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After Saturday's loss to Harlequins Fisher, who was number two to director of rugby David Humphreys, appeared to suggest on Twitter he was leaving.
He met Gloucester officials on Monday and it was mutually agreed he would leave immediately.
"Gloucester would like to thank Laurie for his hard work," the club said.
"We would like to wish him well in his future endeavours."
Former Brumbies coach Fisher joined the Cherry and Whites in 2014.
Gloucester are ninth in the Premiership table, but have qualified for the European Challenge Cup quarter-finals this season after topping their group with five wins from six. | Gloucester head coach Laurie Fisher has left the Premiership club, two days after the Australian said he needed to "make room for someone else". | 0.545928 | 1 |
Cedric Herrou has housed dozens of migrants in caravans on his farm in the Roya valley, in south-east France.
He has been hailed by supporters as a humanitarian and has vowed to continue helping migrants, which he characterises as a civic duty.
Immigration is a key issue ahead of elections in April and May.
The Nice prosecutor had asked for an eight-month suspended sentence.
Mr Herrou, 37, has become a symbol of ordinary Europeans who have taken action to aid migrants fleeing war or poverty in the Middle East and Africa.
During his trial last month he said he had taken action because "there are people who have a problem".
"There are people who have died on the highway, there are families that are suffering, and there is a state which has put borders in place and has absolutely no control over the consequences," the Le Monde newspaper quoted him as saying.
The farmer continues to house teenagers from Sudan and Eritrea on his property, reports say.
Mr Herrou was acquitted of other charges, including one related to placing 50 Eritreans in a disused holiday resort owned by state rail company SNCF.
There have been several similar cases in southern French courts, the AFP news agency says. | A French farmer has been convicted and given a suspended €3,000 (£2,500; $3,200) fine for helping migrants cross the French-Italian border. | 1.776221 | 2 |
His side lost all six of their matches at the 2015 World Cup.
"We were absolutely gutted not to win a game at the World Cup in the spring, but we were really close," Bradburn told BBC Scotland.
"The side have made big gains in the last 12 months and I couldn't be happier with where the guys are at."
The Scots fly out to Abu Dhabi this weekend for a training camp as they begin preparations for the T20 World Cup in India in March and Bradburn believes they are close to recording a historic first win over one of the top cricketing nations.
"Currently we sit 12th in the world in T20 and 13th in one-day cricket and our major aim is to break into that top 10 eventually," said the New Zealander.
"That might not seem a lot, but there are some powerful associate (non-Test playing) members competing for that honour as well.
"Don't forget that Scotland have never won a match at the World Cup before and we've never beaten a full member nation.
"Myself and my squad believe that that time is coming and we're just keeping our heads down and building our skills to a point where we know that, if we can get over the line against a full member nation, this side has every ability to break into that top 10 eventually.
"It is a real credit to the squad for embracing that and making the changes that we know we need to make."
Scotland's first target is to become the top associate nation and they will have to come through a group also containing Hong Kong, Zimbabwe and Afghanistan if they are to face the full member nations in the Second/Super 10 round in India.
"This side has made some huge strides since the World Cup down under in early 2015," said Bradburn.
"We are very confident in our white ball game. We love playing one-day cricket and we love T20 and we've got a very skilled T20 side.
"There's no reason why we can't go to that pre-qualifier to the World Cup very confident, but we're well aware we're up against some very good sides and that, in T20, anything can happen." | Scotland are targeting a place in the top 10 of world cricket, with head coach Grant Bradburn claiming his squad have made huge strides. | 0.969114 | 1 |
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UFC champion McGregor faces legendary American boxer Mayweather, 40, in Las Vegas on 26 August in a boxing match that could earn both men $100m.
Four-time super-middleweight world champion Froch told BBC Sport: "Everyone expects Mayweather to win.
"But McGregor is 29. He is young, fit, hungry and confident."
Nottingham's Froch added: "I know McGregor is not a boxer; he's a cage fighter.
"But Mayweather could just come unstuck early on and might get caught with something. That's the big concern. It's a fascinating match."
Froch retired in July 2015, 14 months after knocking out George Groves to retain the WBA and IBF titles at Wembley Stadium.
He won 33 of his 35 fights, with 24 victories by knockout, but has no intention of following Mayweather's example by making a comeback.
"I'm 40 years old now and have been retired for three years," Froch said. "It's too long to be out of the ring and then come back at a competitive level.
"I'm nearly 14 stone and box at 12 stone. For me to boil myself to 12 stone would be dangerous for a start.
"I retired because I was feeling the pace. Boxing felt like work in my last couple of fights and it had never felt like work. I was doing something I enjoy. Doing something you are good at and enjoy doesn't feel like work.
"I've have had a fantastic career. I was a four-time world champion and retired on a high. To fill Wembley Stadium with a boxing event was unprecedented. It was the biggest fight post-war." | Floyd Mayweather's two-year break from boxing gives Conor McGregor a chance of causing an upset in their controversial cross-code fight, says Carl Froch. | 1.183277 | 1 |
IORA consists of 20 coastal states bordering the Indian Ocean and has been chaired by Australia since 2013.
Trade, maritime safety and fisheries management are expected to be on the agenda of Friday's meeting.
Ms Bishop has also scheduled bilateral talks with her Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi.
Correspondents say another topic likely to be discussed at the talks is smoke from illegal forest burning in Indonesia that has blighted the air across much of South East Asia for several weeks.
The haze generated by the fires is damaging to the environment and to people's health, and also threaten wildlife.
In a statement before leaving for the talks in Padang, Ms Bishop said Australia had made the "blue economy" the primary focus for regional co-operation - hosting workshops and funding collaborative activities in aquaculture, fisheries, ocean forecasting and climate adaption.
"Australia introduced women's economic empowerment as an IORA priority, working through the International Trade Centre in Geneva to help women who own small businesses to build their export competitiveness.
"We sponsored the IORA search and rescue agreement, in the wake of the MH370 disaster, and convened forums facilitating greater engagement by the business community in IORA. "
Ms Bishop said Friday's meeting was "an important opportunity to progress these initiatives and promote Australia's growing strategic and economic engagement in the Indian Ocean region". | Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop will hand on the chair of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) to Indonesia at a meeting in West Sumatra. | 2.102862 | 2 |
Leeds-born Cox said the medals had been taken from her car that was parked outside of her house in Prestwich, Bury.
The 26-year-old took gold in the T37 women's 100m and T35-38 4x100m relay at the 2015 World Championships in Doha.
She tweeted: "I'm just gutted. My first worlds medals for both sports, worth more than any amount of money."
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In the plea posted on social media earlier she wrote: "Got home yest 2 find some1 had got into my car n cause I'd been filming just before my worlds medals were in there! Pls help me find them."
She spent the evening in London on Thursday and only discovered their loss when she got home.
Cox, who had a stroke aged 23, and was later diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, became the first Briton since 1988 to win a medal in two sports at the same Paralympics.
She also took athletics silver in the 4x100m relay and bronze in the 100m, and was picked to be Britain's flagbearer at the Rio closing ceremony. | Double Paralympic champion Kadeena Cox MBE has had two of her IPC Athletics World Championships medals stolen. | 1.018076 | 1 |
Members of Aslef and the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union were due to walkout for 24 hours on Saturday in a row over jobs.
Workers were due to protest at Night Tube drivers being "blocked" from applying for full-time roles.
Aslef said both unions had suspended their actions after "clarification" from London Underground (LU) of a proposal to end the dispute.
Aslef's Finn Brennan said: "Our aim has always been to make sure that Night Tube drivers were not forced to remain in the role indefinitely, while new recruits took up full-time positions.
"The new proposal means that LU will fill full-time vacancies from waiting lists in-line with agreements and Night Tube drivers will not be 'jumped' by new recruits."
RMT general secretary Mick Cash said the action had "forced London Underground to see sense and stop discriminating against Night Tube drivers over their career progression".
LU's operations director Peter McNaught said: "When we introduced the service we promised to provide career progression for Night Tube train drivers and we remain committed to doing so."
The proposals will be put to a ballot of Aslef members with a recommendation to accept.
London mayor Sadiq Khan said he was "pleased" unnecessary strike disruption for Londoners had been avoided. | A strike by Night Tube drivers planned for this weekend has been called off. | 1.197725 | 1 |
The 23-year-old cross-code convert represented Samoa in rugby league before his move to Sale.
He is also eligible for New Zealand, having been born and raised there.
"Obviously I'm enjoying playing here. I've been here for three years and it's the choice I want to make," he said.
"I confided in my coach and my family and they support me."
A court case is currently ongoing in which Super League side Castleford are suing Solomona, Sale and his agent Andy Clark over his move to the Premiership side.
Solomona, who grew up playing rugby union in Auckland, moved to England in 2014 from Australian rugby league side Melbourne Storm when he joined then Super League outfit London Broncos, before moving to Castleford Tigers after one season.
He has scored 11 tries in 11 appearances for the Sharks since his controversial cross-code move on a three-year deal from Cas, prompting reports he could play for the Lions in New Zealand this summer.
But, having not played international rugby union, Solomona's more likely first recognition could be on England's tour to Argentina in June.
"I just want to focus on what I need to work on and that's here at Sale. If England comes this summer, it comes, if it doesn't, it doesn't," he told BBC Sport.
"There is always next year or the year after, but at the moment I'm trying to enhance my skills as a rugby union player."
Solomona was contracted to Castleford until 2018 when he moved to the Sharks, and unhappy fans have given Solomona personal abuse on social media after it was claimed he resigned from rugby league.
"That's what comes with the job," Solomona said. "If you're not hated, you're not doing something right - simple.
"The Sale coaching staff have been really good and they've helped me with the background stuff to help me block it out with what I need to do on the field.
"Playing is a release for life - if you go out there you can forget everything and you can focus on one thing and that is to win."
Asked if he can understand Castleford's frustrations, he responded: "100%. Everyone has their frustrations and problems but life moves on.
"We're months out from it now, I've moved on and I'm sure they'll move on too." | Sale Sharks winger Denny Solomona has declared himself available for England after completing his three-year residency period and signing the relevant paperwork. | 0.997482 | 1 |
Moore, 69, said the women's game "rides on the coat-tails" of the men - a view described as "sexist" by the United States Tennis Association (USTA).
Women's world number one Serena Williams said Moore's statement was "offensive and very inaccurate".
But her male counterpart, Novak Djokovic, claimed his tour should fight for more money.
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Moore said female players "should get down on their knees" in thanks to male counterparts such as Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. The South African - a former player - later apologised for his "erroneous" remarks.
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova said Moore's comments were "extremely prejudiced", adding female players may boycott Indian Wells if Moore stayed.
Djokovic, who won the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells on Sunday, described Moore's remarks as "not politically correct".
But the 28-year-old Serb suggested men should get more prize money because more people watch their matches.
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There has been equal prize money in all four majors - the Australian Open, US Open, French Open and Wimbledon - since 2007, and combined Masters events such as Indian Wells and Miami pay the same to men and women.
In a statement, Indian Wells tournament owner Larry Ellison said: "Ray let me know he has decided to step down from his roles as CEO and tournament director effective immediately. I fully understand his decision."
Speaking in a BBC Radio 5 live special on equality in sport, former badminton world champion Gail Emms said: "If was Novak Djokovic, I would feel aggrieved as well."
The Briton, an Olympic silver medallist, added: "I don't like saying this, but it is easier to be a top female athlete than it is for males, because purely on numbers, how hard you've got to work to get up there.
"I'm not saying the top female athletes don't work hard, and the ones at the top are fantastic athletes and sacrifice and dedicate a lot. It's just a numbers game."
Other arguments so far: | Indian Wells tournament chief Raymond Moore has quit after his controversial comments about women's tennis. | 1.602509 | 2 |
9 February 2017 Last updated at 16:44 GMT
That's what some kids in the Sichuan province of China have to do.
They used to have to climb up cliffs and old rickety wooden stairs but now a new giant metal staircase is making a huge difference.
Take a look. | Imagine if you had to climb 800 metres to get to your home on the top of a huge cliff? | 1.361435 | 1 |
Auckland Castle was in danger of being sold off by the Church Commissioners, but was saved with a £15m donation by businessman Jonathan Ruffer.
It has now been transferred to a newly created charitable trust.
Paintings by Spanish artist Francisco Zurbaran, which have hung there for 250 years, are also included in the deal.
The Auckland Castle and Zurbaran Trusts plan to turn the former home of the Bishops of Durham into a heritage tourist attraction.
Rowena Hackwood, chief executive of the Auckland Castle Trust, said: "It's been a long haul but we've got there.
"The castle and the paintings have been saved for the people of the North East, which was always the most important factor in all of the negotiations.
"For 800 years the region has served the castle, now we want to turn the tables and make sure that the castle becomes the servant of its surroundings."
The Right Reverend Justin Welby, Bishop of Durham, said: "I look forward to seeing the excellent work that has now started being developed over the coming months, and being brought fully into fruition." | A County Durham castle, home to a collection of 17th Century religious paintings, has been handed over to its new owners. | 1.941769 | 2 |
Sonya Warren was declared the new councillor for the multi-member ward of Buckie, with 1,485 votes.
Independent Norman Caldwell came second with 696 votes, with Conservative Tim Eagle third on 315.
Independent councillor Joe Mackay died in January, leading to the by-election. The turnout was 32.3%. The 26-member Moray Council is led by an Independent and Conservative coalition.
The result means that the number of SNP councillors is now 11, equal to the number in the administration group.
The SNP also won council by-elections in Fife and West Lothian on Thursday. | The SNP has won a Moray by-election following the death of a councillor. | 0.577722 | 1 |
Nine Turkish activists died in clashes after the Israeli commandos boarded the Mavi Marmara. Seven of the commandos were also wounded.
The incident led to a major rift in relations between Turkey and Israel.
If the four are convicted, the court could issue a warrant for their arrest.
The Mavi Marmara was carrying 600 pro-Palestinian activists towards the Gaza coast when it was intercepted by the Israeli navy in international waters in May 2010.
Israel insists that its commandos acted in self-defence after they came under attack by Turkish activists on the boat.
The Israeli embassy in Ankara has called the trial a "unilateral political act with no judicial credibility".
It says the issue should be dealt with through dialogue between Israel and Turkey.
A UN inquiry found that Israel's blockade was "a legitimate security measure" and that Israeli troops had faced "significant, organised and violent resistance" when they boarded the ship.
However, it said Israel's decision to board the ship and the use of substantial force was "excessive and unreasonable".
Israel, which carried out its own investigation into the raid, has expressed regret for the loss of lives.
In May, Turkish prosecutors charged four retired Israeli military commanders. Among the indictments are "inciting murder through cruelty or torture".
The accused are former Israel army chief of staff Gen Gabi Ashkenazi, ex-naval chief Vice Admiral Eliezer Marom, former head of military intelligence Maj Gen Amos Yadlin, and former head of the air force Brig Gen Avishai Lev.
Nearly 500 people who were on board the ship during the raid are expected to give evidence.
International pressure following the deadly raid led Israel to ease its blockade of the Gaza Strip, allowing in more food products. | A court in Istanbul has begun the trial in absentia of four ex-Israeli military commanders over the deadly raid on a Turkish boat as it tried to break the blockade of Gaza in 2010. | 1.695969 | 2 |
Harvey was previously a director at Club Wembley, working at Wembley Stadium for nearly six years.
"We are delighted to welcome Heath into the Saracens family," Saracens chairman Nigel Wray told the club website.
"His proven commercial success combined with an innovative, professional but inclusive approach, made him an obvious choice for the board."
In March, Saracens announced that Edward Griffiths, the club's CEO for the last seven years, would be leaving at the end of the season.
Harvey, who has previously worked in the golf industry, added: "It is an enormous privilege to be joining Saracens Rugby Club as CEO.
"It has been my pleasure to have watched Saracens grow their audience of loyal fans, year on year, to reach world record levels, and it is this bold vision and relentless ambition that attracted me to join the club." | Premiership champions Saracens have appointed Heath Harvey as the club's new Chief Executive Officer. | 0.711423 | 1 |
The new scheme will include an increase in mileage and nutrition expenses plus a special fund for former players.
A working group to examine demands on inter-county players is also being set up amid current widespread concerns.
The agreement between Croke Park and the GPA will see the players body have a bigger input into GAA policy.
Monday's agreement means Croke Park's funding for the GPA will more than double from the previous agreement in 2011.
For this first time, the GPA will also receive a percentage of commercial revenues which has been factored into the estimated annual £5.2m sums.
The current mileage rate of just under 42 pence is being increased to over 54 pence with a pot of just over £1m being provided annually for the new overall nutrition allowance for players.
The scheme will also see the GPA having the right to submit one motion to Annual Congress and the players body having an additional Congress delegate.
"The increased commitment involved in playing our games at inter-county level has been commonly acknowledged for some time," said GAA president Aogan O Fearghail at the announcement.
"We are serious about the welfare of our players and will continue to work with the GPA to safeguard that welfare," he said.
GPA president Dessie Farrell described the agreement as "another historic milestone" for the two organisations.
"This three-year agreement now establishes a long-term commitment to link player welfare and development with the GAA's commercial success which is highly significant," added the former Dublin footballer.
Under the scheme, some £167,000 will be available annually to deal with what is termed "surgical interventions" for former players. | The GAA and Gaelic Players Association have unveiled a new £15.6m agreement to run from 2017-19 aimed at improving conditions for inter-county players. | 1.134193 | 1 |
It said in a statement that it was trying to flag the image as inappropriate but instead mistakenly included it in a message.
The tweet was deleted after approximately an hour but not before it had been retweeted hundreds of times.
The airline said it regretted the error and was reviewing its processes.
The image, which featured a naked woman and a toy plane, had originally been sent to the company's Twitter account by another user, it said.
It was then attached to a tweet that was sent to a US Airways customer who had taken to the social network to express her frustration that her flight was delayed.
Once the mistake had been realised US Airways deleted the offending tweet and issued an apology.
"We apologise for an inappropriate image recently shared as a link in one of our responses. We've removed the tweet and are investigating," it said on its Twitter feed.
The company has more than 420,000 followers on its Twitter account and has not tweeted since.
US Airways is merged with American Airlines, who were also caught up in a Twitter controversy on Monday after a 14-year old Dutch girl sent a tweet to the airline implying she was part of al-Qaeda group and planning an attack.
American Airlines responded via Twitter saying that her details would be passed to the FBI for investigation.
Both tweets have now been deleted and the girl's Twitter account has been suspended.
Dutch police said that Twitter had disclosed to them the internet address that the tweet was written from and that they had questioned a 14-year-old girl who had now been released pending further enquiries.
However, other copycat tweets now appear to be being sent to American Airlines from other teenagers' Twitter accounts, according to the Washington Post. | US Airways has apologised after an explicit photo was sent from its official Twitter account in response to a customer complaint. | 1.258014 | 1 |
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He won two individual golds and a further gold in the mixed relay to help the British team improve on the two medals - a silver and a bronze - they won when the championships were last held in 2013.
Tom Daley won gold and bronze in the diving event in the first week of the championships.
NB: Tables last updated 9 August, 2015 at 19:00 BST | Adam Peaty led the way with three gold medals as Great Britain finished the championships with a record haul of medals. | 0.582061 | 1 |
Rodgers has been tipped for a summer return to the club he left in 2012 for Liverpool following his departure from Anfield in October.
Guidolin is contracted to the Swans for the remainder of the season.
"I'm not uncomfortable when people talk about Brendan Rogers or any other names that are mentioned," Guidolin said.
"It is no problem for me, I am focused on my job, so no problem."
Swansea and Wales defender Neil Taylor told BBC Wales Sport the players would welcome Rodgers' return.
Guidolin, himself linked to the Italy manager's role, reiterated that he wants to remain in charge of the club for next season.
"My future is not important at the moment, but sure I'd like to stay on after this season," he confirmed.
"If I have the possibility to work here in the future I am very happy, but I don't know."
Swansea opened up a 10-point advantage over the Premier League bottom three before the international break, thanks to their tense 1-0 victory over Aston Villa.
Guidolin believes another four points from their remaining seven fixtures will be enough to secure survival.
"I think another four points would be good enough to stay up but it's not finished yet," he said. | Swansea manager Francesco Guidolin is unconcerned about speculation linking Brendan Rodgers with the managerial role at the Liberty Stadium. | 0.948522 | 1 |
Addressing creative industry members at City Hall, he said he recognised the importance of the sector to "London's well-being."
He said the new role would involve ensuring "grassroots" and independent venues were not forced to close.
Noise complaints and licensing rules have hit nightlife in certain boroughs.
"We can't rest on our laurels. We are facing stiff global competition," Mr Khan said.
Alan Miller, the chairman of the Night Time Industries Association, welcomed plans to adopt the "Agent of Change" principle - that a new nightclub is responsible for soundproofing its premises, but builders who locate housing near an existing venue should pay for their own.
"People who move to places like Peckham and Hackney should recognise that [the nightlife]'s there and not be surprised when they move in," he said.
"In the boroughs there are still some problematic views about nightlife. Licensing authorities can view venues as a nuisance rather than cultural assets."
He added that the Night Tube would help to reduce noise by dispersing people from venues over a longer period.
Ben Rogers, the director of the Centre for London, said he would like to see less "over-zealous policing" of venues.
"The police don't have much sense of the value of a night-time economy so a couple of small infringements - like someone caught with drugs, or under age - and the venue is in real trouble."
The mayor also announced he would launch "a number of Creative Enterprise Zones" where arts and culture would get "extra support to flourish".
Each year a different London borough will be the focus of an arts celebration.
Mr Rogers said taking the arts beyond traditional institutions was increasingly popular with the public, and a focus on places outside the West End would encourage culture to go "out on the streets". | Sadiq Khan has vowed to make cultural life a "top four" priority and appoint a "night czar" to protect London's under-threat pub and club scene. | 1.289641 | 1 |
The results, which beat forecasts, were also helped by strong sales of clothing and children's products.
Target said it had been concentrating on a narrower product range in "signature categories".
The retailer, which has been seeking to cut costs this year, also raised its profit guidance for the full-year.
It now expects adjusted earnings of $4.50 to $4.65 a share, compared with an earlier forecast of $4.45 to $4.65.
Chief executive Brian Cornell said: "We're encouraged to see early progress on our strategic priorities, including strong sales growth in apparel, home and beauty, nearly 40 percent growth in digital sales, and positive traffic in both our stores and digital channels."
The company is still paying for a massive breach of customer data in December 2013, when up to 70 million customers had payment card and personal data stolen from the its databases.
Altogether, the breach has cost the company $166m, and it cost a further $3m in the first quarter of 2015.
As part of its cost cutting plans, in March the retailer outlined plans to shed several thousand jobs over the next several years.
In January, Target announced that it was pulling out of the Canadian market with a $5.4bn loss. | US retail giant Target has reported a 52% increase in quarterly earnings to $635m (£409m), helped by a boost from online sales. | 1.295692 | 1 |
The Championship Rams turned a one-goal half-time deficit into a 2-1 victory to book a place in the fourth round.
McClaren told BBC Radio Derby: "We told them to keep their composure We were causing them problems and controlling the game.
"How the players kept their composure and came back, credit to them."
Darren Bent and Tom Ince scored goals three minutes apart in response to Matt Phillips putting the hosts ahead in the first half.
And McClaren was keen to point out the contribution of a massive following from Derby.
"I had heard 6,000 were coming along and they were going to fill behind the goal," continued McClaren.
"We said to the players that it's a cup tie and there's 6,000 fans coming to watch, so there's a reason why we've got to fight, we've got to react and come back.
"I'm so pleased for the players, I'm so pleased for the fans and very proud of them." | Manager Steve McClaren praised Derby County's control as they came from behind to knock Premier League West Brom out of the FA Cup. | 0.590821 | 1 |
Twenty people were killed when German planes attacked Newport with bombs and cannon fire in April 1943.
Christine Pascoe, 79, who was among the injured, had campaigned for the victims not to be "forgotten".
Isle of Wight Council said it would be erecting a plaque somewhere in the area which was targeted in the raid.
Mrs Pascoe, who was nine at the time, was in her family's home in Chapel Street when the house next door received a direct hit.
She was unconscious for a month. Her 36-year-old mother, Eva, and 18 other civilians along with one airman, lost their lives.
Welcoming the announcement, Mrs Pascoe said: "Now it's the 70th anniversary a plaque would mean a lot of me as I do think the victims have been forgotten.
"It's just to let people know the bombs did hit Newport."
A 70th anniversary memorial service is being held at St John's Church on Sunday, 7 April. The church itself was also damaged in the air raid. | A memorial to the victims of a World War II air raid on the Isle of Wight is to be erected 70 years after the attack. | 1.828876 | 2 |
The power is designed to be used if the assembly or the Northern Ireland secretary thinks a Stormont party or one of its ministers is in breach of their commitments to non-violence, peace and democracy.
Politicians found to be in breach can be excluded from office for periods between three and 12 months.
On their own, Peter Robinson's Democratic Unionists have the 30 members of the Northern Ireland Assembly necessary to table an exclusion motion.
But for such a resolution to pass there has to be a cross-community vote.
Sinn Féin could block such a vote because its MLAs represent a clear majority of nationalists in the assembly.
If such a cross-community vote did not pass, Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers has the power to direct the exclusion of Sinn Féin from office.
If all the other members of the Stormont coalition were demanding this, Ms Villiers would have to seriously consider the option.
While Mr Robinson has talked about using the exclusion power, such a prospect remains some way off.
What will prove crucial in the coming days and weeks will be the security assessments from the Chief Constable, George Hamilton, and the Northern Ireland secretary about whether the Provisional IRA ceasefire is intact, and what role the organisation continues to play in 2015, a decade after it announced an end to its armed campaign. | The power of exclusion which the First Minister, Peter Robinson, wants to talk to other parties about is contained in the 1998 law which put the Good Friday Agreement into effect. | 2.062516 | 2 |
Levi, 27, first joined to play Twenty20 cricket in 2013 and next season will be his fourth at Wantage Road.
"I'm really excited to be part of next year's squad and looking forward to continuing my success with the Steelbacks," he told the club website.
Levi played 13 Twenty20 internationals for the Proteas in 2012 but signed for Northants as a Kolpak player last year.
Kolpak contracts are signed by foreign players, using a European Court ruling so they are not counted as an overseas player.
Since the end of the 2015 English season, Levi has played for South African side Cape Cobras as an opening batsman.
He boasts the second highest number of sixes in any T20 international innings, hitting 13 on his way to 117 not out against New Zealand in 2012. | South African batsman Richard Levi has signed a new two-year deal with Northants for all formats of the game. | 0.723752 | 1 |
The man, in his 20s, suffered life-threatening injuries when he was hit by the train at Stockwell, south London, on Friday.
British Transport Police said that while he remained critical, his condition was now considered "stable".
Transport for London (TfL) said the station was not overcrowded.
Nick Brown, from TfL, said the accident involved a train entering the Northern Line platform of the underground station at about 09:00 BST.
He said the organisation had "established that, while the station was busy, the platform was not overcrowded".
Eyewitnesses described the incident as "horrific".
Twitter user Super D said he saw the man get hit by the train "as he bent over to get his bag".
Others said people were screaming when they heard the impact and saw others attempting to help him before paramedics arrived. | A man struck by a rush-hour Tube train when it is believed he bent down to pick up a bag is in a stable condition in hospital, police have said. | 1.476137 | 1 |
They started arriving at Poldhu Cove on the Lizard on Sunday, and National Trust volunteers have been clearing them away as they are said to pose a risk to wildlife.
The bottles are sealed, but witnesses say some have leaked.
The National Trust said it believed a container had gone overboard from a ship, during the stormy weather.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency said: "While it is fact that the MV Blue Ocean lost a container containing bottles of 'Vanish', there is no currently available evidence that the bottles washed up on the Cornish coast are from this container; all evidence is currently circumstantial."
It is thought the vessel lost the container near Land's End in May.
The BBC has contacted Vanish, but the company is yet to comment.
Other nearby coves including Gunwalloe, Polurrian, Church Cove and Marazion have also been affected, conservationists said.
Cornwall Wildlife Trust said it was "highly concerned" about the impact on "sensitive marine life".
Justin Whitehouse, from the National Trust, said: "The main worry is all that detergent going into our beautiful marine environment, but thankfully most are full.
"We think it's a container that has gone overboard from a container ship, during stormy seas."
Cornwall Council said the authority and partners, including the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and Natural England, would be monitoring beaches in the area.
It said: "The National Trust who own the beach at Poldhu have arranged for the bottles to be cleared away.
"In the meantime the public are advised to keep children and dogs at a safe distance from the bottles should any more be washed up.
"No attempt should be made to recover the bottles." | Thousands of bright pink plastic detergent bottles have washed up on beaches in Cornwall. | 2.15106 | 2 |
14 July 2016 Last updated at 11:01 BST
Bombardier was showing off its new aircraft at the Farnborough Airshow, ahead of the plane's commercial debut this week when airline Swiss begins flights.
The BBC's Theo Leggett went to Farnborough to look inside a 'giant gamble' that almost brought Bombardier to its knees. | After years of speculation about the financial viability of Bombardier's C-Series aircraft programme, the Canadian company says things are back on track. | 0.616658 | 1 |
The company's shares dropped to a new record low of 69p on Monday, helping push the FTSE 100 down 2%.
Analysts warned slumping metal prices could leave Glencore shares almost worthless because of its heavy debts.
Fears over Glencore's £20bn debt pile have seen its shares drop more than 30% in the past month.
More than £3.5bn was wiped off Glencore's market value after a warning from analysts at Investec.
They wrote that low metals prices "could see almost all equity value eliminated" at the Switzerland-based company.
They also questioned how much Glencore could raise from selling its agriculture division, as "valuing such a volatile business is likely to be tough".
Glencore hopes to generate up to $12bn (£7.9bn) from the sale of its grains business to reduce its debt burden.
The Investec analysts said that without major restructuring, Glencore and another debt-laden mining firm, Anglo American, could see their value "evaporate".
Shares in London-listed Anglo American also fell 10%.
Hunter Hillcoat, an analyst at Investec, said: "Mining companies gorged themselves on cheap debt in a race to grow production following the Chinese stimulus that occurred in the wake of the great financial crisis.
"The consequences are only now coming home to roost, as mines take a long time to build."
Fears of a slowdown in China's economy has weighed on metal prices, with copper, aluminium and nickel all down more than 25% compared to a year ago. | Shares in commodity giant Glencore plunged almost 30% after analysts raised fears about lower metal prices. | 1.44014 | 1 |
He said the Bank took "timely, comprehensive and concrete" action, which acted to "support, cushion and help the economy to adjust".
Last month's rate cut to an historic low of 0.25% helped support house prices and the wider economy, he added.
He added he was "absolutely serene" about the Bank's preparations for the impact from the Brexit vote.
Mr Carney was being questioned by MPs on the Treasury Select Committee about how the Bank handled the referendum outcome and its decision to cut interest rates to a record low.
The Bank was criticised by Brexit supporters for saying the economy would be hit from a vote to leave the EU.
But Mr Carney said the Bank's decisions had so far been "validated".
The "extraordinary preparations" made by the Bank "cushioned" the economy and will help the UK "make a success of Brexit", he told MPs on the Treasury Select Committee.
He said the Bank's actions were made in an effort "to help make the leaving of the EU a success as quickly as possible".
"This financial system, under the oversight of the Bank of England, sailed through what was a surprise to the vast majority of financial market participants," Mr Carney said.
MPs questioned whether the Bank was too aggressive in supporting the economy after the vote.
The UK's services, manufacturing and construction industries have all showed signs of recovery in August after taking a hit in July.
However, Mr Carney said he was "absolutely comfortable" with the Bank's decision to cut interest rates to 0.25% and pump billions of pounds into the economy.
He added that it is "welcome there is a rebound" in the economy.
Mr Carney said there has been quite a considerable improvement in mortgage borrowing costs "and we are seeing pass through of our actions".
When Labour MP Rachel Reeves raised concerns that the majority of lenders had yet to pass on the full cut in rates, Mr Carney said the Bank expected "virtually" all the rate cut to be passed on to borrowers in the next few months. | Bank of England Governor Mark Carney has defended his action to mitigate the impact of Brexit. | 1.318399 | 1 |
A Chinese man and three Hong Kong nationals are facing life in prison after the seizure.
Authorities said the 720 litres (160 gallons) of liquid methamphetamine was sent from Hong Kong.
Justice Minister Michael Keenan said crime gangs had sought to profit from Australia's "lucrative ice market".
He said it was among the largest drug busts in the country's history.
"Ice" is a street name for methamphetamine in Australia.
The liquid seized in Sydney could have made 500kg (1,100 pounds) of high-grade crystal meth, Australian Federal Police (AFP) Commander Chris Sheehan said.
Mr Sheehan said the AFP worked closely with Chinese authorities as part of Taskforce Blaze, which cracks down on international methamphetamine trafficking syndicates.
Mr Keenan said: "3.6 million individual hits of ice were taken off our streets with a street value of $1.26 billion".
However, the A$1.26bn figure was questioned after Australian media noticed that police had changed the way they calculated the street value of the drug.
The AFP uses figures from the Australian Crime Commission (ACC) to calculate the value of illicit drugs. While it had previously used mid-point figures from the ACC, an upper-range figure was used to calculate the value of this haul, broadcaster ABC reported. | Police in Sydney say they have seized methamphetamine with a street value of more than A$1bn ($700m; £500m), much of it hidden inside gel bra inserts. | 1.472068 | 1 |
Clare Dimyon wrote that she suffered a "life-threatening sexual assault" in 1984 and praised the girl for her courage in coming forward.
Police said the victim was in school uniform when she was forced into a car and raped by two men on 28 September.
No arrests have been made and images of two suspects have now been issued.
Ms Dimyon, who used to live in the Summertown area of Oxford where the attack happened, said reading about the girl's experience had motivated her to report her own rape.
She said: "It may be foolhardy. It is certainly costing me a good deal in psychological terms, but she has to know that somebody has gone that extra mile.
"It has a very strong echo, it has a very strong resonance, and I am a teacher, she's a schoolkid, she was in uniform, and she needs to know she's going to get through this.
"No two assaults are ever the same, each has their specific narrative… but in so many ways what's happened to her… was actually far worse than what happened to me."
The teenager was found at midday by a member of public after knocking on doors to get help in Cavendish Drive, Marston.
The suspects were described by the victim as white and used a silver hatchback.
The first spoke with a northern accent, was in his mid-20s, and was balding with shaved dark blond hair. He had blue eyes, a medium build and was about 6ft (1.82m) tall.
The second man had brown gelled hair, was clean-shaven with brown eyes, and was in his late teens or early 20s, with a slightly smaller build. | A rape survivor has waived her right to anonymity to read an open letter offering support to a 14-year-old who was raped in Oxford. | 1.006789 | 1 |
The ceilings in all the rooms collapsed in the smash and engineers had to be called in to make the building safe.
The bus was in collision with a car before it hit the property on Keresley Road, in Coventry, near to a roundabout at about 07:00 GMT on Monday morning.
No-one was seriously hurt and the owners are not thought to have been in at the time.
West Midlands Fire Service crew commander Peter Sheppard said the crash had "knocked the building off its footing", causing the house to move "a couple of inches".
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The next door neighbours felt the effects of the crash. Jasmit Kapoor told the BBC she heard a "bang bang" and was very shocked.
"We opened the curtain and there was a bus inside the house," she said.
Bus passenger John Tate said his only concern was for the welfare of the bus driver.
"My main thought was the driver, was he alright. I was a bit scared for him, more than for me...I was walking so I knew I was alright."
The driver suffered a minor injury to his knee.
Emergency services moved the vehicle from the side of the house later that morning.
Only "a handful" of people had been on board.
In a statement, National Express Coventry said staff were "co-operating closely with the authorities in their investigations into this incident". | A house hit by a double-decker bus was knocked off its footing and moved a couple of inches. | 1.236788 | 1 |
The other members of O'Neill's backroom team - Steve Guppy, Seamus McDonagh and Steve Walford - have also signed new deals.
O'Neill, 64, and Keane, 44, have guided the Republic to qualification for Euro 2016, which starts on Friday.
The Republic's first Euro 2016 game is against Sweden in Paris on Monday.
Former Leicester City, Aston Villa and Celtic boss O'Neill said that he was "delighted" at the Football Association of Ireland's decision to offer the contract extensions.
O'Neill and Keane were appointed in November 2013 after the departure of previous boss Giovanni Trapattoni.
"It has been an absolute privilege to have been in charge of the Republic of Ireland national team these last 30 months and we go to France tomorrow in good spirits, with a strong desire to do well," said O'Neill.
The delay in O'Neill signing a new deal following his team's Euro 2016 qualification last November led to some speculation that he was keen on a return to club football.
However, O'Neill continued to insist that he wanted to remain in the Irish job and the FAI always appeared confident that he would agree a new deal.
Keane was heavily linked with the Celtic manager's job in the summer of 2014 before opting instead to combine his Republic role with the position of assistant to then Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert.
The Cork man's stay with Aston Villa proved short-lived as he quit the post in November 2014, although he has spoken of his desire to return to club management on several subsequent occasions.
Keane was again linked with the Celtic job after Ronny Deila's departure last month and O'Neill admitted that the former Manchester United star "could very well" be ready for a new challenge. | Republic of Ireland manager Martin O'Neill and his assistant Roy Keane have agreed contract extensions until the 2018 World Cup. | 0.856327 | 1 |
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That includes workers who made a progression up a pay scale. Overall, 55% of NICS staff received an increase.
At senior civil service grades, 81% got an increase, compared to 40% at administrative assistant level.
The details are contained in a report from the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency.
The figures also show that the typical basic salary of NICS staff is £24,728, which remains unchanged from 2014.
The report stated that lower-grade staff are better paid than their counterparts in the rest of the UK, although the reverse is true for those among the upper ranks.
Twenty-one staff - likely to include permanent secretaries of Stormont departments - earned more than £100,000 in 2015. | More than half of the employees in the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) received a pay rise in 2014-15. | 1.24856 | 1 |
The Irish firm reported a 1.8% rise in operating profits in Scotland for the year to the end of February.
But it said growth would have been stronger had it not been for "challenging trading conditions" in the final quarter.
It blamed the new drink-drive law, which came into force in December.
The legislation reduced the legal alcohol limit from 80mg to 50mg in every 100ml of blood.
C&C is the latest drinks firm to report an adverse effect on business.
Earlier this month brewer Greene King, which also operates pubs and restaurants across the UK, said sales would have been higher in its latest financial year had the legal limit not been changed.
Overall, C&C reported net revenue growth of 10.3% to £490m for the year, with operating profit down by 9.2% to £82.5m.
C&C said its Tennent's brand remained "in robust health" with a strong performance in both the on and off-trade sectors and in terms of exports, which rose by 37%.
The group increased brand investment on Tennent's and is planning a further increase in the next financial year.
It said other brands launched in recent years continued to "make good progress".
Caledonia Best sales grew 3.6% in the year, while its premium Belgian lager Heverlee saw volume growth of 116%.
Overall net revenue in Scotland increased by 61.4%, boosted by the acquisition of wines and spirits wholesaler Wallaces Express last year. | Stricter drink-drive legislation in Scotland has had an impact on profits for Tennent's lager maker C&C Group, according to the company. | 1.085155 | 1 |
Adrian Lewis, 43, of Ebbw Vale, piled up waste, including "asbestos in bags" at his site in Nantyglo, Blaenau Gwent.
He admitted breaching permit conditions, illegally dumping waste and failing to comply with an environmental enforcement notice.
Lewis was jailed for eight months at Newport Crown Court on Friday.
The court heard the site was only meant to be used to store waste before it was moved elsewhere.
But Lewis kept adding rubbish, even after environment body Natural Resources Wales told him he had exceeded his 620-tonne limit and it posed a serious environmental risk.
There were skips full of hazardous waste, while rainwater which leaked through the site could have contained harmful chemicals and could have reached streams, the court heard.
Statements from neighbours read to the court included complaints the site looked and smelled bad and "towered over" property boundaries.
The court was told money problems led Lewis to store the waste.
In 2013, the site was targeted by arsonists and the fire burned for days.
At the time, residents said the smoke discoloured their clothes and homes and left an unpleasant smell in the air.
The court heard the clean-up cost will be £1,354,000. | A man who ran an illegal waste dump which was targeted by arsonists and burned for 10 days has been jailed for a series of waste offences. | 1.5399 | 2 |
Somerset, already with a home tie in the last eight, made just 250-9 despite an opening stand of 108 between Mahela Jayawardene (55) and Jim Allenby (69).
But Hampshire lost regular wickets in the chase as they were all out for 245.
With Middlesex or Surrey set to pick up points in their match at Lord's and Kent beating Sussex, Hampshire can now only finish fifth at best.
Meanwhile, Somerset only lost one match in eight in the group stages and face Worcestershire at Taunton in the quarter-finals.
The visitors looked set for a much bigger total with Sri Lanka great Jayawardene and skipper Allenby setting a fine platform.
But once all-rounder Allenby was removed by teenage paceman Brad Wheal to leave Somerset 149-2, the rest of the innings stuttered.
Hampshire looked well placed at 184-5 after half-centuries from opener Jimmy Adams (50) and Will Smith (59), but the dismissal of Smith with 67 needed off 49 balls left the lower order with too much to do.
Gareth Andrew and Wheal hit a couple of lusty blows each to take the game to the final over, but with six needed off the final delivery Wheal could only slap the ball back into the hands of Tim Groenewald. | Hampshire went out of the One-Day Cup after a five-run defeat by South Group leaders Somerset at the Ageas Bowl. | 0.90682 | 1 |
Nadine Foster, 18, was in a Ford Focus when it hit a wall in Stourbridge, West Midlands, last April.
Dylan Stringer, 23, from Wychbury Road, Stourbridge, entered a guilty plea when he appeared at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Wednesday. He will be sentenced at a later date.
Joseph Chance, 24, also from Stourbridge, is due to appear in court to face the same charge on 13 January. | A man has admitted causing the death of a teenage mother in a car crash. | 0.24777 | 0 |
The men, aged 22 and 25, were assaulted on the Garvaghy Road in the County Armagh town in the early hours of Sunday. Both suffered head injuries.
Francis Patrick McNally of Carnreagh, in Craigavon, appeared before Lisburn Magistrates court.
He is also charged with having an offensive weapon, listed as a crowbar.
Mr McNally faces a further charge of causing grievous bodily injury to one of the men by dangerous driving.
When asked if he understood the charges, he replied: "I do."
The two men were attacked by a gang carrying weapons.
Police said a burned-out car, believed to be related to the assault, was later found on the Drumnagoon Road.
The accused will appear again on 1 September. His defence lawyer said he hoped he would have an address by then so that his client could then apply for bail. | A 50-year-old man been remanded in custody after being charged with the attempted murder of two men in Portadown at the weekend. | 0.743893 | 1 |
Speaking at the end of a week-long trip to New Zealand, Harry said the armed forces had done amazing things for him.
Harry even suggested a future in the forces for his nephew and niece Prince George and Princess Charlotte.
The prince is set to spend the summer working alongside conservation groups in Africa, having ended his Army days.
Speaking about a career in the military, he said: "Without a doubt, it does keep you out of trouble. Different people do it for different reasons.
"I did it because since I was a kid I enjoyed wearing the combats, I enjoyed running around with a rifle, jumping in a ditch and living in the rain, and stuff.
"But then when I grew up, it became more than that, it became an opportunity for me to escape the limelight.
"I've had an epic 10 years, I've had great fun. The Army keep giving me great jobs, and I can never thank them enough for that."
Prince Harry also reiterated his support for the return of National Service.
"I dread to think where I'd be without the Army. Bring back National Service - I've said that before," he said.
"But I put my hand up, as I said to the kids today, you can make bad choices, some severe, some not so severe.
"You can make bad choices in life, but it's how you recover from those and which path you end up taking.
"And the Army has done amazing things for me. And more importantly to me, what I've seen the Army do to other young guys."
On the final day of his eight-day tour of New Zealand, Harry scored the winning goal in the dying seconds of a football match to the delight of a cheering crowd.
The prince took part in the five-a-side game with a group of young players to promote the Fifa Under-20 World Cup which starts in New Zealand later this month. | Prince Harry has said joining the Army definitely kept him out of trouble, adding that he dreaded to think where he would be now had he not done so. | 1.258595 | 1 |
Commonwealth champion Powell, 25, will be the first Welsh woman to compete in judo at the Olympics after collecting more ranking points than Gibbons, 29.
She beat China's Zhehui Zhang in a -78kg bronze medal contest.
England's Gibbons, who has been hit by injuries, lost her bronze medal match to Guusje Steenhuis of the Netherlands.
Both Powell and Gibbons will meet the qualifying requirement of being ranked in the top 14 in the world, but each nation can only select one judoka for each weight category for this summer's Games in Brazil.
Powell is set to finish eighth in the world, with Gibbons 12th. | Britain's Natalie Powell won bronze at the Mexico World Masters to qualify for Rio 2016, meaning London 2012 silver medallist Gemma Gibbons misses out. | 1.233345 | 1 |
The government wants to change the way the court works, but the court says the changes are unconstitutional.
The government has refused to publish the court's ruling because to do so would make it binding.
Critics say the changes would limit the court's ability to scrutinise government legislation.
Since it came to power last October, the new government of the conservative, populist Law and Justice party (PiS) has regularly clashed with the media and the opposition.
In Warsaw, demonstrators waving Polish and EU flags marched from the Constitutional Court to the presidential palace. Rallies also took place in the cities of Poznan and Wroclaw.
The government says the protests are proof that democracy is thriving in Poland. It argues that it won a strong mandate in elections last October to introduce sweeping reforms.
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The new rules increase the number of Constitutional Court judges needed for a ruling and change the order in which cases are heard.
Last week, the Constitutional Court struck down the rules as unconstitutional.
The Polish government has refused to publish the court's decision, saying the judges were not following the very rules they were evaluating.
The new rules will now go to parliament for debate, a government spokesman told a news conference on Saturday.
Last month, a draft report by the Council of Europe - a human rights watchdog - said the changes made it extremely difficult for the court to take decisions, thereby endangering the rule of law. | Thousands of people are protesting in the Polish capital Warsaw as a constitutional crisis between the government and the top court deepens. | 2.049206 | 2 |
Mr Dotcom's home was searched and items were seized in January 2012, at the request of US authorities who accuse the 40-year-old of copyright theft.
The decision might increase the likelihood that Mr Dotcom will be extradited to the US.
However, the court did agree that the investigators' cloning of electronic evidence had been unlawful.
Authorities had made copies of information found on laptops and hard drives seized at Mr Dotcom's house, near Auckland.
He stands accused of instigating piracy on a massive scale by being the owner of Megaupload, a file-storage website.
The US Justice Department alleges that Mr Dotcom's site cost film studios and record companies $500m (£300m).
His defence centres on the notion that it was the responsibility of the site's users not to upload copyrighted material - and that the owners of such sites should not be held accountable.
Mr Dotcom's legal team said it intends to contest the appeal court's decision.
The raid, and events leading up to it, have been a point of controversy in New Zealand, both legally and politically.
Mr Dotcom has launched legal action against the government for its role in the raid.
Prime Minister John Key apologised to Mr Dotcom for what were described as "basic errors" by intelligence services in collecting information, on behalf of the US, before the raid.
Opposition parties called for further independent investigations.
And Mr Dotcom, while not able to stand himself due to not being a New Zealand national, pledged to start his own political group - the Internet Pary - to "activate non-voters, the youth, the internet electorate". | A raid on the mansion of internet tycoon Kim Dotcom was legal, a New Zealand court has ruled. | 1.170796 | 1 |
Former World Cup final referee Webb says he has provided advice and support to under-pressure match officials.
"They want to be told: 'You are not losing your mind, you are not losing your ability,'" Webb, 43, said.
Elite-group referees Martin Atkinson and Roger East have both made high-profile errors during recent Premier League matches.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho condemned Atkinson's decision not to punish Burnley's Ashley Barnes for a tackle on midfielder Nemanja Matic during the 1-1 Premier League draw on 21 February.
East sent off Wes Brown during Sunderland's 2-0 loss to Manchester United at Old Trafford on Saturday for a foul committed by his Black Cats defensive partner John O'Shea.
Former referees' chief Keith Hackett called Atkinson's performance at Stamford Bridge "incompetent", while the Football Association rescinded Brown's red card on Monday.
Webb, who retired in August 2014 to become the technical director of the Professional Games Match Officials Limited, says the 18-strong Select Group of elite referees are affected when they make mistakes and often need support to rebuild their confidence.
"It really hurts - it did right until the end with me," Webb told The Times (subscription required).
"And I know it does for people in the Select Group now, because I speak to them.
"The guys deal with it in different ways. Some will ring me and speak to me for three hours on the Sunday about the previous day. They just want to get it all out there. They want to rationalise what's gone off." | Premier League referees are "hurt" by recent criticism of their standards and professionalism, says Howard Webb. | 1.110083 | 1 |
The male in his early 30s was found with critical injuries in North Woolwich Road, Silvertown, at about 13:30 GMT.
He was pronounced dead at the scene and inquiries are under way to locate his next-of-kin, the Met said. No arrests have been made.
Two other cyclists were killed in the capital within hours of each other on Monday.
Anita Szucs, 30, died after an apparent hit-and-run on Bounces Road, Enfield, while Karla Roman, 32, was killed in a crash with a coach on Whitechapel High Street, Tower Hamlets. | A cyclist has died in a crash with an HGV in east London. | 0.135434 | 0 |
Though only just announced, the exchange happened ahead of a historic meeting between the two sides' presidents on 7 November.
Beijing freed Chu Kung-hsun and Hsu Chang-kuo, who were held in China for nine years, while Taiwan released Li Zhihao, who was jailed 16 years ago.
Taiwanese media say it is the first time the two sides have swapped spies.
Taiwanese presidential spokesman Charles Chen said in a statement that the release was "based on a mutual goodwill gesture delivered by the Ma-Xi meeting".
"President Ma (Ying-jeou) hopes cross-strait mutual exchanges can continue and make more concrete achievements in the future," he added.
China's Taiwan Affairs Office confirmed the release of Col Chu Kung-hsun and Col Hsu Chang-kuo, saying they were freed "in accordance with the law".
Meanwhile, Taiwan said it gave advance parole to Li Zhihao, who had served part of his term.
Defence officials say the two colonels were the last Taiwanese military officials held in China for spying, but that some Taiwanese civilians convicted of spying remained imprisoned in China, the BBC's Cindy Sui reports from Taipei.
President Ma has been broadly friendly towards mainland China during his time in office, boosting tourism and trade ties.
Earlier this month, he and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in Singapore - the first time the leaders of China and Taiwan had held talks in more than 60 years.
China views Taiwan as a breakaway province which will one day be reunited with the mainland.
But many Taiwanese see it as independent and are concerned at China's growing influence. | Taiwan and China swapped jailed spies earlier this month, in a mutual gesture of goodwill. | 1.684811 | 2 |
Kelly Mahon, 41, of Arleston in Telford, admitted taking the child from its family home in February.
Shrewsbury Crown Court heard she told her boyfriend she was pregnant to secure the relationship, despite having been sterilised 20 years earlier.
Mahon had called at the family's home and told the mother her husband had been involved in a car accident.
She offered to babysit while the mother went to check on her husband, but then disappeared with the infant.
The child, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was found hours later, fast asleep and uninjured, at Mahon's home.
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Peter Cooper, defending Mahon, said it was "a sad case".
Sentencing, Judge Jim Tindal said: "What was only a pipe dream suddenly grew into something real. I cannot begin to imagine the terror you caused the child's parents."
In a statement released after the sentencing, the baby's parents said they "cannot express our delight and utter relief" when their child was returned.
"What happened is every parent's worst nightmare and the reality is worse than you can ever imagine," they said.
"We are glad everything is over and resolved. We want to get back to normal and be together as a family." | A woman who kidnapped a baby as part of a "naive" attempt to fake a pregnancy has been jailed for two years. | 0.610425 | 1 |
The 90-minute special, called Babs, will be shown on BBC One next year ahead of her 80th birthday.
It will be written by former EastEnders lead writer Tony Jordan.
Dame Barbara described Jordan as "undoubtedly the only person I felt knew me well enough to tell my story".
Set in the 1990s, it will show the EastEnders and Carry On star preparing to perform in the theatre and looking back on the people and events that shaped her career.
The actress exited EastEnders last week when her character Peggy Mitchell, who had cancer, was seen taking an overdose of pills.
Dame Barbara said that, although a drama of her life had been discussed before, it wasn't until she was approached by Jordan two years ago that she "knew it was the right time".
"Tony knows the real me and what makes me tick and I was particularly taken by the way he wants to tell my tale which is not in the way people will expect it to be.
"Tony certainly has captured the moments of my life that have made me who I am today. I am honoured and excited that Tony and the BBC have commissioned this."
Jordan said: "There's a reason that, as a nation, we've all taken Barbara to our hearts, I think it is because she's always been one of us, never forgetting where she came from.
"That unbelievably rare combination of someone in the business with the highest level of professionalism, but without any of the airs and graces to go with it.
"She's a national treasure and one of the most remarkable women I've met. I only hope this film will do her justice."
Also commissioned for BBC One is an adaptation of David Nicholls' bestseller Us, about a marriage on the rocks.
Adapted by Nick Payne, it tells the story of Douglas and Connie Petersen on a grand tour of Europe with their extended family.
Nicholls said: "I couldn't be happier that Us has found a home with the BBC. Nick Payne has written a wonderful script that's both funny and touching, and I can't wait to see Douglas' misadventures come to life."
BBC One has also confirmed a second series of Peter Bowker's The A Word, about a family with an autistic son, while BBC Two has commissioned a further two series of Steve Knight's 1920s Birmingham-based series Peaky Blinders. | Dame Barbara Windsor has said she is "honoured and excited" that her life story is to be turned into a one-off TV film. | 1.132985 | 1 |
Their most recent concern is a 20% cut in fuel subsidy to bus service operators, by the government, which came into effect on Sunday.
Previously operators received a base subsidy of 43.21p per litre. That figure has now dropped to 34.57p.
Tim Gardner, from Webberbus, said the passenger would be the one to suffer if the company could not make a surplus.
"The amount of fuel that we burn within our buses is quite substantial," he said.
"Although it is only a few pence per litre, multiply that by hundreds of thousands of litres and it adds up to be a fairly substantial number.
"If we do not make a surplus we cannot reinvest into our fleet, develop our networks, and at the end of the day the passenger will suffer - so we have to look at some way to recoup the cost."
Operators said they had been expecting the 20% cut to be fazed in over a four-year period but had been notified recently that it would, in fact, be made in full from 1 April.
On top of this, bus companies are facing subsidy cuts from local councils and what they describe as the "enormous" price of fuel.
"We can deal with one or two hits but we can't deal with all three," said Alan Graham from South West Coaches.
He said he believed that Somerset would not have any rural bus services in 10 years time if things continue this way.
"We've got to try and keep fares down to get people on our vehicles," he said.
"If we had more people on the buses then we would obviously get income that way, but in rural Somerset we don't get that number of people on the buses."
Bus operators in England were told by the government in October 2010 that the Bus Service Operators' Grant (BSOG) - a rebate on fuel duty - would reduce by 20% over three years from April 2012. | Bus operators in Somerset have warned that changes to fares and services are essential to remain in business. | 1.865917 | 2 |
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But East Midlands spotter Stephen Ryans says his obsession with HGVs also takes him across the UK.
Simon Ward reports. | Lorry spotting is a hobby that involves hours of careful observation. | -0.045064 | 0 |
Hartley was dropped from Stuart Lancaster's World Cup training squad after receiving a four-week ban for headbutting Saracens' Jamie George during May's Premiership semi-final.
It was the fifth suspension the 29-year-old had been given in three years.
England scrum-half Dickson, 30, has made 203 appearances for Saints since joining in 2008.
Dickson, who has been capped 18 times by England, was part of the Saints team who won the Premiership title in 2014 and finished as Heineken Cup runners-up in 2011.
"Lee has been a key part not only of the team, but also our leadership group at the Gardens for a number of years," Saints director of rugby Jim Mallinder told the club website.
"He has captained the side well in the past and is a player with a huge amount of big-game experience both for club and country.
"He takes over from Dylan, who has been a superb captain for the past six seasons - the most successful period in the club's history. He will remain one of many leaders in the team and provide crucial support for Lee from both a playing and day to day perspective." | Northampton Saints have named Lee Dickson as the club's new captain, replacing England hooker Dylan Hartley. | 0.973076 | 1 |
Modibo Maiga's header from Abdoulay Diaby's cross in the second half left Mali and Guinea with identical records, having drawn each of their games 1-1.
The drawing of lots has been postponed until Thursday, having originally been pencilled in for Wednesday evening.
Guinea had taken the lead when Kevin Constant coolly dinked home a penalty given for handball by Salif Coulibaly.
Mali should have levelled immediately but Seydou Keita's penalty was saved, after Baissama Sankoh was penalised for handball.
However, neither side was able to find a winning goal on an uneven pitch.
The all-important draw will now happen in the Confederation of African Football (Caf) hotel in Malobo at 15:00 GMT, during a meeting of the competition's organising committee.
The names of the two teams will be placed into two balls, before an official is invited to pick one ball - inside which will be the name of the team that has qualified for the quarter finals as group runners-up and will face Ghana on Sunday afternoon.
The last time lots were drawn to decide a team's qualification in this tournament was in 1988 when Algeria profited at Ivory Coast's expense.
Ivory Coast finished top of Group D after beating Cameroon 1-0 - the only match in the group not to finish in a 1-1 draw.
Indeed, a 1-1 draw between the Elephants and Cameroon would have left all four teams having to draw lots.
Mario Rossi: There surely has to be a better way to settle a group then drawing lots. Wouldn't a penalty shoot-out be a better solution?
Sam British: Go to a replay, and if it's still a draw after normal time, go to extra time, and if it's still a draw, go to penalties.
Jake Vincent: All 11 players on each team do thumb war - uneven number of players means first team to six wins goes through!
Dustin Esinhart: Put it on a pin wheel and spin the needle, whoever it lands on wins. | Lots will decide whether Guinea or Mali reach the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals after a draw in Mongomo. | 0.928841 | 1 |
Comrade Akaash's statement comes after the rebels were blamed for Friday's train crash which left 148 people dead.
Police say Maoist rebels sabotaged the track, causing the derailment of the Calcutta-Mumbai express in West Bengal.
Maoists denied the charge. But Comrade Akaash also said they would investigate whether any rebels were involved.
Railway officials in eastern India have cancelled night trains in Maoist-affected areas after Friday's incident.
Comrade Akaash told the BBC that they were "appealing" to the railways to run trains through rebel strongholds even during the night.
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"We are promising total security to all trains. We will not allow anyone to attack any train anywhere in the country and those trying to do it will face stern punishment," he said.
The railways have not reacted to the statement.
Police say they have "definite evidence" that a local rebel Maoist militia were behind the disaster - they have named two militia leaders as the prime suspects.
One of the suspects, Umakanta Mahato, was arrested last June and charged with sedition and waging war against the state.
But he was released on bail in December, and the police did not contest the bail, court records say.
Independent lawyers are asking why the police did not contest the bail plea of a senior Maoist militia leader.
Railway officials in eastern India have cancelled night trains in Maoist-affected areas after Friday's incident.
The restrictions would be in place until 0500 [2330GMT] on 3 June, the company said.
Report said other services were being rescheduled to ensure they travelled through Maoist areas of eastern India in daylight.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has described the Maoist insurgency as India's biggest internal security challenge. | A Maoist leader in India has said that they will take "full responsibility" for the safety of trains travelling through areas under their control. | 1.576737 | 2 |
There was massive social media outrage after a video they made of the incident went viral in India.
The dog was found alive, injured and unable to walk but still wagging her tail, animal rights activist Shravan Krishnan told the BBC.
The fact that the students have already been released has also caused anger.
"Those criminals have come out on BAIL. This is how 'strong' the animal welfare laws are. With video evidence and so much of public outrage we couldn't remand them even for one day . We are extremely disappointed and it's a 'Black Day' for Animal Welfare in India," Mr Krishnan posted on his Facebook page.
However, the laws they have been charged under carry a maximum jail term of two years for "maiming or injuring" an animal.
The men were identified as students of the Madha medical college by other students after social media users had shared the video across networks in an attempt to find them.
The Humane Society of India also offered 100,000 rupees ($1,480; £1,146) as reward for anyone able to identify them.
Animal activists also filed a complaint with the Chennai police, who went to the college to look for them.
The two had left the city and returned to their hometown, 600km (372 miles) from Chennai, as outrage intensified, but Mr Krishnan said that their parents had agreed to hand them over to the police.
He said they had decided to name the dog "Bhadra" which translates from the Hindi as "blessed".
"She was terrified, cowering under a stairwell and urinated when I picked her up. But what broke my heart was that she was still wagging her tail," he said.
Those found in breach of animal cruelty laws in India only face a maximum fine of about 100 rupees ($1.48; £1.14).
Activists are petitioning for stricter penalties. | Two Indian students have been arrested and released on bail for throwing a dog off a rooftop in the southern city of Chennai (Madras). | 1.765903 | 2 |
The data, revealed by sources close to the investigation but not yet made public, backs up evidence from the flight recorder of smoke in the cabin.
Recovered wreckage also showed signs of high temperature damage and soot on the jet's front section.
All 66 on board died when flight MS804 from Paris to Cairo crashed on 19 May.
Both of the so-called "black box" recorders reinforce the automated electronic messages sent out by the plane that had shown smoke detectors going off in a toilet and in the avionics area below the cockpit, minutes before the plane disappeared.
No distress call was made from the plane prior to the crash.
Egyptian investigators have not ruled out any reasons for the crash, including terrorism, particularly as such catastrophic fires on passenger planes are so rare.
The data recorders had been taken to Paris after being found, and the cockpit voice recorder was in need of considerable repair.
Investigators are still analysing the voice exchanges and no official statement has yet been made on the contents. | Pilots of the EgyptAir jet that crashed in the Mediterranean Sea in May battled to extinguish a fire, the cockpit voice recorder reportedly shows. | 2.157531 | 2 |
Yarnold, 26, won the race last season en-route to claiming the overall World Cup title and Olympic gold in Sochi.
The Briton said complacency was behind a recent training crash but intends to put that right in the United States.
"Last year I had two podium finishes there so I'm hoping to be just as successful this year," said Yarnold.
The slider, who has not raced competitively since the Winter Olympics, will be joined by fellow Britons Dominic Parsons, Rose McGrandle, Laura Deas and Ed Smith.
Pregnant world champion Shelley Rudman will miss the entire season while partner Kristan Bromley is also absent because of injury.
Parsons, who finished 10th in Sochi, recently announced a new partnership with Bromley and hopes that will boost his podium prospects.
"I have a new sled and although it's still early in the transition I'm excited to see what I can do against a World Cup field," said Parsons.
The British bobsleigh teams will also begin their season in Lake Placid, although they are missing leading pilots John Jackson and Paula Walker.
The pair recently had their first child together, ruling out new mother Walker for the season, while Jackson is recovering from a recurrence of an old Achilles injury.
Olympic pilot Lamin Deen, who has won two gold medals on the lower-tier Americas Cup circuit over the last month, will lead the British four and two-man teams.
"We had a great Americas Cup series, performing beyond expectations," British Bobsleigh performance director Gary Anderson told BBC Sport.
"We now go into the World Cup with confidence and for Lamin this is a great chance to show what he can do."
Mica McNeill and Victoria Olaoye will pilot the two British sleds in the women's two-man event. | Olympic skeleton champion Lizzy Yarnold aims to mark her return to the sport with victory in Friday's season-opening World Cup meeting in Lake Placid. | 0.953068 | 1 |
Cummings, 20, has scored 48 goals over the past three seasons, including 25 last term.
"I am delighted to have signed the new deal with Hibernian," said the Scotland Under-21 cap.
"There was never any doubt in my mind over where I wanted to be this season, and I'm relieved to get it over the line."
Last season's Scottish Cup winners Hibs begin their competitive campaign with a Europa League second qualifying round first-leg tie against Danish side Brondby on Thursday evening.
And Neil Lennon's side play their first Championship game of the new season away to Falkirk on 6 August.
"I feel my game has developed a lot over the last few seasons, and I'm looking forward to continuing to progress under the new manager," added Cummings.
"Everyone is buzzing after the Scottish Cup win, from the players to the supporters, and I'm sure we can achieve more over the coming years."
Speaking ahead of the announcement of the deal, Lennon said: "He had a great season last year. I like the kid, he has a very infectious personality.
"I think it will be good for him to stay another year here, mature and improve his game, but he has really good attributes already." | Hibernian forward Jason Cummings has signed a new four-year contract, tying him to the Easter Road club until 2020. | 0.669307 | 1 |
They are expected to discuss the planned referendum on EU membership and UK ministers' plans to replace the Human Rights Act with a British Bill of Rights.
Both devolved governments oppose the latter move, promising to resist the idea in any way that they can.
Both are also firmly in favour of continuing membership of the EU.
Ms Sturgeon's SNP has called for Scotland and Wales to have an effective veto in the planned referendum, meaning all nations of the UK would have to vote No before the UK could withdraw.
On Tuesday, Mr Jones described the idea as "morally right" but "legally difficult".
A spokesman for Mr Jones said: "We anticipate that those subject areas will be up for discussion, as well as the economic situation, inter-governmental relations and the respect agenda."
The meeting will take place at Bute House, the Scottish first minister's official residence.
It is the first face-to-face meeting between the two leaders since Ms Sturgeon became first minister. | First Minister Carwyn Jones is meeting his Scottish counterpart Nicola Sturgeon for talks in Edinburgh later. | 1.641118 | 2 |
The 32-year-old Ivory Coast international moved to Anfield on a two-year deal after his contract at Etihad Stadium ended.
Toure made 102 appearances for City after joining from Arsenal for £14m in July 2009 and was part of the team that won the Premier League in 2011-12.
But he played only 18 games in 2012-13 and was left out of the club's Champions League squad.
Toure joins the Merseyside club following the retirement of fellow central defender Jamie Carragher and with uncertainty over the future of Slovakia international Martin Skrtel.
He told the club's website: "This means a lot to me. Firstly, I'm joining one of the best clubs in England.
"When I left City it was important for me to stay in England because it's the best league - and to join Liverpool is massive for me.
"I chose Liverpool because of the history and because of the spirit of the team and the people here."
In seven seasons at Arsenal, Toure won the FA Cup twice and was part of the 'Invincibles' squad that went through the 2003-04 season unbeaten to win the Premier League.
However, he missed out on City's 2011 FA Cup success after being suspended for six months in March of that year for failing a drugs test.
Toure is Liverpool's fourth signing of the summer so far, following forwards Luis Alberto and Iago Aspas, and goalkeeper Simon Mignolet. | Liverpool have completed the signing of Manchester City defender Kolo Toure. | 0.851452 | 1 |
The Premier League strugglers are searching for their third manager in under 12 months after sacking Bradley.
He lasted 11 games in 85 days and says fellow Americans Jason Levien and Steve Kaplan were "swayed by negativity".
"They haven't said a word. The chief executive [Chris Pearlman], he's not said a word," said James.
"The three Americans, you don't hear from them. Why?".
Wales manager Chris Coleman and Wales and Manchester United legend Ryan Giggs are among those to have been linked with succeeding Bradley.
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James says Bradley has been put in an unfair position.
"He is an honourable man left high and dry to answer every question that has been put to him," he told BBC Radio Wales Sport.
"I would ask a serious question to the two owners and the chief executive - where have you been in support of your manager?
"Because you've been deafening with their silence and that's what frightens me most of all.
"Never once in the difficult 11 games that Bob's had, never once has any of those people actually come out and supported Bob.
"I can't remember a comment by any of the three of them.
"He's their man, obviously, because nobody thought about him before he came in."
James, who scored 27 goals in 98 league appearances for the Swans from 1980-83, says long-standing chairman Huw Jenkins also bears responsibility for Swansea's situation.
"He's as culpable as the owners," he said. | Ex-Swansea City and Wales winger Leighton James says the silence from the club's owners after Bob Bradley's sacking, "frightens" him. | 0.997233 | 1 |
Some of them had spent three years in chains and had scars inflicted from beatings, officers told local media.
The head of an Islamic school who owned the house in the northern town of Ngaoundere has been arrested.
The arrested man denies any wrongdoing, saying parents willingly sent their children to his "correctional centre".
The Koranic school master is also reported to have married two young girls who were imprisoned in the house.
The military police, known as gendarmes, say all the children are now free and are being given medical help before they being reunited with their families.
The BBC's Randy Joe Sa'ah in the capital, Yaounde, says the raid followed a tip-off given to the gendarmes.
A few adults were amongst the captives, including one man whose relative allegedly wanted to be rid of him because of an inheritance dispute, he says. | Military police have raided a house in Cameroon and freed around 70 children who were being held captive and were suffering from disease and hunger. | 1.013536 | 1 |
Magistrates heard the German shepherd attacked the 73-year-old outside a shop in Much Hadham, Hertfordshire.
Aaron Chalkley, who had taken Saunders' dog from the stables where it was kept in Peggs Lane, was fined £1,500.
The WBO world middleweight title holder admitted failing to display a guard dog warning sign and said he was "very very sorry".
He was fined £205 by Stevenage Magistrates' Court.
Prosecutor Roseanne Smith said Chalkley, 24, had tied the dog up while he went into the shop on 13 September.
Shortly after he returned, William Thorlin walked by and the dog lunged, "clamping his left forearm above the wrist."
His injuries required a skin graft from his thigh to his left arm and stitches to his left hand.
Chalkley admitted having a dangerous dog out of control.
Officers subsequently charged Saunders with the offence of not displaying a guard dog warning sign after tracing Chalkley back to the stables.
The boxer said the sign "was in a truck" but he "had not put it up" and that had since been corrected.
He told the court he had not given his friend permission to take the dog away from the site.
Saunders added he "was let down by a friend. I am very very sorry for what happened and want to pay £500 compensation to the victim." | Boxing champion Billy Joe Saunders has been fined after his guard dog bit a pensioner who then needed a skin graft. | 0.825376 | 1 |
Liza Jones, 26, from Wrexham had been using the 4m (13ft) high "tower jump" at Flip Out, in Chester.
She was injured on the same day George Magraw was left with a fractured spine after using the same jump.
Cheshire West and Chester Council is investigating the park, which has voluntarily closed the tower.
Ms Jones, who suffered a back fracture and burst vertebrae when she visited on 1 February, underwent surgery to have metal plates and screws inserted in her back.
She said: "The pain is worse at night and I can hardly move in the mornings.
"I can't lean forwards or bend to pick things up and I can't lift things.
"It just feels like a massive ache sometimes and it's difficult because I'm used to doing such an active job."
Flip Out confirmed they had "three incidents" on 1 February.
A spokesman added: "We have replaced the Tower Jump with a new Battle Beam attraction."
Following the incidents the company uploaded a safety video on YouTube.
Michael Hardacre, the public liability lawyer representing Ms Jones, said: "Liza says she followed the health and safety instructions on landing, but clearly this wasn't enough to prevent a serious injury, which could have been much worse." | A young nurse is taking legal action against a trampoline park after she jumped into a foam pit and fractured her spine. | 1.150469 | 1 |
This would prevent the militants from rebuilding a presence in the area, Gen Tukur Buratai added.
The military overran the militants' last camp in Sambisa on Friday.
It had become their main base after they lost control of urban strongholds in north-eastern Borno state in 2015.
Many of the militants are thought to have fled to areas closer to the border with Niger and Chad before the camp fell, says BBC Hausa service editor Jimeh Saleh.
In an address to troops in Damasak town in Borno state, Gen Buratai said that troops were conducting a "mop-up operation" against Boko Haram in the forest, a former colonial game reserve.
"We are opening up roads in Sambisa forest to site a base. It is going to be one of our training centres in the country as well as ground for testing acquired equipment before putting them into operation," he added.
There has been speculation that some of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped in 2014 were being held in the forest, after it was named by a small number of girls who have been freed.
On Saturday, President Muhammadu Buhari said that efforts to find the remaining girls would be intensified.
He congratulated the armed forces on the Sambisa operation, calling the apparent success "long-awaited and most gratifying".
The militant group, which is linked to the so-called Islamic State, still stages suicide bombings in the north-east and in neighbouring Niger and Cameroon.
More than 15,000 people have been killed and two million left homeless during the seven-year insurgency in the region. | Nigeria's military will turn the Sambisa forest, a former bastion of militant Islamist group Boko Haram, into a training centre for its troops, the army chief has said. | 1.421008 | 1 |
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The 18-year-old won in a quick time of 47.58 seconds ahead of Belgium's Pieter Timmers (47.80) and American defending champion Nathan Adrian (47.85).
British teenager Duncan Scott finished a superb fifth, equalling the British record of 48.01 he set in the heats.
Australia's Cameron McEvoy, the pre-race favourite, came seventh.
Scott, who is from Glasgow, was the seventh fastest qualifier for Wednesday's final and produced an impressive display in a strong field.
"I am delighted with that," the 19-year-old told BBC Sport.
"I was happy to make the semi-final and to be in that final was incredible. Hopefully things can move on next year.
"Everyone in the GB team is swimming with confidence at the moment. We have the best breaststroker ever in Adam Peaty and the whole team wants to keep winning."
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Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | Australian teenager Kyle Chalmers caused a shock by winning Olympic gold in the men's 100m freestyle at Rio 2016. | 0.900493 | 1 |
Petrov, 37, retired in 2013 after being diagnosed with leukaemia, but trained with Villa in the summer.
He was not offered a playing deal, but Nuneaton boss Kevin Wilson says he could join them in a player-coach role.
"We're trying to give him the opportunity to get the coaching hours in and get the experience," he said.
The former Bulgaria captain, who made 218 appearances for Villa, played Sunday league football for Wychall Wanderers during his retirement, helping them win the Central Warwickshire Over-35s Premier Division One Cup.
Nuneaton are currently 13th in English football's sixth tier having won just three times in their first 12 league games.
"People say he's been in the professional game, but everybody has to learn and take the process that comes," Wilson told BBC Coventry and Warwickshire.
"We'll wait and see how it goes, but it's exciting for a football club like ours." | Former Aston Villa player Stiliyan Petrov has been offered a coaching job with National League North side Nuneaton Town. | 0.897551 | 1 |
Tributes poured in for Benaud, a former Australian Test captain, after his death last year aged 84.
The limited-run coin salutes his career on and off the field, and features iconic fan group "The Richies".
It was conceived with the approval of Benaud's widow, Daphne.
The Royal Australian Mint said the number of coins - 95,929 - was inspired by combining nine statistics from Benaud's playing career.
After 63 Tests between 1952 and 1964, Benaud became even better known as a prolific commentator, author and columnist.
He was a fixture of summer, inspiring a fan group who attended games wearing Benaud's trademark cream jacket. They also donned grey wigs and carried fake microphones as a light-hearted show of respect.
Benaud last commentated in England in the 2005 Ashes series, but he worked on in Australia until 2013.
The co-founder of The Richies, Michael Hennessy, said the commemorative coin was a fitting tribute to Benaud.
"He's only the second cricketer to be honoured on a coin after Don Bradman," he told the BBC.
"He'll never be replaced, obviously, he's a one-of-a-kind icon of the game."
Mr Hennessy said it was an honour to have The Richies featured in the coin's final design.
"So many people grew up listening to Richie, he shaped summer for so many people," he said.
"Cricket has changed but the game will move on and at least it's nice to remember him with tributes like this."
The Richies have petitioned to turn day two of the SCG Test, played in early January, to be officially recognised as Richie Day. | He was called "the voice of cricket" and now legendary commentator Richie Benaud will be the face of a 50 cent coin in Australia. | 1.241472 | 1 |
The ECB has also appointed ex-Test batsman James Whitaker as chairman of selectors after announcing Geoff Miller's surprise resignation.
I am excited by the challenge of building on the success which England have enjoyed in recent years
Downton, 56, replaces Hugh Morris, who quit to take up the dual role of chief executive and managing director at County Championship side Glamorgan.
Ex-England captains Andrew Strauss and Nasser Hussain were linked to the job.
"I am honoured to have been offered this position and the trust which the ECB has placed in me," said Downton, who starts his new job on 1 February.
"I am excited by the challenge of building on the success which England teams have enjoyed at all levels in recent years."
Downton played 30 Tests for England between 1981 and 1988, plus 28 one-day internationals. He was part of the squads which won the Ashes in 1981 and 1985, and reached the 1987 World Cup final.
The ex-Kent and Middlesex player also played in six County Championship-winning teams. He was forced to retire from the game after a bail struck him in the eye during a Sunday League match.
Since retiring in 1991, he has been an active member of Middlesex, ECB Cricket and MCC committees and pursued a law career in the City.
ECB chief executive David Collier said Downton's experience in cricket and business made him "the outstanding candidate" to replace Morris, who announced he was leaving the role last month and had said Strauss, 36, would do a "great job" if named as his successor.
Collier added: "Paul's experience of a World Cup final, Ashes success, six County Championship wins and 58 international appearances for England provides a wealth of cricket experience.
"His background in law when coupled with his experience in the City provides the unique set of skills which is required to lead and manage the England Cricket Department's £100m budget over the next four years."
The ECB said Miller, 61, announced his intention to step down from his role during the summer's Ashes win against Australia. He joined the England selection panel in 2000, before replacing David Graveney as chairman of selectors eight years later.
Former England and Leicestershire batsman Whitaker, 51, replaces Miller after being part of the selection panel for the past eight years. | Ex-England wicketkeeper Paul Downton has been named as the England and Wales Cricket Board's new managing director. | 0.907972 | 1 |
Sexual orientation details are stored by the MoD but kept anonymous, and recruits have the option to "prefer not to say".
A spokesman said the MoD, which introduced the new measure in November, "encourages diversity at all levels".
Openly-gay soldiers have been allowed to serve since 2000.
The spokesman said: "The MoD proudly encourages diversity at all levels. Service personnel are now encouraged to declare their sexual orientation.
"Although this is not mandatory, collecting this data will give us a better understanding of the composition of our armed forces and help ensure our policies and practices fully support our personnel."
Recruits are also invited to say how open they feel they can be regarding their sexual orientation.
The gathered information is not visible on individual personal records or to chain of command or managers, with names removed before the data is collated to make sure no one can be identified.
The MoD said there was no specific drive to recruit more lesbian, gay or bisexual personnel. | The Ministry of Defence is now asking recruits to the armed forces whether they are gay in a bid to improve diversity in the military. | 1.744695 | 2 |
The 45-year-old, who stepped up from assistant in December after Mark Burchill was sacked, has signed a one-year deal.
"Continuity is one of the main objectives of the board of directors," said a club statement.
"The club is also delighted that it will retain its full-time status."
Livingston had hinted at their intentions by announcing three new signings immediately after their play-off semi-final defeat by Stranraer.
Midfielder Jordan Sinclair, 19, arrived from Hibernian and central defenders Sean Crighton and Alan Lithgow joined from Airdrieonians.
Meanwhile, Ryan Currie agreed a new contract, but Bulgarian midfielder Spas Georgiev, who was loaned to Albion Rovers in February, was released. | Livingston have decided to remain a full-time club despite being relegated to Scottish League One and have handed head coach David Hopkin a new contract. | 0.691958 | 1 |
Work to repair what has been described as "extensive damage" at Taynuilt has been scheduled to be completed by Monday.
ScotRail said a bus shuttle service will operate from Oban to Dalmally, calling at stations along the route.
The operator said the bus replacement service would run "as close to train time as possible". | No rail services will operate on the Glasgow to Oban line over the weekend, after a lorry collided with a bridge. | 0.372642 | 0 |
Information on the Devon Butterflies website advised customers to kill various garden birds if they threatened butterfly breeding.
Tony Whitehead, from the RSPB, said the birds were protected and the website was "advising people to break the law".
A company spokesman said the information "should have been labelled a tip" rather than as advice.
The website said the way to deal with blue or great tits that might peck holes in moth and butterfly breeding sleeves was to "catch them and wring their necks".
It also suggested putting out mousetraps to catch robins, wrens and blackbirds.
Mr Whitehead said the message was "unambiguous" and described it as "absolutely outrageous".
"It's pretty simple really. All these birds are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act.
"He's suggesting killing birds and you just cannot recommend to do this in a civilised society," he said.
PC Josh Marshall, who tweeted a screen grab of the page pointing out that the advice was illegal, said the website had been brought to his attention by a member of the public.
"I've had a massive amount of feedback about this - he's basically advocating killing wild birds. These birds mentioned aren't pest species, they're fully protected," he said.
"I'm looking into the matter to see if an offence has been committed and I'll certainly be visiting him to give him some advice and ask whether he has already killed any birds."
A spokesperson from Butterfly Conservation said it had no affiliation with Devon Butterflies and wished to make it clear that they could not disagree more strongly with the advice given.
The page has since been removed from the Devon Butterflies website. | A butterfly supplier who advocated illegally wringing birds' necks has been branded "outrageous" by the RSPB. | 1.87513 | 2 |
Appearing at The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival, she said: "However you look at it, he is me."
Rendell, made a peer in 1997, said she gave Wexford many of her habits as well as her hatred of corporal punishment and a memory for birthdays.
She also paid tribute to the late actor George Baker who played Wexford on TV series The Ruth Rendell Mysteries.
The 80-year-old, from West Lavington, Wiltshire, died of pneumonia on Friday following a recent stroke.
"Where would Wexford have been without George?" Rendell said.
The actor had "made the popularity and the character - a lot of it was George," she added.
"It was a marvellous achievement as an actor to make him more and better than the author intended," she told the festival.
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries ran for 12 series in the 1980s and 1990s on ITV.
She said that, like her, Wexford liked to walk around in London, read poetry and was tolerant - "but not of cruelty or indifference or callousness".
Rendell's latest novel, The Vault, sees Wexford come out of retirement to try to crack an unsolved crime.
Speaking to the BBC, Baker's daughter, Ellie, said her father "absolutely loved Wexford and he loved being Wexford... and he loved the whole thing. It was a joy to him."
His third wife, Louie Ramsey, who died earlier this year, played his wife Dora in The Ruth Rendell Mysteries. | Author Ruth Rendell has admitted that her famous creation, Ch Insp Reginald Wexford, is based on her. | 1.053856 | 1 |
PwC's latest UK Economic Outlook report projects GDP growth of 1.8% for Scotland in 2016.
The equivalent figure for Wales is 1.7%, and for Northern Ireland it is 1.4%. North-east England is predicted to see 1.7% growth.
The average UK growth figure is predicted to be stronger, at 2.2%.
PwC Scotland regional chairman Lindsay Gardiner said: "It is not only promising to see Scotland continuing to grow but also to look ahead and see education and health set to be large employment sectors.
Mr Gardiner added: "In general the growth rate has been slow - in part due to weak consumer growth thanks to reduced spending - but exports and investment are holding their own for now."
The report identified danger areas for the Scottish economy. These included:
Mr Gardiner picked out the relative lack of investment in research and development as a key concern.
He said: "This in part reflects the decline of manufacturing, where there has traditionally been high spending in R&D, but as we transition to a more digital and flexible economy, we need to accept that spending in R&D must be far higher in all sectors to encourage growth." | A leading accountancy firm has said Scotland's economy is set to outperform Wales, Northern Ireland and the north-east of England. | 1.689657 | 2 |
Marvin Douglas, 33, of Milton Keynes, was jailed for nine years and nine months at St Albans Crown Court for conspiracy to supply cocaine.
He had led a gang selling drugs across Bedfordshire, London and the Home Counties.
When arrested, he was on licence from jail after a drugs conviction in 2010.
Crack cocaine with a street value of up to £32,000 and £20,000 in cash were found in his Volkswagen Scirocco car on 23 September last year.
He had tried to break free as police cars surrounded his vehicle but rammed into two police vehicles, flipping the car onto its roof.
Another leading member of the gang, Lee Dixon, 31, was caught with cash and cocaine when arrested at his home in Williamson Road, Kempston, on 15 October last year.
He was jailed at St Albans Crown Court for six years and six months.
Dixon and Douglas had been linked through forensics and phone records to Robert Willoughby, 45, arrested at a drugs "safe house" in Harlinger Street, Woolwich, on 5 March, last year, police said.
National Crime Agency (NCA) officers seized a substantial amount of cocaine and £19,740 during that arrest. Willoughby was jailed for 14 years.
Forensics also linked the men with Kimberley Oyewole, 35, who was arrested at house in Bethwin Road, Southwark, south London, on 20 November.
Officers discovered cocaine and heroin with a street value of more than £3,000 and £4,835 cash. He will be sentenced later.
Douglas, Dixon and Oyewole all pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine between 1 February 2014 and 21 November 2014.
Det Insp Paul Baron said: "Douglas is a prolific drug dealer who has persistently continued his criminality despite being previously arrested and even jailed.
"These people were involved in the supply and distribution of a large amount of class A drugs." | A drugs gang boss stopped on the A1 in Bedfordshire carrying crack cocaine rammed police cars in pursuit and flipped his car over, a court heard. | 0.888051 | 1 |
Rosie and Ruby Formosa were joined at the abdomen and shared part of their intestine before they had an emergency operation to separate them in 2012.
Their mother, Angela Formosa, said the four-year-olds, from Bexleyheath in south-east London, were "very excited" to be starting school.
"Four years ago it wasn't in my mind that this would ever happen," she said.
"When I was pregnant I didn't think I'd ever see their first day at school so it is really amazing and all thanks to Gosh [Great Ormond Street Hospital] really."
Mrs Formosa said it was "heartbreaking" for her and their father Daniel Formosa when they discovered the girls had the rare medical condition, which occurs in one in every 200,000 live births.
The girls were born at University College Hospital in London by caesarean section in 2012 when Mrs Formosa was 34 weeks pregnant.
Within a couple of hours of being born, they were taken to London's Great Ormond Street Hospital for emergency surgery because of an intestinal blockage.
Mrs Formosa, 35, said it felt like "a million years" ago since she was waiting for the girls to come out of their surgery.
"The time has just flown by, I can't believe how fast it has gone," she said.
"They are very excited [about starting school]; their big sister is in school so they can't wait. They've met their teacher a few times and they love their teacher. They're looking forward to painting, anything messy, they love reading.
"They are very similar, they are very bubbly little girls, they are very headstrong and very determined, which I knew they were from when they were in my belly because of the way they kept growing and surviving."
Professor Paolo De Coppi, consultant paediatric surgeon at Gosh, said: "We're thrilled that Rosie and Ruby are starting school this September.
"It's always a joy to witness patients' progress and to hear that they are reaching new milestones - this makes the job we do all the more rewarding." | Twins who were born conjoined and given just a 20% chance of survival are preparing to start school. | 1.596453 | 2 |
Fitted in vehicles mainly for insurance purposes, the cameras store pictures on a hard drive in case of incident, and have provided a rich vein of material on social media and video-sharing websites.
The phenomenon went viral with "Driving in Russia", a 13-minute compilation video of crashes and unusual sights uploaded to the internet in early December 2012. Dash cam videos have become an addition to the popular "fail" genre.
On 29 December, the crash-landing of a Tupolev-204 aircraft was recorded on the dashboard camera of a car on a nearby motorway. Wreckage could be seen flying over the perimeter fence, and striking a car in front, and footage of the incident was widely used in news media.
Much of the video of the Urals meteor posted to social media came from dashboard cameras, usually accompanied by exclamations and expletives from surprised drivers. Other footage was obtained from camera phones and fixed CCTV cameras.
Despite their growing cult status on YouTube and other video websites, dashboard cameras have a serious purpose, installed by Russian drivers in increasing numbers to fight the growing industry of insurance fraud.
Business Insider's Alex Davies notes that many courts no longer accept verbal evidence in the case of traffic disputes, so video evidence is essential to succeed in a claim.
According to Radio Liberty, drivers are using the cameras to fight back against Russia's notoriously corrupt traffic police, and scammers trying to extort money out of drivers. Criminal gangs can make up to $1,000 a day by staging accidents and forcing drivers into a quick settlement, it said.
Footage available on YouTube shows criminals loitering at road junctions, before hurling themselves at slow-moving vehicles, then confronting drivers and demanding compensation.
Dashboard cameras are not just restricted to Russia. Cameras are now appearing on roads in other countries, with some vehicle hire companies in the United Kingdom offering them as standard equipment, and hauliers to ensure the safety of their drivers.
BBC Monitoring reports and analyses news from TV, radio, web and print media around the world. For more reports from BBC Monitoring, click here. You can follow BBC Monitoring on Twitter and Facebook. | Footage of the meteor in Russia's Ural mountains on 15 February and the air crash at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport in December 2012 has highlighted the growing use of dashboard cameras in Russia. | 1.58948 | 2 |
Coetzer will be assisted by Con de Lange as vice-captain, but a full-time skipper will not be named until March.
Pace bowlers Brad Wheal and Chris Sole are both selected after breaking into the national squad in 2016.
The experienced Josh Davey and Safyaan Sharif, plus George Munsey and Craig Wallace, are also in a 13-man squad.
Matt Machan and Gavin Main both miss out because of injury, while Alasdair Evans has been granted a period of rest and recovery in preparation for the home season.
Former Durham and Northamptonshire batsman Coetzer was previously Scotland captain in 2013 but lost the role to Mommsen, who stood in when Coetzer was injured during the successful qualifying campaign for the 2015 World Cup.
The Desert T20, hosted by the Emirates Cricket Board, is set to feature eight of the top Associate nations and is expected to be hosted in Dubai and Abu Dhabi in mid-January.
Coach Grant Bradburn said: "The Desert T20 will be a fantastic event to kick off what is an exciting and important year for us as a team.
"All the top Associate teams are improving rapidly and we look forward to some epic battles during this tournament, which we would love to become a regular feature on our playing calendar.
"We have had a very good build-up over the winter months in Scotland, and in addition five squad players will arrive in Dubai with valuable off-season playing experience."
Scotland squad in full: Kyle Coetzer (capt), Con de Lange (vice-captain), Richie Berrington, Matthew Cross, Josh Davey, Michael Leask, Calum MacLeod, George Munsey, Safyaan Sharif, Chris Sole, Craig Wallace, Mark Watt, Brad Wheal. | Kyle Coetzer will take over as Scotland captain for the new Desert T20 tournament in January following Preston Mommsen's decision to step down. | 0.815225 | 1 |
Samia Shahid, 28, from Bradford, died in July in northern Punjab.
It is understood that Haq Nawaz was held by police in the Punjab city of Jhelum after an alleged attempt to prove she died of natural causes.
In a second development, the policeman who initially headed the murder investigation has also been arrested.
Aqeel Abbas is being held for allegedly trying to conceal evidence relating to Ms Shahid's death.
Ms Shahid had been visiting family in the village of Pandori when she died, and her relatives initially claimed she had suffered a heart attack.
Her second husband, Syed Mukhtar Kazim, believes she was the victim of a so-called honour killing as her family did not approve of their marriage.
A post-mortem examination confirmed she died as a result of being strangled.
On Friday, police told the BBC they intended to proceed with a prosecution against both Ms Shahid's father and first husband for her murder.
He added he was seeking to have her mother and sister returned to Pakistan to be questioned in relation to the investigation.
Her former husband, Chaudhry Muhammad Shakeel, is accused of murder and is reported to have confessed to strangling her with her scarf, according to local police.
Chaudhry Muhammad Shahid, her father, is being held as an accessory to her murder.
Both have been remanded until 5 September. | The uncle of a British woman who died in Pakistan in a suspected so-called "honour killing" has been arrested on suspicion of falsifying medical files. | 0.944514 | 1 |
29 September 2015 Last updated at 09:25 BST
He was speaking to BBC Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme ahead of the minister's appearance before the Scottish Parliament's education and culture committee.
Mr Rowley said: "The advise we are getting from government officials was this was a profitable festival and as such under normal circumstances there was limited scope to put public finances into this.
"It is not clear what the money was for.
"We need openness, we need transparency, we need accountability when public money is being spent." | Scotland's Deputy Labour leader Alex Rowley believed Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop needed to explain why the Scottish government gave £150,000 to the T in the Park music festival. | 0.913924 | 1 |
Cadwaladers will add two more cafes in Cardiff as well as an outlet in Swansea while a new premises in Llanelli has just opened.
The firm was founded in Criccieth, Gwynedd, in 1927 but moved to Carmarthenshire in 2012.
The new premises will take the number of cafes to 14 in Wales and England. | An ice cream firm is to create 30 new permanent jobs after it announced plans to open four new cafes as part of a £750,000 expansion. | 0.357855 | 0 |
Richard Tolmie took the drive from the St Andrews University student's campervan, which was parked in Dundee.
The 29-year-old was tracked to homeless accommodation in the city using an iPhone he also stole from the vehicle.
He admitted two charges of theft on 1 or 2 August. Sentence was deferred and he was released on bail.
Dundee Sheriff Court heard that Tolmie, a prisoner at HMP Perth, had also stolen a £1,400 road bike from a Portacabin on Broughty Ferry Road before breaking into the campervan on nearby St Roque's Lane.
The two students who had parked it there - Ronnie Kim and Jakob Feigl - returned at 03:00 to find a "substantial" amount of property was missing.
The pair drove to St Andrews police station and Mr Feigl activated the "Find My iPhone" app. He found his phone had last been switched on at homeless accommodation in Dundee where Tolmie was staying.
Fiscal depute Eilidh Robertson said police then watched CCTV footage which showed Tolmie - who has multiple previous convictions for theft and supplying drugs - arriving at the hostel with the bike.
She said: "His bedroom was searched and all of the least valuable items stolen during the two thefts were recovered."
The stolen bicycle along with two phones, a laptop and the hard drive had not been recovered, Ms Robertson told the court.
"The monetary value of the hard drive is approximately £70, but its true value is obviously much higher given it contained the only copy of Mr Feigl's dissertation.
"Of note is that when the accused checked into the Dundee Survival Group earlier that day he had had a laptop and four mobile telephones in his possession."
Anne Duffy, defending, said: "He was thrown out by his girlfriend and ended up in hostel accommodation.
"That led to illicit substance use and he has little recollection of the offences he has pleaded guilty to."
Sheriff Alistair Carmichael deferred sentence for a drug treatment and testing order report and released Tolmie on bail.
He said: "This is the last chance saloon. If you don't co-operate you'll be back here at square one with a high chance of a custodial sentence." | A student lost the only copy of his dissertation when a thief stole a computer hard drive from his van, a court has heard. | 1.133737 | 1 |
Retiring a number is a mark of respect and means no player from that team will wear 55 in the future.
The 7ft 2in (2.18m) tall Democratic Republic of Congo player was discovered when he was studying at Georgetown University.
He was named an NBA All Star eight times before retiring in 2001.
He was also named defensive player of the year four times.
"I would have never thought that one day a son of the Congo would be here having his jersey retired," Mutombo said at the ceremony which was held during half time at the match between the Atlanta Hawks and Boston Celtics game on Tuesday.
In retirement, he plans to carry on his humanitarian work, which has included funding a new hospital in DR Congo's capital Kinshasa. | Former NBA basketball player Dikembe Mutombo has been honoured by the Atlanta Hawks by retiring his shirt number 55. | 1.373923 | 1 |
15 February 2016 Last updated at 15:37 GMT
But how much do you know about their author, Roald Dahl?
It's a hundred years since he was born, so Newsround has taken a look at his life. | Matilda, The BFG, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - they're some of the most popular children's books ever written. | 0.804119 | 1 |
Jay Potter's home in a residential area of Forfar was raided by police after a tip-off that there was a "strong smell" of the drug coming from the property.
Drugs squad officers found 47 plants growing in the flat as well as a bag containing £1,500 worth of heroin.
Sheriff Pino di Emidio described the incident as a "significant offence".
Depute fiscal Alan Kempton told Forfar Sheriff Court: "Police received intelligence that drugs were being supplied from the locus, the address of accused Potter.
"There was a strong smell of cannabis within, and officers found 47 cannabis plants in total.
"The opinion of drugs unit officers was that the crop was about six to eight weeks old."
Appearing from custody, Potter, 22, a prisoner at HMP Perth, pleaded guilty to producing and supplying cannabis between 11 January and 11 March this year, and supplying heroin on the latter date.
Not guilty pleas entered on behalf of a co-accused, Potter's partner Koreen Farquharson, were accepted by the Crown. | A man who was caught running a £97,000 cannabis farm in his Angus flat has been jailed for two years and eight months. | 1.01475 | 1 |
Nick Abboud's resignation was announced on Tuesday and follows the company going into receivership last week.
The firm owes some 390m Australian dollars ($271m; £187m) to creditors, said receivers Ferrier Hodgson.
DSH has 393 stores under four brands across Australia and New Zealand.
In a statement to the Australian stock exchange the company said sales during the Christmas shopping period had been below expectations.
Trading in the company's shares was halted last week ahead of the news.
Mr Abboud's resignation follows angry calls from the public and government officials over the retailer's decision not to accept previously issued gift cards - despite saying it would continue to trade as usual while under administration.
South Australian independent senator Nick Xenophon has called for "urgent legislative changes to corporations law to protect gift card holders caught up in [DSH's] corporate collapse".
The company has also been criticised for not making public sooner its financial situation.
The firm employs 3,300 people and its brands include Dick Smith, Electronics powered by Dick Smith, Move and Move by Dick Smith.
On Tuesday, Ferrier Hodgson put the Dick Smith and Move businesses up for sale. The receivers said they had already seen some 40 expressions of interest and that they would want to sell the company as a going concern.
However, several big brand names in Australia, such as Harvey Norman, have said they are not interested in buying any parts of the company.
The electronics giant was founded in 1968 by Dick Smith - who was at the time a young electronics technician.
He started the company as a car radio installation business in Sydney. It was later taken over by Australian supermarket giant Woolworths, which expanded the company quickly.
Anchorage Capital Partners bought the firm in 2012 and it was listed in Australia in December 2013.
Retail Fusion Brands former head Don Grover has been made the firm's interim chief executive.
Expressions of interest to buy the various businesses are due by 27 January. | The chief executive of Australian electronics retailing giant Dick Smith Holdings (DSH) has resigned amid efforts to sell the struggling company. | 1.02569 | 1 |
The US Treasury Department said the payment firm had failed to adequately screen and prevent transactions.
They included a $7,000 transaction from someone listed by the US government as being involved in the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
PayPal said it had improved the real-time scanning of payments.
In a statement, it said it had "voluntarily" reported to the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (Ofac) certain payments it had processed between 2009 and 2013.
Delays in scanning had allowed some prohibited payments to be processed, PayPal said.
"Since then, we've taken additional steps to support compliance with Ofac regulations with the introduction of real-time scanning of payments and improved processes," a PayPal representative told the BBC.
One of the cases involved Kursad Zafer Cire, who was named by the US State Department in 2009 as a person linked to programmes involving weapons of mass destruction.
Between October 2009 and April 2013, PayPal reportedly processed 136 transactions to or from an account registered in his name.
Other payments involved goods and services going to and from Cuba, Sudan and Iran.
In total, according to the Treasury Department, nearly 500 PayPal transactions, worth almost $44,000, had potentially violated sanctions that ban US companies from doing business with individuals or organisations on a blacklist.
Under the settlement, PayPal did not admit or deny it had violated the sanctions. | PayPal has agreed to pay $7.7m (£5.1m) to the US government following claims it allowed payments that violated sanctions against Iran, Cuba and Sudan. | 1.740184 | 2 |
Ainslie's crew won the first of the day's three races and has 27 points, one ahead of Oracle Team USA.
Find out how to get into sailing with our special guide.
The Fukuoka regatta is the ninth and final stop of the series.
The winner of the overall series, in which Ainslie's team lead by 15 points, will earn two bonus points to carry into the qualifiers in June.
The winner of that qualifying series in Bermuda in May and June 2017 will face Oracle Team USA in the main event, the 2017 America's Cup - also in Bermuda - later in June.
"I think we're on target in terms of our goals for this campaign," Ainslie said. "We did set up a very, very ambitious target to try and win the America's Cup. I still believe we can win this cup."
Watch highlights of the final round of the America's Cup World Series from Japan on Monday 21 November at 20:00 GMT on BBC Red Button, the BBC Sport website & app. | Skipper Sir Ben Ainslie guided his Land Rover BAR team to the overall lead after the opening day of racing at the America's Cup World Series in Japan. | 0.870404 | 1 |
Their hit, La Bicicleta, won last year's Grammy Latino.
Cuban musician Livan Rafael Castellanos claims that Shakira and Vives copied a line and part of the chorus of his 1997 song Yo Te Quiero Tanto.
The complaint was filed at a court in Spain, where Shakira lives.
A spokesman for the court said the case centred around an intellectual property problem and focuses mainly on the melody and the lyrics of the choruses of both songs.
In La Bicicleta (or The Bicycle) Shakira and Vives sing "que te sueno y que te quiero tanto" (I dream of you and love you so much).
The Cuban artist, known as Livam, sings "yo te quiero, yo te quiero tanto" (I love you, I love you so much).
El Mundo newspaper in Spain reported that the two sides had a meeting in October but they failed to reach a settlement.
AFP news agency says Shakira's team has refused to comment on the case. | A Cuban singer has filed a complaint against the Colombian pop stars Shakira and Carlos Vives, accusing them of plagiarising part of a song he wrote 10 years ago. | 1.317532 | 1 |
Akhtar Javeed, 56, from east London, was shot dead outside Direct Source 3 Ltd, in Digbeth, on 3 February.
Surjat Mistry, 26, of Laundon Way, Leicester, and Lemar Wali, 18, of Osmaston Park Road, Derby, are charged with murder, possession of a firearm and conspiracy to commit robbery.
They are due at Birmingham Magistrates' Court on Monday.
A 19-year-old woman who was arrested in Leicester on suspicion of assisting an offender has been released on bail pending further inquires, a statement from West Midlands Police said.
Det Ch Insp Martin Slevin said: "I continue to appeal to people to come forward, I firmly believe that someone out there may still have information that could help our investigation and I am urging them to call me or one of my team." | Two men have been charged with the murder of a man during a raid at his Birmingham company's warehouse. | 0.429842 | 0 |
The 20-year-old had two spells at Meadow Park last season, scoring seven goals in 19 appearances for Wood.
Lucas has made three substitute appearances for Rovers having come through the youth system.
"By placing Jamie with us again, Darrell Clarke has shown his trust in what we're trying to achieve," manager Luke Garrad told the club website.
"Darrell knows that Jamie will get looked after correctly but Jamie must now really push on, start playing men's football on a regular basis and start realising his potential."
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Boreham Wood have re-signed striker Jamie Lucas on loan from Bristol Rovers until 28 January. | 0.918838 | 1 |
Andras Lakatos and Jenone Orgona duped three women into travelling to the UK with the promise of legitimate jobs.
Their identity documents taken and were forced into sex work. One escaped and was offered help by Laszlo Petrovics, who forced her back into prostitution.
They admitted human trafficking and forcing prostitution offences and were jailed at Manchester Crown Court.
The victims, who were aged between 19 and 24, came from poor backgrounds and spoke little or no English, the court heard.
Lakatos and Orgona trafficked the women who were tricked into travelling to the north of England in December 2015.
Two of the women had up to 10 customers every day, while a third was ordered to have sex with men at car washes.
When one of the women managed to escape, she was later offered of a place of safety by Laszlo Petrovics, only to be forced straight back into prostitution.
The women saw none of the money themselves, while Lakatos and Petrovics spent cash on alcohol, gambling and drugs.
Karen Tonge, of the Crown Prosecution Service, said the victims were "degraded and dehumanised" and regularly threatened with violence.
"Lakatos convinced two of the women that he was in a romantic relationship with them in order to manipulate them," she said.
"The impact upon these victims cannot be underestimated. All three have shown immense courage."
Det Con Adam Cronshaw of Greater Manchester Police, said: "These young women were dehumanised by these narcissistic and controlling offenders who were only interested in greed.
"However, now they are behind bars these brave women can enjoy their lives again." | Three people who forced a group of Hungarian women to work as prostitutes in Greater Manchester have been jailed. | 1.264919 | 1 |
Each event will focus on specific sectors including forestry, fish farming and food and drink.
The discussions will be hosted by Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing.
They will bring together industry representatives to recommend action to boost investment and consider how to protect interests with the EU.
Mr Ewing said: "I want to drive forward the rural economy and there are a number of sectors which have a crucial role to play in this.
"That's why I am hosting a series of summits to bring together key players, identify the barriers to growth and recommend potential actions to increase investment and boost jobs.
"Clearly our place in Europe is a key issue when it comes to our economy, and our rural economy in particular.
"That is why we are working to maintain our relationship with the EU, and how we can best protect Scotland's interests will be an important part of the discussions at each of our summits."
The first summit in the series will be held on Thursday and will focus on the farmed shellfish sector. | A series of summits are to be held on ways to boost Scotland's rural economy and consider its role in the EU following the Brexit vote. | 1.679221 | 2 |
Vaughan, 27, has failed to score in six appearances since initially arriving at St Andrew's on 26 November.
But he has led the line well in the absence of injured top scorer Clayton Donaldson, creating chances for others.
His registration was submitted before the 12:00 GMT Friday deadline, clearing him for FA Cup duty this weekend.
He is expected to be part of Gary Rowett's side to face Premier League side Bournemouth, who handed Blues their record 8-0 club home defeat, when they last visited St Andrew's in October 2014 - the game before Rowett took charge.
Vaughan still holds the title of the Premier League's youngest scorer - 16 years & 271 days, for Everton against Crystal Palace (10 April 2005).
Birmingham-born Vaughan grew up in the north side of the city, in Kingstanding and was a boyhood Blues fan. He joined Everton's Academy after his family relocated to the north-west, signing professional forms at Goodison Park in 2004.
After 60 appearances for Everton, mostly as substitute, as well as loans at Derby County, Leicester City and Crystal Palace, he finally left Goodison for Norwich City for £2.5 million in July 2011.
He joined Huddersfield, initially on loan, in August 2012, since when he has scored 33 times in 95 appearances over three and a half years. | Birmingham City have extended striker James Vaughan's loan from fellow Championship side Huddersfield Town until the end of the season. | 1.088784 | 1 |
Dan Walker will present the programme alongside former England winger Trevor Sinclair.
National League side Eastleigh beat North Leigh 6-0 to reach this stage.
There will be an FA Cup Football Focus special and Final Score on Sunday with eight games, a highlights programme and the second-round draw on BBC Two.
Eastleigh donated the proceeds from their qualifying round win over North Leigh to their eighth-tier opponents.
BT Sport will broadcast Merstham v Oxford United (Saturday, 12:30 GMT) and Southport v Fleetwood Town (Monday, 19:45 GMT)
Click here for the full FA Cup first-round draw | The FA Cup first-round tie between non-league Eastleigh and League One side Swindon Town will be broadcast on BBC Two on Friday, 4 November at 19:55 GMT. | 0.580733 | 1 |
Their aim is to vaccinate about 820,000 people within a week.
The campaign comes after a rise in cholera cases following the devastation caused by Hurricane Matthew, which hit the country on 4 October.
Cholera has killed around 10,000 people since 2010, when UN peacekeepers introduced it to Haiti.
Last August, the UN acknowledged it had played a role in the outbreak after scientific studies showed that Nepalese UN troops were the source of the disease.
The troops had emptied toilet waste into the Meille River, a major water source.
The vaccination campaign is believed to be one of the largest of its kind after a natural disaster.
One million doses of the vaccine were shipped to Haiti ahead of the campaign.
Thousands of health workers will administer the oral vaccine to people in 16 communities in the provinces of Grande-Anse and Sud, which were worst hit by Hurricane Matthew.
According to UN figures, the number of suspected cholera cases in Haiti rose to about 3,000 in the wake of the hurricane.
Experts warn that the vaccine is not a complete solution.
They say that one dose is about 65% effective for a period of six months.
Health workers delivering the vaccines will also provide advice on how to prevent the spread of cholera.
They say hand washing, chlorinating the water and washing food are key. | Haiti's ministry of health and international aid organisations are launching a cholera vaccination campaign on Tuesday. | 3.059253 | 3 |
Christian Doidge's goal was the only difference between the sides at the halfway point, heading home Rob Sinclair's corner after 12 minutes.
Early in the second half Kaiyne Woolery broke down the right and cut-back for Liam Noble to tap in a second for Mark Cooper's Rovers.
The New Lawn club put matters beyond doubt when defender Mark Ellis came up from the back to head in a third 20 minutes from time.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Forest Green Rovers 3, Macclesfield Town 0.
Second Half ends, Forest Green Rovers 3, Macclesfield Town 0.
David Fitzpatrick (Macclesfield Town) is shown the yellow card.
Andy Haworth (Macclesfield Town) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Forest Green Rovers. Marcus Kelly replaces Daniel Wishart.
Substitution, Forest Green Rovers. Sam Wedgbury replaces Rob Sinclair.
Goal! Forest Green Rovers 3, Macclesfield Town 0. Mark Ellis (Forest Green Rovers).
Substitution, Forest Green Rovers. Omar Bugiel replaces Liam Noble.
Substitution, Macclesfield Town. Andy Haworth replaces Connor Jennings.
Substitution, Macclesfield Town. James Thorne replaces Mitch Hancox.
Andy Halls (Macclesfield Town) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Macclesfield Town. Rhys Browne replaces Danny Whitaker.
Goal! Forest Green Rovers 2, Macclesfield Town 0. Liam Noble (Forest Green Rovers).
Ethan Pinnock (Forest Green Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
Second Half begins Forest Green Rovers 1, Macclesfield Town 0.
First Half ends, Forest Green Rovers 1, Macclesfield Town 0.
Luke Summerfield (Macclesfield Town) is shown the yellow card.
Chris Holroyd (Macclesfield Town) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Forest Green Rovers 1, Macclesfield Town 0. Christian Doidge (Forest Green Rovers).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up. | Forest Green Rovers closed to within three points of Lincoln City at the top of the National League, thanks to a resounding win at home against Macclesfield. | 0.797227 | 1 |
The unions had been due to hold four separate strikes over August, in a dispute about work-life balance.
The RMT said the strike halt was to allow "further, detailed negotiations after some progress in talks".
And the TSSA says it "has reached an agreement in principal" about work rosters at the centre of its dispute.
Although the RMT says it will now hold "further, detailed negotiations" with Eurostar, it maintains that the current dispute remains "live at this time".
Members of RMT had been due to go on strike over this weekend, and during the bank holiday weekend. Eurostar runs services between London and mainland Europe.
TSSA staff had planned to strike on 14 and 15 August, and 28 and 29 August, but it has suspended strike action "following an agreement to review work rosters at St Pancras Station".
"Following talks this morning, we have reached an agreement in principal that we believe will secure a better work-life balance for our members and we are now suspending the industrial action with immediate effect," said Manuel Cortes, TSSA general secretary.
He said he was confident Eurostar would deliver on an agreement which contains an ongoing review of current rosters. The union says it hopes to see new rosters in December which will guarantee "balanced workloads, balanced shift and weekend working and balanced destinations".
"It is now time for the company to deliver because this has been a long running problem for our members," Mr Cortes added.
Eurostar had made some modifications to its weekend timetable to ensure all passengers would "be able to travel", with eight services cancelled. Eurostar said this represented just 4% of its services between Friday and Monday.
Two scheduled trains did not run on Friday. Services on Saturday had been set run as planned, and four services have been cancelled on Sunday and two on Monday.
Eurostar confirmed to the BBC that the cancelled services on Sunday and Monday would not be reinstated, as passengers had all now been fitted onto alternate services.
On Sunday the 14:13 and 16:43 trains from Paris to London and the 10:01 and 16:31 trains from London to Paris will not run.
And on Monday the 07:55 train from London to Paris and the 08:43 train from Paris to London will not run. | Strikes by Eurostar workers at the RMT and TSSA unions will be suspended from midnight to allow further talks, they have said. | 0.968492 | 1 |
It will last for 48 hours from 16:00 GMT Friday and covers the Pontfaen area.
Officers will be on patrol and will have the power to direct people acting anti-socially away from the area.
Local inspector Sarah Davies said: "A small minority are causing alarm and distress to local residents."
Areas covered by the order include Fallowfield Drive, Pontfaen Road, Fosse Road, Greenmeadow Road, Nash Grove, Eastmoor Road, Mulcaster Avenue, Westmoor Close, Willow Close, Meads Close, Hillview Crescent, Fosse Close and Heath Close. | A dispersal order has been put in place in part of Newport after reports of "alarm and distress" being caused to residents, Gwent Police have said. | 0.537526 | 1 |
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