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His assistants will be Alan Mulvanny and Douglas Ross, with Bobby Madden the fourth official.
There will also be two goal-line officials in place with Kevin Clancy and Don Robertson fulfilling these roles.
In the other semi-final, a day before, John Beaton will take charge of Hibernian's clash with Dundee United.
Beaton will be assisted by Graham Chambers and Stuart Stevenson while Euan Anderson is the fourth official. Andrew Dallas and Alan Muir will be the goal-line officials. | Craig Thomson will referee the Scottish Cup semi-final between Rangers and Celtic on Sunday, April 17. | 0.490126 | 0 |
Industrial production rose 0.4% in May, helped by a 7.3% rise in oil and gas output and higher mining output.
However, manufacturing continued to lag behind, falling by 0.6% last month after a fall of 0.4% in April.
Manufacturers have struggled against the strength of the pound and weak demand in European markets.
The numbers suggested "a persistent weakness" developing in manufacturing, said UBS economist David Tinsley.
"The last few months' readings of manufacturing output have been soft, and surveys such as the PMI are also suggesting slower growth," he added.
Compared with a year earlier, industrial output rose by 2.1%, the strongest annual growth since April of last year, and manufacturing was up 1.0%.
George Osborne is expected to announce more help for manufacturers in his Budget announcement on Wednesday. | A rise in oil and gas output boosted UK industrial production in May, official figures show, but manufacturing output continued to fall. | 1.232665 | 1 |
The fly-half, 23, will start against Ulster at Scotstoun on Friday evening, following the compulsory graduated return-to-play protocol.
It is a key game for the Warriors, who sit two places outside the Pro12 play-off positions
"I was desperate to pass all my tests and get back into it," Russell said.
"For the other [international] boys coming back, it's such a big six games for us that if we slip up one game, that could be our season over almost.
"So, the pressure is on us. That's good for the boys coming back."
Russell was concussed during Scotland's 29-18 victory over France and missed the final Six Nations match against Ireland and Glasgow's victory over Leinster last Friday.
Ulster are one place ahead of Gregor Townsend's reigning champions in the table, with both sides still hopeful of reaching the play-offs.
As the Warriors try to become the first team to retain the Pro12 title, Russell feels the return of international players is timely.
"This year's different from last year, when we were top of the league at this point," he explained.
"If we lose one or two of the next six games then we're relying on other teams to lose, which we don't want to do. We're still in the mix, we've still got six games left and one in hand, it's still in our hands.
"It was a tough year, especially after winning last year and having the World Cup taking a lot of us away [at the start of the Pro12 season].
"It's been a transition year almost, but looking at the boys as they beat Leinster last weekend, the way they played was amazing, and it gives us coming back from the Six Nations a bit more energy.
"We know we've got to play for our positions now. We are getting back to our best. There's still a lot to work on, but we're getting back on form where we need to be if we're to do the same as last year.
"The boys coming back from a good Six Nations can try to bring a bit more leadership, things that we learned.
"It's just getting back to how Glasgow play - that's slightly different to Scotland - and getting used to what it's like here as quickly as possible. It does help that with Scotland there are a lot of Glasgow boys there, but the quicker that we can get back into the Glasgow routine, the better." | Finn Russell has been "desperate" to return to action with Glasgow Warriors after suffering concussion during Scotland's Six Nations campaign. | 1.020226 | 1 |
The bridge will shut between 09:30 and 16:00 BST from Monday 21 September to Friday 25 September, with a diversion along Bridge Valley Road and the A369.
People will be allowed to walk across and cyclists who dismount will also be able to use the bridge.
The work has included cleaning the masonry and repairs to the roof.
Bridge master David Anderson said the work had been scheduled to avoid peak morning and evening periods to minimise disruption. | Bristol's Clifton Suspension Bridge is to close to traffic to allow restoration work on one of the towers to be finished. | 0.70529 | 1 |
It also said there was weaker demand from high-margin business-travellers.
IAG reported pre-tax profits of €124m (£96m) for the first quarter, compared with a loss of €37m in 2015.
"March revenue was affected by the timing of Easter and the Brussels terrorist attacks," said IAG chief executive Willie Walsh.
"Revenue trends in quarter two have been affected by the aftermath of the Brussels terrorist attacks, as well as some softness in underlying premium demand. As a result, IAG has moderated its short-term capacity growth plans."
Shares fell 4.8% in afternoon trading in London to 524.7p, making it the biggest faller on the FTSE 100.
Operating profits at IAG - which also owns Aer Lingus and Vueling - were €155m before exceptional items, compared with €25m in 2015.
IAG said it expected fuel costs to fall by about 1% this year due to weak oil prices.
Profits were boosted by the purchase of Irish flag carrier Aer Lingus which was completed last September.
IAG has fared better than some of its European rivals - Lufthansa and Air France-KLM - which have been hit by strikes over cost-cutting plans, as well as increased competition from Middle Eastern and budget airlines. | Airline group IAG, the owner of British Airways and Iberia, has said it will temporarily slow plans to fly more routes following the Brussels attacks. | 0.994023 | 1 |
Schwazer, 31, helped Italy win the world 50km walk team title in May after a 45-month ban for a positive test for erythropoietin before London 2012.
A retest of a sample given in January showed traces of steroids.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected his appeal.
"All competitive results obtained by Alex Schwazer from and including 1 January 2016 are disqualified with all resulting consequences, including forfeiture of medals, points and prizes," CAS said in a statement.
Schwazer had previously admitted to using the blood booster erythropoietin (EPO) in 2012. | Italy's 2008 Olympic 50km walk champion Alex Schwazer has been banned for eight years and will miss Rio 2016 after losing an appeal in a second doping case. | 0.997195 | 1 |
Fans hoping to see German rock giants Rammstein streamed out of the Nuerburg arena after organisers asked them to leave in a "calm and controlled" way.
"Due to a terrorist threat the police have advised us to interrupt the festival," they said.
A bomb at a concert in Manchester claimed 22 lives last month.
Some 85,000 people were expected to visit the three-day festival, Efe news agency reports. It falls on the Pentecost holiday weekend.
The organisers said in a Facebook post they hoped the festival would resume on Saturday.
Fans could be seen pumping the air with their fists and chanting as they left on Friday evening.
"Defiant spirits among Rock am Ring visitors, cheated out of a day of festival, maybe the complete festival," tweeted DW reporter Rick Fulker.
Rock am Ring celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. Friday's other bands included Welshly Arms, In Flames and 2Cellos.
In August of last year, a failed asylum seeker from Syria blew himself up outside an open-air concert in the south German town of Ansbach.
He had been prevented by a security guard from getting into the concert area and detonated a rucksack filled with explosives in a local beer garden, killing himself and wounding 15 others.
Police in the nearby city of Koblenz said in a statement (in German) the festival had been halted "due to concrete indications of a possible terrorist threat".
In light of the attack in Manchester, it added, security at this year's festival had already been boosted, with some 1,200 personnel on duty.
Last year, the same festival was disrupted by a storm when 30 people were taken to hospital as a result of lighting strikes. | A rock music festival in western Germany, Rock am Ring, has been evacuated over a "terrorist threat", the organisers have announced. | 1.23815 | 1 |
United face the Championship side at Ewood Park, kick-off 16:15 GMT.
In 2005, Mourinho's Chelsea went out to Newcastle in the same week as wins in the League Cup final over Liverpool and Champions League against Barcelona.
"I gambled too much, I focused too much on Barcelona and Liverpool," he said.
"It was good because we beat Barcelona and we won the final against Liverpool, but the feeling I threw it away was not good, so I don't throw it away.
"If I lose, I lose because the opponent was better or because we didn't play well, but I'm not going to throw it away."
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The Portuguese faces a similarly busy schedule this time around, with the Europa League last-32 second leg against Saint-Etienne to come on Wednesday and the EFL Cup final against Southampton a week on Sunday.
"I'm going to Blackburn with that respect," he added. "I go serious.
"I am going to change a few players, but am going with a good team because I respect the competition a lot and Manchester United demands that you go serious to every game."
There have already been several upsets in this year's competition, with Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool the highest-placed Premier League side to get knocked out when they lost to second-tier Wolves in the fourth round.
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Mourinho, who arrived at Chelsea for the first time before the 2004-05 season, says foreign managers may not understand the culture of the FA Cup like their English counterparts.
"In my case, I had immediately the first time that situation at Newcastle, so for me that was a lesson," added the United boss, whose only success in the FA Cup came in 2006-07 during his first spell at Stamford Bridge.
"With Chelsea, we lost against a League One team [Bradford in 2015], but I never threw it away, we lost because we lost.
"Normally it is because of attitude because you think it is easy and it is not easy.
"The lower-league teams, they are getting better and better and sometimes we have to give some rest to some players, other times we need to give some players football.
"We try to go serious. I like Wembley, I like the FA Cup, so I have to try to get the second one." | Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho says he has learned from "throwing away" FA Cup games in the past and will not make that mistake at Blackburn Rovers in the fifth round on Sunday. | 0.967821 | 1 |
The Venerable Peter Eagles, 57, succeeds the Right Reverend Robert Paterson, who retired in November having held the position since 2008.
Married father-of-one Bishop Eagles was formerly the Archdeacon for the Army as well as Deputy Chaplain-General of the Royal Army Chaplains' Department.
He was consecrated by Archbishop of York John Sentamu on Thursday.
Archbishop Sentamu said it was a "wonderful time of celebration".
Pete Wilcox was also consecrated as the Bishop of Sheffield in the same ceremony.
Sodor and Man is the smallest diocese in the Church of England, overseeing 45 churches and 27 parishes.
It is also a unique position because the bishop is a Member of the Legislative Council of Tynwald, the Manx parliament.
He will meet the Queen at Buckingham Palace this summer and will be installed as Bishop of Sodor and Man at a service at Peel Cathedral in September. | The new bishop of Sodor and Man has been consecrated at a special ceremony in York Minster. | 0.997993 | 1 |
The 23-year-old Sengalese forward has joined a Sangrounders side that are bottom of the table.
Southport had to wait for international cleareance before they could complete the signing
Coly is available for the league game against fellow strugglers Torquay United on Saturday. | National League side Southport have signed striker Jean-Charles Coly from French side Football Saint Medard En Jalles. | 0.029365 | 0 |
10 September 2015 Last updated at 16:20 BST
Heavy rain has caused landslides in the north-east of the country.
The city of Joso, north of the capital, Tokyo, was hit by a wall of water after the river nearby burst its banks.
It comes a day after a tropical storm caused winds of nearly 80 miles an hour.
Watch Ayshah's report to find out more. | Major flooding has forced more than 90,000 people to leave their homes in Japan. | 1.438841 | 1 |
Academics have officially logged 421 terms - including "snaw" (snow), "sneesl" (to begin to rain or snow) and "skelf" (a large snowflake).
The study by the University of Glasgow is part of a project to compile the first Historical Thesaurus of Scots, which is being published online.
The research team have also appealed for people to send in their own words.
It is often said that the Inuit have 50 different words for snow. Other Scots examples include:
The first two categories featured in the thesaurus concentrate on Scots words for weather and sport - with marbles taking the crown ahead of football at 369 words.
Dr Susan Rennie, lecturer in English and Scots language at the university, said: "Weather has been a vital part of people's lives in Scotland for centuries. The number and variety of words in the language show how important it was for our ancestors to communicate about the weather, which could so easily affect their livelihoods.
"You might expect sports like football and golf to loom large in the thesaurus, but it turns out that there are actually more words relating to marbles - which is an indication of how popular the game has been with generations of Scottish children."
Dr Rennie added: "There may be other words out there that we are not yet aware of, and that is where we would welcome the support of the public. If they use or remember words for particular sports or weather, we would love to hear about them.
"We also welcome photographs, which can be uploaded on our website. We already have some images online to illustrate Scots words for clouds, for example, but we would like more to make this a fully-illustrated thesaurus."
The new thesaurus also covers sports such as golf and shinty, and the many Scots words for clouds and mist. The team will be adding new categories over the next few months, including one for rain.
Members of the public are invited to log comments or photographs on the website at www.scotsthesaurus.org, or through Twitter @scotsthesaurus. | Scotland has more than 400 words and expressions for snow, according to a project to compile a Scots thesaurus. | 2.97168 | 3 |
George Blackstock claimed he was twice given a punishment in the 1980s involving Deep Heat smeared on a glove by the goalkeeper, when he was aged 16.
Mr Blackstock, 45 and from Belfast, tried suing the club and Mr Fox in a civil case for loss of earnings.
But his claim was unsuccessful and he must now pay out £200,000.
Preston County Court heard the two alleged assaults happened between 1986 and 1988 while Mr Blackstock, a midfielder, was held down by up to three other first team players.
He said he was given the punishment once for delivering the first team players cold tea and another time for calling a bad decision on the pitch.
Deep Heat is a type of muscular pain relief ointment.
The warehouse supervisor had tried suing for loss of earnings of £170,000 on the basis he would have played at least at Conference level for five years after leaving the club, but for the alleged assaults.
He claimed the alleged assaults led to a deterioration in his form on the pitch and caused him post-traumatic stress, and to turn to drink.
Ex-England captain and Stoke manager Mick Mills released Mr Blackstock because at 5ft 4ins he was too small.
Mr Fox, now 58, had always strenuously denied the claims.
He told the court: "The gloving didn't go on."
Judge Phillip Butler ordered Mr Blackstock to pay £100,000 in costs to each of the defendants, which he must pay by 13 November.
He said: "I do not find the claimant's allegations are consciously dishonest or that nothing untoward ever occurred between players and apprentices at the club all those years ago, but I am unable to find as a fact that the specific events alleged by and allegedly involving the claimant did occur."
A statement released by Stoke City Football Club following the ruling said: "The club gives absolute reassurance that it is fully committed to the safety and protection of individuals at the club and has robust safeguarding policies in place which are frequently reviewed and updated." | Ex-Stoke City goalkeeper Peter Fox has been cleared of physically assaulting a trainee who claimed he was subjected to a ritual known as "gloving". | 1.23273 | 1 |
The new structure, called Evolution, will be unveiled at the 2016 event in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire.
Eisteddfod chief executive Elfed Roberts said it was "time to move on" after 10 years of the pink pavilion.
"The Pink Pavilion was a striking building and gave us a unique promotional opportunity... but it was also very frustrating," he said.
"The structural poles obscured the view from a large number of seats, and external noise was also a problem during competitions.
"The new building is a much sturdier structure and will suit our needs far better."
Meanwhile last year's Eisteddfod in Meifod, Powys, left a surplus of almost £55,000. | The National Eisteddfod's iconic pink pavilion is to be replaced from next year. | 1.019442 | 1 |
A woman who worked at the dormitory also died in the fire in the town of Aladag, in Adana province.
The dormitory housed girls of secondary school age from impoverished families in nearby villages, reports said.
An initial investigation suggests the blaze may have been caused by an electrical fault.
The local mayor said it was likely that the door to the fire escape was locked. A government minister who visited the scene said it was an allegation that would be investigated.
Mahmut Demirtas, the governor of Adana, said some students were injured when they jumped from windows to escape the fire.
Mr Demirtas confirmed that 11 of the dead were students.
TV footage showed flames leaping from the roof of the building as firefighters battled to put it out.
Deputy Prime Minister Veysi Kaynak and Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu were travelling to the scene, Anadolu news agency reported. | Eleven schoolgirls have died and at least 22 others were injured in a fire that swept through a school dormitory in southern Turkey, officials say. | 1.311648 | 1 |
The Liverpool Women's Hospital Trust said it would consult on four options, also saying patient needs had changed.
Its preference is a new hospital next to the new Royal Liverpool Hospital, just over a mile away.
Other options are a new hospital at Alder Hey and either a major upgrade or small improvements to the current site.
The Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust said no decision had been made about the hospital's future and people would have the opportunity to comment in a full public consultation.
Liverpool Women's Hospital, in Crown Street, Toxteth, which was opened by Diana Princess of Wales in 1995, provides maternity, gynaecology, neo-natal services, reproductive medicine, genetic medicine with a high-dependency unit and an operating theatre.
The Crown Street site would not close and the trust said it was "expected that it will continue to provide" NHS services - though it has not specified what the building would be used for.
The review is taking place in an attempt to improve patient care while noting that patients' needs have changed since it opened.
The trust said women were living longer and having babies later in life, while advances in medicine meant more premature and poorly babies were surviving than in the past.
The preferred option is a new building for women's and neonatal services by the new Royal Liverpool Hospital and linked to it by a bridge.
An advantage of that plan would be that patients could be easily transferred to the Royal Liverpool if they needed intensive care or other specialist acute services not offered at the current hospital, rather than undertaking an ambulance journey as they would now.
However premature babies with complex conditions would still have to be taken to Alder Hey Children's Hospital.
A trust spokesman said the review was about improving patient care, not cutting services, but he added: "Each option would have to be financially sustainable although we are not pretending that this is going to be easy."
Whatever option was chosen would still have to be approved by NHS England. | A specialist £30m hospital that opened 21 years ago could move to a new site amid claims its current services are not affordable. | 1.285509 | 1 |
Josie James, from Clwt y Bont near Caernarfon, had been discharged from a mental health unit despite having "murderous thoughts towards herself".
An inquest heard her parents had not been given clear advice or an emergency phone number.
A narrative conclusion was recorded.
Miss James died in August 2015. The inquest heard on the day of her death she had told a friend she was going to jump off the bridge.
The alarm was raised immediately but she had already gone over the side.
Pathologist Dr Mark Lord said she died from a ruptured major artery due to a fall from a height and said she would have died on impact.
Miss James' mother, Joy James said: "As a family we have no interest in pointing the finger at any individual. We just want lessons to be learned."
In a statement, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board said: "We acknowledge that there was no effective communication with her family.
"We are working hard to improve the way we work with families, which includes ensuring they are supplied with treatment plans and additional information and advice to support the ongoing care of our service users."
It added families of patients can access its intensive community treatment team, and they are asked how they wish to be communicated with when patients are admitted.
A user group has also been set up, which the health board said helps it "listen and learn about how to make significant, meaningful improvements" in the care it provides.
Recording a narrative conclusion, assistant coroner Nicola Jones explained that she was going to move away from a suicide conclusion because it was not clear what Miss James' state of mind was at the time. | A health board has acknowledged there was "no effective communication" with the family of a 15-year-old girl who fell to her death from the Menai suspension bridge. | 1.267206 | 1 |
The Farne Islands are home to up to 40,000 breeding pairs, but storms and torrential rain in 2015 meant chick productivity almost halved.
As the birds return from wintering in the North Atlantic, there are hopes for a more successful breeding season.
The islands are also home to seals, Arctic terns, guillemots, and shags.
The National Trust, which manages the Farne Islands, describes them as the "jewel in its wildlife crown".
Ranger Lana Blakely said: "Last year we had a lot of storms and torrential downpours and a lot of burrows flooded, which is really bad for the chicks and eggs as it means they will fail.
"We had a much lower rate of chicks fledging than we did the previous year, it was nearly half, so quite a big drop.
"Hopefully this year will be much better, just fingers crossed with the weather." | Rangers on a seabird colony off the Northumberland coast are keeping their fingers crossed for good weather to boost the puffin population. | 2.361706 | 2 |
Hugh Robertson, 33, of Thornhill, assaulted his victim in Dumfries in November 2014.
He had denied any sex crime but admitted physically attacking the woman, insisting he had initially acted in self-defence.
However, he was convicted of sexual assault at the High Court in Glasgow and will be sentenced next month.
The court heard the woman was also struck with a belt during the attack and was "crying and very upset" during her ordeal.
Robertson was said to have turned up at the house in an "angry and frustrated state".
Prosecutor Steven Borthwick said he had "used violence to overcome her resistance".
The woman suffered bruising and swelling.
The court heard Robertson tried to "barricade" himself in when police arrived and was eventually discovered in the attic.
He claimed in evidence he had been assaulted and that he lashed out in a bid to defend himself.
But Mr Borthwick told the court: "He is a cowardly liar who cannot accept the reality of what he has done."
Susan Duff, defending, said Robertson was "ashamed" at physically assaulting the woman, but that he denied any sex attack.
Robertson had faced an allegation that he raped the woman but the jury deleted that accusation from the charge he was convicted of.
Judge Lord Bannatyne put him on the sex offenders register and he was remanded in custody.
He is due to be sentenced on 12 July in Livingston. | A sex attacker hid in an attic after subjecting a woman to a terrifying ordeal, a court has heard. | 0.760188 | 1 |
The world number 15 lost 10-7 to Sam Baird in the first round in Sheffield.
The 24-year-old, who has won one ranking tournament, admitted he could not focus against the qualifier and world number 59 at The Crucible.
"I do suffer a bit with depression and stress can bring it on and make it feel worse," White told BBC Wales Sport.
"The honest truth is I couldn't focus out there at all and I don't really know where to turn at the moment with my game.
"I've got to get my mental state right first before I can go anywhere."
Five-time world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan has tipped Neath-born White as a future title winner.
White was the youngest player ever to make a competitive century when he did so at the age of nine and was world amateur champion by the age of 14.
He won his first world ranking title at the 2015 Indian Open in Mumbai with victory over Ricky Walden. | Wales' Michael White does "not know where to turn" with his game after revealing he suffers from depression following his World Championship exit. | 1.08688 | 1 |
Sitting members of the House of Representatives met fellow MPs who have so far boycotted sessions.
The parliament was elected in July but has been hampered by an upsurge in political violence across the country.
Oil-rich Libya has been plagued by instability since the overthrow of Col Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
Militia groups, some of them remnants of forces which helped oust Gaddafi, have been fighting for power among themselves.
Recent fighting has forced the internationally-recognised new parliament to convene in the small city of Tobruk near the Egyptian border, with different militia groups controlling most of the country.
The talks were brokered by the recently-appointed UN special envoy to Libya, Bernardino Leon, who described the talks as "very constructive and very positive".
He said they had "agreed to start a political process and to address all issues in a peaceful way with a very strong call for a complete ceasefire".
The talks involved about a dozen sitting members of the House of Representatives and a dozen elected members who had chosen not to travel in Tobruk because of political disagreements.
Representatives from the UK and Malta also attended the talks.
Members of the militias who control Tripoli and other major cities were not believed to be present.
Hundreds of people are believed to have been killed since widespread fighting broke out between rival forces in Benghazi in May.
The fighting later spread to other parts of the country, and has left most of the country outside the control of the elected government.
Since Islamist-leaning armed groups took control of Tripoli in August, they have attempted to reinstate Libya's previous parliament and appoint a parallel government, but this has not been recognised internationally. | Representatives from rival factions in Libya's new parliament have held UN-brokered talks for the first time in the western oasis town of Ghadames. | 2.25665 | 2 |
So her decision to post pictures of herself on her Facebook page smiling and cultivating mushrooms in Thailand has drawn a great deal of comment - the post has already had more than 580,000 likes.
Of course, the photogenic Ms Yingluck attracts attention whatever she is doing. But is she sending a message with this latest post? On her T-shirt in the photo is written "Ordinary Life" in Thai.
A close aide told the BBC that Ms Yingluck now finds herself with little to do, and that she really enjoys growing organic vegetables, exercising and eating healthily.
But it also appears to signify a calm and deliberate retreat from politics, for which there is a strong tradition in Thailand when public figures are immersed in conflict. Her nemesis, Suthep Thuagsuban, who led the street protests that helped bring down her government, went to live in a Buddhist monastery after the coup.
Her controversial brother Thaksin, on the other hand, keeps jetting visibly around the world, and recently broke a long silence by accusing senior palace figures of conspiring to overthrow not just his government in 2006, but also Yingluck's last year.
Yingluck's Facebook post does suggest, though, that she wants to remain in the public eye. In it she thanks her supporters, and teasingly writes that there are "other stories" she will tell them next time. | Facing prosecution over her government's costly rice scheme, and with the Thai military ordering her exiled brother to be stripped of his passport and official titles, former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra tends to shun the limelight these days. | 1.236432 | 1 |
Net profit at Germany's biggest lender fell 98% to €20m (£16.7m), compared with €796m for the same period in 2015.
Chief executive John Cryan said: "If the current weak economic environment persists, we will need to be yet more ambitious in the timing and intensity of our restructuring."
Revenues were down 20% to €7.4bn.
Mr Cryan, a British banker who took the helm at Deutsche last year, has embarked on an overhaul and has previously warned restructuring costs are likely to peak this year.
The impact of the shake-up was seen in restructuring charges of €207m and a writedown of €285m on its asset management business.
Deutsche Bank's value has nearly halved since the beginning of the year, with its shares having fallen 43%.
In June, the International Monetary Fund said that of the banks deemed large enough to pose a threat to the financial system should things go wrong, Deutsche Bank was the riskiest. | Deutsche Bank has warned further cost cutting might be needed as profits tumbled in the second quarter amid low interest rates and volatile markets. | 1.11402 | 1 |
Labour's Paul Flynn called for "practical arrangements of reasonable value" to allow Welsh-language speeches when Welsh business is discussed.
Plaid Cymru MP Jonathan Edwards agreed, saying the Welsh affairs and Welsh grand committees should be bilingual.
Deputy Leader of the House of Commons Tom Brake said MPs could already use Welsh in the chamber in short extracts.
He said UK ministers were committed to the Welsh language.
During questions to the leader of the house, Mr Flynn said "the use of the Welsh language is still treated as though it is secondary to that of English, inevitably".
"Sensible arrangements can be made. Other parliaments deal with half a dozen languages".
Mr Edwards noted that "about half of those who took part in yesterday's Welsh Grand Committee debate on the Budget were fluent, first-language Welsh speakers".
"Surely the sittings of the Welsh Affairs Committee and the Welsh Grand Committee should be held bilingually, thereby making Welsh an official language of this Parliament, the same as English and Norman French?"
The comments were prompted by a question from Conservative MP Glyn Davies about steps the UK government was taking to promote use of the Welsh language in House of Commons business.
Mr Brake said MPs can already use Welsh in the proceedings of the House in short extracts, "but a translation for the benefit of non-Welsh speakers should be provided".
He added that the "House agreed in 2001 to the recommendation of the Select Committee on Procedure that witnesses before select committees should be able to give evidence in Welsh.
"The impact assessment for the Wales Bill was also translated into Welsh, so action is being taken where it can be," he said. | Welsh MPs have called for greater freedom to conduct debates in Parliament in the Welsh language. | 1.510122 | 2 |
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The Scottish champions were heading to Tannadice before one of the balls opened prematurely, forcing a re-draw.
Holders Inverness Caledonian Thistle face a tough away tie against Hearts or Hibs, while League Cup finalists Ross County will host Dundee United.
Rangers or Kilmarnock will play Dundee or Championship side Dumbarton.
Dundee, sixth in the Premiership, or Dumbarton originally had a home draw and were awaiting to discover their opponents when one of the balls split open.
Instead. the winner of next week's fifth-round replay will travel to either Ibrox or Kilmarnock's Rugby Park in the last eight.
It is not the first time a cup draw has had to be amended in Scotland.
In 2007, the semi-finals of the League Cup also required a re-draw after Alex Fergusson, then the Scottish Parliament presiding officer, mixed up the numbers and miscalled the ties.
There will be at least one all-Premiership tie on the weekend of 5/6 March, with Highland outfit Ross County favourites to progress to a second domestic cup semi-final of the season against basement club Dundee United.
Celtic, who won the last of their 36 Scottish Cups in 2013, will be wary of a repeat upset against Morton, who beat them 1-0 at Parkhead in the League Cup the last time they met in September 2013.
Hoops striker Leigh Griffiths, who has scored 29 goals this season, said: "The players like Scott Brown, Charlie Mulgrew and James Forrest, who were involved in that squad just before I signed, will be telling everybody that regardless of the opposition we need to take care of them professionally."
Morton midfielder Joe McKee missed that 2013 triumph through injury but hopes to play a full part this time.
"I was in the stand watching, but the boys were magnificent that night and they pulled off a shock so these things happen," he said.
"We will go and try to give a good account of ourselves and see what happens."
Scottish Cup quarter-final draw (matches to take place on the weekend of 5/6 March):
Hearts/Hibernian v Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Celtic v Greenock Morton
Ross County v Dundee United
Rangers/Kilmarnock v Dundee/Dumbarton | Celtic will host Greenock Morton in the Scottish Cup quarter-finals after a malfunction with the original draw saw them avoid a trip to Dundee United. | 0.943243 | 1 |
1 July 2016 Last updated at 19:11 BST
She uses her love of football to motivate young girls, going into primary schools to encourage them to take up sport.
The BBC's Stanley Kwenda went to meet her at the headquarters of Manchester City FC in the UK, where she was attending a leadership course being run by the club as part of an initiative to improve the lives of young people across the world. | Professional footballer Sonwabise Dick comes from one of the toughest suburbs in the South African city of Cape Town, where there are high levels of crime and unemployment. | 1.24481 | 1 |
It emerged in court that police discovered parts of a bomb in a locker at National University of Ireland, Maynooth, as part of their investigation.
The men aged 59, 23 and 22 are from counties Tipperary, Louth and Dublin.
They have been remanded in custody.
Dylan Cahill, 22, of Lower Irishtown, Clonmel, County Tipperary, was charged with IRA membership and possession of a semi-automatic pistol, four rounds of ammunition and two pipe bombs at Glenfarne, County Leitrim, on 13 May.
He was remanded in custody until 9 June with liberty to apply for bail. RTÉ reports that his case will be mentioned this Tuesday.
Seamus McGrane, 59, of Little Road, Dromiskin, County Louth, was charged with IRA membership on dates between 23 December 2009 and 13 May 2015 and directing IRA activities on the same dates.
He was remanded in custody until Wednesday, 20 May.
Donal Ó Coisdealbha, 23, of Abbeyfield, Killester, County Dublin, was charged with IRA membership and with having possession, in a personal storage locker under his control at National University of Ireland (NUI), Maynooth, a component part for an explosive device, described as a timing and power unit.
He was also remanded in custody until Wednesday, 20 May.
Three other men arrested in connection with the investigation have been released from police custody without charge.
Files are being prepared for the Republic of Ireland's Department of Public Prosecution.
The charges follow a police operation earlier this week in counties Wexford, Dublin, Leitrim and Louth. | Three men have appeared before the Special Criminal Court in Dublin charged with membership of the IRA and other offences. | 0.99503 | 1 |
McLaughlin suffered the injury in an impact tackle against Portadown in a pre-season friendly.
"We are devastated for him as a club as I know what he is going through," said Bannsiders boss Oran Kearney.
Full-back Lyndon Kane is sidelined until October at the earliest after a breaking a foot bone.
Kane broke a metatarsal bone against Derry City while midfielder David Kee is ruled out until the middle of September with a knee injury.
McLaughlin, who also has a medial ligament injury, scored the winner for Coleraine in the Irish Cup semi-final against Glenavon in April.
"He knee is currently swollen, so we will wait two or three weeks before he has an operation," Kearney told the club website.
"James' aim will be to be ready for next pre-season." | Coleraine will be without James McLaughlin next season after the forward sustained a cruciate knee ligament injury. | 0.817027 | 1 |
The three-day international event is the final stage of the world rally championships and sees 160 competitors taking on the forest stage.
Entrants include Elfyn Evans, 25, from Dolgellau, son of former British rally champion Gwyndaf Evans.
Thousands attended a firework launch in Eirias Park Stadium, Colwyn Bay, on Thursday night, from where the rally began.
It is the second year the rally has started in north Wales after moving from its previous base in Cardiff.
The course takes drivers through forests in Snowdonia, Denbighshire and mid Wales.
The rally started with the Gartheiniog Forest stage.
It was the first time spectators were able to view this stage, which organisers described as 18km of "pure challenge" for the competitors.
All the way through the forest there were tight technical corners, fast open sweeping roads and big climbs as well as steep downhill sections.
The event is the 13th and final stage of this year's World Rally Championship.
It is a three-day route comprising of 23 competitive stages, with all 191 miles against the clock.
Friday's action will see the drivers competing through mid Wales and they will eventually make their way back up to north Wales on Sunday, where the winner will be crowned in Llandudno. | The Wales Rally GB is under way around north and mid Wales. | 1.113932 | 1 |
"The joke has worn thin. I'm tired of having your opinions ascribed to me. Pls tweet under your own name. Thanks", the author had tweeted to the account.
The handle with more than 30,000 followers adopted a "faux Rushdie persona" and engaged in debates with right-wing accounts.
The owner immediately capitulated and changed his handle to @IndiaExplained.
"It gave me a chance to pay homage to Rushdie and other writers while being able to reflect and comment on things that matter to me", the owner of the account, Rohit Chopra told Indian news website Scroll.in.
But many Indians online have taken exception to Sir Salman's stance, accusing him of both lacking a sense of humour and clamping down on freedom of expression.
With its new name, the account has promised to provide "satirical and political commentary on India".
It is just one among a number of Indian parody Twitter accounts which have courted controversy with those tried to send up.
In one instance, the office of former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asked Twitter to block the account of @PM0India (which used a zero instead of a 'O') because of "objectionable content", which "could be mistaken as the official account of the PMO and have serious ramifications." | Salman Rushdie has been pilloried by Indian tweeters after confronting a parody account @RushdieExplains. | 1.235144 | 1 |
The attack was launched 10 days before the beginning of peace talks between the government and the Marxist rebels.
There is no indication that either side will declare a ceasefire until considerable progress has been made.
During talks with another rebel group, the Farc, the government refused to stop fighting until a deal was done.
Twenty-four ELN rebels agreed to demobilise in Casanare and rejoin civil society, Colombia's Defence Ministry said in a statement.
The operation targeted the rebel group's public order and financial wing, the authorities informed.
The ELN and the Colombian government have agreed to open formal negotiations in neighbouring Ecuador on 27 October.
They have been engaged in an armed conflict for more than five decades.
The ELN says it will not be rushed into a peace agreement and that it wants civil society to be involved in the search for a permanent peace deal.
The Marxist rebel group said it rejected an "express peace process", after the Colombian government pushed for speedy peace talks.
The Colombian government for its part is keen to reach a deal with the ELN as soon as possible.
How significant is Colombia's ELN rebel group?
The government is still reeling from the rejection by Colombians of a peace agreement with the country's largest rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc).
That agreement was reached after almost four years of talks in the Cuban capital, Havana.
But it was rejected by a narrow margin in a popular vote on 2 October by Colombians, many of whom thought it was too lenient on the Farc.
Government and ELN rebel negotiators announced back in March that they would open formal peace negotiations.
But the talks, originally scheduled to start in May, were delayed after the ELN rebels failed to meet the government's demand that it stop kidnapping people.
The ELN has since made a commitment not to carry out any more kidnappings, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said.
The group has released three hostages over the past weeks and is expected to free another two before the start of the talks in Quito. | The Colombian army says it has killed a rebel from the National Liberation Army, or ELN, and arrested four others in the northern province of Casanare. | 1.925453 | 2 |
Phan-Gillis was sentenced to three and a half years in prison by a court in Nanning, but it is unclear if she will have to serve the time.
She was arrested in March 2015 while travelling with a business delegation from Texas through mainland China.
She has already spent more than two years in detention and her family has consistently maintained her innocence.
Phan-Gillis, who has Chinese origins but was born in Vietnam, was accused of espionage and stealing state secrets, according to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention.
Her lawyer, Shang Baojun, told the AFP news agency that he expected she would be "deported very soon", which would mean she would not have to serve the sentence.
The 57-year-old business consultant, who lives with her family in Houston, Texas, was in "okay" condition, he added.
The US government is in contact with the Chinese government at the "highest levels" about the case, a spokeswoman at the US embassy said.
Last year, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention criticised China in relation to the case, saying it was not observing "international norms relating to the right to a fair trial and to liberty and security".
Very few details about the case have been released because it involves state secrets.
But Phan-Gillis' husband, Jeff Gillis, told the Associated Press last year that the charge related to "beyond ridiculous" allegations that his wife engaged in espionage on a trip to Nanning in 1996, before returning to the US and recruiting Chinese spies for a foreign intelligence organisation - alleged to be the FBI - in 1997 and 1998.
He said her passport shows that she did not make a trip to China in 1996.
Phan-Gillis has denied any wrongdoing and previously said her detention was political and not criminal, according to a letter transcribed by a US consular official in China. | A Chinese court has convicted American businesswoman Sandy Phan-Gillis for spying and ordered her deportation. | 1.403946 | 1 |
Steve Scalise was one of four people wounded on 14 June by a gunman who targeted Republicans.
Doctors said they were concerned about infection, and he is now listed as being in a serious condition.
Mr Scalise, a 51-year-old who represents Louisiana, has been in hospital since the attack.
On Thursday he underwent another operation to counter the infection.
Prior to being shot he was the majority whip in the House of Representatives.
He arrived at hospital facing "an imminent risk of death", doctors say, but was moved out of the intensive care unit in late June after repeated rounds of surgery.
The gunman, 66-year-old James T Hodgkinson, was shot by police at the scene and later died.
The shooting happened while congressional representatives were practising for an annual baseball game that pits Republicans against Democrats.
Two police officers were also wounded, along with a congressional staffer and a lobbyist. | A US congressman who was shot in the hip while practising for a baseball game last month has been moved back into intensive care, his hospital says. | 1.390244 | 1 |
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The 21-year-old prop, who joined the club this summer under their Player Development Foundation scheme made his debut in the weekend win over Ospreys.
"He had a nasty injury early on and he came back and we weren't happy with his fitness and form," Paver said.
"He went to Redruth and I had a few doubts, we had a frank conversation and he's taken the bull by the horns."
The former Launceston player spent the 2014-15 season with Plymouth Albion in the Championship, but did not start a league game during the Devon club's relegation season.
But Paver says Chapman's performance in the British and Irish Cup win on Saturday has raised some eyebrows at the Mennaye.
"I left him out there for 80 minutes, started him at loose-head, pushed him to tight-head, not many can do that but he can do that, and he put his hand up and he's really impressed me," he added.
"The guys will give him a big slap on the back because he's valued within our squad and he's got an opportunity next week to back it up and that will be great for this young man.
"The Championship is not an easy place to play your rugby and the British and Irish Cup is a good place to start from. If he can impress next week who knows." | Cornish Pirates coach Alan Paver says he has been impressed with Luke Chapman's commitment after injury. | 0.929716 | 1 |
Police received reports of a man seen at the Brewers Arms pub in the St Johns area of Worcester on Sunday, who was asked to leave by the landlord.
Paul Grange, 50, was arrested on Monday and charged with "displaying abusive writing... likely to cause distress".
The wording suggested the disaster was "God's way" of helping a pest control company.
Mr Grange has been bailed to appear at Worcester Magistrates' Court in July.
Supt Kevin Purcell, of West Mercia Police, said: "I understand the alarm and distress the offensive language shown on this T-shirt will have caused to both the people in and around the pub and further afield."
Ninety-six football fans died as a result of a crush at Hillsborough stadium on 15 April 1989 at the start of the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest.
In April an inquest concluded the 96 fans were unlawfully killed. | A man has been charged with wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with offensive words relating to the Hillsborough disaster. | 1.314497 | 1 |
RTÉ said Pegida, an "anti-Islamisation" group, announced an Irish branch at a protest rally in the city centre on Saturday afternoon.
However, it added that a counter protest also took place.
Protesters are reported to have pursued several men they believed to be Pegida members from O'Connell Street to North Earl Street before police stepped in.
RTÉ reports that there were a number of confrontations between police in public order equipment and protesters on Saturday.
It is understood an RTÉ cameraman was injured during one incident. | There have been scuffles between police and anti-Pegida protesters in Dublin. | 0.738383 | 1 |
The 62-year-old, who scored almost 15,000 runs for Derbyshire between 1977 and 1988, will rejoin the team in June, a month before the T20 Blast begins.
Director of cricket Kim Barnett said: "We could not have anybody with higher pedigree than John for this new role.
"He won the IPL with the Mumbai Indians and has been an international coach."
Wright, the talent scout for the Mumbai Indians, will also work closely with Barnett but his main focus will be the shortest form of the game.
"He was a great player at Derbyshire," former team-mate Barnett added.
"I could not be more pleased to get him back on board here and work with him. He is a fantastic strategist and will give us a lot of expertise technically and tactically." | Former India and New Zealand head coach John Wright has returned to Derbyshire as a specialist coach for the 2017 T20 Blast campaign. | 0.93738 | 1 |
The incident, which also involved a car, left both carriageways completely blocked.
The road was closed between junction 6, A5 / A5114 (Llangefni), and junction 5, A4080 (Gwalchmai).
Earlier on Thursday, a motorcyclist was left with serious injuries following a crash on the A55 at Bodedern. | Part of the A55 on Anglesey has been reopened in both directions after a lorry overturned, shedding its load of steel and tools. | 0.202129 | 0 |
Derbyshire-based Arthritis Research UK is funding a ??260,000 research study at the University of Nottingham.
The cordiceps fungus is cultivated in China where it is used as a traditional medicine.
An estimated eight million people in the UK are affected by osteoarthritis.
The researchers are giving the mushroom as food pellets to rats and mice to find out if cordycepin can prevent pain.
Lead researcher Dr Cornelia de Moor said: "When we first started investigating this compound it was frankly a bit of a long shot and there was much scepticism from the scientific community.
"But we were stunned by the response from the pilot study, which showed that it was as effective as conventional painkillers in rats.
"To the best of our knowledge, cordycepin has never been tested as a lead compound for osteoarthritis pain."
Dr de Moor said if the safety and effectiveness of the compound could be proven, clinical trials could begin within six to 10 years.
Cordycepin blocks the inflammatory process that causes pain in osteoarthritis in a different way and at a different stage to existing painkillers such as ibuprofen, she added.
She warned people not to try using cordyceps until more is known about the compound.
Arthritis Research UK spokesman Stephen Simpson, said: "Dr de Moor's research is certainly novel, and we believe may hold promise as a future source of pain relief for people with osteoarthritis.
"There is currently a massive gap in available, effective, side-effect-free painkillers for the millions of people with arthritis." | Scientists are studying the properties of a mushroom that grows on caterpillars to see if it can be used as a painkiller for people with arthritis. | 3.168895 | 3 |
Jagdip Randhawa, a student at the University of Leeds from Hounslow in London, died in Leeds General Infirmary on 17 October.
Mr Randhawa was injured in Albion Street, Leeds, on 12 October.
Clifton Mitchell, from Derby, will appear before Leeds magistrates on Monday. He has also been charged with assault over the incident.
Police said a 23-year-old man who was also arrested remains on police bail. | A 20-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a 19-year-old student who was assaulted in Leeds city centre. | 0.43465 | 0 |
Alison Jane Farr-Davies, 42, was found dead at a home in Neath Road, Hafod, Swansea, on Tuesday afternoon.
A 37-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of murder remains in custody.
In a statement, Ms Farr-Davies's family said: "Ali was always helping others and would go out of her way to help people who were less fortunate than her."
Ms Farr-Davies would have turned 43 on Friday - she shared her birthday with her mother.
"This tragedy has robbed them both from celebrating it this year as well as all of us as a family," the statement added.
"As a family we are totally devastated at the loss of our beautiful daughter, sister, aunt and niece.
"Ali was a very gentle, caring and loving person who doted on her two young nieces. She used to love them visiting her and spending time on the beach together." | A woman whose death is at the centre of a murder investigation has been described as "caring and loving". | 0.640754 | 1 |
Gareth Davies retains the scrum-half spot ahead of Rhys Webb, who is named among the replacements.
Webb, 27, was recalled to the squad after six months away from international rugby with injury.
Lock Luke Charteris is on the bench where Paul James comes in to cover the injured loose-head Gethin Jenkins.
"We've named a pretty experienced side for Saturday," said Gatland.
"We have a couple of guys back from injury on the bench, Luke Charteris, Paul James and Rhys Webb and that is a bonus.
"There is a huge amount to play for on Saturday and it will go a long way to deciding the Six Nations.
"It's great to have Rhys back in the squad. He has been training really hard and brings a lot of energy and experience to the team."
Webb made his comeback from injury for Ospreys in mid-February and has not played for Wales since injuring a foot against Italy in September which led to him missing the World Cup.
Davies took his place at the tournament and scored a crucial try when Wales beat England 28-25 at Twickenham.
Charteris played in the opening two games of Six Nations campaign, but missed the 19-10 win over France with a knee injury and resumed training on Monday.
Record cap holder Jenkins suffered a calf strain against France so will not add to his 122 Wales appearances.
Both teams are unbeaten going into Saturday's match, with England boasting a 100% record under new coach Eddie Jones in pursuit of their first Grand Slam since 2003.
Wales have beaten Scotland and France after drawing 16-16 with Ireland in their opening game.
Wales Team: Liam Williams; Alex Cuthbert, Jonathan Davies, Jamie Roberts, George North; Dan Biggar, Gareth Davies; Rob Evans, Scott Baldwin, Samson Lee, Bradley Davies, Alun Wyn Jones, Dan Lydiate, Sam Warburton (capt), Taulupe Faletau.
Replacements: Ken Owens, Paul James, Tomas Francis, Luke Charteris, Justin Tipuric, Rhys Webb, Rhys Priestland, Gareth Anscombe. | Wales head coach Warren Gatland has named an unchanged team to face England in Saturday's key Six Nations match at Twickenham. | 0.943371 | 1 |
Brendan Orr sent the 16-year-old a text stating that no "means yes" before the attack at Heriot-Watt University's campus in Riccarton.
Orr, 22, from Aberfeldy, Perthshire, blindfolded and tied up the teenager during the attack in November 2013.
He was jailed for two years at the High Court in Glasgow, having been found guilty of rape at an earlier hearing.
Jurors heard there had earlier been consensual sexual activity between the pair.
Orr said he had fallen out with the girl, claiming she had stolen so-called legal highs from him. He said he had invited her over to make up for this with "money and stuff".
The court heard he had once sent the girl a text message asking about "sober sex". When she refused, he then wrote "rape".
The girl, who initially took this as a joke, said no. But Orr sent another message stating "that means yes".
During his trial in Edinburgh, Orr denied carrying out the attack.
Tony Graham, defending, described him as a "straight A student doing well at university", who was from an "utterly respectable background".
Sentencing, Lady Scott said a jail term had to be imposed. She added that Orr's "attitude to sexual matters" may have been affected by "pornographic material" that he accessed.
In addition to the prison sentence, Orr was placed on the sex offenders' register for 10 years. | A man who raped a schoolgirl at his university's halls of residence has been jailed for two years. | 0.951411 | 1 |
The 29-year-old was a key figure in the Cobblers' title win, scoring three goals in 45 games in all competitions.
That success came after he helped previous club Bury to promotion from the bottom tier the previous season, playing 44 games.
"I've come here to get promoted," Adams told BBC Radio Cumbria.
"Last year was special, and the year before with Bury was special too. I just want to win.
"I've got real ambition. I love football and I want to repay the faith that was shown by the manager Keith Curle."
Curle's pursuit of the five-time Wales Under-21 international began in January, but it was only in post-season that the deal was completed.
"It's always nice to be wanted," said Adams. "I had a few people in for me, but after speaking to the gaffer and to Lee [Dykes, head of recruitment] and the plans they've got it was a no-brainer.
"It felt right, I spoke to him the last few days and we got it done."
Adams' exit from Northampton follows that of manager Chris Wilder, who was appointed boss of Sheffield United, with Rob Page coming in from Port Vale as replacement.
"I had a special year, (it's) a special group of boys and a really good club," said Adams.
"It's disappointing leaving somewhere where you've enjoyed yourself. They're gutted [I'm leaving] - though some of them are pleased because I do their head in.
"Things change, but the fact is I want to play football and the gaffer really wanted me." | Winger Nicky Adams wants to complete a promotion hat-trick with Carlisle United following his move from League Two champions Northampton Town. | 0.858549 | 1 |
Balbirnie added 75 to his overnight score before Ireland declared on 477-6 with John Anderson hitting 74.
The ex-Middlesex man's knock meant he became only the third Ireland player to record an international double century.
In reply, the Dutch were reduced to 140-5 at the close with Boyd Rankin and Jacob Mulder both taking two wickets.
Balbirnie was in sublime form as he hit 23 fours and 2 sixes in a marathon, 336-ball knock as he joined Eoin Morgan and Ed Joyce in Ireland's double ton club.
He shared a 183-run stand with Leinster Lightning team-mate Anderson, before teaming up with Gary Wilson (39) to add another 76 for the fourth wicket.
Balbirnie rounded off an impressive showing with an unbroken 60-run partnership with Mulder (38) before Ireland's declarations.
Shane Snater was by far the pick of the Dutch bowlers as he took an impressive 5-116 in the circumstances but elsewhere the batting side were thoroughly dominant.
Rankin gave his side a dream start early in the Netherlands reply as he reduced the visitors to 9-2 before an 83-run partnership between Ben Cooper and Dan ter Braak (32) repaired some of the damage.
A couple of late wickets for Mulder put Ireland back in the box seat although Cooper remained unbeaten overnight on 81 at the close.
Day three will start at the slightly earlier time of 10:30 BST as the sides bid to recover overs lost to rain in Dublin throughout Wednesday. | Andrew Balbirnie's unbeaten 205 helped Ireland stay firmly in control on day two of the Intercontinental Cup game against the Netherlands at Malahide. | 0.883775 | 1 |
Cornwall Council members gave the council leader John Pollard a mandate to sign off an agreement with the government.
Cornwall would be the first county to get devolved powers as announced by the chancellor in the Budget.
The details of the deal have not been made public under instructions from ministers, said Mr Pollard.
The main demands listed by Cornwall Council include:
Councillors had a confidential briefing session where they were given details of which areas the government is offering to hand over some powers.
Councillors had a private briefing on Tuesday at which they were given some information about what extra powers ministers are offering the authority.
The Labour and UKIP groups didn't back the offer, but leader John Pollard received enough support for a mandate to sign an agreement.
The council says the government has insisted the process remain confidential. Alongside EU funding and bus services, the BBC also understands further education, business support, energy, and health and social care services will form part of any package.
An official announcement is expected possibly by the end of the week.
"Seeking more powers for Cornwall is not new - we have been striving for more autonomy for years," said Mr Pollard, independent leader of the Liberal Democrat-independent controlled authority.
"If agreed these proposals will allow the people of Cornwall to benefit from an integrated health and social care system, significant economic growth, more affordable homes, greater access to employment and training opportunities, together with a much improved public transport network."
Both UKIP and Labour members voted against the deal.
Tim Dwelly, leader of the Labour group, said: "We think this deal should not have been done in secret and should have been put to the people of Cornwall." | Devolution powers for Cornwall are said to be a step closer after councillors approved plans in a private meeting. | 1.249018 | 1 |
The MV Maersk Tigris was moving through Iranian waters in the Straits of Hormuz, according to the Pentagon.
Iranian patrol vessels fired warning shots across the bow of the boat, US officials said, branding the action "inappropriate".
A US naval destroyer has been ordered to the region to "monitor" the situation.
After the warning shots, the ship complied with orders to go deeper into Iranian waters, a Pentagon spokesman said.
The ship was in an area recognised as an international shipping lane, he went on.
US aircraft were ordered to the area to "observe the interaction" between the Maersk vessel and Iranian forces.
There are no reports of any injuries.
Initial media reports suggested the vessel was a US cargo ship but US officials denied this and said no Americans were on board. | Pentagon officials say the US is monitoring the seizure by Iran of a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship. | 1.264352 | 1 |
Just 91.8% of patients were seen in four hours between January and March - below the 95% target.
That is the worst three-month performance since the target was introduced at the end of 2004.
The figures were widely expected as the weekly performance has been below 95% since September.
It also means the target has been missed overall for the whole of 2014-15 with 93.6% of patients seen in four hours.
The four hours covers the point from a patient arriving at A&E to when they are either discharged, transferred to another part of the NHS or admitted into hospital for further treatment.
It was introduced at the end of 2004 in England when the NHS was told it had to see 98% of patients in four hours.
That was relaxed to 95% in 2010 on the advice of doctors - they argued the pressure to hit the target was distorting decision-making.
The rest of the UK also expects hospitals to see 95% of patients in four hours - although in Scotland it is an interim target with the aim of getting 98% of patients seen in that timeframe.
It is the third time the target - it is officially measured on a quarterly basis - has been missed under the coalition.
Other parts of the UK have also been missing the target during winter.
Figures released in Scotland showed that in the 12 months up to the end of February 92% of patients were seen in four hours.
Monthly waiting times have been even worse in Northern Ireland and Wales, although the latest yearly figures are not yet available.
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There were nearly 5.4m visits to A&E during January to March - down slightly on the same period the year before.
Long waits were also seen in other parts of the hospital system.
A fifth of those who arrived at A&E - 1m - were admitted to hospital for further treatment.
Over 113,000 of those admissions waited over four hours for a bed - known as a trolley wait. That is double the number from the January to March quarter in 2014. | The NHS in England has missed its four-hour A&E wait target for the past three months with performance dropping to its lowest level for a decade. | 1.561315 | 2 |
Dominic Colella was called out on 9 March 2013 when the 85-year-old man collapsed in a queue at a London branch of the store.
A colleague told a disciplinary hearing Mr Colella had returned to the ambulance with two "full bags of shopping" after 20 minutes.
He did not attend the hearing.
Giving evidence to the Health and Care Professionals Council, fellow paramedic Yvonne Purves said the elderly man had passed out in M&S and then regained consciousness before being moved into Mr Colella's ambulance.
She told the panel she had wondered where her colleague had gone after waiting for some time in the ambulance.
"The wife was understandably anxious about what had happened to her husband and was wondering why we weren't leaving to go to hospital," she said.
"He then came back with two full bags of shopping and loaded them in to the front of the ambulance and flippantly said 'do you want to go to hospital then?'.
"Obviously, I wanted to go to hospital some time ago. I waited 20 minutes for Mr Colella while alone in the ambulance," she added.
On another occasion, Mr Colella is alleged to have got a hair cut instead of taking a head injury patient to hospital.
The panel heard Mr Colella, who faces two counts of misconduct, did not turn up at the hearing because he was working.
He has since resigned from the London Ambulance Service.
The hearing continues. | A paramedic shopped in Marks and Spencer while an elderly patient with severe blood poisoning waited in an ambulance, a conduct panel has heard. | 1.164619 | 1 |
Jose Mourinho takes charge of his 100th home fixture as a Premier League manager on Saturday, with visitors Crystal Palace facing perhaps the most difficult away trip in world football.
In two spells as Chelsea boss, Mourinho has lost just once in the league at Stamford Bridge - a shock 2-1 loss to Sunderland in April 2014.
His record is the best of any manager in the Premier League era.
The Portuguese has achieved:
Spaniard Rafael Benitez is third on the list, with 69 wins and 231 points from his first century of matches as Liverpool manager.
The match against London rivals Palace is also Mourinho's 200th league game in charge of Chelsea.
The former Porto, Inter Milan and Real Madrid boss boasts the best record of any manager over the same number of matches.
His tally of 137 wins and 453 points eclipses the 122 wins and 417 points Scotland's Ferguson achieved with United. | Ninety-nine games, 76 wins, one defeat, 250 points. | 1.169016 | 1 |
The Highways Agency is already consulting, on a reduced speed limit on a 32-mile section of the M1.
It has now launched a consultation on a similar move on a 2.8-mile section of the M3 between junctions 3 and 4.
The Highways Agency says the new restriction would apply from 7am to 7pm, seven days a week.
It would be in place between Junction 3 at Lightwater and Junction 4 near Farnborough on what the agency describes as "this major motorway link between London and the Port of Southampton and the South West of England".
The proposal has been prompted by concerns about higher levels of pollution at peak times following the conversion of the hard shoulder into a traffic-carrying lane - something which is happening at other parts of the motorway network as part of efforts to cut congestion.
The agency says that the extra lanes will cut journey times during peak times, so even with the lower speed limit, journeys will be quicker.
It said it also expects to be able to remove the 60mph limit by 2019, as cars become less polluting.
Motoring group the RAC warned it could pave the way for a reduction from the national standard 70mph to 60mph at other parts of the network where hard-shoulder running is to be allowed.
RAC technical director David Bizley said: "Given the landmark announcement in early January about a reduced speed limit of 60mph on a 32-mile stretch of the M1 in order to protect air quality in the area, this should really not come as a surprise.
"It does, however, come hot on the heels of the first announcement and invites the question as to whether any of the eight other planned all-lane running, smart motorway schemes which the government have heavily invested in will also need to have reduced speed limits put in place to protect air quality?
"News that the restriction should lead to higher average traffic speeds on this stretch is something of a consolation for commuters, but others who travel outside of peak times will no doubt wonder why they can't drive at 70mph on a clear motorway."
Motorists and other interested parties have until 11 April to comment on the M3 proposals.
The M1 consultation ends on 3 March. | The government is considering imposing a 60mph speed limit on a second stretch of motorway in an effort to cut air pollution. | 1.249387 | 1 |
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Nearly two years ago she was attacked on a school bus by the Taliban, an extreme Islamist terrorist group.
They didn't like the fact she was campaigning for education for girls in Pakistan.
She was seriously injured in the attack but was flown to the UK for treatment and has now recovered well.
She has continued to speak out for women's rights.
Now she is releasing a book about her extraordinary life and it's written especially for young people.
We sent Ayshah to Edinburgh to meet her. | She's the most famous schoolgirl in the world - and now Malala Yousafzai wants to share her story with you. | 1.332329 | 1 |
With nearly 850 people still missing, the toll is likely to rise further, Civil Defence chief Benito Ramos said.
The storm struck the Philippines on 4 December, with the southern island of Mindanao worst affected.
Many of those still unaccounted for are fishermen who went to sea before the storm hit.
"The death toll will go higher," Mr Ramos told AFP news agency. "We found a lot of bodies yesterday, buried under fallen logs and debris."
The number of people known to have died now stands at 1,020, the national disaster relief agency said.
The storm displaced hundreds of thousands of people and caused severe damage to property and infrastructure.
A large relief operation continues.
More than 27,000 people remain in evacuation centres, with many more sheltering at the homes of friends and family.
The Philippines is hit by several typhoons each year but they usually strike further to the north.
Last year, Typhoon Washi left about 1,300 people dead when it struck northern Mindanao, causing rivers to burst their banks. | The number of people killed after Typhoon Bopha struck the southern Philippines has risen to more than 1,000, officials say. | 1.999921 | 2 |
Sophie Butler, 20, of Bromley Court, Hanley, was charged late on Sunday night, Staffordshire Police said.
Officers were called to Bromley Court on Saturday afternoon and arrested a woman. A post-mortem examination on the man's body was expected to take place.
Magistrates remanded Ms Butler in custody to appear at Stafford Crown Court on 3 June. | A woman has been charged with murder after a man was found dead at a house in Stoke-on-Trent. | -0.147443 | 0 |
Michael Saunders, 61, was found dead at the side of the A49 between Leebotwood and Dorrington on 23 June.
Mark Anthony Baker, of Clarence Street, Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf, has been charged with causing death by careless driving.
He has been bailed to appear at Shrewsbury Magistrates' Court on 23 December.
He is also charged with failure to stop after a road accident and failure to report a road accident, a West Mercia Police spokesman said. | A 39-year-old man has been charged in connection with the death of a cyclist in Shropshire, police said. | 0.339597 | 0 |
Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspectors rated almost every aspect of care at Sunderland's Hylton Medical Group as "inadequate".
The group, which operates two sites for 5,240 patients, came out of its first spell in special measures a year ago.
Clinical commissioners described the rating as "disappointing".
Alison Holbourn, deputy chief inspector of general practice at the CQC, said: "We found that people were not getting the high quality of care which everyone should expect to receive from their GP.
"Following improvements at a previous inspection in April last year, the practice has been unable to sustain these and they now return to special measures.
"We remain particularly concerned about the effectiveness of the service the practice provides to patients."
Ms Holbourn added: "There were no audits taking place, so staff had no way of knowing if the services provided to patients were improving their outcomes.
"Following this inspection we also found fresh concerns around leadership. We weren't confident the practice was providing effective clinical leadership or that leaders had a comprehensive understanding of the practice performance.
"I do not believe that the practice is likely to resolve its challenges without external support.
"Where necessary, another inspection will be conducted within six months and if there is not enough improvement we will move to close the service and remove the provider's registration."
David Gallagher, chief officer at Sunderland Clinical Commissioning Group, said: "It is disappointing the practice has received this rating, but we continue to work with NHS England and other partners to help the practice team tackle the issues that have been raised and make the necessary improvements.
"Patients at the practice can continue to use the service in the usual way, and we would encourage anyone who is concerned about the report to contact the practice." | A GP practice has been warned it could be closed down after inspectors placed it in special measures for a second time. | 1.35101 | 1 |
Earlier on Thursday, a warning of possible significant traffic delays in Belfast today was withdrawn, after engineers fixed the issues but the fault has now re-occurred.
Engineers are on site dealing with "a signal co-ordination fault" and they hope to have it resolved soon.
The BBC understand there are no safety issues but "timing" has been affected.
In the meantime drivers should plan for longer journey times until the matter is resolved. | There is a serious fault with all the traffic lights in greater Belfast, TrafficwatchNI has said. | 0.839731 | 1 |
Two footballers apologised after being photographed apparently urinating into a glass at last year's festival, where women were seen baring their breasts.
Chief executive Ian Renton said: "It's to ensure that drinking is not the rationale for people coming racing."
The measure is also to be imposed at the Jockey Club's other racecourses.
It comes in first at Cheltenham, where the festival takes place next month, but will be in place at Epsom, which stages the Derby, and Aintree, where the Grand National is held.
"It's an improvement on things we are already doing," Mr Renton said.
"Aintree has already got the ball rolling, with their Ladies' Day, they've already taken steps to improve the way that is perceived.
"We want them to come to racing and enjoy the sport and not have those people coming who will be a nuisance to other racegoers," added Mr Renton.
As well as the four-drink limit, corporate complimentary bars will close earlier and water points will be made available in every public bar. | Cheltenham Festival racegoers will be restricted to buying four alcoholic drinks at a time in a bid to crack down on anti-social antics. | 0.808997 | 1 |
Sue Bruce, 55, previously worked in the same job for Aberdeen City Council, turning round the fortunes of the ailing local authority.
She replaces Tom Aitchison who retired at the end of December.
Mrs Bruce said: "It's exciting to be in this role at last. A lot of work has been going on behind the scenes to help ensure a smooth transition."
She added: "The council has many skilled, experienced and committed staff, and I look forward to working with them and our elected members in serving our great capital city."
Jenny Dawe, Edinburgh City Council leader, said: "I'm very pleased Sue is now in position and able to start bringing her outstanding knowledge, experience and leadership to the role.
"She will no doubt have a difficult, but rewarding, time ahead as we deal with budgetary and other challenges in coming months and years.
"I am looking forward to working with her in the interests of the city and the people of Edinburgh."
In June 2010 Mrs Bruce was the first public sector leader to receive the Prince's Ambassador in Scotland Award.
Four months later she received the Scottish Business Insider Public Sector Leader of the Year Award. | The new chief executive of Edinburgh City Council has taken up her post. | 0.826813 | 1 |
The 53-year-old has been in caretaker charge since Claudio Ranieri was sacked on 23 February, nine months after winning the Premier League title.
Shakespeare, who has never managed full-time, was Ranieri's assistant after being brought to the club by the Italian's predecessor, Nigel Pearson.
Leicester have won both of their games with him in charge.
Foxes vice-chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha said: "We always knew the team would be in good hands when we asked him to take charge a fortnight ago.
"He has initiated the type of positive response that we hoped change would bring, showing great leadership qualities and composure under considerable pressure to produce two very important results.
"We have asked him to continue to lead the team this season and we are very happy that he has accepted."
Shakespeare's first match as caretaker manager was a 3-1 league victory over Liverpool, and they beat Hull City by the same scoreline.
The Foxes are three points clear of the relegation zone in 15th.
Leicester host Sevilla in the second leg of their last-16 Champions League tie on Tuesday. The Spanish side won the first leg 2-1.
BBC Radio 5 live's Pat Murphy
There are interesting challenges ahead of Shakespeare now - trying to get into the quarter-finals of the Champions League while trying to stave off Premier League relegation.
He made no bones about wanting the job. The players and the fans, in a local newspaper poll, were overwhelming in favour of him getting the job until at least the end of the season. So let's see what sort of fist he makes of it.
He knows very well that stepping up from the number two role is light years away from letting someone else take the unpopular decisions and determine the tactics.
So will he manage to step back from his previous, harmonious working relationship with the players and show a tougher edge?
Will Shakespeare make the grade, so he gets the job beyond this season, or will he be another Sammy Lee or Brian Kidd?
Hugely respected, acknowledged as a fine coach, but ultimately an assistant? | Craig Shakespeare has been appointed Leicester City manager until the end of the season. | 0.947628 | 1 |
Isle of Wight Council received none of a £300m fund to help councils hardest hit by cuts.
Island MP Andrew Turner told the House of Commons the council's future was "not secure".
Communities Secretary Greg Clark said he would visit the island and consider its special circumstances.
The Independent-run Isle of Wight Council faces a predicted budget gap of about £32m over the next four years.
Council leader Jonathan Bacon previously said he was "incensed" at not being included in "transitional" funding for councils hardest hit by cuts announced in February and, without special consideration, the council would "simply not be able to provide statutory services in the future".
Conservative Andrew Turner told MPs on Wednesday: "The future of the Isle of Wight Council beyond this year was not secure. Money is in short supply but when there is not so much to go round it is then that resources must be shared most fully."
Mr Clark blamed a funding formula inherited from the Labour government which the coalition could not agree to change.
"This government is determined to build a fair settlement for local government and the review will consider the costs associated with being separated from the mainland," he said.
Welcoming the secretary of state's comments, Mr Bacon said he was concerned there were no timescales to completing this review.
"I cannot see any way the council can set a lawful, balanced budget for 2017/18 based on the current planned funding allocations from government.
"Public services on the island are under increasing and unique pressure, due to increasing demands for our services, increasing burdens imposed by government and a raft of other limitations that being an island brings," he said. | The government has agreed to review funding for the Isle of Wight following warnings its council may not be able to provide essential services in future. | 1.276846 | 1 |
The killer, a 42-year-old man who had worked at the factory for 10 years, is among the dead.
Shooting broke out in the canteen at the Kronospan wood processing plant in the town of Menznau at around 09:00 (08:00 GMT).
A prosecution spokesperson said the shooting took place over a few minutes.
Five of the injured are reported to be in a serious condition, the Associated Press reports.
"The workers were eating a snack in the cafeteria during the morning, and there was a massacre," said a man quoted by the Swiss news website 20minutes, who had phoned the factory to check on the welfare of his father.
An emergency telephone line was set up for families of the factory's employees.
"There were three dead and seven injured, some of them seriously injured," prosecutors' spokesman Simon Kopp told Swiss newspaper Blick.
The chief executive of Kronospan, Mauro Capozzo, denied rumours that job cuts were due to be announced.
He described the man who opened fire as quiet and unassuming.
"One almost didn't see or notice him," he said, according to Reuters.
Switzerland has one of the highest rates of gun ownership in the world, with an estimated 2.3 million firearms owned by the country's eight million people, but such gun attacks are relatively rare.
All healthy Swiss men aged between 18 and 34 are obliged to do military service and all are issued with assault rifles or pistols which they are supposed to keep at home.
Until recently, many kept their weapons even after completing their military service - though rules on this have recently been tightened.
According to the Geneva-based Small Arms Survey, Switzerland ranks third in terms of gun ownership, behind the United States and Yemen.
Street gun violence is very rare in Switzerland, says Emma Jane Kirby, who recently investigated the subject for BBC News.
However, there are more domestic homicides and suicides with a firearm in Switzerland than virtually anywhere else in Europe except Finland, she says. | Three people have been killed and seven injured during a shooting at a factory near the Swiss city of Lucerne, police have said. | 1.240838 | 1 |
Tripp was born in Canada but represented Germany, where he coached Eispiraten Crimmitschau before agreeing a deal with the Glasgow outfit.
And he has ambitious plans to make improvements to his pool of players.
"I've had a lot of conversations with friends and people I know - I've got a big list, but there are still plenty of players out there," Tripp said.
"I've got an idea of who I want but whether I can get them or not will be the story at the end. You can't always get what you want, but if we can, then it's a bonus."
Tripp, 40, spent 12 years in Germany and is excited by what awaits him in Glasgow.
"Braehead wanted someone young with good hockey knowledge and I was looking for another challenge," he said.
"I had some opportunities in Germany as well, but when this one came up, it was one I wanted to jump on and take advantage of." | New Braehead Clan head coach John Tripp is hoping to oversee a major squad revamp ahead of next season. | 0.676508 | 1 |
The 28-year-old, who has been capped 21 times for Italy, joined Inter from Genoa in the summer of 2010.
But he has struggled for a first-team place in recent months, and spent part of last season on loan at Sampdoria.
Ranocchia is available for selection for Wednesday's Premier League game at Manchester United, subject to international clearance.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page or visit our Premier League tracker here. | Inter Milan defender Andrea Ranocchia has joined Hull City on loan until the end of the season. | 0.639413 | 1 |
The 29-year-old suffered a blow to the head at Ulster in February 2016.
He said: "It has been a frustrating time. When I had the bang I was just sitting around and wasn't able to do a lot really.
"I still don't remember the concussion tests. I think that was half the problem."
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Shingler made his first appearance of the season last weekend against Connacht as Scarlets registered their first win of the season.
He said: "I was suffering from headaches and dizziness for a long time and I was a little bit concerned if it was ever going to get better.
"I thought 'this could be the end'. Luckily it has cleared up itself and here we are."
Shingler says he will not let the threat of another concussion affect his approach.
"It could occur again if I have a bad bang. I'm not too concerned. I'm not holding anything back because of it."
He is now looking forward to Scarlets' trip to Treviso on Saturday as they look to climb from eighth in the table.
"If we lost at home against Connacht we would have been in a tricky situation - it's great to have got that win," Shingler added.
"Again we are under pressure this weekend as we are chasing from quite far behind now." | Scarlets and Wales flanker Aaron Shingler feared a concussion he suffered last season could have ended his career. | 0.939994 | 1 |
The central bank cut its key repo rate to 7.25% from 7.50%, as widely expected, after taking similar moves in January and March this year.
The repo rate is the level at which the central bank lends to commercial banks.
The cut comes despite India becoming the world's fastest-growing major economy, beating China recently.
The Indian economy grew by 7.5% in the January to March period compared with a year ago, outstripping the 7% figure for China, the world's second largest economy.
China has also cut interest rates three times in the past six months.
Despite the strong growth, analysts have pointed to other economic indicators which suggest soft patches in India's economy.
Other data released on Tuesday - such as the MNI consumer sentiment indicator - fell by 2% in May from April, indicating that consumers were less optimistic about the economy.
"With low domestic capacity utilisation, still mixed indicators of recovery, and subdued investment and credit growth, there is a case for a cut in the policy rate today," the central bank said in a statement.
Added to that, consumer price inflation hit a four-month low of 4.87% in April - within the central bank's target range of 2% to 6% - which gave it enough room to ease rates, economists said.
However, the central bank warned that it would track inflation data and keep a close eye on risks to food prices if seasonal monsoon rains were weaker than expected, global oil prices recovered or the local currency weakened from volatile global markets.
"I think the implication of the guidance is that the RBI is going to wait for more inflation data and also for more clarity on risks to inflation," A. Prasanna, an economist at ICICI Securities Primary Dealership, told Reuters.
"We hold to our call that the RBI will be on pause for the rest of the year until December."
Despite the expected rate cut from the central bank, Indian shares fell with the benchmark BSE Sensex index down 1.5% to 27,444.88. | The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cut interest rates for the third time this year to help boost growth in Asia's third largest economy. | 1.500681 | 2 |
Jacob Cook, 30, from Woodhall Spa, unwittingly spent four months chatting online with an undercover officer posing as a 13-year-old school girl.
During the chats, Cook offered to talk the girl through "her first masturbation" and "take her virginity".
He was jailed for three years at Lincoln Crown Court.
Cook, a university graduate, believed he was chatting to a "bored" 13-year old called "Tiny Dancer" on the Kik app.
Mark Watson, prosecuting, said Cook made sexually explicit suggestions to the girl after asking about her experiences of sex.
The defendant told the girl he was a rugby coach, and referred to himself as a teacher in a bid to "gain a degree of trust from her", he added.
"It is perfectly plain that he believed he was talking to a schoolgirl," Mr Watson said.
During a subsequent investigation, detectives discovered Cook had applied for clearance to work coaching children and his case became a priority.
After his arrest, Lincolnshire Police found over 200 pornographic images of children, as well as photographs featuring bestiality on his mobile phone.
Cook, of King Edward Road, Woodhall Spa, admitted attempting to incite a 13-year-old girl to engage in sexual activity between 1 December 2015 and 31 March 2016.
He also admitted three charges of making a total of 230 indecent images of children and a further charge of possession of extreme pornographic images.
In addition to his jail term, Cook was handed a seven-year sexual prevention order. | A rugby coach with "a self-confessed interest in young girls" has been jailed after he was caught by a police sting operation. | 0.719812 | 1 |
Clarke, 20, walked back to the pavilion after being given out lbw on 31 but was recalled as square-leg umpire Graham Lloyd had heard an edge off the bat.
With Worcestershire chasing a target of 366, Clarke went on to score 123 to help them to a controversial victory.
"It was good, I think it helped us," he told BBC Hereford and Worcester.
"I'm someone who quite likes getting a bit of stick, it spurs me on."
Clarke was backed by scores of 71 from Ross Whiteley and an unbeaten 64 from Joe Leach as Worcestershire beat Leicestershire with 10 balls to spare.
"Ross was saying they were trying to get stuck into us and I think that's helped us build that partnership as we were very determined to do a job for the side," Clarke added.
Leicestershire elite performance director Andrew McDonald says he is seeking clarification about the incident.
"I haven't seen anything like it in my time in cricket, a batsman halfway up the grandstand called back," McDonald told BBC Radio Leicester.
"We will deal with what happens afterwards, we still had some opportunities to push and drive the game so we'll look within and seek a bit of clarity around that decision." | Worcestershire batsman Joe Clarke says he was motivated by Leicestershire's angry reaction to him being called back to the crease after being given out. | 0.779334 | 1 |
That was one place higher than the Marvel blockbuster managed in the US.
It earned £2.7m in the UK and Ireland, including previews. Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation was second with £2.4m.
But Fantastic Four's first weekend earnings were below those for other Marvel films released this year. Ant-Man opened with £4m, while Avengers: Age of Ultron raked in £18m.
The earnings were also below the opening weekend takings for the 2005 Fantastic Four movie, which made £3.5m.
The latest film, which was directed by Josh Trank, cost $120m (£77m) to make. | Fantastic Four has topped the UK and Ireland box office chart in its first weekend, despite scathing reviews. | 0.875336 | 1 |
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Fe ddigwyddodd y ddamwain yn fuan wedi 16:15.
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Mae'r dyn sydd wedi cael ei arestio yn dod o ardal Uplands yn Abertawe ac yn parhau yn y ddalfa.
Mae plismyn yn apelio ar dystion i gysylltu â nhw drwy ffonio 101 neu drwy gysylltu â Thaclo'r Taclau gan nodi y rhif 1700111007. | Mae dyn wedi cael ei arestio ar amheuaeth o achosi marwolaeth drwy yrru'n beryglus yng Ngorseinon brynhawn Gwener. | 0.325627 | 0 |
Invincible-class HMS Illustrious is currently moored in Portsmouth Harbour after 32 years in service.
The Disposal Services Authority (DSA) is looking for prospective buyers to bid on the 22,000-tonne ship for recycling only.
It said the sale could be discontinued should a heritage option become open.
The ship has sailed 900,000 miles on operations across the globe, including the aftermath of the Falklands War, helping maintain a no-fly zone in Bosnia in the 1990s and doing the same in the Arabian Gulf in 1998.
It also helped with the aid mission in the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan.
Bids must be in by 23 May with viewings in June, according to the DSA. | A decommissioned Royal Navy aircraft carrier that served in Bosnia and the Gulf has been put up for sale by the Ministry of Defence. | 1.530805 | 2 |
Relatives of those killed by the IRA, including in the Enniskillen and Claudy bombs, took part in the service.
Prayers were said by Church of Ireland, Presbyterian and Methodist ministers.
A minute's silence was held beside a memorial in the grounds of Holy Trinity Church of Ireland as a mark of respect for victims of the IRA.
David Temple, whose 16-year-old brother William was killed in the Claudy bombing in July 1972, said Martin McGuinness would "go to his grave without telling these victims the truth of what happened".
He said he wanted to send his condolences to the McGuinness family but "Claudy hasn't gone away. We will still fight and look for justice for Claudy".
Church of Ireland minister Rev. Alan Irwin's father and uncle were killed by the IRA.
He said he did not think the service was insensitive to those mourning Martin McGuinness today.
"I don't believe it's insensitive to what's going on. I think we had to provide something for the innocent victims," he said.
Presbyterian Minister Rev. Rodney Beacom said the service was "not insensitive in any way, shape, or form".
"We're here to provide pastoral care for those folk who are hurting, and who are living day and daily for all of their lives with the hurt and pain of terrorism, so we have a duty and indeed a responsibility to be here today," he added.
The event was organised by the South East Fermanagh Foundation which supports victims and survivors of paramilitary violence.
Spokesman for the group Kenny Donaldson said that in the days since Mr McGuinness's death "survivors of IRA terrorism have been expressing feelings of being further cheated" of the prospect of learning more from the former IRA leader about what had happened to their loved ones.
"Martin McGuinness will now meet his Maker and unlike on this earth, he won't be able to dodge accountability citing the IRA's Green Book or any other document. Each and every one of us faces the same destiny," said Mr Donaldson. | A service of prayer and reflection for victims has taken place in Lisnaskea, County Fermanagh. | 1.80998 | 2 |
Officials are talking to unions, including Unison, about proposals, such as reducing the working week to avoid redundancies.
A spokesman said a "wide-ranging review" was looking at addressing "significant financial issues" set to arise in the coming years.
Unison said the university's financial strategy appeared "unrealistic".
It is not yet clear which jobs would be affected if redundancies were made.
Vice chancellor John G Hughes said since the review started in 2016, it has suffered further funding cuts and £8.5m will need to be saved to "ensure that the university can meet the challenges it faces".
He added: "Over the next few weeks and months a comprehensive series of steps will be adopted in order to make the necessary savings."
But Geoff Edkins, from Unison, said university staff were "alarmed" at the apparent state of its finances.
"They are angry that management of the university has put their jobs at risk and threatened their families' livelihoods," he added.
"We must protect the quality and breadth of student learning and support at the university and Unison doesn't see how the university's proposals will do that. At best, the financial strategy of Bangor appears unrealistic."
Mr Edkins said: "One idea the trade unions have put forward is to sell the grace-and-favour property bought for the vice chancellor and which is scarcely used. We believe this could net the university £1m straight away.
"Staff are due to meet to consider the university's proposals and we believe they will be thrown out. If implemented, they would force staff who are already low paid, into poverty."
The announcement follows similar moves by institutions around Wales.
On Tuesday, the University of South Wales said it had "minimised" job losses after announcing in March 139 jobs could go in a bid to balance rising costs with an anticipated reduction in students due to Brexit.
In May, Aberystwyth University said up to 150 positions "could be at risk" as it tried to make cuts of £11.4m while University of Wales Trinity Saint David asked staff to consider voluntary redundancy. | Up to 170 jobs are thought to be at risk at Bangor University as it looks to save £8.5m. | 1.269662 | 1 |
The floods - the worst in almost 30 years - have affected over half the country. More than 800 towns and cities have declared a state of emergency.
The capital, Lima, has been without water since Monday and services are only now being restored.
The armed forces have been deployed to help police control law and order across Peru.
There are shortages of food and water in many areas and prices have risen by 5% on average in the past week, the government said.
The heavy rains have stopped for now, but forecasters say the unstable weather is expected to continue for a few weeks.
In recent months, Peru and other countries around the Pacific Ocean have been affected by the phenomenon known as El Nino, a rise in sea temperatures that increases evaporation and brings about heavy rains.
In 1988 floods in Peru were also linked to El Nino, which was particularly strong that year. | At least 72 people have died in several days of floods and mudslides triggered by heavy rains in Peru, officials say. | 2.449782 | 2 |
The former Homeland star will play Teach, one of a trio of crooks, in David Mamet's classic American Buffalo.
It marks Lewis's first stage turn since 2009, when he played opposite Keira Knightley in The Misanthrope.
Lewis, who won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for his Homeland role, said he was "thrilled" to be back on stage.
He added he was "excited" to be working with director Daniel Evans, whom he trained with at London Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
The play will run at London's Wyndham's Theatre from 16 April to 27 June.
"I'm truly thrilled to be working on Mamet's incredible play with Damian," said Evans. "I know his particular qualities as an actor will offer us something very special in this part."
Evans, also an award-winning actor, is the current artistic director of Sheffield Theatres.
Big screen roles
Mamet's play, which follows three small-time criminals whose plan for one major heist goes awry, premiered on Broadway in 1977.
Lewis will take on the role played by Dustin Hoffman in the 1996 big screen version. Further casting will be announced in due course.
The British actor - who was recently featured on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs - follows in the footsteps of his wife, actress Helen McCrory, who received critical acclaim as the leading lady in the National Theatre's production of Medea earlier this year.
Lewis has a crop of big screen roles being released in 2015 including Werner Herzog's Queen of the Desert, opposite Nicole Kidman, John le Carre adaptation Our Kind of Traitor, alongside Ewan McGregor, and The Silent Storm, which debuted at the London Film Festival in October. | Actor Damian Lewis, who will shortly be seen playing Henry VIII in the BBC adaptation of Wolf Hall, is to return to the West End stage next year. | 0.97782 | 1 |
HTM Products, which had its name on the West Stand of the Proact Stadium, had sponsored the club since December 2009.
Evans, 27, signed a one-year deal with the League One side, despite facing an October retrial over rape allegations.
He was jailed in 2012, but the Court of Appeal quashed his conviction in April. Evans was released in October 2014, and has always denied the charges.
The firm, which had its name on the West Stand of the Proact Stadium, had sponsored the club since December 2009.
"In light of recent events, HTM Products has ceased all sponsorship arrangements with Chesterfield football club," managing director Jon Knapp said on the company's Facebook page.
In a statement following the signing of Evans, club chairman Dave Allen said "a great deal of thought" had gone into the decision.
He continued: "Following the court's decision, we are in no doubt that Ched Evans should be welcomed back into his profession as a professional footballer." | A long-standing sponsor of Chesterfield has withdrawn its support of the club following the signing of Ched Evans. | 1.078002 | 1 |
Andrea Kuiper was 26 years old when she left Virginia and went missing in California, authorities said.
The Orange County Sheriff's Department identified her as the woman who was hit after the FBI matched her fingerprints in a national missing persons database.
Ms Kuiper's family said they were "thankful" for the closure.
"We are thankful to know what happened to our daughter after all these years," said her father, Richard Kuiper, according to the sheriff's department.
An unidentified 26-year-old woman was hit while crossing the Pacific Coast Highway in Huntington Beach, California, on 1 April, 1990.
The Orange County Sheriff's Department's Coroner Division said it worked to solve the case for years.
"We never forgot her and would regularly pull out her file to see if we could think of anything new to try," Supervising Deputy Coroner Kelly Keyes said in a statement.
"The investigators at the Coroner's Office never stopped trying to figure out who she was."
Ms Kuiper, who left her home in Fairfax, Virginia, was last heard from by her family a few months before her death, the sheriff's department said.
She had suffered from manic depressive disorder, her parents said.
In 2010, the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUS) was created, providing a searchable database to help solves cases involving unidentified victims.
The sheriff's department put her details in the database shortly after it was created.
In 2017, NamUS partnered with the FBI to examine fingerprints from the database against those from unsolved cases, which led to Ms Kuiper's match. | A woman who was fatally struck by two cars while crossing a California highway in 1990 has been identified as a missing person, according to police. | 1.424412 | 1 |
Speaking during a week-long visit to the United States, he said those issues are his "immediate priorities".
Mr Kenny will return to Dublin on Saturday, having met US President Donald Trump on his trip to America.
Critics within his Fine Gael party have been pressing for him to give a timetable for his departure as leader.
Last month, the Irish coalition government, made up of Fine Gael and the Independent Alliance, survived a vote of no confidence in parliament.
Before leaving Ireland for his annual engagements in the US to mark St Patrick's Day, Mr Kenny told his party that he would address his future "effectively and conclusively" when he returned.
But during the St Patrick's Day parade in New York on Friday, he said that political talks in Northern Ireland and forming a standpoint on Brexit would "take precedence over everything else".
"I have a number of immediate priorities on my desk when I arrive back tomorrow morning," he told Irish journalists.
"You can't have a situation where you have no leadership in Northern Ireland.
"Do you not think it is appropriate that the immediate priority is to have an executive functioning in Northern Ireland?"
Talks between Northern Ireland's political parties and the UK and Irish governments are continuing with a view to restoring a power-sharing executive at Stormont after this month's assembly election.
Mr Kenny also said that it was important for him to "get an agreed negotiating stance" with other European Union member states ahead of talks with the UK over its withdrawal from the union.
UK Prime Minister Theresa May has said she will begin the Brexit process by the end of this month, a move that looks set to have major implications for the neighbouring Republic of Ireland.
"It's going to affect everybody in our country - these are two immediate priorities," Mr Kenny said.
Mr Kenny was re-elected as taoiseach (Irish prime minister) in May 2016, after a general election that produced no outright winner.
He has led Fine Gael since 2002 and held the office of taoiseach since 2011. | Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny has indicated that he will not step down until political uncertainty in Northern Ireland and over Brexit is resolved. | 1.385122 | 1 |
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The 31-year-old Ulster player had hoped to return early this year after he was injured during Ireland's World Cup quarter-final defeat by Argentina.
"Unfortunately it's a slow process and to rule yourself out of the Six Nations is disappointing," said Bowe.
Bowe, capped 67 times, expects to return for Ulster later this season.
Ireland begin their Six Nations campaign against Wales in Dublin on 7 February.
Bowe said in November that, although he needed surgery, the injury was not as bad as he initially feared.
But speaking on Tuesday, he said: "I have to concentrate on getting myself back to where I was and there's no point in rushing it.
"To be back by the start of February is unlikely but I'm still pretty positive I can add something to Ulster's season." | Ireland winger Tommy Bowe will miss this year's Six Nations as he continues his recovery from a cruciate knee ligament injury. | 0.960449 | 1 |
The attack happened in an alley near St Mark's Church in Matamba Terrace, Sunderland, at about 03:30 GMT, Northumbria Police said.
A 17-year-old male has been arrested on suspicion of rape and is in custody.
Officers have appealed for witnesses to come forward and said they are keen to speak to the driver of a white taxi seen in the Millfield area at the time of the incident. | A woman was raped on Wearside in the early hours of Sunday. | 0.370309 | 0 |
Scott MacKenzie robbed Brian Reid after sneaking into the 69 year-old's home in Stirling.
The High Court in Glasgow heard Mr Reid had a severe lung condition and needed regular help from carers.
MacKenzie, 29, who has a history of violent offending, was caught after he was found with cigarettes he had stolen from his victim.
He was jailed after pleading guilty to assault and robbery.
Judge Lord Bonomy said the offence was "despicable, cowardly, and frightening".
The court heard that Mr Reid was at home on 9 September last year when he heard the front door open and MacKenzie appeared in his living room.
Prosecutor Allan Nicol said the pensioner thought MacKenzie was there "by mistake".
The court was told that MacKenzie tied Mr Reid's hands together with string and ignored his cries that he was calling the police.
Mr Nicol said: "MacKenzie punched him twice to the face. He then demanded money and 'strong bags to put things in'."
MacKenzie stole £20 in cash and 10 packets of cigarettes.
The pensioner's sister later arrived to find his home had been ransacked.
Video footage at the complex captured MacKenzie, also of Stirling, going into the flat and then leaving.
He told police: "That wasn't a robbery. Why would I rob someone when there's CCTV everywhere?" | A man who tied up and robbed up a frail pensioner in his sheltered housing flat has been jailed for ten years. | 1.096666 | 1 |
The 22-year-old played two first-class and seven T20 matches in 2016, having signed a professional deal in June.
Walter, who took the new ball in the latter stages of the T20 Blast, has taken eight wickets across all formats.
"It has always been a dream of mine to play for Essex," Basildon-born Walter told the club website.
"I haven't been part of the staff for long, so the opportunity to do that for a further year was something I jumped at." | Essex all-rounder Paul Walter has signed a contract extension, keeping him with the Division Two champions until the end of the 2018 season. | 0.656517 | 1 |
Sheeran's third album, titled ÷ (Divide), has become a monster hit since its release on Friday.
The all-time list for first-week sales has Adele's 25 and Oasis's Be Here Now at the top with 800,000 each.
If Sheeran doesn't quite match them, he could go third on that list, above Take That's Progress, which sold 518,601.
Sheeran has said he wants to challenge Adele's album sales.
"Adele is the one person who's sold more records than me in the past 10 years," he told GQ.
"She's the only person I need to sell more records than. That's a big feat because her last album sold 20 million. But if I don't set her as the benchmark then I'm selling myself short."
His album has already exceeded expectations. Before the release, Sheeran's manager Stuart Camp told Music Week he would be "ecstatic" with first-week figures of 350,000.
But he added: "But really I'm thinking, what will we have sold by the end of 2018? It's about the long game."
The final chart and first-week sales figures will be revealed on Friday.
Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion, email [email protected]. | Ed Sheeran's new album has become one of the fastest-selling releases ever in the UK, shifting 432,000 copies in just three days. | 0.894054 | 1 |
SuperValu, Mace and Centra stores are no longer getting products from the company after they raised prices by 10%.
A similar dispute between Unilever and Tesco was resolved on Thursday.
It is understood they are optimistic that the pricing dispute will be resolved.
Glyn Roberts from the NI Independent Retail Trade Association said he hopes for a resolution within 24 hours.
Mr Roberts said: "This is all about the consumer.
"It is about local shoppers, ensuring they don't have to pay more at the end of the week."
200 smaller stores in Northern Ireland are affected.
The Musgrave Group which owns the stores says it neither wanted to absorb the 10 % rise in cost or pass it on to customers.
It refused it and on that basis Unilever stopped supplying the NI retailers, as of Monday.
Musgrave said it was "hugely dissatisfied" with Unilever's behaviour and said it has caused immediate shortages of stock. | Negotiations have been continuing to try to resolve a dispute between NI retailers and the multinational goods manufacturer Unilever. | 1.144418 | 1 |
A pre-inquest review into the attack heard the Police Service of Northern Ireland and the Metropolitan Police, as well as HM Prison Service, had been written to.
Victims' families claim the state may have covered up its involvement in the bombings, which killed 21 people.
The inquest is due to start in September.
During separate hearings in 2016, senior coroner for Birmingham and Solihull Louise Hunt heard West Midlands Police had said it had no information relevant to any cover-up claims.
At the latest hearing, coroner Peter Thornton QC said the same question had now been put to the prisons and police services.
Peter Skelton, independent counsel for the coroner, said information was being sought about a claim, first aired last year, that the state may also have been protecting a government informant.
He said: "We have written to the Police Service of Northern Ireland, the Prison Service and the Metropolitan Police Service.
"We will await those answers in due course."
On November 21 1974, the IRA planted two bombs which ripped through two Birmingham pubs.
The police investigation into the attacks led to the wrongful convictions of the Birmingham Six.
Mr Thornton told the hearing that "further investigation work" would continue.
The hearings will include post-mortem examination reports and written summaries of the victims which will be read out to the inquest jury - similar to those read for the 96 victims during the Hillsborough inquiry.
A further pre-inquest review hearing will take place on May 31. | Two police forces have been asked if they received advance warning of the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings. | 1.565174 | 2 |
The action will take place on 22 June, while a ban on overtime and work-to-rule will be carried out next week.
The dispute is over proposed changes to pensions which could see employees retiring at 65 instead of 60.
The union Community said workers had been left with "no option" but to strike. Tata Steel said it was "very disappointed".
Tata has four sites in Wales in Port Talbot, Newport, Flintshire and Carmarthenshire, as well as sites in England including Corby, Hartlepool, Rotherham, Scunthorpe, Teesside and York.
Reacting to news of the strike, a Tata Steel spokesman said: "We have been trying to develop an affordable and sustainable pension scheme for employees so we are very disappointed by today's announcement on strike and industrial action.
"Everyone agrees that changes need to be made to resolve the challenges facing our pension scheme, which has a projected shortfall of over £2 billion.
"We will soon be announcing new measures which will lessen the impact of the proposed pension changes, particularly on our longest-serving employees nearing retirement age."
Roy Rickhuss, general secretary of the Community trade union, said Tata had given workers "no option" but to take industrial action.
He said: "The company has not shown any willingness to return to meaningful negotiations to find an end to this dispute.
"The company could avoid this by returning to the table." | Tata Steel workers across the UK will go on strike later this month in a row over pensions, unions have announced. | 1.124177 | 1 |
PwC did not disclose how much it paid for Praxism, which specialises in identity and access management (IDaM).
Praxism's founder and director, Derek Gordon, and 13 employees will join PwC's Edinburgh office, with one specialist located in Leeds.
Praxism works across a range of industries including healthcare, education and financial services.
Colin Slater, digital and cyber partner for PwC in Scotland, said: "Over the last six years, we've built a market-leading cyber security business and this acquisition provides a catalyst from which to expand our operations and build on our position as a trusted partner to solve complex identity and access problems.
"The acquisition will also significantly expand our cyber security team in Scotland, with a particular focus on our key markets including utilities, financial services, energy and public sector." | Business adviser PwC has strengthened its cyber security practice by buying an Edinburgh-based consultancy. | 1.063817 | 1 |
The Pioneering Spirit, owned by Allseas, used its vast lifting capacity for the first time to remove a platform for scrappage.
It carried out the operation on Monday, and is taking the platform to a Norwegian yard.
The ship's first lift was in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.
After the fitting of additional lifting equipment in the Netherlands, the ship is booked later this year to start work on platforms in the UK North Sea.
Its arrival begins to open up the market for scrapping ageing North Sea equipment, which is estimated as being worth around £40bn in the next four decades.
The Pioneering Spirit was built in Singapore and fitted out in Rotterdam.
It is also capable of lifting the steel jackets on which platforms have been sitting since the 1970s. | One of the world's biggest ships has begun a new era for the North Sea oil and gas industry. | 1.370051 | 1 |
The world number 11 from Antrim reached the semi-finals in 2009 and has also two quarter-final appearances.
Allen will take on Roberston, who is ranked 39th, on Sunday evening with the second session 24 hours later.
Defending champion Mark Selby has been drawn against Ireland's Fergal O'Brien in the first round.
Selby, 33, lifted the trophy for the second time last year with victory over China's Ding Junhui, who comes up against fellow countryman Zhou Yuelong.
Five-time winner Ronnie O'Sullivan plays Gary Wilson, world number two Judd Trump takes on Rory McLeod and Shaun Murphy meets 17-year-old Yan Bingtao. | Mark Allen will begin his World Championship bid against English qualifier Jimmy Robertson at the Crucible on Sunday. | 0.720751 | 1 |
The final Markit composite eurozone Purchasing Manages' Index (PMI), which combines manufacturing and services activity, rose to 54.2, its highest reading since May 2011.
Any reading above 50 indicates growth, while below 50 points to contraction.
Markit said the data pointed to second-quarter economic growth of 0.4%.
It comes despite concerns over the possibility of a messy Greek exit from the euro.
Speculation that Athens would miss a €1.6bn repayment to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday held back manufacturing activity in the month, Markit said.
But the European Central Bank's (ECB) massive €1 trillion bond-buying programme announced in March was beginning to help the service sector, with activity running at its fastest rate since mid-2011.
Markit said the ECB stimulus programme - combined with low inflation - had boosted spending and investment across the eurozone, as consumers and businesses splurged their cash in an attempt to beat expected price rises.
"Despite the escalation of the Greek crisis in the second half of the month, the final PMI for June came in slightly above the 'flash' estimate, suggesting the turmoil has so far had little discernible impact on the real economy," said Markit's chief economist, Chris Williamson.
But he noted companies continued to cut prices to help boost sales, as they have since early 2012.
The composite price index was 49.4, below May's reading of 49.5, suggesting prices are still falling and that the ECB's battle with low inflation across the currency bloc has some way to go yet, despite official estimates suggesting a slight increase in inflation.
Price discounting helped drive up the PMI covering the service industry, which makes up the bulk of the eurozone economy. It rose to 54.4 from May's 53.8. | Eurozone business activity rose at its fastest pace in four years in June, boosted by higher spending by consumers and businesses, a survey has indicated. | 1.254538 | 1 |
The woman, in her 70s, was alone at her home in Poole, Dorset, when two men knocked on her door and forced their way in.
They tied her up with duct tape before stealing her belongings.
Dorset Police are trying to trace a dark-coloured VW Golf, following the raid in Egmont Road, Hamworthy, which happened on Monday night.
Det Sgt Neil Wright said: "This was obviously a frightening ordeal for the victim, who was thankfully not injured.
"I would like to trace the whereabouts of this specific VW Golf and am appealing for information." | An elderly woman was tied up with tape while burglars ransacked her home, in a "frightening ordeal", police said. | 0.407068 | 0 |
Roedd rhan o nant yn Sir Gaerfyrddin wedi ei gorchuddio gyda rhwng "80 a 90% o ffwng carthffosiaeth", yn ôl swyddogion.
Fe glywodd Llys Ynadon Llanelli fod y nant yn agos at ddwy fferm sy'n cael eu gweithredu gan gwmni Cwrt Malle Ltd.
Y perchnogion ydi Howell a Susan Richards, ac mae ganddynt 1,900 o wartheg godro ar y fferm.
Clywodd y llys fod profion wedi cael eu cynnal gan swyddogion o Gyfoeth Naturiol Cymru ar yr afon ger fferm Cwrt Malle, lle'r oedd y dŵr yn "afliwiedig ac ewynnog, gydag arogl cryf".
Fe ddaeth dadansoddiad llygredd i'r casgliad fod lefelau uwch na beth sy'n ddiogel ar gyfer ocsigen yn y dŵr (sy'n cael ei fesur fel BOD).
Dywedodd yr erlynydd, John Tarrant mai tri BOD yw'r lefel derbyniol gan yr Undeb Ewropeaidd.
Ond roedd lefelau'r BOD yn y nant yn 5,178.
Ond er bod y lefelau yn uchel, nid oedd y gollyngiadau wedi lladd unrhyw bysgod nac achosi unrhyw niwed yn y tymor hir.
Hefyd, dywedodd Mr Tarrant wrth y llys fod Cwrt Malle eisoes wedi cael dirwy o £5,000 am drosedd debyg yn 2013.
Dywedodd cyfreithiwr yr amddiffyniad, Aled Owen, fod rhan o'r bai ar law trwm iawn a oedd wedi cwympo ar y tiroedd.
"Roeddynt wedi gweld y glawiad uchaf a gofnodwyd mewn 100 mlynedd," meddai.
"Mae hon yn fferm sy'n cael ei rhedeg yn dda iawn ac yn fferm fodern."
Mae Cwrt Malle Ltd wedi cyfaddef chwe trosedd o dorri rheoliadau amgylcheddol.
Fe ddigwyddodd pump o'r troseddau rhwng mis Rhagfyr 2015 a Medi 2016 yng Nghwrt Malle.
Fe ddigwyddodd y drosedd arall ar Fferm Wernolau ym mis Ionawr 2016.
Yn ogystal â dirwy o £ 36,000, mae'n rhaid i'r cwmni fferm hefyd dalu £ 8,500 o gostau erlyn. | Mae fferm laeth fwyaf Cymru wedi cael dirwy o £36,000 ar ôl i wastraff slyri gwartheg lygru nant gerllaw. | 0.456759 | 0 |
Floodwaters receded on Sunday but many villages were still inundated.
At least 151 people have been killed and nearly 500,000 displaced in the flooding and mudslides triggered by heavy rains on Friday.
Another 111 people are still missing, officials said. Military boats and helicopters are helping rescuers.
Sri Lanka's Daily Mirror newspaper said a second Indian naval ship, the INS Shardul, had arrived in Colombo with relief supplies and inflatable boats.
The INS Kirch arrived on Saturday.
Correspondents say rescue workers are using a break in the weather to deliver much-needed aid to the worst-hit areas.
The flooding is believed to be the worst since May 2003 when a similarly powerful monsoon from the southwest destroyed 10,000 homes and killed 250 people.
Most of the deaths in the latest floods were caused by landslides.
We're now in Weyangala village in the southern Kalutara district. The village is inundated after Friday's flood, with water levels well above homes, shops, places of worship and schools. Over 50 people died in this district, one of the worst affected.
The roads are completely under water.
Residents rely on boat services to get to their homes or source supplies. We see families and children waiting for supplies.
Thousands here have been displaced and are cut off from basic services. In addition to severe flooding, this village witnessed a mudslide that claimed seven lives, including those of six children.
Water levels are gradually receding in many areas but with more rain predicted on Monday residents are scared.
At least five mudslides were reported in Kalutara district and residents of the town of Baduraliya said it had been badly affected.
"Water came to our house. It's very bad for us because we can't go to school, tuition classes, and we can't go to the town. and many people face this situation. Many houses are flooded," Devindi Dissanayake told Reuters news agency.
Sri Lanka's Disaster Management Centre (DMC) also issued evacuation notices to residents along the Kelani river, which flows through the capital Colombo, as water levels were rising rapidly. | Sri Lankans recovering from devastating floods are bracing themselves for more rain as emergency teams rush to deliver aid. | 1.666677 | 2 |
The flight took off from Dunedin, New Zealand, on Thursday night, returning early on Friday to the same airport.
Otago Museum Director Dr Ian Griffin led the sold out expedition, which carried 134 people on its unique trip.
Speaking to the BBC, he said the "awesome" flight gave everyone "a spectacular display".
"Nobody has ever really done that before. This was a world first. People have done it in the northern hemisphere," he said, stressing that it was not as straightforward to plan as a normal flight.
"The aurora doesn't just appear in specific locations, it can move around a bit, and we were trying to chase it across the Southern Ocean, which was quite fun."
Passengers on the Air New Zealand flight, which was deliberately not fully booked so everyone could see out of the windows, were treated to spectacular displays visible to the naked eye.
The Boeing 767 flew through the aurora zone several times, going as far as 66 degrees south, or "two-thirds of the way to the south pole", in Dr Griffin's words.
For some passengers the trip was especially memorable.
"I can't ever imagine another experience quite like it in my lifetime... sipping champagne, eating a special aurora cupcake at 0001hrs 66S... as I welcomed the dawn of a new decade in my life, has to be up there with the very best life can offer," commented Frith Walker on Facebook.
Fellow passenger Taichi Nakamura was similarly grateful: "It was so amazing to see the huge auroras very close during the successful mission."
Despite the cost of tickets - NZ$4,000 ($2,800; £2,244) in economy, NZ$8,000 in business class - organisers expect to repeat the flight later in the year or in 2018.
The Aurora Australis is caused by the interaction of solar wind - a stream of charged particles escaping the Sun - and Earth's magnetic field and atmosphere. | Passengers on board what is thought to be the first charter flight to view the Southern Lights have been left awestruck by the display. | 1.993945 | 2 |
Lopez, 27, is wanted on loan by Swans boss Paul Clement, who has prioritised the recruitment of a central defender.
There is also a possibility that Wales international left-back Neil Taylor could leave Swansea before Tuesday evening's transfer window deadline.
Taylor, also 27, is a reported target for Championship club Aston Villa.
Lopez has struggled to secure a place in Benfica's side this season, having made only five league appearances, but could bolster a Swans defence which has conceded 51 Premier League goals this this term - the worst record in the top flight.
Meanwhile it is believed Villa have inquired about Taylor, who has competed for the left-back berth with Scottish youngster Stephen Kingsley for most of the season. but is currently sidelined with a cheek injury.
Competition for that place has increased as Clement recently signed Norwich left-back Martin Olsson for a fee of around £4m, and the Sweden international made his debut in the Swans' stunning 3-2 win at Liverpool in their last Premier League game.
St Asaph-born Taylor is a Wales regular and scored against Russia as Chris Coleman's squad reached the Euro 2016 semi-finals.
He joined Swansea in 2010 from Wrexham, who would receive a sell-on fee for Taylor under the terms of that deal.
Swansea City host Southampton in the Premier League on Tuesday with the January transfer deadline window closing for top-flight and Football League clubs at 23:00 GMT. | Swansea City are interested in signing Benfica and Argentina defender Lisandro Ezequiel Lopez to bolster their Premier League survival chances. | 1.011882 | 1 |
Stephen Miller told US media the court ruling was a "judicial usurpation of power" and that "the president's powers here are beyond question".
The court rejected Mr Trump's attempt to reinstate the ban on Thursday.
His executive order barred citizens from seven mainly Muslim countries from entering the US.
The ban caused chaos at US airports and sparked protests across the country.
Several lawsuits have been filed against the ban, and a federal judge has issued a temporary nationwide block on the travel ban.
Mr Trump has said he may fight the case in the courts, but could also consider issuing a new executive order.
Speaking on Fox News Sunday, Mr Miller accused the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals, which upheld the block on Mr Trump's order, of "overreaching".
He also told ABC's This Week: "We have equal branches of government in this country. The judiciary is not supreme."
Under the US system of checks and balances, courts can declare laws, or acts by the president, unconstitutional.
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The US government has argued that the president is best placed to make decisions about national security, and that the ban does not discriminate against Muslims.
But upholding the suspension last week, the three appeals court three judges said that the government had provided "no evidence that any foreigner from the countries named in the order" had carried out a terrorist attack on US soil.
Lawsuits against the ban have been launched in 14 states.
The states of Washington and Minnesota have argued that the travel ban is unconstitutional and harmful to their residents, businesses and universities.
Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson told ABC on Sunday the current order was "unlawful" and had an "improper motive" because it was intended to discriminate against Muslims.
If necessary, he could ask government officials to testify, and examine "documents and emails to get behind what truly motivated that executive order", he added.
What did the executive order say? | A top White House adviser has attacked the US federal appeals court for upholding a ruling suspending Mr Trump's travel ban order. | 1.441414 | 1 |
The family were about to take the Emirates airline cable car when they said a man apparently shouted: "Jews, go back to Isra-hell".
The father, 32, who does not wish to be named, said the man shouted "quite aggressively", terrifying the children.
Police are looking into the incident which took place on Monday.
The family said they were on Western Gateway, Newham, at about 15:15 BST when they were abused.
The father said: "I heard shouting, quite aggressively, aimed towards myself and my family."
The alleged abuser was himself with two children and a woman when he shouted the abuse, he said.
The father said he told them: "Jews, go back to Isra-hell. Don't come round here, go to Stamford Hill, you're not welcome'."
Stamford Hill is an area of north London known for its strong links to the Jewish community.
The six children are aged 10, eight, seven, five, three and nine weeks.
"He continued again and again," the father added.
"He sounded very aggressive. My children all started crying, they were terrified. They were very scared and they didn't sleep that night at all.
"I don't think they will forget this very quickly. It was disgusting."
Jewish community security group Shomrim, which is supporting the family, released the footage recorded by the victim.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "Detectives in Newham are investigating an allegation of anti-Semitic abuse which was reported to police on Monday, August 22." | A video has emerged of a Jewish family, including six young children, facing anti-Semitic abuse while on a day out in east London. | 1.050252 | 1 |
Mikhail Lesin also had blunt force injuries to the neck, torso, arms and legs, Washington DC's chief medical examiner said.
The 57-year-old was found at the city's Dupont Circle hotel.
Lesin was former Russian press minister and a one-time head of the powerful Gazprom-Media Holding group.
After his death, his family members were quoted by Russian media as saying that he had a heart attack.
The chief medical examiner provided no further details from the post-mortem examination.
Meanwhile, police spokesman Dustin Sternbeck said the case remained under investigation, the Washington Post reported.
He declined to say whether the post-mortem examination results meant a crime may have been committed.
Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Moscow was now expecting "clarification from Washington and relevant official data on the progress of the investigation".
In 2014, Mississippi Senator Roger Wicker called for an investigation into Lesin, saying his fortune "raises serious questions".
The senator said Lesin had bought property worth $28m (£19.6m) in Los Angeles for his family after finishing work as a civil servant.
Sen Wicker asked how a former civil servant would have been able to buy and maintain expensive property, and expressed concern the purchase may have involved people and groups on a US sanctions list.
The senator also said Lesin "led the Kremlin's effort to censor Russia's independent television outlets".
Lesin was for a long time considered one of the most influential figures on the Russian media scene and in the corridors of power.
He worked as an aide to the presidency between 2004 and 2009, when he helped advise on the creation of the news channel Russia Today (now known as RT).
He resigned from Gazprom-Media in 2014.
After his death, President Putin spoke of Lesin's "enormous contribution" to Russian media. | A former aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who was found dead in the US last year, died of blunt force trauma to the head, officials say. | 1.270388 | 1 |
Craig Melville is alleged to have sent the messages to Nadia El-Nakla, who works as a parliamentary assistant, the day after the Paris terror attacks.
Mr Melville was suspended by the SNP and resigned as a councillor when the allegations came to light.
He denies the charge and will stand trial in October.
Mr Melville, 36, entered a not guilty plea at Dundee Sheriff Court through his solicitors.
Court documents state that Mr Melville faces a charge of behaving in a threatening and abusive manner towards Ms El-Nakla between 13 November and 15 November 2015.
Prosecutors allege he behaved in a way "likely to cause a reasonable person fear and alarm" by sending a series of messages that "contained threatening, abusive and derogatory remarks regarding Muslims".
The charge is alleged to have been aggravated by religious prejudice.
Sheriff George Way set a trial for 18 October and ordered Mr Melville to attend a pre-trial hearing in September. | A former Dundee SNP councillor will stand trial accused of sending "threatening and abusive" text messages to a Muslim activist. | 0.945409 | 1 |
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