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They refused to attend in March as they argued Mr Lungu was not the legitimate winner of last year's election.
Parliament speaker Patrick Matibini said the MPs' boycott was "gross misconduct", Lusaka Times reports.
The suspension comes as UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema is in detention facing treason charges.
Zambia's government has faced criticism from the country's Conference of Catholic Bishops over its handling of the case of the opposition leader. It warned that Zambia was slipping towards a "dictatorship".
The suspended 48 MPs represents nearly the entire parliamentary party of 58.
The speaker said their ban takes effect immediately and dared the suspended MPs to resign:
"I therefore challenge the UPND members that if they still maintain that they do not recognise the president, they should resign on moral grounds."
Zambia has been locked in a political crisis since Mr Hichilema was arrested in April following an incident in which a convoy he was travelling in allegedly refused to give way to the presidential motorcade.
Mr Hichillema, who lost to Mr Lungu in last year's close election, is accused of endangering the president's life. His lawyers argue that the charges are politically motivated. | Forty-eight Zambian MPs from the opposition UPND have been suspended for 30 days for boycotting President Edgar Lungu's state of the nation address. | 1.524321 | 2 |
Its net profit rose to 186bn yen ($1.5bn; £960m) in April to June from 155.6bn yen a year ago - widely beating expectations of 145.7bn yen.
The company said a weaker yen helped offset higher quality-related costs.
Honda recalled another 4.5 million vehicles earlier this month over faulty airbags made by troubled firm Takata.
Japan's third biggest car maker has been the hardest hit by the continuing saga over a deadly defect in airbags made by the equipment parts maker, with 24.5 million of its cars being recalled since 2008.
Seven people have been killed in Honda cars which were fitted with Takata air bags.
"There is a possibility that Honda will need to recognize additional provisions when new evidence related to product recalls arise," the company said in a statement on Friday.
"However, it is not possible for Honda to reasonably estimate the amount and timing of potential future losses as of the date of this report."
Honda also reported sales up by 15.5% to 3.7tn yen, led by a nearly 27% increase in sales in North America.
The company still expects to make a net profit of 525bn yen, up 3% from the previous year. | Japanese car giant Honda's net profit jumped 20% in the first quarter on strong sales in its biggest market, North America, and cost-cutting moves. | 1.070933 | 1 |
The 41-year-old man was found with serious injuries at a flat in Gibson Terrace at about 20:15 on Sunday.
He was treated by ambulance staff but was pronounced dead at the scene.
Armed officers had been called to the incident in the Fountainbridge area of the city. Police have appealed for anyone with information to contact them. | A man and two women have been detained by police following the suspicious death of a man in Edinburgh. | 0.203687 | 0 |
Sam Woodhead, 18, failed to return to a cattle station in central Queensland on Tuesday afternoon.
The former Brighton College student from Richmond in south-west London was "within hours of death" his mother, Claire Derry said.
Mr Woodhead was found on Friday after a rescue helicopter spotted his shorts.
Ms Derry told BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House programme: "He's apparently in a very different condition to what he was on Friday.
"He's brown and looks very well indeed but he has some kidney problems due to the dehydration."
He had lost two stone (12kg) in the three days he was missing, she said.
"We were probably within two hours of him surviving something like that.
"The plane only saw his shorts fly into the air at the last moment as they were turning away, and they then turned back. They had very little fuel left on board."
Mr Woodhead told Radio 4 he got disorientated after going on a run.
"It started like a pretty normal run and I didn't have a set route and ended up a long way from where I thought I was.
"I knew that people would be looking for me, but I knew cars or horses would not be able to reach me.
"I turned to drinking my contact lens solution and drunk some of my own urine. It was getting pretty desperate.
"I don't think I would have lasted another half day. I was on my last legs."
He added: "The helicopter was flying pretty low and, as it went along, my shorts which I'd put on top of my SOS signal to give it some colour, flew up in the air under the propeller and they turned round and saw me."
Speaking from Longreach airport in north east Australia, Ms Derry said: "We are about to fly back to Brisbane.
"The doctor feels that in about a month he'll be properly restored to his former self."
Mr Woodhead said he is planning to continue his travels.
He was reported missing by the owner of Upshot Station, where he was working. The backpacker had been in Australia for eight days when he disappeared.
Temperatures were about 37C (100F) in the area at the time. | A British backpacker who went missing after setting out on a run in the Australian outback said he was on his "last legs" when he was found. | 1.15624 | 1 |
Lex Autolease is shutting down its retail sites in Old Church Road, Coventry and Churchbridge in Oldbury, Sandwell.
This puts 98 jobs at the showrooms at risk. Another 29 jobs are being transferred to British Car Auctions.
The company said the move is in line with its expansion plans.
Lex Autolease was created in 2009 when Lex Vehicle Leasing, owned by HBOS, merged with Lloyds TSB Autolease.
A spokesperson from the company said: "We have taken the decision to close our retail sites in Coventry and Oldbury, and to outsource the remaining elements of our vehicle remarketing operation within Lex Autolease to BCA.
"This follows extensive work to consider future options for our vehicle remarketing activities, and supports our strategic aim to focus on growing our vehicle leasing business." | One of the biggest vehicle leasing companies in the UK is to scrap two of its West Midlands bases, putting 98 jobs at risk. | 0.924238 | 1 |
Exaro said retired judge Dame Janet Smith's draft report says the BBC had a "deferential culture", "untouchable stars" and "above the law" managers.
But Dame Janet does not believe the BBC can be criticised for not uncovering his "sexual deviancy", Exaro said.
The BBC says it has not had the report.
Dame Janet's review was set up in October 2012 by the BBC to carry out an impartial investigation of the culture and practices of the corporation during the years it employed Savile.
The leaked report, which Exaro said was completed more than a year ago, should come with "a lot of health warnings", the BBC's media and arts correspondent David Sillito said.
But he said many of the quotes in Exaro's article "match exactly" with what he had been told during his own investigations.
According to Exaro the leaked draft
Former BBC presenter Savile was revealed to be a prolific sexual predator who abused adults and children across the country after allegations against him first emerged in 2012, a year after his death.
Children's charity the NSPCC said Savile was the one of most prolific sex offenders in its history.
Dame Janet's investigation has interviewed 375 witnesses in connection with Savile.
Earlier on Wednesday the review's website said it planned to publish the final report within six weeks, after being told by police that they were no longer concerned about the report prejudicing ongoing investigations.
In February a separate report concluded Savile abused at least 63 people connected to Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Buckinghamshire. | A report into cases of sexual abuse by Jimmy Savile linked to the BBC is set to criticise the corporation's culture, according to a news website that says it has seen a leaked draft. | 1.073449 | 1 |
Luis Gustavo Moreno Rivera, national director of anti-corruption, was arrested in Colombia and faces extradition to the US.
A Colombian lawyer, Leonardo Luis Pinilla Gomez, was also arrested.
They are both charged with conspiring to launder money to promote foreign bribery, US prosecutors say.
There was no immediate comment from the two men or their representatives.
According to the criminal complaint filed in Miami federal court, the two tried to obtain a bribe from a Colombian politician who, unknown to them, was an informant for the authorities.
It is alleged they offered to give the politician copies of witness statements from a corruption case against him in return for 100m Colombian pesos ($34,500; £27,000).
Prosecutors say the two travelled to Miami to meet the politician and their conversations were recorded.
At the direction of the US Drug Enforcement Administration, they were given a deposit of $10,000 in bribe money, the complaint says.
According to the Miami Herald, the two were arrested in Colombia on a provisional arrest warrant, or Interpol Red Notice.
The extradition process to Miami could takes months, it adds. | Colombia's top anti-corruption official has been arrested on US charges of money laundering in connection with an alleged bribery scheme, officials say. | 1.092776 | 1 |
The Vincent Wildlife Trust is in the process of selecting suitable release sites in mid Wales.
The £1.2m pine marten recovery project plans to move the first 20 to Wales in the autumn.
A further 20 could be introduced in 2016.
The mammal is so rare in Wales, conservationists are unable to give population estimates.
Loss of habitat, fur hunting and a cull by gamekeepers in the early 1900s have been blamed for their decline.
Conservation officer Lizzy Croose said: "In Scotland pine martens are a real tourist draw.
"Their reintroduction to Wales could be a big opportunity for wildlife tourism comparable to the success of the red kite."
The Vincent Wildlife Trust is looking for sites with few roads, no commercial shooting and a low fox population - foxes and golden eagles are the mammal's only known UK predators.
Pine martens need a woodland habitat as they nest in trees and den in tree cavities. They also need an abundance of small mammals and fruit to eat.
The mammals mate in July and August and give birth the following March or April.
Their young, called kits, stay with the mother until they become independent in August.
They can have between one and five kits in a litter. Males have no role in rearing the young and typically mate with several females. | Pine martens are to be relocated from areas of the Scottish Highlands to Powys and Ceredigion in a bid to save them from extinction in Wales. | 3.275395 | 3 |
The micro-blogging service, which has struggled to grow its user base in recent years, is carrying out surveys to “assess interest” in the idea.
Paying members would get access to an enhanced version of Tweetdeck, Twitter’s souped-up interface that offers more functionality than Twitter.com.
The company has not made any indication it is considering charging regular users of the service.
But a premium membership scheme could offer Twitter a new revenue stream at a time when users are increasingly turning to other networks such as Snapchat.
Twitter’s active user base has plateaued - and advertising revenues, currently the firms only meaningful income stream, are in decline. Twitter’s struggles come despite the online advertising market growing considerably in the past year.
'More valuable'
Twitter has surveyed a small selection of its users about the idea.
In a statement, the company said: "We regularly conduct user research to gather feedback about people’s Twitter experience and to better inform our product investment decisions, and we're exploring several ways to make Tweetdeck even more valuable for professionals.”
In an email to selected users, the company described how the new tool would work.
"This premium tool set will provide valuable viewing, posting, and signaling tools like alerts, trends and activity analysis, advanced analytics, and composing and posting tools all in one customizable dashboard,” the note said.
"It will be designed to make it easier than ever to keep up with multiple interests, grow your audience, and see even more great content and information in real-time.”
If it goes ahead with premium accounts, Twitter will be competing with more established players like SocialFlow and HootSuite - companies that have offered enhanced ways to use Twitter for many years.
Why it has taken the company this long to roll out its own initiative is not clear. In 2009, co-founder Biz Stone said the firm had hired a product manager to develop premium features, but these never materialised - and Mr Stone left the company in 2011.
Follow Dave Lee on Twitter @DaveLeeBBC. You can reach Dave securely through encrypted messaging app Signal on: +1 (628) 400-7370 | Twitter is considering adding a paid membership option for businesses and power users. | 1.139189 | 1 |
Mashaba will answer charges of disrespecting SAFA president Danny Jordaan, having a verbal altercation with Safa general secretary Denis Mumble and also insulting the media.
All incidents came after South Africa's 2-1 win over Senegal in a 2018 World Cup qualifier on 12 November.
Mashaba was suspended on 13 November.
He missed last week's trip to Mozambique where Bafana Bafana played out a 1-1 draw with their neighbours in a friendly international in Maputo.
Attempts to organise a hearing since Mashaba was suspended by the association had been thwarted by the coach's unavailability, the BBC has been told by Safa.
In terms of South African labour law, charges had to be presented to Mashaba, which he received on Tuesday.
He asked for time to consider them and gather his own evidence before his hearing.
South African media have speculated the hearing will lead to the dismissal of the 66-year-old, who has had two previous spells as Bafana coach.
Mashaba's rise and fall
Mashaba was a fall-back candidate when South Africa named him as national coach in August 2014 to replace Gordon Igesund, who miss out on World Cup qualification.
Safa had been seeking to reappoint Carlos Queiroz to the job but did not have the budget to entice him back to South Africa.
Within three months Mashaba was being widely feted as South Africa swept aside Nigeria and finished top of their qualifying group for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea.
Mashaba went to the tournament in buoyant mood, telling the international media his side would win the title - but they were knocked out in the first round.
Failure to qualify for the 2017 Nations Cup, with Bafana finishing only third in their group behind Cameroon and lowly-ranked Mauritania, did not improve his standing.
After a 1-1 draw with Mauritania in the last of the qualifiers in Durban in September, Jordaan told South African television that Mashaba had to start winning again or face the sack.
Mashaba did not immediately react but the criticism from his bosses did not sit well.
A draw in Burkina Faso in the next game in October, at the start of the group phase of the World Cup qualifiers, left him still in the job and after Senegal, Mashaba vented his frustration and annoyance with those who had criticised him. | South Africa coach Ephraim Mashaba has been charged by the country's football association (Safa) and will attend a disciplinary hearing on 1 December. | 0.998592 | 1 |
Bill Knight commissioned artists to paint the wall of his home in Northload Street, Glastonbury, to deter taggers.
He was told in June to remove it after a planning inspector ruled its "scale, colours and style" was "harmful" to the area's heritage.
But Mendip District Council has agreed it can stay after more then 3,500 people signed a petition.
The work features some of the myths and legends the Somerset town is famous for.
It was commissioned after Mr Knight got fed up with vandals painting graffiti on the side of his house.
Councillor Tom Killen said a number of factors had been considered including the "significant drop in the levels of graffiti" on the wall after the mural was painted.
"The petition was one of the largest the council had ever received," he said.
"The location is a gateway site to Glastonbury town centre and the mural had been, and continues to be, appreciated by locals and tourists alike."
The mural will be allowed to stay on the listed building for two years, after which time the situation will be reviewed.
Mr Knight has been contacted for comment. | Thousands of people have helped save an under-threat mural of a psychedelic rainbow, Glastonbury Tor and Excalibur. | 1.723391 | 2 |
Two men entered Franses Jewellers on Westover Road just before 16:30 GMT on Tuesday police said.
Staff in the store were threatened with handguns before an unknown quantity of items were stolen.
Two men, aged 22 and 24 from London and of no fixed abode, and a 30-year-old woman from Northampton have been charged with robbery.
The men have also been charged with firearm possession with intent to cause fear of violence.
They are expected to appear at Poole Magistrates' Court later. | Two men and a woman have been charged following an armed robbery at a jewellers in Bournemouth. | 0.502985 | 1 |
But he told the BBC that there was no need to "rush into" EU exit talks.
On Saturday, EU leaders called for negotiations to start "as soon as possible" now that the UK has voted to leave the bloc.
"They are saying that because they are in a real panic; they have no cards to play," Mr Martin said.
He added: "Contrary to what some people think, we are in a much stronger position than the EU. We can afford to take our time."
The UK has a more prosperous economy with lower unemployment, and should wait until a new prime minister is chosen before entering talks, he said.
His comments come after another Leave supporter, JCB's chairman Lord Bamford, said the UK had "little to fear from leaving the EU".
The Wetherspoons chairman said "anxiety is understandable but it's a vote for democracy".
"Businesses never regret increased democracy because democracy and prosperity are inextricably linked," he told the BBC.
Shares in Wetherspoons dropped 8% on Friday as the FTSE 250 index, on which it is listed, suffered its biggest ever daily slide in the wake of the referendum result.
But Mr Martin said: "In 1987 there was a stock market slump by 27% and the economy boomed for the next couple of years.
"There's a good chance the economy will pick up following Brexit."
That will partly come from a cheaper pound, he said, after it touched 30-year lows against the dollar on Friday.
Ruth Lea, economic adviser at the Arbuthnot Banking Group and a Leave supporter, said that despite the share falls, fears of another stock market crash did not materialise.
She told the BBC's Today programme that she also expected "trade to continue very much as it is today" with the EU, even after the UK leaves.
Talks will start when the prime minister triggers an EU clause called Article 50, a decision David Cameron left to his successor when he announced on Friday that he would step down.
Earlier, European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker said a proposed delay in those talks "doesn't make sense".
German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier agreed that talks should begin "as soon as possible", while his French counterpart Jean-Marc Ayrault said there was "a certain urgency". | Leading Brexit businessman Tim Martin, founder of the Wetherspoons pub chain, has said anxiety about leaving the European Union was "understandable". | 1.41221 | 1 |
Spectre stars Daniel Craig and Lea Seydoux, along with producer Barbara Broccoli, were presented with an official certificate on Monday.
The official title holder is Oscar-winner Chris Corbould, who created the explosive scene for the film.
The 7.5 second scene was shot in Morocco. Watch the explosion here.
The blast used 68.47 tonnes (68470 kg) of TNT equivalent and was the result of detonating 8,418 litres of kerosene with 33 kg of powder explosives.
Producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli said: "It is absolutely tremendous that the Guinness World Records have recognised Chris Corbould's incredible work in Spectre.
Guinness World Records editor-in-chief Craig Glenday added: "The James Bond movies are synonymous with pushing cinematic boundaries. The scene featuring the world's largest film stunt explosion is spectacular and will live long in the memory as one of the outstanding moments in the Bond franchise."
Corbould won an Oscar for Inception in 2010.
Spectre, the 24th film in the spy franchise, is currently at the top of the North America and UK box offices, with earnings of $73m (£48.5m)
But the film failed to beat the performance of the last Bond movie Skyfall in the US and Canada, which took $88.4m (£58.5m) in 2012.
Its UK launch set a new record for movies released on a Monday - as opposed to a Friday - taking more than £41m in its first week.
Records were also set in Norway, the Netherlands, Finland and Denmark. | Bond movie Spectre has entered the Guinness World Record books for featuring the largest film stunt explosion in cinema history. | 1.241325 | 1 |
The project will involve replacing pieces of the 120-year-old timber at Swanage Pier.
The Swanage Pier Trust, which owns and operates the pier, said a new visitor centre also featured in the plans.
The trust has been allocated £893,800 in Heritage Lottery Funding for the project. It has until November to raise the remaining £900,000.
According to the trust, the Victorian pier - which is one of only 14 remaining timber piers in the country - attracts about 125,000 people each year.
Members of the public have been asked to share their views on the plans, which are on display at the Pierhead Watersports building on Swanage Pier until 8 April. | Plans for a £1.7m revamp of a Grade II listed pier in Dorset have gone on display. | 1.300826 | 1 |
Darren Galsworthy told BBC Newsnight he felt deceived and shocked by his step-son Nathan Matthews, who was convicted of Becky's murder.
Matthews's girlfriend Shauna Hoare was found guilty of manslaughter.
Mr Galsworthy said the pair had destroyed his family and "justice has not been done".
Becky went missing from her home in the St George area of Bristol on 19 February 2015.
Matthews claimed she died during a botched kidnap attempt. Hoare, who was pregnant at the time, was at the address.
"I don't believe that for a minute, he had every intention of killing her," said Mr Galsworthy. "They were planning something much more heinous for her... they had things to torture her in the car."
Becky's dismembered body was discovered hidden in a shed on 3 March 2015.
Mr Galsworthy said that when he saw Becky in the mortuary it was "obvious that she had fought for her life".
"I don't think I've had justice. If they were going to hang him I would pull the lever so nobody else would have that guilt," said Mr Galsworthy.
"This past year has mostly been nightmares or night terrors actually.
"I feel so helpless. The recurring dream is I'm seeing what's happened from a sort of third person standpoint. I'm watching it but they can't see me. There's nothing I can do to help her."
Last November a jury at Bristol Crown Court took less than four hours to convict the pair of Becky's killing.
Matthews was given a life sentence and told he would serve at least 33 years. Hoare was jailed for 17 years.
They are appealing against their convictions and sentences. | The father of murdered schoolgirl Becky Watts has said if the death sentence was available for her killers he "would pull the lever himself". | 0.692817 | 1 |
The First Minister said his dad Caron's decision over his hip operation was "a matter of convenience".
Caron Wyn Jones told the Daily Mail newspaper he had private treatment against his son's wishes because he was going to Italy.
Carwyn Jones said private treatment would not have been his own choice.
'What he does is a matter for him at the end of the day - so it's not me," he said.
"I'm the politician and from my point of view I've never had private treatment and wouldn't do that."
Asked if he was angry with his father, he said: "He's my dad at the end of the day and we're very close."
The First Minister defended Wales' NHS, saying it "works very well" despite a 10% cut in the Welsh government's budget.
He added: "Now health, remember, takes 45 per cent of our budget to begin with - it's well nigh impossible to put in the amount of money you would want in health when you're getting that kind of budget cut, without sending the council tax through the roof." | Carwyn Jones has defended his father's decision to have private health treatment, despite his own stance against the privatisation of the NHS. | 0.949711 | 1 |
The 30-year-old Hurricane - who made a six-man shortlist for the world player of the year award in 2016 - has been sidelined since March and is out of Friday's clash with the Chiefs.
"It's bad news for the All Blacks," said Hurricanes coach John Plumtree.
"It's hard to say whether he'll be available for any of the Tests."
New Zealand coach Steve Hansen said in May that he would name Coles in the All Blacks squad for the series to give him as much time as possible to prove his fitness. Hansen will name his 33-man selection on Thursday.
Crusaders' Codie Taylor, who has made three starts in his 15 Test appearances, could step at hooker if Coles fails to recover.
Coles is the most pressing of several injury concerns before the first meeting with the Lions on 24 June.
Full-back Ben Smith is a doubt for the opening Test at least after suffering a concussion at the weekend, while centre Ryan Crotty will have to recover from a rib cartilage injury to take part.
Second row Brodie Retallick is another key All Black to miss the final round of Super Rugby matches with a head knock, however his absence from the Chiefs squad is mainly precautionary.
Captain Kieran Read, who has not played since breaking his thumb in April, and veteran flanker Jerome Kaino, who is yet to return following knee surgery, will both face the Lions short of match practice in the best-case scenario for the hosts.
"Coles would be arguably the heaviest felt defection if he failed to get up for the once-every-12-years extravaganza," wrote Kiwi journalist Marc Hinton in May.
"Partly because of his extraordinary skillset that has rewritten the parameters of the modern hooker; and partly because the next cabs off the rank just don't offer anything resembling the same sort of impact."
"The hits keep coming for the All Blacks," wrote a NZ Herald reporter as they broke news of Retallick's injury.
"The Retallick news is far from what Steve Hansen will have wanted to hear ahead of Thursday's naming of the All Blacks and Maori All Blacks squads in Auckland." | New Zealand hooker Dane Coles could miss the whole of the three-Test series against the British and Irish Lions as he struggles with concussion. | 1.011097 | 1 |
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Fox-Pitt incurred time penalties to score 30.4 aboard Chilli Morning, having led after Sunday's dressage.
The 47-year-old will go into Tuesday's final show-jumping phase in 21st place, with Great Britain lying seventh in the team standings.
"It's obviously very disappointing," Fox-Pitt told BBC Sport.
"To be up there and cock it up is a blow. I hope he [Chilli Morning] is OK, life goes on. So far, Team GB are not doing what we dreamed of."
Fox-Pitt is competing just 10 months after being induced into a coma following a fall.
As he suffered disappointment on Monday, fellow Britons Pippa Funnell (28th), Kitty King (34th) and Gemma Tattersall (44th) also picked up penalties during their rounds to leave Britain struggling to challenge for a team medal.
The damage was done for Fox-Pitt when Chilli Morning missed an obstacle, with Fox-Pitt admitting: "I hadn't really felt that was a tight line for him so it was my fault, because he's such a genuine horse.
"If he could have seen it, he would have jumped it."
Christopher Burton set the pace with a brilliant round on Santano II to lead the individual standings and take Australia top of the team competition, ahead of New Zealand, France and Germany.
Fox-Pitt, Britain's most successful rider, suffered a head trauma in a cross-country fall last October and only returned to action in April.
He said it was "special" just to be competing in Rio, let alone taking an early lead on Sunday.
A spokesperson for Poole Hospital, where Fox-Pitt underwent rehabilitation after his injuries, told BBC Sport: "All at Poole Hospital are thrilled with the progress William has made, and have been watching his return not only to health but to the highest levels of sporting achievement with enormous interest and pride.
"William's recovery has been remarkable and we wish him the best of luck in his Olympic endeavours." | Britain's William Fox-Pitt slipped from first to well outside the medal places after the cross-country phase of the Olympic eventing competition in Rio. | 1.016865 | 1 |
Scarlets trailed Toulon 24-6 inside 30 minutes before losing 31-20 and face them again in Llanelli on Sunday.
"We need to start from the start, not give them a lead and then wake up," Patchell said.
"Defensively we need to sort out that first 20."
"The attacking game worked well but we need to match that with intensity in defence."
The Scarlets are in third place in the Pool 3 table with just four points after three rounds and are 10 points behind Saracens and five behind Toulon but Patchell says the Welsh region can win the reverse fixture.
"There's no reason why we can't get something out of the group," the Wales international told BBC Wales Sport.
"We're playing some really good stuff in attack and there's no reason we can't turn them over next weekend.
"Then in the last two weekends of the competition, it's all to play for.
"I think we probably gave ourselves a bit too much to do in the first 20 minutes really, they built a comfortable lead and we only got going after 25 minutes.
"When we did get going we looked dangerous and you could see they were worried about it."
Powerhouse France centre Mathieu Bastareaud, who earned the man-of-the-match award, was a key figure in the early demolition of the Scarlets defence.
"He speed-bumped me for the first try," Patchell said.
"I went in low and went as hard as I could but unfortunately when you're giving away forty kilos, there's going to be a bit of momentum.
"Bastareaud played very well and he's someone we're going to have to keep an eye on next week."
Scarlets will hope that Wales centre Jonathan Davies recovers from a hamstring injury, while international flanker Aaron Shingler should be available after paternity leave. | Scarlets fly-half Rhys Patchell says they need to start much better if they are to have any chance of upsetting three-times champions Toulon in their return European Champions Cup fixture. | 0.99372 | 1 |
The 24-year-old, whose Colchester contract was due to run out this summer, has agreed a deal until 2017.
He has scored 14 times in 29 games for the League One strugglers this season, having started the campaign with a career tally of 25 goals.
"I enjoyed my time at Colchester, but my ultimate goal was to move back up the leagues," he told the club website.
"This is a great opportunity to do that with a team heading in the right direction.
"I got the call on Thursday and I was down here that night, got the medical done, and I was signing Friday morning."
Sears will be competing with Daryl Murphy, David McGoldrick and Noel Hunt for a place in Mick McCarthy's side.
The former England Under-21 international began his career with West Ham and was tipped for big things after scoring the winning goal on his debut for the Hammers, aged 18, in a 2-1 Premier League victory over Blackburn in March 2008.
However, he was unable to establish a regular place in the side and had loan spells at Crystal Palace, Coventry and Scunthorpe, before joining Colchester three years ago.
Promotion-chasing Ipswich, third in the Championship, allowed striker Conor Sammon to end his loan spell from Derby this week to join Rotherham.
Colchester, who are 22nd in League One, must now face a relegation battle without their top scorer.
"We have already made inquiries into the availability of a number of players and we will continue to do that," said boss Tony Humes on the search for a replacement. | Ipswich Town have signed Colchester United striker Freddie Sears for an undisclosed fee. | 0.94257 | 1 |
The 20-year-old will now remain at The Valley until the summer of 2019.
Aribo featured for the Addicks' Under-23 side last season and has made a total of four appearances since making his first-team debut in October.
"Joe is like a young Patrick Vieira with his leggy range, quality and appetite to get around the pitch," boss Karl Robinson told the club website.
"Charlton have a rich history of developing young players and I'm sure he's got the ability to get to the top." | Charlton Athletic midfielder Joe Aribo has extended his contract with the League One club. | 0.694885 | 1 |
Russell remains under observation in hospital following a clash of heads in the opening minute of Saturday's defeat at Connacht in the Pro12 semi-final.
Warriors say Russell's condition has "improved significantly" and that surgery is not required.
Scotland, who play two Tests in Japan, are yet to announce a squad replacement for the 23-year-old.
The squad will gather for a training camp on 6 June before their departure for Tokyo five days later.
The Tests on 18 and 25 June will be shown live on BBC Scotland, with coverage also provided by BBC Radio Scotland and the BBC Sport website.
Ruaridh Jackson is the only other specialist stand-off in Vern Cotter's squad, although centre Peter Horne can cover number 10.
Last week, winger Tim Visser withdrew from the travelling party due to a knee injury, with Sean Lamont called up in his place. | Glasgow stand-off Finn Russell will miss Scotland's summer tour to Japan as he recovers from a head injury. | 0.926045 | 1 |
The crash happened in Granges-pres-Marnand in Vaud canton, about 50km (30 miles) south-west of the capital, Bern.
The regional trains collided head-on in the early evening.
The driver of one of the trains died in the incident and his body was recovered from the wreckage early on Tuesday morning, Swiss police said.
Emergency workers had succeeded in separating the two locomotives and found the driver's body in one of them.
An autopsy has been ordered to formally establish his identity, a police statement said.
The other driver was among the injured.
The most seriously injured passengers had earlier been taken to hospital by helicopter or ambulance. Others were treated at the scene.
One of the trains involved was bound for Lausanne, about 38km (22 miles) to the south, while the other was travelling north from the same city, AFP news agency reports.
There would be no trains on the line between the towns of Lucens and Payerne on Tuesday, local police said.
Investigators are at the scene to try to determine the cause of the crash.
Switzerland's rail system is considered among the best and safest in the world.
Earlier this month, 79 people were killed in a high-speed derailment in north-western Spain. | At least 35 people have been injured, five of them seriously, in a collision between two trains in western Switzerland. | 1.489556 | 1 |
Jordan Cairnie and Ross Gilmour had efforts wide for the hosts early on.
David McKenna fired Nathan Shepherd's cross into the top corner to give Shire the lead.
Sean Burns' equaliser made it look like the spoils would be shared but Wright netted at the death to hand the struggling hosts a narrow win. | Substitute Maxwell Wright struck a late winner as Scottish League Two bottom side East Stirlingshire edged victory over Queen's Park. | 0.131836 | 0 |
Allan Border's team beat England by seven runs in November 1987 at Eden Gardens in India to claim the trophy.
But no medals were awarded at the time as, until 2003, host nations staged the World Cup rather than the International Cricket Council.
Other teams - including women's winners - who won the tournament and did not get medals will also receive them.
Fourteen players and three support staff from the Australia team received their medals during their country's one-day international win over Pakistan in Sydney on Sunday.
"It's terrific to get together again as a group, relive those days and have a laugh but also realise what it was we achieved in becoming the first Australia side to win the World Cup," said Border.
Meanwhile, former batsmen David Boon and Matthew Hayden, along with all-rounder Betty Wilson, have been inducted into the Australian cricket hall of fame. | Australia's 1987 World Cup-winning team have been given medals for their success nearly 30 years on. | 1.42727 | 1 |
Police were called to a house on Littlemoor Lane, Oldham, at about 01:00 GMT.
The 55-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene. A post-mortem examination is due to be carried out.
The women, aged 34 and 54, remain in police custody. Officers said the force was not looking for anyone else in connection with the death. | Two women have been arrested on suspicion of murdering a man in Greater Manchester. | 0.171275 | 0 |
The country's top Supreme Court judge, Vassiliki Thanou, becomes caretaker prime minister - the country's first female PM.
Last week, Alex Tsipras resigned as leader to seek a new mandate for office.
He called a new vote after a rebellion by MPs in his party over the bailout he agreed with European creditors.
Mr Tsipras is expected to win the next election although it is unclear whether he will secure enough votes to form a majority government.
Earlier this week an opinion poll for Greece's Vergina TV suggested support for his Syriza party had declined to 24%, down from 34% in July.
New Democracy was in second with 22%, while the far-right Golden Dawn ranked third with 6%.
Popular Unity, which split from Syriza, was put on 4.5%. | Greece's new caretaker government has been sworn in and snap elections confirmed for 20 September. | 1.298151 | 1 |
The 19-year-old from Scotland finished 14th in the 3m preliminaries to reach the semi-finals and claim British Diving's 11th Olympic berth.
China are the only other nation to claim places in all 11 events so far.
On Tuesday, Matty Lee and James Denny will bid for the one remaining place - in the men's individual 10m platform.
Former British diver Yona Knight-Wisdom, who switched to Jamaican nationality in time to compete at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, claimed a historic silver in the men's individual 3m springboard final.
It was his new nation's first-ever World Cup medal and Leeds-based Knight-Wisdom, 20, is set to become Jamaica's first-ever male Olympic diver this summer.
His score of 459.25 was a new lifetime best and was only bettered by Mexico's Rommel Pacheco Marrufo (504.40), with American Kristian Ipsen (457.60) taking bronze.
World champion He Choa of China was sixth, whilst GB's Freddie Woodward exited at the semi-final stages, having already secured GB an Olympic berth on Sunday. | Grace Reid continued Britain's impressive run at the Rio World Cup, securing an Olympic spot in the women's individual 3m springboard event. | 1.145453 | 1 |
Ascensos, which was set up in Motherwell in 2013 and already employs 400 staff, is opening a new facility in Clydebank.
The move will allow it to raise its workforce to 750 initially and next year to 1,000.
The contract involves providing telephone, email and web services.
This work will begin from October 2016. Ascensos already provides support to Kingfisher Group-owned B&Q's social media activity.
John Devlin, managing director of Ascensos, said: "We have established a great relationship with Kingfisher Group and we look forward to building on this and creating a world-class facility for B&Q, their customers and our team in Clydebank.
"Ascensos has grown quickly in the last two years and this expansion in Clydebank starts another key chapter in our success story."
Tibor Szabo, head of customer services at B&Q, said: "The warmth and positive spirit of Glaswegians has been an important consideration in choosing Ascensos and the location to take our customer call centre forward.
"We are delighted to be expanding the work Ascensos is already doing to support our social media channels."
Ascensos also has contracts with Karen Millen, Argos, Oasis and Scottish Power. | A Scottish customer services firm is expected to almost double its workforce after signing a multi-million pound contract with hardware retailer B&Q. | 0.849993 | 1 |
The Australian, 27, suffered a heart attack after a Super League game against Leeds Rhinos at Manchester City's Etihad Stadium in May.
Purtell, who joined the Bulls from Penrith Panthers in 2011, underwent heart tests in London this week.
"I didn't know what to expect really and I was in shock when the specialist gave me the news," Purtell said.
"It didn't really sink in until I was on the train coming home but I am obviously delighted.
"I felt myself that I'd be OK because I have been doing some training and felt good, but I am not a medical person so it was pretty awesome to get that news from such an eminent specialist."
Purtell, who is 12 months into a three-year contract with the Bulls, felt unwell on the coach after the 37-22 defeat in Manchester and was taken to Leeds General Infirmary.
"Last year was a tough one for the Bulls but the boys all bonded together and stuck by me and the club has been absolutely tremendous throughout," he added.
"I am just looking forward now to getting back into full-time training and playing games with my mates. That's what I want to do most of all."
Bradford coach Francis Cummins said: "It's great for us because we have got one of our star players back.
"But for Adrian it's an amazing piece of news because we weren't even sure whether he would be able to live a normal life, let alone play again." | Bradford Bulls centre Adrian Purtell has been given the all-clear to resume his rugby league career. | 0.928286 | 1 |
Matthew Rothery, 18, was found at an address in Woodborough Road, Mapperley Park, at about 01:00 on Good Friday.
He was taken to the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham but died shortly afterwards.
A 20-year-old man, from the city, who was arrested on Sunday, remains in police custody, Nottinghamshire Police said.
The force had previously described the attack as a "serious assault". | A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a teenager died from stab wounds in Nottingham. | 0.385794 | 0 |
The 28-year-old centre-back spent a spell on the sidelines with a similar problem last season.
He also missed the start of the season after surgery on a back injury before returning at the end of October.
"It is not a recurrence of the injury which required surgery so that is a positive," said Stoke boss Mark Hughes.
"Unfortunately, the negative is that he has soft muscle damage and at the moment it is looking like it will probably be three to four weeks I would think."
Shawcross will now miss the second leg of the Capital One Cup semi-final at Liverpool on Tuesday. The Reds beat Stoke 1-0 in the first leg.
The Potters also face an FA Cup fourth-round tie at Crystal Palace as well as Premier League games against Manchester United, Everton and Bournemouth in the next month. | Stoke City captain Ryan Shawcross could be out for up to a month with the back injury that forced him off in Saturday's defeat at Leicester. | 0.828731 | 1 |
Women work on average 50 minutes more a day than men, data from the WEF's Global Gender Gap report suggests.
The report says the prevalence of unpaid work burdens women and estimates that economic inequalities between the sexes could take 170 years to close.
The gap in economic opportunity, the WEF says, is now larger than at any point since 2008.
Nearly a quarter of a billion women have entered the global workforce over the past decade, the report says.
Although men do 34% more paid work than women, women still spend more of their time on unpaid work such as housework, childcare and care for older people.
When this is factored in, the WEF calculates women work more than a month more than men per year.
In India, Portugal and Estonia, this equates to more than 50 days more work for women than men per year.
In the UK women work nearly 12 days more than men.
In only six countries do men work more hours than women, but notably three of these are Nordic countries where parental leave can be shared relatively evenly between men and women.
Shared parental leave is strongly associated with women's economic participation in many parts of the world.
Vesselina Ratcheva, a data analyst at the WEF, told the BBC: "Shared parental leave can be good because it allows families to plan their lives, to fit having children in with their careers and to share responsibilities."
Paid leave for mothers greatly outweighs paid leave for fathers, and on the whole governments are more likely to shoulder the cost of maternity leave than paternity leave.
There is also a limit to the positive effects of extra parental leave.
In countries where paid parental and maternity leave exceeds two years, as it does in many Eastern European countries, women are less likely to participate in the labour force.
Some economists suggest that investing in the currently unpaid workers who constitute the caring economy could contribute to economic growth.
The International Trade Union Confederation estimates that if 2% of a country's GDP was invested in its care sector, employment would increase from 2.4% to 6.1%, depending on the country.
This would equate to nearly 13 million new jobs in the United States, 3.5 million in Japan and 1.5 million in the United Kingdom. | Women work on average 39 more days a year than men according to the World Economic Forum. | 3.272151 | 3 |
The woman was attacked in the Seagate area, near Dundee bus station, at about 22:30 on Sunday.
Officers have issued a description of man they want to speak to in connection with the incident.
He was in his 20s, about 5ft 10in tall, of slim build, with short, dark, brown hair, a tanned complexion. He may have been Eastern European.
He was wearing a grey hooded top, blue jeans and black trainers. | Police in Dundee have launched an investigation after a woman was sexually assaulted in the city centre. | 0.189999 | 0 |
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Conor Harte marked his 200th Irish appearance by levelling after Aleem Bilal Muhammad put the visitors ahead.
Ali Shan restored Pakistan's lead before half-time but Jeremy Duncan's late goal earned the Irish a draw.
The sides will meet again on Saturday and Sunday as the Irish continue their preparations for the World League semi-finals in Johannesburg next month.
The South African tournament doubles up as the main qualifying tournament for next year's World Cup.
The weekend games at Lisnagarvey start at 14:00 BST.
Later this month, Ireland will play against Germany, Spain and Austria at the Hamburg Masters which takes place from 22-25 June. | Ireland's men drew 2-2 with Pakistan in the first game of the three-match series at Lisnagarvey. | 0.841467 | 1 |
The 29-year-old Northern Ireland international is out of contract in the summer and is now free to talk to other clubs.
It is understood Aberdeen are comfortable about his situation and expect to have talks with him and his agent after the winter break.
McGinn joined the Dons after leaving Celtic in 2011.
He has made 33 appearances this season, scoring seven times for the side sitting third in the Scottish Premiership.
McGinn has 50 caps and was part of the Northern Ireland squad that reached the last 16 at the Euro 2016 finals. | Hearts have made contact with Aberdeen winger Niall McGinn about a possible move to Tynecastle. | 0.697994 | 1 |
A BBC Radio Sheffield Facebook post about Winnie Blagden, who is 100 on 31 May, has been seen by millions.
Thousands of people have responded, pledging everything from a fish and chip supper to 100 pink roses.
A cabaret entertainer said he would attend Mrs Blagden's party and a beauty salon has offered a pamper package.
Mrs Blagden, who never had children, has no family following the death of her husband George and has little contact with the outside world apart from her carers.
She has lived in Sheffield her entire life, working at a city department store when she was younger.
An accessories company has promised to send a vintage china teacup and saucer for a birthday cuppa and cards are being posted from as far afield as the US.
A pizza company has offered to feed Mrs Blagden and her friends on the big day and Jameson's Cafe & Tea Rooms in Sheffield said they would make a birthday cake.
Serenta HomeCare, which looks after Mrs Blagden, said: "She calls us her little family; we are absolutely overwhelmed by your kindness.
"She truly is a very special lady and you will all help to make her day as special as she is."
Radio Sheffield plans to present her with the cards and gifts on 28 May.
Cards can be dropped into the BBC Sheffield offices in person, or posted to BBC Radio Sheffield, 54 Shoreham Street, Sheffield, S1 4RS. | An appeal for birthday cards for a 99-year-old Sheffield woman who has no surviving family has gone viral. | 0.753665 | 1 |
Pakistan, chasing 277, were 256-8 with two overs left when the umpires decided that the light was too poor to continue.
Shoaib Malik, who was 96 not out, was furious with the decision.
Monday's series decider is at the same venue. Zimbabwe's last ODI series win was against Bangladesh in May 2013. | Zimbabwe beat Pakistan by five runs on the Duckworth-Lewis method after a controversial end to the second one-day international in Harare. | 0.574504 | 1 |
Ross Hearst's wife Jocelyn is expecting their first child in April.
Mr Hearst, 35, bought the blue scratch card on Wednesday from a Spar store in Lurgan.
He had won two prizes of £20 and a further £10 the day before, and thought he would buy a £10 lottery scratch card because he was "on a roll".
When Mr Hearst discovered he had won, he tried ringing his wife 22 times - she got 22 missed calls - and initially she did not believe him.
Mr Hearst is going to buy a car with his winnings.
He does not like flying, but the couple may book a cruise to celebrate their success. | A 34-year-old road worker from County Armagh has won £4m on a National Lottery scratch card. | 0.662644 | 1 |
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Djokovic, 30, has lost all four Grand Slam titles which he held last year and slipped to fourth in the world.
Woods, a 14-time golf major winner, has struggled for form after marital problems and injury in recent years.
McEnroe said Djokovic "had some off-court issues with the family", but the Serb said he took the claims "lightly".
"He's well known for his bold comments and not caring too much about being politically correct and saying whatever is on his mind," Djokovic said about American McEnroe.
"I don't take anything personally."
Djokovic, a 12-time Grand Slam champion, said last month that 2017 had been his toughest year in tennis.
As well as losing all of his major crowns, he slipped out of the world's top two for the first time since 2011 and split with his coaching team.
However, the former world number one has rediscovered his form during the grass-court season.
Djokovic won the Eastbourne title - his first pre-Wimbledon tournament for seven years - and has since cruised into the third round at SW19.
He was leading 6-3 2-0 in his opening match when opponent Martin Klizan retired hurt, then eased past Czech Adam Pavlasek in straight sets on Thursday.
But McEnroe, 58, claimed Djokovic's form over the past 12 months suggests the Serb is being distracted by off-court issues.
Djokovic is married to childhood sweetheart Jelena, 31, who is pregnant with their second child.
"If you're distracted you're not the same player," said McEnroe on the BBC's Today at Wimbledon programme.
"The person that comes to mind immediately with Novak is not a tennis player, it's actually a golfer: Tiger Woods.
"Woods had the issues with his wife and then he seemed to go completely off the rails and has never been even close to being the same player.
"So we're starting to say: 'Wait a minute, is this possible with him Djokovic?'" | Novak Djokovic says he does not "know on what basis" three-time Wimbledon champion John McEnroe likened him to golf star Tiger Woods. | 1.195459 | 1 |
David Drury said the car, which had been parked on a zebra crossing, mounted the pavement, lifting him on to the bonnet.
Police said no-one had been arrested, despite the warden's body-worn camera capturing images of the attacker.
Mr Drury has been off work injured since the hit-and-run on the Isle of Sheppey on 8 July.
He said he was helping a colleague issue a ticket on a car parked on zigzag lines when the "driver got into the vehicle and went into me".
"I heard the accelerator go, didn't look up and didn't realise he was going to come towards me.
"He went straight into me, mounted the pavement and drove into me. I went on to the bonnet and crashed down to the side of the pavement."
Mr Drury, who suffered neck and shoulder damage, said in six years as a traffic warden he had been "pushed over a few times" and receives "verbal abuse every day".
Kent Police said enquiries into the attack were ongoing. | A traffic warden was mown down by a motorist who had just been given a parking ticket. | 1.044959 | 1 |
He was unable to gain access to the cockpit because of a jammed door.
Flight AI 403, which was travelling from Delhi to Bangalore, was diverted to Bhopal Airport on Monday.
The airline has been plagued by financial difficulties in recent years, with its 787 Dreamliner jets grounded in January by safety concerns.
"The commander of the flight had left the cockpit for a short while to visit the toilet and on returning to the cockpit found the door locked. The door had got jammed and all efforts to open the door, even from inside by the co-pilot, failed," an Air India statement said.
"The co-pilot, after taking permission from ground control, diverted the flight to Bhopal and landed...at 17:55 hrs."
The door was fixed by ground maintenance engineers and the plane continued its journey less than three hours later, Air India adds.
The state-run airline is currently investigating a separate incident in which the auto-pilot system of an Airbus 321 flying from Bangkok to Delhi on 12 April was accidentally switched off.
According to the Mumbai Mirror, two pilots had taken a 40-minute break from the cockpit and left two stewardesses in their seats to operate the plane in their absence.
One of the stewardesses accidentally turned off the auto-pilot, forcing the pilots to rush back to their seats, the report said.
Air India has denied this account but said cabin crew did "overstay" in the cockpit and that the autopilot was briefly disconnected "due to distraction".
Meanwhile, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh said on Tuesday that all six of Air India's Boeing 787 Dreamliner passenger jets would resume flying by the end of May, starting with a domestic flight on Wednesday.
The planes have been grounded worldwide since the beginning of the year over a string of incidents, including fuel leaks, a cracked cockpit window, brake problems and an electrical fire.
However, it is overheating in batteries providing auxiliary power that has caused the most concern.
Mr Singh also said he expected the airline to make a net loss of about 40bn rupees ($730m) for the current financial year ending March 2014, compared with about 52bn rupees in the previous year. | An Air India flight was forced to land after the pilot was locked out of the cockpit during a toilet break, the airline says. | 1.51288 | 2 |
Kenneth Foster, from Trowbridge, Wiltshire, served as a telegrapher on HMS Viceroy during World War Two.
It was responsible for sinking two U-boats and played a key role in freeing Norwegian towns from the Germans.
Mr Foster said the honour was "out of the blue" and "after all these years, you don't expect it".
The Honorary Consul Nigel Fletcher presented the medal on behalf of the Norwegian embassy at a ceremony at Trowbridge Town Hall.
Mr Foster, who is a member of the White Ensign Association, said: "It's a big day for me. The whole thing was out of the blue and, after all these years, you don't expect it.
"To start with I was fearful of the sea because I wasn't a very good sailor.
"You had to get used to it — a ship which, we used to say, would roll on wet grass it was so unstable.
"But there was no point in being frightened of anything else because this was what you'd volunteered for."
His role was to transport Norwegians, who had been exiled in the UK for over four years, back to Stavanger as the war was ending.
"I think I was the youngest on board and here we are, I'm approaching 92 so there's not much chance of the others being with us.
"I know that all the others I kept in contact with have gone, sadly, but when I receive that medal I'll be thinking that this is on behalf of them as well." | A 92-year-old man has been awarded a Norwegian Medal of Honour for the role he played in liberating the country 72 years ago. | 1.877825 | 2 |
Home Secretary Amber Rudd said PC Keith Palmer will be commemorated by the UK Police Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire.
Khalid Masood killed the unarmed officer who was guarding Parliament, minutes after Masood drove a car into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge.
"He gave his life, in the line of duty, to keep others safe," said Ms Rudd.
Ms Rudd said the Charlton Athletic season ticket-holder's sacrifice has "touched the lives of millions of people in this country and around the world" as she thanked the police for their "phenomenal" bravery and professionalism after the attack, on Wednesday.
Writing for Police Oracle, she said: "So much has been said and written in tribute to Pc Palmer - a husband and father who went to work on Wednesday morning and will never go home.
"His sacrifice, the tragedy of his death, has touched the lives of millions of people in this country and around the world."
The UK Police Memorial "provides a lasting tribute to the sacrifices that all too many police officers have made".
The MP also praised the two officers who remain in hospital after being injured in the attack.
At the arboretum there is an avenue of trees called The Beat in memory of fallen officers, and a police memorial garden.
Plans are in place for a new police memorial at the arboretum, with organisers hoping it will be in place by 2019. | The policeman stabbed to death in the Westminster terror attack will be honoured on a permanent memorial. | 1.59761 | 2 |
Batsmen Virender Sehwag, 36, and Gautam Gambhir, 32, and swing bowler Zaheer Khan, 36, were also left out, along with spinner Harbhajan Singh, 34.
All five played in India's victorious campaign at the 2011 World Cup, where Yuvraj was named Man of the Tournament.
Uncapped trio Sanju Samson, 20, Manish Pandey, 25, and Kuldeep Yadav, 19, are all included in the 30-man squad.
Yuvraj recovered from being diagnosed with cancer in 2012 to play in India's campaign at this year's World T20, but he has not featured in recent India squads in the 50-over format.
The 2015 World Cup takes place in Australia and New Zealand from 14 February to 29 March.
India squad: Varun Aaron, Ravichandran Ashwin, Stuart Binny, Shikhar Dhawan, MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Ashok Dinda, Ravindra Jadeja, Kedar Jadhav, Virat Kohli, Dhawal Kulkarni, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Amit Mishra, Manish Pandey, Akshar Patel, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Parveez Rasool, Ambati Rayudu, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Karn Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Manoj Tiwary, Robin Uthappa, M Vijay, Kuldeep Yadav, Umesh Yadav. | India have omitted all-rounder Yuvraj Singh, 32, from their preliminary squad for next year's Cricket World Cup. | 1.116578 | 1 |
Officials accused the company of hoarding toys and hiking prices in the run-up to Christmas.
Last week, the government issued an order to retailers to reduce prices on a range of goods by 30%.
Business owners say the order is a populist political move, and pushing them towards bankruptcy.
Venezuela's consumer protection agency, Sundde, said toy distributor Kreisel had stockpiled the goods and was reselling them at a margin of up to 50,000%.
"Our children are sacred, we will not let you rob them of Christmas," it said in a tweet, along with photos and video of thousands of boxes of toys.
In total, 3,821,926 toys were seized from two warehouses, and would be sold at low prices, it said.
William Contreras, head of Sundde, said Kreisel had claimed the toys were old or discontinued. The agency also posted photos of the two executives being marched from the premises by a squad of heavily armed soldiers.
This is not the first time Venezuela has ordered price cuts on retailers, or mobilised armed units to enforce it.
In late 2013, the country introduced laws allowing the government to fix prices and dictate profit margins.
The same legislation limited profits to 30% - the amount often discounted in the compulsory "adjustments" enforced by Sundde at hundreds of retailers in the past week.
The same measures have been used to fix the prices of basic products such as flour, meat and bread - but supply is limited in a country where many people go hungry.
A jar of Nutella - a luxury item - can cost half the monthly minimum wage.
The Venezuelan government is becoming increasingly unpopular as the country's economic crisis grows.
The nation is rich in oil, but international oil prices have fallen in recent years.
The International Monetary Fund estimates that inflation - the rate at which prices go up - will hit 2,000% next year.
Venezuela is ready to issue new, higher-value notes to deal with the problem - but rising prices are still squeezing many ordinary citizens. | Venezuelan authorities have arrested two toy company executives and seized almost four million toys, which they say they will distribute to the poor. | 1.588306 | 2 |
The 21-year-old winger, who has signed a one-year contract, has become Gary Locke's first capture as manager with the Scottish Championship club.
Winger Bobby Barr had agreed a move to Stark's Park from Greenock Morton under previous manager Ray McKinnon.
Johnston only played once last season because of a cruciate ligament injury.
He had made his debut for Kilmarnock in 2012 and went on to make 69 appearances for the Scottish Premiership club, where he worked for a year under Locke.
The 27-year-old Barr, who was previously with St Johnstone, Albion Rovers, Livingston and Brechin City, made 42 appearances for Rovers' Championship rivals last season.
As Barr arrived in Kirkcaldy, Rovers lost 25-year-old former Partick Thistle midfielder James Craigen, who joined Falkirk after scoring nine goals in 42 appearances for the Kirkcaldy club. | Former Scotland youth international Chris Johnston has signed for Raith Rovers after being released by Kilmarnock. | 0.896042 | 1 |
The Great Exhibition of the North will get £5m, with "public and private funders" providing any further budget.
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport said a £15m "legacy fund" to attract cultural investment in the North would also be provided.
The competition will run until June, with the winner announced in October.
A board has been set up to handle applications to host the two-month show, chaired by the chief executive of Welcome to Yorkshire, Sir Gary Verity.
Sir Gary said he hoped to see bids from the "many towns and cities across the north of England that have what it takes to host the Great Exhibition of the North".
"We will be showcasing our art, design and culture to the world in 2018 and high quality bids are an essential part of ensuring that we deliver an incredible Great Exhibition."
The funding for the exhibition was confirmed in March's Budget, having originally been proposed in 2014's Autumn Statement. | A competition for towns and cities in northern England to host a Government-funded exhibition promoting northern art, culture and design has opened. | 0.980609 | 1 |
The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union said the train operator had rejected a fresh set of proposals that could have resolved the dispute.
The first walkout is due to start next week, threatening fresh disruption to Southern's services.
Parent company Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) said it would press ahead with plans to modernise Southern.
It said it would deliver 12 weeks' notice to conductors on Friday, terminating their contracts from 31 December, and they would be offered new contracts as on-board supervisors to start on 1 January.
GTR set a deadline of noon for the union to accept changes to the role of guards and its introduction of Driver Only Operation.
The union said it had proposed a transition period which would allow the current safety duties of guards to be retained.
Strike dates announced by the RMT:
"The union is angry and disappointed that a fresh set of proposals put forward that address both our issues and the company agenda have been rejected out of hand with barely a cursory glance," said RMT general secretary Mick Cash.
"The travelling public will be rightly angry that the company have kicked back in our faces a chance to resolve this long-running dispute."
GTR said it was deeply disappointed.
"The RMT counter-proposal didn't come anywhere near our goals of modernising our train service for the benefit of passengers," said CEO Charles Horton.
"What the RMT want to do is retain their power and control by insisting that our trains cannot run under any circumstances without a conductor on board, leading to more delays and cancellations.
"I am incredibly sorry about the months of misery our passengers have suffered."
Southern said nearly all 156 stations would have either a train or bus service of some kind on the strike days of 11, 12 and 13 October.
It said it expected to run 61% of its normal, full, timetable. | Talks aimed at averting a series of strikes on the Southern rail network have ended without agreement. | 0.921662 | 1 |
Jamie Mines was injured at Kendrick Industrial Estate, Swindon, in December.
The Health and Safety Executive is investigating.
The semi-professional player, from Frome, remains in hospital and said the support he has received has given him a "huge lift".
He thanked well-wishers and donors for their "generosity".
Mr Mines, well-known locally as a player for Frome Town, Radstock, Larkhall and Paulton football clubs, is described as a "goal machine".
His friend Ian Kennedy, who set the fund-raising page up, initially put a target of £20,000, but after Mr Mines' second hand was amputated it was raised to £100,000.
The page has received more than 2,500 donations from across the world.
He said: "The support everyone has shown is admirable, humbling and simply amazing.
"We're not stopping here, this is only the start of Jamie's recovery and this is only the start of our show of support and love for him and his family."
Mr Mines was placed in an induced coma and also had the toes on his remaining foot removed.
Due to the accident he missed his first Christmas with his five-month-old twins Isabella and Savannah.
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Olympic champions Katie Archibald, Elinor Barker, Steven Burke and Callum Skinner have been named in the squad of 20 riders, of whom 10 are making their World Championship debut.
Great Britain will hope to match their table-topping five gold medals from last year's event in London but are without a number of star names.
Six-time Olympic champion Jason Kenny and four-time Olympic gold medallist wife Laura, who are expecting their first child, will miss the championships, while Bradley Wiggins has retired and Mark Cavendish is focusing on road racing.
Women's endurance: Katie Archibald, Elinor Barker, Ellie Dickinson, Neah Evans, Emily Kay, Manon Lloyd, Emily Nelson
Men's endurance: Matt Bostock, Steven Burke, Kian Emadi, Chris Latham, Mark Stewart, Andy Tennant, Oliver Wood
Sprint: Jack Carlin, Katy Marchant, Lewis Oliva, Ryan Owens, Callum Skinner, Joe Truman
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Wednesday, 12 April
12:00-14:30, BBC Two and Connected TV
Men's and women's team sprints
Repeated on Red Button from 16:00-18:30 on Wednesday and 09:30-12:00 on Thursday
Thursday, 13 April
12:00-14:45, BBC Two and Connected TV
Team pursuit and men's keirin
Repeated on Red Button from 19:15-22:00 on Thursday and 09:15-12:00 on Friday
Friday, 14 April
11:50-14:40, BBC Two and 12:00-15:10 on Connected TV
Women's sprint, women's omnium and men's individual pursuit
Repeated on Red Button from 19:15-22:35 and 22:35-01:55 on Friday.
Saturday, 15 April
12:00-15:30, BBC Two and Connected TV
Men's omnium, men's sprint, women's madison and women's individual pursuit
Repeated 07:00-10:00 on Red Button on Sunday
Sunday, 16 April
13:00-14:15, BBC Two
Women's keirin, women's points race, men's kilo time trial, men's madison
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The entire North Downs Way, a 153-mile trek from Farnham to Canterbury and the White Cliffs of Dover, can now be viewed online.
The trails cover some 2,500 miles in England and Wales.
Rangers and volunteers will eventually film every mile using Google Trekker equipment - a backpack fitted with a cluster of 15 lenses.
Other National Trails currently being mapped include the Yorkshire Wolds Way, which is the first of the trails to have all its stiles removed to make it more accessible.
A spokeswoman for Google said the Trekker technology enabled images to be gathered while manoeuvring through tight, narrow spaces or locations only accessible by foot.
She said the idea was to make the trails accessible to everyone.
Previous locations captured by the Trekker technology include parts of the Peak District, Loch Ness and Machu Picchu.
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Volunteer Dennis Atherton, who is mapping the Yorkshire Wolds Way, said carrying the 23kg (50lb) camera equipment is not easy, especially when passing under trees.
Anne Clarke, of Walk Unlimited, which is co-ordinating the filming, said people considering a visit will be able to see exactly what the routes are like.
She said: "These routes are really special and when people see them online they can't help but be inspired.
"I think sometimes people think places like the Yorkshire Wolds Way are long-distance trails and are too hard.
"If they can see it, it will make them think 'actually, it's beautiful, I'll give it a go'."
It is hoped the National Trails project will eventually extend to include the England Coast Path, which is due for completion by 2020. | The first of 15 National Trails being made available on Google Street View has gone live. | 1.866801 | 2 |
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The two sides have until the end of May to pay 1.5m euros owed to the rest of the Pro12 clubs or face immediate expulsion.
Alfredo Gavazzi, president of the Italian Rugby Federation, threatened to pull both teams out in 2014.
London Welsh and London Scottish have held talks about joining the Pro12.
Treviso, Zebre and London Welsh have declined to comment.
Discussions remain at a preliminary stage, though Scottish have said they are interested in a move from the English Championship.
Chairman Sir David Reid said last year his club was "open-minded".
London Welsh have been relegated from the English Premiership and will join their fellow exiles in the Championship next season.
Italian clubs were introduced to the Celtic competition in 2010, with Treviso and Aironi the first representatives.
Zebre replaced Aironi for the 2012-13 season and both teams have finished bottom of the table in every campaign.
Treviso have been more competitive, finishing the 2012-13 season in seventh place. They are 11th in the this season's table, 12 points adrift of 10th placed Cardiff Blues. | Italian clubs Treviso and Zebre could be expelled from the Pro12, with London Welsh and London Scottish potentially taking their places. | 0.825278 | 1 |
Batsman Pietersen is back at The Oval as he bids to return to the England set-up while Sri Lanka star Sangakkara has joined on a two-year deal.
"There aren't too many players who can class themselves as greats of the game," Batty, 37, told BBC London.
"We have two this year in Kumar and Kevin. It is a coup for the club."
Left-handed wicketkeeper-batsman Sangakkara is currently top of the International Cricket Council Test batting rankings and second in the ODI standings, having retired from ODI cricket at the end of the World Cup.
The 37-year-old become the first player to score four consecutive hundreds in the 50-over game at the World Cup.
Pietersen, discarded by England after the Ashes whitewash in Australia in early 2014, has returned to county cricket in a bid to force his way back into the national side - and scored 170 on his return for Surrey against Oxford MCCU.
Surrey director of cricket Alec Stewart and Batty believe the duo will provide inspiration for the rest of the squad as Surrey eye promotion from Division Two.
"Kumar is the number one player in the world and to have someone of his stature is great," Stewart said.
"Kevin is another great asset but what is important is we don't just rely on two people or so. There is a talented dressing room and young players developing nicely.
"Our players will learn so much from them and that will continue."
Batty added: "Ultimately whether they are on the team sheet or not, it is down to the other guys to not be distracted by it and rise up to their levels."
Batty wants Surrey, who finished fifth in the second division table in 2014, to fulfil their potential this season.
"We are a club with huge history and we have a lot of talent in the changing room," the spinner said.
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"Talent counts for nothing - it is about wins and points. Hopefully by the end of the year, if we keep striving hard, we will be where we want to be.
"If we get to near the end of the season and there are chances for winning promotion, the league or cups then we are doing something right."
Surrey begin their Division Two campaign against Glamorgan in Cardiff on Sunday. | Surrey captain Gareth Batty says it feels "like Christmas Day" with Kevin Pietersen and Kumar Sangakkara set to play in the County Championship. | 0.977496 | 1 |
The Vikings are top of the table having won six of their opening seven games in 2016, including ending Wigan's 21-month unbeaten home record last week.
They travel to a Warrington side on Friday who have won all six of their fixtures so far.
"It's a strong, formidable side and that's the challenge for us and that's what excites this group," said Betts.
He told BBC Radio Merseyside: "We've got people to go after, we've got markers to set and we know that our confidence is high at the moment and we fear nobody."
The start the Cheshire side have made has been in stark contrast to previous years - they finished ninth last season before the Super 8s split, but comfortably qualified for the top tier this year.
Just four years ago, Widnes finished last, with their highest-ever standing coming in 2014 when they finished eighth.
"We're getting a little bit more interest from external media and everyone is coming in here and wants to know what the secret is - there is no secret," added Betts.
"We've recruited well, we've developed people we've got here, we've worked hard not just in the performance but the administration side of things, and have taken small steps.
"We've had a great start this year but is not just about now, it's about what's going to happen next week, in a month, as we don't want to be sat here at the end of the year thinking 'If only.'" | Widnes "fear nobody" in Super League after their impressive start, says head coach Denis Betts. | 0.809683 | 1 |
Nias, a boy, was born to mother Malacca and father Hunter at Port Lympne Reserve near Hythe.
Only about 1,500 to 2,000 Malayan tapirs are now thought to exist.
"Nias' birth is fantastic news not only for the future of Malayan tapirs but also for our dedicated hoofstock keepers," said director Adrian Harland.
"We're all really proud of our breeding success with this species."
The animals are usually found in south-east Asia, in the forests and rainforests in the area.
Hunting, illegal timber logging and deforestation are thought to be to blame for the decline in numbers.
The Malayan tapir or Tapirus indicus is also known as the Asian tapir and is the largest of the four tapir species. It is related to both the horse and the rhinoceros.
It is an "odd-toed" ungulate (meaning a hoofed mammal), having four toes on each front foot and three toes on each back foot. Each toe ends in a hoof.
The species has a typical gestation period of around 13 months and are born with white spots and stripes on black skin.
As they grow older they turn darker, helping to provide camouflage in the moonlit forests of their natural habitat.
Nias is the 11th Malayan tapir born at Port Lympne Reserve since 1989, giving it a reputation as one of Europe's most successful breeders of the animal.
Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube | The birth of an extremely rare animal called the Malayan tapir has given keepers at an animal reserve in Kent hope for the endangered species. | 3.047743 | 3 |
The poll was triggered when sitting Conservative MP Stephen Phillips quit last week over "irreconcilable policy differences" with the government.
Ms Evans said she wanted to be an MP in order to put pressure on the government over Brexit.
The by-election is expected to take place before the end of the year.
On Thursday, three High Court judges ruled the government cannot officially notify the EU of its intention to leave, thus beginning formal talks, without Parliament's support.
Lincolnshire voters were among the most Eurosceptic in the UK, with more than 75% of voters in Boston voting to leave.
Parts of the county have in recent years seen an influx of EU workers drawn to the area's agricultural industry.
Ms Evans said: "The people of Lincolnshire voted to leave the European Union, and it looks as though the establishment is trying to renege on that.
"We've had the High Court decision which is a clear attempt to frustrate the will of the British people, and is completely unacceptable."
She accused the political classes of continuing to "kowtow to the European Union", adding that if elected she would force PM Theresa May "to get us out".
UKIP will announce its new leader on 28 November, with Paul Nuttall and John Rees-Evans the rival candidates to Ms Evans.
In last year's election in Sleaford and North Hykeham, Mr Phillips won a majority of 24,115, with 56% of the vote. Labour finished second, closely followed by UKIP.
Others to have expressed interest in standing in the constituency include Conservative councillor Richard Davies, Joseph Hyatt for the Independents, and UKIP's Victoria Ayling and Robin Hunter-Clarke. | UKIP leadership race contender Suzanne Evans says she will put herself forward to represent the party in the Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election. | 1.114483 | 1 |
The 24-year-old played more than 200 times for the Rams in the Championship and signed a three-deal at Turf Moor on transfer deadline day.
The Clarets had a bid for Hendrick turned down earlier this summer.
Hendrick had an impressive Euro 2016 campaign in June, helping the Republic of Ireland progress out of the group stage.
"The Premier League was a big draw for me and it's where I aspire to be after the summer I've had," Hendrick told the club website.
"Burnley did so well last year going unbeaten for five months and how much they wanted me this summer was a real positive."
A product of the Derby academy, he made his Rams debut in April 2011 and has gone on to score 27 goals in 214 games.
Burnley's previous record signing came earlier this month when they signed Belgium midfielder Steven Defour for £8m from Anderlecht.
Meanwhile, Clarets defender Danny Lafferty has joined League One side Sheffield United on a season-long loan.
Austrian youth international Renny Smith, 19, has also left Turf Moor, moving to Italian Serie B side Vicenza in a permanent deal.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Burnley have completed a club record £10.5m deal to sign Republic of Ireland midfielder Jeff Hendrick from Derby. | 0.935131 | 1 |
Halfpenny's Toulon club coach Richard Cockerill was reportedly trying to negotiate the release of the fullback for the Top 14 final on June 4 if the French side reached the showpiece.
But Gatland ruled out the prospect and says the schedule is clear.
"He will be with us for the start of the tour," he confirmed.
"I spoke to Leigh today and he has got a week off this week before the quarter-final (on 19 May) then the semi-final," Gatland continued.
"If Toulon make the semi-final he will be involved with that and then he will come to us as with all the other players."
Gatland also gave an upbeat assessment on the fitness of tour skipper Sam Warburton who could feature for the Cardiff Blues in their European Champions Cup play-offs before the Lions fly out with the flanker currently recovering from a knee injury.
"Whether he plays for Cardiff Blues over the next couple of weeks that's going to be a decision between him, the clubs and the medics," said Gatland.
"Having spoken to Sam last week, he said he could play now at a push.
"There's no point in risking him or pushing him ahead of giving him another couple of weeks potentially with some conditioning work and building him into the start of the tour." | British and Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland has insisted Leigh Halfpenny will be with the group when they fly out to New Zealand. | 0.920166 | 1 |
The 31-year-old is currently playing in the Indian Premier League for Royal Challengers Bangalore, alongside Sussex and England pace bowler Chris Jordan.
Wiese has made 20 T20 appearances for South Africa, including two against England earlier this year.
He will be available to play for Sussex against Somerset on Wednesday, 1 June and Surrey two days later. | Sussex have signed South Africa all-rounder David Wiese for their first two home T20 Blast matches. | 0.439677 | 0 |
Demonstrators in the Hindu-majority city were angered by a Muslim man who they say threw stones at the temple on Tuesday.
They also accused police of hitting a temple priest in the subsequent unrest.
The man who was accused of throwing stones at the temple has been arrested. His family say he is mentally ill.
Mobile internet services were suspended and state Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti appealed for calm on Wednesday.
Kashmir: Himalayan flashpoint
Kashmir's once thriving Hindu community
Police said the man accused of desecrating property at the Aap Shamboo temple had been identified as Mohammed Yasir, aged 25.
His brother Tanvir Ahmad told police that Mr Yasir had run away from a nearby psychiatric clinic.
BBC Urdu's Riyaz Masroor says the authorities have taken action against the police officer who slapped the priest.
Police told BBC Urdu that protesters damaged property and threw stones.
A case has been registered against "unknown persons" for rioting.
The Jammu region is Hindu-dominated but Muslims are in a majority in the rest of Kashmir, which is claimed by both India and Pakistan. | Police and protesters in Jammu in Indian-administered Kashmir have clashed over the alleged desecration of a local Hindu temple. | 1.429588 | 1 |
The posters, designed to highlight a drop in the price of a four-pint bottle of milk, displayed pictures of a type of cattle used exclusively for meat.
But people with a beef have taken to the social-networking site Twitter to criticise the supermarket.
A spokesman for Tesco said the adverts were being replaced.
The mistake was first spotted by farmers, who pointed out that the cows on show were a Hereford cross cow - farmed for beef production rather than milk.
Farmer Richard Yates, who has a herd of 100 Friesian cows near Bridgnorth, told the Shropshire Star that Tesco was using cows that "would never have been milked in their lives".
"That shows how out of touch they are and what they think of dairy farmers."
Elsewhere, greengrocer Kevin Brackenbury, 50, of Chester told the BBC: "I saw the advert, and coming from a background of working in supermarkets for more than 30 years, I find things like this most amusing.
"But the price of milk for farmers is a serious issue, and I'm sure some won't take kindly to this sort of thing."
People also took to Twitter to comment on the error, including @homefarmhouse who said: "No surprise @metrouk reporting Tesco milk ad campaign photo beef & not dairy cows. Big supermarket no understanding of farming or countryside."
Another user, @marketinglights, tweeted: "Holy Cow! How can #tesco use a wrong type of cow in their #ads? Time 2 get rid of #Shutterstock culture of marketing."
And @StephenOD tweeted: "Whoops! Milk from a Beef cow... Now that's clever! #Tesco milk promotion has a bit of a bovine identity crisis."
A Tesco spokesman said: "As soon as we spotted this mistake we organised for new pictures to be used, which customers can expect to see in their local store very soon."
He said he could not put a number on how many incorrect posters had been produced, but said the campaign had been nationwide.
Tesco did not say how much the mistake had cost the company. | Supermarket giant Tesco has been forced to scrap a national advertising campaign after it used the wrong breed of cow in one of its milk adverts. | 1.805982 | 2 |
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The dogs race in teams, pulling along a sledge in some of Alaska's roughest terrains with freezing temperatures and strong winds to contend with.
The race, called the Iditarod, was won by Dallas Seavey who beat his Dad Mitch who was also competing.
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However, she still aims to compete at the Tokyo Paralympics in 2020.
"I don't have any plans to race internationally this year so it's unlikely I'll be in Los Angeles," the 39-year-old told BBC Sport.
"I need a huge amount of recharging, including legs and family time, then build back up towards Tokyo."
Storey was speaking after claiming bronze in the team pursuit at the National Track Championships in Manchester with her Boot Out Breast Cancer team.
It would be easy to burn myself out, so I'm trying to take the sensible option
She became Britain's most decorated female Paralympian by claiming her 14th gold medal at the Rio Games.
The 2017 Para-Cycling Track World Championships were announced just seven weeks before the event was due to start in America.
Several British riders were critical of the UCI because of the short preparation time.
The event has no bearing on Paralympic qualification but does count for visually impaired cyclists towards making the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Storey says she must be "sensible" about her racing schedule if she is to compete in her eighth Paralympic Games in Tokyo.
"I'm very motivated to race and it would be easy to burn myself out," said Storey.
"It was never my intention to race much further afield than the UK. For me, it's important to look at that bigger picture.
"I'm in my eighth cycle as a Paralympian so I have to preserve what'll hopefully happen at the end of that cycle.
"It's not uncommon to take a back seat for a year or so in order to be really firing for those bigger qualifying events and hopefully the big one itself." | Britain's Sarah Storey is unlikely to race abroad in 2017, including at the Para-cycling Track World Championships in the USA in March. | 1.314014 | 1 |
In a brief statement, the company's parent group, Publicis, said he would leave in September.
Mr Roberts had said the lack of women in leadership roles was not "a problem" in the advertising industry.
Following the announcement of his resignation, the 66-year-old said he had "inadvertently embarrassed" the company with his "miscommunication".
Mr Roberts had said in an interview that the "debate is all over" about gender diversity in the advertising industry.
He said that rather than holding ambitions to progress into the higher echelons of management, many women - and men - simply wanted to be happy and "do great work".
The head of Publicis, Maurice Levy, condemned the comments. He said the remarks were contrary to the company's ethos of "Vive la Difference".
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Monday, Kate Stanners, global chief creative officer at Saatchi and Saatchi, rejected the suggestion that women lacked ambition - saying Mr Roberts's comments had upset a "huge" number of employees.
She said women "don't bail out, and do want the top jobs".
Statistics compiled by the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) and published in January suggested women held about 32% of senior management positions at Saatchi and Saatchi. | Embattled Saatchi and Saatchi executive director Kevin Roberts has resigned following a gender diversity row. | 1.117364 | 1 |
Deputy leader Amelia Womack said the proposed increase would be "life changing" for families.
The Greens are also pledging to reverse cuts to welfare as part of efforts to "protect the most vulnerable".
The pledges, announced as the party unveiled its campaign bus in Bristol, would be paid for by increasing tax for the wealthiest, Ms Womack said.
This election issue includes access to benefits (apart from pensions), poverty and inequality.
Policy guide: Where the parties stand
Child benefit is a tax-free payment aimed at helping parents cope with the cost of bringing up children.
Currently, one parent can claim £20.50 a week for an eldest or only child and £13.55 a week for each of their other children.
The payments apply to all children aged under 16 and in some cases until they are 20 years old.
"We believe in doing more, much more, to redistribute income within our society," Ms Womack said.
"That's why we're being honest about the fact that we'd increase tax for the richest in society - and it's why we're able to pledge that we'd double child benefit to £40 a week.
"For the 29% of children here in Bristol West who live in poverty, this increase will be life changing."
The party also wants to retain the Independent Living Fund that helps disabled people to live and work in the community, and which is due to close on 30 June 2015.
"We won't stand by while this lifeline is cut away," said Ms Womack, estimating that the policy would cost £300m.
The deputy leader said the Greens would always stand for an economy that "works for the many", adding: "That means our MPs will never blame the most vulnerable for the mistakes of those at the top."
Subscribe to the BBC Election 2015 newsletter to get a round-up of the day's campaign news sent to your inbox every weekday afternoon. | Child benefit would double to £40 a week under plans set out by the Green Party in England and Wales. | 1.791811 | 2 |
The device was discovered by Bernard Houston at his home in Glencar Park, Letterkenny on Saturday.
CJ McGinley, from the Donegal News, spoke to Mr Houston after the operation.
"He said he went into the house and told his wife he had to stop gardening because he found a bomb. She told him to get back out and finish it."
Nearby homes were evacuated during a seven-hour operation.
The device, which still had its pin attached, was taken to Finner Army camp in Ballyshannon for examination but it is not believed to be sinister.
Mr McGinley said: "Bernard was doing a little bit of digging in his garden and he told me that he was clearing some bushes.
"His spade struck what he thought was a stone, but on closer inspection discovered it was a hand grenade. Obviously he was very concerned.
"His nine-year-old son was with at the time and he shouted for him to run away.
"It's crazy stuff. From talking to some Gardaí (Irish police) it may well be that the topsoil in the garden was transported from another area when the houses were built."
Mr McGinley said he was told by army experts that it was a 'pineapple' type of hand grenade that may date back to World War Two. | A County Donegal man has found a live World War Two hand grenade while digging in his garden. | 1.039367 | 1 |
CCTV footage has shown the young people trespassing on high buildings at the Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH) site.
A Belfast Trust spokesman said its concern was for "the comfort and wellbeing of our patients, some of whom are extremely unwell".
"It is also very dangerous for those involved," he added.
Sgt Anthony Greene of the PSNI (Police Service of Northern Ireland) said the young people's actions were "both disruptive and reckless, and could end up causing upset and injury".
He said those involved risked receiving a criminal record.
"I would also appeal to parents in the area to be aware of where their children are, and what they are up to. We all have a responsibility to work together and make this part of west Belfast a safer community in which to live," Sgt Greene said.
The trust spokesman added: "We are constantly reviewing our security measures to keep the environment safe, but we would appeal to them to think about the impact their activities have on our patients, as well as their own safety". | Police say youths risking their lives climbing on to the roof of a west Belfast hospital are "disruptive and reckless". | 1.464029 | 1 |
Australia were more competitive than in the 42-8 defeat in Sydney last weekend, but were 15-9 down at half-time with Israel Dagg scoring a brace of tries.
Julian Savea and Sam Cane then added further scores to make it two wins from two in the 2016 Rugby Championship.
In Saturday's other game, Argentina beat South Africa 26-24 after a late Santiago Gonzalez Iglesias penalty.
In a sometimes fractious match, Australia lock Adam Coleman was yellow-carded for a shoulder charge on Ben Smith, while All Blacks prop Owen Franks put his hand into the face of Australia second row Kane Douglas at a maul, drawing accusations of eye gouging.
"We saw it [the Franks incident] at the time," said Australia coach Michael Cheika. "I'm sure the match review will pick that up. It was pretty open, it would be pretty hard for the match review guy to miss."
Australia were heavily criticised after their hammering at home last weekend and New Zealand coach Steve Hansen said that as a result "they were going to come and bring whatever they had to bring".
All Blacks captain Kieran Read said: "There was quite a bit of niggle out there - perhaps we let it get to us a little bit in the first half."
Argentina, who lost to South Africa 30-23 last week, went into half-time with a 13-3 lead in Salta after Joaquin Tuculet's try.
A Bryan Habana try brought the Springboks level only for Argentina to open up a 10-point lead after Juan Manuel Leguizamon crossed and Juan Martin Hernandez kicked the conversion and a penalty
Morne Steyn kicked two penalties either side of a Pieter-Steph du Toit try to put South Africa ahead in the final 10 minutes.
However, Iglesias' kick, with three minutes left, ensured Argentina achieved their second win in 24 meetings with the Springboks.
The All Blacks next face Argentina on 10 September, with the Wallabies hosting South Africa later on the same day.
The Rugby Championship is contested home and away between the four southern hemisphere sides, while the Bledisloe Cup - which is a best-of-three Test series - has been played between New Zealand and Australia since 1932.
The third and final match of the 2016 Bledisloe Cup, which is not part of the Rugby Championship, takes place on 22 October in Auckland. | New Zealand won the Bledisloe Cup for the 14th year in a row as they beat Australia 29-9 in Wellington. | 1.03488 | 1 |
The Security Industry Authority (SIA) confirmed it was investigating LS Armour Security Ltd of Barry, south Wales, following a compliance check.
The watchdog issues licences to bouncers and security firms.
It said it was "exceptional" for it to comment and had taken "unprecedented action due to public safety."
The inspection has led to two arrests and the seizure of business records, including some relating to future events with contracts for security operatives around the UK.
The SIA has also written to various organisers of events and festivals that have used the firm in the past and have bookings in the future.
In a statement, an SIA spokesman said: "This type of unlawful conduct remains rare due to responsible organisers and security providers conducting appropriate due diligence.
"Nevertheless, the SIA understands that at this time of year, event organisers and primary contractors may not have sufficient SIA-licensed staff, which can lead to extensive sub-contracting.
"This provides opportunities to rogue providers that, with appropriate checks by organisers and primary contractors, can be largely mitigated."
In a letter to promoters, the SIA's deputy director said: "If SIA-licensed staff arrive on site and are unknown to you, you must take all reasonable steps to ensure the person named on and in possession of the licence are the same person by requiring them to provide further evidence of identity.
"This will mitigate the risk of the cloned licence."
The BBC tried to contact LS Armour Security Ltd for comment, but did not receive a response.
The Victoria Derbyshire programme is broadcast on weekdays between 09:00 and 11:00 on BBC Two and the BBC News Channel. | A security firm is under investigation for allegedly supplying cloned badges to unlicensed stewards at UK festivals this summer. | 1.014989 | 1 |
The £110m Jubilee River opened in 2002, and was planned to reduce flooding in Maidenhead, Windsor, Eton and Cookham.
Wraysbury and Old Windsor residents say it has caused more homes to flood since it opened.
The agency said the scheme was working as planned and it may extend the river to protect more flood-prone areas.
Graham Sinclair, who lives in Wraysbury, said his neighbours were "very angry".
"It's grossly unfair that a man-made river can be to the benefit of some people and to the detriment of others," he said.
Flood warden Gillie Bolton who lives on Ham Island in Old Windsor, said: "I believe we are being used as sacrificial lambs to stop Maidenhead from flooding."
However, the Environment Agency says the Jubilee River has worked well to protect Maidenhead and Eton.
The Environment Agency's Barry Russell said a review had been held following similar floods in 2003, which found the Jubilee River was operating as planned.
He said the agency planned to extend the scheme to protect Wraysbury and Old Windsor in the future, but this would cost £256m.
"We have very extensive plans to continue the Jubilee River all the way down from Datchet down to Teddington.
"It's very expensive but it's got huge support," he said. | Work by the Environment Agency to control flood water on the Thames has been a "disaster" for Wraysbury, according to residents. | 1.836098 | 2 |
The man, surnamed Lu, allegedly stole the sword from a museum. He was carrying a Chinese flag and told police he was expressing his political views.
The injured guard was taken to hospital and is in a stable condition.
Taiwan is self-ruling but is considered by Beijing to be a breakaway province which will one day rejoin the mainland.
A police official told AFP that Lu, aged 51, told them he had used a hammer to smash a display case in a history museum to steal a samurai sword.
Security officials stopped him as he was attempting to break into the palace, they said. He then slashed or stabbed the guard on his shoulder.
His motives and intentions were not clear but police said a Chinese national flag was found in his backpack.
"He said he wanted to express his political stance by going to the presidential office," the official told AFP.
Taiwan's Defence Minister Feng Shih-kuan said there had been an event for palace workers and their families going on at the time, and thanked security guards for their actions.
"I can't imagine what the outcome would have been if he were to get in with the sword," he told reporters. | A man has been arrested in Taipei after injuring a military policeman outside Taiwan's presidential building using a samurai sword. | 1.515671 | 2 |
Polling stations opened at 07:00 BST and closed at 22:00, with more than 850,000 people eligible to vote.
Counting is due to take place on Friday, with results expected throughout the day, Surrey County Council said.
Twenty one councillors are not standing again - more than 26% of the council.
Across England, Wales and Scotland, voters will have their say on a total of 4,851 council seats.
There are also eight mayoral elections, including elections in six new "combined local authorities". | Counting has begun as polls for the local elections in Surrey closed, with all 81 seats on the county council up for grabs. | 1.109097 | 1 |
Members of Unison and ATL unions were due to take action on Thursday over proposals to impose new contracts.
The new contracts would pay them only during term time - resulting in cuts of up to 23%.
Following what Durham County Council described as "productive talks" it said it would review the situation.
Early reports suggested three days of action planned for next week had also been suspended, but Unison has now said a decision will be taken following more talks with the council.
John Hewitt, the council's corporate director of resources, said: "We have agreed to undertake a review of teaching assistants' roles, function, job description and activities within the breadth of school activities, to establish whether current job descriptions adequately describe the role being undertaken.
"This review will not reopen the single status agreement currently in place. The timescale for its completion is September 2017.
"To enable this to take place, as an act of good will, we have agreed we will suspend the dismissal and re-engage process while the review is undertaken."
Unison described the move as an "important step".
Northern regional secretary Clare Williams said: "Disputes are only ever solved through negotiation.
"At last there can be proper talks, without the threat of huge pay cuts hanging over teaching assistants' heads.
"Everyone is hoping that councillors now act in good faith, abandon their pay cut plans once and for all, and show how much they value their brilliant teaching assistants." | A strike by teaching assistants in County Durham has been called off so talks aimed at resolving the dispute can take place. | 0.806218 | 1 |
The bus carrying 50 passengers was ambushed close to the Rafah border crossing with Gaza on Wednesday night.
Hamas has called on Egypt to secure the members' release.
Relations between the militant group and Egypt have been strained since Islamist President Mohammed Morsi was ousted from power two years ago.
Hamas is an offshoot of Mr Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood - which is now banned in Egypt.
An Egyptian security official said four unknown men fired at the bus forcing it to stop.
The driver was assaulted and the Hamas members captured after their identity documents were checked.
The bus was being escorted by Egyptian soldiers at the time, according to Hamas.
"The graveness of such an incident was that it was the first of its kind and it breaks all diplomatic and security norms," the group said in a statement.
The road from the Rafah border crossing runs through northern Sinai. The most active militant group in the area is an affiliate of the so-called Islamic State.
Egypt has previously accused Hamas of supporting militants in the Sinai desert, who seek to topple the Cairo government. Hamas has denied that allegation.
Israel, the US and several other nations have designated the group as a terrorist organisation over its long record of attacks on Israel and its refusal to renounce violence. | Masked gunmen have seized four members of the Palestinian Islamic group Hamas from a bus travelling to Cairo from the Gaza Strip, officials have said. | 1.602879 | 2 |
Sophie Maguire died two years ago after picking up an infection at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London.
At an inquest on Friday, a doctor admitted she could have survived had she received antibiotics earlier.
A spokesperson for the hospital said: "It is not advisable to give antibiotics as a preventative measure."
Sophie's mother, Leanne, told BBC Radio Foyle she was stunned by the doctor's admission during the inquest and she is now calling on the hospital to change its policy on administering antibiotics.
"My heart just sank. To think that we could have had her with us if she was given an antibiotic," she said.
"A part of me never wants it to happen to another family.
"I think that we have got our answers. It has been horrendous but we managed to get there."
Sophie was sent to London for surgery after being born with blood flow problems around her brain.
A spokesperson for Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust said: "Judgements about when to routinely administer preventative antibiotics in such complex patients rely on a number of complicated factors.
"As the coroner confirmed, Sophie died from a complication of a necessary medical procedure.
"Following Sophie's death, we conducted a full audit of our protocols for routine preventative antibiotic administration for this procedure to see if they needed to be reviewed.
"This confirmed that it is not advisable to give antibiotics as a preventative measure due to the low risk of infection and risk of resistance.
"We would like to extend our condolences to Sophie's family again for their loss." | A Londonderry woman whose child died at one of the world's leading children's hospitals has said lessons must be learned from the fatality. | 1.351916 | 1 |
The new Metro North Line should be in operation by 2026/27.
It is part of a 27bn euro (£20bn) plan for funding on capital projects in the Republic of Ireland from 2016 to 2021.
The plan should lead to 45,000 new construction jobs and a series of new road and schools projects across the Republic of Ireland.
The company that owns Dublin and Cork airports welcomed the news.
"We have been highly supportive of the plans for a rail link from Dublin Airport to the city centre for many years and we're pleased that the government has approved the new Metro North option," said Dublin Airport Authority chief executive Kevin Toland.
"A rail link to the city centre is an essential element of Dublin Airport's long-term growth plans and we welcome the fact that the new Metro service will be underground at the airport. This will allow an efficient transfer of passengers from the Metro to the terminals and vice versa."
Mr Toland said the transfer time from O'Connell Street, Dublin to the airport would be about 19 minutes. | The Irish government has announced plans to build a new underground metro rail link from the centre of Dublin to the city's airport. | 1.202083 | 1 |
With more than 10,000 people aged 11 to 25 responding, 53% wanted votes at 16, with 29% saying no and 18% unsure.
Presiding Officer Dame Rosemary Butler said it gave a "crucial insight" into young people's views.
But Conservative Monmouth MP David Davies has warned votes at 16 would undermine the legal protection 16 and 17-year-olds currently receive.
The report comes as the UK government plans further devolution which will including giving the assembly control over its own elections, including the voting age currently set at 18.
Supporters of a lower voting age claim it will boost young people's interest in politics, pointing to the Scottish independence referendum in which 16 and 17-year-olds were allowed to vote.
Dame Rosemary said she was "inspired" by many of the comments given by young people in the survey, including one who spoke of "citizens playing their part as equally as politicians".
"Young people are integral to the process of shaping the future of our nation - we must give them the right support so that we optimise their contribution," she said.
But she added politicians had to tackle the "information vacuum", as many young people said they wanted to vote but did not understand the political process. | Most young people in Wales want the voting age lowered to 16, according to consultation by the Welsh assembly. | 2.147024 | 2 |
Rates for Salcombe's only bakery have risen from £9,000 a year to £21,000.
Others facing rises of 50% say that with increased costs and VAT, they are tempted to sell-up to chain stores.
The Valuation Office, which has announced the increases as part of a five-year review, says the Salcombe rates reflect high rental values there.
Becky Simpson, who runs a clothes shop in the town, admitted that Salcombe had a reputation as a place for well-heeled visitors, with average house prices of more than £500,000.
But she said local traders were "not massively well off" and were already being squeezed by rising prices of raw materials and VAT.
"We are normal people with normal businesses," she said.
"My income is going down and our rates are going up.
"We just can't afford it."
She said some traders had been made offers from chain stores.
"It's tempting to just take the money and run.
"In that case Salcombe will become just one big chain store."
Ben Holt-Wilson, 37, who runs the Upper Crust bakery in Fore Street, said: "I'm working hard, but I don't seem to be progressing because of the cost of living - these rates and other commodity prices are just going through the roof.
"So I feel at the whim and mercy of councillors and government."
Business rates are set by a government agency, the Valuation Office.
Spokeswoman Alison Gidman said business rates were based on where the property was situated, not what was sold there.
Adjoining properties of the same size had the same rateable values.
"We don't treat different occupiers in any different way," she said. | Some independent traders in a Devon tourist destination fear that business rate increases could force them to close down. | 1.609185 | 2 |
But the show hasn't proven such a big a hit at the Golden Globes, one of TV's biggest awards shows.
In four series, it has only been nominated for three awards, winning once when Peter Dinklage was named best supporting actor.
Now one of the show's leading actors, Kit Harington, tells Newsbeat he'd like the fantasy epic to get more recognition.
"I always think Game of Thrones should get more nominations," he told us as he prepares to head to Los Angeles for the ceremony.
At this year's event the programme is nominated for a solitary award (albeit a biggie), as it competes for best drama series.
"I'm very, very happy we have a Golden Globe nomination. We haven't had one since season one."
It was the 2012 Golden Globes when Peter Dinklage, who plays Tyrion Lannister, won his award and the show lost out to Homeland for best drama series.
Speaking about this year's nomination, Kit said: "It really is great to be recognised in that way and I hope it'll be the first of many more in the future as we progress towards the end.
"There are lots of people who deserve nominations but it's not up to us."
The fifth series of Game of Thrones begins this spring, with some episodes being shown in Imax.
Before that comes along, Kit is promoting Testament Of Youth, a period drama about the First World War memoirs of Vera Brittain.
There's always lots of talk about his long curly hair, which he's contractually obliged to keep in order to play Jon Snow.
In Testament Of Youth, it's short and straight. So Kit turned to a wig.
"It was one of those things I was quite concerned about. We knew we couldn't cut my hair because it was close to the filming of Thrones so we wigged it.
"It was done really well by a really good guy and it didn't distract because it can be one of those things that really takes away from a performance if there's a wig that looks wrong."
In the film he plays Vera Brittain's fiance Roland Leighton.
"I'd done a lot of sword wielding, playing brooding silent types. Bit this was a real opportunity to explore a character.
"It's a movie where I could play a real life historical character which is very different to what I've been doing."
Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube | We all know Game of Thrones is one of TV's most popular shows. | 1.148159 | 1 |
The first 24-hour walk-out is scheduled to take place on Tuesday 21 June, with a 48-hour strike the following weekend.
Last week the union said a majority of its members had voted for strike action in a ballot with a 75% turnout.
ScotRail said a solution to the dispute was "in talks not strikes" and said it would meet with the union on Wednesday.
The RMT said it has not received reassurances directly from the Abellio Scotrail franchise that driver-only services would not be extended.
General secretary Mick Cash said: "It is extraordinary that Abellio/Scotrail continue to ignore the strength of feeling amongst their staff over the extension of DOO and that they are still trying to by-pass the normal negotiating machinery.
"That disgraceful and cavalier approach to jobs and safety on Scotland's railways now leaves us with no choice but to move to a campaign of industrial action."
‎"The workforce know that any extension of DOO or DCO is a clear attack on our members hard earned terms and conditions. RMT members should not have to face the risk of their role and responsibilities being reduced and undermined.
The union accused Abellio/ScotRail of targeting individual members through social media and junk mail in a "campaign of misinformation".
Mr Cash added: "The workforce also know only too well that there is a very real threat to passengers of watering down and wiping out the safety critical role of the guard on these Scotrail services. ‎That is a lethal gamble with basic rail safety.
"The union remains available for serious and meaningful talks but the ball is now firmly in Scotrail's court."
The RMT said the strikes will be held between 00:01 and 23:59 on:
A spokeswoman for ScotRail said: "We believe that the solution to this dispute lies in talks not strikes. We look forward to getting round the table again for continued talks with RMT tomorrow." | Guards on ScotRail are to stage a series of six strikes in the coming weeks in a dispute over driver-only trains, the RMT union has announced. | 1.154712 | 1 |
The proposal will set out how Hong Kong will choose its next leader in 2017.
The package will for the first time give citizens the right to vote for the chief executive - but candidates will be vetted by a pro-Beijing committee.
That ruling sparked weeks of large-scale protests in the city by people calling for greater democracy.
Details of the package are expected to be presented by the government at 11:00 local time (03:00 GMT) on Wednesday.
Hong Kong's pro-democracy lawmakers look set to vote against the reforms despite warnings from the Chinese government not to do so.
If that is the case, it is unlikely to get the two-thirds majority it needs to pass.
"If the pan-democrats stubbornly insist on vetoing the proposal, democracy in Hong Kong will come to a standstill," Song Ru'an, a Chinese foreign ministry official in Hong Kong, told reporters.
It is unclear what China's response will be if the package is vetoed in the vote, which is expected to take place on Thursday or Friday.
Security has been stepped up across the city, with both pro-democracy and pro-government groups due to rally outside the government headquarters when the debate starts on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, China warned against "radical forces" in Hong Kong after police arrested 10 people on suspicion of making explosives.
Police said one suspect had claimed to be a member of a "radical local group" but would not name the group or specify motives.
Pro-democracy activists have accused police of launching a smear campaign against them. | Hong Kong's government is set to present a controversial political reform package on Wednesday ahead of a much-anticipated vote later this week. | 1.641608 | 2 |
Roger Caffrey is charged with three counts of rape and 14 indecent assaults in Nottinghamshire dating between 1978 and 1995.
Sixteen of the 17 charges involve girls under the age of 16 - some thought to be as young as nine.
Mr Caffrey, who taught at 10 schools in the county, denies all the charges.
Updates on this story and more from Nottinghamshire
Nottingham Crown Court heard Mr Caffrey's teaching career spanned more than three decades from 1966.
He told the court he taught all subjects, and later became a specialist in helping schools through Ofsted inspections.
The 70-year-old, now of Sandesquoy, Tankerness, Orkney, is accused of raping two girls at his then home and touching pupils while they read aloud in class or touching them in a store cupboard in the classroom.
Mr Caffrey admitted that he would put his arms around pupils' waists, or, on some occasions, pat them on the "side of the buttock" to praise them after they read in front of class.
"It just seemed the natural thing to do," he said. "It was encouragement back in those days.
"Obviously it's different today. There was nothing sexual [about it]."
Mr Caffrey said one of his former pupils - who has accused him of raping her - was the kind of person he would have liked his daughter to have been.
"She was very athletic and she'd got a lot of guts, grit and determination," he said.
"I had no sexual feelings [towards her]. I had no sexual feelings towards any of my pupils."
The jury heard Mr Caffrey, who has been married three times, left his first wife while she was pregnant to live with a member of school staff.
He admitted having another "brief affair" with a staff member at a primary school where he worked until 1984.
"I was a womaniser," he said. "I'll plead guilty to that."
The trial continues. | A former teacher accused of rape and sex abuse told a court he did pat pupils "on the side of the buttock", but denied any sexual intention. | 1.071756 | 1 |
Sherri Papini, 34, was discovered bound by restraints on Thursday, 140 miles (225km) from where she was last seen.
Police officials said they "have no reason to disbelieve" her account, adding that she "was assaulted and had injuries which she was treated for".
The motive behind her abduction in Redding is still unclear.
Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko said on Sunday that investigators were looking into her past, which includes a previous marriage, as well as her online activity.
The mother of two young children was found "heavily battered" before dawn on Thanksgiving day after she managed to flag down a car on Interstate 5 in Yolo County, according to a recording of a 911 dispatch call.
Sheriff Bosenko said police are looking for two Latino women, who were said to be armed with a handgun and driving a dark-coloured SUV.
Police are also looking at mobile phone tower data and surveillance footage from the area where Ms Papini said she was left by her captors.
"We are very, very thankful and very ecstatic," said Ms Papini's sister, Sheila Koester, 36.
Ms Papini's husband had reported her missing after she failed to pick up their children from day care on 2 November.
She did not return home after reportedly going for an afternoon run.
Ms Papini's mobile phone, headphones and strands of her hair were discovered along a rural road. | Police are seeking two Hispanic females in connection with the alleged kidnapping of a California woman found three weeks after she went missing. | 0.819059 | 1 |
The agent, codenamed Stakeknife, has been named by the media as Freddie Scappaticci.
Mr Scappaticci has been accused of involvement in up to 50 murders during Northern Ireland's Troubles.
Police revealed details about the litigation against Mr Scappaticci in a bid to have lawsuits against him put on hold for two years.
Police said allowing the civil claims to continue could prejudice a criminal investigation.
But, a lawyer for one of those suing 69-year-old argued that it would be "catastrophic" to stay her action until December 2018.
Mr Scappaticci left Northern Ireland in 2003 after being identified by the media as Stakeknife.
Before quitting his home, he denied being the agent while in charge of the IRA's internal security team.
The judge confirmed that a total of 20 actions against Mr Scappaticci have either been lodged or are being prepared.
That figure could rise in future, he was told.
The judge adjourned the application. | A west Belfast man who denies being Britain's former top Army agent in the IRA is facing at least 20 lawsuits. | 1.077123 | 1 |
It also showed the depth of squad head coach Alan Stubbs has assembled as they chase honours in three competitions.
He made seven changes to the team that started last Tuesday's Scottish Cup replay win against city rivals Hearts.
Danny Carmichael scored between Boyle's brace, and Stubbs' men rarely looked like slipping up against a gutsy but impotent bottom side Alloa.
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It was a brilliant bit of vision from on-loan Celtic midfielder Liam Henderson that created the opener with a sublime diagonal pass.
That sent Boyle clear and he rounded Scott Gallacher to mark his first start since mid-December with a goal.
Steven Hetherington ought to have levelled for the visitors barely a minute after the restart, but he could only divert a bouncing cross straight into Mark Oxley's arms.
James Keatings' lovely through-ball set up Carmichael for the second six minutes from half-time in his first start since August - his maiden goal for the Hibees.
Alloa did create a number of chances throughout the match but they lacked the quality to exploit those opportunities.
It was tough on them when Boyle completed the scoring in 76 minutes with a back post tap-in when the part-timers were caught on the counterattack.
Hibs now make up their game in hand over Rangers at home to Morton on Wednesday night while Alloa face a vital home match against second-bottom Livingston on Saturday.
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Hibernian head coach Alan Stubbs: "To score so early on settled all the players down and I think from then onwards it was a matter of being professional. When our chances came we took them.
"It's great to see the changes that I made to the team get on the scoresheet."
Alloa Athletic manager Jack Ross: "I don't have any qualms over the result, but I thought our players gave a good account of themselves individually and as a team. If we'd taken one of our opportunities early in the second half, it would have gotten us back to within a goal and the game could have been different, but there is a lot to be pleased about." | Martin Boyle's double piloted Hibernian past Alloa Athletic to within five points of Championship leaders Rangers. | 1.009499 | 1 |
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Georgina and William have spent months working to help protect rhino and elephants from hunters who kill the animals for their horns and tusks.
They says it's really important that the trade in ivory and rhino horn is stopped otherwise these animals could be wiped out forever.
Hear what they are doing to fight poaching. | Volunteers working for wildlife reserve in Africa say elephants and rhino are at risk of going extinct. | 1.892695 | 2 |
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Five people were rescued after neighbours rushed to help with ladders.
Police are investigating what caused the fire, which also involved a car parked outside the block of flats.
Carolyn Moses reports. | Three people, including a baby girl, have died in a house fire in Langley Mill, Derbyshire. | 0.71267 | 1 |
The hosts had led 14-6, Colin Wilkie scoring two tries with Terry Campese converting both and kicking a penalty.
Anthony Walker's try just before half time brought Wales back into the match with Andrew Gay edging them ahead before Ben Morris' second decisive try.
"I'm glad we've got there and it does give impetus to the work that is going on in Wales," said coach John Kear.
"I was absolutely delighted. I'm really pleased with what the players demonstrated in the second-half with regards to the collective spirit, unity and determination.
"There's no doubts they fully deserved that. It was tough to come here. We've played an Italy team of which 15 of the 17 are heritage players - Australian-based.
"It's been a tough old afternoon, but it's been a rewarding afternoon." | Wales have qualified for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup after coming from behind to beat Italy in Monza. | 0.77338 | 1 |
Both Twitter and Facebook were used to spread information during recent anti-government protests.
Several dozen tweeters were arrested following the protests, according to local media reports.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has previously described Twitter as a "scourge".
On Thursday, Transport and Communications Minister Binali Yildrim said: "When information is requested, we want to see someone in Turkey who can provide this.
"There needs to be an interlocutor we can put our grievance to and who can correct an error if there is one."
Twitter declined to respond to the government request on Wednesday, but a person familiar with the company said it had no current plans to open an office in that country.
Neither Twitter nor Facebook currently have an office in the country, although Facebook has staff in London who deal specifically with Turkey.
Both are popular in the country and were widely used by citizens seeking information about the protests at a time when mainstream Turkish media provided little or no coverage of the events.
On Wednesday Mr Yildrim said: "Facebook has been working in coordination with the Turkish authorities for a long time... We don't have any problem with them."
It led to speculation that the social network had provided the authorities with data on protesters, something the firm was quick to deny.
It said that it had not been asked by the Turkish government to provide any users' data following the protests.
It has closed down some pages related to activism in Turkey, but only, it said, because they had had "fake profiles".
"More generally, we reject all government data requests from Turkish authorities and push them to formal legal channels unless it appears that there is an immediate threat to life or a child," it said in a statement.
Social networks and other technology firms are attempting to rebuild trust with users following allegations that large amounts of data was handed to the US National Security Agency under a surveillance program known as Prism. | The Turkish government has asked Twitter to set up an office inside the country so company representatives can be reached more easily. | 1.781691 | 2 |
The meeting, on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Peru, comes amid growing concern in Beijing at Hong Kong's independence movement.
Hong Kong has been hit with protests after Beijing intervened to bar two pro-independence lawmakers from office.
Mr Leung said Mr Xi had "forcefully" told him there was "no room whatsoever for Hong Kong independence".
President Xi offered Mr Leung's administration his full support but said he hoped Mr Leung "resolutely upholds national unity and maintains social and political stability", reported Chinese state news agency Xinhua.
The meeting follows months of tension over two pro-independence politicians elected to Hong Kong's legislative chamber.
Yau Wai-ching and Sixtus Leung repeatedly refused to pledge allegiance to Beijing when being sworn in, using derogatory terms for China while taking their oaths.
Beijing later issued an interpretation of Hong Kong's Basic Law, the territory's mini constitution, to say that any official who does not swear the oath properly cannot take office, effectively barring the pair.
Hong Kong's High Court last week reinforced that interpretation.
Ms Yau and Mr Leung condemned the ruling, saying it showed that Hong Kong elections were "meaningless". | China's President Xi Jinping has called on Hong Kong's Chief Executive CY Leung to uphold national unity. | 1.759236 | 2 |
As reported in the East Anglian Daily Times, East Bergholt - the birthplace of artist John Constable - may try to "divorce" Suffolk in the housing row.
Campaigner Peter Dent said Colchester Borough Council, in Essex, was known for its preservation of heritage sites.
"I don't care if Suffolk would miss us. That's their problem," he said.
"We've got a Colchester postcode, we've got a Colchester phone number, we would like to give it a try and work with a council that would respect the village and the heritage of Constable Country."
East Bergholt has been fighting plans for new homes for a number of years.
In 2016, residents won a judicial review to block the building of 10 homes.
The issue was raised by Mr Dent at an annual parish council meeting in the village, where the chair asked residents for a show of hands to signal their support for the idea of becoming part of Essex.
"Almost everybody, bar one or two, put their hands up," said Mr Dent, who reiterated the decision would have to be confirmed by the parish council before a village referendum would be held.
Mr Dent, chair of Action East Bergholt, claims Babergh District Council "ignored the neighbourhood plan" which residents had spent "a lot of time and money" putting together.
"We have fought with them long and hard for the last 18 months, and we are continuing to fight," Mr Dent said.
"Frankly, we'd like to move to somewhere where we don't have to battle night and day."
The chief executive of Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Council, said he was "acutely conscious... many people have lost trust in their district council".
Arthur Charvonia said he has held meetings with the parish council and will shortly meet the East Bergholt Society.
"Repairing relationships and trust will take time... the community will need to judge Babergh District Council by our future actions rather than by my words," he added.
"I look forward to supporting East Bergholt to deliver its priorities as set out in its neighbourhood plan." | Residents of a Suffolk village are considering a fight to become part of neighbouring Essex in their battle to prevent 144 homes being built. | 1.549633 | 2 |
The victim, aged in her early 20s, was raped in the early hours of Sunday in Hunnyhill, Newport, police said.
Officers said they were treating it as an "isolated incident".
The man, who was arrested on the island, has been released from custody. He faces no further action and has been eliminated from enquiries, police said.
The said detectives were continuing to pursue several lines of enquiry and were examining CCTV footage, and analysing potential forensic evidence. | A man arrested on suspicion of rape after a woman was attacked on the Isle of Wight has been released without charge. | 0.499077 | 0 |
The Royal National Mòd attracted thousands of people for an eight-day celebration of Gaelic language, music and culture.
The event, in its 125th year, was expected to generate up to £2.5m for the local economy.
Prince Charles visited Stornoway on Lewis to watch the celebrations and hand out prizes.
To officially close the celebrations a massed choir made its way from Stornoway Town Hall to the Nicolson Institute for a final choral sing-a-long.
When it arrived representatives from 2017 host town Lochaber received the ceremonial handover from this year's hosts.
The 126th year of the Gaelic festival will take place in Lochaber on 13-21 October next year. | Scotland's biggest Gaelic festival has been hailed a success as it bids a fond farewell to the Western Isles. | 1.07559 | 1 |
Christine Ourmieres-Widener had previously said she planned to "stop unprofitable flying" to reduce the airline's losses.
This led to concerns that services would be reduced at Cardiff.
But Ms Ourmieres-Widener told BBC Wales they were looking at "new charter opportunities" for the airport.
Flybe's increase in routes played a major part in a 16% rise in passenger numbers last year at Cardiff Airport.
The airline currently operates 18 routes out of the airport, including major hubs like Dublin, Paris and Berlin, which allows passengers to fly on to other locations.
When Ms Ourmieres-Widener took over as chief executive, she said the airline would have to change how it operates in order to reduce losses.
She will unveil a five-year business plan in the summer and said Cardiff Airport would be at the centre of it.
"We are looking at new opportunities with the airport," she said, including "charter opportunities, maybe for next winter or next summer".
She added: "We are always studying new opportunities with the airport and the marketing team is working very well with us."
Cardiff Airport chief executive Debra Barber said it was always a concern when there is a change in a senior team of an airline.
"You do wonder what's going to happen, but I think we've got a really strong partnership with Flybe," she said.
She added Ms Ourmieres-Widener has "some fantastic plans for the airline and is looking at different ways of doing business".
Challenges remain for Flybe though.
Its website and booking system has faced criticism and Ms Ourmieres-Widener accepts it needs to improve. She plans to invest significant sums of money to overhaul what it offers online and through apps.
Flybe's also facing stiff competition from rail companies including from First Great Western, which runs the London to Cardiff service.
Ms Ourmieres-Widener said the performance of flights from Cardiff to London City airport was "fine" but she would like to see more passengers using the service. | Cardiff Airport will be at the centre of Flybe's five-year business plan, its new chief executive has revealed. | 1.157953 | 1 |
Barrieu was assistant coach at Le Havre, the club Bradley left to join the Swans on 3 October.
The 44-year-old had previously worked with the USA national team, LA Galaxy and Sheffield Wednesday.
At the time of his appointment, Bradley said he wanted to add one or two coaches and hinted at bringing in someone with Premier League experience.
Three members of the backroom staff - Diego Bortoluzzi, Gabrielle Ambrosetti, Claudio Bordon - left when Guidolin was dismissed.
First team coach Alan Curtis, who has been associated with the club as a player, coach and caretaker manager since the 1970s, is expected to stay on.
"For me Alan Curtis will be very important, he's going to be my older brother - only a little older," said Bradley.
"His sense of the club, his eye, his experience will be important. I'm working on getting the right balance."
Bradley is the first American to manage in the Premier League and takes charge of his first match when Swansea play Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday, 15 October. | Swansea manager Bob Bradley is appointing Pierre Barrieu to his backroom staff the Liberty Stadium. | 0.987909 | 1 |
"We should take on board the lessons of the last crisis," said Wolfgang Schaeuble in his Budget speech.
He added that economic reforms should not be neglected in favour of action from central banks.
The comments come after the European Central Bank (ECB) said it would extend its stimulus programme if needed.
The ECB launched its €1.1 trillion bond-buying scheme - a form of monetary policy or quantitative easing - in January to support the eurozone economic recovery, which the bank's president, Mario Draghi, said could be extended beyond 2016 if needed.
Mr Schaeuble has repeatedly warned against an over-reliance on central bank stimulus to prop up economies.
He stressed the need for structural reforms stating: "When we call for structural reforms in return for financial assistance, this isn't some narrow-minded mantra being repeated by people who have lost sight of the big strategic questions of the future.
"In fact, this may well be the most important long-term strategic question we face today." | The global economy faces a financial bubble from central banks pumping cash into economies, Germany's finance minister has warned. | 1.434389 | 1 |
The 27-year-old, who scored three goals in 52 appearances for the Exiles last season, has agreed a two-year deal with the Gills.
The Irishman has previously played under Gillingham boss Justin Edinburgh at Rushden & Diamonds and Newport.
"When I found out there was interest from Justin, I was more than happy to work with him again," he said.
Edinburgh signed Byrne from Barnet in summer 2014, when he was in charge at Rodney Parade, and considered a move for the former Nottingham Forest trainee in January.
Byrne becomes Gillingham's first signing of the summer.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | League One side Gillingham have signed Mark Byrne after the midfielder turned down a new contract at Newport County. | 0.619766 | 1 |
The new building in Strontian would be designed in such a way that it could easily be converted into three terraced houses, or another community facility.
This conversion would happen if, in the future, Highland Council went ahead with its plan to relocate the primary to a nearby secondary school.
Highland councillors have described the community's plan as "innovative".
The local authority's education, children and adult services committee has agreed to recommend that the council relocate the primary to the community-built school on land close to Ardnamurchan High School.
The plan is dependent on Strontian Community School Building Ltd realising its ambition to fund and develop the project to replace the mid-1970s primary school building.
Education committee chairman Drew Millar said: "The community of Strontian have come forward with very innovative proposals that could allow them to own their school which would be a community asset that is leased back to Highland Council to provide primary education in the area.
"There has been a huge amount of work done so far on this proposal by council officers with the community and local members; this is a very good news story for both the council and the community." | A community in the west Highlands has proposed building its own school to replace an ageing primary. | 1.182899 | 1 |
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