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PM Viktor Orban said Hungary would not allow migrants to leave its territory without registering.
His comments came as Hungarian authorities opened the main rail station in Budapest to hundreds of migrants after a two-day stand-off.
One train left, but then stopped near a migrant reception centre.
Migrants mostly from Syria but also from Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan resisted efforts by police to get them off the train at Bicske, about 40km (25 miles) west of Budapest. Some were banging on the windows and shouting "Germany, Germany."
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EU rules place responsibility for assessing asylum claims on the country where a migrant first arrives.
Many of the migrants currently in Hungary have been refusing to register there, in order to continue their journeys to Germany before seeking asylum.
Nothing illustrates how difficult this crisis is to resolve than what has happened to these several hundred refugees who are currently on this train at Bicske. They jumped on the train after waiting at Budapest station for three hours. They were really tightly crammed in - women and babies. They were told no international trains would leave. but eventually they were told this train would leave and they believed and hoped it would take them close enough to the Austrian border to get across.
There were some police on board. We got as far as Bickse and when the train pulled in, there were loads of police waiting for them on the platform. The plan seemed to be to remove them, to take them to a centre where they would be properly identified. Some people left the first carriage, but almost immediately there was resistance, a lot of people were banging on the windows, some were shouting "Germany! Germany!" The police put on riot gear.
And then there was one really distressing scene involving a woman who was carrying a baby by the railway tracks shouting "help! help!" There was a struggle involving one of her companions and riot police. This incensed some of the other refugees who had been taken off the train, they began pushing and jostling and there was a little bit of fighting with the riot police. And then they forced their way back on the train, which is where we are at the moment with police on the platform with several hundred refugees on the train in sweltering conditions.
International services from Budapest's Keleti station were suspended indefinitely. There have been days of tension at the station.
The number of migrants entering Europe has reached record levels this year. Germany expects to take in 800,000 asylum seekers this year - four times last year's total.
The surge in numbers has created tension and disagreement over EU migration policy. Germany has been prepared to accept large numbers of asylum seekers, but other countries have not.
Mr Orban, who heads the anti-immigration Fidesz party and was in Brussels for talks, said Hungarians and other Europeans were "full of fear" because "they see that the European leaders, among them the prime ministers, are not able to control the situation".
During a tense press conference with European Parliament President Martin Schulz, the Hungarian leader said that "nobody would like to stay in Hungary, neither in Slovakia nor Poland nor Estonia.
"All of them would like to go to Germany," he said. "Our job is only to register them."
Mr Schulz countered: "What we are seeing for the time being is egoism instead of common European sense.
"To say 'yeah, you know we have refugees all over in Europe but they all want to go to Germany and therefore we are not concerned' is effective, but wrong. And therefore I think we need a fair and just distribution."
European Council president Donald Tusk said on Thursday that EU countries should accept at least 100,000 asylum seekers between them, a sharp increase on a previous European Commission target of 40,000.
EU states instead so far committed to sharing some 32,000 asylum seekers from Italy and Greece.
Mr Tusk also took Mr Orban to task for comments in which the Hungarian leader said his country was being "overrun" with refugees who threatened to undermine Europe's Christian roots.
He said: "Referring to Christianity in a public debate on migration must mean in the first place the readiness to show solidarity and sacrifice."
The human cost of the crisis was also put into sharp focus on Wednesday when five children were among 12 migrants who drowned in Turkish waters while trying to reach Greece.
Images of the washed-up body of a three-year-old boy, who died alongside his mother and five-year-old brother, circulated widely on social media.
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The word migrant is defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as "one who moves, either temporarily or permanently, from one place, area, or country of residence to another".
A refugee is, according to the 1951 Refugee Convention, any person who "owing to a well-founded fear" of persecution is outside their country of nationality and "unable" or "unwilling" to seek the protection of that country. To gain the status, one has to go through the legal process of claiming asylum.
The word migrant has traditionally been considered a neutral term, but some criticise the BBC and other media for using a word they say implies something voluntary, and should not be applied to people fleeing danger.
Battle over words to describe migrants | Hungary's leader says the migrant crisis facing Europe is a "German problem" since Germany is where those arriving in the EU "would like to go". | 34136823 | [
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Surrey County Council leader David Hodge said the government had cut its annual grant by £170m since 2010.
The proposed increase would add nearly £200 to a Band D bill, bringing it to about £1,500.
The government said if the proposed budget is set, taxpayers would have the final say in a referendum.
Any authority wanting to increase council tax by more than 2% must put the plans to a vote.
This would take place on 4 May, alongside local elections, and would include a vote in Chancellor Philip Hammond's constituency of Runnymede and Weybridge.
Opposition councillors in Surrey said the increase would be unaffordable for many residents and it followed financial failings by the council and the government's failure to fund services properly.
Council tax analysis - Pete Sherlock, BBC News data journalist
We can't say what the average rises are set to be this year, as not all local authorities have declared their intentions.
However, last year the average Band D council tax set by local authorities in England for 2016-17 was £1,530.
This was an increase of £46 - or 3.1% on the 2015-16 figure of £1,484 - and 1.6% of that was the adult social care precept.
So Surrey's rise is five times last year's average.
This shows how council tax hikes were brought down post 2008, but are now on the rise again.
Mr Hodge said the council had to set a budget for 2017-18 that would protect vital services.
He said: "The government has cut our annual grant by £170m since 2010, leaving a huge gap in our budget.
"Demand for adult social care, learning disabilities and children's services is increasing every year.
"So I regret, despite us finding £450m worth of savings from our annual budget, we have no choice but to propose this increase in council tax."
Liberal Democrat leader Hazel Watson said a 15% rise would hit the elderly and those on fixed incomes hardest.
She said: "It is astonishing that the Conservative administration think Surrey residents should carry the can for their own financial failings and the government's failure to properly fund services."
The Conservative council had failed in its negotiations with the government, even though three cabinet ministers were Surrey MPs, she added.
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling and Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt are MPs in the county along with Philip Hammond.
A Department for Communities and Local Government spokesman said: "If the council sets this proposed budget, then the taxpayers of Surrey will have the final say in a referendum in May. We should trust the people.
"Our long-term funding settlement means more spending power for Surrey County Council during this parliament, with £3.2 billion to deliver the services that local people want."
Analysis: Jack Fiehn, BBC Surrey political reporter
For years, senior councillors have spoken out about cuts to the authority's central grant and the impact on adult social care and children's services, as well as school places and road maintenance. There has been huge frustration and we seem to have reached a crunch point.
Surrey residents are used to council tax rises. They have gone up every year since 2012 - but never by such a large amount. This will be a test of public support.
The Liberal Democrats, Labour and the Green Party all oppose a referendum, but David Hodge has told me he has the support of his fellow Conservatives.
So unless something significant happens, it is almost certain to go ahead.
He has also denied reports there will be a deal with ministers to abandon the vote, putting the government on course for a row with a council in the Tory heartland.
Former care minister and Liberal Democrat health spokesman Norman Lamb said Surrey's decision would be a test for local authorities, which were seeing increasing numbers of older people and younger people not getting the care and support they need.
Shadow local government secretary Teresa Pearce said: "Forcing councils to rely on council tax income to fund statutory services, such as social care, is simply unsustainable and unrealistic." | A Conservative-run council wants to raise its tax by 15% in the next financial year, blaming government cuts and increased demand for social care. | 38678629 | [
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Rio's offer of 16.50 Australian dollars ($16.42; £10.14) is now conditional on 47% of shareholders accepting it by 6 April.
Previously its minimum target was 50%.
The move came after talks on the A$3.9bn offer between Rio and Riversdale major shareholder, Brazil's CSN.
If it fails to reach the new threshold, Rio Tinto will pay Riversdale shareholders only A$16 a share.
So far only 41% have said yes.
The other key shareholder in Riversdale is Tata Steel of India, which recently increased its stake to 27% and also has a director on the company's board.
CSN, Brazil's largest steelmaker, has also increased its Riversdale stake to 19.9%. | Mining giant Rio Tinto has lowered its minimum acceptances target slightly in a last ditch effort to takeover South Africa's Riversdale Mining. | 12889429 | [
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The 34-year-old has recently returned from a spell with Atletico Kolkata, where he won the Indian Super League.
"Everyone knows the affiliation I have with the club," said Pearson. "I thoroughly enjoyed my time here.
"It is a good place to come and work so it ticked all the boxes for me and hopefully it suits Motherwell in the short term."
Pearson returns to Scotland with an Indian Super League winner's medal and plenty of fond memories.
"It was very good. I went out and did pre-season in Madrid for a month and then we flew for the season beginning in October and finished the season off just before Christmas," he said.
"We managed to win the league, which was great.
"So it made up for the big decision to go out there in the first place, it kind of justified that by coming back with a winner's medal."
The Indian Super League has only been around for a few years, with the short season and long distance travel notable elements of the experience for Pearson.
"This will only be the fourth year [of the Indian Super League] coming up now, so it is still in the early stages. It is a good competition, only over a short period of time, so the games are thick and fast with lots of travelling - that is one of the things I found quite difficult, the travelling side of it.
"But I could not speak highly enough of the league. Everybody out there is superb. They try to be as professional as possible. They have got a lot of experience and big names out there and they are trying to build up grass-roots level and start from the bottom."
Pearson also believes the lure of lucrative contracts in India will encourage other players to try their luck over in the sub-continent.
He said: "It is certainly a place you will see a lot of players trying to get to. There is a lot of money there, especially for the foreign players who come in. You're allowed 15 foreign players, and 15 local players. But you can only have five foreign players in the starting team at one time - I think they might be reducing that to encourage the progression of the Indian lads."
However, Pearson says Indian football still cannot compete with the money being splashed by clubs in China.
"I think the money that is getting thrown around in China is just on another level at the minute," he said.
"In India they do try to pay the foreign players well because it is only a short time that they are out there and they want to get the best players to come and help the Indian players develop.
"They are passionate about it and everything they do, they give it their all."
In terms of his ambitions with Motherwell for the rest of the Premiership season, Pearson added: "I am just looking forward to helping the team out, contribute as much as I can between now and the end of the season and help this club finish as high up the league as possible." | Motherwell have signed Stephen Pearson until the end of the season - the midfielder's third spell at the club. | 38842342 | [
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Ruth Carr attacked Alan Allan, 34, at about 09:00 on 25 January last year after an argument.
Carr, who was wearing only underwear at the time, had claimed Mr Allan had sexually assaulted her.
A jury at the High Court in Glasgow rejected her claims of self defence and convicted her of murder.
Neighbour Jill Strachan told the trial how she became aware of "a commotion".
The 39 year old said: "There was a lot of shouting...to-ing and fro-ing.
"Initially, it seemed to be all about money.
"When the accused saw that she had an audience, she said something else.
"I remember her shouting 'phone the police, he has raped me'.
"She was wearing pink pants and a black bra."
Ms Strachan said she did not believe Carr's claims of being sexually assaulted.
She said she thought Carr was then punching the man, who she had never seen before.
Miss Strachan added she did not at first see a weapon. However, after hearing the victim in apparent pain, she then saw a knife hit the ground.
Mr Allan died at the scene. He suffered four stab wounds - two of which were considered life threatening.
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By law, he must stand down as president in 2013, having completed two consecutive terms as president of the former Soviet republic.
However, his years in office have marked Georgia for years to come.
To some he will always be the hero of the Rose Revolution, sweeping away Soviet-style corruption and courting the West.
To others, he is the leader who rashly sparked a dangerous war with Russia.
Mr Saakashvili's background has all the ingredients of a successful career on the international stage and helps explain his appeal to Brussels and Washington.
Born in 1967 in the Georgian capital Tbilisi to a doctor father and a historian mother, he did his Soviet military service in Ukraine, where he went on to study international law.
Receiving a fellowship from the US state department, he attended Columbia University law school and was hired by a New York-based law firm.
In addition to his native Georgian, he speaks English, French, Ukrainian and Russian.
He and his Dutch wife, human rights specialist Sandra Elisabeth Roelofs, have two sons.
Returning to Georgia from his career abroad, he was appointed justice minister in October 2000 by the then President, Eduard Shevardnadze.
But he resigned the following year, saying he considered it immoral to remain a member of a government plagued by corruption and cronyism.
After forming an opposition party, the National Movement, he was elected head of Tbilisi city council where he built up a power base.
Discontent with Mr Shevardnadze grew steadily and when parliamentary elections in November 2003 were tainted by allegations of fraud, Mr Saakashvili organised daily protests.
The Rose Revolution culminated in the bloodless storming of the Georgian parliament and Mr Shevardnadze's resignation. In January 2004, Mr Saakashvili was elected president of his country with 96% of the vote, at the tender age of 37.
"I'm not pro-American or pro-Russian - I am pro-Georgian," the new president said in his inaugural speech.
However, it rapidly became clear that he meant to take Georgia out of Moscow's orbit, by joining Nato no less.
Relations between Georgia and its giant neighbour rapidly deteriorated, as Tbilisi pressed for the return of its breakaway territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which had allied themselves with Russia.
Meanwhile, President Saakashvili cemented his reputation as a Western ally by committing Georgian troops to the Nato-led coalitions in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Ill-feeling between Tbilisi and Moscow erupted into open war in August 2008, after Georgia made a lightning military assault on South Ossetia, where Russia kept a peacekeeping force.
Russian troops struck back rapidly, driving out President Saakashvili's soldiers and pushing into Georgia.
While they stopped short of a full invasion and eventually withdrew back into South Ossetia, the Russians had humiliated the Georgian leader.
Not only did Georgia's chances of regaining its territories look even more remote but its Nato ambitions were badly damaged, since a condition for membership of the alliance is the absence of territorial disputes.
Mr Saakashvili had already been re-elected as president before the war, although his share of the vote in January 2008 was sharply down, at 53%.
Internal political opposition to his rule has grown - a development that might be welcomed as a sign that a healthy democracy is taking root in Georgia.
However, Mr Saakashvili's opponents accuse him of exhibiting the very authoritarianism of which he has accused Kremlin leaders.
During huge street protests against alleged political corruption in 2007, his government used police to disperse demonstrators and declared a temporary state of emergency.
Protests demanding the president's resignation ended in bloodshed in 2011, and 2012 saw mass rallies in Tbilisi in protest at prison abuse, prompting Mr Saakashvili's interior minister to resign.
The prison scandal was a particularly sensitive issue for the president as he has made much of his law and order policies, eradicating much of the corruption that used to mar everyday life.
Critics also accuse Mr Saakashvili, the economic liberal, of having failed to tackle poverty. Although per capita GDP has nearly doubled since he took power it remains a fraction of that of Russia or Estonia.
Under his rule, Georgia's external debt has grown while direct foreign investment has been uneven, a recent report by the Carnegie Endowment found.
In his defence, Mikheil Saakashvili took power at a time when Georgia looked like becoming a failed state.
Perhaps the biggest test of his credentials as a statesman will be how he handles the transition to his successor as president. | Despite military humiliation and sharp criticism of his human rights record, Mikheil Saakashvili has managed to maintain a strong grip on Georgia. | 19740960 | [
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The Welsh Government wants to remove the legal defence for parents who use corporal punishment to discipline children.
But campaigners said removing the reasonable chastisement defence would leave "ordinary parents facing jail".
The Welsh Government said it would make sure the law made "life better for parents and children".
It is due to consult on the plans in the next 12 months.
Now a group of parents, known as Be Reasonable Wales, have started a petition calling on the Welsh Government to scrap the plans.
Mother-of-one Lowri Turner said there was a difference between smacking and abuse and the move would paint ordinary parents as "no better than violent thugs and child abusers".
She said: "They're trying to make out that a gentle smack on the back of the legs from a loving mum is the same as beating up your kids.
"Does anyone seriously think that that sort of abuse is not already illegal?
"If the government can't tell the difference then they shouldn't be passing laws about it."
The move would mean if an allegation of hitting a child is made against an adult, it would remove a defence for those who might argue they had not realised they had hit the child so hard.
Andy James, chairman of Children are Unbeatable, a campaign group in favour of a smacking ban, accused the group of "scaremongering".
He said the law had been changed to give children the same protection against assault as adults in 52 countries and there was no evidence parents would be criminalised by the move.
"No-one has a right to hit another person, or to punish and control them," he told BBC Radio Wales.
"Children should have the same protection from the law that we enjoy as adults."
A poll of 1,000 people by ComRes on behalf of the campaign group shows 85% of Welsh adults were smacked as children and close to 70% agree that it is at times necessary to smack a naughty child.
Children's Commissioner Sally Holland said she was "disappointed and saddened" people would actively campaign for their "right to hit children".
She added: "Fewer parents than ever resort to smacking these days and I believe that in the next generation we will look back on the current outdated law and find it astounding that we had a legal defence for hitting those more vulnerable than us."
A previous attempt to ban the smacking of children failed in the assembly in March 2015 when AMs voted against removing the defence of reasonable chastisement from the Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Bill.
But the Welsh Labour Government is trying again, saying it has made a "firm commitment to seek cross-party support" in the assembly to end the defence.
A spokeswoman added: "We will work hard to ensure that our legislation makes life better for both parents and children."
The assembly does not yet have powers to make laws on parental discipline, but these will be devolved to Wales from Westminster under provisions in the Wales Act. | Thousands of Welsh parents would be criminalised if a smacking ban is passed, campaigners have warned. | 40628598 | [
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The hosts scored a brilliant first-half try and had the Scots under severe pressure at times after the interval.
But from 16-9 down, four penalties from Greig Laidlaw - who had come on for Henry Pyrgos - saw the visitors home.
"If we can have frustrating days and a win at the end of them all the time, I will be happy," Cotter said.
"It was a game that in the context of the end of a season and a long year, to get the win, to grind it out, I am happy.
"I am happy with the character, the way the team applied pressure and finally got the result. It could have gone the other way.
"We weathered a very difficult first half, they flew into us and lifted the intensity from last week, we felt that. It took us a while to wear them down, but we are happy with the result.
"No coach is ever going to be totally happy and I know we will find parts we need to improve on. It will be a focus next time we come together."
Assistant coach Jonathan Humphreys praised the impact of replacement front-rowers Gordon Reid, Fraser Brown and WP Nel, who came on together for the second half in place of Rory Sutherland, Stuart McInally and Moray Low, and earned Scotland some scrum dominance.
"I thought they were excellent," Humphreys told BBC Scotland. "We wanted some energy and they certainly gave us that.
"We had to change things up, we were probably over-playing a bit in the first half. We decided to make it a bit more conservative and try to force them into some errors.
"It was probably a game we would have lost just over 12 months ago. The character we showed was fantastic - five metres from our own line, defending 13 or 14 phases, and we managed to keep them out."
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Defeated Japan coach Mark Hammett believes Scotland were allowed to get away with slowing the ball down without punishment during a vital period of the second half.
"I'm really, really proud of the effort. We witnessed a really outstanding game here in Tokyo," he said.
"I don't think the best team won and even talking to the Scottish coaches, they agree. We are obviously very, very disappointed.
"I feel that perhaps the last two Tests we have been slightly disrespected as a team and what we can achieve. In all that attack, particularly in the second half, we did not get the reward.
"There was obviously a reason the ball was being slowed down. We worked really hard for that but did not get the outcome we believe we should have had." | Scotland head coach Vern Cotter praised the character of his side to "grind out" their 21-16 win over Japan despite an underwhelming performance in Tokyo. | 36631336 | [
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Cordina lost a split decision to Hurshid Tojibaev in the last-16 of the lightweight division at Rio 2016.
The 24-year-old, who won bronze the 2014 Commonwealth Games, said there were a number of factors to consider before turning professional.
"As it stands I'm still a GB boxer, still in camp but in the near future I will be turning professional," he said.
"I couldn't put a date on it. There's a lot of things that can affect things when you turn pro.
"You don't get the support from the lottery and UK Sport, you're on your own and it's a tough call."
Having achieved his goals of competing at the Olympics and the Commonwealth Games, Cordina said his ultimate ambition would be winning a world title.
Cordina knows two-weight world champion Joe Calzaghe and trains in the same gym, St Joseph's in Newport, as IBF featherweight world champion Lee Selby.
"I spar with him [Selby] quite a lot leading up to fights," Cordina told BBC Radio Wales Sport.
"He's someone you look to and if I want any advice I'm sure he'd give it.
"Same with Joe Calzaghe, if I look for any advice of him I'm sure he would pass it on.
"There's some big fighters in Wales that are coming through. You've got Liam Williams, Andrew Selby, Craig Evans and Nathan Cleverly's won a world title.
"Eventually when I do turn over I can follow in their footsteps."
Promoter Eddie Hearn said this week that he has talks planned with several members of the Team GB squad for the 2016 Olympics. He previously stated to BBC Wales Sport that Cordina was the top prospect in the squad. | Welsh Olympic boxer Joe Cordina has confirmed he plans to turn professional in the "near future." | 38102483 | [
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Dorothy Cruickshank was one of six people taken to hospital after the two-car collision on the A90 at the Toll of Birness junction on 5 April.
The 66-year-old, from Hatton, was a passenger in a Volkswagen Passat which was in collision with a Peugeot 207.
A statement from her family said: "We'll be lost without her."
It added: "Dorothy always had a smile on face. She was a proud mum of three daughters and a devoted nanna.
"We are completely broken and devastated by the loss of our kind, caring, adorable and loving mum who was also an amazing wife and the best nanna in the world.
"We'll be lost without her and no words can express how much pain we are feeling.
"We would like to express our sincere thanks to the emergency services and the staff at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary Accident and Emergency, Intensive Care and High Dependency Units for all their care and support."
The other casualties from the crash were the 70-year-old driver of the Volkswagen and four 18-year-olds in the Peugeot who all suffered serious injuries.
Police Scotland have said a report on the crash will be sent to the procurator fiscal. | The family of a woman who died 10 days after a car crash in Aberdeenshire have described her as "a proud mum and a devoted nanna". | 39622887 | [
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As an EU member, the UK and UK-based firms can sell their goods to EU customers without having to pay additional taxes. Likewise, British firms and consumers can import from the EU tariff-free.
The prime minister has already ruled out continued membership of the EU's single market post-Brexit, with many assuming this means the UK will also leave the customs union.
Essentially there are two options:
The WTO is an international agency with 164 member countries and its purpose is to promote international commerce. All the leading world economies are members of the WTO, including the UK. European Union countries are also all members, but they act together in the WTO as the EU.
One of the most important principles of the WTO is that you should not discriminate between other WTO members. The UK and the EU would both have to impose on one another's exports the same barriers they apply to goods from the other WTO member countries. In fact, in the absence of a free trade agreement they would be obliged under WTO rules to do that.
They include import tariffs, which are taxes applied only to imports. WTO members make commitments that they will not raise tariffs above a certain level. Those maximum levels, known as bound levels or bindings, vary from country to country and product to product. The tariffs they actually apply can be, and in many cases are, below those levels. But if you do go below bound levels, you have to do it for imports from all WTO members.
For the EU the average maximum tariff is 4.8% for all goods. But there are some big variations. It's generally higher for agricultural produce, 10.9% on average. For most industrial goods it's quite low, but for cars, the tariff is 10%.
Assuming the UK were trading with the EU under WTO terms, the figures are an indication of the levels of tariffs British exporters would face on their goods. It would make them less competitive in the EU market than they currently are with no tariffs at all.
The UK's new schedule will have to have the consent of the other WTO members. It is administratively easier and less likely to be contested if we stick with the arrangement that we already have, as the UK's ambassador to the WTO, Julian Braithwaite. wrote in his blog: "So to minimise any grounds for objection, we plan to replicate our existing trade regime as far as possible in our new schedules."
However, the UK would be free to apply lower tariffs. In some cases it is highly likely we would. For example, the EU imposes seasonal tariffs on orange imports when the Mediterranean producers have their harvest. Getting rid of that is an example of what one former trade official described to me as "low hanging fruit".
Some economists, including Patrick Minford of Cardiff University and one of the leading members of Economists for Brexit (now renamed as Economists for Free Trade), favour a more comprehensive exercise in cutting tariffs and other barriers unilaterally. But these cuts would have to apply to goods coming from the EU as well.
Don't be fooled, some aspects will be more complicated. For some farm produce, for example, the EU has quotas that can be imported at lower tariffs (called tariff rate quotas). We don't yet know how these will be divided between the UK and the remainder of the EU.
There is also the question of what happens to that produce when it is traded between the UK and the EU. Currently it is tariff-free. Both will probably want a slice of the other's reduced tariff quota. That will mean either a bigger total quota or a reduced slice for some other country.
In the WTO, the EU has agreed to a cap on some of its farm subsidies. We don't currently know what type of system the UK will adopt and potentially this an area of difficulty. The EU however is well below its subsidy cap, and that could make this area less contentious than it might have been.
No. There are many other types of trade restrictions. These include rules on product specifications, labelling, testing, and requirements for authorisation from a national regulator to provide some types of services. The UK would have to decide whether or not to maintain EU rules in these areas.
Currently a trade dispute would be a matter for the European Court of Justice. Theresa May has already said that its jurisdiction in the UK will end. If there is a trade agreement with the EU it would probably contain some arrangement for a tribunal to make rulings.
If there is no such deal then any dispute would have to go to the WTO's dispute settlement system, which can establish panels to make rulings.
Whatever happens, the UK and the EU will be subject to WTO rules. It is just that the membership of the EU and any new trade agreement that might be negotiated allows for deeper integration than is involved in simply complying with the WTO's rulebook. | With Theresa May's end of March deadline for triggering the UK's exit from the EU fast approaching, much remains undecided, not least what will happen to British trade. | 38910578 | [
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AB de Villiers smashed 71 off 29 balls and Hashim Amla an unbeaten 69 off 38 as the hosts chased down 172 with 5.2 overs to spare in Johannesburg.
England lost their last seven wickets for 14 runs as they were bowled out for 171 despite Jos Buttler's 28-ball 54.
Eoin Morgan made 38 and Joe Root 34, while Chris Morris claimed 3-26.
Defeat was England's fifth in succession in limited-overs cricket, and means they ended a tour on which they won the Test series with losses in both the one-day and T20 series.
It was their final competitive game before the World Twenty20 in India starts on 8 March, while South Africa face Australia in a three-match T20 campaign on home soil from 4 March.
Bayliss: 'It was men against boys'
The manner in which England were dismantled by De Villiers and Amla dented the optimism built up during a successful 12 months in the limited-overs format.
Captain Morgan said: "It's just a blip - we've had such a good run of things in white-ball cricket.
"I honestly think we are on the right track playing a brand of cricket that can win an ICC event, whether it is this one coming up or one in 2017."
If England had any hopes of defending an apparently testing total at the Wanderers, they were ended by a riotous 125-run opening stand between De Villiers and Amla spanning 8.2 overs.
De Villiers will rightly take the headlines for a remarkable display of hitting, marrying power with placement against an increasingly ill-disciplined attack.
He flicked the first ball of the innings from Reece Topley for four and plundered 22 off the next over from Chris Jordan on his way to a 21-ball fifty, the fastest by a South African in T20s.
"I really enjoy it up the order," said De Villiers. "You can play normal shots and get value for your strokes. That's where I want to bat."
By the time he sliced Adil Rashid to wide long-off, he had scored 60 of his 71 runs in boundaries, and victory was as good as sealed.
Such was his dominance that Amla's elegant 27-ball half-century went largely unnoticed, while Faf du Plessis had the luxury of sealing victory with a cover-driven four off Jordan.
Jordan's 2.4 overs cost 48 runs, while Topley, whose mistake allowed South Africa to win the first T20 in Cape Town on Friday, leaked 32 from two wicketless overs.
As well as De Villiers and Amla batted, England's defeat was arguably founded on their remarkable batting collapse.
A slide from 157-3 to 171 all out in 18 deliveries was largely of their own making, hastened by a rash of wild strokes on a reliable surface offering pace and bounce.
Only Joe Root, with 34 off 17 balls, Eoin Morgan (38 off 23) and Buttler, who smashed four fours and four sixes, emerged with any credit.
This is how the collapse unfolded: | South Africa swept to a comprehensive nine-wicket victory over England in the second Twenty20 to seal a 2-0 series win. | 35621399 | [
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Less County Championship cricket, a change of numbers in the two-division structure, a more attractive school summer holidays time slot for the T20 Blast and a Lord's one-day knockout final in July are the key outcomes.
The aim is to ensure that cricket retains its popularity beyond the time when the current ageing generation which watches Championship cricket has gone - by making it more attractive to the supporters of the future.
BBC Sport's county cricket expert Kevin Howells
"As someone who earns a lot of his living watching Championship cricket, it's expected that I would fight tooth and nail for it to remain totally unchanged. I can't do that, no matter how much good people feel angry about the reduction in games.
"The reason is simple. There is too much cricket being played and, despite the best efforts to develop a more user friendly 'appointment to view' schedule, we have still been left with too many competitions all mixed up. It has felt a mess.
"The new schedule is clear and strong. Of course, for every positive, one can argue a negative. I could list things I personally would change, such as unequal games between teams in Division Two. But that misses the point of what's trying to be achieved. Over the season, the best teams will be crowned champions of their respective leagues.
"One small reservation would be to what extent the Championship might have a stop-start feel to it? There will be a decent start in April and then generally two major blocks mid-season and most importantly at the end of the summer. Until we are in that season, I reserve judgment.
"My suspicion is that the T20 schedule is county cricket's last chance to prove it can work before a city franchise is given a green light. The authorities have done what they can and are to play it when families have free time in the summer holidays but the weather remains the biggest player in its future.
"Finally, the One-Day Cup should receive much-needed profile. I'm really looking forward to a Lord's final in July, where it belongs."
ECB director of cricket Andrew Strauss, a member of the eight-strong group that devised the changes, said: "Last year a county player could change between formats as many as 24 times over the summer. Next year, that could be down to as few as six.
"This will help develop skill levels and create a better narrative to the summer. An improved structure gives us a better chance to develop our players and encourage more people to play. A successful England team helps to attract new followers."
Former England captain Michael Vaughan believes the T20 Blast should be seen on terrestrial television and not shown exclusively on Sky, as is currently the arrangement.
"I really do believe that it needs to be seen by more," he told BBC Sport. "Whether it's mixed in with a pay-per-view, that's probably the way that it could go to structure it better. I just think more people need to see it."
In Short: County cricket needs a new tournament - Vaughan | From 2017, the English summer cricket schedule is to change again. | 35754435 | [
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Yates, 19, spent time on loan at both National League club Barrow and League One side Shrewsbury last term.
He is the second Forest midfielder to join Kevin Nolan's Magpies, with Jorge Grant making the move last month.
Yates is the sixth Notts addition in five days, with ex-Bolton defender Nicky Hunt also among arrivals ahead of Saturday's season opener at Coventry.
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Grimes made his only Premier League start to date in September, having scored his first Swansea goal in the League Cup a month earlier.
His last appearance came in their 3-2 FA Cup exit against League Two Oxford.
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Important details about each and every individual are noted down so that the zoo can help worldwide breeding programmes.
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Dufner shot a second successive seven-under-par round of 65 for a tournament record 36-hole total of 14 under par.
Rickie Fowler shot six under for the day to move third and within one stroke of fellow American Daniel Summerhays, with Jordan Spieth still on six under.
Scotland's Martin Laird is a stroke further back at five under par.
Dufner, who began his second round on the 10th, holed from 176 yards at 18 as his approach to the back of the green rolled down the slope and into the cup for an eagle.
"We got two more rounds to go. We'll see how the course changes, if the wind picks up, gets running fast, it plays different. We'll just see," said the 40-year-old.
World number six Spieth was one shot off the lead after an opening round of 66, but three bogeys on the front nine saw him drop to tied fourth.
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More than 1,000 tombs and 3,000 ancient settlements were also revealed by looking at infra-red images which show up underground buildings.
Initial excavations have already confirmed some of the findings, including two suspected pyramids.
The work has been pioneered at the University of Alabama at Birmingham by US Egyptologist Dr Sarah Parcak.
She says she was amazed at how much she and her team has found.
"We were very intensely doing this research for over a year. I could see the data as it was emerging, but for me the "Aha!" moment was when I could step back and look at everything that we'd found and I couldn't believe we could locate so many sites all over Egypt.
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The team analysed images from satellites orbiting 700km above the earth, equipped with cameras so powerful they can pin-point objects less than 1m in diameter on the earth's surface.
Infra-red imaging was used to highlight different materials under the surface.
Ancient Egyptians built their houses and structures out of mud brick, which is much denser than the soil that surrounds it, so the shapes of houses, temples and tombs can be seen.
"It just shows us how easy it is to underestimate both the size and scale of past human settlements," says Dr Parcak.
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"These are just the sites [close to] the surface. There are many thousands of additional sites that the Nile has covered over with silt. This is just the beginning of this kind of work."
BBC cameras followed Dr Parcak on her "nervous" journey when she travelled to Egypt to see if excavations could back up what her technology could see under the surface.
In the BBC documentary Egypt's Lost Cities, they visit an area of Saqqara (Sakkara) where the authorities were not initially interested in her findings.
But after being told by Dr Parcak that she had seen two potential pyramids, they made test excavations, and they now believe it is one of the most important archaeological sites in Egypt.
But Dr Parcak said the most exciting moment was visiting the excavations at Tanis.
"They'd excavated a 3,000-year-old house that the satellite imagery had shown and the outline of the structure matched the satellite imagery almost perfectly. That was real validation of the technology."
The Egyptian authorities plan to use the technology to help - among other things - protect the country's antiquities in the future.
During the recent revolution, looters accessed some well-known archaeological sites.
"We can tell from the imagery a tomb was looted from a particular period of time and we can alert Interpol to watch out for antiquities from that time that may be offered for sale."
She also hopes the new technology will help engage young people in science and will be a major help for archaeologists around the world.
"It allows us to be more focused and selective in the work we do. Faced with a massive site, you don't know where to start.
"It's an important tool to focus where we're excavating. It gives us a much bigger perspective on archaeological sites. We have to think bigger and that's what the satellites allow us to do."
"Indiana Jones is old school, we've moved on from Indy. Sorry, Harrison Ford."
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Brandon Hanlan gave Bromley a seventh-minute lead when he dispossessed Daggers captain Craig Robson, raced into the box and fired a low shot home.
With the visitors dominating, Hanlan almost doubled the advantage when his shot hit the post and went wide, but Dagenham levelled with their first attempt on target, Fejiri Okenabirhie slotting into an empty net after the Ravens failed to clear.
There were few clear-cut chances after the break until the 88th minute when Sheppard smashed in from 25 yards out to stop his side from dropping a place to third in the table.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Dagenham and Redbridge 2, Bromley 1.
Second Half ends, Dagenham and Redbridge 2, Bromley 1.
Substitution, Dagenham and Redbridge. Scott Doe replaces Oliver Hawkins.
Goal! Dagenham and Redbridge 2, Bromley 1. Jake Sheppard (Dagenham and Redbridge).
Lee Minshull (Bromley) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Dagenham and Redbridge. Josh Staunton replaces Jordan Maguire-Drew.
Substitution, Bromley. Tobi Sho-Silva replaces Bradley Goldberg.
Substitution, Dagenham and Redbridge. Paul Benson replaces Jake Howells.
Oliver Hawkins (Dagenham and Redbridge) is shown the yellow card.
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Goal! Dagenham and Redbridge 1, Bromley 1. Fejiri Okenabirhie (Dagenham and Redbridge).
Goal! Dagenham and Redbridge 0, Bromley 1. Brandon Hanlan (Bromley).
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A team statement said Henao, 28, had been contacted by cycling's governing body and an anti-doping agency about data between August 2011 and June 2015.
The Colombian said he was "beyond disappointed", having missed three months in 2014 over similar concerns.
"I know who I am, how hard I have worked and the sacrifices I have made to be where I am today," he added.
Henao was voluntarily withdrawn by Team Sky in 2014 while they carried out research into the biological characteristics of riders who live and train at high altitude.
They said the results revealed nothing to raise suspicions of wrongdoing.
Team Sky stressed Henao had not failed a doping test and had been withdrawn because of the "very obvious distraction to him".
"We continue to support Sergio and remain confident in the independent scientific research which was undertaken," the team added.
"It is our hope that this can be looked at and resolved quickly by all the relevant authorities so Sergio can start racing again soon."
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Llanbedr airfield, near Harlech, is one of eight which has been looked at.
Gwynedd Council says it would support the development, but the Snowdonia Society is opposed to the impact it could have on the wider national park.
The views of local people will be sought if the site is identified as a serious contender for the role.
By the year 2030 the global space economy is expected to be worth £400bn a year and the UK government wants to secure a slice worth £40bn annually.
But it needs a port from where it is thought satellites and space tourism flights will be launched, prompting the consultation.
Six of the locations under consideration are in Scotland and one in England.
Gwynedd council leader Dyfed Edwards said if realised the plans have the potential to create "significant economic development and the growth of both the local and national economy" at Llanbedr Aviation Centre and Enterprise Park.
"As a council, we are delighted that the Llanbedr airfield site has been selected as one of eight possible locations for the UK spaceport," he said.
"And we have written to the UK government to confirm that we would fully support the development of the site as the location of the UK spaceport.
"The Llanbedr site has a great many attributes which would make it an excellent choice, from the fact that it would be possible to use an existing airfield facility in a secure costal location where a spaceport could operate safely, to its close proximity to both Aberystwyth and Bangor universities, both of which have expertise in fields relevant to space technology."
He said the authority would continue to work with the airfield owners and the Welsh government to exploit the site's potential.
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Society director John Harold said: "Whilst we support and want to see appropriate development in the park, we feel that something like a spaceport would bring levels of impact on wildlife, on noise and disturbance and other issues that would not be appropriate for the national park.
"We already have a world class facility here. We already have a world famous brand. It is called Snowdonia national park and it is a real success."
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Malaysia is a Muslim-majority country which has seen religious conservatism on the rise in recent years.
Shell said the acts went against local culture and its own values.
The energy giant, which has more than 950 outlets in Malaysia, said it would not condone the "distasteful and suggestive acts", which it said were "disrespectful".
"We urge netizens and members of the public to refrain from sharing these images further", it added, criticising the "extreme behaviour" of the men,
The adverts featuring a 25-year-old female employee, dressed in a red T-shirt, black trousers and a black headscarf.
The woman told local paper The Star that she felt "humiliated" by the images.
"They may just be joking, but I feel humiliated because that is still myself although it is just an image," she said.
One man who posted a four-minute video on Facebook of himself kissing the cardboard cutout has reportedly apologised.
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It is the oldest church with this number of bells in the UK. Twelve bell ringers recreated the historical chimes from 1767. | Church bells have rung out in Cirencester to celebrate the moment 250 years ago when the first peal of the 12 bells of the town's parish church took place. | 38542575 | [
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Anthony McIntyre conducted a series of interviews with former IRA members, on the understanding that the contents would not be made public until after their deaths.
Boston College has been issued with a subpoena instructing it to hand over the material on 6 May.
Mr McIntyre said he had engaged a lawyer to "resist the efforts to raid his personal memoirs".
Dozens of loyalists and republicans provided testimonies to Boston College staff compiling an oral history of the Northern Ireland conflict.
What are the 'Boston tapes'?
Dozens of former paramilitaries were interviewed in Belfast and other cities and towns from 2001-2006 as part of an oral history project known as the Belfast Project.
Details about internal politics and activities of the IRA were revealed on tape, including accounts of a hunger strike in prison in the 1980s.
Overall, the project cost about $200,000 (£118,520), mostly provided by an Irish-American businessman.
Each interview was transcribed, sent by encrypted email to New York and then the material was sent to Boston College, where it was placed under lock and key at Burns Library.
Following a lengthy legal battle with the college, the Police Service of Northern Ireland gained access to a small number of the interviews in 2013.
Interviews were given on the understanding that tapes would not be made public until after their deaths.
Detectives want to access the recordings as part of their investigations into murder and other paramilitary crimes from the 1970s to 1990s.
In June last year, police were given access to interviews given by former loyalist prisoner Winston Rea.
It followed a decision by senior judges in Belfast to lift an injunction on the PSNI taking possession of Mr Rea's recorded account to Boston College researchers.
In 2013, detectives investigating the abduction and murder of Belfast mother-of-10 Jean McConville in 1972 secured the transcripts of former IRA woman Dolours Price's account.
That material was handed over following court battles on both sides of the Atlantic. | The Public Prosecution Service and the PSNI have launched a legal bid to gain access to all interviews and notes by a former IRA member who was one of the main researchers for a Troubles history project at Boston College. | 36135494 | [
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Sutton opened the scoring after 13 minutes when Kevin Amankwaah laid the ball back for Roarie Deacon to fire in.
Nine minutes later they were two up when Maxime Biamou headed down for Jamie Collins to volley in from 10 yards.
Biamou turned scorer 11 minutes later when he netted the third with a simple tap in after Cadogan had sent in a low cross to the far post.
North Ferriby pulled a goal back three minutes into the second half when Robbie Tinkler ran into the area, evading four defenders, before shooting into the far corner.
But any thoughts of a fightback were ended when Cadogan netted just after the hour, shooting through the goalkeeper's legs, before getting his side's fifth goal with seven minutes to go.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Sutton United 5, North Ferriby United 1.
Second Half ends, Sutton United 5, North Ferriby United 1.
Goal! Sutton United 5, North Ferriby United 1. Kieron Cadogan (Sutton United).
Substitution, Sutton United. Craig Dundas replaces Gomis.
Substitution, North Ferriby United. George Bell replaces Reece Thompson.
Reece Thompson (North Ferriby United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, North Ferriby United. Kojo Keyi replaces Mark Gray.
Substitution, Sutton United. Ben Jefford replaces Adam Coombes.
Goal! Sutton United 4, North Ferriby United 1. Kieron Cadogan (Sutton United).
Substitution, North Ferriby United. Matthew Templeton replaces Danny Emerton.
Gomis (Sutton United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Ryan Fallowfield (North Ferriby United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Goal! Sutton United 3, North Ferriby United 1. Robbie Tinkler (North Ferriby United).
Substitution, Sutton United. Daniel Spence replaces Kevin Amankwaah.
Second Half begins Sutton United 3, North Ferriby United 0.
First Half ends, Sutton United 3, North Ferriby United 0.
Goal! Sutton United 3, North Ferriby United 0. Maxime Biamou (Sutton United).
Goal! Sutton United 2, North Ferriby United 0. Jamie Collins (Sutton United).
Mark Gray (North Ferriby United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Goal! Sutton United 1, North Ferriby United 0. Roarie Deacon (Sutton United).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up. | Two goals from Kieron Cadogan emphasised Sutton's superiority as they thrashed struggling North Ferriby 5-1. | 39313515 | [
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The drama, which focuses of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants, will go into production next year.
This is in addition to the special one-off episode which will air at Christmas.
Created by writer Julian Fellowes, who is set to return for the next series, the show first aired in 2010.
"It is fantastic that Downton continues to be such a phenomenon - still the most popular drama on ITV in its fifth series - and we are thrilled to have commissioned a sixth series," said Steve November, ITV's director of drama commissioning.
"We don't know yet what Julian has planned, but we are looking forward to working with him, the fantastic cast and Carnival again, and have no doubt series six will be unmissable."
Producers have yet to confirm the full cast.
Earlier this week Hugh Bonneville, who plays Lord Grantham, talked to Newsbeat about some of the celebrities, including Kim Kardasian and Kanye West, who are said to be fans of the show.
"It's only a matter of time before they are on the show," joked Bonneville about the pair.
"Hillary Clinton and John Kerry [United States Secretary of State] are fans of the show too.
"To have them like the show as well as trying to run countries and economies is great."
The fifth series of Downton Abbey ends on Sunday 9 November.
Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube | Downton Abbey will be coming back for a sixth series in 2015, ITV has confirmed. | 29942556 | [
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New City manager Pep Guardiola is keen to make Stones his next high-profile transfer of the summer.
Stones was one of only two outfield players not to see action in England's disappointing Euro 2016 campaign.
Talks have yet to take place, but the asking price would make Stones, 22, Britain's most expensive defender.
Everton have no need to sell, but the possibility is growing that Stones will leave before the start of the new Premier League season.
He was at the centre of a transfer battle last summer when Everton rejected a succession of bids rising up to almost £40m from Chelsea, simply refusing to sell to then manager Jose Mourinho.
Guardiola has made Stones, who has 10 England caps, a priority target as he prepares to renew his rivalry with Mourinho, who is now across the city at Manchester United, and looks certain to get his man.
Manchester City have already signed Ilkay Gundogan from Borussia Dortmund and completed a £13.8m deal for Spain forward Nolito from Celta Vigo after their interest in Euro 2016 was ended by Italy.
Everton will give any money they get for Stones to new manager Ronald Koeman to increase his already considerable transfer fund.
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | Manchester City want to buy Everton defender John Stones, but would have to pay the Goodison Park club around £50m for the England international. | 36693122 | [
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They found the link after analysing observational studies involving more than 300,000 people.
UK experts said people with long-term illnesses and undiagnosed diabetes often felt tired during the day.
But they said there was no evidence that napping caused or increased the risk of diabetes.
The large study, carried out by scientists at the University of Tokyo, is being presented at a meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes in Munich.
Their research found there was a link between long daytime naps of more than 60 minutes and a 45% increased risk of type-2 diabetes, compared with no daytime napping - but there was no link with naps of less than 40 minutes.
The researchers said long naps could be a result of disturbed sleep at night, potentially caused by sleep apnoea.
And this sleeping disorder could increase the risk of heart attacks, stroke, cardiovascular problems and other metabolic disorders, including type-2 diabetes.
Sleep deprivation, caused by work or social life patterns, could also lead to increased appetite, which could increase the risk of type-2 diabetes.
But it was also possible that people who were less healthy or in the early stages of diabetes were more likely to nap for longer during the day.
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"It's likely that risk factors which lead to diabetes also cause napping. This could include slightly high sugar levels, meaning napping may be an early warning sign of diabetes," he said.
But proper trials were needed to determine whether sleeping patterns made a difference to "real health outcomes".
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"In general, it is not possible to make conclusions about cause and effect based on observational studies alone, because usually they cannot rule out alternative explanations for their findings," he said. | Napping for more than an hour during the day could be a warning sign for type-2 diabetes, Japanese researchers suggest. | 37362341 | [
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Scottish full-back Stuart Hogg ran in the opening try but Leigh Halfpenny's three penalties and a slick Rhys Webb score put Wales 16-10 up by half-time.
A disallowed Liam Williams effort and a missed Halfpenny penalty gave Scotland hope that they could recover.
But Jon Welsh's late try was not enough after Jonathan Davies had powered over.
Wales are now back on track to mount a championship challenge, but despite the Scots' improvement, they still seem a little short of the Six Nations heavyweights.
Warren Gatland's side arrived in Edinburgh reeling from that loss to a patchwork England side.
Scotland also began the tournament with a defeat, to France in Paris, but there was enough in their display to give their fans hope they could beat Wales for the first time in the Gatland era.
The Scots had spoken of keeping the penalty count down, but they conceded three in the first five minutes, one of which was kicked by Halfpenny to give Wales the lead.
As the Welsh began to build pressure, they were hit by a breakaway try.
Alex Cuthbert lost possession and Richie Gray shipped the ball wide to Hogg, who showed great speed to race past the cover defence and score under the posts. Laidlaw's conversion and a subsequent penalty put the Scots 10-3 up before Halfpenny responded with a three-pointer of his own.
Scotland lost fly-half Finn Russell to the sin-bin on the half-hour when he was judged to have taken out opposite number Dan Biggar with a dangerous tackle in the air. Halfpenny brought the score to 10-9 with the resultant penalty.
Wales did not take long to make their one-man advantage count, a sweeping move from inside their own half stretching the Scots' defence to breaking point, and scrum-half Webb diving over in the corner.
Halfpenny added the extras to put Wales 16-10 up at the break.
Two Laidlaw penalties either side of a successful Halfpenny kick kept the Scots within three early in the second-half.
Wales had a Liam Williams try ruled out for an off-the-ball infringement by Alun Wyn Jones, but the referee could not save Scotland 15 minutes from the end when Davies scored Wales' second try.
The British and Irish Lion came on to a Biggar pass at pace and, after powering through some soft midfield tackling, the centre coasted under the posts to leave Halfpenny with the simplest of conversions to give Wales a 10-point lead.
That looked to have ended the match as a contest, but the Scots refused to buckle, with Mark Bennett and Hogg making searing line breaks.
They did force a try in the dying seconds when Welsh ploughed over from close range, but it was too late and once again the home side had to be content with the 'gallant losers' tag.
Scotland: Hogg; Lamont, Bennett, Dunbar, Visser; Russell, Laidlaw; Dickinson, Ford, Cross, R Gray, J Gray, Harley, Cowan, Beattie.
Replacements: Scott for Dunbar (58), Hidalgo-Clyne for Laidlaw (71), Reid for Dickinson (61), F Brown for Ford (71), Welsh for Cross (50), Hamilton for R Gray (56), Strokosch for Beattie (58).
Not Used: Tonks.
Sin Bin: Russell (32).
Wales: Halfpenny; Cuthbert, J Davies, Roberts, L Williams; Biggar, Webb; Jenkins, Hibbard, Jarvis, Ball, A Jones, Lydiate, Warburton, Faletau.
Replacements: M. Phillips for Webb (74), James for Jenkins (71), Baldwin for Hibbard (60), Andrews for Jarvis (60), Charteris for Ball (60), Tipuric for Lydiate (61).
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The World Rugby Hall of Fame was launched by ex-England and British and Irish Lions captain Bill Beaumont at Rugby Art Gallery and Museum in Warwickshire.
World Cup winners Lawrence Dallaglio and Jonny Wilkinson were among 12 stars inducted in to the "hall".
Members of the public will be able to visit from Friday.
The World Rugby Hall of Fame was established in 2006, and absorbed the International Rugby Hall of Fame in 2014, but has previously never had a physical home.
The attraction, which honours players and administrators who have enhanced the game through exceptional achievements, features video archive of rugby matches and memorabilia.
The 10 other players inducted in the Hall of Fame were England's Jeremy Guscott and Maggie Alphonsi, Wale's Shane Williams, John Dawes and Arthur Gould, Scotland's GPS Macpherson, Ireland's Brian O'Driscoll, Japan's Daisuke Ohata, Canada's Heather Moyes and Australia's Daniel Carroll.
Players, teams, coaches, media and rugby personalities can all be considered for the hall of fame but they need to have been retired from the game for at least three years and have demonstrated rugby's "core values" to be eligible,
The sport of rugby is said to have been accidentally invented in 1823 after William Webb Ellis, a pupil at a public school in Rugby, caught the ball and started running forward with it. | A hall of fame celebrating rugby union's past has been officially opened at the sport's birthplace. | 38003317 | [
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Oneil Din, 27, from Coventry, got caught in a rip current and died at Crantock beach, Cornwall on 15 August.
Crantock Parish Council told the duchy in April it was "extremely concerned about the safety risks to the public".
The duchy said new warning signs were put up in 2016 and it planned to "see what more can possibly be done".
More on this story, and other Devon and Cornwall news
The duchy was involved in a series of meetings and concluded there was no "simple solution" as the area had protected status, and that re-engineering the course of a river was a complicated and long process with no guarantees of success.
The council said the beach had become more dangerous since a breakwater was damaged by storms in 2015, causing the River Gannel to change course.
Earlier this month 11 bodyboarders had to be rescued at the same beach.
The council said: "Since the river diverted, very significant movements of sand have occurred that have made bathing conditions extremely dangerous at certain states of tide and sea condition".
The council met the duchy, the National Trust and the Marine Management Organisation on 27 January to discuss the issue but no repairs were authorised.
It also wrote a letter to the duchy in April saying it remained "extremely concerned about the safety risks to the public at large on a very busy beach, especially in the summer, and the possibility of an unfortunate, and potentially fatal, situation occurring".
RNLI lifeguard supervisor John Steadman said after the recent death: "Crantock beach has some unpredictable currents at the moment due to the topography of the beach constantly changing."
The duchy, which has land in 23 counties and funds the activities of the Prince of Wales, expressed its condolences and said in a statement: "In 2016 new signs were installed to alert people to the danger of strong currents and other risks.
"We plan to meet again with the parish council, National Trust and other stakeholders to see what more can possibly be done."
The National Trust, which has responsibility for the beach above the high water mark, said it had categorised Crantock as a "higher risk" beach, "on account of the river running across the beach and the resulting rip current".
At high tide the sea covers Crantock beach, leaving sand dunes and a car park at the top of the beach. | The Duchy of Cornwall was warned of the risk of a "potentially fatal situation" at a beach it owns, ahead of a man's death there last week. | 40976577 | [
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Drugs such as tamoxifen and bulsufan are now 10 times more expensive despite no longer being under patent.
The British Generic Manufacturers Association said trusts often paid much less than the list price.
The Department for Health said it has plans to cut generic drug costs.
The UK researchers said NHS negotiations with drug companies were failing to contain costs, and getting access to cheaper drugs would allow more people to be treated with more modern medicines.
They estimated that the cost of these price rises to the NHS in England was around £380m a year - which only included community-based prescribing, not hospital prescribing.
Drugs start off being on-patent, and their high prices allow pharmaceutical companies to profit from their investments in research and development.
After patents have expired and generic versions are sold, the theory is that drug prices should fall close to the cost of production.
However, because of high drug prices, the NHS is often not able to approve some new cancer drugs for use.
New treatments then have to be rationed.
Dr Andrew Hill, senior research fellow in pharmacology and therapeutics at the University of Liverpool, and Melissa Barber from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, collected prices on medicines available on the NHS for their presentation at the cancer conference.
They discovered that busulfan, which is used to treat leukaemia, cost 21p per tablet in 2011 and £2.61 in 2016.
Tamoxifen, used to treat breast cancer, cost 10p per tablet in 2011 and £1.21 in 2016.
Of 89 cancer medicines looked at in the analysis, 21 showed price rises from 2011 to 2016 - with 17 of those classified as generic.
Fourteen generic cancer drugs showed price rises of more than 100%.
And compared with prices for the same drugs in India, the UK drugs were roughly 20 times more expensive.
Dr Hill said he was surprised to find several companies had consistently raised the prices of cancer treatment.
"We have found that some companies take over the supply of some generic cancer medicines and then raise the price progressively," he said.
He said this was "worrying", particularly when the Cancer Drugs Fund is under pressure from high prices.
But Warwick Smith, director-general of the British Generic Manufacturers Association, said the actual prices paid by hospitals were usually much lower than the list prices.
He said the tendered price paid by hospitals for tamoxifen 10mg tablets is £4.85 for a pack of 30, or 16p per tablet.
"Generic competition in the oncology market has produced very significant savings for the NHS and generated access for patients to medicines such as tamoxifen which can be used to reduce the risk of breast cancer and not just to treat it.
"In the case of generic medicines used in hospitals, it is important to distinguish between the actual price paid by trusts and the much higher list prices often quoted."
The Health Services Medical Supplies (Costs) Bill, currently going through Parliament, is designed to allow the NHS to regulate prices in the future.
As a result of the bill, companies found to be raising prices with no clear justification will be referred to the Competition and Markets Authority, and could face fines.
A Department of Health spokeswoman said: "We will continue to work closely with the pharmaceutical sector to make a success of these new measures, and all the money saved will be invested in the NHS to help provide the highest quality of care for patients."
Other European countries have taken similar measures.
In Spain and Italy, failure to accept the high prices demanded for some generic treatments has led to warnings from companies that they could stop their supply.
"At a time when cancer patients are living longer and better lives due to effective treatments, this situation is particularly worrying," Dr Hill said. | UK prices for generic cancer drugs have risen sharply in the past five years, restricting their use in treating NHS patients, research from the European Cancer Congress has found. | 38769625 | [
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The Scots started their Six Nations campaign with a thrilling first win over Ireland in four years.
They beat France for the first time in 10 years last season at home, but have lost on their past nine trips to Paris.
"It is a long time ago since we won there but we understand there is a reason for that," said Laidlaw.
"France are a good team and it is a hard place to win. We are under no illusions this week - we need to be on top form to get something out of the game.
"We'll need accuracy and we need to be physical and aggressive because the French are big men. But we need to be subtle and clever in our attack.
"If we do that, and move France about and play for 80 minutes, I would back our fitness against them. But we obviously need to be in the game right to the death and not let France get any momentum."
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France have not finished in the top half of the Six Nations since 2011, but impressed in narrow defeats by New Zealand and Australia in the autumn, and came close to a shock victory against England at Twickenham in their Six Nations opener.
"They have improved massively under [coach] Guy Noves and have not been far away from any team they have played," Laidlaw noted. "They have some really dangerous strike runners throughout the team.
"As much as we need to understand why we beat them last year, we need to develop that, be clever and smart and be able to score points.
"We need to keep doing what we are doing well, keep our skills high and if we do that again this weekend, we are going to put ourselves in a strong position.
"The start of the game is massively important, whether it is our kick-off, or or us receiving. It is very important psychologically for them as it is for us.
"If we can start the game playing in the right areas of the field for the first 20 minutes and not muck about too much in our own half, hopefully we will put them under pressure and upset the crowd a little bit."
Media playback is not supported on this device | Captain Greg Laidlaw says Scotland must be "subtle and clever" as well as match France physically if they are to secure a first win in Paris since 1999. | 38911466 | [
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After 11 hours of secret discussions, the musicians could not reach a decision on a replacement for Sir Simon Rattle, who steps down in 2018.
Board member Peter Riegelbauer said they would try again "within a year".
The orchestra's 123 members met in a south-west Berlin church on Monday and were banned from using mobile phones.
But after an announcement was delayed several times, Mr Riegelbauer said: "I must unfortunately tell you that we haven't reached any result."
From September 2017, Sir Simon is to join the London Symphony Orchestra as its music director.
Among his possible successors are:
The Berlin Philharmonic, founded in 1882, has had three chief conductors over the past six decades: | Members of the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra have been unable to agree on who should be their next chief conductor and artistic director. | 32702270 | [
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Matthew Daley, 35, denies murder but has admitted attacking 79-year-old retired solicitor Donald Lock claiming diminished responsibility.
Lynda Daley agreed at Lewes Crown Court the day Mr Lock was killed was "the day that all your nightmares came true".
Mr Lock was attacked on the A24 at Findon, near Worthing last July.
Earlier defence counsel David Howker QC said Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust apologised to Mr Daley's family for having "failed" him in his care and treatment.
Mrs Daley told the court her son had many debts and the recent breakdown of his relationship with his girlfriend had left him "distraught".
"We were never provided with a proper diagnosis. We were frequently in meetings but we were not listened to," she said.
"It's been continual over the last 10 years. In the past 10 years we have pleaded to people, it has been on a regular basis."
Mrs Daley told the court the apology from the NHS trust was "10 years too late".
She said she feared her son was involved in the killing in Findon when she saw the news on television.
When she failed to contact him she drove to the stables where he worked and saw his damaged car.
The court heard the family decided to go to Worthing police station and as Mrs Daley was about enter, her son called her saying: "I need to know where you are and that I can trust you."
Mr Daley also told her he had done "something really bad or something really wrong.
"I killed someone."
The court also heard Mr Daley police told a police officer "when I drive, people try and break into my thoughts".
He also said: "It's sad that I had to kill someone who was so aggressive to me when I wasn't aggressive at all."
Mr Lock was returning from a cycling meet when he was stabbed 39 times during a "ferocious" attack on the A24 at Findon in July.
Witnesses have described Mr Daley as being "expressionless" during the attack, as though he was "having a passport photo" taken.
Mr Lock was fatally stabbed after he hit the back of Mr Daley's Ford Fusion and then asked why he had braked so abruptly.
Jurors have been told that Mr Daley's defence team will claim the defendant may have been acting in self defence because Mr Lock was angry and aggressive .
Consultant forensic pathologist Dr Nathaniel Carey said Mr Lock died from a stab wound to the aorta.
Stab wounds may have also also been inflicted when the 79-year-old lay dead or dying.
The case continues. | The mother of a man who stabbed a motorist 39 times told a court she "pleaded" with mental health experts to have her son sectioned. | 36203910 | [
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It is the second estimate for GDP growth from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
It was a slowdown from the 0.7% rate in the second quarter, but still marked the 11th consecutive quarter of growth.
A widening trade gap is being blamed for the slowdown, with trade having a record negative effect on GDP.
The deficit in the trade balance, the gap between the level of exports and imports, widened from £7.7bn in the second quarter to £14.2bn in the third.
Exports increased by 0.9% while imports grew by 5.5%.
Overall, the trade gap knocked 1.5 percentage points off GDP, which is the most since records began in 1997.
Construction output was also a drag on growth, with the sector contracting by 2.2%.
The services sector, which accounts for more than three quarters of the economy, grew by 0.7% in the quarter.
Industrial production, which includes manufacturing, grew by 0.2%, and business investment was estimated to have risen by 2.2%.
"No surprises in the second estimate as the economy was ticking over, including a chunky contribution from business investment, which has had an unbroken run of expansion for a year," said Lee Hopley, chief economist at EEF, the manufacturers' organisation.
"Pulling sharply in the opposite direction is the contribution from net trade, with modest export growth being swamped by a massive bounce in imports." | The UK economy grew 0.5% between July and September, official figures have confirmed, unchanged from the initial estimate. | 34942693 | [
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Oliver McBurnie began the rout with a 25-yard shot in the opening period.
Routledge's brace came after the break and Kenji Gorre finished off the win against a team who play in the United States' third tier.
New Swans defender Mike van der Hoorn made his debut after joining from Ajax.
Swansea face Richmond Kickers at Virginia on Sunday.
Charlotte Independence 0-4 Swansea City,
Richmond Kickers, Saturday, 16 July 00.00 BST (City Stadium, Virginia)
Bristol Rovers, Saturday, 23 July 15:00 BST (Memorial Stadium)
Swindon Town, Wednesday, 27 July BST 19:45 BST (County Ground)
Wolverhampton Wanderers, Saturday, 30 July 15:00 BST (Molineux)
Stade Rennais, Saturday, 6 August 15:00 BST (Liberty Stadium)
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | Wayne Routledge struck twice as Swansea City comfortably beat Charlotte Independence in the opening game of their pre-season tour to the United States at Ramblewood Stadium. | 36792016 | [
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Winstone, who will play the EastEnders and Carry On actress in her 20s, said: "I... am so excited to step into her national treasure shoes!"
The biopic will also feature two child actors as the younger Dame Barbara.
After portraying Windsor in the 1998 stage play Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick and in TV's Cor Blimey!, Spiro reprises the role of Babs in her 50s.
Spiro said: "It's absolutely thrilling to be playing Barbara again. Tony Jordan has written a beautiful celebration of her life, but it's not your usual biopic, lots of surprises. She is so adored, so I hope we get it right and that Barbara herself loves it."
Babs follows the East End star over a 50-year period from 1943 to 1993, covering her lonely childhood and World War Two evacuation, her complicated relationship with her father, her marriages and her successful career.
Dame Barbara, who will be making a cameo in the drama, added: "I am truly thrilled to know that the BBC have secured two such talented and established actresses to portray me in their new biopic of my life. Sam Spiro has already proved herself playing me on stage and TV to great acclaim, as well as, having her own incredible career.
"Sam will now be playing me at a later time in my life which will be a new challenge for her and one she will undoubtedly achieve. And then to be lucky enough to have one of today's current dynamic actresses playing the younger me fills me with such excitement, especially knowing that it is Jaime Winstone. Boy, am I a lucky lady!"
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Pennock, 46, was placed in charge until the end of 2016-17 following Justin Edinburgh's departure on 3 January.
The ex-Forest Green manager guided the Gills to 20th in League One, one place and one point above the drop zone.
Taylor, 64, returns to "oversee recruitment and all footballing policy" after two spells managing the club.
During his first stint in charge, Taylor led Gillingham to promotion to the second tier via the old Division Two play-offs.
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If they do, limited services will run on Scotrail, Gatwick and Heathrow Express lines and Southeastern.
And there will be no Virgin West Coast mainline services on Monday or Tuesday.
The operator, Virgin Trains, also warned that the East Coast line would be badly affected.
Widespread cancellations are also expected to be announced on CrossCountry Trains, Chiltern Railways, Arriva Trains Wales and First Great Western on Monday and Tuesday.
Rail companies say further disruption and delays are likely on Wednesday, as services return to normal.
If the strike goes ahead, fans of Middlesbrough and Norwich City football clubs may have trouble travelling to Wembley for the Championship play-off final at 15:00 BST on Monday.
An outline of how the strike will affect all train companies is expected today, with full details likely on Saturday - but passengers are being advised not to travel unless "absolutely necessary".
Talks between Network Rail and union bosses at the conciliation service, Acas, are continuing.
Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union and the Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA) have rejected a four-year pay deal of a £500 increase followed by three years of rises in line with RPI inflation.
Virgin said if the strike was called off with enough notice, it would hope to run a "near normal" service.
But Network Rail chief executive Mark Carne has advised travellers not to "bank on" the unions calling it off, although he still believes there is "a settlement to be had".
He said his team would be available all week and into the weekend if necessary, to reach a deal.
People who have already booked tickets should check with their train operator on the special measures in place, he added.
RMT general secretary Mick Cash said his team were also prepared to continue negotiations over the weekend.
"In the meantime, our picketing arrangements are in place and the response coming back from our members is one of rock-solid support," he added.
The RMT has been forced into this dispute through "a wholly-unwarranted attack on safety-critical jobs, pay and working conditions" that undermines passenger safety, he added.
Scottish transport minister Derek Mackay said the strike was "very likely to go ahead" and have a "significant impact" on rails and roads.
ScotRail Alliance managing director Phil Verster, said the firm was "very disappointed" to have to make so many cancellations but, as it was a UK-wide national strike, "there's very little we can do about it from the Scotland side".
He told BBC Radio Scotland 470 Network Rail signallers could strike and he has only 23 contingency signallers so "our capability to step in is very, very limited".
Later, the High Court is due to hear a challenge from Network Rail over flaws in the ballot by the TSSA. | More rail companies are cancelling services over the bank holiday weekend, as talks continue to try to avert a planned strike by Network Rail staff. | 32826069 | [
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The memorial, with the names of 27 local people, has been unveiled at the Unite building in Islington.
The city's office block has been called Jack Jones in honour of the ardent trade unionist from Garston who was badly injured in the conflict.
Unite's regional secretary Paul Finegan said: "We feel very privileged."
There were approximately 180 men and women who left the safety of Merseyside to defend the Spanish government against the might of General Francisco Franco's nationalist rebels between 1936 and 1939.
Jack Jones survived the war and became the leader of the Transport and General Workers' Union. He was heavily involved with the unions until he died aged 96 in April last year.
Local historian, Danny Payne, said that although there were 27 names on the plaque, after further research it is believed that 30 people from Merseyside died fighting.
They had to travel there in secret, after the UK government declared it illegal to fight in Spain as it tried to appease Hitler's huge fascist force in the lead up to the Second World War.
In total, 2,500 from across the British Isles fought in the Spanish Civil War and 500 did not survive.
Mr Finegan said: "The plaque used to be on the wall of the unemployed and trade union centre in Hardman Street, but since it closed years ago, it has been sent from place to place across the city.
"Now it's good that it has a permanent home here, it all seems to fit together well - a newly refurbished building called Jack Jones and a memorial dedicated to those who lost their lives in the same war he fought."
The civil war ended after WWII had started. More than 300,000 people died and the Republicans were persecuted by the victorious nationalist parties.
Mr Payne added: "It was an horrific war, Franco's uprising was supported by the Hitler and Mussolini regimes so he was furnished with arms.
"The Republic was short of weapons and medical supplies and it was basically strangled by the might of Franco." | A plaque with the names of those from Merseyside who lost their lives fighting in the Spanish Civil War has found a permanent home in Liverpool. | 11557915 | [
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More than 480 papers for the Hull East constituency were sent out without listing Labour's Karl Turner and the Green Party's Sarah Walpole.
Hull City Council apologised and said a printing error had affected people who registered to vote after 1 April.
The authority said it had hand-delivered the new ballot papers to the voters concerned.
A council spokeswoman said: "Robust processes have also been put in place to identify any invalid ballot papers that are returned to ensure that they are replaced by the valid papers, once received."
The council said that a first run of postal ballot papers - sent out to more than 5,450 homes - had been printed successfully with the full list of candidates.
Ian Anderson, the acting returning officer for the general election in Hull, said: "We do apologise that this error occurred, but having quickly identified it we are confident that we have taken every available step to rectify the situation and manage it effectively."
The candidates for Hull East are: | Postal ballots with the names of two candidates missing in a Hull constituency have been replaced. | 32557648 | [
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In his first spell he won the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations but the deal was not renewed after the 2014 World Cup.
He later returned on a match-by-match deal, which ended in November after failure to reach the 2015 Nations Cup.
"It's a fresh start. We need the support of our fans, media and every Nigerian to return the team to where we truly belong," Keshi told BBC Sport.
"As a coach and former player I was also hurt that we failed to qualify for the last Nations Cup.
I remain confident that this time around we will see an improvement, change in attitude and positive results
"To succeed we all need to come together as one because Nigeria belongs to us - this is not Stephen Keshi's team but our national team."
BBC Sport understands that Keshi has been set several targets and that his contract will be terminated if he does not meet them.
The 53-year-old was also required to sign a code of conduct and is expected to work with the Nigerian Football Federation technical committee.
However, the NFF's technical committee boss Felix Anyansi-Agwu said: "The NFF board is confident Stephen Keshi can take the Super Eagles to new heights.
"We want Nigerians to see this as a new beginning and to support the team and the NFF."
Keshi, who also won the Nations Cup as a player with Nigeria in 1994, declined to comment on the contract details or the exit of his long-term assistant Daniel Amokachi.
Former Nigeria striker Amokachi has left his role with immediate effect and been replaced by Salisu Yusuf.
Yusuf, who led Kano Pillars to the Nigerian title in 2008, has previously worked as assistant to former Nigeria coach Samson Siasia at both senior and U20 levels.
As caretaker coach, Keshi endured a turbulent 2014, in which he was sacked by the NFF and only reinstalled after intervention from Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan.
His last two home matches in Abuja and Akwa Ibom were marred by a negative reaction from the public and Keshi has pleaded for the home supporters to be positive during the 2017 Nations Cup qualifiers.
The Super Eagles have been drawn in one of the toughest-looking groups, alongside seven-time champions Egypt, Tanzania and Chad.
"I understand we still have some disappointed people out there but our dedicated players deserve our encouragement and support," added Keshi.
"It doesn't matter where they play, these boys always give everything and we need to stand by them and the coaching crew.
"I remain confident that this time around we will see an improvement, change in attitude and positive results." | Stephen Keshi has been appointed Nigeria coach for the third time and signed a two-year contract on Tuesday. | 32385914 | [
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The 51-year-old had been negotiating a release from his contract following a rift with the board over his budget.
Hughes has been with the Highlanders since December 2013 and won the Scottish Cup last year, the club's first major honour.
"John will be remembered as a member of a great winning team," read a brief statement from Inverness CT.
Hughes had become increasingly frustrated at the loss of key squad members and spoke of his disappointment when an approach from Dundee United was blocked earlier this season.
Having previously managed at Falkirk, Hibernian, Hartlepool and Livingston, he replaced Terry Butcher at the Caledonian Stadium.
As well as lifting the Scottish Cup, Hughes steered Inverness to a third place finish in the Premiership last season, with this campaign opening with their first taste of European football.
In March 2014, Inverness reached the League Cup final, losing on penalties to Aberdeen.
The Inverness statement contained a message on behalf of Hughes, saying: "I will look back on my time in the Highlands with a genuine fondness and warm affection for the club, the area and the community.
"The welcome I received from the fans and the response I got from the players throughout my two-and-a-half years there will live long in the memory as will everything else we shared in some of the ground-breaking successes we all enjoyed together during that period.
"I can readily assure my successor that they will inherit an excellent group of players and to each and every one of them could I also say a huge thanks for making my time with them so successful and so memorable - I wish them and the club every success in the future." | Inverness Caledonian Thistle have confirmed the departure of manager John Hughes. | 36348210 | [
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Former Carrick boss Haveron was appointed Glens supremo this week and could not have asked for a more high-profile first match in charge.
Glentoran have slumped to 10th in the table after taking just one point from a possible 15.
"We must show how much it means to play in games like these," said Haveron.
"Our fans expect the players to show passion and pride and that is how it should be.
"We have got to get a bit belief and a win would do that.
"The best way to turn our season around would be to beat Linfield on Saturday."
Despite being at home, Glentoran will be firm underdogs against David Healy's Linfield who are unbeaten this season.
The Belfast Blues sit in second place and are five points behind champions Crusaders with a match in hand.
The unbeaten Crues also face a big derby fixture as they host north Belfast neighbours Cliftonville at Seaview.
Crusaders have won five league matches in a row while Cliftonville are up to fourth following back-to-back victories.
"Cliftonville are back in form and are winning games of football quite well," said Crusaders manager Stephen Baxter.
"They are packed full of quality players and have loads of confidence and ability. They will expect to get a result."
Ballymena United travel to their fiercest rivals Coleraine looking to make it four wins in a row in the league.
They came from behind to beat Glentoran 4-1 last weekend to consolidate third place in the table.
"It will be my first experience of a Coleraine/Ballymena derby and we're looking forward to it," said Sky Blues boss David Jeffrey.
"They came from two down to draw against Glenavon last week so that is an indication of the character they possess."
The fourth derby clash in Saturday's Premiership is at Mourneview Park where Glenavon host Portadown.
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A person claiming to be in a vehicle on the A414 at North Weald, Essex, called police at 08:30 BST on Wednesday to say it had earlier been in Ashford in Kent.
The lorry was found by Bedfordshire Police at Toddington Services, on the M1, in the afternoon.
Six people are being held in custody.
Supt Trevor Roe, from Essex Police, said it was a "positive outcome".
"We've seen with human trafficking....the events could turn out to be very tragic so I think it was important we reacted fairly quickly across our neighbouring forces to try to locate the vehicle," he said. | Four suspected illegal immigrants are on the run after a lorry containing ten people was discovered by police following a "distress" call from one of the people inside. | 32620383 | [
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Imani Wiltshire was discovered on the lower deck of the bus in Stratford, east London, on 28 September.
She was taken to hospital where she was pronounced dead. A post-mortem examination found she died from head injuries.
Rosalin Baker, 25, and Jeffrey Wiltshire, 52, of Manor Park, pleaded not guilty to murder at the Old Bailey.
They also denied charges of causing or allowing the death of their child.
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The three-time champion jockey, 32, has not put a timescale on his return to the saddle.
"I'm not going to rush it," he said. "I want to be 100% for all the major races in the autumn."
Moore looks set to miss York's four-day Ebor Festival, one of the biggest fixtures on the flat-racing calendar, which begins on 17 August.
The major autumn races include the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, British Champions Day, the Breeders' Cup and the Melbourne Cup.
The lay-off will damage his chances of winning the jockeys' championship for a fourth time.
Moore, the number one rider for Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien, is second with 57 winners this year, two behind Silvestre de Sousa.
He finished as top rider at the recent Goodwood Festival with eight victories.
"I have been a bit sore for the last couple of weeks and been advised by a specialist that complete rest is the best option," he added.
"I'm going to play it by ear, but hope to be back soon."
Moore was sidelined for two months last year with a neck injury.
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"The rules of the game are changing," the prime minister declared.
And he launched a 12-point plan of tough measures to deal with the threat of terrorism. I can remember writing them all down in my notebook and wondering when this bewildering list of policies was going to end.
Chaos ensued. Opposition parties protested they had not been consulted. The then Labour chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee dismissed the policies as "half-baked".
And Mr Blair went on holiday leaving his Home Secretary, Charles Clarke, to pick up the pieces.
Day after day, there were emergency news conferences as the policies were clarified, rewritten and embellished.
Some were quietly forgotten - such as new powers to close mosques - and others provoked divisive parliamentary battles, such as allowing the police 90 days to detain terror suspects without charge.
The attacks transformed the politics of the summer.
But the key point is this: Mr Blair had already won his third election in May with a healthy majority of 66.
In contrast, Theresa May is dealing with her terrorism while the election campaign is still going on.
For the prime minister, there are several lessons she could take from the experience of her Labour predecessor.
Anti-terror laws made up on the hoof in the heat of the moment are not always the best ones.
And laws do not always help. Since 2000, there has also been a lot of counter-terrorism legislation passed by Parliament and yet the threat is still there and very real.
Yet Mrs May clearly felt the need to say something in Downing Street in response to the London Bridge attack that went beyond the usual condemnation of the violence, sympathy for the victims and their families and praise for the security forces.
The fact that she announced some policy prescriptions showed that, in her mind, the need to be seen to being doing something outweighed the inevitable criticism of politicising the reaction to the incident. And, of course, a four-point plan was better than Mr Blair's 12.
This was a recognition by the prime minister that security is now a significant issue in this election. Long after the rows of this campaign are over the government that is elected will still be facing the threat of Islamist terrorism.
Where once the last few days of the election might have been focused on Brexit or tax or spending, much time and space will now be devoted to police numbers, intelligence capacity and extremist ideology.
It is a political truism that security issues tend to favour the incumbent, allowing the prime minister of the day to look and be prime ministerial.
It lifts them temporarily from the petty partisan point-scoring to the Olympian heights of statesmanship and all that a Downing Street podium can confer upon them.
In times of uncertainty, the status quo looks attractive. As Belloc rhymed, "Always keep a-hold of nurse for fear of finding something worse".
Yet for Mrs May this is a double-edged sword.
Her security background gives her the experience and knowledge to sound convincing and credible on counter-terrorism. Yet it also gives her opponents a record to attack and ask what on earth she has been doing as home secretary over the past seven years to tackle the threat. Has she, for example, been increasing or cutting police budgets?
Security is also double-edged for Jeremy Corbyn. These attacks have allowed his opponents to revive past comments revealing his reluctance to use armed force, to accuse him of consorting with members of the IRA, and to remind voters of his opposition to many counter-terrorism laws.
But the issue also allows the Labour leader to surprise voters with a counterintuitive promise to give the police full authority to use force.
It also gives him space to question some of Britain's alliances with countries in the Middle East from where some Islamist ideology originated.
The truth is that the impact of such incidents on elections is not straightforward.
In Israel, for instance, what are considered to be terror attacks tend to favour parties of the right over parties of the left.
But the evidence elsewhere appears inconsistent and sketchy.
The terror attack in Paris this April did not help the Front National leader, Marine Le Pen.
But in Spain in 2004, the attack on Madrid's commuter trains that killed 192 people - just three days before polling - did not help save the ruling centre-right Popular Party from defeat.
The bottom line, perhaps, is that many voters in Britain will have seen terrorism before.
And they will see it as just one issue among many on which they can base their vote.
They also know that elections are about choosing a government for potentially five years and knee-jerk decisions are not always best for the long-term. | After the bomb attacks on London in July 2005, Tony Blair summoned the media to Downing Street for a news conference. | 40154519 | [
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It was far from a comfortable afternoon for high-flying Rovers against a side that had failed to win in their previous five matches.
But Rowe scored in the last seconds of the first half to give Doncaster something to work with after the break. The midfielder latched onto the ball after a fine dummy from John Marquis and clipped a shot over Colchester goalkeeper Sam Walker.
The visitors had done a superb job to stifle Doncaster's passing game with high-intensity pressing in midfield.
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Colchester piled on the pressure in the latter stages but Doncaster held firm.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Doncaster Rovers 1, Colchester United 0.
Second Half ends, Doncaster Rovers 1, Colchester United 0.
Attempt missed. Sammie Szmodics (Colchester United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is just a bit too high.
Foul by Mathieu Baudry (Doncaster Rovers).
Luke Prosser (Colchester United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Luke Prosser (Colchester United).
Attempt missed. Denny Johnstone (Colchester United) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Macauley Bonne (Colchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Attempt saved. John Marquis (Doncaster Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. John Marquis (Doncaster Rovers) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt saved. Macauley Bonne (Colchester United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt blocked. John Marquis (Doncaster Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Foul by Riccardo Calder (Doncaster Rovers).
Drey Wright (Colchester United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Doncaster Rovers. Harry Middleton replaces Liam Mandeville.
Substitution, Doncaster Rovers. Mathieu Baudry replaces Joe Wright.
Attempt missed. Richard Brindley (Colchester United) header from the centre of the box is too high.
Hand ball by Riccardo Calder (Doncaster Rovers).
Foul by Macauley Bonne (Colchester United).
Joe Wright (Doncaster Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Colchester United. Macauley Bonne replaces Kurtis Guthrie.
Attempt missed. Richard Brindley (Colchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Substitution, Colchester United. Denny Johnstone replaces Chris Porter.
Jordan Houghton (Doncaster Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Drey Wright (Colchester United).
Jordan Houghton (Doncaster Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Niall Mason.
Attempt saved. Kurtis Guthrie (Colchester United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Substitution, Doncaster Rovers. Riccardo Calder replaces Tommy Rowe because of an injury.
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Substitution, Colchester United. Dion Sembie-Ferris replaces Kane Vincent-Young.
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Foul by Craig Slater (Colchester United).
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Attempt missed. John Marquis (Doncaster Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Matty Blair (Doncaster Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. | Tommy Rowe struck in first-half injury-time as promotion-chasing Doncaster edged past Colchester 1-0 to secure a third consecutive League Two win. | 37593962 | [
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Clubs are required to provide accurate details of training sessions and player whereabouts so that they are available for testing at all times.
City have allegedly failed to ensure its information was accurate on three occasions.
The FA has a 'three strikes' policy and the most likely punishment is a fine.
It is understood the information was not updated following a change to training routines.
BBC Sport's Simon Stone
The fact City have accepted the charge is not a surprise.
Doping is a word that attracts big headlines and they are even greater when it is attached to one of the world's leading football clubs.
However, as I understand it, the three breaches of the whereabouts rule were relatively low level.
Clubs are responsible for a number of teams - senior, women, under-23 - and one infringement by each would be enough to trigger a charge.
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Ar un adeg roedd deg person tân yno yn defnyddio offer arbennig i'w codi uwchben yr adeilad er mwyn ceisio diffodd y fflamau.
Yn ôl adroddiadau mae'r tân bellach o dan reolaeth ond nid yw'n bosib i'r criwiau ddweud yn iawn os yw'r tân wedi llwyr ddiffodd gan fod y llanw wedi rhwystro diffoddwyr rhag mynd ato.
Mae disgwyl i ddiffoddwyr aros yno dros nos ac fe fydd ymchwiliad i'r union achos yn dechrau ddydd Sadwrn.
Yn ddiweddar fe syrthiodd rhan o'r pier i'r môr ac yn fuan wedyn cafodd ei ddifrodi ymhellach gan storm Doris.
Mae yna gynlluniau i'w adfer a'i ail-ddatblygu. | Cafodd Gwasanaeth Tân ac Achub y Gogledd ei galw i bier Fictorianaidd Bae Colwyn oddeutu 16:30 brynhawn Gwener wedi adroddiadau bod tân wedi cynnau yn rhan o'r pier. | 39238189 | [
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Dominic Elliott, 23, died in March after he was taken to hospital from the world-renowned artist's house in Bridlington, East Yorkshire.
The inquest in Hull heard Mr Elliott had taken cocaine, ecstasy and temazepam before he drank the liquid.
Mr Hockney was in bed asleep at the time and was "completely unaware" of what had happened, the inquest heard.
The artist's former partner, John Fitzherbert, told the hearing he drove Mr Elliott to Scarborough Hospital in the early hours of the morning.
Mr Fitzherbert said that in the day leading up to the incident, he and Mr Elliott had drunk alcohol, taken cocaine and smoked cannabis.
Pathologist Dr Richard Shepherd told the court that temazepam and ecstasy were also found in his body.
Dr Shepherd said the acid severely burned Mr Elliott's mouth, tongue and throat before perforating his stomach.
Mr Hockney, who was not in court, said in a statement read out at the inquest that he had been asleep in his bedroom and woke up on the morning of 17 March to be told Mr Elliott had died.
The 76-year-old artist said he had gone to bed at 21:00 GMT the night before and despite seeing Mr Fitzherbert and his chief assistant, Jean Pierre Goncalves De Lima, at midnight there was "nothing out of the ordinary".
He did not see Mr Elliott before going to bed, Mr Hockney said.
He said Mr Elliott and Mr Fitzherbert had been in a relationship for about four months and described how a number of people lived in his five-bedroom former guesthouse, including Mr De Lima.
Mr Hockney said he had a large double bedroom where he also did portraits. He said Mr Fitzherbert had another large, self-contained room and they both led separate lives.
He said he had known Mr Elliott for about 10 years and described how he helped him with all aspects of his studio work.
But the artist said he only knew him "professionally" and he did not "really know him in a social aspect".
He said Mr Elliott sometimes drank a lot and this gave him a "Jekyll and Hyde" character.
"I cannot comment on any of the lifestyle habits he has," Mr Hockney said in his statement.
He said he had not been well at the time of the incident due to a mini-stroke.
Mr Fitzherbert, who was present in court, described how he and Mr Elliott had spent the Friday night drinking and smoking cannabis.
He said that on the Saturday morning, after Mr Hockney had left the house, Mr Elliott started laughing hysterically before jumping head first off a 9ft (3m) high internal balcony.
Asked by the coroner, Professor Paul Marks, why he did this, Mr Fitzherbert replied: "No idea".
He said Mr Elliott was not seriously hurt. "I just saw his feet going over," he told the court.
Mr Fitzherbert described how Mr Elliott later smoked more cannabis and they both fell asleep again together.
He said he was woken by Mr Elliott in the middle of the night asking to be taken to hospital.
Mr Fitzherbert told the court he found a bottle of toilet and drain cleaner in the sink but did not connect it to Mr Elliott at that time.
Pathologist Dr Shepherd had told the inquest that Mr Elliott would have been in extreme pain and Mr Fitzherbert was asked repeatedly whether he noticed this as he tended to his friend.
Mr Fitzherbert was also asked why he later called Mr De Lima to get him to tidy up the house.
He said Mr Hockney had not been well and he wanted to "shield him" from any "scandal involving drugs in his house".
Asked about why Mr Elliott did what he did, Mr Fitzherbert replied: "I do not have any answers."
"I think he liked living on the edge," he said.
Mr Elliott's mother, Karen Kent, told the inquest how her son met Mr Fitzherbert at a family barbeque when he was 15 years old.
It was Mr Fitzherbert who introduced him to Mr Hockney.
Mr Elliott's best friend, Christopher Towland, told the court he had recently become worried about his friend's gambling.
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Dominic Greyer said organisers of the WI's Centennial Fair in Harrogate asked him to cover up coasters, mugs and tea-towels featuring some of Britain's saucier-named towns and villages.
The author was selling merchandise for his book 'Lesser Spotted Britain' when asked to hide the offending items.
The organisers have yet to comment.
Mr Greyer said he was approached by a male organiser who described some of the promotional material as "unacceptable".
He was asked to put greetings cards in brown paper bags and cover place names with 'censored' stickers.
Mr Greyer said: "It was pretty farcical, it was like I was running an adult shop.
"I had to cover up what on paper seem like rude names but, in context, are real places from around the UK.
"It's just 'Carry On' humour, it's not like you can't drive past these places, they're all out there on the street for people to see."
The writer, from Manchester, said ladies approaching his stall during the event at the weekend were "gobsmacked" by the move and thought it was a marketing gimmick.
"Some of them were pretty put out and thought it was patronising," he added.
Wetwang, East Yorkshire
Cockermouth, Cumbria
Three Cocks, Powys
Twatt, Shetland Islands
Bell End, Northamptonshire
Sandy Balls, Hampshire
Slack Bottom, West Yorkshire
Butts View, Derbyshire
Cocking, Sussex
Bully Hole Bottom, Monmouthshire
Minge Lane, Worcestershire
Assington, Suffolk
Juggs Lane, West Sussex
Furry Way, Cornwall
Rings End, Cambridgeshire
Guests of the event took to Twitter to share their confusion.
"Oh the censorship thing did have us rolling with laughter - we're just so delicate!" said one.
Other WI branches also waded in with their thoughts:
"At the fab @Lesser_Spotted stand at @theWI fair but shocked to find he'd been censored by the MEN who run the event! !" said the Cottonopolis WI. | Wetwang, Cockermouth and Bell End were just some of the place names deemed too rude to be shown at a Women's Institute (WI) event. | 34196691 | [
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It's part of attempts to streamline operations at the new Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link, which will open next year, costing just under $11bn (£8.45bn).
Under the new plan, passengers will be able to undertake border clearance procedures for both Hong Kong and China successively in one building in West Kowloon, Hong Kong.
And it will be mainland law which will be in force in parts of the terminal, even though it's on Hong Kong soil.
The government says that will be more convenient for passengers, but opponents say it could violate Hong Kong law.
For those travelling overland, the process is similar to most border crossings between countries.
At the busiest land crossings, passengers must first clear immigration and customs in one physical jurisdiction, then walk or be driven a fair distance to clear immigration in the other jurisdiction.
Hong Kong immigration procedures are handled on undisputed Hong Kong territory, and Chinese immigration procedures are handled in Shenzhen, which is the mainland.
Hong Kong officials are touting this as a "one-stop" clearance.
Passengers will be able to complete both Hong Kong and Chinese clearance procedures under one roof inside the West Kowloon terminus building, before boarding trains to all cities on the national high-speed railway network.
Hong Kong officials say this will be like similar arrangements between for example the US and Canada, and the UK and France on the Eurostar.
China will lease the so-called "Mainland Port Area" from Hong Kong. The area will comprise the Chinese section of immigration and customs and the waiting hall for departure passengers, as well as all platforms and trains.
Full Chinese law, both criminal and civil, will prevail in this entire area, even though it is physically located on Hong Kong soil.
Hong Kong officials say the area will be considered to be outside the territorial boundary of Hong Kong.
There will be immigration, customs, quarantine, administration and police officers stationed in the area.
Hong Kong has a separate legal system from mainland China, under the One Country Two Systems framework.
Under this Basic Law, Hong Kongers have a far greater degree of freedom to protest than mainland citizens have, among other differences.
Mainland officials also have no jurisdiction in the territory.
Critics say the proposal could lead to Hong Kongers being arrested on Hong Kong soil for actions which are legal here, but not in mainland China.
It also feeds in to growing concern in recent years about Chinese encroachment into Hong Kong affairs, after the disappearance from Hong Kong of several people who sold books critical of the Chinese government, and the removal of several MPs who had protested against Beijing while being sworn in.
It is currently unclear whether Western social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter, which are blocked in mainland China, will be accessible within the port area.
The Hong Kong government proposal must be approved by Chinese authorities, before it can be implemented in Hong Kong through a change or addition in local legislation.
Pro-democracy legislators say they will try to veto the plan. | Hong Kong's government has unveiled a controversial plan which would allow Chinese mainland law to apply in the territory for the first time. | 40712984 | [
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Mr Oyston sued Stephen Reed over material posted on a fans' webzine, Back Henry Street, in June 2015.
Mr Justice Langstaff in the High Court in Manchester ruled Mr Oyston was blameless and Mr Reed's allegation was untrue.
The verdict comes the day after the club was relegated to League Two.
Mr Reed's website posting claimed the club chairman entered into a foul-mouthed rant at him in public, held a gun in such a way as to make Mr Reed believe he was about to be shot at and had assaulted Mr Reed and put him in fear for his safety or even his life.
The judge said judgment for Mr Oyston was entered in August 2015 and Mr Reed now accepted the club chairman did not brandish a gun at Mr Reed, who maintained had not lied about the incident since he had given his honest opinion.
In ruling Mr Oyston was blameless, the judge added that further libel had not been discouraged by an award in an earlier action brought by Mr Oyston against another supporter, David Ragozzino.
The judge said the effect appeared to have been "to stir up, and maintain, resentment of and hostility" toward Mr Oyston and his wife Victoria.
He ordered Mr Reed to pay Mr Oyston £30,000 and his legal costs.
Mr Reed was among a number of Blackpool supporters unhappy about the way the Oyston family have run the football club.
Fans have held regular protests and boycotted games over the past two seasons.
Mr Oyston was fined £40,000 in June and banned from football activity for six weeks by the Football Association for five breaches of aggravated misconduct after sending abusive and insulting text messages to a fan. | Blackpool Football Club's chairman Karl Oyston has won £30,000 in libel damages from an abusive fan who claimed Mr Oyston threatened him with a shotgun. | 36248594 | [
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For Jenny Tay and Darren Cheng, both undertakers, death played a "central and important part" in the photo shoot, taken for their upcoming wedding in October.
"A large part of the shoot was definitely inspired by our jobs," said Ms Tay, who is also the daughter of one of Singapore's most famous undertakers.
"Wedding shoots are often staged at places which bring the most memories. For us, work plays such a huge part of our lives so we wanted to do it in style."
But that was not the only reason behind the couple's photo shoot.
"Death is a part of life and shouldn't be seen as taboo," Ms Tay, who has also written a children's book about dealing with death, told the BBC.
"It's important to talk about death; it's part and parcel of everyone's life. Many Asian societies often portray it negatively - we hope to be able to debunk that taboo by encouraging people to be open about death."
Wedding photo shoots in Singapore are traditionally taken by many local couples ahead of their banquets.
A Star Wars-themed wedding shoot and another one based on the zombie apocalypse were some of the other creative shoots by Singaporean couples.
The coffin-themed photo shoot, which was initiated by Ms Tay, took place in a waterway park in Singapore.
"We wanted it to be pretty and whimsical, not at all morbid, so we staged it there and not in an actual cemetery," Ms Tay explained.
"We also didn't want to scare people and the reaction to it has been very positive."
Ms Tay also said the shoot took a day to film, and the weather was "very hot".
Chinese geomancers have weighed in on the couple's shoot, and Ms Tay has decided not to display them at their wedding banquet so as not to "disrespect" any of their guests.
"Everyone has different opinions and it's not possible for everyone to share the same line of thought as us," she explained, adding that the couple will feature a set of "assassin-themed" wedding photographs taken in Japan instead.
But while guests may miss out on their coffin-themed shoot, the pictures drew a huge response on Facebook.
"Bravo to Jenny and Darren! They are very daring in their choice for a wedding shoot and I think it's paid off," said a Facebook user.
"It's literally 'til death do us part'," said another.
Other users were full of praise for the "unique approach" adopted by the couple.
"I think their shoot is creative and very tastefully done," said Molly Sim on Facebook. "It's a very nice change from the cookie cutter wedding shoots that we see done at Marina Bay Sands or Sentosa all the time."
"This is what you call 'thinking out of the box' - something their children and grandchildren will talk about for decades," said another user Jeffrey Poh. | A Singaporean couple have created a stir online after posing with a coffin in their wedding photos. | 33502935 | [
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The man was arrested on suspicion of preparing for terrorist acts and terrorist training as he stepped off the plane from Istanbul on Thursday evening.
He remains in custody at a south London police station.
Officers are searching a property in east London, Scotland Yard said. | A 30-year-old man arriving in the UK on a flight from Turkey has been arrested at Heathrow Airport by counter-terror police. | 39813173 | [
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28 April 2017 Last updated at 16:43 BST
Thousands lined the side of the streets to cheer on the competitors.
We spoke to a young Yorkshire resident Max to see what the atmosphere was like down on the start line.
Check out the video. | The 2017 Tour de Yorkshire has got off to a flying start in Bridlington, Yorkshire. | 39745125 | [
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The Buglife conservation charity says the recent period of damp weather has seen the numbers of bees, wasps, moths and butterflies shrink in 2012.
Its chief executive Matt Shardlow said that if the country keeps on having periods of damp weather, then it could prove dangerous for some rare species.
"They might not recover and could be driven closer to extinction," he said.
This year saw the wettest April-June quarter on record and further heavy rain in July.
Mr Shardlow said the damp conditions have resulted in fewer aphids for wasps to feed on, which has reduced their numbers. It is likely to take two more years for their numbers to recover, he added.
He also said the approximately 250 species of bees in the UK need high temperatures to gather nectar and pollen.
"We are seeing very low numbers of them now, as well as small bumble bees, which is a sign they haven't had enough nectar and pollen to feed on."
Buglife says there is no specific data collated on various insect numbers, but that its volunteers and experts have been spotting numbers and will detect "massive year-on-year variation" which they have reported this year.
However, some data is collated on butterfly numbers, and Mr Shardlow says that this year could see the lowest number of that insect ever recorded in the UK. Moths, too, are being seen in fewer numbers, he said.
However, the wet weather has been good news for some insects, such as the crane fly, drone fly and mosquitoes as well as molluscs such as slugs and snails, which all thrive in the damp conditions.
"This means that anything which feeds on slugs and snails will also benefit this year," Mr Shardlow said.
"We've had reports of large numbers of glow worms, for example, which feed on slugs and snails."
But Richard Ridler, chairman of Essex Beekeepers' Association, says this year's bad weather has not necessarily killed off bees, just stopped them from venturing out into fields and gardens.
"The problem was that we had an appalling start to the year, which meant the bees stayed at home. Instead of going out, they stayed in their hives and ate their honey. I've had 25% of the honey yield that I would have expected this year.
"So the public saw a lot less of them. I haven't had beekeepers telling me that they've lost more bees than usual.
"This has been the most unusual, bizarre beekeeping year because of the weather. Most beekeepers I've spoken to have written this year off as an interesting experience, and one they hope not to have again for a while." | Some species of insects are at "very low numbers" in the UK after months of wet and cool weather, experts say. | 19337612 | [
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A third person had been arrested in the raid in Verviers and weapons are reported to have been recovered.
Prosecutor Eric Van Der Sypt told reporters police had targeted a group returning from Syria who had been about to launch attacks in a matter of hours.
Suspects had opened fire on police, he said. There were also overnight searches in the Brussels area.
Speaking after Thursday's raids in Verviers, Mr Van Der Sypt said: "The suspects immediately and for several minutes opened fire with military weaponry and handguns on the special units of the federal police before they were neutralised."
After the raid, four Kalashnikovs, bomb-making equipment and police clothing were found, according to local media. Security forces remain in the Verviers area.
Anti-terror raids also took place late on Thursday in Brussels and surrounding towns, including Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, Anderlecht and Schaerbeek.
Earlier on Thursday two suspected Islamists were arrested in the Brussels suburb of Zaventem, local media reported.
Belgian officials say more than 300 people have left Belgium to fight with Islamic militant groups in Syria and Iraq.
Belgian journalist Mark Eeckhaut told the BBC the suspects in Verviers had wanted to attack a police station and cause a large number of casualties.
The terror threat level in Belgium has been raised to three - the second highest, Mr Van Der Sypt said.
Witnesses in Verviers reported hearing heavy gunfire for several minutes and at least three explosions.
Witness Marylou Fletcher told the BBC: "We were going back from shopping and saw the police cars. We thought there was an accident then we heard something blowing up. There were a lot of gunshots.
"My children cried. They are just terrified."
The area around the train station has been cordoned off and reports on social media say there is a heavy police presence in the town centre.
Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel later said the security operation "shows the government's determination to fight those who want to spread terror", his spokesman said.
British Prime Minister David Cameron said events in Belgium "look like yet another indication of the huge risk we face from Islamist extremist terror in Europe".
"We have to remain extremely vigilant, we have to take all the steps we can to beat this evil," he told reporters in Washington where he is to hold talks with President Barack Obama.
Verviers is in the province of Liege, close to the German border, and has a population of about 56,000.
The incident comes a week after attacks in neighbouring France that killed 17 people. Belgian media has reported that some of the weapons used in those attacks were bought in Brussels.
Mr Van Der Sypt said no weapons link with the killings in France had been established.
However there are fears that the suspects captured or killed in this operation could have been inspired by the killings in France to accelerate their own plans, the BBC's Chris Morris in Verviers says.
The attacks in and around Paris - on satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, a kosher market and police - have heightened security fears in several European countries.
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The Scot's first game in charge was the encouraging 0-0 draw at Preston. But the Championship side have still not won in eight games, their worst run since the 2012-13 relegation season.
"One of the biggest differences is the work rate," said Bodvarsson.
"We're playing much faster and defending better," he told BBC WM.
"The message is much more clear now. A lot of the guys are taking it very positively.
"Paul Lambert has obviously come in with a plan. It is a clear message to all of the guys in the team about what their job is on the field now.
"Defensively, we were very good at Preston. Other than needing to be a little more clinical in the final third, I think we're improving a lot."
Iceland international Bodvarsson was one of previous boss Walter Zenga's first summer signings when he joined from German second-tier side Kaiserslautern.
Lambert's first home game in charge of 19th-placed Wolves is on Saturday against ninth-placed Sheffield Wednesday.
Wednesday have lost on their last five visits to Molineux, in a run of just two wins in 26 matches against Wolves.
Wolves' all-time leading scorer Steve Bull and fellow club legend Andy Thompson will make on-field appearances to mark the 30th anniversary of their moves to Wolves from neighbours West Bromwich Albion.
The club are expecting an attendance figure of 28,000, close to Molineux's 31,700 capacity, and comfortably their biggest crowd of the season. | Wolves striker Jon Dadi Bodvarsson says they are already getting a much clearer "message" of how to improve under new boss Paul Lambert. | 38094052 | [
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The £127m, four-year arts programme began in 2008 and climaxed with the London 2012 Festival last summer.
The festival included a nationwide bell-ringing event, a bouncy Stonehenge and a string quartet in helicopters.
By September 2012, the report said, 29% of the UK population was aware of the Olympiad and the festival.
This figure rose to over 40% in London, it continued, adding the four years were believed to have seen 37.4 million attendances.
The Liverpool University study, published on Thursday, also said the Olympiad helped enhance the perception of Britain abroad.
But one arts expert has questioned how effectively the message about the London 2012 Festival came across.
"The numbers do not lie," said Marc Sands, the Tate's director of audiences and media.
"Vast swathes of the UK population and tourists visiting the UK for that incredible summer in some way experienced the London 2012 Festival.
"However, much as they may have enjoyed the event they were attending, my lasting impression is that they were unaware they were participating in a festival.
"Six months on from the end of London 2012, many people look at you blankly when you ask them about the London 2012 Festival," he went on.
"They remember the Olympics clearly, but are a little fuzzier about the cultural festival.
"When you ask about the cultural events that comprised the festival, they remember them well and with much affection.
"Therein lay the marketing dilemma, a gap for the festival's communications and a challenge that marketing should have solved."
Sands was commissioned by the London 2012 Festival organisers to give his personal reflection on the 12-week event.
His essay was published on Thursday alongside the official evaluation of the Cultural Olympiad, by the University of Liverpool's Institute of Cultural Capital.
The report said the size of the Olympiad audience - including participants and volunteers - was estimated at 43.4 million, with an additional 204.4 million reached through broadcasts and online viewings.
It said the millions of free tickets - the festival claimed 15.4 million "free audiences or participants" - enabled new audiences, especially young people, to attend festival events.
Research showed that 19% of the population and 84% of London 2012 Festival attendees believed the festival made a "positive contribution" to the games.
In his introduction to the report, Tony Hall, chair of the Cultural Olympiad Board, said festival organisers had hoped the cultural programme would be "a game changer".
The intention, he wrote in his introduction to the report, had been "putting art at the heart of the Games themselves, showcasing UK world-class excellence with high economic stakes to play for cultural tourism and creative industries".
"Communities all over the UK participated with enthusiasm, and the majority have been inspired to carry on enjoying culture and creativity," he continued.
Formerly chief executive of the Royal Opera House and now director general of the BBC, Lord Hall took over the running of the Cultural Olympiad in 2009.
Highlights of the London 2012 Festival programme included the World Shakespeare Festival, Mark Rylance's sonnets on the London Underground, and Deborah Warner's Peace Camp project, which featured encampments of glowing tents in remote coastal locations.
The Cultural Olympiad also included Unlimited - the largest ever commission of art by disabled and deaf artists - during the Paralympic Games.
Culture Secretary Maria Miller described the events of the previous year as an "enormous success".
Speaking at the launch of the report at London's Barbican, she said: "The Cultural Olympiad inspired an entire generation to really think again about how they participate in cultural events and activities."
Cultural Olympiad director Ruth Mackenzie said she had been to Rio - where the next Olympics will take place in 2016 - to discuss with arts organisations "how to put culture at the heart of the games". | An official report into the impact of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad says it achieved a "huge" level of public engagement. | 22282185 | [
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The 31-year-old Falcons academy graduate won three Premiership titles with Leicester in his nine years away from Kingston Park.
Flood, who has been capped 60 times by England, said: "When the opportunity came on to the table, it didn't take long for me to make the decision.
"It really feels like I'm coming home, and I've watched a fair amount of Newcastle's games in recent months."
Falcons, who have now made 10 signings for the 2017-18 season, did not disclose the length of Flood's contract.
Flood, who made his Premiership debut for Newcastle in 2005, spent six season with Leicester where he went on to become club captain.
He has spent the past three seasons in the French top flight with Toulouse.
Falcons director of rugby Dean Richards said: "Toby is a proven performer at the very top level, he is a local lad and it is a huge boost for us to be able to add a player of his quality to our squad.
"He has vast leadership experience, he will bring an extra dimension to our game and this really is a signing which outlines the ambition we have to rise even further up the Premiership table."
Newcastle won their final match of the Premiership season on Saturday, beating relegated Bristol 39-27 to finish eighth in the table.
"We have quality players coming through our academy and a number of major new signings joining us," Richards added.
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The FTSE 250 company said this was due to customers switching less between savings and current accounts because of low interest rates.
The news overshadowed the 16% rise in annual profits to £73.5m that the company reported for 2016.
Another big faller in the FTSE 250 was transport group Go-Ahead.
Its shares dived nearly 14% after the company warned of lower-than-expected full-year profits, partly due to the disruption caused by strikes on Southern rail services.
Go-Ahead owns a 65% stake in Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), which runs the Southern rail contract.
Half-year profits at Go-Ahead fell 11.7% to £67m, and the company said its results had been "significantly impacted by a reduction in rail profitability due to losses from our GTR franchise, as a result of ongoing industrial action on Southern".
The benchmark FTSE 100 index gained ground during the afternoon after spending the morning in the doldrums. At the close, it was up 10.44 points at 7,263.44.
The biggest riser in the FTSE 100 was support services group Babcock, which rose 7.1% after issuing a positive trading update.
On the currency markets, the pound dipped 0.13% against the US dollar to $1.2427 and was 0.4% lower against the euro at 1.1707 euros. | Shares in Moneysupermarket fell more than 6% after the comparison website warned that revenues so far this year were running below last year's levels. | 39113833 | [
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Jung, 33, had already won at Burghley and Kentucky and completed the treble with a flawless showjumping performance in Sunday's final event.
Fellow German Andreas Ostholt finished second on So Is Et, with Britain's Gemma Tattersall third on Arctic Soul.
Jung is the second winner of the Grand Slam, emulating Pippa Funnell in 2003.
"I think we need a bit of time to realise this very special moment. It's a very big situation," he said.
Zara Tindall achieved the Olympic qualification mark on her way to a 23rd-place finish aboard High Kingdom, the horse that took the Queen's granddaughter to team silver at London 2012.
Team GB places will not be announced until July but Tattersall has hit the qualifying standard, alongside Tindall, Kristina Cook (seventh on Star Witness), Izzy Taylor (eighth on Allercombe Ellie) and Ben Way, who came 12th on Galley Light.
Jung led after each discipline - dressage, cross country and showjumping - and finished with 34.4 penalty points, a record low at Badminton Park.
Ostholt was on 43.4 and Tattersall had 44.6.
Tattersall - who had previously finished no higher than 16th at Badminton - made a firm case for Olympic selection.
She flawlessly cleared all 13 obstacles in the showjumping finale, as did Ostholt and Jung, ensuring the places stayed the same as at the end of Saturday's cross country.
Such was Jung's lead, he could afford to knock down two poles on his final run but sailed through unblemished to earn a standing ovation from a sell-out crowd.
Jung will now be a firm favourite to retain his Olympic individual eventing crown and possibly lead his nation to a team title in Rio.
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He spoke of La Biosthetique's trust and called the horse "the best in the world" on Saturday - perhaps unsurprising considering the pair became the first horse-rider combination to hold Olympic, world and European titles in 2012.
Ominously for Great Britain - who finished second in team eventing at London 2012 - Jung looks to be in relentless mood as he broke a Badminton points record set in 2006.
He also became the first rider to lead from dressage through to conclusion since 2007 but it is the fact he is just the second rider to win a Grand Slam which will make Badminton 2016 live long in the memory of eventing fans.
In all, 46 of the 77 horse-rider combinations which started the week made it to the conclusion.
A strong New Zealand contingent saw Sir Mark Todd place fourth, raising hope he could compete at a seventh Olympic Games at the age of 60.
Todd won individual gold in 1984 and 1988 with a team bronze in Seoul and further bronzes in 2000 (individual) and 2012 (team). | Michael Jung sealed a £240,000 Rolex Grand Slam on La Biosthetique as he became the first German to win a Badminton Horse Trials title. | 36242418 | [
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GP practices are being paid to help local NHS groups limit the number of patient referrals and cut costs, the doctors' magazine Pulse found.
Appointments affected include scans and consultations with specialists - including those for cancer patients.
The British Medical Association said such incentives were "misguided".
At least nine clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) were offering GP practices payments for hitting targets, according to Pulse's investigation.
In one case, Birmingham South Central CCG was offering practices more than £11,000 to reduce new outpatient attendances, follow-ups, A&E attendances and emergency admissions by 1%, compared with 2014/15.
It said the schemes, which exclude cancer referrals, were designed to "incentivise best quality practice" and "drive improvements in the quality of primary medical care".
"Our priority is to ensure that patients have access to services that they need, when they need them," said a spokesperson for Birmingham South Central CCG.
Another CCG told Pulse it had considered the "full impact" of the incentive scheme and was "confident that there is no conflict of interest".
Pulse said that one scheme had already been looked at by the General Medical Council, the body which regulates medical standards in the UK, after local GP leaders expressed their concern.
The magazine pointed out that initial hospital referrals for cancer patients should happen within two weeks of a GP first suspecting the condition.
Dr Chand Nagpaul, chairman of the GPs committee of the doctors' trade union the British Medical Association, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that such schemes were a "financial contaminant" to patient-doctor trust.
He said: "It's short-sighted and misguided of CCGs to introduce such mechanisms, because they do lead to the potential for patients questioning the motives of GP referrals.
"We believe it is far more appropriate for CCGs to introduce clinical pathways that ensure patients are referred appropriately rather than these crude, salesman-like bonuses which pay GPs simply to make reduction to referrals in numerical terms."
Dr Peter Melton is local GP and clinical chief officer for North East Lincolnshire CCG, which offers the equivalent of more than £6,000 to practices that reduce outpatient referrals to the same level as the 25% with the lowest referral rates (which include two-week urgent cancer referrals) in 2014/15.
He said the CCG was already among the best in England for referring suspected cancer patients to a consultant within two weeks and the scheme was not about avoiding sending people to hospital.
"It is not focussing on referral reduction per se but on better clinical and quality standards for the patient," he explained.
"The expectation is practices will be encouraged to investigate more locally and monitor the patient in the first instance rather than automatically refer in to a secondary care service."
Analysis by the BBC's Helen Briggs
The NHS is under pressure to make savings, with a target of carving out £22bn of efficiency savings by 2020.
NHS leaders want to cut patient referrals that are deemed inappropriate, particularly when patients could be cared for locally.
Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) are groups of GPs that work together to plan and design local health services.
There are more than 200 CCGs across England and, according to Pulse, at least nine are offering payments for keeping within targets for outpatient referrals and follow ups. It is not clear how extensive the practice is elsewhere.
Some have questioned the wisdom of the move, saying patients could miss out on vital care. But CCGs have defended their stance, saying it is about good practice, not about keeping people who need treatment out of hospital.
In November the NHS advisory board said GPs in England should nearly double the number of patients referred to hospital for cancer tests.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence said delays in spotting symptoms could be costing thousands of lives each year.
NHS England said: "We explicitly want to increase not deter appropriate referrals for cancer checks."
Dr Rosie Loftus of the charity Macmillan Cancer Support described the findings outlined in Pulse as "very worrying".
"This is yet another sign of an NHS which is seriously over stretched and not giving GPs the resources and support they need," she said.
NHS Lambeth Clinical Commissioning Group, which offers payments for practices moving towards the average referral rate, said, like all CCGs, it wanted to reduce the number of patients being sent to hospitals unnecessarily.
"The part of the payment relating to the rate of referrals is a small part of the funding and is not designed to stop GPs referring patients who have a clinical need for hospital treatment such as cancer patients," said a spokesperson. | Some doctors in England are being offered thousands of pounds to cut the number of patients being sent to hospital, an investigation has found. | 34421115 | [
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Officials said engineers had managed to repair plants supplying about 70% of electricity users and hoped to re-connect the rest on Sunday.
There were loud cheers in the capital, Dhaka, as lights came back in phases.
The blackout was the country's worst since a 2007 cyclone knocked out the national grid for several hours.
The authorities blamed the incident on the failure of a transmission line, which led to power plants and substations shutting down.
The high-voltage transmission line runs from Baharampur in West Bengal, India, to Bheramara in Kushtia district, in south-west Bangladesh.
The blackout began at about noon local time on Saturday and affected all parts of the country linked to the national grid.
Dhaka's hospitals and its international airport used emergency generators to continue running but many offices were forced to send employees home.
Water supplies were also badly hit as most of the pumps which lift groundwater could not function.
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It came the day after the remains of the boiler house were demolished and the search resumed for three men killed when the building partially came down.
However, site owner RWE NPower reassured people the tower was still standing and had been shrouded in fog.
It would be demolished in future, a spokeswoman added.
Paul Brassett tweeted: "Local reports that Didcot power station stack came down overnight. Might want to check it out."
Drew Simpson tweeted: "Just been along the perimeter road in Didcot and can't see the tall tower - suspect it may have come down."
Elliot Harvey tweeted: "Any ideas if it was planned to bring down the tall chimney at the power station, or is it another accident."
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The planned deal was worth £10.3bn, and would have left the UK with just three major mobile phone network operators.
But Europe's competition commissioner, Margrethe Vestager, said she had strong concerns about the takeover, ruling that it would reduce customer choice and raise prices.
CK Hutchison said it was considering a legal challenge to the decision.
"The goal of EU merger control is to ensure that tie-ups do not weaken competition at the expense of consumers and businesses," said Ms Vestager.
"We want the mobile telecoms sector to be competitive, so that consumers can enjoy innovative mobile services at fair prices and high network quality."
The decision ruled that concessions offered by Hong-Kong based Hutchison - including a five year price freeze and billions of pounds in investments - "were not sufficient to prevent" the hampering of innovation and network infrastructure development.
CK Hutchison responded to the decision, saying the acquisition of O2 from Spain's Telefonica would bring "major benefits to the UK not only by unlocking £10bn of private sector investment in the UK's digital infrastructure but also by addressing the country's coverage issues, enhancing network capacity, speeds and price competition for consumers".
O2 said the ruling had little impact on their UK operations. "We work in an industry of constant change and have learnt how to manage that change better than most," said an O2 spokesperson.
"Regardless of what happens next, we will continue to deliver for our customers as we always have."
It was the deal that was supposed to be the final stage in the reshaping of Britain's mobile phone market. But now the O2/Three marriage has been blocked by Brussels, where does that leave phone users?
Better off, according to regulators. The UK's communications regulator Ofcom, in particular, had argued that allowing the number of players in the market to fall from four to three would inevitably lead to higher prices, poorer service or both.
This sounds convincing in the short term. But, says much of the telecoms industry - if you look at the longer term health of Europe's mobile market - today's move is bad news for everyone.
To read Rory's analysis in full, click here
The commission points out that retail prices in the UK are currently amongst the lowest in Europe, with the four major network operators also including Vodafone and BT's Everything Everywhere, known as EE.
These four operators - who own infrastructure like telecoms masts - have cooperated to share the costs of developing that infrastructure. And it is the collapse of these cost-sharing deals that seriously worries the European commission.
Meanwhile Liberty Global - the owner of Virgin Media - has said it would not rule out an acquisition of O2 if CK Hutchison's bid was ultimately unsuccessful.
"It would be strange if we didn't evaluate that option," chief executive Mike Fries told analysts on a recent results conference call.
Liberty Global currently possesses a minimal share of the UK mobile market subsidiary Virgin, which acts as a so-called "virtual operator." That means it must pay wholesale prices to access the network operated by BT's EE. Tesco and Asda operate their own virtual networks in a similar manner.
Liberty Global recently ended negotiations for a major tie-up with Vodafone across Europe, settling simply for a Netherlands joint venture.
Kester Mann, a mobile operators analyst at CCS Insight, said global telecoms giants like Japan's Softbank or Mexico's America Movil could also be plausible buyers of O2, but that the "most likely eventual outcome" was a sale to a private equity firm.
"The collapse of the deal leaves both Three and O2 in a precarious position with uncertain futures in the UK," Mr Mann said.
A spokesperson for the British telecoms regulator Ofcom said that it was the "right outcome" for mobile customers.
"Competition must be sustainable, and regulation should support it," said Ofcom. "We will aim to do so through tools such as market reviews or auctions of mobile airwaves."
The European Commission has intervened in several proposed telecoms deals recently.
A merger between the Danish operations of TeliaSonera and Telenor was abandoned last September after the commission investigated the deal.
And there is also an ongoing probe of CK Hutchison's proposed merger with Italian operator Wind, owned by Russian firm Vimpelcom, that would create Italy's largest mobile phone network. | The European Commission has blocked Telefonica's sale of O2 to CK Hutchison, the owner of Three. | 36266924 | [
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WRU Chairman Gareth Davies confirmed the move was made after regions had "upped the ante" over the Wales international's contract.
At least one other Welsh region has shown an interest in Williams, whose current contract ends next summer.
"It's over to the regions really to try and hopefully keep Scott Williams," Davies told Radio Wales Sport.
"The central contract from the union has been withdrawn after some of the regions started upping the ante, as it were."
The union's offer would have kept the player at the Scarlets.
Dual contracts are funded 60% by the WRU and 40% by the region, and Davies' comments suggest the regions are offering bigger deals than the one they put on the table.
It also hints that the WRU are not prepared to get involved in an auction of escalating bids.
However, it appears that the player will stay in Wales, but with a region paying his contract in full.
That situation would not upset the governing body, who set up the dual contracts to stop players moving abroad.
"It's difficult because we can't centrally contract everybody because of the funding issues - some players will be, some won't be," added Davies.
"But the important thing is that between the union and the regions that we work together to ensure that we can retain as many of the top stars as possible, and the youngsters coming through as well." | The Welsh Rugby Union have withdrawn an offer of a dual contract for Scarlets centre Scott Williams. | 35038835 | [
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The Stephensons single-decker was a mile off the local bus route and must have been driven down a farm track, said farmer James Mizen.
Mr Mizen said a bus mechanic knocked at the door of his Thaxted, Essex, farmhouse to tell him a vehicle was stuck on the property.
Stephensons declined to comment on the incident. It is understood the bus did not have passengers at the time.
Live: For more Essex stories
Mr Mizen said: "The mechanic said the bus was on our muck heap.
"He must have gone down a no-through road, down a single track road, ignored the 'no unauthorised vehicles' sign and then down our farm track before stopping at the muck heap.
"Apparently there had been a road closure and one of his colleagues told him to take a right, which he did.
"It doesn't seem there was much common sense at play. The further he was getting the more awkward it was going to get for him.
"We don't even like taking our tractor right down to the muck heap, never mind a commercial bus."
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Many firms use Globalstar's satellite-based system to keep an eye on trucks, cars, containers and ships as they move around.
However, said Colby Moore from security firm Synack, the way it passes data around is "fundamentally broken" making it vulnerable to attack.
Globalstar has not yet issued any comment on Mr Moore's findings.
Mr Moore said the problems with Globalstar's network arise because it does not encrypt the data passing between devices and satellites. Instead, he said, the system attempts to conceal what it does by changing frequencies and padding transmissions with useless data.
The system also does not check that data was coming from where it claimed, he said.
"I ended up figuring out how to decode the data in transit," Mr Moore told Reuters, adding that it might prove hard to fix the flaws as existing hardware was not easy to update.
Globalstar has been told about the flaws, he added, but so far has not issued any updates or fixes.
Attackers can easily find out these flaws, he said, making it easy to spoof data or keep an eye on assets being tracked. Organised crime gangs, police and intelligence agencies might already be listening in, he said.
Mr Moore is planning to release more details about his work at the Black Hat hacker conference in Las Vegas next week. This month has seen the early release of other investigations into the security of cars and Android phones that will also feature at Black Hat.
Earlier this week, security experts from Zimpherium released some information about a vulnerability that affected almost one billion Android handsets. Google has produced a patch for the bug but many handsets have yet to have it applied.
Last week, in separate demonstrations, Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek from security firm IOActive and Andy Davis from the UK's NCC Group showed how it was possible to attack some makes of car via their entertainment systems.
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Benteke becomes the Reds' second most expensive signing, on what the club describe as a "long-term contract".
Liverpool, who last week sold forward Raheem Sterling to Manchester City for £49m, triggered a release clause in Benteke's contract to make the 24-year-old their seventh summer signing.
Belgium international Benteke scored 49 goals in 101 games for Villa after signing from Genk for £7m in 2012.
He told the Liverpool website: "I'm very happy to be here. I came here to win trophies. I came here to reach some great goals with the team.
"It was the right club for me because I had a good chat with the manager and I wanted to be part of his project."
Liverpool struggled for goals last season following the £75m sale of Luis Suarez to Barcelona and prolonged injury absences for England international Daniel Sturridge as they finished sixth in the Premier League.
Signings Mario Balotelli and Rickie Lambert produced three league goals and, after acknowledging the lack of scoring last season, manager Brendan Rodgers has added Benteke to revive the Reds' attack.
Liverpool have also signed forwards Danny Ings from Burnley and Brazil international Roberto Firmino from Hoffenheim, while Benteke's international team-mate Divock Origi has returned to the club after spending last season on loan at Lille.
Benteke missed the 2014 World Cup in Brazil with an Achilles tendon injury but returned to action last October and scored 15 times to help Villa stay in the Premier League and reach the FA Cup final.
Former Villa manager Paul Lambert, who brought Benteke into English football, believes he will do well at Anfield.
Lambert told BBC Sport: "He's a brilliant number nine. He won't need just crosses to come into the box. If he gets the service he'll get goals.
"That's the type of guy he is and on his game he's a handful. I'm delighted for him. He's earned that move and if he can do what I think he can do, he'll do great for them.
"He's going to have to handle the expectancy level of winning [at Liverpool]. When you speak to Christian, he has a great belief in himself to do well."
Former Liverpool striker John Aldridge is also excited to see Benteke lead the Liverpool forward line, telling BBC Radio 5 live: "He gives something different, a massive presence up front.
"It's a fallacy when people say he doesn't play the Liverpool way. He knocked Liverpool out of the semi-final of the FA Cup when he played through the middle.
"He's very quick, very strong, very aggressive and that's something we haven't had for some time up front. It's something I'm really happy with and I think he'll bring a lot to the squad.
"I'm a lot more optimistic than I was this time last year. The strikers only scored eight goals last year, we can only do better than that going forward."
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Liverpool have signed Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke for £32.5m. | 33627800 | [
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The 18-year-old identical twins have come through the club's academy to impress in nine Premiership appearances between them this season.
Both play in the back row and have also featured for the England Under-20 side.
"They will play key parts in the club's vision of developing players in the academy, and bringing them through to the first team," Sale director of rugby Steve Diamond said.
The pair became only the fourth set of twins to play side-by-side in the Premiership when they appeared in Sale's 34-24 defeat by Wasps on 27 November.
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Archaeologists are racing against changing tides to record and excavate the find in peat at Borth, which gives a snapshot of a time when the shore lay further west.
The team believes the footprints could be 3,000 to 4,000 years old.
Staff and students from the University of Wales Trinity St David are carrying out the work.
As well as the footprints, a line of post holes has been found, which could have been a causeway.
They lie across an area that would have been salt marsh when the footprints were made.
The Royal Commission on Ancient and Historic Monuments is providing survey support, mapping the extent of the peat and other exposed features.
Submerged forests have been found further north on the beach and nearby in the past.
Dr Martin Bates is one of the archaeologists leading the excavation team, and it was his father, retired geologist Denis Bates, who discovered the footprints last month.
Dr Bates told BBC Wales' news website: "My father has had an interest in submerged forests for many years.
"He was down in February as this part of the beach was very clear.
"For various reasons the patterns of sand movement have been temporarily altered and it means this area of beach has been stripped of sand.
"He noticed the marks and told me they didn't look natural."
He estimates they have a window of a few months to log the discoveries and take samples away for environmental testing before the sands shift again and cover the footprints up.
"In the context of Ceredigion and west Wales, it's the first time we have found this type of evidence.
"The submerged forests [nearby] are probably the most significant in the UK.
"What we have never had before is documented evidence of human habitation."
'Quite special'
Dr Bates added that there were a range of footprints discovered, including cattle, sheep or goat and possibly a bear.
However the one which resonates with him is a print which belonged to a young child.
"We have got a footprint of a four-year-old's foot where we can see the toes and everything.
"I can stand where this child was standing about 4,000 years ago and even though we would have been seeing different things, the intimacy of that is quite special."
Work in previous years on submerged forests found on the area to the north has established that a forest was growing in the area between 3000 and 2500 BC.
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The author whose Sea of Poppies was shortlisted for the Booker prize in 2008, is being hosted as a writer-in-residence at Rashtrapati Bhawan.
He has been posting regular tweets and pictures, including the dining table Nelson Mandela ate at and guest rooms foreign dignitaries have stayed in.
His latest book is on climate change.
The Twitter tour was not limited to just the interiors of the official residence.
Ghosh pointed out aspects of the famed gardens, and also drew attention to a sewage treatment plant on the premises.
The Mughal gardens are hugely popular in India, and are opened to the public once a year.
Ghosh also took the time to meet members of the president's security detail including Vikrant, the horse that leads all the ceremonial parades the president participates in.
Many social media users have thanked the author for giving them an "unseen glimpse" into the President's house, while others have been offering their own insights- and even criticisms- of the residence..
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Scotland face Afghanistan in Nagpur on the opening day, while Ireland begin their campaign against Oman in Dharamsala on Wednesday.
The winners of each of the two groups will book a place in the Super 10 phase, beginning on 15 March.
England play Sri Lanka in Mumbai in their first match on 16 March.
In total, 58 matches will be played across eight venues over four weeks, in the sixth edition of the tournament since its inception nine years ago.
England - winners of the competition in 2010 - have been drawn in the same group as defending champions Sri Lanka, 2012 winners West Indies and South Africa, who are second in the International Cricket Council T20 rankings.
Australia are chasing a fourth successive triumph in the women's event, which starts on 15 March and features 10 teams.
England, who won the inaugural Women's World T20 in 2009, are in a group containing India, West Indies, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
The women's final will be played before the men's final in Mumbai on 3 April.
BBC Test Match Special will provide live ball-by-ball commentary on 20 matches, including all England fixtures, plus selected other men's fixtures and England women's games.
The BBC Sport website will show video highlights during all men's matches.
There will be live text commentary on all Scotland and Ireland games in the initial group stage, and on all matches from the Super 10 stage onwards.
And do not forget you can sign up for free wicket, end-of-innings and result alerts on all major nations plus Scotland and Ireland via the BBC Sport app.
It may feature the lower-ranked nations, but there are plenty of reasons to follow this week's action.
Watch the man who invented the 'scoop' shot
Ryan Campbell, 14 years after playing two one-day internationals for Australia, will line up for Hong Kong at the age of 44. He is credited with being the first exponent of the 'scoop' shot, which was made famous by Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan and has since become commonplace in the modern game.
Ryan Campbell talks to Stumped about his comeback.
Afghanistan's running could be interesting
While Inzamam-ul-Haq is regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in Pakistan history, he is almost as famous for his dodgy running between the wickets. The man who once tried to fight a spectator during an ODI and also refused to bring his side back on the pitch after they were accused of ball-tampering against England is now Afghanistan coach. Fasten your seat belts.
Oman have their own versions of Gayle and Malinga
Zeeshan Maqsood and Munis Ansari may not be familiar to most people. In left-handed Maqsood, Oman are blessed with a player who "can strike it like Chris Gayle", according to former England all-rounder Derek Pringle, who acted as a consultant during the World T20 qualifier last year. Ansari, meanwhile, bowls with a round-arm action that could have been modelled on Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga.
There could be controversy
Oman, playing in their first major tournament, have left-arm spinner Aamir Kaleem in their ranks. He was the man who sparked controversy during the qualifiers when he 'Mankaded' Hong Kong batsman Mark Chapman, described as a "cowardly" act by their coach Simon Cook. Kaleem said: "It is not a wrong thing. It is under the rules. Our coaches have told us, 'go ahead and run the batsman out'." Watch this space.
See the 'most beautiful ground in the world'
Still not convinced? How about watching cricket being played at one of the most stunning grounds in the world? Dharamsala in northern India, overlooked by the snow-covered Himalayas, offers guaranteed glorious scenery when it hosts all six Group A games and four further matches throughout the tournament.
It will be tough.
Although Ireland have qualified for the past five World T20s and are regarded by many as the best Associate side not playing Test cricket, they have been drawn in the same group as Bangladesh and Netherlands - both of whom are above them in the ICC rankings.
Bangladesh, an established Test nation, will be familiar with conditions on the sub-continent, while Netherlands knocked Ireland out of the 2014 competition with a remarkable win.
Ireland captain William Porterfield is taking part in his fifth World T20, and their squad also contains the experienced O'Brien brothers, Kevin and Niall, and seamer Boyd Rankin, who won seven ODI and two T20 caps for England before returning to play for his native country.
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Scotland - joint winners of the qualifiers with Netherlands - have never won a game in their two previous World T20s in 2007 and 2009 and must defy expectation if they are to progress from Group B.
Captain Preston Mommsen and seamer Alasdair Evans were named in the team of the tournament for the qualifiers, and coach Grant Bradburn predicts "the floodgates could open now" for his improving side.
Zimbabwe are favourites to progress and join England's Super 10 group, while Afghanistan, featuring the brutal hitting of wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Shahzad and led by a thrilling three-pronged pace attack, represent a potent threat. | The World Twenty20 starts in India on Tuesday, with Scotland and Ireland among eight teams aiming to qualify for the main stage of the competition. | 35631589 | [
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WBC cruiserweight champion Bellew, 34, produced an upset to stop David Haye in a heavyweight contest last month.
But when asked if he would fight WBA and IBF champion Joshua, Bellew said: "Absolutely not. I don't need that kind of fight. He's far too good for me."
His promoter Eddie Hearn said he could fight WBO champion Joseph Parker next.
New Zealand's Parker, 25, will defend his title against Romanian Razvan Cojanu in Auckland next weekend.
Speaking after Joshua's 11th-round stoppage of Wladimir Klitschko, Bellew said: "I'm still dreaming about winning the heavyweight world title but a different portion to the one AJ has."
The Liverpudlian said he was considering retirement following his surprise victory over Haye last month on his heavyweight debut.
But on fighting Parker, he added: "I say Eddie knows what he's doing."
Promoter Hearn confirmed that an all-British Bellew-Joshua fight was not on the cards.
"Tony and Joshua are good friends," he told BBC Radio 5 live's Sportsweek programme on Sunday morning.
"Tony Bellew has got his eye on some of the smaller guys. Fighters like Joshua are giants and Bellew isn't, but he's in the mix we talk about for challenging for world heavyweight titles."
Bellew is not a natural heavyweight, having stepped up from the cruiserweight division to fight David Haye in March.
He weighed in at 96.6kg for that fight, while Joshua was at a career heaviest of 113 kg against Klitschko on Saturday - a difference of almost 20kg.
But also in the mix for Bellew is WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder - and the American wants a unification fight against Joshua, should he take the WBO belt off Parker.
"My plans are to get the WBO belt and once I get that, if I'm given a mandatory challenger, get that out of the way and set up a mega fight early in 2018," said Wilder. | Tony Bellew still retains hope of winning a world heavyweight title but says he will not fight fellow Briton Anthony Joshua. | 39761780 | [
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The 23-year-old from Kinross finished second behind Kenyan Faith Kipyegon in four minutes, 19.12 seconds.
That erased Yvonne Murray's 1994 effort of 4:22.60 in the Scottish rankings and moved her second on the British all-time list behind Zola Budd's 4:17.57.
The new record holder said: "I am really pleased to get that Scottish record. It means a lot to me."
Muir, who finished fifth in last year's World Championships, now holds the Scottish 1500m and mile records.
"This is my first race of the season over this distance, so I am really pleased," she said.
"Faith's been running so quick, so to get so close to her, I'm excited.
Murray's husband, Tom Mooney, said on Facebook: "Yvonne says: 'Well done to you, Laura."
Muir hopes to secure an Olympics place for Great Britain in Rio at the British trials in Birmingham from 24 to 26 June.
The Scot started her season with an 800m victory in Montbeliard, France, last week and next competes in a week's time in a 1500m race in Stockholm.
"Training's been going really, so I was expecting to run a good race," added Muir, who fits her training around her veterinary studies. She recently completed her fourth year of vet school. | Laura Muir set a new Scottish mile record with a superb run in Oslo to continue a strong start to her season. | 36495608 | [
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UKIP, which won May's election, spent £2,956,737, while the Tories' campaign expenditure was £2,980,815,
The Lib Dems spent £1,580,575 and lost all but one of their MEPs - Labour, which came second, spent £1,027,339.
The figures cover the campaign period from 23 January to polling day, 22 May.
UKIP's campaign spending works out at 68p for each of their 4,376,635 votes. For Labour it is 26p per vote, the Conservatives 79p and the Lib Dems, who lost 11 of their 12 MEPs, £1.45. The Green Party, which came fourth, spent £534,249 on its campaign - 43p for each of its 1,255,573 votes.
Including the SNP's £267,372, the six highest-spending parties spent a total of £9,347,087 on campaigning, the Electoral Commission said.
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It is hoped the vaccinations will halt the spread of TB from hotspot areas in the South West and West Midlands.
Groups will be offered funding of up to 50% of the costs for vaccinating.
The move comes as the government prepares to cull more than 1,000 badgers in west Gloucestershire and west Somerset.
Areas identified for vaccination include Cheshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Hampshire and East Sussex.
The aim is to create a "buffer" zone to prevent the spread of the disease in new areas of the country where incidence is currently low.
The programme is part of the government's strategy to achieve bovine TB free status in England by 2038.
The scheme has been welcomed as "fantastic" by Dominic Dyer of the Badger Trust and Policy Advisor at Care for the Wild.
"Badgers are no more than a minor player when it comes to bovine TB... culling them is a completely pointless, unscientific and ultimately unsuccessful way of dealing with this small percentage of infectious badgers," he said.
Projects considered eligible for the Badger Edge Vaccination Scheme (BEVS) need to be predominantly close to the borders of the hotspot areas and must cover a minimum area of about nine sq m (15 sq km).
Nigel Gibbens, the UK's Chief Veterinary Officer, urged groups to take advantage of the offer to help stop the spread of the disease.
"We know vaccination cannot cure badgers already carrying TB, but used in the right areas, it can play a vital role in creating a barrier to the disease's spread," he said.
Culling of badgers is due to begin again in Gloucestershire and Somerset, with the maximum number of badgers that can be culled set at 1,091 in Gloucestershire and 785 in Somerset. | A scheme to vaccinate badgers against bovine tuberculosis in a bid to tackle the disease in cattle has been launched by the government. | 29030920 | [
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At least 80 people were killed during the attack on the 1,500-seat venue during a sell-out gig by US rock group Eagles of Death Metal.
University of Nottingham student Hanna Corbett said there was blood all around and people lying on top of each other.
The student, originally from St Albans, said she thought she and her friend were about to die.
She said people inside did not realise straight away what was happening.
"It sounded like fireworks or firecrackers and it wasn't until people started screaming and the lead singer ran off stage [that people knew something was wrong].
"The lights went on and everyone just dropped to the floor," the 21-year-old history student said.
"There was blood all around and people were hugging each other."
Describing laying on the floor, with the gunmen on the balcony, Ms Corbett said: "It felt like ages but it could have been just five to 10 minutes - there was this banging which seemed like a real gun - I'd never heard one before.
"[People were] crawling over each other, just trying to climb out of fire exits. It was pretty inhumane - a nightmare.
"I thought it was like that heroic thing on the train," when a suspected radical Islamist was overcome by six passengers.
"I thought someone would just stop them - but the guns kept going and I thought 'this is the end'."
Ms Corbett said luckily she and her friend Jack Konda, 21, also a student in Nottingham, managed to get out.
He said: "We were dealt a pretty lucky hand to have been so close to it and get out pretty much unscathed."
A French journalist captured the horror of people fleeing from gunmen who stormed the venue.
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Daniel Braxton was driving through Towyn, Conwy county, with his 18-year-old daughter at 07:15 BST on Tuesday.
She thought she saw a dead baby in the bus stop near the Magpie and Stump pub and screamed at her father to drive back to check, which he did.
Mr Braxton, 35, said he saw the lifeless naked baby on the ground, with her umbilical cord still attached.
"We blocked the road off and rang the emergency services," he told BBC Radio Wales.
"I had a dressing gown in the car and ran to grab that, wrapped the baby up, gave her some good hard rubs on the chest and the head.
"She took one big gulp of breath and opened her beautiful little eyes."
Mr Braxton, who is originally from Birmingham and living in nearby Pensarn, said they guessed that the baby was less than one hour old.
"To be honest, I think the fatherly instinct and the adrenaline kicked in because my daughter was hysterical and my partner was hysterical," he added.
"So it was just a case of as soon as I saw her lying there, her naked little body just left on cold concrete, I knew something had to be done."
Mr Braxton said police have told him that the baby has "stabilised and is on her way to a full recovery".
Police are concerned about the welfare of the baby's mother and have urged her to come forward.
Helen Douglas, of North Wales Police, said: "We are concerned about the health of the mother of the baby girl and are appealing for her to come forward.
"Alternatively, if anyone knows who the mother is or can provide any information which may assist in identifying her please contact North Wales Police.
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The Japanese carmaker's investment in the Burnaston plant near Derby will allow production of vehicles using its new global manufacturing system.
The factory employs about 2,500 people, while another 590 work at Toyota's engine plant at Deeside, North Wales.
Burnaston made about 180,000 vehicles last year, most of which are exported to Europe and other markets.
Johan van Zyl, chief executive of Toyota Motor Europe, said the investment showed that the company was doing all it could to make Burnaston more competitive.
However, he warned: "Continued tariff-and-barrier free market access between the UK and Europe that is predictable and uncomplicated will be vital for future success."
Industry trade body the SMMT said in January that uncertainty around Brexit and the UK's future trading arrangements had hit investment in the car sector.
Investment commitments in the UK automotive sector last year totalled £1.66bn, down from £2.5bn in 2015.
Business Secretary Greg Clark said Toyota's investment "underlines the company's faith in its employees and will help ensure the plant is well positioned for future Toyota models to be made in the UK".
The government is providing £21.3m in funding for training, research and development, and improving the Burnaston plant's environmental performance.
Last year, rival carmaker Nissan said it would build both the new Qashqai and the X-Trail SUV at its Sunderland plant following government "support and assurances".
The decision to upgrade the plant to take Toyota's New Global Architecture, its new system for producing vehicles worldwide, suggests the company sees the UK as part of its long-term future.
But the UK's automotive industry knows that Brexit is coming and with it the possibility of tariffs and complex customs arrangements.
That threatens the competitiveness of carmakers that rely upon the kind of just-in-time manufacturing which Toyota pioneered.
Read more from John here.
The general secretary of the Unite union, Len McCluskey, said Toyota workers "need to know that the government has their back and will do whatever is necessary to ensure new models and new investment keeps coming to Britain".
"With discussions set to start on the replacement of models such as Vauxhall's Astra and decisions due on BMW's electric Mini, it is vital that ministers calm nerves by stating they will secure tariff-free access to the European single market and customs union in Brexit negotiations."
In January, Toyota announced it was planning to spend $10bn (£8.2bn) in the US over the next five years.
The firm lost its crown as the world's biggest carmaker to Volkswagen last year.
Last month, Toyota said it expected to report net profits of 1.7 trillion yen ($15.1bn; £12.1bn) for the 2016-17 financial year. However, that was lower than the 2.1 trillion yen profit it recorded a year earlier. | Toyota is to invest £240m in upgrading its UK factory that makes the Auris and Avensis models. | 39289269 | [
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Fe gafodd criwiau eu galw i stad ddiwydiannol ar Rodfa Llanelwy, Bae Cinmel, am tua 17:45 ddydd Mawrth.
Dywedodd Heddlu Gogledd Cymru fod y gyffordd rhwng Ffordd y Foryd a Rhodfa Cader ar gau ym Mharc Busnes Tir Llwyd.
Mae chwech o griwiau tân o'r Rhyl, Prestatyn, Bae Colwyn ac Abergele yn bresennol.
Mewn datganiad dywedodd Gwasanaeth Tân ac Achub Gogledd Cymru: "Ry'n ni'n gofyn i'r cyhoedd osgoi'r ardal os oedd modd.
"Mae nifer o adeiladau yn yr ardal wedi cael eu gwagio rhag ofn gan fod mwg trwchus o gwmpas y lle.
"Mae disgwyl i'r gwasanaethau brys aros ar y safle am beth amser er mwyn delio gyda'r sefyllfa." | Mae diffoddwyr yn mynd i'r afael â thân mawr mewn garej yn Sir Conwy. | 39497668 | [
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"There is a hardening view in the cabinet that we've got to deal with green subsidies," the source added.
Last month, the government announced that new onshore wind farms would be excluded from a subsidy scheme from April next year.
Within a few weeks, the solar power industry is expecting its subsidies will be cut.
The issue of renewable energy subsidies was discussed at the weekly meeting of the government's most senior ministers on Tuesday.
Subsidies to the renewable energy industry, paid for by consumers, are expected to add up to £4.3bn this year.
This week, the think tank Policy Exchange said the average household energy bill has risen by £120 over the last five years due to what they called "ill-thought through energy and climate policies".
A spokeswoman for the Department for Energy and Climate Change said:
"Reducing energy bills for hard-working British families and businesses is this government's priority. We've already announced reforms to remove subsidies for onshore wind, and that work to make sure bill payers are getting the best possible deal is going to continue."
But the renewable energy industry fears a cut now could seriously damage an industry at a crucial point in its development.
"We are getting very anxious about what might be coming," Leonie Greene, from the Solar Trade Association, told the BBC.
"The British industry is already very significant today. It employs over 30,000 people and turns over billions of pounds. It is quite clear that globally this industry is going to be worth trillions. So it is incredibly important that in terms of the global race that the prime minister talks about, that we make sure we have a strong solar industry in the UK."
In a speech last month, the Energy Secretary Amber Rudd warned the renewables industry and campaigners that support for the environment has to be weighed against the impact on energy bills.
"All that support costs money," she said. "We cannot ignore the fact that, obviously, people want subsidies if they are on the receiving end of subsidies, but we have to ensure that we get the good measure of it."
And there lies the conundrum for the government: attempting to keep bills low, supporting emerging industries and keeping to climate change targets - with the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris just a few months away now in December. | Green taxes are set to be cut further, the BBC has learnt. | 33564444 | [
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Experts from Oxford Archaeology East and Cranfield University have spent five days recovering the plane.
Its parts will be preserved and put on public display.
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Robert Rainey, known as Archie, is understood to have suffered a heart attack in one of the stands at about 18:00 local time.
Medics tried to resuscitate the 62-year-old Belfast man inside the stadium but he was later pronounced dead.
His family said he died "doing what he loved best".
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Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill said he and his squad were "all shocked when we heard this sad news after the game".
"The thoughts of all the players and the backroom staff are with Robert's family and friends at this time."
The Irish Football Association (IFA) said it will request that Northern Ireland players can wear black armbands during the team's game against Germany on Tuesday as a mark of respect to Mr Rainey.
He is the second Northern Ireland fan to die in France this week.
Early on Monday morning, 24-year-old Darren Rodgers, from Ballymena in County Antrim, died after a fall from a promenade in Nice.
The incident happened just hours after Northern Ireland's opening game of the tournament against Poland.
Northern Ireland's players wore black armbands during the win over Ukraine in Lyon in memory of Mr Rodgers.
There was also a minute's applause by supporters inside the ground in the 24th minute of the game as a tribute to him.
After Mr Rainey's death, Supt Nigel Goddard, of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, said: "Our thoughts are tragically with a second family this week mourning the devastating loss of their loved one."
Patrick Nelson, the IFA's chief executive, said the man's death during the game "puts any result of a football match into perspective".
John Delaney, the chief executive of the Football Association of Ireland, said the man's death was "a sad outcome to what was a historic day for Northern Irish football". | A Northern Ireland supporter has died at the Stade de Lyon as he watched the team beat Ukraine at the Euro 2016 tournament in France. | 36554791 | [
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Until now agencies such as the FBI had not needed a warrant to use machines called cell-site simulators that track the locations of phones in the area.
Authorities say they have been an important tool in fighting crime.
However, civil liberties groups have expressed concern at potential invasions of privacy.
The new rules will come into effect immediately and also mean that "when the equipment is used to locate a known cellular device, all data must be deleted as soon as that device is located, and no less than once daily".
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The ACLU also expressed concern that the new rules state that "there are limited exceptions in the policy for exigent circumstances" where a search warrant will still not be necessary.
By mimicking a legitimate mobile tower and tricking every phone in range into connecting to them, cell site simulators "catch" the international mobile subscriber number (IMSI) and electronic serial number (ESN) of each and reveal the exact location of its user.
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The $5m (??3.2m) prize is supposed to be awarded each year to an elected leader who governed well, raised living standards and then left office.
This is the fourth time in five years there has been no winner.
A committee member said the group looked "for excellence in governance but in leadership also".
Kenya's Mwai Kibaki met at least one of the criteria, after he stepped down as president earlier this year.
However, his 2007 re-election was tarnished by disputes which turned violent, leading to the deaths of some 1,200 people.
His opponent, Raila Odinga, said the poll had been rigged in favour of Mr Kibaki, who denied any wrongdoing.
Three people have won in the seven years since the prize was launched: Cape Verde's Pedro Verona Pires; Festus Mogae from Botswana and Mozambique's Joaquim Chissano.
Sudan-born telecoms entrepreneur Mr Ibrahim launched the prize in an attempt to encourage African leaders to leave power peacefully.
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Kerry Foods confirmed the redundancies, which were initially announced in February.
The company said a consultation process "had failed to secure a strategy which would ensure the sustainability of production at the site".
The firm said it was retaining the factory on the town's Europarc industrial estate and was looking at "future possibilities for the site".
Kerry Foods said employees were given confirmation of the plant's closure on Wednesday following a 90-day consultation period.
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"The economy of YouTube is based off honesty porn. It's just, how far can you go?" the 24-year-old says.
"The more horrendously out there and honest you are, the more people respond to that. It's unhealthy. They're all addicts."
Honesty is something he says he is attracted to however, and that's one of the reasons he agreed to take part in a new documentary - The Creators - which goes behind-the-scenes in the life of vloggers.
Watch TomSka talking about how hard it is now to make your mark in the world of YouTube
To begin with he says he was worried that it would be another "puff piece" talking about how "kids make money in their bedrooms, like every news report" on them.
And, given how much of their lives are already public, it could seem like an odd choice of subject for a documentary maker.
"Even though they are sharing their lives, they're not necessarily sharing all the different aspects of what it's like to be a vlogger," says Nanette Burstein, the Oscar-nominated director behind the film.
"This was an opportunity to get them to open up."
Along with TomSka, The Creators also features Zoella and twins NikiNSammy.
"They put in me ranting about things and it wasn't just 'everything is lovely'," TomSka says.
"I mean you do get a lot of everything is lovely because you see Zoella, who is just lovely... but then you get me being all pessimistic."
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"As YouTube has grown, managers and people have learned to apply the Disney kid method," he says.
"They become these deities, these beings of perfection in the eyes of their audience. And that is worth a lot more money.
"I would rather put an honest version of myself forward. And it makes me no money. No-one wants to buy a shirt with me on it."
He did get in trouble with the Advertising Standards Authority last year, over a promotion with a biscuit brand, that was said not to be clearly labelled as an advert.
"I've always tried to be very open and very honest with my audience. I've been caught out by that recently. Apparently I wasn't honest enough," he says.
He has been open about his problems with mental illness as well, sharing videos with his fans about his depression.
"I really don't know what long-term effects my relationship with my audience and with YouTube is going to have on me," he says.
"I like sharing and I like being very honest and I have found that it feels good but then again maybe it's not.
"I've forgotten what the difference is between Thomas Ridgewell and TomSka."
"You put me in a room with 1,000 fans and I can take photos and sign and be lovely to every single person.
"But you put me in a room with 10 people who know the real me and I'm not going to know what to do any more."
The Creators is available to view on YouTube now.
Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter, BBCNewsbeat on Instagram and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube | Thomas Ridgewell, aka TomSka, is a long-serving YouTuber - he's been making comedy videos for years. | 31826164 | [
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Simonik Da Costa, 41, of Charlotte Street, Wallsend, was also charged with common assault and possession of an offensive weapon.
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For some, the incident seemed to sum up the state of 21st Century technology.
"We were promised flying cars, instead we got suicidal robots," wrote one worker from the building on Twitter.
"Steps are our best defence against the Robopocalypse," commented Peter Singer - author of Wired for War, a book about military robotics.
It is not the first accident involving Knightscope's patrolling robots, which are equipped with various instruments - including face-recognition systems, high-definition video capture, infrared and ultrasonic sensors.
Last year, a 16-month-old toddler was run over by one of the autonomous devices in a Silicon Valley shopping centre.
And earlier this year, a Californian man was arrested after attacking a Knightscope robot.
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"I can't read anymore," she told the Hollywood Reporter. "I can't paint like I used to. I try to watch movies, but it's quite difficult.
"But these are all of the negatives," she added. "What I can do, I do. And I somehow get by."
The actress, 79, has age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
The condition, which affects more than 600,000 people in the UK, is the cause of more than half of the registrations for blind and partially sighted people in the country.
Dame Judi first revealed her diagnosis in 2012, noting her mother had suffered from the same condition.
But even before her eyesight began to decline, the Oscar-winner said she preferred to have scripts read aloud to her, as Steve Coogan did for the Oscar-nominated Philomena.
"I suppose it's the child in me," she said. "I think somebody coming around and telling you a story is irresistible."
The actress said she had no plans to step away from the stage or the camera, calling retirement "the rudest word in my dictionary".
"And 'old' is another one. I don't allow that in my house. And being called 'vintage'. I don't want any of those old words.
"I like 'enthusiastic' and I like the word 'cut' because that means you've finished the shot."
Dame Judi made her professional acting debut at the Old Vic in 1957 and was an acclaimed stage and TV actress before being cast as M in the rejuvenated James Bond franchise in 1995.
Two years later, she appeared as Queen Victoria in the TV drama Mrs Brown, which was picked up by film studio Miramax and became a global box office hit.
The film kick-started her Hollywood career, and the relationship with Miramax boss Harvey Weinstein brought Dame Judi her only Oscar to date, for an eight-minute cameo as Queen Elizabeth in the 1998 movie Shakespeare in Love.
She has since received Academy nominations for roles in Chocolat, Iris, Mrs Henderson Presents, Notes on a Scandal and, this year, for Philomena.
She is currently in India filming The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2, but her best-known role continues to be James Bond's boss.
But, after playing a pivotal role alongside Daniel Craig in Skyfall in 2012, the actress left the part behind, bequeathing it to Ralph Fiennes.
"My role as M is over," she told The Hollywood Reporter, "but having had 17 years I think, probably, I would have been given the sack by MI6 already. So it's someone else's turn."
On a lighter note, the star also revealed that she had, on more than one occasion, brought her pet goldfish back to life.
"I've given the breath of life to [him] twice," she said.
"He's now about 8 inches long - almost a full shark - and yes, twice, I breathed into his mouth. He's now called Lazarus." | Dame Judi Dench says she has no plans to retire from acting, despite failing eyesight which has left her unable to read scripts. | 26320715 | [
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Ashley Sibery, 39, persuaded Sital Sibery to take the class A drug minutes after she confronted him about his drug habit in their home.
It happened on 2 April 2012 at their London Street property.
Sibery pleaded guilty to a charge of culpable and reckless conduct at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.
The court heard that when Mrs Sibery decided to confront her husband because of his erratic behaviour, the GP admitted he had been using the narcotic for two months.
She told him if he did not quit his addiction, she would end his marriage to him.
But despite the ultimatum, Sibery managed to persuade his wife into taking what was supposed to be his final fix.
The court heard how Sibery wanted his wife to experience the feeling he got when he took the heroin.
However, Mrs Sibery collapsed and started having difficulties breathing.
The court also heard that Sibery, who was on bail for the offence, was now in the care of a consultant psychiatrist who was helping him to tackle his problems, and that he and his wife were still together.
Sheriff Jarvie told Sibery that she would pass sentence on him at a hearing next month. | A drug-addicted doctor watched his wife lose consciousness and struggle for breath moments after injecting her with heroin in Edinburgh, a court has heard. | 19559270 | [
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The verdict came from the Care Quality Commission's first inspection since the University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust was created in November.
The hospital was at the centre of a £6m public inquiry into care failings.
But despite the CQC's overall finding being critical, the trust said it was "highly complimentary" about the standard of care in some areas.
Inspectors visited County Hospital, formerly Stafford Hospital, and Royal Stoke University Hospital, also run by the trust, in April. They carried out unannounced inspections in May.
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The CQC said it recognised "that the leadership of the new trust has had the significant task of bringing together two organisations at a challenging time. We have seen that progress has been made but there is still more to be achieved".
The trust was rated as good overall for how caring its services were, but told it required improvement to ensure safe, effective and well-led services. It received an inadequate rating in relation to whether services were responsive.
Several initiatives within children and young people's services at Stoke were rated as outstanding in relation to whether they were caring.
Outstanding work was also seen in the specialised neurological unit at County Hospital, inspectors said.
But the trust was told it must address high waiting times in its emergency department, and inspectors noted the Royal Stoke had "consistently and frequently failed the four-hour waiting time target".
It also said the trust should review capacity and adequacy of critical care services, and communication between senior management and frontline staff.
Mark Hackett, trust chief executive, said: "Less than a year ago there were serious concerns about the sustainability, and therefore the safety, of services at County Hospital, but the CQC has now given the hospital 23 good ratings and just one inadequate rating."
He said the trust was addressing the areas for improvement the CQC identified. | A new NHS trust set up to run Stafford's hospital requires improvement, inspectors have said. | 33682155 | [
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One part of the country badly hit was Lancashire, where water sports fans found that it was even deep enough to jet-ski and canoe close to a bus stop.
The video has gone viral, with more than 1,300 shares and 114,000 views on social media.
Remember floods are dangerous, and you should never go into flood water. Never try anything like this. | December was the UK's wettest month in more than a hundred years. | 35251135 | [
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Casey posted a one-under 71 to move to seven under, while Fleetwood and Americans Brian Harman and Brooks Koepka signed for 70s at Erin Hills.
For the first time since world rankings began in 1986, the world's top three have missed the cut at a major.
Defending champion Dustin Johnson (+4), Rory McIlory (+5) and Jason Day (+10) finished above the one-over-par cut.
Overnight leader Rickie Fowler was going on serenely at nine under until three successive bogeys from the 11th saw him drop back into the pack.
The American recovered to post five pars and salvage a one-over 73 to sit one off the lead, with Jamie Lovemark and JB Holmes who both shot 69s.
World number one Johnson, who recorded his first major victory in this tournament at Oakmont a year ago, flirted with the projected cut mark all day. He opened on three over but birdied the first two holes.
However, he was unable to build on that momentum and was still one over par after a birdie on the 12th.
Bogeys on the 13th and 14th dropped him back to three over and a further shot went on the 17th.
Northern Ireland's McIlroy, who was playing his first tournament after a month out injured and only his seventh of the year, signed for a one-under 71, after knocking in four birdies in his final six holes, but the damage was done by his six-over 78 in round one.
"I showed up for the last six holes at least," joked world number two McIlroy, who misses his second successive US Open cut.
"I saw some positives on the back nine to take into next week and, even though this is disappointing, the last two rounds will serve me well in this busy summer."
World number three Day followed his opening 79 with a 75 to limp out on 10 over.
"It's been the best preparation going into a major in my career," said the Australian, who conceded: "I was in the hay too much over the last couple of days."
After opening with a six-under 66, Casey was one off the overnight lead as he went out among the early starters on Friday.
He started on the 10th, birdied the 11th but bogeyed the 12th before coming unstuck on the 14th. He was within 100 yards of the green after two shots but hit his third in to deep rough and took five from there to post a triple-bogey eight.
A bogey on 15 dropped him to two under but a run of five birdies followed to catapult him to the top of the leaderboard.
"It's very difficult to get through a major championship, let alone a US Open, without a blemish on your card," the 39-year-old told BBC Sport.
"I made a complete mess on the 14th. It's how you react to it. I tried to take my medicine and then messed up the next hole. But I got on a wonderful birdie streak.
"It was important to do that. I didn't change the game plan. John, my caddie and I kept communication great. We talked it out and got back to hitting the fairways and doing the basics and that led to some birdies on the front nine. I'm really, really happy with it."
Southport's Fleetwood said it would be "nice to sit down to dinner knowing you're top of the US Open leaderboard" after overcoming "a ropey start" to his second round.
The 26-year-old bogeyed the first hole but had three birdies and 12 pars before dropping his next shot on the 17th. However, he finished his round well with a birdie at the par-five 18th.
"I was enjoying it," he told BBC Sport. "I had a couple of bad drives early in the round and I had to focus on my rhythm and slow things down but as I got into the round it became more natural and I hit a lot of good shots and felt comfortable out there.
"I've never led a US Open, so it will be a very cool experience."
Japan's Hideki Matsuyama posted the joint-lowest round of the day, a seven-under-par 65 to move into a tie for eighth on five under.
The world number four knocked in six birdies on the front nine and one more on the back nine in a bogey-free round.
However he missed an opportunity to tie Jonny Miller's US Open single round record of eight under when his nine-foot birdie attempt at the last stayed up.
Matsuyama is joined on five under by, among others, amateur Cameron Champ who had three-under-par 69.
American Chez Reavie also leapt up the leaderboard with a 65 to get to four under - he had eight birdies and one bogey - and missed a 25-foot putt to tie Miller's 1973 record on the short ninth.
Masters champion Sergio Garcia kept his challenge on track with a solid one-under-par 71. He signed for three birdies and two bogeys to finish three under, alongside 2014 US Open winner Martin Kaymer (69) and Austria's Bernd Wiesberger (72).
American Jordan Spieth, winner in 2015, birdied two of his first four holes to get to one under but a bogey on the sixth checked his progress as he posted a one-under 71 to move to level par.
With the cut coming at one over, the joint-lowest 36-hole mark in US Open history, the 68 players who will contest the final two rounds are all within eight shots of the lead - the same number of shots Matsuyama made up on playing partner Fowler in round two.
Olympic champion Justin Rose is another who will be heading home early after carding a two-over 74. The Englishman, champion in 2013, birdied the par-five seventh to move to level par but bogeyed the next two to finish the tournament on two over.
In fact, of the 14 Englishmen, three Scots, two Northern Irishmen and one Welshman who started on Thursday, only seven will play the weekend.
Andrew Johnston is five off the lead after a 73, while fellow Englishmen Eddie Pepperell (71) and Matt Fitzpatrick (73), and Scotland's Martin Laird (71) are in a group on one under.
Lee Westwood had a three-over 75 to drop back to level par.
Among those missing the cut were Bradley Dredge of Wales and England's Chris Wood on three over while 2010 champion Graeme McDowell closed on five over.
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