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Ms McIlveen's new department is an amalgamation of the former agriculture and environment ministries.
One challenge will be to balance the executive's push for significant growth of the agri-food industry without compromising environmental protections.
The DUP was the only party to launch a specific agriculture mini-manifesto ahead of the assembly elections.
It was titled "A Friend of the Farmer and Natural Heritage".
Despite holding a ministry in the last executive, Ms McIveen is not a regular in the media.
Her low-key approach may, in part, be reflected in a line attributed to Margaret Thatcher which she retweeted recently.
In it Mrs Thatcher is quoted as saying: "If you want anything said, ask a man, if you want anything done, ask a woman".
First minister Arlene Foster suggested an advisory role for the Northern Ireland Environment Agency to help farmers protect the environment, as well as its enforcement role.
The first minister has said in the past that while farmers acknowledge the need for regulation she felt there was "over regulation".
On the environment, Ms McIlveen will have to consider whether Northern Ireland is set to introduce its own climate change legislation.
Conservationists and her SDLP predecessor Mark H Durkan, have also called for the debate around an independent Environmental Protection Agency to be re-opened. | The new Minister for Agriculture and Environment, Michelle McIveen, faces many challenges. | 1.601318 | 2 |
Cockerill spent almost 25 years with Leicester as player and coach, winning three Premiership titles as director of rugby, but was sacked three weeks ago.
Cockerill will be with Toulon until the end of the Top 14 season.
"It's very different and the polar opposite of Leicester in many ways," Cockerill, 46, told BBC Radio 5 live's Rugby Union Weekly podcast.
The former Tigers hooker is working under new Toulon boss Mike Ford.
"I've got a chance to win the Top 14 and with this side there's no reason why we can't win it," said Cockerill.
Toulon's losing bonus point at Saracens on Sunday secured a place in the quarter-finals of the Champions Cup, and an away trip to fellow French outfit Clermont Auvergne in the last eight.
Cockerill says he is relishing the opportunity to work with Toulon's squad, which includes seasoned internationals like Juan Smith, Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe and Duane Vermeulen in the forward pack.
"I'm going to enjoy it and put everything into it. It's a privilege to coach a side with the names on this team sheet, working with them day in, day out," Cockerill added.
"I've coached against them and I have always thought it was a bit of an odd set-up. But now I am in the middle of it you sort of understand where they are coming from.
"This group - rock stars as they are - you set them a task and they will work really hard. Talk common sense, make sure what you are talking about is relevant to playing and people will listen. Hopefully I'll do that."
Cockerill has already been linked to a handful of jobs in the Premiership and the Pro 12 after the Top 14 season ends in May, but says after the end of the season his future is up in the air.
"At this point I have no idea. There are a few options that I am in discussions with at the moment. After the next five months I don't know where I am at, but I am going to put everything into it."
The new 5 live Rugby Union Weekly podcast launches on Monday - click here for more information. | Toulon consultant Richard Cockerill says he is "enjoying every minute" of being at a club with "rock stars". | 0.886626 | 1 |
Wozniacki served for the match in the third set and led 4-1 in the deciding tie-break but Williams battled back.
The world number one will face Simona Halep in the final after the Romanian beat Agnieszka Radwanska 6-2 6-2.
That racquet will never do me wrong again, I tell you
"Caroline played a great match, it was really difficult today. I feel so bad," said the 33-year-old American.
"She's the only one undefeated (after the group stages) in this tournament and she deserved to win."
Wozniacki admitted: "This really sucks. You know, being so close and still losing, it really sucks."
Williams had earlier smashed her racquet in frustration as the first set slipped away, but two breaks of serve brought the reigning champion level in the second set.
The third set was an epic affair, lasting longer than the first two combined, but after grabbing a break at 4-4, Wozniacki was unable to serve out the contest.
She saved a match point in her final service game and the Dane again looked on course for only her second win in 11 meetings with her good friend when she moved 4-1 clear in the tie-break.
Williams would not be denied, however, reeling off five straight points and finally sealing victory on her fourth match point after two hours and 13 minutes.
"I don't know how many times I hit it, but boy, that racquet will never do me wrong again, I tell you," Williams said of her angry outburst in the first set.
"It was definitely legendary. I kind of lost my cool a little bit. I thought, well, at least you know I'm passionate. I give 200%.
"When I play, doesn't matter how I feel, I'm going to give everything I have for every shot and every point."
Williams will face a rematch against Halep on Sunday, four days after against the Romanian in the group stage.
"I'm excited. My goal is to win three games. That'll be my first goal. I'm going to go from there," joked Williams.
"Hopefully I can hold serve. That would be good. Most of all, I hope to break once."
Halep broke Radwanska's serve five times and hit 26 clean winners as she swept past the Pole to reach the final on her first appearance at the WTA season finale. | Serena Williams beat Caroline Wozniacki in a thrilling contest to reach her third consecutive final at the WTA Tour Finals in Singapore. | 0.979518 | 1 |
Stephen Archer, 50, of Openshaw in Manchester, is a suspect in the attack at his 49-year-old sister's home that left the victim with 70% burns.
Detectives say initial investigations suggest petrol was thrown over her before she was set alight.
Petrol station staff have been urged to contact police if they see Mr Archer.
Supt Arif Nawaz, of Greater Manchester Police, said: "We are appealing to those who work in petrol stations to be extra vigilant and call police if you think you see him.
"Stephen usually wears a baseball cap and carries a large rucksack. He is known to travel on a bicycle.
"We have reason to believe Stephen could be carrying several bottles of petrol in his backpack and a man was seen fitting his description cycling away from the scene.
"We have followed several leads and have received some very helpful information but unfortunately we have still not found him."
The victim remains in a serious condition and is fighting for her life in hospital.
A police spokesman said: "She is still critically ill and our specialist support officers are supporting the family through this extremely difficult time.
"We can assure the victim, the family and the wider public that we are doing everything we can to find the person responsible and bring them to justice."
A 19-year-old woman escaped uninjured from an upstairs window of the house, with help from neighbours. | Police hunting a man suspected of setting fire to his sister have asked petrol station workers to keep a look out for him. | 0.993138 | 1 |
The Football Association said the decision was part of its "ongoing review" and would help to "ease English football's congested fixture schedule".
Semi-final replays were phased out after Manchester United beat Arsenal in 1999 on their way to the treble.
Replays in earlier rounds remain, which means lower-league clubs still have the opportunity to earn lucrative second matches against higher-ranked clubs.
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FA chief executive Martin Glenn said the change "adds excitement".
He added: "While fully respecting tradition and history, this new development will help the cup retain its status as a much-loved and world-renowned competition."
Manchester United beat West Ham in a replay in this season's quarter-finals before going on to lift the trophy in the final at Wembley. | FA Cup quarter-final replays have been scrapped from next season. | 1.04984 | 1 |
Emergency services were called to the blaze at Amcor Flexibles at Brucefield Industrial Estate just before 1200 BST.
One person was taken to St Johns hospital in Livingston where they are being treated for superficial wounds.
Earlier, residents were warned to stay indoors and keep their doors and windows closed because of fears over possible toxic fumes from chemicals.
Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service said the flames were eventually extinguished at about 1800 BST.
At its peak, the fire created a huge plume of black smoke which could be seen for miles.
Local resident Ann Mackay, 51, said: "I saw black smoke all the way from my home in Dedridge, a few miles away, and went to see what was happening.
"I saw the front of the factory building and the sign was melting, but the police asked us to move back as they were evacuating the area."
Neighbouring businesses on the Brucefield Industrial estate were also evacuated.
Local train services between Kirknewton and Shotts were suspended as a precaution until further notice.
Trains are running from Glasgow to Shotts, and from Kirknewton to Edinburgh. The main Edinburgh to Glasgow line is unaffected. | A printing factory fire in West Calder, which involved 70 firefighters and 12 appliances, has been extinguished. | 1.861836 | 2 |
The first part of the long-awaited offensive has recaptured several villages, the Iraqi military has said.
The operation has been supported by air strikes from the US-led coalition, Kurdish Peshmerga troops and a Shia-dominated paramilitary force.
Mosul, Iraq's second largest city, has been under IS rule since June 2014.
An offensive to retake the city, where two million people lived before IS took over, has been in preparation for months.
Officials say the aim is to seize it within the year, but experts have questioned the ability of Iraqi forces to do so.
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"The first phase of the Fatah [Conquest] Operation has been launched at dawn to liberate Nineveh [province], raising the Iraqi flag in several villages," the military said in a statement read on Iraqi state TV.
The Iraqi army has scored important gains against IS recently, including retaking the western city of Ramadi, in Anbar province.
Mosul is the biggest city ruled by the militants, who control large swathes of territory in both Iraq and Syria.
Analysts say an offensive there would be the biggest counterattack ever mounted against the group, but they have warned the battle to retake it could be difficult, given the significant number of jihadists and civilians and the time IS has had to prepare itself.
The assault was launched early on Thursday from the Makhmour area, around 60km (40 miles) south of Mosul. Thousands of Iraqi forces personnel have been recently deployed there.
The goal is to secure this area and make it a safe point from where troops coming from the capital, Baghdad, will be able to launch incursions and encircle Mosul, along with the northern areas controlled by Kurdish Peshmerga forces, a senior security source said.
The army named the villages recaptured as Mahana, Kdailah , Krmurde and Khabandan. | Iraqi forces have launched an operation to retake the northern city of Mosul from so-called Islamic State (IS), officials say. | 1.697617 | 2 |
Windsor Link Railway's "master plan" includes the regeneration of the riverside and the creation of a tunnel to allow through trains from Slough to join the Waterloo line.
WLR said the track would be the "first privately funded addition to the core network for over 100 years".
Network Rail received plans for the scheme in 2013.
Proposals also include the development of new homes and office buildings as well as creating a direct line from Windsor to Paddington and Heathrow Airport.
The company was set up in 2009 by businessman George Bathurst with the aim of working with public and private sector bodies to "improving the environment, increasing social mobility and creating economic growth and employment".
It aims to develop existing riverside car park areas for homes in order to finance a wider rail and regeneration project.
Mr Bathurst said the construction of the tunnel would take less than a year if given the go-ahead.
"We're delighted to be presenting these plans to the public. It's important to remember that they are only ideas for discussion at this stage so we welcome comments and suggestions which will be fed into future workshops as the designs are developed in partnership with local people and businesses."
Public consultations on more detailed aspects of the plans are due to begin later this year. | Plans for a £200m private railway to improve transport links between Windsor and London have been unveiled. | 1.749617 | 2 |
Howe's side are winless in 2017, with two points from seven league matches and an FA Cup exit, conceding 23 goals in total.
The 14th-placed Cherries travel to Manchester United on Saturday.
"We need all our players to excel to have any chance in this game," Howe told BBC Radio Solent.
"That has been the frustrating thing in recent weeks, where we have not quite got the performances individually and collectively that we want.
"Time is running out for us. We need to make sure we hit those levels very quickly."
A defeat on Saturday would mean five successive league losses for Bournemouth for the first time since March 2013, when they were in League One.
"We are in desperate search of a win," said Howe.
"We have been training well. Elements of our game have been very good, and we are hoping the tide will turn for us." | Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe says "time is running out" for his team to halt the slump which has taken them to within four points of the bottom three. | 0.763229 | 1 |
A six year study of the country's coastal waters concluded that only 350 to 500 great white sharks remain.
This is half the level previously thought, the researchers from Stellenbosch University said.
The team said trophy hunting, pollution, shark nets and baited hooks were among the reasons for the decline.
"The numbers in South Africa are extremely low," said head researcher Sara Andreotti.
"If the situation stays the same, South Africa's great white sharks are heading for possible extinction."
The study, the largest of its kind in South African waters, was carried out in the Gansbaai area near Cape Town, a popular cage shark diving spot, and along the country's coastline.
Researchers were able to track the sharks by collecting biopsy samples and photographs of the dorsal fins, whose unique markings served as "shark fingerprints".
"We have come to the conclusion that South Africa's white sharks faced a rapid decline in the last generation and that their numbers might already be too low to ensure their survival," Ms Andreotti said.
The study will now form the first ever database of the country's shark population.
Despite the situation in South Africa, great white sharks can still be found in large numbers in Canada, Australia and the United States.
Prof Conrad Matthee, Stellenbosch University
"If we take sharks out of the eco system it is a cascade effect of the whole eco system that may collapse. And that is a serious problem for the eco system services that the marine environment give to humans" | South Africa's great white shark population is heading for possible extinction after a rapid decline in numbers, say researchers. | 3.278394 | 3 |
The Scottish Land Fund cash will be used by Copperworks Housing Association to develop an open space, known as the "triangle site" in Royston.
The association plans to convert the land at Millburn Street into community green space areas for leisure, recreation and wellbeing.
They also want to purchase a smaller site opposite the Millburn Centre.
CHA director Fiona Murphy said: "Copperworks Housing Association is absolutely delighted to have been awarded funding to purchase this site which has been a blight on our community for many years now.
"It is fantastic that we can bring this land back into local ownership and we are excited at the prospect of future regeneration, in consultation with local people."
John Watt, of the Scottish Land Fund Committee, said: "This project, based in the heart of Royston, has the potential to transform two neglected pieces of land into spaces that local people can be proud of.
"By owning the land, they will have more control over their own futures and will have a greater say on how these areas are developed for community use."
The project is one of 11 across Scotland sharing in about £2.1m of Scottish Land Fund money. | A community land project has been given £419,000 to transform a site known as a "blight" on the community. | 1.392394 | 1 |
Vice Minister of Public Security Meng Hongwei is the first Chinese citizen to hold the four-year post. His appointment begins immediately.
Amnesty International fears the move could help China pursue political dissidents who have fled the country.
But Mr Meng said he was ready to do "everything he could towards the cause of policing in the world".
"We currently face some of the most serious global public security challenges since World War Two," Mr Meng said in an Interpol statement.
His role will see him become president of Interpol's Executive Committee, which provides guidance and direction to the organisation.
"This [appointment] is extraordinarily worrying given China's long-standing practice of trying to use Interpol to arrest dissidents and refugees abroad," said Nicholas Bequelin of Amnesty International.
"I think having this particular person in charge seems to conflict with the organisation's mandate to work in the spirit of the universal declaration of human rights."
However, Interpol does not have the power to send officers into countries to arrest individuals, nor issue arrest warrants. It may issue a red notice, an international alert for a wanted person.
China has in the past worked through Interpol to bring back people it wants to try. In 2014, Interpol issued red notices for some 100 Chinese corruption suspects who had fled overseas.
"Interpol does not have strong operational power, but it does have considerable influence as the world's largest police organisation," Mr Bequelin told the BBC.
"So I think there needs to be very strong scrutiny of the kind of notices that Interpol is going to issue in respect to Chinese citizens."
China will host Interpol's 86th General Assembly in 2017. | A senior Chinese official has been elected head of global police co-operation agency Interpol. | 1.751635 | 2 |
The pair were in joint fifth, two off the front, heading into Friday's fourballs, when Danes Soren Kjeldsen and Thorbjorn Olesen shot 12 under par.
Wood and Sullivan moved to seven under with a six-under-par 66 in Melbourne.
Scotland's Russell Knox and Duncan Stewart climbed off the bottom of the leaderboard with a seven-under-par 65.
That leaves them three shots behind Ireland's Shane Lowry and Graeme McDowell on three under and a further stroke behind Wales duo Bradley Dredge and Stuart Manley.
But it was Denmark who produced a sensational round of 60 that included eight birdies and two eagles to leap to the top of the leaderboard.
"This is my kind of golf," said Kjeldsen. "You don't just get up and whack it as hard as you can. You have to think your way around."
The format returns to foursomes on Saturday, where players hit the same ball taking alternate shots.
We've launched a new BBC Sport newsletter, bringing all the best stories, features and video right to your inbox. You can sign up here. | England's Chris Wood and Andy Sullivan moved into a tie for fourth but dropped five shots behind leaders Denmark after the World Cup of Golf second round. | 0.880578 | 1 |
Eilish MacSherry, 41, was a serving off-duty PSNI officer at the time of the fatal collision on Omagh's Clanabogan Road on 10 October 2015.
She pleaded not guilty to causing death by driving dangerously, failing to stop at the scene of an accident and driving while unfit through drink or drugs.
Paul Mills, a 49-year-old father of two from Killyclogher, was killed.
At Dungannon Crown Court, Ms MacSherry's defence barrister told the court he had no instructions to challenge the primary facts of the case.
He said that his principal issue of concern was his client's "state of mind" on the night of the fatal collision.
The case was adjourned for four weeks and will resume on 18 October. | A former policewoman from County Tyrone has denied causing the death of a man by dangerous driving and drink driving. | 0.485972 | 0 |
The teenager had been detained after supply teacher Vincent Uzomah, 50 was attacked at Dixons Kings Academy on Thursday.
Mr Uzomah was stabbed in the stomach with a knife but is stable in hospital, police said.
The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is due before Bradford Youth Remand Court on Saturday.
He has also been charged with possession of cannabis.
It is thought Mr Uzomah, who is married with two children, had only been working at the school for four weeks.
Friends and neighbours paid tribute him, with one family friend saying members of the Nigerian community in West Yorkshire had been left "really distraught" by the attack.
Mr Uzomah's neighbour June Hayes, said: "He is a very gentle and loving and caring man.
"I'm just so sorry this has happened to him." | A 14-year-old boy has been charged with attempted murder after a teacher was stabbed at a Bradford school. | 0.887059 | 1 |
John Carmack is famed for developing the first-person shooter genre, creating games such as Doom and Quake.
He will join Oculus VR to work on Oculus Rift, a goggle-like device which uses two small screens to "immerse" players into a game.
The company has not yet announced a release date for the headset.
However, developer kits have been sent out to companies keen to make use of the device within their titles.
The Oculus Rift, which has been made thanks in part to $2.4m (£1.5m) raised through crowd-funding site Kickstarter, requires the user to wear a black headset, the front of which contains two small screens, each displaying a slightly different perspective on the same scene.
The effect is one of being "in" the game - if the player moves his or her head around, the scene changes accordingly.
Movement is still achieved by using a traditional controller, although other designers have experimented with creating treadmill-like add-ons for the device.
Early demo models of the headset used a single screen divided to produce two 640 by 800 pixel images - one for each eye - but it is likely that the version that gets released publicly will be in high-definition.
Mr Carmack said: "Now is a special time. I believe that VR will have a huge impact in the coming years, but everyone working today is a pioneer.
"The paradigms that everyone will take for granted in the future are being figured out today. I'm extremely excited to make a mark in what I truly believe will be a transformative technology."
Mr Carmack is best known for founding iD Software, the firm responsible for the likes of Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Quake and others - all of which pushed boundaries in what remains one of the most popular gaming formats.
Mr Carmack said he will continue to work with iD, but that his main focus was now on Oculus VR.
He also runs a small aerospace company, however this has been put in "hibernation mode" following various setbacks including a crashed rocket. | A firm developing a hotly-tipped virtual reality gaming headset has hired a gaming pioneer to be its chief technology officer. | 1.777759 | 2 |
About 80 firefighters are dealing with the fire in Transport Avenue in Brentford.
It started at 12:08 GMT.
BBC London Travel reports there are delays on the M4 eastbound from Heston Services to junction 2 at Brentford. The smoke can be seen from Heathrow Airport about six miles (10km) away.
Fire crews are also dealing with a large at an industrial unit in north London.
About 70 firefighters are tackling the fire in Bernard Road, Tottenham, near Seven Sisters Overground Station.
They were called at about 10:00 GMT to a fire in a range of single storey units, the largest of which measures 30m (90ft) by 10m (32ft).
London Fire Brigade said it did not know the cause of the fire but half of the ground floor and roof had been badly damaged. | A large fire has started at a recycling centre in west London, with thick smoke billowing across the M4, causing delays. | 1.137685 | 1 |
Dyfed-Powys Police were called to Garnant Pharmacy on Cwmamman Road at about 12:40 GMT on Monday.
A force spokeswoman said they were not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident.
The pharmacy has been cordoned off and is closed until further notice.
The Welsh Ambulance Service confirmed they attended the pharmacy and took a man to Morriston Hospital in Swansea. | A 68-year-old man has been arrested and another man is in hospital after an assault at a pharmacy in Carmarthenshire. | 0.496264 | 0 |
The incident happened at about 13:30 on Saturday on the A709 near to Hunter House, Lochmaben.
The 24-year-old rider of a red Lexmoto motorbike suffered bruising as a result of the collision and his bike was damaged.
PC Lee Barnfather said: "It amazes me that the driver of the car failed to stop after the crash.
"We are keen to hear from anyone who might have witnessed this collision, or even the driver of the car if they wish to come forward to clear the matter up," he added. | Police are trying to trace a car driver who failed to stop after a motorcyclist was knocked off his bike. | 0.126612 | 0 |
The incident involving two women happened at Duthie Park on Tuesday 14 March.
Police Scotland said a 65-year-old man was expected to appear at Aberdeen Sheriff Court.
The force said inquiries into an incident of a man exposing himself to women at Langdykes Avenue, near Altens Industrial Estate, and Seaton Park were still ongoing. | A man has been charged after an alleged indecent exposure in Aberdeen. | 0.022764 | 0 |
The 26-year-old former Glasgow City player scored 51 goals in 82 games during her spell in Scandinavia.
"I've really enjoyed my time over in Sweden; it was more physical, with higher-tempo matches," she told her new club's website.
"I think it's going to be similar here in England. It's going to be different again but a very high standard."
Ross has been playing for Scotland since 2009, scoring 38 goals in 88 appearances.
And she joins international team-mate Jennifer Beattie at the Super League runners-up.
"I spoke to Jennifer before I signed and she only had positive things to say about the club," Ross said. "She's really enjoying her time here and it'll be nice to have a friendly face around.
"Everything at the club is really impressive - the facilities, the support, the staff. I'm excited to get to work." | Scotland striker Jane Ross has signed a two-year deal at Manchester City after three seasons in Sweden with Vittsjo. | 0.815389 | 1 |
He was speaking for the first time since a World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) independent report recommended Russia be banned from athletics competition.
Putin said athletes should be punished individually, rather than collectively.
"Sportsmen who don't dope - and never have - must not answer for those who break the rules," he said.
"If we find that someone must be held responsible for something of the sort that breaks the rules in place against doping, then the responsibility must be personalised - that's the rule."
Putin said he wanted "professional co-operation" with anti-doping bodies.
"The battle must be open," he said. "A sporting contest is only interesting when it is honest."
Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko had earlier said Britain's anti-doping system had "zero value" and was "even worse" than Russia's.
That accusation was rejected by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
Putin spoke only about the issues affecting Russia, saying someone must take responsibility should problems be found.
"I ask the minister of sport and all our colleagues who are linked in one way or another with sport to pay this issue the greatest possible attention," he said, before a meeting sports officials in the Black Sea resort of Sochi.
"It is essential that we conduct our own internal investigation and - I want to underline - provide the most open professional co-operation with international anti-doping structures."
Lord Coe, president of athletics' governing body, the IAAF, has told the Russian athletics federation to respond to Wada's report by Friday.
The report's author, Dick Pound, recommended Russian athletes be suspended from the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
But International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach said on Wednesday his organisation had "no authority" to take such action, and the matter was solely for the IAAF to deal with.
Bach said the IOC would continue to apply a zero-tolerance policy to doping, and that Olympic medals would be withdrawn from any Russian athlete named in the Wada report who is found guilty of doping.
"We have a proven track record," said Bach. "We will protect clean athletes." | Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered an investigation into claims the country's athletes have been part of a systematic doping programme. | 1.427643 | 1 |
In 2015, the European Commission said it would investigate whether Google "abused its dominant position" and "hindered the development" of rivals.
Google argued Android was a "flexible" platform that had "expanded competition" rather than hurting it.
The European Commission told the BBC it would carefully consider Google's response before making a decision.
The Android operating system is open source, with a majority of the code available for device manufacturers to take, modify and use for free.
Companies are free to take the code and develop it into their own operating system - shopping giant Amazon has done so with its Fire OS.
However, manufacturers must negotiate with Google if they wish to add Google Mobile Services (GMS), which include the popular Google Play app store, Chrome web browser and Google Search app.
The European Commission is investigating whether Google:
Google faces a fine and could be required to change its practices if it is found guilty.
The search giant has not denied offering phone-makers incentives to exclusively pre-install Google apps, or that it offers Search, Chrome and the Play app store as a bundle.
But it argued:
"We do offer manufacturers a suite of apps so that when you buy a new phone, you can access a familiar set of basic services," the company said in a blog.
"Android's competitors - including Apple's iPhone and Microsoft's Windows phone - not only do the same, but they allow much less choice in the apps that come with their phones."
In April, Ms Vestager indicated that she believed Google had broken antitrust rules.
"Based on our investigation thus far, we believe that Google's behaviour denies consumers a wider choice of mobile apps and services and stands in the way of innovation by other players," she said.
FairSearch Europe - one of the organisations to have complained about Google's behaviour - said the company's response was "disingenuous".
"The European Commission's case against Google is vital for consumers, because four out of five smartphones sold today run on Android," it said in a statement.
The European Commission did not indicate how long it would take to reach a decision. | Google has denied the way it handles its Android mobile operating system is anti-competitive. | 2.005771 | 2 |
Mr Murdoch, whose News UK company publishes The Times and The Sun newspapers, and Miss Hall married in a civil ceremony at Spencer House.
It is Mr Murdoch's fourth marriage and the first for Miss Hall, 59, after her 1992 Bali wedding to Sir Mick Jagger was later deemed legally void.
Australian-born Mr Murdoch, 84, who now has US nationality, tweeted he was "the luckiest and happiest man in world".
The pair will hold a private ceremony of celebration on Saturday at London's St Bride's Church, in Fleet Street, which proclaims itself as the "spiritual home of the media".
They announced their engagement in the births, marriages and deaths section of The Times in January.
Speaking at the time, a spokesman said they were "thrilled to be getting married and excited about their future".
Mr Murdoch, whose family control 120 newspapers in five countries, split up with his third wife Wendi Deng in 2013.
His relationship with Miss Hall reportedly began last summer and they are rumoured to have got engaged while in Los Angeles earlier this year.
They were first spotted together in public in October at the Rugby World Cup final in London between Australia and New Zealand.
The couple are reported to have been introduced to each other in Australia by one of Mr Murdoch's sisters and his niece. | Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has married actress-model Jerry Hall in London. | 0.767501 | 1 |
Elizabeth Manley was struck off after facing 30 misconduct charges between 2013 and 2015 at Lumsden Primary.
The roll has dropped to 17 pupils, below the requirement for two classes.
The parent council hopes Aberdeenshire Council will make an exception.
Parent council chairman Mike Starkey has written to the local authority asking for an exception to be made, given the circumstances, in the hope of attracting new pupils.
He told BBC Scotland: "We have had a blip here which has devastated the school. We can return to better days.
"It's not the school you are reading about, it's a new school with enthusiastic staff."
In a statement, Aberdeenshire Council said it had staffing formulas which were applied equally.
The statement said the education service would "always be in a position to react to rising and falling roles should the demand on the school increase but there are no plans to do so now".
Mrs Manley was struck from the register by her own consent by the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) last week.
Aberdeenshire Council said it took appropriate action when the allegations came to light and Mrs Manley was no longer employed by the council. | A primary school which saw pupil numbers drop after allegations of misconduct against its former headmistress needs to maintain a two-class structure in order to move on, parents have said. | 0.9331 | 1 |
Wedi hanner cyntaf di-sgor, aeth Fernando Llorente â'r Elyrch ar y blaen ar ddechrau'r ail hanner gyda dwy gôl o fewn pedair munud i'w gilydd.
Fe rwydodd Roberto Firmino ddwywaith i ddod â'r tîm cartref yn ôl yn gyfartal ond gydag 16 munud i fynd o'r 90, fe sgoriodd Gylfi Sigurdsson drydedd gôl Abertawe.
Llwyddodd yr Elyrch i ddal gafael o'r fantais er gwaetha dros bum munud o chwarae ychwanegol.
Dyma fuddugoliaeth gynta'r Elyrch dan eu rheolwr newydd, Paul Clement.
Mae'r fuddugoliaeth hefyd yn golygu mai Abertawe yw'r tîm cyntaf i guro Lerpwl yn Anfield ers dros flwyddyn.
Dywedodd Iwan Roberts, cyn ymosodwr Cymru a Norwich, oedd yn sylwebu ar y gêm ar raglen Camp Lawn BBC Radio Cymru: "Roedd eu disgyblaeth nhw yn anhygoel, chwarae teg.
"Mi wneith y canlyniad yma godi clwb Abertawe mor uchel.
"Maen nhw allan o'r tri ar y gwaelod, a dwi'n gwybod bod ganddyn nhw gymaint o ffordd i fynd i wneud yn siwr eu bod nhw'n dal yn yn yr uwch-gynghrair y tymor nesaf, ond mae yna obaith rwan." | Cododd Abertawe o waelod tabl Uwch-gynghrair Lloegr ddydd Sadwrn yn dilyn buddugoliaeth ysgubol yn erbyn Lerpwl yn Anfield. | 0.799519 | 1 |
Fighters said to be from the Nusra Front briefly seized a police station in Arsal, which is home to thousands of refugees from the war in Syria.
On Sunday morning, the fighting was continuing in the mainly Sunni town.
The area has been the scene of regular tension between the Lebanese army and Syrian militias.
Previous border incursions never went so deeply into Lebanese territory.
One report says four Lebanese nationals were killed, including two soldiers, and several others were seized, as rebels roamed the streets while Lebanese helicopters hovered overhead.
The Lebanese army says eight of its soldiers have been killed in clashes, other reports say.
Lebanese Prime Minster Tammam Salam described the assault as a "flagrant attack on the Lebanese state".
A Nusra Front spokesman told Reuters news agency they were demanding the release of a leader, Emad Jumaa, after he was arrested at a checkpoint near the town, which is predominantly Sunni Muslim.
Lebanon's army, which rushed tanks to Arsal, said in a statement it "would not allow any party to transfer the battle from Syria to its land".
Meanwhile, Hezbollah fighters from Lebanon's Shia Muslim community are said to have taken part in an ambush on rebels inside Syria on the side of President Bashar al-Assad.
At least 50 rebels, including members of the Nusra Front, were killed in the attack in the Qalamoun area near the Lebanese border on Saturday, activists and security sources said.
The Nusra Front, al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, has been fighting along with other rebel groups against the Syrian government but has also clashed with fellow jihadist group Islamic State (IS), which is seeking to carve out a new Islamist state straddling Syria and Iraq.
Lebanon now hosts more than a million Syrian refugees, meaning a quarter of its total population is Syrian. | There have been scenes of chaos as rebels from Syria raided a border town in Lebanon, killing members of the security forces and abducting others. | 1.302406 | 1 |
The larvae were being sold for food in south-eastern Katanga province.
Days of violence began when a group of Batwa, also known as pygmies, accused the Luba ethnic group of imposing an illegal levy on the sale of caterpillars and beating up vendors.
The two groups have clashed several times in the last few years.
The Batwa killed several members of the Luba ethnic group near the region of Kabalo in Katanga. The Luba then launched a revenge attack, killing at least 13 pygmies.
Tensions between the hunter-gatherer pygmies and the Luba, a Bantu ethnic group, have caused hundreds of deaths over the past three years.
Caterpillars are a delicacy in western DR Congo, in the area around the capital Kinshasa, hundreds of miles from Katanga where the deadly clashes occurred.
They are harvested from trees, smoked and often eaten with sauce.
However they are an unexpected cause of conflict in DR Congo, particularly in Katanga.
That province is not known for its love of eating caterpillars and people have certainly never killed for them before.
But there is a running feud in the area between pygmies and other ethnic groups.
Pygmies are native to the region but they feel they are marginalised, with unequal access to resources and education.
So when they felt that one of their main sources of income was being subject to an unfair tax, the result was violence. | At least 16 people have been killed in a row over a disputed charge on the sale of caterpillars in the Democratic Republic of Congo. | 3.29671 | 3 |
Orica-Scott rider Yates, 24, started Sunday second overall but climbed off with 75km of the 210km stage remaining.
Slovak Sagan won an uphill sprint to take his second victory of the race, ahead of France's Thibaut Pinot, who also moved second overall behind leader Nairo Quintana of Colombia.
Geraint Thomas was fourth on the stage.
The British Team Sky rider is now up to sixth overall, with two stages remaining.
Overall standings after stage five:
1. Nairo Quintana (Col/Movistar) 21hrs 34mins 51secs
2. Thibaut Pinot (Fra/FDJ) +50secs
3. Rohan Dennis (Aus/BMC) +1min 06secs
4. Primoz Roglic (Slo/LottoNL) +1min 15secs
5. Tom Dumoulin (Ned/Sunweb) +1min 19secs
6. Geraint Thomas (GB/Team Sky) +1min 23secs
7. Rigoberto Urán (Col/Cannondale-Drapac) +1min 30secs
8. Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa/Movistar) +1min 32secs
9. Bauke Mollema (Ned/Trek-Segafredo) +1min 37secs
10. Simon Spilak (Slo/Katusha-Alpecin) +1min 59secs | World champion Peter Sagan won stage five of Tirreno-Adriatico in Italy as Britain's Adam Yates abandoned the race because of illness. | 0.841991 | 1 |
He called on the international community to recognise Israeli sovereignty.
Israel seized the Golan Heights from Syria in 1967's Six-Day War.
Israel annexed the region in 1981 but the move has not been internationally recognised. Syria demands its return.
Mr Netanyahu said at the start of the cabinet meeting: "I chose to have this festive cabinet meeting on the Golan Heights to send a clear message: the Golan Heights will forever remain in Israeli hands.
"It's time, after 50 years, that the international community finally recognises that the Golan will forever remain under Israeli sovereignty."
Commentators say the statement comes amid reports the return of the Golan Heights could be part of negotiations for a post-civil war Syria.
But Mr Netanyahu said: "Whatever is beyond the border, the boundary itself will not change."
There are more than 30 Jewish settlements on the heights, with an estimated 20,000 settlers.
Israel has avoided any major involvement in Syria's conflict but fears any increased presence in Syria of Hezbollah fighters, Sunni militant groups or Iranian troops.
Mr Netanyahu said he had told US Secretary of State John Kerry that Israel would "not oppose a diplomatic settlement in Syria, on condition that it not come at the expense of the security of the state of Israel".
That meant "at the end of the day, the forces of Iran, Hezbollah and [so-called Islamic State] will be removed from Syrian soil."
More than 250,000 Syrians have lost their lives in five years of armed conflict, which began with anti-government protests before escalating into a full-scale civil war.
More than 11 million others have been forced from their homes as forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and those opposed to his rule battle each other - as well as jihadist militants from so-called Islamic State. | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed the Golan Heights will forever stay in Israel's hands, at the country's first cabinet meeting held in the occupied territory. | 2.351329 | 2 |
The ex-Manchester City youngster joined the Terriers in February 2015, but left at the end of last term after scoring four goals in 37 games for the club.
He has scored 39 goals in 224 league appearances for eight clubs, also including West Brom and Middlesbrough.
The 29-year-old joins a Bury side currently third in League One. | League One side Bury have signed former Nottingham Forest and Huddersfield forward Ishmael Miller on a contract until the end of the season. | 0.386886 | 0 |
The judge said there was insufficient evidence that Thomas Beatie was male when he married; the state bans same-sex marriage.
In 2008, Mr Beatie, who had lived as a man for decades, gave birth to a girl, the first of three pregnancies.
He is legally male but kept his female reproductive organs and bore children because his wife was infertile.
A spokesman for Mr Beatie, Ryan Gordon, said Maricopa County Family Court Judge Douglas Gerlach's comments came as a shock. He said his client, who hopes to marry his current girlfriend, planned to appeal the ruling.
"It's unfortunate that the judge out here doesn't recognise marriage in another state,'' Mr Gordon said.
In his ruling, Judge Gerlach wrote that the couple had failed to prove Mr Beatie was a male when they were married.
"The decision here is not based on the conclusion that this case involves a same-sex marriage merely because one of the parties is a transsexual male," he wrote.
Mr Beatie began taking testosterone in 1979 and underwent a double mastectomy in 2002. His birth certificate was changed to male at the same time.
He and his wife Nancy married a year later in Hawaii.
Mr Gordon said Mr Beatie, 39, was legally married as a man and never was required to disclose that he retained female reproductive organs when applying for the birth certificate in Hawaii as a man.
Mr Beatie halted testosterone treatments so he could give birth to his children after the couple found out his wife could not get pregnant.
"I'm clearly a man: socially, legally, psychologically, physically - the whole ball of wax," Mr Beatie told the Arizona Republic in December.
Nancy Beatie's lawyer David Higgins said Judge Gerlach's decision was thorough but not the one she had hoped for.
"He still sees a same-sex marriage, but he gave us all the rulings that we're asking for as far as the children,'' Mr Higgins said. | An Arizona judge has refused to grant a divorce to a transgender man who gave birth to three children. | 1.552439 | 2 |
Referee Steve Rushton inspected the pitch after arriving at the Moss Rose and decided that it was unplayable.
No new date has yet been set for the game to be played. | Tuesday's National League game between Macclesfield Town and Barrow has been postponed because of a frozen pitch. | -0.167404 | 0 |
Theodore Antonio Paget, 29, was told to leave Sub8ten, in Leicester, but returned soon after on 8 May 2016.
Leicester Crown Court heard he pulled a gun on one doorman, then shot and injured another who intervened.
Paget, of no fixed address, had previously admitted unlawful wounding, but was found guilty by a jury of wounding with intent.
At an earlier hearing, he had admitted possessing a prohibited firearm and possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear or violence.
Paget - known as Anton - received five years each for the two firearm offences to run concurrently with the 20-year sentence.
He was also ordered to spend an additional five years on licence on release from prison.
Leicestershire Police said the incident unfolded after Paget was angry about being told to leave the club's basement, known as The Dungeon, in King Street, at about 06:00 BST.
The victim, Dan Lewis, 32, stepped in to help protect his colleague, but was shot in the groin by Paget.
Investigating officer Det Con Chris Fox said Mr Lewis had to undergo intensive surgery and spent several months recovering from the "violent" attack.
Paget previously pleaded guilty to unlawfully wounding Mr Lewis, but was found guilty of the more serious charge of wounding with intent during the trial. | A man who deliberately shot a doorman in the leg after he was kicked out of a nightclub has been jailed for 20 years. | 0.80506 | 1 |
Stuart Craig was last seen in the Dunsire Street area a week ago and extensive searches for him had been carried out.
Police said a body found on Thursday afternoon had been confirmed as Mr Craig.
His family described him as "a much loved son, brother, nephew and grandson".
In a statement issued through Police Scotland, his mother added: "He was a special person who fought a long battle for so long and now he is finally at peace." | The body of a missing man from Kirkcaldy in Fife has been discovered in the docks area of the town. | 0.332187 | 0 |
The crash, which involved a white Kawasaki motorbike and a black BMW car, happened on the northbound section of the A449 between Coldra and Usk.
The alarm was raised at 11:15 BST on Saturday and an air ambulance was called but the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
The road is closed as investigations into the incident start.
Gwent Police are appealing for witnesses to contact them, quoting log number 202. | A motorcyclist has died in a collision with a car in Monmouthshire, say Gwent Police. | 0.215595 | 0 |
Scotland international Coleman, 24, leaves after playing one Championship match for the Bears, bagging a pair against Somerset last season.
Webb, also 24, played 11 times as the Bears won the T20 Blast in 2014.
"Sadly, opportunities for Freddie and Jonathon have been limited at senior level," director of cricket Dougie Brown told the club website.
Coleman signed his first professional contract in 2013 and also played in four List A games and four T20 matches during his time at Edgbaston.
Webb hit his only half century - 50 off 33 balls - in a T20 group game against Derbyshire.
"We wanted to give both players the best possible opportunity to continue their careers in the game and our agreement ensures that Freddie and Jonathon can now speak to other clubs during the current domestic season," Brown added. | Warwickshire have released batsmen Freddie Coleman and Jonathon Webb after deciding not to offer them new deals. | 0.81886 | 1 |
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Brierley, 25, is in line to make his debut for the Wolfpack in Sunday's Challenge Cup fifth-round tie with Salford Red Devils.
The move reunites the Scotland international with Wolfpack boss Paul Rowley, who coached him at Leigh.
He scored 15 tries in 25 appearances after moving from Leigh in March 2016.
"It was clear that the move would be appealing to Ryan and, from our side of things, once the fee met our value of the player the deal was quickly signed," Giants managing director Richard Thewlis said.
"It's a sad day in some respects for us but the reality is that the move to Huddersfield and into Super League didn't really work out as either we nor Ryan would have wished."
Brierley will drop two divisions to link up with Toronto, who have won all five league games and are still in the Challenge Cup.
"Like all players, I wanted to be playing every week and that's the main reason for taking the new challenge at Toronto with a coach who obviously I know very well," he said.
"The initial aim of course is promotion and then the desire and ambition of the club is ultimately Super League and I hope to be able to play a big part in that and get back to level that I am leaving." | League One side Toronto Wolfpack have signed Scotland utility back Ryan Brierley from Super League club Huddersfield for an undisclosed fee. | 0.980366 | 1 |
The vehicle's tyres had to be deflated to free it from beneath the Grade I-listed Newport Arch.
City of Lincoln Council said it did not believe there was "any permanent structural damage". However, it said the arch had suffered "a small number of superficial scrapes".
The arch was built in AD200 and was a gate on the Roman London to York road.
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It had to be repaired in 1964 after a lorry crash caused extensive damage.
Experts who helped restore it again in 2014 have been called in by the local authority "as a safety measure" to provide expert advice.
The transport firm involved has posted an apology online.
RASE Distribution said in a tweet that an investigation was under way. | A lorry became wedged under a Roman arch in Lincoln after trying to drive through it and getting stuck. | 1.729333 | 2 |
According to his family, the 85-year-old died on Monday following a stroke.
White was chosen ahead of Ringo Starr in September 1962 to play drums on the single version of Love Me Do and its B-side, P.S. I Love You.
White, who was born in Glasgow in 1930, is also believed to have played on the album version of Please Please Me.
He could therefore legitimately claim to be one of the so-called "Fifth Beatles", alongside the likes of Pete Best, Stuart Sutcliffe and others.
White also played drums on Lulu's 1964 cover of Shout and Sir Tom Jones' 1965 single It's Not Unusual.
He went on to tour with Marlene Dietrich, Burt Bacharach and Rod Stewart and perform with the BBC Scottish Radio Orchestra.
In a 2009 interview with a New Jersey newspaper, White revealed he was often called to London's Abbey Road studios in the 1960s.
"I would get a call from EMI and you never knew what you were going to be asked to do," he told The Progress.
White was paid a one-off fee - £5 - for his three hours with the Beatles and received no subsequent royalties.
Starr, who played drums on earlier versions of Love Me Do, can be heard playing the tambourine on the White recording.
"You could tell it was something different and very special," White told the Daily Record in 2012. "But I didn't know just how special it would become."
In later life White emigrated to the US, where he married the voiceover actress Thea Ruth and became a drumming instructor.
The New York Metro Pipe Band, one of the bands with whom he worked, described him on Facebook as an "all round gentleman".
He was also called upon to teach drums to musician turned actor Steven van Zandt for his role as Silvio Dante in TV hit The Sopranos.
Speaking to the BBC on Wednesday, White's family paid tribute to his "amazing humility and humbleness about his many achievements". | Andy White, the Scottish studio session musician who played the drums on Love Me Do and other early tracks by The Beatles, has died in New Jersey. | 1.198339 | 1 |
Adrian St John, 22, who played for the Chris Gayle Academy in London, is understood to have died on Sunday.
West Indies cricketer Gayle tweeted: "Such sad news to hear. My condolences to his family & friends. Adrian St John was the captain of the academy. #Sigh."
The Foreign Office said it was in contact with authorities in Trinidad following the death of a UK national.
Local media reports suggest Mr St John was attacked after he had stopped his car to pick up two friends, and was shot as he drove away after they had been robbed.
Donovan Miller, programme manager for the Chris Gayle Foundation, said: "I'm really finding it hard to come to terms with it, how someone could do something like that to such a lovely person."
He said Mr St John was one of the first members of the Chris Gayle Academy in London, adding: "He wanted me to support him to go to the Caribbean and to kind of push hard with his cricket."
Friends have taken to Twitter to pay tribute to Mr St John.
"In utter shock to hear that one of my good friends Adrian has passed away. One of the funniest and nicest people," Tommy Smith tweeted.
"Tragic news. A lovely lad and a talented cricketer. Thoughts are with his family and friends. RIP Adrian St John," tweeted Surrey-based Southern Railway, Kenley and Selsdon Cricket Club.
Alleyn Cricket Club, based in south London, tweeted: "Adrian St John, who played for us 85 times from 2009 to 2014, has been murdered in Trinidad. We're devastated."
"Saddened by the news of the death of one of our Alumni, Adrian St John. Our prayers are with his family. RIP Adrian," the University of Hertfordshire men's cricket team tweeted.
The Chris Gayle Foundation aims to "improve access to good-quality education, training and employment for at-risk young people in Jamaica and the UK".
The cricket academies it runs offer young people a chance to play matches "as a focus for the development of their communication skills, teamwork and collective pride in their achievements". | An aspiring British cricketer has died after reportedly being shot by robbers in Trinidad. | 1.001173 | 1 |
Mewn araith yn Llundain ddydd Iau, bydd Mr Jones yn galw ar wleidyddion i ddarparu etholiad i'r cyhoedd yn seiliedig ar faterion pwysig ac nid personoliaethau.
Mae hefyd wedi herio Theresa May i gymryd rhan mewn dadl gydag ef y tro nesaf y bydd hi'n dod i Gymru.
Daw ei sylwadau yn dilyn sylw gan yr Ysgrifennydd Tramor Boris Johnson, sydd wedi disgrifio Jeremy Corbyn mewn iaith liwgar fel "mutton-headed, old mugwump".
Bydd arweinydd y blaid Lafur yng Nghymru'n dweud: "Beth am wneud yr etholiad yma'n fath gwahanol o etholiad. Etholiad yn seiliedig ar faterion pwysig, nid personoliaethau.
"Ffeithiau, nid ofn. Ychydig mwy o gig ar yr asgwrn ag ychydig llai o frechdan cig moch.
"Doedd ymgyrch refferendwm Brexit, pa bynnag ochr yr oeddech chi arno, ddim yn bennod hapus i'n gwlad.
"Roedd hi'n ymgyrch oedd yn canolbwyntio gormod ar ofn yn erbyn lled-wirionedd, a doedd hi ddim yn ffordd i'r Deyrnas Unedig hysbysebu ein democratiaeth i'r byd.
"Rwy'n gwneud yr addewid hwn - ac yn gosod sialens i eraill i wneud yr un fath - rwyf i am ddefnyddio'r wythnosau nesaf i godi ansawdd y dadleuon yn y wlad hon."
Dywedodd llefarydd ar ran y Ceidwadwyr Cymreig: "Mae economi Cymru a'i gwasanaethau cyhoeddus yn dangos creithiau bron i ddwy ddegawd o reolaeth y blaid Lafur.
"Diolch i'r blaid Lafur, mae gan Gymru'r lefel isaf o gyflog yn y DU, yr amseroedd aros hiraf mewn ysbytai, a'r system addysg ysgolion sy'n perfformio waethaf.
"Byddai rhoi Llafur mewn llywodraeth yn peryglu ein heconomi sy'n tyfu gyda threthi uwch, llai o swyddi, mwy o wastraff a mwy o ddyled.
"Mae'r etholiad yma'n ddewis clir rhwng arweinyddiaeth gref a chadarn Theresa May a'i thîm Ceidwadol, neu glymblaid o anhrefn o dan arweinyddiaeth wan a di-glem Jeremy Corbyn." | Mae Prif Weinidog Cymru, Carwyn Jones wedi galw ar yr holl bleidiau i wella ansawdd y dadleuon yn yr etholiad cyffredinol. | 0.837871 | 1 |
Nearly 300 people responded to a consultation about how the collection changes should be carried out, and the council agreed to more communication.
However the local authority also said "smelly" food waste would be collected weekly from special food waste bins.
The new rubbish collecting schedule, which covers general waste and recycling bins, will launch in October.
The leader of the Labour-run council, Richard Farnell, said financial pressures were partly behind the change.
And he pointed out that Rochdale had the lowest recycling rate of Greater Manchester's 10 boroughs.
Bury Council became the first local authority in England last October to only collect household rubbish once every three weeks. | Bins in Rochdale will only be emptied once every three weeks instead of fortnightly, the council has decided. | 1.853974 | 2 |
Wales captain Sam Warburton is likely to be ruled out with a head injury, but prop Gethin Jenkins is back in training after missing the defeat by England with a calf problem.
Scrum-half Rhys Webb, fly-half Rhys Priestland and hooker Ken Owens impressed from the bench at Twickenham.
"I think the bench deserve [a chance]," said assistant coach Rob Howley.
"Obviously when they've come on there's certainly been a change in the momentum of the game and they've made a huge impact.
"As coaches we'll sit down and have that selection [discussion]. It's a big game on Saturday and we respect Italy, so we'll be picking what [head coach] Warren Gatland feels is our best side for the game."
The team announcement is due on Tuesday.
Although Jenkins is back, fellow prop Tomas Francis could be suspended as he faces a disciplinary hearing this week.
The Exeter front-rower's fingers appeared to touch the eye area of England's Dan Cole during Wales' defeat at Twickenham.
That could mean Samson Lee and Rob Evans retain their places as the starting props, with either Owens or Scott Baldwin packing down between them at hooker.
Ospreys open-side Justin Tipuric is the likeliest replacement for Warburton in the back row, and there could be changes among the backs.
Webb's impact from the bench at Twickenham could mean the scrum-half makes his first start for Wales since suffering a serious foot injury in a World Cup warm-up match against Italy in September.
Wing Alex Cuthbert has failed to score in his last nine matches for Wales, his longest spell without an international try since he made his Test debut in 2011.
Should the Cardiff Blues player lose his place, regional team-mate Tom James and Newport Gwent Dragons back Hallam Amos could be in contention to start. | Wales are considering making changes to their team for their final Six Nations match against Italy on Saturday. | 0.962368 | 1 |
Bank and Liverpool Street stations were searched shortly after 17:00 by British Transport Police but officers found "no trace of the man".
Sections of the line were suspended for about 30 minutes. Trains are now running with severe delays.
Investigations continue and officers remain at both stations, police said. | Part of the London Underground's Central Line was suspended during rush hour amid reports of a man brandishing a knife. | 0.348051 | 0 |
Without Olympic champions Mo Farah, Greg Rutherford and Jessica Ennis-Hill, Britain won a silver and two bronze.
Long jumper Dan Bramble finished sixth on Sunday, as did Stephanie Twell and Lee Emanuel in their 3,000m events.
"There were more medal hopes so three might be seen as disappointing," said BBC Sport pundit Steve Cram.
Eighteen-year-old Ethiopian Yomif Kejelcha (7min 57.21secs) showed he will be a threat to Farah at the 2016 Olympics in Rio, racing clear to win the 3,000m from surprise silver medallist Ryan Hill of the United States, with Emmanuel (8:00.70) never nearer than at the end.
In her event, Twell kept pace well and was still in medal contention with four laps remaining.
Ethiopian Genzebe Dibaba (8:47.43) was too good though and she eventually finished almost seven seconds clear of the field to win gold.
Isobel Pooley finished 10th in the high jump, clearing 1.89m, whilst Chris O'Hare finished eighth in the 1500m.
Britain finished 16th in the overall medal table, compared to fourth two years ago.
Only one medal came on the track, through Tiffany Porter in the 60m.
Lorraine Ugen finished third in the long jump, with Robbie Grabarz winning Britain's only silver in the high jump.
Bramble, 25, produced an indoor personal best of 7.14m in the long jump and Ennis-Hill's coach Tony Minichello joked: "We look like we are a jumping nation. A nation of kangaroos."
The host nation won exactly half of the 26 gold medals on offer - Ethiopia were the only other country that won more than one.
The US won four golds on the final night of competition, including both 4x400m relays in world best times for 2016.
The hosts were helped in the men's race when a highly-fancied Belgium quartet dropped the baton and eventually finished last. | Great Britain failed to win a gold medal at the World Indoor Championships for only the second time since 1997 at the four-day event in Portland. | 1.071096 | 1 |
Initial plans have already identified at least £12m of cuts across both forces.
Decisions about which functions will be merged or handed to external organisations will be made over the next 12 months, a statement said.
No announcement has been made about how many jobs could be lost.
A Dorset Police spokesman said both forces would remain as separate organisations with their own commissioners and chief constables but more policing would be delivered jointly by the two forces, resulting in shared leadership for some functions.
In a statement, Devon and Cornwall Police said: "Working together more closely and sharing many services is a significant move that will allow the forces to continue to provide efficient and effective policing."
Most changes will be to internal structures so "will not be noticeable to local people", the statement said.
Devon & Cornwall Police Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer said: "We have lost 450 police officers from Devon and Cornwall with up to 500 police staff as well.
"If we don't make these kind of savings and work this way it'll be another 800 people."
Nigel Rabbitts, chairman of the Devon & Cornwall Police Federation, said: "We welcome anything which is going to help with the budget but it is a consequence of the budgetary disaster which both forces are in.
"Will this actually put resources thinner over the three counties and islands rather than making us more efficient?
"If it does make the savings, we will welcome this but our concern is it will lead to further job reductions."
Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Martyn Underhill said: "We are facing unprecedented times in policing. We need to deliver more for less and this alliance will help us achieve that." | Dorset Police is to share some services with Devon & Cornwall's force following an agreement to form a cost-cutting "strategic alliance". | 1.287454 | 1 |
Mr Bale failed to get re-elected as Labour leader - and thereby council leader - a week ago with the vote tied.
But on Monday he was re-elected despite a challenge by councillor Lynda Thorne.
Mr Bale told BBC Wales he was "happy with the result" and "excited about the city's future".
Opposition councillors have previously called for him to resign and several people within his own party felt he should have stepped down.
The Llanishen councillor survived a vote of no confidence in March after he struggled to pass his budget. | Cardiff council leader Phil Bale has survived a leadership challenge at the annual general meeting of the city's Labour group. | 0.748094 | 1 |
Payne beat a field including the winner of the last round, Brazil's Ana Marcela Cunha, while Briton Jack Burnell, 22, finished fourth in the men's event.
South-African born Payne, 27, said shw will now take a short break before her focus switches to qualifying for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
"That was a great result for me," said Beijing Olympic silver medallist Payne.
"This is the last race of the season and I swam through the summer to make sure it was a good one.
"It's always a fight to the finish, but it's nice to come out with the win." | Britain's Keri-Anne Payne won gold at the final 10km Marathon World Cup event of the series in Hong Kong. | 0.734501 | 1 |
City of York Council approved English Heritage's £2m plan in October.
However, Councillor John Hayes, who launched the legal challenge, believes the decision to approve the development was "deeply flawed".
A council spokesperson said it was "entirely confident" it had followed "due process at all stages".
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Mr Hayes said: "I made the application as a local resident. I am not the ward councillor for the Guildhall Ward where Clifford's Tower stands.
"However, I live nearby and I, along with many other people in York, want to retain the mound in its simple medieval form that makes it such an iconic landmark."
When Mr Hayes first announced his plan to seek a review of the decision a council spokesman said: "We are entirely confident we have followed due process at all stages of the application."
A judicial review is a type of court proceeding in which a judge reviews the lawfulness of a decision or action made by a public body.
A spokesperson for English Heritage said: "English Heritage was pleased to have received planning permission from City of York Council, and remains committed to improving the quality of visits to Clifford's Tower.
"We now await the High Court's decision on the judicial review." | A judicial review looking into a council's decision to approve plans for a visitor centre at the foot of York's Clifford's Tower has been granted. | 1.463101 | 1 |
PC Neil Doyle, 36, died following an attack in Liverpool city centre in the early hours of 19 December.
Christopher Spendlove, 30, and Andrew Taylor, 28, pleaded not guilty to his murder when they appeared at Liverpool Crown Court earlier.
Both men were remanded in custody and told they will face trial at the same court on 22 June.
PC Doyle and two other off-duty officers were attacked near the Aloha Club, in Colquitt Street.
Spendlove, of Brandearth Hey, Stockbridge Village, and Taylor, of Cherry Tree Road, Huyton, Merseyside, also deny causing grievous bodily harm with intent to PC Doyle's colleagues.
A post-mortem examination revealed the constable died from bleeding around the brain.
His colleagues were treated in hospital for facial injuries.
A third man, Timmy Donovan, 30, originally from Huyton, was arrested in Germany in January in connection with the murder.
The court heard extradition proceedings against him have begun and he is expected to be brought to the UK within the next 10 days. | Two men have denied murdering an off-duty police constable who was killed during a night out with colleagues. | 0.619698 | 1 |
McGinity has previously worked as a consultant at the club and was head of rugby at a sport marketing company.
Worcester finished 10th in the Premiership table last season, 15 points clear of relegation.
"It has become apparent that a club's long-term recruitment strategy is crucial to building its success," chief executive Jim O'Toole said. | Premiership side Worcester Warriors have appointed Jan McGinity as their new head of rugby recruitment. | 0.524262 | 1 |
The Fijian wing was shown a yellow after stamping on Keelan Giles.
Raisuqe was eventually sent-off by referee Matthew Carley after 52 minutes for second yellow card.
"I don't think I'm being controversial. If someone stamps on someone then surely that's a red card," said Tandy.
"Everyone can see that he's stamped on Keelan. I don't know if stamping is a yellow card in any format so I don't quite get it, but that's the decision.
"I don't want to be sitting here bleating around referee calls even though there were some poor ones, but ultimately that didn't really cost us the game.
"I still think we should have dealt with that and there were enough opportunities for us to win that game irrelevant of some questionable decisions."
Between Raisuge's 10 minutes in the sin-bin and the red card, Stade spent 38 minutes reduced to 14 men and scored all of their three tries while a man down.
Fly-half Dan Biggar kicked a penalty to put Ospreys 14-11 ahead after Raisuge was dismissed, but they conceded two converted tries after that as they crashed out of the tournament.
Tandy was also unhappy with a decision to disallow a Dan Biggar try early in the game for a forward pass when the ball appeared to be deflected by a Stade defender.
However, he said he did not blame refereeing decisions for the defeat, instead saying his own team's failure to take their chances cost them a home semi-final against Bath.
"We conceded cheap tries and if you look at the back end of the game we had our chances, we pulled Stade around, but ultimately we didn't finish it off," he said.
"There's no hiding place. It's pretty raw but it's knockout rugby.
"One team hasn't done a lot to win the game, they've done everything in their power to probably slow the game down and win in different ways and we've got to handle that better.
"If we'd handle our ball better and taken out chances that would not have had a bearing on the game."
The loss followed a shock 13-5 Pro12 defeat by Treviso, and third-placed Ospreys they face leaders Leinster at home on Saturday, 8 April.
"There's no hiding place, we've got Leinster coming to us," added Tandy.
"There's no bigger or better game for us to be fired up on and make sure we go and get a performance and ultimately a result." | Ospreys coach Steve Tandy believes Stade Francais wing Josaia Raisuqe should have been sent-off in the first half of his team's 25-21 European Challenge Cup defeat. | 1.09387 | 1 |
Louis van Gaal's side failed to record a single shot on target as their 10-match unbeaten league run was ended.
Dusan Tadic scored the only goal of the game when he tapped in calmly from 12 yards after Graziano Pelle's effort had come back off the near post.
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The Reds improved after the goal but Juan Mata missed two good chances.
It is the first time United have been beaten at home since their opening day reverse against Swansea and reaffirms Southampton's top-four credentials, as Ronald Koeman's side backed up their home win against Arsenal with another three points.
The visitors had not won at Old Trafford in the top tier since January 1988 - a run stretching back 19 games - and this result was built on a 10th clean sheet in 21 games.
Even after centre-half Toby Alderweireld left the pitch injured in the first half, Southampton remained well-drilled and limited United's array of attacking talent to very few chances.
United's front four, plus wing-backs Luke Shaw and Antonio Valencia, cost the club almost £200m in transfer fees but the best they managed in a poor first half was Angel Di Maria's shot which was dragged past an upright.
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Nathaniel Clyne also shot wide for the visitors, while some smart defending from Jose Fonte blocked Robin van Persie's effort.
The game was being played at a sedate pace and only burst into life when Tadic completed a fine move after good work from James Ward-Prowse and Pelle.
United took off former Southampton full-back Luke Shaw and switched Daley Blind to the left, and the Dutchman's dangerous deliveries presented the Reds with two good chances to level.
First, he whipped in a dangerous ball which goalkeeper Fraser Forster failed to deal with and Mata's shot went just wide.
Minutes later, Blind drove a low ball into the box and Mata stabbed over from six yards out.
However Saints held on for arguably their most impressive victory of the season and one which puts them three points clear in the Champions League places. | Southampton picked up their first league victory over Manchester United at Old Trafford in 27 years to move up to third in the Premier League. | 1.025787 | 1 |
With almost all the votes counted, the 67-year-old polled 52% - enough to avoid a run-off.
His closest rival, leftist Antonio Sampaio da Novoa, won 22.89%.
The post of president is mainly ceremonial, but the head of state can dissolve parliament. A shaky left-wing coalition currently governs Portugal.
Mr Sousa vowed to be an independent president and said he wished to restore national unity while "our country is emerging from a deep economic and social crisis". "The people are the ones with the power," he told supporters.
Observers suspect the governing coalition may unravel within a year or so, so the new president may end up playing a more active role, the BBC's Alison Roberts reports from Lisbon.
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A record 10 candidates took part in Sunday's election.
Mr Sousa secured the required 50% of the vote to avoid a run-off on 14 February.
Known as "Professor Marcelo" to his supporters, he has been involved in politics since his youth, helping to establish the centre-right Social Democratic Party.
He has the support of right-wing parties, but says he will not be reliant on them. He has pledged to do everything he can to ensure the current government's stability.
He will take over in March from Anibal Cavaco Silva, a conservative who served two consecutive five-year terms.
A centre-right coalition won the most votes in October's election, but lost its overall majority in November, to be replaced by an alliance of left-wing parties which rejected its austerity programme in parliament.
Portugal was one of the countries hardest hit by the crisis in the eurozone, accepting an international bailout in exchange for sweeping cuts. | A veteran centre-right politician and television pundit, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, has won Portugal's presidential election. | 1.668332 | 2 |
His comments come as the Tibetan exile movement meets at its headquarters in the northern Indian town of Dharamsala to discuss its future strategy.
There is growing concern over the number of Tibetans self-immolating or setting themselves on fire.
Activists say 51 Tibetans have set themselves on fire since 2009.
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The Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government-in-exile are under increasing pressure - not just from Beijing but now also from their followers who are divided over how to continue their struggle against Chinese rule.
Some of those gathering in Dharamsala this week want a more assertive policy, including more open backing of Tibetans setting themselves on fire, while others say this tactic is against Buddhist teachings and want another approach.
The Dalai lama has steered a middle course.
In a BBC interview, he said the immolations were a symptom of China's repressive rule in Tibet and called on its new leadership to accept the need for change.
"The new leadership must use common sense and a more holistic view to serve long term-interest. There is no other way.
"Just using force, censorship and to remain a closed society is almost like suicide. Judging that way, I feel there is possibility or a real chance to change."
Beijing says Tibet is an integral part of China and accuses the Dalai Lama of trying to break the Himalayan region away.
The Dalai Lama says he only wants greater autonomy.
But, he said, it was getting harder to reach an agreement because of an increasing divide between ethnic Tibetans and the Han Chinese who have been encouraged to move there by Beijing. | The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, says he hopes for a new Chinese approach to Tibet with the expected change in its leadership next month. | 2.025142 | 2 |
A BBC Freedom of Information request has found the city council has paid £430,000 into the attraction since it opened in April 2012.
Southampton City Council said the figures were "disappointing" but added it was not unusual for attractions to see a revenue dip in their second year.
It said a renewed effort would be made to increase takings.
Visitor numbers at the £15m museum were 10,000 short of its target of 250,000 in the first two years.
Its income was projected to be £2,035,200 but only £1,566,857 was generated.
With running costs of £2,003,181, the project has cost the council more than £430,000 since it opened.
Control of the council has changed from Conservative to Labour since the opening of the museum.
Current deputy leader, Labour's Stephen Barnes-Andrews said the planning had been "horribly wrong".
"That figure will have to be worked on - the business model it was set up on has not achieved the results it has meant to," he said.
Conservative John Hannides, who held the council's leisure and culture cabinet post when the museum was built, said: "While the figures are disappointing, there is a lot we can do to boost those figures."
He said the Conservative administration had always planned to investigate outsourcing to a specialist commercial operator.
He also insisted a free ticket giveaway to Southampton residents had been "factored in" to the initial income projections.
Mr Barnes-Andrews said no options were ruled out but the council would try and boost attendance.
"We need to increase the footfall and make the marketing more focused. It's my responsibility to reduce that revenue gap."
He added research showed the museum was having a wider benefit within the city centre's economy. | Southampton's council-run SeaCity Museum is failing to meet its projected visitor numbers and income targets. | 1.632666 | 2 |
Stanning, 29, won pairs gold with Helen Glover at London 2012 before returning to active duty with the British Army, including a tour of Afghanistan.
In Stanning's absence, Glover won the 2013 world title with Polly Swann.
Stanning and Glover reunited in their first race together since London 2012.
"We have decided to take the pressure off, knock back her training and we think that will open the opportunity for a swift return to top form," said Sir David Tanner, GB Rowing's performance director.
"We are sure that Heather will be back on song soon. We will now consider our options in terms of the open women's squad before finalising the selections for Belgrade."
Stanning, who lives in Reading, Berkshire, said: "I am clearly disappointed not to be travelling with the team to Belgrade and I wish everyone luck out there.
"I am still training and will focus on the programme I've been set to regain intensity at the very top end of the percentages". | Olympic champion Heather Stanning has been ruled out of this month's European Rowing Championships in Belgrade after showing signs of fatigue in training. | 0.817275 | 1 |
More than 400 people are still missing after torrential rain caused whole hillsides to collapse.
The Brazilian government has said it will set up an early warning system to alert communities of impending danger.
The flooding is considered the worst natural disaster Brazil has ever experienced.
According to figures compiled by the newspaper O Globo, about third of all victims were children and adolescents.
The youngest fatality was a five-day-old baby buried in a mudslide in Nova Friburgo, the worst affected town with 324 dead.
Continuing danger
The number of missing has been declining as forensic experts identify more bodies, but rescue workers fear the full extent of the disaster is not yet known, with some remote communities still only reachable by helicopter.
Emergency workers say their priority is to make sure no new deaths occur.
They are warning of the risks of contaminated water.
Three people are known to have contracted leptospirosis, an infectious bacterial disease, which is caused by exposure to water contaminated with rats' urine.
In Teresopolis, doctors have been administering thousands of tetanus vaccines.
In Sao Jose do Vale, workers were erecting more than a hundred tents sent from the UK to house those whose homes were swept away or flooded.
Volunteers in Rio de Janeiro held an adoption fair in the hope of re-homing some of the 5,000 animals left without owners as a result of the disaster.
The government has allocated $240m (£150m) in emergency reconstruction money for the area. | Officials in Brazil say more than 800 people are now known to have died in floods and landslides in the south-east of the country this month. | 2.927665 | 3 |
The teenager has scored five goals in four games for the Green Lions since joining the club in December.
Meanwhile, Guernsey boss Tony Vance has added another Robins youngster on loan by signing left-back Cameron Pring.
He has agreed a month-long deal at the Isthmian League Division One South club and replaces Kodi Lyons-Foster, who has returned to Ashton Gate. | Guernsey FC have extended the loan of Bristol City youngster Jake Andrews for another month. | 0.416682 | 0 |
James Hunter, 35, appeared at Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court charged with two counts of sexual activity with a child and possession of indecent images.
Mark Rosiek, 34, appeared before Wigan and Leigh magistrates on Monday charged with sexual activity with a child and inciting or causing child pornography.
Both men were remanded in custody.
Mr Rosiek, of Oldcastle Avenue, Newcastle-under-Lyme, is due to appear at Liverpool Crown Court on 20 November.
Mr Hunter, of Ince Green Lane, Wigan, will next appear at the same court on 27 November. | Two men have been charged with child sexual exploitation offences in relation to claims of historical abuse. | 0.293363 | 0 |
The two have fought for the Democratic nomination, which former Secretary of State Mrs Clinton won this month.
Mr Sanders, a self-described socialist, told MSNBC he would do everything in his power to defeat the likely Republican nominee, Donald Trump.
But he stopped short of saying he would end his campaign.
He said his job now was to "fight for the strongest possible platform" at the party's convention in July, including a higher minimum wage.
Although Mrs Clinton has more of the all-important pledged delegates than he does, Mr Sanders failed to give the former first lady a full endorsement. | US Senator Bernie Sanders has said he will vote for his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in November's presidential election. | 1.147658 | 1 |
The tax investigation it is facing in Luxembourg and the general worldwide crackdown on the movement of profits between different tax jurisdictions to minimise payments are likely to have been two.
A third is the fact that McDonald's already has a significant business in the UK.
But, taking a step back from the specific decision that is dissected by my colleague Simon Jack, there is also a broader trend starting to take shape.
The McDonald's announcement - which may not actually mean much in job terms - is part of a wider bet on the shape of the UK economy after the departure from the EU.
Yes, many businesses are concerned about the effect on the economy if any trade deal with the EU is replete with damaging tariffs.
And the City is braced for thousands of jobs to move to the continent as London loses at least some of its attractions as an entry point into the EU.
However, Google, Facebook, Apple, Boeing and Nissan have all now committed to the UK since the vote to leave the EU.
That suggests a belief the tax and investment approach of the UK government will be at least as "business friendly" as that available in the EU - and, quite possibly, more so.
Of course, the impact of businesses that have not invested here or have delayed decisions because of the vote is harder to define.
And economists from the Bank of England to the Office for Budget Responsibility predict a slowdown in growth next year because of uncertainties about the UK's relationship with the EU.
The Prime Minister has said she wants an economy that works for all, and that she wants to lead a relentlessly pro-business government.
That is not necessarily a contradiction.
But, low business taxes, flexible labour markets and borders open to immigration (all high on the list of many businesses' needs) are likely to be controversial for many voters.
Theresa May is treading a difficult path.
Many people would like to see more intervention by the state to "control" business and redistribute wealth.
The commitment of many global businesses to the UK is likely to be for very different reasons. | McDonald's decision to move its tax base to the UK will have multiple factors. | 1.542938 | 2 |
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Amongst the seven other candidates, two are his main rivals: Kizza Besigye and Amama Mbabazi.
They are all trying to win votes from the country’s growing young population.
The BBC's Catherine Byaruhanga looks at their techniques and the five things you need to know about the poll. | Uganda’s President Yoweri Museni is seeking to extend his 30-year rule by winning a fifth term in government in presidential elections on Thursday. | 0.835367 | 1 |
Moult's contribution to a 4-2 victory at Fir Park included a 13-minute hat-trick and took his tally to to seven for the season.
"He's scored a fantastic four goals today," McGhee told BBC Scotland.
"We'll see if he can get 20 by Christmas. That would be a fantastic target but it'll be difficult."
Englishman Moult said he was "absolutely buzzing" after becoming the first player to score four goals in a match for Motherwell since Stevie Kirk over 25 years ago.
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"13 is lucky for some eh!" he told BBC Scotland. "It means everything to me and hopefully I can better that and get a few more."
Moult scored 18 times for the Fir Park club last season, but it was the 24-year-old's first start of this campaign after shaking off a troublesome groin injury.
The former Wrexham man scored two low finishes in the box as well as a header and a penalty kick. He also had another first-half header disallowed for offside.
"It shows what I can do - a little bit of everything," said Moult, who joined Motherwell in the summer of 2015.
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"The first one I scored wasn't off-side apparently so maybe it should have been five!
"I'm thankful for the gaffer for putting me in the team today and hopefully I've repaid him with the goals.
"As soon as the final whistle went I was after the ball. All the boys have put a message on it so I'll be busy tonight reading that." | Motherwell manager Mark McGhee has challenged Louis Moult to score 20 goals by Christmas after the striker's four-goal haul against Hamilton. | 0.835092 | 1 |
McMahon, 27, can also be deployed in an attacking midfield role.
An employment tribunal recently ordered Portadown to pay £7,000 in unpaid wages to McMahon, an outcome the Shamrock Park club say they will appeal.
In June, an Irish FA disciplinary hearing ruled that McMahon had been paid while registered as an amateur.
The registration case led to a 12-point penalty being handed down to the Ports, a decision which they are also in the process of appealing.
Swifts head coach Rodney McAree described McMahon as "a wonderful talent".
"The fact the Swifts play good football really made me want to join the club. I watched last season and anytime I saw them play I thought 'they play the game the right way' and that has attracted me to the club without a doubt," McMahon told the Dungannon FC website.
Dungannon lie fifth in the Premiership table and travel to Seaview to face champions Crusaders on Saturday. | Dungannon Swifts have completed the signing of former Portadown and Bohemians forward Peter McMahon on a one-year deal. | 0.907135 | 1 |
"I've been on my feet all day and now my feet are hurting me so much that I can't walk - they're burning," she told the 999 operator.
The 32-year-old asked West Midlands Ambulance Service to pick her up from Sheep Street in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Paramedic Tim Cronin tweeted: "#WeAreNotATaxi! [Patient] had "been shopping all day, now sore feet and wants a lift home!"
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During the call, that took place on Tuesday 30 August, the 999 caller told the operator: "I've got two miles to walk home and I'm not going to make it in this condition."
The operator replied: "If there is a medical reason why you can't walk then we would be taking you to the nearest available emergency department."
The woman asked: "Then from there how am I going to get home?"
The operator said her transport was "not anything to do with the ambulance service unfortunately." | A shopper with sore feet called an ambulance to give her a lift home. | 1.244737 | 1 |
The world number 35 rattled the jaw of the pocket against Anthony McGill in the fourth frame of their final qualifying round to level at 2-2.
The miss cost him an £8,500 bonus, plus the £1,000 highest break prize.
He also missed the black on 140 against Neil Robertson in the third round of the UK Championship in December.
The 30-year-old later claimed he did not know that there was a £44,000 prize for a maximum.
Un-Nooh, who has never qualified for the World Championship, currently trails Scotland's McGill 6-3 at the interval.
Media playback is not supported on this device | Thailand's Thepchaiya Un-Nooh missed the final black of a 147 attempt for the second time this season during World Championship qualifying. | 0.718224 | 1 |
Liam White left HMP Standford Hill on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent on Sunday.
Kent Police, who were called to the Category D prison just before 14:00 BST, said the 23-year-old should not be approached by members of the public.
Armed robber Michael Wheatley absconded from the same jail in May and went on to raid a building society in Surrey.
His case sparked a political row over the day release of dangerous inmates amid criticism that arrangements were too lax.
Wheatley, 55, dubbed the "Skull Cracker" for pistol-whipping bystanders, was later caught and sentenced at Guildford Crown Court to life behind bars and told he would serve at least 10 years before being eligible for parole.
Police said White was wearing a dark green poncho-style coat and carrying a black shoulder bag when he absconded. | A convicted robber has gone on the run from an open prison that was at the centre of a recent high-profile fugitive case. | 0.723792 | 1 |
The 4.5-acre (1.8-hectare) warship has been anchored off Stokes Bay because it is too big to dock at Portsmouth's Royal Navy base.
Its sailors were due to disembark the ship for shore leave later this week.
Portsmouth City Council said the influx of the ship's crew to the city could lead to a boost of about £1.5m for the local economy.
Donna Jones, leader of Portsmouth council said: "This is great news for Portsmouth because it means money spent in local businesses: restaurants, cafes and shops, as well as strengthening the ties between the British and American Navy."
The visit is the ship's first port of call in its round-the-world deployment.
The Royal Navy's First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir George Zambellas, said: "It is excellent to see US Navy carrier steel in Portsmouth. And in barely two years we will see UK carrier steel here too."
The ship is substantially larger than the Royal Navy's next generation of carriers, due in 2017, which weigh in at 65,000 tonnes.
The Roosevelt is accompanied by its escort ship, the destroyer Winston S Churchill, which traditionally has a UK navigator on board to honour the ship's British connection.
The post is currently held by 27-year-old Lieutenant Lynsey Sewell.
During the five-day visit the two navies will also come face-to-face on the football field when a Theodore Roosevelt team face HMS Diamond at HMS Temeraire.
The two ships will depart on March 27. | A giant US aircraft carrier carrying more than 5,000 sailors has arrived in the Solent. | 1.688809 | 2 |
Barack Obama's outgoing administration announced the contribution of $500m (£406m; €468m) on Tuesday, bringing the total funds to date to $1bn.
Mr Obama pledged in 2014 to give $3bn to help tackle the effects of climate change in the poorest countries.
Mr Trump has previously called global warming a hoax.
The president-elect has also threatened to pull the US out of the Paris accord - a global agreement on curbing greenhouse gas emissions - and America's commitment to the fund.
Mr Trump could decide to withhold the rest of the fund.
However, John Kirby, the State Department spokesman who announced the grant, said there was no "nefarious desire or intent" behind the timing.
"It's not being done to try to provoke a reaction from the incoming administration or to try to dictate to them one way or the other how they are going to deal with climate issues," Mr Kirby said.
"This is an investment that had been long planned."
Republican senators have previously stated their opposition to the fund, and called the payments a waste of money.
But Mr Trump's team may not be taking such a hard line on climate change as initially thought.
Last week Rex Tillerson, the former ExxonMobil chief and the president-elect's nominee for secretary of state, said he wants the US to keep "a seat at the table" regarding global warming.
"No one country is going to solve this alone," he said at his Senate confirmation hearing.
"The risk of climate change does exist, and the consequences could be serious enough that actions should be taken." | The US government has given half a billion dollars to the UN's Green Climate Fund, just three days before Donald Trump takes office. | 2.302651 | 2 |
To mark the centenary, her record label projected her photograph onto the white cliffs of Dover - but a Spitfire fly-past was scrapped due to bad weather.
Asked for advice on ageing, she said: "Be active to your full capabilities.
"Keep interested, read books, watch television and try to keep in touch with life and what people are doing, seeing and enjoying."
Speaking to BBC Radio 2, she added: "While you can do that, I hope you will continue."
Dame Vera became known as the "forces' sweetheart" during World War Two for travelling to conflict zones around the world to give morale-boosting performances to British troops.
As part of the birthday celebrations, children at Brampton Primary School - Dame Vera's old school in East Ham, east London - sang Happy Birthday to her via Skype.
They also serenaded her with a selection of her best-loved hits including We'll Meet Again and The White Cliffs of Dover.
Speaking from her home in Ditchling, East Sussex, she thanked the pupils and recalled her "very good memories" at the school.
Speaking earlier to Radio 2, the veteran singer said: "When I look on my mantelpiece and see these cards wishing me a happy 100th birthday, I can't believe it.
"But there you are, time marches on and this is what I have on my mantelpiece to remind me how old I am."
Although the planned Spitfire fly-past over the Dover cliffs wasn't possible, supporters of the Dame Vera Lynn's Children's Charity did brave the wind for a birthday party atop the cliffs.
The Mk9 Spitfires may have been grounded and the 50ft high Bluebirds due to fly over Southforeland Lighthouse safely pinned to the White Cliffs, but Winston Churchill still came to party in Dover today.
Forty mile per hour winds and a wet low mist didn't dampen spirits as veterans, re-enactors and the Singing Sweethearts serenaded Dame Vera and sang happy birthday.
A military-style salute and flag-waving carried on regardless, all in support of her children's charity but also celebrating the 100th birthday of our own Forces' Sweetheart.
Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | Dame Vera Lynn has revealed her secrets for long life as she turns 100 - being active and "interested" in life. | 1.615603 | 2 |
The 59-year-old was due to play the title role in Linda but pulled out shortly before it opened.
"I didn't want to let down the audience, the theatre, playwright or the actors," she told the Radio Times.
She said being unable to sleep felt like "a gorilla sitting on [her] chest" and had left her "in a void".
The actress said "the hardest part" of giving up her part in Penelope Skinner's play was "letting go".
"I realised the work that I really needed to do was more important than the play," she went on. "It was work on my sanity."
Cattrall told the Radio Times she ignored the criticism she received after her withdrawal from Linda, saying she didn't "listen to that noise".
"I have my own voice on social media, where I can say: if you're interested in what really happened, the whole story is more complex than being a disease of the week, than someone saying, 'I have this battle'," she continued.
The actress's role in Linda was taken by actress Noma Dumezweni, who worked from a script on the play's opening night last December.
The Olivier award winner was subsequently cast as the adult Hermione in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which begins previewing later. | Sex and the City star Kim Cattrall has spoken about the chronic insomnia that forced her to withdraw from a play at London's Royal Court last year. | 0.764641 | 1 |
The Spectrum building, Renault's former distribution centre, was designed by Lord Foster and opened in 1982.
Featuring yellow steel "umbrella masts", the futuristic single-storey glass-walled building was also used as a backdrop in A View To A Kill in 1984.
Roger Bowdler, from English Heritage, said it was "one of the very finest examples of a hi-tech building".
Famous for his steel and glass designs, Lord Foster created the Gherkin and Millennium Bridge in London, rebuilt Berlin's Reichstag and also Hong Kong Airport.
The headquarters he designed for Renault cars in Swindon has now been given Grade II*-listed status by English Heritage in a move to "protect post-war architecture".
"On the face of it, a distribution centre in Swindon is not the most obvious candidate," said Mr Bowdler.
"But it has high national interest."
The building saw the last of the car manufacturer's workers move out when Renault closed its operations there in 2001.
Since then, the 25,000 sq m building has housed a car seat manufacturer, a soft indoor play centre and a firm that produces DVDs.
It was also chosen by the Bond films production team to shoot several scenes with Roger Moore in his final outing in the role.
English Heritage has also listed a civil defence bunker in Gravesend, Kent, an electricity substation in Moore Street, Sheffield, and Capel Manor House near Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
Almost 700 post-war buildings have been listed in the past 25 years. | A yellow-roofed warehouse in Swindon that featured in a James Bond film has been given Grade II*-listed status. | 1.796172 | 2 |
The 19-year-old, who can also play left midfield, is yet to make a first-team appearance for the Premier League side.
"He's a young prospect at Liverpool and they have been looking to get him involved in first-team football," O's boss Ian Hendon told BBC London 94.9.
"It looks like he will be a good addition and we are looking forward to working with him."
Meanwhile left-back Shane Lowry has left the Matchroom Stadium after exercising a clause in his contract.
The 26-year-old, who had a year left on his deal, made 40 appearances for Orient last season after joining from Millwall.
However Lowry spent time on trial at Birmingham this summer and has not featured in a match day squad since Hendon took charge of Orient.
"I wouldn't say he has strung us along but we were waiting until 31 August to see what was happening," Hendon said.
"We won't miss him at all because from the moment the agent said he wasn't going to be here at the start of the season, he was never going to be part of the plans until he sorted the clause in his contract.
"He has made a decision and good luck to him. The club is bigger than any one player and we have moved on."
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Leyton Orient have signed Liverpool left-back Joe Maguire on an initial one-month youth loan deal. | 0.763829 | 1 |
The centre will create more than 450 jobs for pilots, cabin crew and engineers at Ryanair's 13 UK bases, as part of a £976m investment package this year.
Ryanair said thousands of support jobs would also be created.
Mr O'Leary said the firm was also introducing 14 new aircraft in 2016 and aimed to boost passenger numbers.
He said Ryanair aimed to increase UK air traffic from 36 million passengers to 41 million passengers in 2016. | Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary has opened the airline's European Training Centre at Stansted Airport. | 1.193151 | 1 |
The 21-month-old from Sheffield, South Yorkshire, went missing during a family holiday in July 1991.
A fresh excavation of farmland began on Monday, following new evidence that he may have been killed and buried there.
A replica of the sandals Ben was wearing when he vanished is being made to see if they match any found items.
More on this and other stories from across Sheffield and South Yorkshire
Ben was last seen playing on the land and it is close to where he vanished while his grandfather was renovating a property 25 years ago.
His family believe he was abducted but police are now investigating whether he was accidentally run over and killed by a bulldozer.
A 19-strong team of South Yorkshire Police officers, forensic specialists and an archaeologist have been scouring the arid stretch of olive grove, which has been used for farming for generations.
Det Insp Jon Cousins from South Yorkshire Police said earlier that part of Ben's shoes, which were bought on the island, may have been found in the search on Kos in 2012.
He said: "There is quite a bit of work to be done. The [fragments] have been tested for DNA and they are negative, we have no DNA from the items we have.
"But you can imagine, 25 years in the ground, the condition they're in.
"They're very broken and I want them compared to make sure we have not missed any opportunity."
The replica of the sandal Ben Needham was wearing back in 1991 may not seem like a big deal but it could assist the team here in Kos in their search for answers.
The sandals Ben was wearing when he vanished are believed to have been bought on the island, and a local cobbler is making one especially for the investigation.
Having a replica means the search team can immediately compare its size, material and curvature to anything they may find buried here in the ground.
It'll take a few days to create but is set to be helping detectives by the end of the week. | Police searching for missing toddler Ben Needham on the Greek island of Kos are excavating an area around a tree, apparently planted since he vanished. | 1.575726 | 2 |
The Non-Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme has left taxpayers with a multi-million pound bill.
David Sterling was permanent secretary at the Department of Enterprise Trade and Investment when the initiative was set up in 2012.
But generous subsidies and poor regulation meant it ran away from officials.
It could cost taxpayers up to £20m annually for 20 years to make up the funding shortfall.
That is money that will have to come out of the block grant.
Mr Sterling, who is now the permanent secretary at the Department of Finance, appeared before the assembly's Public Accounts committee this afternoon.
He said the subsidy rate and the failure to review the scheme after 18 months were the key issues and he had "no satisfactory answer" for why a planned review in January 2014 did not happen.
He left the department in July of that year.
DUP and Sinn Féin MLAs said he appeared to be attempting to "pass the blame" for the mismanagement of the scheme.
But Mr Sterling said he was not trying to "duck responsibility".
"I'm not seeking to pass the buck," he said. "I accept responsibility for failures which occurred during my time."
Mr Sterling said he was "not conscious" of the need to carry out the review in January 2014.
He said his recollection of the scheme was that it had been under-performing and had meant his department handing back money it could not spend.
Applications to the scheme subsequently increased when plans were announced to change the subsidy rate in 2015.
A 20-year commitment to make subsidy payments meant a spike in applications left officials with a massive bill.
It is estimated the scheme could now cost up more than £1bn. It was originally estimated to cost about half that. | A senior civil servant has denied "ducking responsibility" for a huge overspend on a green energy scheme. | 1.408216 | 1 |
Dr Matt Edwards' screenplay for horror South of Sanity was inspired by stories of night watches Antarctic staff carry out alone during the long winters.
The Londoner also created the make-up for the feature.
Shot by Aviemore-based Kirk Watson, the film's cast and crew were all British Antarctic Survey (BAS) staff.
A premiere for South of Sanity is being held at the Spey Valley Cinema in Aviemore later.
Dr Edwards, who was brought up in New Malden and is a paediatric emergency physician at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, has flown north for the screening.
Rated 18 by the British Board of Film Classification, the movie follows 14 staff at an Antarctic station as they are stalked by a killer.
The film started out as a project for 21 BAS personnel and contractors to help occupy their free time during the winter when the continent is locked in darkness and freezing conditions.
It was shot by Mr Watson, a climber and documentary film-maker originally from Torphins in Aberdeenshire.
Dr Edwards, who was medical officer for BAS at the time it was shot two years ago, had planned to spend his time writing scientific research papers for medical journals.
He said: "Instead I wrote the script for the film. I love horror films, but other ideas came from discussions about the night watches staff have to do when everyone else at a base is asleep.
"Some of the buildings that are checked are pretty old and creaky and there is usually the wind howling outside."
Dr Edwards' mother, freelance make-up artist Anne Edwards, supplied him with recipes for making fake blood and gore.
He said: "Back in the day she worked for the BBC on Doctor Who. But she refuses to watch South of Sanity, I don't think she likes the idea that her son has written a horror film.
"I also did some paintings of penguins while I was out there. She likes those." | A physician who wrote the script for the first fictional film to be shot entirely in Antarctica said his make-up artist mother refuses to watch it. | 1.487401 | 1 |
Peter Morgan, 54, thought about giving anti-freeze to Georgina Symonds, 25, so she would go to hospital, a psychiatrist told Newport Crown Court.
He said Mr Morgan "was concerned" and "wanted to engineer a situation where he could gain back control".
The father-of-two admits killing Miss Symonds but denies her murder.
Consultant forensic psychiatrist Dr Phillip Joseph said Mr Morgan, from Llanellen, near Abergavenny, was concerned about Miss Symonds' cocaine habit and suicide threats.
"He told me he did think about giving her anti-freeze over Christmas so she would go to hospital and doctors could help her with her drug problem," said Dr Joseph.
The trial previously heard that Mr Morgan paid the former burlesque dancer £10,000 a month to work as his exclusive escort, while maintaining a relationship with his wife, Helen.
He "wanted to have his cake and eat it," said Dr Joseph.
"He told me he was seeing Georgina because she made him feel young again.
"When Helen found out he told her he wouldn't give up Georgina for her. But he didn't want to give up Helen either."
The court heard Mr Morgan began seeing escorts in 2011 when his sex life deteriorated.
He met Miss Symonds soon after and he told Dr Joseph he saw their relationship as "ideal and perfect".
The trial previously heard how Mr Morgan strangled Miss Symonds after hearing she had planned to leave him.
He killed her at her home in his castle grounds in Llanmartin before wrapping her body in plastic and duct tape and hiding it in farm buildings behind his family home.
Mr Morgan denies murder saying he was suffering from diminished responsibility due to Asperger's syndrome.
The trial continues. | A millionaire accused of murdering his escort lover considered poisoning her as a way to get her to see a doctor about her drug use, a court has heard. | 0.6667 | 1 |
Up to 70 personnel will join a United Nations contingent supporting African Union troops fighting al-Shabab.
Up to 300 could also be deployed in South Sudan over time.
The PM, who will pledge the support at the UN General Assembly summit, said the approach could help curb migrants coming to Europe.
Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud is one of several world leaders with whom Mr Cameron will hold face-to-face talks.
Al-Shabab is battling Somalia's government for control of the country.
British forces deployed there will provide combat training and medical, logistical and engineering support.
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The role of those being sent to South Sudan will also include combat training as well as engineering work to strengthen vital infrastructure.
Conflict between forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and his former deputy Riek Machar has forced more than 2.2 million people from their homes in the state, which broke away from Sudan in 2011.
Mr Cameron said it was important to "step up" existing British contributions.
"Obviously we will want to see all the right force protection arrangements in place but we should be playing a part in this," the PM said.
"The outcome in Somalia, if it's a good outcome, that's good for Britain," he added.
"It means less terrorism, less migration, less piracy. Ditto in South Sudan: if we can, as peacekeepers, help to maintain order and peace and see stable development in that country then that is going to be, again, less poverty, less migration, less issues that affect us back at home."
British troops will not be involved in combat roles, Mr Cameron said.
"It's not committing troops to conflict, it's committing troops to a UN blue-hatted peacekeeping role - as we've done many times in the past, as we will do in the future," he told the BBC.
"And one of the reasons we're doing it is obviously the expertise that British troops have in training, engineering, and mentoring and we're raising the standard for peacekeeping troops which has had some issues and problems in the recent past."
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Five obstacles to lasting peace in South Sudan | Dozens of British troops are to be sent to Somalia to help peacekeeping efforts to counter Islamist militants, David Cameron has announced. | 1.748077 | 2 |
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Another patient crashed her car trying to avoid a pedestrian who had wandered into the street playing the game.
Researchers say these cases show the potential for "distraction-related injury and death" with the rise in popularity of games such as Pokemon Go.
Both patients were admitted to a trauma centre with serious injuries.
Researchers from the US state of Arizona said it was a challenge to know how to categorise the injuries, which they describe as "augmented reality application related injuries".
The two cases, reported in Oxford Medical Case Reports, are among the first of their kind to appear in a medical journal.
Although the report said these sorts of apps encouraged players to exercise, it also warned of a "sinister side" because they encouraged players to become distracted.
Co-author David Armstrong, professor of surgery at the University of Arizona, said: "Our world is filled with digital distractions increasing at a near logarithmic rate - both in work and in play.
"What we have to figure out as a society and, frankly, as a species, is how to dose these distractions to help make our lives better and not shorter."
He said the key was "striking a happy balance between engagement, activity and distraction".
The first case involved a 19-year-old man who rolled his truck, with three passengers on board, ending up underneath it. He had lacerations to his liver.
One of the passengers was found underneath one of the truck's wheels, which was on top of his chest. He had two wounds to his head.
The other two passengers blacked out but walked away unhurt.
In the second case, a 58-year-old woman collided with a telegraph pole to avoid hitting a distracted pedestrian in the road, and ended up with multiple pelvic fractures.
Recent research from the US suggests thousands of people are playing Pokemon Go while driving.
Police around the UK have warned people playing the game to be aware of busy roads, live train tracks and being fixated by their screens. | American doctors have described how a patient lost control of the truck he was driving while trying to capture a Pokemon sitting in the road. | 2.196447 | 2 |
Govia Thameslink (GTR) and the RMT rail union will meet for a third day at the conciliation service Acas from midday.
The two sides are in a long-running dispute about GTR's plans for drivers to open and close carriage doors instead of conductors.
The walkout is due to begin next Monday, with 40% of normal services cancelled.
An Acas spokesperson said: "Acas talks have adjourned for the day and will resume tomorrow."
GTR said it could not make any further comment.
It had previously said it needed a resolution on Thursday in time to implement an emergency timetable next week.
Lines with no rail service during the strike are expected to include: | Talks to avoid a five-day strike on Southern trains have been adjourned until Friday. | 0.56846 | 1 |
More than 4,000 pages have been scanned, including his annotated copy of Principia Mathematica, containing Newton's laws of motion and gravity.
Newton wrote mainly in Latin and Greek, the scientific language of his time, and was reluctant to publish.
The university plans to put almost all of its Newton collection online.
The papers mark the launch of the Cambridge Digital Library project to digitise its collections.
As well as Principia and Newton's college notebooks, the Newton Papers section of the online library contains his "Waste Book".
The large notebook was inherited from his stepfather, and scholars believe it helped Newton to make significant breakthroughs in the field of calculus.
Newton had to be persuaded by fellow scientists Halley and Hooke to publish his works on gravity, mechanics, calculus and optics.
Several of the manuscripts in the collection contain the handwritten line "not fit to be printed", scrawled by Thomas Pellet, a fellow of the Royal Society.
He had been asked to go through Newton's papers after his death and decide which ones should and should not be published.
The university had to undertake conservation work on some of the manuscripts, which were considered too fragile to be scanned.
Grant Young, digitisation manager at the university library said Newton's works were chosen for the site because they were "perhaps some of the most important papers and documents in the history of science".
"Anyone, wherever they are, can see at the click of a mouse how Newton worked and how he went about developing his theories and experiments," he said.
"Before today, anyone who wanted to see these things had to come to Cambridge.
"Now we're bringing Cambridge University Library to the world."
A further 8,000 pages of Newton's works are to be added over the next few months.
Other works which will become part of the digital library include the university's Charles Darwin collection.
The digital library project was started in 2010 with a grant from the Polonsky Foundation, a charity that supports international educational projects. | The notebooks in which Sir Isaac Newton worked out the theories on which much classical science is based have been put online by Cambridge University. | 2.947811 | 3 |
Fe fu farw menyw, sy'n cael ei chyfeirio ati fel Ms D yn yr adroddiad, yn Ysbyty Brenhinol Morgannwg, ddiwrnod ar ôl cael ei chymryd mewn i'r ysbyty ym mis Tachwedd 2012.
Mae Ombwdsman Gwasanaethau Cyhoeddus Cymru wedi dyfarnu bod Bwrdd Iechyd Cwm Taf wedi cymryd gormod o amser i ymchwilio i gŵyn mab y ddynes gan ddweud bod "diffyg tryloywder" yn ei hymateb.
Mae bwrdd iechyd wedi ymddiheuro.
Mae adroddiad gan yr ombwdsman yn dweud fod Ms D yn "sâl iawn" pan gafodd ei chymryd fewn i'r ysbyty drwy'r adran frys ar 9 Tachwedd.
Mae'n dweud fod ganddi hanes o drafferthion anadlu, heintiau, pwysau gwaed isel a diffygion gyda'i harennau.
Fe gafodd Ms D o leiaf ddau adolygiad meddygol y diwrnod canlynol ond fe wnaeth ei chyflwr waethygu a bu farw yn ddiweddarach yn y prynhawn.
Mae'r bwrdd iechyd wedi derbyn fod toriad wedi bod yn ei dyletswydd i ofalu ac y bydden nhw'n ymchwilio, ond fe wnaeth ei mab, Mr D ddim clywed unrhyw beth am bron i ddwy flynedd.
Fe gafodd wybod yn ddiweddarach fod y gŵyn wedi cael ei golli mewn "ymarferiad didoli".
Dywedodd yr Ombwdsman, Nick Bennett ei fod yn teimlo rheidrwydd i ymchwilio gan nad oedd y mab wedi derbyn ymateb erbyn Medi 2015.
Yn ogystal â'r "oedi difrifol" yn ymateb i bryderon Mr D, fe wnaeth yr Ombwdsman ddyfarnu nad oedd Mr D wedi derbyn y cyngor cyfreithiol a meddygol yr oedd gyda'r hawl i'w dderbyn.
Mae Mr Bennett wedi gwneud nifer o argymhellion, gan gynnwys y dylai'r bwrdd iechyd dalu £2,000 i Mr D am y "gofid."
"Roedd hyn ar y gorau yn ddiffyg tryloywder ac ar y gwaethaf yn ymgais gan y bwrdd iechyd i gamarwain ac o bosib peryglu ffydd rhai cleifion yn y broses o wneud pethau'r ffordd iawn," meddai.
"Er nad ydw i'n gallu newid y canlyniad trist i Ms D, rwy'n gobeithio fod y bwrdd iechyd am ddysgu o'r profiad a sicrhau bydd cwynion yn y dyfodol yn cael eu trin yn amserol ac mewn ffordd dosturiol."
Dywedodd y bwrdd iechyd ei bod yn derbyn canfyddiad yr ombwdsman.
Dywedodd Prif Weithredwr Bwrdd Iechyd Cwm Taf, Allison Williams: "Rydym yn ymddiheuro i'r teulu am y methiannau o fewn yr adroddiad.
"Rydym wedi cymryd nifer o gamau yn barod i wella a chryfhau ein proses gwynion a byddwn yn gweithio ymhellach i edrych ar argymhellion yr adroddiad." | Mae bwrdd iechyd a gymrodd mwy na thair blynedd i ddelio gyda chwyn wedi cael ei feirniadu gan Ombwdsman. | 0.620818 | 1 |
Severe rot has been identified in timbers of the Grade II*-listed Heage Windmill in Derbyshire.
The musician, who played Rifleman Daniel Hagman in drama series Sharpe, lives in Heage and has made a video supporting a fundraising campaign.
About £17,000 of the £100,000 needed has already been raised.
"Heage Windmill may not be a stately home but it is a vital wonder of Derbyshire, the UK and the world," says Tams in the video.
The windmill was first built in 1797 and was restored to working order in 2002.
Since then, it has become a popular tourist attraction.
"It is not an ancient, static relic, a museum piece to look at and admire, but a fully working windmill, still doing what it does best, producing the finest of flour by the power of the wind," said Mr Tams. | Actor and folk musician John Tams is lending his support to an appeal to save England's only six-sailed stone tower windmill. | 1.495981 | 1 |
Two men were arrested hours after the incident on Saturday and police say one of them has confessed.
Police say a gang raped the tourist and beat up her boyfriend, also a foreign national, forcing them to withdraw money from cash machines.
Rio hosts the football World Cup next year and the Olympics in 2016.
Curbing violence is a major priority for city authorities.
Police say the gang has been operating in Rio for several months and that other victims have come forward since the incident.
Earlier, police named the first two suspects arrested as Jonathan Foudakis de Souza, 20, and Wallace Aparecido de Souza Silva, 22.
They later arrested a third man named as Carlos Armando Costa dos Santos, 21.
Police said the couple boarded the minibus in the neighbourhood of Copacabana.
It is believed that the driver and two others made other passengers leave the minibus before attacking the two tourists on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, police said.
The woman was repeatedly raped and her boyfriend was handcuffed and badly beaten.
The couple were dumped in the nearby city of Itaborai after being forced to use their credit cards to buy goods and withdraw money from cash machines, the police report says.
Police chief Alexandre Braga said detectives had used the bank receipts and transactions to track down the route the gang had taken.
"We identified the places and sent out teams of police where we obtained even more information about the suspects' physical characteristics and then a little while after their identity," he said.
Robberies are common on buses in Rio de Janeiro and other Brazilian cities but the violence and audacity of the latest attack has shocked local media. | Police in Brazil have arrested a third man accused of robbing and raping a foreign tourist on a minibus in Rio de Janeiro. | 1.397461 | 1 |
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust said it was in talks with Carillion about a "managed exit" from the £200m agreement almost three years early.
The firm was accused of having a "poor record of cleanliness" and an urgent review was ordered when the rodent was allegedly spotted.
Carillion said it had nothing to add to the trust's statement.
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The company faced complaints of overflowing bins, dirty dishes from the previous night, understaffing, and a rat seen at Nottingham City Hospital.
There were calls for the trust to sack the firm, and it promised to review the arrangement.
The five-year contract began in 2014 and covers cleaning, catering, laundry and linen, car parking and security.
In a statement released earlier, chief executive Peter Homa said: "The NUH Trust Board continues to be concerned about the performance of the Carillion contract.
"The board has therefore decided that significant changes to the arrangements with Carillion are required. NUH and Carillion are jointly exploring a managed exit from the Carillion contract."
He added that an agreement was expected to be reached by January and that the 1,500 staff would remain employed by the firm until that time. | A hospital trust plans to end a private cleaning contract after complaints of a rat on a ward kitchen. | 0.679419 | 1 |
The cockpit voice recorder from the accident off Shetland in 2013, in which four people died, was recovered by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch.
A judge ruled it was in the public interest and the interests of justice to make it available.
The British Airline Pilots' Association (Balpa) said it had lodged an appeal.
The union's general secretary, Jim McAuslan, said: "The 2013 Supa Puma accident was tragic, and it is vital the AAIB gets to the root cause and has access to whatever data it needs.
"However, providing the data to the prosecutor and the police in parallel to the AAIB's investigation cuts across everything pilots and the broader flight safety community stand for.
"We cannot stand by while the court allows that to happen without pursuing other legal avenues to highlight our concerns and question whether it is the correct approach."
Prosecutors have been trying to establish whether anybody could be held criminally responsible for the crash.
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has the right to initial access to the cockpit voice recorder but it routinely chooses not to hand over the material to other bodies - in this case the Crown prosecutors.
The BBC Scotland news website revealed last year an order was being sought by Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland QC at the Court of Session to access the data.
It was a rare legal move.
Lord Jones said he was satisfied that disclosing the data would have no adverse impact on current or future crash investigations - but that it could only be disclosed to the Crown Office and Police Scotland.
A total of 18 people were on board when the Super Puma crashed on its approach to Sumburgh.
Helicopter passengers Sarah Darnley from Elgin, Gary McCrossan, from Inverness, Duncan Munro, from Bishop Auckland, and George Allison, from Winchester, lost their lives. | A ruling that investigators should hand over the black box from a North Sea helicopter crash to Scotland's top law officer is being challenged. | 1.485403 | 1 |
The relegation-threatened Harriers took the lead when Keith Lowe headed in Ben Whitfield's corner, before Harry White drove in a second six minutes later.
Arthur Gnahoua added a third with a neat finish from inside the box after great midfield approach play.
Kristian Dennis pulled a goal back late on with a free-kick, but Macclesfield have now suffered four straight losses.
Kidderminster are now 23rd in the table, seven points from safety. | Kidderminster scored three first-half goals to beat Macclesfield and make it three league wins in succession. | 0.550889 | 1 |
The new rules mean specified non-bovine animals - including alpaca, sheep and farmed deer - will be subject to TB controls where incidents are disclosed.
Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead said the move would ensure Scotland was fully prepared to deal with any TB outbreaks that might arise.
Scotland has been officially free of the infectious disease since 2009.
The Scottish government said it had no plans to introduce a routine TB testing regime for non-bovine animals.
It added that the new powers would only be used where a TB incident was disclosed - for example through a post-mortem examination.
Mr Lochhead said: "Scotland has been officially TB free since 2009 and we want to stay that way.
"The cattle industry is already strictly regulated for TB but those legal powers in Scotland did not specifically cover controls of non-bovine species, except deer, where TB is strongly suspected or confirmed.
"The new measures coming into force today will address that gap and ensure Scotland is fully prepared to deal with any TB outbreaks that might arise.
"The controls will also give us the powers to provide keepers of these non-bovine species with statutory compensation for animals slaughtered as a result of TB." | Legislation aimed at protecting Scotland's livestock from Bovine Tuberculosis (TB) has come into effect. | 2.315371 | 2 |
Albion broke the deadlock through Duffy's smart finish before Wes Burns' right-footed strike levelled the scores for Fleetowood against the run of play.
But the Brewers' pressure told as Duffy curled in from outside the box for his seventh goal of the season.
And Fleetwood's task was made more difficult by substitute Robert Grant's red card for violent conduct.
The result extends Burton's lead at the top of League One to six points after Wigan drew 3-3 at Colchester. | Mark Duffy's two goals earned victory for Burton as the Brewers stretched their lead at the top of League One. | 0.592043 | 1 |
The former nanny had been accused of killing one-year-old Rehma Sabir while the child was in her care in 2013.
The prosecution was dropped after a Massachusetts state medical examiner reversed a finding that the death was murder caused by shaken baby syndrome.
Ms Brady McCarthy's deportation was fast-tracked by the US authorities.
The 37-year-old is originally from County Cavan but had been living illegally in the US for 13 years.
Hours after the prosecution was halted, she flew from Boston to Shannon Airport in County Clare and arrived shortly after 06:00 local time on Wednesday.
Irish broadcaster RTÉ reported that she travelled on the flight with her sister and that the pair were accompanied through the arrivals hall by Shannon Airport police.
Ms Brady McCarthy declined to make any comment to waiting media. | Irishwoman Aisling Brady McCarthy, who spent over two years in jail in the US before a murder charge against her was dropped, has returned to Ireland. | 0.721155 | 1 |
The Highland club rejected an approach for the 51-year-old from their Premiership rivals in October.
"I was a wee bit disappointed that they didn't let me go and speak to Dundee United," said Hughes, who signed a new two-year deal at ICT on Tuesday.
"That doesn't mean that I was going to go. They might have had a little more trust, I can look after myself."
Dundee United eventually replaced Jackie McNamara with Mixu Paatelainen, while Hughes is pleased to have his own future settled.
"There were one or two things that could have been handled better," he added on the interest from Tannadice.
"I'm always intrigued to see what other people are doing. I was always taught in the classroom to listen to what people have got to say.
"It's never been about money or finances for me, it's about coaching, it's about getting the best out of people."
With Hughes now tied to the club until until May 2018, last season's PFA Scotland manager of the year intends to step up efforts for strengthening his squad and retaining key players.
He revealed that there is "a two-year deal on table for Ross Draper" and there is "scope to bring in one or two in January".
He also said he would explore the possibility of extending the loan deals for top-scorer Miles Storey, who has Swindon Town as his parent club, and midfielder Ryan Christie, who was sold to Celtic in the summer before being loaned back to the Highlanders.
On the search for new faces, Hughes added: "I can always find a bargain. I've been doing this for 14 years now and I think I've spent around £230,000 [in transfer fees].
"A good coach can get the best out of what he's got and that's what we've done over the last couple of years.
"I'm confident that these players have got a lot more to give me - we want to get back to the heights of last season.
"I said to them at a meeting this morning, 'it's simple if it's not you guys then it will be someone else, so you're playing for your livelihoods'.
"If that was me, it would give me the focus to make sure I was here for the next couple of years.
"It's all about moving the club forward and getting clarity on how we are going to do it, right from the top right down to the bottom." | Inverness CT manager John Hughes admits he would have liked the opportunity to talk to Dundee United. | 0.807075 | 1 |
The group has been in turmoil since a £1.5bn hole emerged in its finances last year, forcing it to sell off parts or all of its farming, pharmacies and banking divisions.
Changes to the structure of the board were proposed, but had met stiff resistance from some key figures.
But 83.7% of members voted in favour of the changes.
The plans were proposed by former City minister Lord Myners and were accepted in principle in May.
Lord Myners had blamed the structure of the Co-op Group's board for much of the chaos surrounding the business.
Among the changes:
Ursula Lidbetter, chair of the Co-operative Group, called it a "momentous and defining moment".
"These reforms represent the final crucial step in delivering the change necessary to return the group to health," she said.
Patrick Gray, president of the Midcounties Co-op which opposed the original changes from Lord Myners, said the vote was "not necessarily the end of the matter but rather the beginning of a new phase".
He described the process as "exhausting".
"The effort now is to make new Co-op both commercial and ethical. It's possible but difficult to achieve and depends on how the new [commercially focused] board gets along with the also new [members'] council."
Following the discovery of the £1.5bn black hole in 2013, a deal was reached which saw the wider Co-op Group cede majority ownership of the bank to bondholders, including a number of US hedge funds.
In a separate scandal before the bank had to be rescued, revelations emerged about the bank's disgraced former chairman Paul Flowers, who pleaded guilty to drugs possession in May.
BBC business correspondent Joe Lynam said: "Today's vote is basically reinventing how the Co-op is run, putting it on a more commercial footing while retaining crucially the ethical background to the Co-Operative movement - the fact that it cannot be turned into a company at some stage in the future, that is one of the safeguards."
He added: "It will still very much be an ethically focused, members-driven organisation but with far more business acumen and experience going forward.
"That doesn't mean that there won't be a residue of a split-type movement - there are a lot of people who were very resistant to this change." | Members of the troubled Co-operative Group have voted in favour of reforming how the business is run. | 1.66003 | 2 |
Vincent Ryan was shot a number of times in Finglas, north Dublin, on 29 February. He died later in hospital.
The 25-year-old Dubliner was a brother of the alleged Real IRA leader Alan Ryan, who was shot dead in 2012.
The two men who were arrested on Tuesday morning are both in their 30s. Police also searched a number of premises in north and west Dublin.
Vincent Ryan was attacked as he sat in his car in McKee Road, Finglas, shortly after he had dropped off his partner and five-month-old baby.
The getaway car used in the shooting was stolen in County Kildare last year.
His murder is believed to be connected to a feud between dissidents and criminals in Dublin which also led his brother's murder three and a half years ago.
The Ryan family have said that Vincent Ryan was not an IRA member. | Police investigating the murder of a dissident republican in Dublin last month have arrested two men. | 0.82543 | 1 |
The 23-year-old Uruguayan has made one appearance for the Premier League club, against Dagenham & Redbridge in the FA Cup, since joining them last August.
Rodriguez scored 19 goals in 71 games for River Plate Montevideo prior to his move to Goodison Park.
"Leandro is held in high regard at Everton and is a big prospect," Bees boss Dean Smith told BBC Radio London.
"He likes to get in the box and thrives on crosses. He stretches the line well and those are things we need."
Rodriguez is Smith's first signing as Brentford head coach following his appointment at the end of November.
"It's nice to finally bring someone in," Smith added. "We needed a new face around the place and we are thankful Everton are happy for him to come here.
"We have got a good track record with Everton players when they have come here and done well."
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Championship side Brentford have signed Everton striker Leandro Rodriguez on a one-month loan deal. | 0.968539 | 1 |
Caroline Wootton-Thomas, 49, forged colleague's signatures on cheques and transferred cash to a bank account she set up in her mother's name.
She used the council's Child Protection Unit petty cash fund for debts, expensive gifts and luxury holidays.
A Cardiff Crown Court jury convicted Wootton-Thomas, of Newport, of theft and transferring criminal property.
The court heard she had asked to be put in charge of the petty cash fund which was meant to be used to cover fuel and parking costs.
The grandmother was caught after a bank statement was sent to the wrong department.
She denied any wrongdoing and blamed her colleagues for stealing the money, which the jury rejected.
Matthew Roberts, prosecuting, said Wootton-Thomas had shown an "arrogance" which culminated in her mother also being charged with money laundering, though she was cleared at trial.
Judge Neil Bidder said: "You have manipulated your mother in the most unscrupulous way. You took out a loan in her name to pay off your debts.
"I've observed fake tears and not a jot of remorse for casting suspicion against other members of your team.
"I regard the fact this money was reserved for vulnerable children to be an aggravating factor."
A hearing in May will set out how she will be able to pay back the money. | A Cardiff council worker who stole £35,000 from a children's fund has been jailed for two and a half years. | 1.110622 | 1 |
Pranava Prakash said five men barged into the gallery in the Noida district on Sunday, saying the pictures were "against Indian culture".
He said he was thrown to the floor and a number of pictures were damaged.
Hardline Hindu groups have in the past protested over art works they say offend their beliefs.
The attack also comes in the wake of an intensified debate over artistic free speech, with controversial UK writer Sir Salman Rushdie abandoning plans to attend a literary festival in Jaipur amid security concerns.
Mr Prakash told Agence France-Presse news agency: "Five guys came in on Sunday and started yelling at me, saying, 'Your paintings are against Indian culture, we cannot tolerate them'.
"They slapped me twice, threw me to the floor and then began pulling down the paintings, damaging three of my pictures."
The nude paintings in the Espace Alternative Gallery include depictions of Bollywood star Vidya Balan, Pakistani actress Veena Malik and model Poonam Pandey.
The latter painting features Ms Pandey with words written on her bosom, while Ms Malik appears with the Pakistani flag painted on her back.
Mr Prakash said: "There is a certain section of people who think they alone are the custodians of Indian culture, and anyone who disagrees with them is the enemy."
Hardline Hindu groups have protested in the past over art works they regard as offensive, including by late artist MF Husain.
Valentine's Day has also come under attack for being anti-Hindu.
Sir Salman lashed out at extremists who he said were undermining free speech after an attempt to address the Jaipur festival by video-link were abandoned amid threats of violence by Muslim hardliners opposed to his book, The Satanic Verses. | An Indian artist has been assaulted in a gallery in the capital, Delhi, where he is exhibiting a number of nude paintings. | 1.290091 | 1 |
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