would have any effect on Christmas markets prompted many questions on how to take the stress out of present shopping.
And our feature on Birmingham's homeless got many people asking what they could do to help rough sleepers.
You also asked why coconuts could be seen floating down canals. Here is how we got on answering your questions.
With just days to go until Christmas, many of us will be panic-buying presents in time for the big day.
Here are some tips on how to take the stress - and strain on your bank balance - out of last-minute Christmas shopping.
Our article Why are there so many homeless people in Birmingham? prompted many questions on how you can help those sleeping on the streets.
The sleeping bags that line UK towns and cities seem ever more visible as Christmas approaches, prompting many people to reach out during the season of goodwill.
But what about the rest of the year?
Homeless charity Crisis works to help rough sleepers over the Christmas period but stresses that help is needed all year around, while fellow charity Shelter estimates more than 250,000 are homeless in England and in need of support.
Here are five practical ways you can make a difference.
Journalist Rahul Verma told The Canal & River Trust: "The peculiar pairing of coconuts and canals is a familiar scene in Britain, particularly where the waterways meander through localities with a sizeable Hindu population, such as around the Walsall and Coventry canals."
Hindu scholar Swami Chaitanya said coconuts were offerings to Maa Ganga, goddess of the River Ganges.
"Hindus worship India's great rivers, and especially Maa Ganga, because they are the elixir of life; water is where all life begins," he said.
Here in England, other watercourses are worshipped for the same reason. But why coconuts?
"Coconuts are the fruit of the Gods - it's a pure fruit with remarkable qualities, it takes in salt water and produces sweet fruit and it's neatly packaged too.
"Also it's a symbol of fertility, it reflects the womb, and has human qualities - it has two eyes, a mouth and hair," said Mr Chaitanya.
The Staffordshire family lived at Keele Hall, which is now part of Keele University. They were principal local landowners in the 19th Century.
According to the Keele University website, the family dated back to the 13th Century as a "minor branch of the powerful Audley family in Cheshire" and moved up in the world through marriage and investments.
However, they say a reversal of fortunes in the early 20th Century saw the family's finances decline and "the deteriorating house and estate" were acquired by the military on the outbreak of World War Two.
After the war, they were acquired in 1949 by the newly created University College of North Staffordshire which went on to become Keele University.
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The Yomper statue is currently located in front of the Royal Marines Museum at Eastney.
The National Museum of the Royal Navy has started consulting over a proposed move to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.
Campaigners insist it is a local memorial to the conflict and "belongs" at Eastney.
The Yomper statue was created by Philip Jackson, depicting a royal marine marching across the islands during the 1982 conflict and was unveiled by former prime minister, Lady Thatcher, in 1992.
The National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN) is planning to relocate the Royal Marines Museum from Eastney to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard as part of a £13m lottery funded project and wants to take the statue with it.
An online petition against moving the statue has attracted more than 1,800 signatories, saying it was "now considered as our local Falklands War Memorial".
Sheila Mackie who set it up said: "The imposing scale of The Yomper needs space and adequate distance to be fully appreciated, and the visualization of the part in the major campaign that the statue represents couldn't be achieved in an interior space."
Conservative-led Portsmouth City Council also voted to express a "clear preference" that the statue remain where it it is.
Its motion stated: "The Yomper statue has graced the seafront for many years, serving as a reminder of both the Falklands War and of the Marines' historical association with Eastney."
NMRN director Jon Rawlinson said the new museum site would potentially have 750,000 visitors a year, compared to 40,000 at the current museum.
"He would be seen by far more people at the historic dockyard, but of course he was built for here [Eastney] and is part of here. "
He said no decision had been made and it would consider all comments submitted to its public consultation. | Plans to move a statue depicting a Royal Marine in the Falklands conflict away from Portsmouth seafront have been criticised. | 36792661 | [
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When Peter Young was in charge of mental health services at Australia's refugee detention centres, he says it became increasingly clear that authorities wanted to "keep the lid" on health issues that asylum seekers were experiencing.
The senior Australian psychiatrist says immigration authorities wanted details about the high rates of mental illness among children at the centres to be removed from his official reports.
He was asked to delete clinical opinions that made a direct link between prolonged detention and mental health problems.
Dr Young was director of International Health and Medical Services (IHMS) - a private health service contracted by Australia's Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) to provide health care to detention centres - a role he held for three years.
Its services covered the country's controversial offshore facilities on the Pacific island of Nauru and Papua New Guinea's Manus Island, where all asylum seekers who try to reach Australia by boat are sent - never to be resettled in Australia even if their refugee claims are proven.
In advising on treatment, Dr Young argued with authorities who considered acts of self-harm by detainees as "a type of bad behaviour, rather than a manifestation of people in extreme states of hopelessness".
He says he was later refused permission to use data he had collected about health issues in detention centres in presentations or publications.
"They made it very clear this type of information should never get into the public domain," he told the BBC.
Now there is fear that health workers could go to prison for such revelations under new Border Force laws that threaten "entrusted people" with up to two years in prison if they reveal protected information about Australia's detention facilities.
In recent months, hundreds of doctors and nurses have staged public protests in cities across Australia, posing with their hands over their mouths to highlight the risk of being silenced.
Their concerns are shared by Australia's 13 peak medical groups, who have accused the government of trying to "gag" health professionals.
The World Medical Association has also warned the laws are "in striking conflict with basic principles of medical ethics".
Critics say the gag is the latest act in a "culture of secrecy" around tough Australian policies designed to stop boatloads of asylum seekers from arriving on Australian shores.
The government is unapologetic about its stance on "stopping the boats"
It denies it is trying to silence doctors and nurses or that it wants to suppress health information.
The Border Force says the new laws are to protect "operational security" and insists robust internal mechanisms are in place through which medical concerns can be raised and addressed.
The federal Labor opposition agrees. It supported the legislation and says health workers will be protected by 'whistleblower' protections under the Commonwealth Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013.
However, legal experts say it is not clear what sort of information would be protected and there are a range of internal hurdles that could delay or deter disclosures.
That confusion alone may suit the government, says human rights lawyer George Newhouse.
"I think the government is very happy with the uncertainty around the laws and how they are likely to have a 'chilling effect' on potential whistleblowers," he told the BBC.
Given very restricted public access to Australian detention centres, health and social workers have been key sources of information about conditions.
Two former medical officers at the Christmas Island detention facility, last year graphically catalogued a range of health concerns in an article in the Medical Journal of Australia, saying, among other things, that "degrading, harmful and inappropriate incidents" had occurred at the centre.
"Degrading, harmful and inappropriate incidents have occurred, including requiring asylum seekers to undergo health assessments while exhausted, dehydrated and filthy, with clothing soiled by urine and faeces; addressing individuals by number instead of name, artificial delays in transfer of patients for tertiary care; confiscation and destruction of medications, medical records and medical devices; and detention of children despite clear evidence of significant harm."
--Medical Journal of Australia, Volume 201, October 2014
Dr Young believes the risk of being sent to prison will discourage medical staff from speaking out in future, even if no prosecutions are launched.
Other detention centre practices like employing staff from developing countries who are not protected by Australian labour or whistleblower laws also "keep the lid on all information flowing out of the system", he says.
"My position is that the medical profession is expected to speak out when it comes to issues that harm people's health.
"There would be no controversy if I was speaking about cigarette smoking or asbestos exposure.
"The evidence is very clear that prolonged detention in such circumstances causes a negative health impact, and keeping those health impacts secret makes the situation worse."
Marie McInerney is a Melbourne-based writer. | Australian laws forbidding people working in the country's detention centres from speaking out about what they see have raised grave concerns in the medical community. | 33923485 | [
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Simon Marsh, 55, of St Michael and All Angels Church of England church in Bramhall, Stockport, was the subject of an investigation lasting 15 months.
Allegations were made between 2011 to 2013 when the woman was aged 16 to 19.
Mr Marsh had been on bail and was suspended from his parish duties while the investigation took place.
A spokeswoman for the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said: "Following receipt of a file from Greater Manchester Police, the CPS have conducted a thorough review of the evidence in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors.
"We have reached a decision that there is insufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction and therefore consider that no further action should be taken in this case."
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"Now that we've been informed that the criminal investigation has finished, with no charges being brought, an internal investigation by the Diocese of Chester is under way.
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Petro Poroshenko said 80% of Ukraine's troops left on Wednesday morning after several days of fierce fighting.
Russia said Ukrainian forces had tried to fight their way out of the town after being encircled but Mr Poroshenko insisted they were never surrounded.
The rebel advance on Debaltseve, which came in spite of the recent ceasefire agreement, has been widely condemned.
Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg said the rebels' offensive had put the wider peace agreement at risk and urged Russia to "use all its influence on the separatists to make them respect the ceasefire".
He also called on Moscow to withdraw its forces from Ukraine, saying Russian troops, artillery and air defence units were still active in the country.
Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov insisted the rebels' actions in Debaltseve had not violated the ceasefire because it was a rebel-held city when the peace agreement was signed last week.
He urged rebels to provide troops who surrendered with food and clothes and said he hoped the situation in the city would "not be used to find a pretext to actually undermine [the agreement]".
Eyewitnesses saw dozens of tanks and columns of weary Ukrainian troops retreating from Debaltseve on Wednesday.
Russia's state-controlled Channel One TV showed footage of what it said were rebels raising their flag on top of a high-rise building in the town.
Later rebel spokesman Eduard Basurin was quoted in Russian media as saying Debaltseve was fully under the control of separatists, although there were still "disparate groups of the enemy" in the southern part of town.
One rebel commander in the city told the BBC that conditions were dire, with no electricity and a shortage of food and water. He said rebels were sharing their rations with the remaining civilians.
President Poroshenko said in a statement: "Debaltseve was under our control, there was no encirclement, and our troops left the area in a planned and organised manner."
He called for "a firm reaction from the world to Russia's brutal violation of the Minsk agreements, the ceasefire regime and the withdrawal of heavy weaponry".
Mr Poroshenko visited the soldiers who had left Debaltseve in the town of Artemivsk on Wednesday. Earlier, he said it would be an honour to shake hands with "Ukrainian heroes".
A senior Ukrainian military official said 22 Ukrainian soldiers had died in Debaltseve over the past three days.
Earlier, an official at a morgue in Artemivsk said the bodies of 25 Ukrainian soldiers had been brought to the facility from Debaltseve but this has not been confirmed.
Rebels have claimed that hundreds of Ukrainian troops were killed in clashes around the city, but Mr Poroshenko denied this.
The government in Kiev admitted that that some soldiers were taken prisoner in Debaltseve, but gave no details on how many were seized.
All Wednesday, the road out of Debaltseve into government-held territory thundered to the sound of retreating armour - tanks and troop carriers full of exhausted, sometimes defiant soldiers.
In a bus by the side of the road, I found one Yuri slumped on his seat, across the aisle from a sleeping colleague.
He said the situation had become increasingly dire and individual units had taken their own decisions to leave. They were running out of ammunition and in danger of being surrounded, he told me.
He blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin for deceiving everyone about the ceasefire. We know him well by now, he said. When he says something is guaranteed, that means there's some kind of trap coming up.
In nearby fields, mortars and multiple rocket launchers fired back at the rebels - providing cover for those still trying to leave Debaltseve.
President Poroshenko says the withdrawal was planned and organised, but on the ground it looked like a hasty retreat in the face of overwhelming odds.
The withdrawal came after Russian President Vladimir Putin urged Ukraine's troops in Debaltseve to surrender.
Mr Putin is due to speak by telephone later on Wednesday to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and Mr Poroshenko, according to the French government.
Spokesman Stephane Le Foll insisted the agreement announced last week by the four leaders to end the fighting in eastern Ukraine was not dead, and that progress had been made.
International observers monitoring the truce have been unable to enter Debaltseve.
The city has become a key prize for rebels and government forces, as it sits on a strategic railway line linking the rebel-held cities of Donetsk and Luhansk.
Most of its 25,000 population has been evacuated but about 7,000 civilians are still believed trapped by the fighting.
The ceasefire, which came into effect on Sunday, has been broadly observed elsewhere and some rebel heavy weaponry was said to have been withdrawn.
The UN says more than 5,600 people have been killed in the conflict, but there are fears the actual death toll could be much higher.
Fighting began in eastern Ukraine in April, a month after Russia annexed the Crimea peninsula.
Ukraine's pro-Western government says Russia is supporting the separatists with troops and weapons, but the Kremlin has consistently denied this.
Minsk agreement: Key points | The Ukrainian president says his forces are making an "organised" withdrawal from the embattled town of Debaltseve. | 31519000 | [
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The exotic pet, which is 12 months old, has a vulnerable shell and the shop appealed for information on Facebook, saying it was concerned about its "specific care requirements".
The animal was taken from Lathom Pets and Aquatics in Ormskirk on Tuesday afternoon, Lancashire Police said.
The shop's owner said CCTV showed a man taking the tortoise - which needs calcium supplements - out of the tank.
Four people had entered the pet shop together, co-owner Catherine Broxholme said.
"I was serving, chatting to the group and getting change out of the till for a woman I was serving. The tortoise tank is just a few feet away from the till. We only have five tortoises and when I checked later there were only four."
CCTV footage confirmed a man had taken the tortoise, she said.
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"The tortoise is about 12 months old and its shell is still vulnerable and it needs calcium supplements. We just want to get the tortoise back safe."
Police said the tortoise was valued at £120. | A baby tortoise has been stolen from a pet shop in Lancashire. | 38690037 | [
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Hughes qualified on residency this summer and features for the first time under head coach Eddie Jones.
Leicester hooker Tom Youngs, who was overlooked earlier in the year by Jones, is recalled to the set-up.
But Northampton's Luther Burrell, Chris Ashton of Saracens and Wasps' Danny Cipriani are notable omissions.
Leicester flanker Will Evans and Harlequins back Joe Marchant, part of the Under-20s team who won the Junior World Championship in June, are included, while Gloucester wing Jonny May is named after recovering from a serious knee injury.
England play South Africa, Fiji, Argentina and Australia later in the year, with Jones confirming his final 45-man squad at the end of September.
However, this squad gives a clear indication as to Jones' thinking.
"This camp sets the scene for November," said Jones. "It's important to catch up with the players prior to the start of the season and continue to put our plans in place.
"We've chosen a number of new faces to attend this camp on the form they have shown recently or the potential we see in them.
"Naturally players not included in this pre-season camp will be disappointed, but consistent high-level performances can change that."
Northampton centre Burrell was part of the victorious touring squad to Australia, but was replaced after half-an-hour of the first Test win in Brisbane in June, and he has been omitted from the camp.
After missing out on the tour of Australia because of a hamstring problem, centre Manu Tuilagi will be part of the camp, as will flanker James Haskell, despite suffering a foot injury which is set to rule him out of the autumn series.
Leicester forward Mike Williams, like Hughes, is named for the first time under Jones, but Gloucester flanker Matt Kvesic misses out.
Following the series win in South African with England Saxons, Wasps scrum-half Dan Robson, Mike Haley of Sale and Charlie Ewels of Bath are all involved.
Other players in the camp who are uncapped at senior level are Josh Beaumont, Kyle Sinckler and Ben Te'o, with the latter two part of the tour down under.
Forwards: J Beaumont (Sale Sharks), D Cole (Leicester Tigers), L Cowan-Dickie (Exeter Chiefs), J Clifford (Harlequins), W Evans (Leicester Tigers), C Ewels (Bath Rugby), J George (Saracens), E Genge (Leicester Tigers), T Harrison (Northampton Saints), D Hartley (Northampton Saints), J Haskell (Wasps), P Hill (Northampton Saints), N Hughes (Wasps), M Itoje (Saracens), G Kruis (Saracens), J Launchbury (Wasps), C Lawes (Northampton Saints), J Marler (Harlequins), M Mullan (Wasps), C Robshaw (Harlequins), K Sinckler (Harlequins), B Vunipola (Saracens), M Vunipola (Saracens), M Williams (Leicester Tigers), T Youngs (Leicester Tigers).
Backs: M Brown (Harlequins), D Care (Harlequins), E Daly (Wasps), O Farrell (Saracens), G Ford (Bath Rugby), A Goode (Saracens), M Haley (Sale Sharks), J Joseph (Bath Rugby), J Marchant (Harlequins), J May (Gloucester Rugby), J Nowell (Exeter Chiefs), D Robson (Wasps), S Rokoduguni (Bath Rugby), J Simpson (Wasps), H Slade (Exeter Chiefs), B Te'o (Worcester Warriors), M Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers), A Watson (Bath Rugby), M Yarde (Harlequins), B Youngs (Leicester Tigers).
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | Wasps' Fiji-born back-row forward Nathan Hughes has been named in a provisional 45-man England elite player squad for a pre-season camp this month. | 36942185 | [
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An active male role in the early stages of babies' development produced better performance in cognitive tests by the age of two, researchers found.
The team from Imperial College London, King's College London and Oxford University, says the findings show the value of early paternal involvement.
They said the signs could be seen from as early as three months.
The study said there was "compelling support" for the importance of a mother's impact on a child's cognitive development, but more interest was now focused on the association between father-infant interactions and development.
It said previous studies had found that men tended to have a "more stimulating, vigorous" style, encouraging a child's risk-taking and exploration tendencies, which in turn might facilitate cognitive development.
For the purposes of the research, fathers were videoed playing with their three-month-old babies for three minutes on a mat on the floor, without toys, and then again during a book-reading session when the child was two.
The videos were assessed independently by trained researchers, giving fathers a grading on their interactions.
At the age of two, the babies' cognitive development was measured in tests which involved tasks like recognising colours and shapes.
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The researchers analysed data for 128 fathers and - taking into account factors such as income and age - found a positive correlation between the degree to which the men engaged with their babies at three months and how those children went on to score in the tests.
The positive link between involved fathers and higher test scores was seen equally whether the child was a boy or a girl.
But children whose fathers displayed more withdrawn and depressive behaviours in father-infant interactions scored lower marks in the cognitive tests.
The study, published in the Infant Mental Health Journal, concluded: "It is likely that remote fathers use fewer verbal and nonverbal strategies to communicate with their infants, thereby reducing the infant's social learning experience.
"More withdrawn fathers also may provide a less stimulating social environment, which may thus [have an] impact [on] the child's cognitive skills."
Research lead Professor Paul Ramchandani, from Imperial, said: "Even as early as three months, these father-child interactions can positively predict cognitive development almost two years later, so there's something probably quite meaningful for later development, and that really hasn't been shown much before."
Dr Vaheshta Sethna from King's College London added: "We also found that children interacting with sensitive, calm and less anxious fathers during a book session at the age of two showed better cognitive development, including attention, problem-solving, language and social skills.
"This suggests that reading activities and educational references may support cognitive and learning development in these children."
Dr Sethna added: "Our findings highlight the importance of supporting fathers to interact more positively with their children in early infancy."
The study comes after research by Oxford University found confident fathers, who embraced becoming a parent, were less likely to have children who displayed behavioural issues before the teenage years.
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The tech companies will help design the subsea cable which will run between Virginia in the US and Bilbao, Spain.
The project will be managed by Spanish telecommunications firm Telefonica, which will sell any unused capacity on the cable to other customers.
The cable will help the tech giants move data more quickly and cheaply between their global data centres.
Tech companies typically have to pay telecommunications firms to use their cables, which can be costly. And the large amounts of data moving across those lines can make them slower.
The project, called MAREA, will be the highest-capacity sub-sea cable across the Atlantic, with an expected capacity of some 160 terabits per second of data, the companies said.
It is not the first subsea cable to be sponsored by a tech company.
In 2014 Google paired up with five telecommunications firms to build a subsea cable across the Pacific Ocean.
Construction of the 6,600km (4,125 miles) long cable is due to start in August and is scheduled to be completed in October 2017.
Microsoft said MAREA will help boost the speed and reliability of its cloud services.
"This marks an important new step in building the next generation infrastructure of the internet," said Microsoft's director of global network acquisition, Frank Rey.
Microsoft has also been testing underwater data centres. These centres would be cheaper to maintain because they would not have the associated cooling costs of data centres on land and could be powered through marine energy.
Facebook and its 1.23 billion monthly active users are also heavily reliant of transferring data and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has committed to expanding global internet access. | Microsoft and Facebook have announced plans to build the highest capacity data link between the US and Europe. | 36393937 | [
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Anthony McIntyre has been granted leave to seek a judicial review of the decision by police to issue a letter requesting the confidential recordings.
The PSNI wants the Boston College material as part of their investigation into alleged terrorist offences.
A full hearing is expected to take place in November.
The PSNI and Public Prosecution Service have issued an International Letter of Request (ILOR) in relation to the recordings.
It sets out the alleged offences being investigated including a bomb explosion at Rugby Avenue in Belfast in 1976 and membership of a terrorist organisation.
Senior judges at Belfast's High Court on Monday ruled they were not yet satisfied information in the request had been "scrupulously" examined.
Mr McIntyre's lawyers said he was the victim in the bombing and he was acquitted of the membership charge.
Ronan Lavery QC said: "The letter itself is replete with errors, which we say are misleading and require an explanation."
Mr McIntyre, who is from Belfast but now lives in the Republic of Ireland, was jailed for murder in 1977.
Now an academic, he was one of the main researchers on Boston College's oral history project on the Troubles.
Dozens of loyalist and republican paramilitaries gave candid interviews on the understanding their account would only be made public after they died. The interviews have become known as the "Boston Tapes".
Detectives have previously won legal battles to secure the transcripts and tapes of interviews given by former IRA woman Dolours Price and ex-loyalist prisoner Winston "Winkie" Rea.
A subpoena seeking copies of Mr McIntyre's interviews has been served on Boston College by the British government, and the ILOR is part of this.
Mr McIntyre's lawyers say the tapes only contain details of offences for which he had already served a prison sentence.
Lord Justices Weatherup and Weir heard that Boston College had released the tapes to the US authorities.
They stressed that if PSNI officers travelled to Massachusetts to retrieve the recordings, they must remain under seal and be stored with the court until the challenge was decided. | An ex-IRA man has won the first step in a legal battle to stop police accessing interviews he gave to a US university about his paramilitary activities. | 37409521 | [
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UKIP is looking for a new leader following the shock resignation of Diane James, who had succeeded Nigel Farage after the EU referendum.
MEP Steven Woolfe, who had been seen as the frontrunner, quit the party on Monday.
He had been hospitalised after a "scuffle" with fellow MEP Mike Hookem.
Speaking to the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme, Mr Coburn denied Mr Woolfe's claim that UKIP was in a "death spiral" and had become ungovernable.
He said the incident between Mr Woolfe and Mr Hookem had been "regrettable" but had involved only two people rather than the whole party.
Mr Woolfe has stood by his claim that he "received a blow" from Mr Hookem, though this has been denied by Mr Hookem.
Mr Coburn said: "I keep saying it is country, party and self last. It is ideas that count, not individuals. What we are looking for is an agenda for the future, we are publishing it now and that is how we are moving forward.
"Can I lead the party? Well, if I were asked by colleagues then of course I would do my best. But the thing is it is not about who is governing, it is to do with getting a group of people together, a collegiate group of people, who are going to run the thing."
Mr Coburn said the party's libertarian politics meant people "can't be told what to do" but called on party members to "govern their own emotions and govern their own behaviour".
He added: "What has happened is that we have had a charismatic leader for many years, who has kept a lid on things.
"Now what you have got is you've got to choose a new leader. In that, you've lifted the lid off things a bit and it bubbles over."
Mr Coburn, who is UKIP's only elected representative in Scotland, insisted there was still a reason for the party to exist despite achieving its core aim of having the UK leave the EU.
He said he wanted to ensure the country was run "in the interests of the people not in the interests of big business or trade unions" and that he had joined UKIP because he wanted "radical change" to the way the country was governed, not just because he wanted to leave the EU.
And he said he would "certainly not" be supporting First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's attempts to keep Scotland in the EU single market after Brexit.
Mr Coburn insisted: "We decided during the Scottish referendum on independence that we are part of the United Kingdom and in terms of that we voted in the European referendum, that was as a United Kingdom.
"We entered as a United Kingdom, we leave as a United Kingdom. We voted as a United Kingdom, everybody knew that beforehand."
Nominations to replace Ms James as UKIP leader close on 31 October, with the new leader announced on 28 November. | UKIP's Scottish MEP David Coburn has told the BBC he would "do his best" if colleagues asked him to stand for the party's leadership. | 37688700 | [
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He says that he's found the engines from the Apollo 11 space rocket - the craft that carried the first men to the moon in 1969.
The five engines broke off from the spaceship after blast off and crashed somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean.
He's now planning on trying to bring one of them to the surface.
Mr Bezos paid for a team to use advanced sonar scanning equipment to track down the lost F-1 engines.
They were found 4,300 metres below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, but he hasn't said exactly where they were spotted.
In a blog post about the discovery he wrote: "I was five years old when I watched Apollo 11 unfold on television, and without any doubt it was a big contributor to my passions for science, engineering, and exploration."
He said he was going to ask Nasa, which owns the rockets, for permission to display one of the engines in the Museum of Flight in his home city of Seattle. | Internet giant Amazon's owner Jeff Bezos has made an amazing underwater discovery. | 17546358 | [
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In this interactive video, Robert Opie - the founder of the Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising in London - outlines some of the main reasons why we change what we buy.
The arrival of the domestic freezer, of washing powder, and of cheaper imports all affected the sort of items on sale and popular among UK consumers.
The interactive elements to this video also explore how ownership and ranking of some of the biggest brands in the UK is changing.
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G4S provides healthcare for the UK's Yarl's Wood immigration detention centre, deemed a "place of national concern" after it was found to be failing vulnerable women.
Emerging markets' revenue rose 5.7% to £1.18bn but UK revenue fell by 3.2%.
G4S's operations span 110 countries and it employs 611,000 staff.
Its operations include providing services for airports and restocking cash machines.
It also has outsourcing contracts from companies and governments to place, for example, police and prison officers where there are shortages, and "supports justice and security strategies" for governments of countries in conflict, says G4S.
Revenues were £3.2bn, up 2.8% compared with the same period last year. However, the company said that during the period, it took a charge of £16m for restructuring.
New contract sales were £1.4bn.
Chief executive Ashley Almanza said: "Demand for our services was robust, particularly in North America, Latin America and Asia Middle East. As anticipated, revenues were lower in UK & Ireland." | Security firm G4S has reported a £4m rise in profits to £185m for the first half of 2015 due to new contracts and growth in emerging markets. | 33881116 | [
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QK Cold Stores (Marston) Ltd was prosecuted by South Kesteven District Council after the incident in June.
Grantham magistrates heard the employee was walking towards a freezer room in the warehouse's main bay when it happened.
The man equired skin grafts to repair the damage to his right leg.
At a hearing on Thursday, the court was told the council's environmental health team found no rear beacon on the forklift truck and a broken light.
It was also unclear whether the driver had sounded the horn, as required.
For the company, Phil Cookson entered guilty pleas to offences under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
In mitigation, he said the firm had evaluated its risk assessment and since the incident had made £75,000 worth of improvements in the warehouse, including creating new pedestrian walkways for staff to avoid areas used by forklifts. | A firm has been fined almost £14,000 after a fork lift truck reversed over a man's leg in a warehouse, ripping his skin to the bone. | 32852154 | [
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He was 17 in Canada at the time, the year was 1966, and as his dad's business was uninsured, the family lost everything.
One of nine children brought up in rural Quebec, Mr Godin, along with his siblings, suddenly had to earn money to help his parents pay the bills and keep a roof over the family's heads.
So Mr Godin worked at a supermarket in the evenings after school, and then at a dry cleaner's on Saturdays.
Ambitious to run his own company, in his 20s he used savings of C$5,000 ($3,800; £3,100) to start a computer business that he called Conseillers en Gestion et Informatique (CGI). In English, this translates as Information Systems and Management Consultants.
Today CGI Group is a global IT systems giant that enjoys annual revenues of C$10bn, while Mr Godin's personal fortune is estimated at $1.5bn.
Now 67 years old and the firm's chairman, he says: "I didn't want to go back to the situation when we lost everything. That's probably what prompted me to build CGI."
After gaining a computer science degree from Laval University in Quebec City, and a few years working for two companies, Mr Godin launched CGI in 1976, when he was 26.
In typical computer industry start-up fashion, he began the business from his garage. After a few months on his own, a friend joined the business, and in its first year, CGI generated revenues of C$138,000.
From that modest start, CGI has grown steadily ever since, fuelled by no fewer than 81 acquisitions, as Mr Godin has continued to follow a policy of ambitious growth.
In the company's most recent large takeover, it bought its European rival Logica for C$2.7bn in 2012. This more than doubled CGI's workforce, which rose overnight from 31,000 to 68,000.
Today its business clients include companies such as miner Rio Tinto, tyre-maker Michelin, airline group Air France-KLM and London's Heathrow Airport. CGI also does work for 22 of the world's largest banks, and has no fewer than 2,000 government contracts around the world.
Mr Godin, who reduced his daily workload in 2006 when he switched from chief executive to chairman, says the business has not given up on fast growth.
"We think we can double the size of the company [again] within five to 10 years," he says.
It hasn't all been plain sailing for Montreal-based CGI in recent years, however.
Back in 2013, it made headlines for all the wrong reasons, when it was blamed for technical problems that plagued the launch of the US government website where people on low or no income could apply for the new "Obamacare" health insurance.
CGI had a central role in building the website, but Mr Godin said at the time that the company "ended up in the eye of a storm" between the two main US political parties.
Looking back, he says: "We stayed and finished the work.
"We were portrayed by the press as being the system integrator, but we were not. We were one of 52 companies involved in the project.
"We didn't fight this in the press, because we have a code of ethics and we never criticise our clients."
While the issue could not have been pleasant at the time, Mr Godin and CGI have always insisted that there was no long-term reputational damage.
In terms of how CGI is run on a day-to-day basis, Mr Godin says he views it as a big family and that he has to keep everyone happy.
"At CGI we have a dream, and this dream is centred on the core of our business - our people," he says.
"They are the ones who take the elevator to come to work every day, and we have to make sure they will come back and will like working here.
"As employers, we have rights, but we also have duties towards our employees."
One way in which CGI tries to look after its staff is encouraging them to become shareholders. And for every share that an employee buys, the company will buy him or her the same amount.
Mr Godin says: "This idea of sharing is important to me, because I come from a big family."
Robert Young, technology analyst at research group Canaccord Genuity, says: "Serge Godin is well regarded as the builder of a company with a strong culture and customer relationships.
"There is a discipline he has baked into the business that is evident in the strong financial controls, and rigorous approach to [what is known as] the 'CGI management foundation' - a set of proven processes and methods that define CGI engagements."
When not continuing to help lead CGI, Mr Godin focuses on his charity work.
In 2000, he set up a charitable foundation called Jeunesse-Vie or Youth Life, which aims to help disadvantaged children across Canada through alleviating poverty and improving their education and health. So far, he has given it more than C$60m.
Having already been inducted into the Canadian Business Hall of Fame, last year he was also recognised for his business and charity work when he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada, one of the country's highest civilian honours.
Mr Godin says: "When you have the chance to have a successful business, it is your duty to give back."
He adds: "My origins remind me that it is important to help." | Serge Godin remembers the event that gave him the drive and determination to succeed in life - watching his father's sawmill burn down. | 38594679 | [
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Oliseh, 42, who stood down as Super Eagles coach in February 2016, previously played for Dutch giants Ajax from 1997 to 1999.
Since arriving at Fortuna Sittard two months ago, the former Nigeria coach has steered the club away from the relegation zone with only one defeat in nine games.
it's a good challenge because there is no better way to show that you're good at this job than to pick a team that is really struggling with really unknown players
"That is great for us. And the boys keep improving. We're picking up points home and away. So I'm very pleased with the results" Oliseh told BBC Sport.
Oliseh, who also played for Juventus and Borussia Dortmund during his club career, earned 63 caps for Nigeria.
He says his biggest challenge at Fortuna Sittard has been working on the team's confidence.
"It was the psychological aspect. Trying to get the players to get a winning mentality. Trying to change the psychology and make them believe in their qualities and try to get the best out of them. That was the most difficult challenge" said Oliseh.
The Nigerian's last coaching position had been with his country. He says Fortuna Sittard posed a completely different task.
"Here, it's like I had to start from zero. We practically started everything again. How we defend, how we ball-position, how we counter-transition, how we attack. All this I had to do it from zero. And the weather didn't help me. We didn't have the facilities, like sometimes we had snow. But when I see the commitment the players have put into it, it's good."
Oliseh had also previously coached Belgian lower tier side Verviétois, and he says the Fortuna job was one he could not refuse.
"It's very close to my home. So I can come home and see my kids and my wife every day.
"And it's a good challenge because there is no better way to show that you're good at this job than to pick a team that is really struggling with really unknown players.
"And it was a big risk but I felt that if I could bring them results then it becomes clear that you know your job. And so far I'm very grateful to God that it's working out that way" explained Oliseh, who helped Nigeria win the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations and Olympic gold in 1996.
Oliseh says working abroad is important for all footballers and urged Nigerian stars to embrace opportunities in China.
He also says the Dutch league is perfect for Nigerian players to learn their craft.
"I think it's a league that suits us because Nigerian players are more technical and explosive. And this is a league where a lot of expression is allowed. There's room to play, there's room to attack. And a lot is done here based on tactics."
Nigerian striker Taiwo Awoniyi currently plays for Dutch side NEC Nijmegen, and Oliseh says it was good to catch up with the 19-year-old recently.
"He's one of the players I like very much. He's a very good player. I've met him and I've seen him play. Running into him was really nice. I'm a Nigerian first. And I have my country in my heart. So when I see a kid from Nigeria, it's warm."
Oliseh has been monitoring Nigeria's chances on the global stage and is optimistic about their chances of qualifying for the World Cup in Russia in 2018.
After leaving his post as coach of the Super Eagles, Oliseh worked at Fifa on their new technical committee. He says the door remains open for him to continue his work with football's world body.
"I tried to arrange with them that if I'm not working here and there's an event and Fifa needs my services, that I can be available. But at the same time, I love coaching. I love working with young players. I like seeing them grow and getting results, so it's good." | The former Nigeria captain and coach, Sunday Oliseh, says he is relishing his role as head coach of Dutch club Fortuna Sittard, after a successful start at the second tier side. | 39166947 | [
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