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3 August 2016 Last updated at 16:45 BST The long-awaited Transit Elevated Bus ran its first test in Hebei province this week. Powered by electricity, the bus is able to carry up to 300 passengers. The scheme's prompted criticism from some though, as vehicles must be less than two metres high to pass under what's been dubbed a "bus on stilts". Pictures courtesy of Xinhua News Agency | A @placeholder new bus that allows cars to pass underneath it on the road is being tested in China . | popular | special | controversial | futuristic | prospective | 3 |
You will see far more properties boarded up with metal shutters - ready for redevelopment that just has not happened. Crime is the key issue here. Officially it is falling - the police monthly crime map figures show 100 fewer crimes than a year ago. But 600 crimes still took place within a mile of Dyke House including 300 anti-social behaviour offences. Reverend Graeme Buttery, from St Oswald's Clergy House, said: "We had £5,500 worth of lead taken from the roof and we've graffiti on the outside wall. "Before the window guards went on we used to get everything from six inch bolts to stones through the windows - one during a wedding nearly hitting the best man." Harry Trigg is moving a few miles across town because of the level of crime but reckons he will feel safer away from Dyke House. However, he is not convinced the new police and crime commissioners (PCC) will cut crime. He said: "With them cutting the budgets they're cutting the police off their main beat but they're going to bring in a commissioner into a job which will get thousands a year but they're cutting the front line." Margaret Dryden, 77, said she would stay in the area even though she has been burgled. "I heard a bang and when I went to the back I found all the glass broken and all my windows and the back door to the lane wide open," she said. "We don't see many police round our area, they think it's better now but if they don't appear it'll all start again." As night falls, teenagers appear on the streets - but they too are worried about crime. Callum, 17, says crime is a constant worry and said he felt unsafe. He said: "There was fighting in the street and I thought that's something I wouldn't want to happen every day." Rae-Shaune, 14, said: "We've had a smashed window. The police have been called out about 10 times and there's nowt being done." "[The PCC should] sort out the teenage abuse, all the druggies, the drug dealers." Cleveland police say there have been over 2000 less victims of anti-social behaviour this financial year compared to last in the Hartlepool area, with a decrease in overall crime of 9%. Police Elections - Time To Choose will be on BBC1 Wednesday 7 November at 19:30 BST. | It is officially a regeneration area and Dyke House in Hartlepool has newly built @placeholder houses - but they are in the minority . | prestigious | improved | national | victorian | smart | 4 |
The video advert asks applicants to "look properly at the area" and ignore its "recent past of declining fishing ports and related industries". Former chief Justine Curran stood down after inspectors criticised the force. Police and Crime Commissioner Keith Hunter said he hoped to attract an "exceptional individual". More stories from across East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire The force was told by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) in November that it "requires improvement". In October 2015 the force was the only one rated inadequate in a review of police efficiency across England and Wales. After he was elected in May 2016, Mr Hunter gave Ms Curran six months to convince him "that there is a plan". Ms Curran, had been due to retire in September 2018, but announced her departure last month, saying the "time is right" to leave. In the advert Mr Hunter said the area was a "region with ambition" that was starting to "realise its untapped potential". He highlighted Hull's status as UK City of Culture 2017, the city's Premier League football team and top flight rugby league offering, as well as "housing prices so low they astound newcomers". The job is advertised with an annual salary of up to £159,244. | An advert for a new chief constable of Humberside has urged candidates not to let " preconceived @placeholder " about the region " get in the way " . | conditions | fantasies | clarity | ideas | uncertainty | 3 |
Two Liam Finn penalties and tries from Ben Jones-Bishop and Kyle Wood put Wakefield 16-0 ahead at half-time. Castleford hit back, with Greg Eden, Grant Millington and Mike McMeeken crossing to give them an 18-16 lead. David Fifita's try put Wakefield back in front, but Jake Webster brought the visitors level before Gale's kick won the game. Daryl Powell's side are now 10 points clear at the top of the table, with only two games left to play before the start of the Super 8s. Wakefield stay fifth in the table, one point behind fourth-placed Hull FC, having lost both their games against Castleford this season. The Tigers had struggled to convert opportunities before the break, with Webster spilling the ball as he dived over the line, before Eden had a try ruled out for obstruction. But the visitors were much improved in the second half, with Gale's drop-goal from in front of the posts earning them a 10th straight victory in the league. Wakefield: Grix; Jones-Bishop, Arundel, Tupou, Caton-Brown; Williams, Finn; Walker, Wood, Huby, Ashurst, Hadley, Arona. Replacements: Annakin, Hirst, England, Fifita. Castleford: Hardaker; Minikin, Webster, Shenton, Eden; Roberts, Gale; Massey, McShane, Millington, Sene-Lefao, McMeeken, Milner. Replacements: Lynch, Springer, Patrick, Foster. Referee: Chris Kendall. | Luke Gale 's late drop - goal helped Super League leaders Castleford earn a @placeholder victory at Wakefield . | crucial | convincing | deserved | disappointing | thrilling | 4 |
Dan Bull spends 10 weeks a year on a cherrypicker trying to tame this 55ft (17 metre) hedge at Powis Castle, Welshpool, Powys. He admitted it was "a bit scary" initially, but considers himself lucky. Back in the day, the 300-year-old yew took a team of 10 with huge ladders to clip the bushes using just hand shears and scythes. Head gardener David Swanton added: "It's a huge task for us to get all the trimming done. "Two gardeners spend six weeks trimming the box hedge and two more spend 12 weeks working on the yew. "One gardener spends about 10 weeks in the air on this hydraulic cherry-picker getting all the high trimming done." | If you struggle to simply mow the lawn at this time of year , spare a thought for this @placeholder gardener . | wonderful | extreme | poor | fine | illegal | 1 |
Media playback is not supported on this device The Dutchman - who has called a journalist a "fat man",slapped another and called one of his players the wrong name - offered to pull BBC Sport interviewer Manish Bhasin's hair and likened Huth's antics to a sex act. The issue that riled the Dutchman was when the Leicester defender pulled Fellaini's hair in Sunday's 1-1 draw, with Fellaini elbowing him in retaliation. Both men escaped punishment. "When I grab you by the hair, what are you doing? Shall I do it? It's also a penalty," he told our man at Old Trafford, before continuing: "When I grab your hair, you react also. I know for sure." When asked if Fellaini should have been sent off, he said: "No, I don't think so. It's not in the books that someone has to grab by the hair and then pull it behind - only in sex masochism." In his Sky Sports interview - and again in his news conference - he also offered to pull journalists' hair. "Fellaini is reacting like a human being because when I grab you with your hair and pull it backwards, you shall do also something to me, I believe." The Belgian avoided punishment, but could potentially face a three-game Premier League ban if he is charged with violent conduct by the Football Association. Tottenham's Dele Alli recently received such a suspension for a punch on West Brom's Claudio Yacob that was not spotted by the referee at the time. Former England captain Alan Shearer on BBC Radio 5 live: "Marouane Fellaini will get reported to the FA. If you compare that to Dele Alli then he will get banned." Ex-Leicester midfielder Robbie Savage: "Marouane Fellaini was lucky to still be on the pitch. He has swung his arm back and caught Robert Huth around the neck area. It was six of one and half a dozen of the other but that is very dangerous play." Never want to miss the latest Man Utd news? You can now add United and all the other sports and teams you follow to your personalised My Sport home. | Manchester United 's football under Louis van Gaal may have been called @placeholder at times , but his interviews have been anything but , continuing with his bizarre description of Marouane Fellaini 's clash with Robert Huth . | coveted | dull | appointed | confirmed | in | 1 |
Most of the money would compensate 482,000 owners of two-litre diesel cars programmed to distort emissions tests. Owners could receive between $1,000 and $7,000, depending on their car's age. The agreement could still change when it is officially announced by a judge on Tuesday, sources said. Lawyers representing car owners, Volkswagen and the US Environmental Protection Agency have not yet agreed the steps VW will take to fix the cars. The company still faces accusations over its three-litre diesel cars, as well as the prospect of hefty fines from US regulators and possible criminal charges. Earlier this year the German company more than doubled its provisions for the scandal to €16.2bn (£12.6bn). On Wednesday VW chief executive Mr Mueller issued a fresh apology to shareholders, saying the "misconduct goes against everything that Volkswagen stands for". However, he has not put a figure on the total cost of the emissions scandal until a final deal was reached with US authorities. Volkswagen admitted in September it had installed a "defeat device" - or software - in diesel engines in the US that could detect when they were being tested. The company subsequently revealed that more than 11 million cars worldwide were affected. Volkswagen said it was unable to comment ahead of the court's decision. | Volkswagen has agreed to pay $ 10.2 bn ( £ 6.9 bn ) to settle some claims in the US from its emissions @placeholder scandal , according to reports . | pricing | accounting | related | cheating | lost | 3 |
The Shaymen lie bottom of the National League, 10 points adrift of Boreham Wood in 20th, following a 6-3 defeat by Braintree on Saturday. Former Oldham Athletic manager Kelly, 36, was appointed at Halifax on 1 October and won two of his 10 games in charge in all competitions. A club statement said a further announcement would follow shortly. "Notwithstanding a backdrop of difficult circumstances and a short time period, it's been felt that an up-lift in performance and results has not been forthcoming - despite further first-team investment," the statement added. Kelly's only previous managerial role was at Oldham, but he was replaced by David Dunn in September after just over four months - and nine games - in charge at Boundary Park. Halifax conceded 37 goals in 10 games under Kelly, including seven against both Grimsby and Cheltenham. | Manager Darren Kelly has left FC Halifax Town by mutual @placeholder after just 47 days in charge . | services | regulations | duty | cause | agreement | 4 |
Smith, 27, left Leeds Rhinos in rugby league for a switch of codes to join the Premiership club in 2009. But injury and personal reasons led to his return to the Rhinos after just five months and two first-team games. "I've got nothing against Wasps at all, I enjoyed my time there," Smith told BBC Sport. "I got down there coming off the back of not having a pre-season, more or less got chucked straight in and I unfortunately got an injury - a bulging disc in my back - and I didn't get off to the best of starts, which was frustrating. Looking back I was doing it day-by-day, rather than looking at the bigger picture "I don't regret it, I think it was good and I learned a lot. I moved to London and enjoyed my time down there and met some very good people." At the time of the move to Wasps, Morley-born Smith was one of the league code's hottest properties. He picked up the Harry Sunderland Trophy for man of the match as the Rhinos beat St Helens in the 2008 Super League Grand Final at Old Trafford, and then scored two tries in the following year's repeat final on his last appearance. The Drighlington amateur was also an emerging international player with seven tries in eight England games, used to playing regular football at domestic level. "I think it was just a bad decision on my behalf. I was young, only 22 years old and it probably wasn't the right decision for me and Wasps," Smith continued. "I was a young kid and I just wanted to play rugby, that's all I wanted to do but they saw the bigger plan, which was to bed me in and have me more for the year after as I'd signed a three-year deal. "Looking back I was doing it day-by-day, rather than looking at the bigger picture - ultimately that was what it was. When you're caught up in it as a young kid and all you want to do is play rugby, you can't fault me for that. "I think Wasps saw that too, that I just wanted to be playing. We left on fairly good terms, they were happy enough to part company with me." in February on the back of a spell at Super League side Wakefield. Director of rugby Dean Richards has handed Smith three first-team appearances to date. | Newcastle outside back Lee Smith has said there is no @placeholder with former club London Wasps prior to his first return to Adams Park on Saturday . | issue | meeting | future | agreement | negotiations | 0 |
Dr Daniel Evans of Cardiff University said there was a "farcical situation" where people did not know who ran what, leading to a lack of scrutiny. He pointed to findings that fewer than 5% of Welsh people read Welsh papers. The assembly could play a part in supporting services such as blogs and hyperlocal websites, he added. "Welsh people simply don't hear anything about Wales or Welsh politics," Dr Evans wrote in an article for the Open Democracy website. "The general lack of coverage about the Welsh assembly or Welsh policy distinctiveness has led to a farcical situation whereby no one knows who does what, who is in charge of what, and so on. "In my own field of education research, for example, teachers have told me how they are frequently confronted by upset parents scared about changes to education, unaware that the changes they have seen on the news only apply to England. "This lack of information directly contributes to political disengagement and the uniquely low election turnout in Wales, as well as undermining the Assembly and devolution itself." Dr Evans said the lack of a "truly national" Welsh newspaper led people to rely more heavily on the BBC. However, he claimed that spending cuts on English language programming meant the corporation was "failing to accurately represent Wales". As far as the solutions go, Dr Evans told BBC Wales he would like to see more "non-statist" media emerge, like the Wings over Scotland and Bella Caledonia blogs in Scotland and Welsh examples such as the Jac o' the North blog and the Grangetown community website in Cardiff. Many new media organisations had been able to raise money for equipment from crowdfunding, he added. Dr Evans said he also disagreed with people who said there was "no future" for print media, saying: "The Herald group is doing interesting things in Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire." In November, Presiding Officer Elin Jones announced a digital taskforce headed by former minister Leighton Andrews to examine ways of promoting and explaining the assembly's activities through social media and other platforms. Her predecessor, Dame Rosemary Butler, warned in 2012 of a "democratic deficit" caused by cuts at the BBC and the decline of the regional and local newspaper industry. While stressing the need for independent scrutiny of Welsh politics, Dr Evans accepted there may be a role for the assembly to support local media. "I'm not a fan of state intervention, but there could be some sort of pot of money to help fund the local press," he said. | Wales needs more " @placeholder " grassroots media to help explain how the nation works and hold those in power to account , an academic has said . | innovative | extraordinary | uneasy | urgent | credible | 0 |
15 July 2016 Last updated at 10:22 BST Analysts are worried Brexit will slow talks and make a deal this year unlikely. It's already an agonisingly slow process - negotiations have been going on for three years - and it's unlikely a deal will be struck before the end of the Obama administration. Critics of TTIP warn a deal would jeopardize European standards, such as food safety, and leave public services at risk of privatization. We take a look at some of the reasons why the talks are so complicated. Video journalist: Jeremy Howell | The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership ( TTIP ) , which seeks to reduce @placeholder barriers between the US and the European Union , is at the end of its 14th round . | regulatory | bilateral | independent | latest | professional | 0 |
The tribunal in Dhaka was set up by the Bangladeshi government. For the first time, charges were due to have been brought against those accused of committing mass murder and rape. Most of those facing trial are from the Islamist party, Jamaat-e-Islami. All of them deny the allegations, accusing the government of carrying out a vendetta. The tribunal in Dhaka will reconvene on 18 August following a request by defence lawyers, who wanted more time to go through the charges. East Pakistan became Bangladesh 40 years ago - but only after a bloody battle for independence. Official figures estimate that more than three million people were killed and thousands of women raped when West Pakistan sent in its army to intervene. Last year, the Bangladeshi government set up the International Crimes Tribunal in Dhaka to try those Bangladeshis accused of collaborating with Pakistani forces and committing atrocities. So far, seven people - two from the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and five from the Jamaat-e-Islami - have been arrested. Formal charges are yet to be brought against them and all of them deny the charges. The two parties have denounced the tribunal as a political show trial. The New York-based Human Rights Watch says the tribunal needs to change some of its procedures to ensure a fair trial which meets international standards. The trial - when it finally starts - is likely to go on for months and open up old wounds. | A @placeholder tribunal in Bangladesh to look into atrocities carried out during the war of independence from Pakistan in 1971 has been adjourned . | successful | dramatic | special | constitutional | vast | 2 |
Gloucestershire Police said they had received allegations that Opus Fine Art in Stow-on-the-Wold had been "dishonestly retaining or selling" art. The gallery deals in works by high profile artists including Damien Hirst. A police spokesman said investigations were ongoing to establish ownership of the seized property. The Independent newspaper reported the owners, Donald Smith and Emma Poole, were believed to have moved to the south of France. | A large number of works of art have been seized from a Cotswold art gallery after allegations of @placeholder and theft . | control | fraud | violence | arson | misconduct | 1 |
The occupants of the car had been wearing fake suicide vests and had knives and an axe, officials said. Seven people were injured in the attack, one of whom later died. It came hours after a van was driven into crowds in Barcelona, leaving 13 people dead and scores injured. Police say the van driver, who fled the scene, could be among those killed in Cambrils, but this has not yet been confirmed. "The investigation points in this direction," said Catalonian police official Josep Lluis Trapero, but there was no "concrete proof". He added that, despite police training, it was "not easy" for the officer who had shot dead four of the five suspects. The attack in Cambrils unfolded when an Audi A3 was driven at people walking along the seafront in the early hours of Friday. The car overturned and those inside then attacked people with knives. Police said four were shot dead at the scene and the fifth was killed a few hundred metres away. Waiter Joan Marc Serra Salinas heard the shots that rang out on Cambrils promenade. "It was bang, bang, bang. Shouting, more shouting. I threw myself on to the ground on the beach," he said. The Mayor of Cambrils, Cami Mendoza, praised the "speed and efficiency" of the police response. | A @placeholder police officer shot dead four of the five suspects who were in a car that was driven into pedestrians in the Spanish seaside town of Cambrils , it has emerged . | powerful | lone | military | popular | special | 1 |
The services will take place at 11:00 GMT on 7 January. The Church in Wales announced the move ahead of the consecration of the first woman bishop, Canon Joanna Penberthy, as Bishop of St Davids on 21 January. In January 1997, 62 women were ordained, with their names set to feature on a new logo. The services will take place at cathedrals in Llandaff in Cardiff, Newport, Bangor in Gwynedd, St Asaph in Denbighshire, Brecon in Powys and St Davids in Pembrokeshire. Canon Enid Morgan was among the first ordained, along with Canon Penberthy, and she will give an address at Bangor Cathedral. She described "frustration" after spending 12 years as a deacon, with a sense of "much energy wasted". But then "things seemed to happen very quickly" after a bill was passed in September 1996 allowing women priests, she said. Canon Morgan added: "A whole generation has grown up seeing women priests and their ministry as normal and we can start taking some things for granted." | The 20th anniversary of the ordination of Wales ' first women priests will be celebrated with @placeholder services at every cathedral in the country . | modern | special | simultaneous | direct | competitive | 2 |
The former world top-50 player, who won 21 singles ties in the Fed Cup, will work alongside head coach Jeremy Bates. "I'm delighted and honoured to accept this position in the sport that I love," said the 33-year-old. British number one Johanna Konta said Keothavong was "a winner on court" and will lead from "real life experience". Great Britain's Fed Cup campaign begins with the Euro/Africa Zone Group in Estonia in February. | Anne Keothavong has been appointed as Great Britain 's Fed Cup captain and senior @placeholder women 's coach by the Lawn Tennis Association . | national | senior | defending | australian | versatile | 0 |
Addil Haroon, 19 and from Rochdale, claimed he drove from Leeds to Rochdale in 11 minutes on the M62 on 8 November. The following day he killed another driver Joseph Brown-Lartey, 25, when he drove at 80mph on a residential street. The attorney general will review Haroon's six-year prison sentence after complaints it was unduly lenient. Haroon caused Mr Brown-Lartey's Audi A5 to split in half when he sped through a red light and crashed into him at the junction of Bury Road and Sandy Lane, Rochdale, at 04:40 GMT. Mr Brown-Lartey died at the scene. It happened hours after Haroon, of Essex Street, took a photograph of the speedometer while speeding on the motorway in a hired Audi A6. He sent it in a Snapchat message to a friend which read: "Leeds to Rochdale 11mins catch me." Leeds to Rochdale is trip of about 34 miles. Haroon pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and driving without a licence or insurance. Sgt Paul Higgins, of Greater Manchester Police (GMP), said experienced traffic police officers described the crash scene as the "worst" they had ever seen. The attorney general's office said: "We have been asked to consider whether Addil Haroon's sentence is unreasonably low, under the unduly lenient sentence scheme. "The attorney or solicitor general will make a decision by 25 June as to whether the case should be referred to the Court of Appeal." | The sentence of a teenager who @placeholder of driving at 142 mph on a motorway the night before he killed a man in a high - speed crash is to be reviewed . | developed | accused | suffered | boasted | dreamed | 3 |
The 27-year-old, who was formerly on the books of Galway United and Dundalk, has represented the Republic of Ireland at Under-23 and Under-21 level. Breen will join the north Belfast club at the end of the season. Meanwhile an Irish FA Disciplinary Committee has upheld a decision to suspend Cliftonville player Jason McGuinness for six matches. A challenge was submitted by Cliftonville in which the club claimed the referee made an obvious error in dismissing McGuinness for a headbutt during their Premiership match against Portadown on 10 December 2016. McGuinness subsequently served an automatic one-match ban and was then suspended by the committee for a further six matches for violent conduct (headbutt). Written and verbal submissions from both the club and the refereeing team, plus video footage, were considered but the committee was not satisfied that an obvious error had occurred and Cliftonville's challenge was therefore refused. The six-match suspension imposed on McGuinness will begin on 30 January, although Cliftonville have a right to appeal under the IFA's Articles of Association. | Portadown central defender Garry Breen has joined Cliftonville on a pre-contract @placeholder . | agreement | free | appeal | future | role | 0 |
Many of Kardashian West's millions of fans on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook posted messages of sympathy after learning she was robbed by two men dressed as police officers in Paris. Among messages of support were jokes about the attack, questions over whether the story should be reported by news organisations, and claims that the incident was a publicity stunt. The barrage of abuse led to other celebrities and fans defending her with TV host James Corden among those saying: "She's a mother, a daughter, a wife, a friend. Be nice or shut up." Singer Leona Lewis tweeted: "Years later I'm still personally dealing with trauma after being attacked. We should be sending love to @KimKardashian it's an awful ordeal." On Twitter, some people referred to Ryan Lochte, the US Olympic swimmer who falsely said he had been robbed at gunpoint while in Brazil during the Olympics Games. Many lampooned Kardashian West's penchant for self-publicity. There was also mentions of public spats she has had with other celebrities such as Taylor Swift, posting images of her with a gun. Also, people implied Kardashian West was trying to take attention away from her brother's baby shower that took place on the same day. US model Chrissy Teigen weighed in on the vitriol celebrities sometimes face online. Presenter Piers Morgan also expressed his sympathy for Kardashian West. But when he was accused of hypocrisy, given his previous mockery of her, he argued it was possible to feel both. Among the most popular tweets was one by this user urging people to see Kardashian West as a human being. Some were outraged that anyone could find the incident funny just because of who she is. Others thought such reactions were the symptoms of something more worrying about society. There were comments online on whether or not the story was getting too much news coverage because of the fame of the victim, and many compared it to other news stories and issues. By Tse Yin Lee BBC's UGC and Social News team | Being held at gunpoint is clearly not funny , but the internet had to be reminded that reality TV star Kim Kardashian West was a victim after news of the attack was met by online abuse and @placeholder jokes . | personal | cruel | prolonged | false | other | 1 |
The 20-year-old from Seaforde clocked 2:03.70 at the British Para-swimming trials for Rio in Glasgow. Firth, a 2012 London Paralympics gold medallist, had already achieved the 100m breaststroke and 100m backstroke qualifying times at the trials. She will compete in the 200m Individual Medley on Wednesday. Firth won the 200m freestyle by two seconds from Jessica-Jane Applegate with Chloe Davies back in third. The Co Down woman represented Ireland at the 2012 Games before her decision to switch allegiance to Great Britain in 2013. Last year Firth had to pull out of the British team for the IPC World Championships because of a broken wrist. After this week's British trials, Firth will head to Madeira for the European Championships which take place in Madeira from 30 April to 7 May. | Northern Ireland 's Bethany Firth has broken her own 200 m freestyle world record to qualify in a third @placeholder for the Paralympics in Rio this summer . | discipline | race | time | appeal | role | 0 |
Clearly, the corporation couldn't commission a similar show to Bake Off, as it no longer owns the format. But it also has millions of viewers who are now hungry for more cookery programmes. So, in October, BBC Two announced it would air new food-based series The Big Family Cooking Showdown - and it's now been confirmed it will star former Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain. She will co-host it with Zoe Ball, while chefs Rosemary Shrager and Giorgio Locatelli will serve as judges. Sixteen families will invite the four stars of the show into their own kitchens to cook their favourite family recipes and will be whittled down through a series of challenges across 12 hour-long episodes. This isn't the first BBC programme Nadiya will have appeared in since Bake Off - she's already fronted a two-part documentary and will also star in an eight-part series about British food. After she was announced as the co-presenter of The Big Family Cooking Showdown, some have suggested the programme sounded similar to The Great British Bake Off. But Buzzfeed's TV editor Scott Bryan said he thought that wasn't the case. He pointed to the fact it will be broadcast on the more niche BBC Two, and not the flagship BBC One channel which The Great British Bake Off aired on. Having said that, Bake Off originally started on BBC Two in 2010 with small viewing figures, and moved to its bigger sister-channel after it had become a ratings hit. So if the new cookery programme is popular, it's possible it could make a similar leap a few years down the line. Another reason it's being seen by some as a rival to Channel 4's Bake Off is because the two programmes could be broadcast around the same time of year. The BBC confirmed the first series of The Big Family Cooking Showdown will go out in the autumn - which might also be when the new Bake Off will air. Channel 4 have not yet confirmed an exact start date but it will definitely be some time in 2017, and it's likely that the they would want the series to be completed before the year is out. The fact that Nadiya is so closely associated with the GBBO brand is perhaps another reason the new show being likened to Bake Off. The comparisons may be inevitable, but one thing we can be sure of is that the BBC will ensure the new programme has a completely different format to its former ratings hit. By David Sillito, BBC media correspondent "Big" has replaced "Great", "Bake Off" has become "Cooking Showdown" and it's got a four-person presenting and judging team. The comparisons are easy to make. However, the idea was germinating before Bake Off made off to Channel 4. But what began as an attempt to tap in to GBBO's homely magic of nice people trying their best now looks like a rival, albeit one without a tent or Mary Berry. Pitching this as a copycat rival to the Great British Bake Off makes a great headline but doesn't stand up to much scrutiny. Of course, that doesn't mean something else more like Bake Off might appear on the airwaves. TV companies spend millions on formats but legal protection for the ideas is far from clear legally, with disputes rarely making it to court. The one thing that would probably stop it though is the fear that after creating a "copycat" it fails to draw in the viewers. That's a headline the TV bosses would really like to avoid. Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram at bbcnewsents, or if you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | Ever since the BBC @placeholder The Great British Bake Off to Channel 4 last year , many have been watching the BBC 's moves closely . | brought | inspired | lost | understands | dominates | 2 |
The Canal and Rivers Trust said the paddle lock at the top of the famous flight of locks was left open overnight overwhelming the locks near Devizes. The trust said it does not know if the damage was caused by "carelessness or deliberate vandalism". Initial estimates suggest the repair bill may run into six figures. Staff from the trust - the charity which looks after the canal - were on site earlier to assess the damage, "We're going to be left with a huge repair bill to contend with," said Mark Evans, waterway manager at the Canal and River Trust. "It really couldn't have happened in a worse spot - the pound above Kennet Lock is the longest on the whole canal, so we're talking about a lot of water rushing down the Caen Hill flight, which has caused the damage." | A " @placeholder " part of the towpath next to the Caen Hill locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal has been washed away after a lock gate was left open . | dead | significant | damaged | detailed | spectacular | 1 |
"He has achieved those feats despite hardly ever having the fastest car - never definitively, and only twice arguably in his entire career. "At 34, and coming up for three years since his last win, the Spaniard remains the drivers' driver. Probably not quite the fastest on one lap; but, all round, arguably the best and most complete on the grid. "Remorseless and relentless, Alonso is one of the very few who can be relied upon to get the best out of whatever car he is given to drive, in whatever circumstances - who gets closer to the limit more often than probably anyone else. "He has "only" two world titles. But over his career Alonso is eight points short of being a five-time champion after narrowly missing out in 2007, 2010 and 2012. "One of those times was his own fault - he had a meltdown at McLaren alongside Lewis Hamilton in 2007. But the other two were definitely not. And four titles would be about what he deserves. "In 2012, he put together one of the greatest seasons by any driver ever. "Some of his victories - such as winning in Malaysia that year in a car that could not qualify in the top 10 at the previous race - no other driver would have achieved. Some of his overtaking moves defy belief. "Memories and achievements like that are indelible, no matter how his career ultimately comes to an end." Andrew Benson, Chief F1 writer Never want to miss the latest formula 1 news? You can now add F1 and all the other sports and teams you follow to your personalised My Sport home. | " The raw statistics are impressive enough - sixth in the all - time winners ' list , second in total points , third - highest number of podiums in history . But it 's what 's behind the numbers that is most @placeholder about Fernando Alonso . | incredible | admired | striking | nervous | impressive | 4 |
The double world champion missed the season-opening race in Australia last weekend after suffering concussion in a crash in pre-season testing. On Wednesday, he took another step towards a return to the cockpit, later tweeting: "Great day. Lots of meetings and simulator work!" Before he can race again, Alonso must pass a number of medical checks. The 33-year-old Spaniard, who spent three days in hospital after the crash, is planning to undergo those checks later this week. It is normal practice for drivers to prepare for the next race in a simulator, but the session will have helped Alonso determine whether his senses have fully recovered from the effects of the accident. Sources close to Alonso say that he has been concerned by the crash, the causes of which so far are unexplained, and especially by his loss of memory in the immediate aftermath. But Alonso is determined to race in the next grand prix in Malaysia on 29 March and has posted photographs of his preparations on Twitter. | Fernando Alonso has tweeted his @placeholder after spending time in McLaren 's driver simulator ahead of a return to action . | apology | delight | role | thoughts | outlook | 1 |
The singer is seen crying in the 12-minute video, which she said she was uploading in an effort to help people understand mental illness. "I am now living in a motel in New Jersey. I'm all by myself," she said. "Mental illness, it's like drugs, it doesn't [care] who you are, and equally what's worse, the stigma doesn't care who you are." "There's absolutely nobody in my life except my doctor, my psychiatrist - the sweetest man on earth, who says I'm his hero - and that's about the only thing keeping me alive at the moment... and that's kind of pathetic. "I want everyone to know what it's like, that's why I'm making this video." O'Connor criticised her family for not taking better care of her over the last two years. "I am one of millions... people who suffer from mental illness are the most vulnerable people on earth, we can't take care of ourselves, you've got to take care of us," she said. "My entire life is revolving around not dying, and that's not living. And I'm not going to die, but still, this is no way for people to be living." The singer was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2003, but she later said she had been misdiagnosed and actually suffered from depression and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ​(PTSD). | Sinead O'Connor has said she feels " @placeholder " in a video uploaded to her Facebook account . | suicidal | lost | guilty | blessed | trapped | 0 |
Its latest forecast predicts the Northern Ireland's economy will have grown by 1.7% in 2015. In the Republic of Ireland, growth is forecast to be 5.8%. EY's forecast said austerity measures and a relatively small private sector is hampering growth in Northern Ireland. Stormont is facing at least three years of contractionary budgets following Chancellor George Osborne's spending review. In contrast, the Republic of Ireland is now likely to have more expansionary public finances following years of austerity. It can be difficult to interpret the Republic of Ireland's national accounts due to the distortionary effect of multinational firms moving money through the country. However, there is a consensus that the country is now growing strongly. Michael Hall, managing partner for EY Northern Ireland said: 'Austerity is dampening domestic demand in Northern Ireland now in the same way it did in the Republic in recent years, and there have already been considerable job losses in the public sector as a result. "We must offset this constraint by attracting more FDI [foreign direct investment] in the private sector," he added. "This will be key to ensuring continued growth and uplift in employment in the coming years." | The Republic of Ireland 's economy is growing more than three times as fast as that of Northern Ireland , according to the @placeholder firm EY . | national | investment | opposition | generosity | consultancy | 4 |
The Fourth of July holiday remembers the day in 1776 the 13 American colonies adopted the Declaration of Independence, proclaiming citizens' right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. But not everyone was taking the day too seriously. Molly Schuyler marked the auspicious occasion by eating 21 Z-Burger hamburgers in an impressive 10 minutes in Washington, thereby successfully defending her title. Not to be outdone, in Brooklyn, Joey Chestnut claimed his 10th title, eating a not insignificant 72 frankfurters in the same time during Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest. A couple of hours south, Island Beach State Park in New Jersey reopened to the public. The beach had briefly become one of the country's best-known just days earlier, when Governor Chris Christie and his family were pictured sunning themselves on its deserted sands - the politician having shut it to the public due to a row over the state budget. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump returned from his golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey, to celebrate the day at the White House. On the other side of the country, in Oregon, 13,000 people gathered for a peace and love festival, at which 15 people were arrested and two people died. A spokeswoman for the Rainbow Family Gathering said neither deaths were related to violence. | Millions of Americans have been celebrating Independence Day across the States , with parades , cook - outs - and the reopening of a beach at the centre of a @placeholder storm . | deadly | political | powerful | historic | controversial | 1 |
An investigation has begun after the sensitive documents were found at the building in Liverpool, which is being turned into flats. The BBC understands the files include details of murder and rape cases, alongside names and addresses. The Ministry of Justice said the matter was being taken "extremely seriously". The documents belong to the Probation Service, which took over the building in Derby Lane, Old Swan, from the police back in 1993. Workers found the documents as they were clearing the rooms. The Ministry of Justice said the files in question contained data from crimes that happened before 2003, and had been stored in a secure room. A spokesman said: "We take all issues in relation to data handling extremely seriously and have launched an investigation." | Hundreds of @placeholder crime files containing data about serious and violent crimes have been discovered by builders at a former probation centre . | other | confidential | ongoing | suspicious | national | 1 |
Millie Bello will start at Noble's Hospital in February. Her appointment comes after concerns about replacing a specialised breast surgeon with a general surgeon. A government spokesperson said Ms Bello had more than 10 years' experience as consultant general surgeon with a special interest in breast surgery. Ms Bello said she was looking forward to working with colleagues to ensure patients received "the highest standard of care possible". Chief Executive of Manx Cancer Help, Andrea Chambers said: "Ms Bello is a highly-regarded breast surgeon and her appointment is a coup for the Isle of Man." | The new surgeon @placeholder in the Isle of Man after a controversy over the the future of breast care services has been revealed . | appointed | lives | remains | happening | services | 0 |
Left-armer Shamsi, 27, made his international T20 debut during June's series against England and has also featured in one Test match. He will play the first of his three games against Derbyshire on 7 July. "He's a very effective leg-spinner which I believe is crucial in modern T20 cricket," said coach David Ripley. | South Africa spinner Tabraiz Shamsi will join Northants on a three - match T20 Blast deal while Seekuge Prasanna is on Sri Lanka @placeholder . | debut | speculation | future | service | duty | 4 |
Starring Kristen Stewart, Jesse Eisenberg and Steve Carell, the movie centres on the buzzing cafe society of 1930s Hollywood. It makes Allen the first director to present three opening-night films at Cannes. Hollywood Ending opened the annual festival in 2002, and Midnight in Paris in 2011. According to the festival organisers, Cafe Society tells the story "of a young man who arrives in Hollywood during the 1930s hoping to work in the film industry, falls in love, and finds himself swept up in the vibrant cafe society that defined the spirit of the age". It marks a romantic reunion for Stewart and Eisenberg who appeared together in American Ultra. Cafe Society will screen out of competition at this year's event, which runs from 11 to 22 May, ahead of its release later this year. Jodie Foster's Money Monster starring Julia Roberts and George Clooney, and Steven Spielberg's The BFG are already confirmed to screen at the festival. The full official selection will be announced mid-April. | Woody Allen 's @placeholder work , Cafe Society , will open this year 's Cannes Film Festival . | original | perfect | latest | devastating | famous | 2 |
Panthers beat hosts Ritten 4-1 on Sunday to become the first British team to claim a major European title. The previous best showing by a British side in Europe's second-tier event was Sheffield's third-place finish in 2010. "I just feel like as a club we've really been trendsetters and now this is the next stage," Neilson said. "It's just such a special thing to be able to compete on the international stage and show not only how good the Nottingham Panthers are, but how far the league has come." Nottingham, currently fourth in the Elite League, have now qualified for next season's Champions Hockey League, the top ice hockey competition in Europe. They have also won one league title, six Challenge Cups and four play-off titles under Neilson, who took over from Mike Ellis in 2008. "What we've built is a championship machine really and we continue to do it time after time," he told BBC Radio Nottingham. "It's credit to not only what I'm doing but the players and the staff, and the organisation continues to make steps to get better. "When there's an area lacking, I'm always given support to bring in people and it's really been a great time here, a privilege." | Nottingham Panthers head coach Corey Neilson says his side 's European Continental Cup win shows the @placeholder Elite League ice hockey has made . | perfect | overall | future | progress | annual | 3 |
Seaman William Williams was awarded the medal for his part in sinking a German U-boat during World War One on 7 June 1917. The new stone will be unveiled in Amlwch during a ceremony marking the centenary on Thursday. His family and local officials will be among those attending the service at Amlwch Port's park at 11:00 BST. Seaman Williams was on board the Q-ship HMS Pargust. Q-ships were disguised as merchant navy ships which would lure German U-boats in and then counter attack with their hidden weapons. HMS Pargust was torpedoed and Seaman Williams held the ship's heavy gun port in place for about 30 minutes until the U-boat surfaced and they could open fire. It was the first ship to receive the Victoria Cross (VC) from King George V and Seaman Williams was unanimously chosen by his crewmates to receive the medal. After his service in World War One, he returned home to Amlwch and later settled in Holyhead. He died in October 1965. Anglesey council chairman Richard Jones, who will unveil the memorial stone, said he "gallantly served his country". "We're proud to say he was from Amlwch and pleased to honour him with a new centenary commemoration stone," Mr Jones added. The ceremony forms part of a centenary commemoration scheme honouring 628 recipients of the VC during World War One. | The only man from an Anglesey town to be awarded the Victoria Cross is being honoured with a @placeholder stone . | professional | rare | commemorative | special | controversial | 2 |
It has been in the headlines since Sarah Ewart took the brave decision to reveal her traumatic story, explaining how she felt she had no option but to travel to England for a termination after doctors said her unborn baby could not survive. The speaker Mitchel McLaughlin took pride in presiding over what was at times an emotional debate. The First Minister Arlene Foster must also take a degree of satisfaction from her decision not to put down a blocking petition of concern. The 19-strong majority showed Mrs Foster had calculated correctly. The DUP MLAs trooped into the same lobby as the SDLP, TUV and UKIP and the result means opponents of any change can rightly claim to have the democratic will on their side. However, the political calculations seem of questionable importance set beside the personal tragedies at the heart of this debate. Moreover, beyond the assembly chamber there are other forces in play. With appeals due, the courts are yet to finally resolve the argument over whether the current law is in line with international human rights standards. Opinion polls also appear to suggest growing support for liberalisation of the current tight restrictions. The DUP's planned working group is due to report back before the end of August, four months after the next assembly election. The doctors and lawyers sitting on the group may well add some useful context and evidence to the abortion debate. However, if abortion in cases of either fatal abnormalities or sexual crime comes back to the assembly chamber in the coming months, MLAs will once again have to wrestle with their consciences. Ultimately, these decisions about morality and compassion are choices elected representatives must take for themselves, not contract out to the experts. | The clock in the Stormont Great Hall was approaching midnight as MLAs cast their votes on the @placeholder issue of abortion in cases of fatal foetal abnormality . | sensitive | remaining | annual | dramatic | future | 0 |
A government grant will allow Cambridgeshire company Mole Solutions to see whether its magnet and track-based system could work in urban areas. It is hoped the scheme could eradicate congestion and pollution from lorries. The firm's technical director Stuart Prosser said the feasibility study will run for nine months. A decision will then be made on its financial viability, which if successful could lead to pipelines being dug throughout the town. "We're going to use Northampton as a bit of an exemplar," he said. "They have some issues [in Northampton] with air pollution and distribution of goods and they want to see if there's other ways of doing it, rather than just using the traditional ways between the M1, the A14 and into the city centre." The "mole" concept involves propelling bulk goods through pipelines powered by magnetic waves. The company said the system could work unmanned in pipes laid beside or under existing transport infrastructure. It claimed it is environmentally friendly and could allowed goods to be delivered to buildings and taken away again 24-hours-a-day. If the trial proved successful, the scheme could be rolled out to other UK towns and cities. The grant for testing has come from Innovate UK, part of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. Mole Solutions has been testing the system at its base in Alconbury with aggregates, but hopes to trial other goods in the future. During the trial it will work with Transport Systems Catapult, an innovation centre for intelligent mobility in Milton Keynes, and a number of construction and engineering firms. The government has yet to comment on the grant. | A high - tech study to see whether underground freight deliveries could become @placeholder in the UK is to be carried out in Northampton . | reality | qualifications | power | possible | benefits | 0 |
Northern Irishman McDowell had started the day two behind overnight leader Branden Grace. American pair Bud Cauley and Tony Finau share the lead at the halfway point on eight under par McDowell, 37, had five bogeys and three birdies in Friday's round and made the cut by two shots. Ireland's Seamus Power survived to the weekend on the cut mark of level par after a second successive 72. | Graeme McDowell had a @placeholder second round at the Valero Texas Open as he shot a two - over - par 74 to fall back to six off the lead . | serious | disappointing | major | dramatic | commanding | 1 |
The former president, 89, acknowledged his advanced age but said Cuban communist concepts were still valid and the Cuban people "will be victorious". It was earlier announced that Cuba's President, Raul Castro, would remain party chief for another five years. Raul Castro, who himself is 84, is due to step down as president in 2018. But in Cuba the role of Party secretary is considered just as powerful as president, so his announcement that he had been re-elected for another five years was significant. Some have interpreted Fidel Castro's speech as a goodbye to the Cuban Communist Party faithful. Whether he intended it to be is another matter, but it certainly contained references to his own mortality not previously heard from him. "I'll soon be 90" the former president told the congress, "something I'd never imagined." His longevity wasn't through effort, he said, but was rather "a whim of fate". "Soon I'll be like all the others," he said, "to all our turn must come." State television showed at least one person in the audience of loyalists wiping tears from their eyes. But being Fidel Castro, any admission of fallibility or weakness was immediately followed by a statement of defiance: "The ideas of Cuban Communists will remain as proof on this planet that if they are worked at with fervour and dignity, they can produce the material and cultural goods that human beings need." Fidel Castro's speech at the five-yearly congress has been interpreted by some analysts as valedictory, but the Castro dominance in Cuban politics looks set to continue for some time yet. Raul Castro proposed at the weekend that 60 should become the maximum age for joining the Party's central committee. Cuba has an ageing leadership - Mr Castro's deputy in the Party, Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, is 85. But he also said that there should be a five-year transition period before that comes into force. He will continue as Party leader until 2021, a move which the BBC's correspondent in Cuba, Will Grant, says will disappoint many Cubans who had hoped that the recent thaw in relations with Washington might also usher in a new generation of reformers in the Communist Party. | The leader of the Cuban Revolution , Fidel Castro , has given a @placeholder speech on the final day of the country 's Communist Party congress . | rare | public | major | dramatic | controversial | 0 |
The 10 original sculptures became a social media sensation and the artist was described as a "literary Banksy". The artist, whose identity is still being kept secret, has produced the new works as part of Book Week Scotland. The new sculptures, inspired by classic Scottish stories, have been hidden at secret locations across the country. Clues released online each day this week will help literary fans to track them down and win their own sculptures. The first was found on Monday by Emma Lister at Glasgow School of Art. It is a Lanark book sculpture inspired by Alasdair Gray's classic. The original 10 sculptures were left at locations across Edinburgh between March and November last year. They returned to the Scottish Poetry Library at the weekend after being seen by thousands of visitors while on display in Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow, Dunfermline and at the Wigtown Book Festival. The first of the sculptures appeared in March 2011, when the artist left an intricate paper 'Poetree' sculpture at the Scottish Poetry Library. The work was based on the Edwin Morgan poem, A Trace of Wings, and had a gift tag attached which proclaimed that it was "in support of libraries, books, words and ideas". Over the next eight months, a further nine "gifts" were left at locations around Edinburgh, including the National Museum of Scotland, the Writer's Museum, the Scottish Storytelling Centre and the city's international book festival. The book sculptures caused a sensation and were discussed around the world. The identity of the artist remains a secret but she did reveal in a note to Poetry Library staff that she was a woman, who believed free access to libraries, art galleries and museums made life much richer. After being contacted via an anonymous email address, the woman agreed to make five new sculptures for Book Week Scotland. Marc Lambert, chief executive of the Scottish Book Trust, which organises Book Week, said: "It's an ideal time to celebrate these unique pieces of art, inspired as they are by a love of books, reading, and libraries. "We are delighted that the artist has agreed to come out of retirement, if not hiding, to give booklovers across Scotland a chance to own one of these amazing homages to literature." More than 350 free events will take place throughout book week. Highlights include: | The anonymous artist behind a series of intricate book sculptures which @placeholder appeared across Edinburgh last year has produced five new works . | previously | all | recently | last | mysteriously | 4 |
Part of Hatch Farm Dairies in Winnersh, Berkshire, was submerged under 3ft of water during last year's storms. Residents fear the development on the site near the flood-prone River Loddon will encroach on floodplain land. But Wokingham council said any flooding issues had been "addressed" and the development met criteria set out by the Environment Agency. The plan for 433 homes, a primary school and a link road on the site was highlighted by the Flood Protection Association (FPA) as an example of a lack of thought in where to build houses. It stated development on floodplains should be an "absolute last resort". Phiala Mehring from the Loddon Valley Residents Association said: "Everyone knows we have a flooding problem locally, so I think it would now be a sensible point to put a line in the sand and say 'okay, why don't we have a look at ways we can manage our current situation before we do anything at all that could potentially increase the flooding risk'". Developer Bovis Homes said its "engineering operations" would help alleviate historical flooding issues in the area. It added that only the link road would be constructed within a "flooding zone", not the houses and school, and that "adequate compensatory excavation will be provided... to ensure that there will be no loss of floodplain storage capacity". | Plans to build about 400 homes in an area notorious for flooding have been described as " @placeholder " . | normal | commitments | annoying | complex | madness | 4 |
The robot cars, one made by Delphi Automotive and one by Google, met on a Californian road in Palo Alto. The Google car pulled in front of the Delphi vehicle making it abandon a planned lane change. The incident comes as Google's purpose-built self-driving cars take to California highways to see how well they mix with regular traffic. Details of the encounter were revealed to Reuters by John Absmeier - director of Delphi's autonomous car driving unit. The vehicles involved were conventional road cars modified with lasers, radar, cameras and other sensors to help them navigate roads without a driver. The incident occurred as the Delphi car, an Audi Q5 crossover, was preparing to change lanes. As it did so the Google car, a Lexus RX400h crossover, abruptly moved in front of it forcing the Audi to abandon its manoeuvre. The Delphi car coped well with the incident, said Mr Absmeier, and "took appropriate action". A Delphi spokeswoman clarified the incident with tech news site Ars Technica saying there was nothing amiss in the encounter and that its vehicle behaved "admirably". Google played down the the incident, saying early reports that the cars were involved in a "near miss" were inaccurate. It said the cars treated each other as they would any other vehicle and neither was in danger of colliding with the other. Delphi and Google's autonomous vehicles have been involved in several minor accidents and incidents during testing. However, before now all of those have involved the robot cars and human-driven vehicles. In almost all cases, the firms have said, the fault lay with human drivers. The encounter occurred earlier this week shortly before Google's purpose-built robot cars began to be tested on roads in Mountain View close to the search giant's headquarters. Google has created a webpage through which people can share their encounters with the cars and their impressions of how they drive. A monthly report about Google's self-driving car project reveals that it is currently testing 32 autonomous vehicles - 23 modified Lexus SUVs and 9 purpose-built prototypes. During testing, it said, these vehicles have covered more than 1 million miles (1.6 million kilometres). It also detailed some of the accidents in which the cars have been involved. Many of these resulted in minor damage to the Google cars and the most serious involved a driver in a modified Lexus taking control to avoid a human-driven car that ignored a stop sign. The report also reveals how the cars coped when they met other road users such as emergency vehicles and cyclists at night. | A @placeholder meeting between two self - driving cars resulted in one taking evasive action , Reuters reports . | major | violent | smart | rare | special | 3 |
The Book Week Scotland poll saw 65% of almost 5,200 votes cast go to US author Diana Gabaldon's series of stories. Outlander follows the story of Claire Randall, a World War Two nurse who is mysteriously swept back in time from the 1940s to 18th Century Scotland. She is caught up in a Jacobite Rising and the Battle of Culloden. Gabaldon has been influenced by her visits to the battlefield near Inverness in the writing of her Outlander books. Among readers' reasons for choosing Outlander was its strong female lead and the use of Gaelic and the Scottish landscape. In second place in the poll was Trainspotting, The Crow Road was third and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie fourth. All are set in Scotland and written by Scots. Kick-Ass, a US-set graphic novel by Scots writer Mark Millar, was fifth. Gabaldon said: "I'm deeply honoured at having Outlander even being included in such company. "To have the books and show win such an award is fabulous, and a testament to the richness of Scotland and its people. Thank you so much." The TV adaption of Outlander has been shown in the US by Starz and in the UK on Amazon Prime. | Readers have voted Outlander as the @placeholder book set in Scotland or by a Scottish author to be adapted for television or film . | best | famous | lost | worst | traditional | 0 |
The consultation document will also propose placing requirements on universities and private schools to enhance social mobility. The package will be part of Theresa May's attempts to frame her government as one focused on social mobility. It is expected to be presented on Friday, The most contentious suggestion in the consultation paper is likely to be that the government should pass legislation to permit new grammar schools. This would be required to overrule the 1998 Education Act, which barred the opening of further grammar schools in England. To help overcome opposition in the Commons, where some Tory MPs are concerned about the proposals, and the Lords, where the government does not have a majority, the paper is expected to propose changes designed to overcome the historic problems with selective education: grammar areas have tended to have higher educational inequality. The preferred option in Whitehall is that the schools should dedicate a quota of places to children from poorer backgrounds. Grammar schools may also be required to act as academy sponsors to other schools. Universities could also be asked to sponsor academies as a condition of being allowed to raise their fees. A similar condition may also be applied to private schools as a condition for their status as charities. The paper is also currently expected to include a relaxation of the rule that limits oversubscribed new faith schools to only selecting half of their intake by reference to faith. This rule was intended to limit the segregational effects of new faith schools. Officials have said these schools will, instead, be encouraged to do other work to that end. Downing Street declined to comment on the leak, but made an argument for the abolition of the rule on faith schools in similar terms to an argument made publicly earlier this year by Nick Timothy, one of the prime minister's two chiefs of staff. He who wrote in January that the law "does little to increase the diversity of Jewish, Muslim, Sikh and Hindu schools, because for now at least they are unlikely to appeal to parents of other faiths. But the rule is effectively discriminatory for Roman Catholics: it prevents them from opening new free schools because it is almost certainly against canon law for a Catholic Bishop to set up a school that turned away Catholic pupils on the basis of their Catholicism." Mr Timothy, a supporter of faith education, argued: "We won't succeed in bringing together our divided communities by pretending to be something we're not, penalising people for what they believe, or trying to turn others into something they do not want to be. We will bring communities together by encouraging people, especially young people, to understand, respect and like one another for what they are." Chris Cook is Policy Editor for BBC Newsnight. He'll have more on this story on Newsnight at 22:30 on BBC Two | A new green paper is set to propose opening new grammar schools and allowing further selection by faith , BBC Newsnight has @placeholder . | confirmed | approved | suggested | learnt | emerged | 3 |
Media playback is not supported on this device So throw in a Hollywood ending to Monday night's NCAA final between Villanova and North Carolina and you've got a full-on social media storm. To re-cap. There were two three-pointers in the final five seconds, including a buzzer-beater from Kris Jenkins to give the Villanova Wildcats a jaw-dropping last-gasp 77-74 victory over North Carolina Tar Heels. Here's how the 'greatest ever finish to a basketball game' played out. Michael Jordan may not have been happy about the finish to the game, but the basketball legend managed a nod of respect. Amateur video has sprung up across social media of the final seconds, with this security guard - watching on the big screen as the game took place behind him - summing up the disbelief. Another video, posted by Villanova's official Twitter page, the local commentator is heard simply screaming "Cats win it all, Cats win it all, Cats win it all!" Then there's this footage from the press box (apologies for the swearing). But this vine from NBC sports writer Rob Daubster has to be the best angle of all - watch the clock run down as Jenkins lands the three-pointer. And here's how it all sounded in Russian. Wildcats head coach Jay Wright was filmed barely registering a flicker of emotion as chaos reigned all around him. Later, he cut the net and saluted the crowd. Matchwinner Jenkins was playing against his brother, North Carolina guard Nate Britt. How they came to be siblings is another part of this all-American Hollywood storyline. Jenkins played Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) basketball as a child with Britt on a team coached by Britt's father, Nate Sr. Jenkins' parents split up and his mother Felicia, wanting to give her son the best chance possible, asked Britt Sr if Jenkins could live with them in Maryland. The Britts became Jenkins legal guardians in 2007 and both families were at Monday night's game, wearing customised tops showing their split loyalties. "Nobody really understood the hard work and dedication it took from my family, both of my families,'' Jenkins said after the game. "It was great to share this moment with them." | College basketball in the US is huge . The National Championship is one of the most @placeholder annual sporting events in the country . | notorious | famous | exciting | popular | prestigious | 1 |
Benjamin Herman, of Hook, Hampshire, is charged with three counts of indecent assault on a girl under the age of 13 in the early 1970s, when he was serving as equerry to Prince Philip. The 79-year-old is also charged with one count of indecency with a child. Mr Herman pleaded not guilty to the charges at Kingston Crown Court. The count of indecency with a child relates to a claim he incited the same girl to commit an act of gross indecency between January 1972 and January 1974. The assaults are alleged to have happened at a house in south-west London used by military personnel, where Mr Herman was living at the time. He was a serving major in the Royal Marines on secondment as equerry, handling the Duke's private matters and engagements. He has been bailed and a trial date has been set for 18 May next year. The case is expected to last two weeks. | A former personal assistant to the Duke of Edinburgh has @placeholder four counts of historic sex abuse against a young girl . | expressed | denied | admitted | resigned | suffered | 1 |
Parent company Sahaviriya Steel Industries (SSI) said it expected "zero recovery" from the Redcar operation. The Teesside furnaces and coke ovens were closed with a loss of 2,200 jobs in October. Its liquidation meant SSI recorded an overall third quarter loss of 33,122m baht (£600m). Group Chief Executive Mr. Win Viriyaprapaikit, said: "At present, the company on a conservative basis expects zero recovery after the completion of the SSI UK liquidation." Redcar was founded in 1917, producing steel that was used to build iconic structures such as the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Auckland Harbour Bridge. SSI bought the plant from Tata Steel in 2011. Mr Win said that SSI had been hit by a collapse in demand worldwide and in the last quarter alone sales from its upstream business, which included Redcar, fell 15%. He said: "Global steel over-capacity and demand imbalance since late 2014 and the continuous decline in steel prices resulted in a huge operating loss for the group this year." | The Thai owner of the Redcar steelworks has said that it @placeholder almost 29 bn baht ( $ 800 m , £ 530 m ) from the liquidation of the Teesside plant . | received | needs | lost | recovered | remained | 2 |
The 31-year-old was in contention during the third round when he sent three tee shots into the lake, later describing it as an "epic fail". "Maybe last year I was too aggressive," Knox told BBC Scotland. "I don't shy away from it, or forget it. I have to embrace that it happened. Everybody's nervous on that hole." Knox was on eight under par at the time, with serious hopes of challenging for the tournament on the final day, before his difficulties on the famous par-three hole. "So I've got to play towards the middle of the green, try to make 12 shots on [the 17th] for the week and move on," Knox said. "Don't make it bigger than it is; it's a 120-140 yard [tee] shot. I can manage that." The Invernesian has recorded three top-10 finishes this season and believes there is more improvement to come from his game during the summer. The Players Championship - often described as the unofficial fifth major - provides an opportunity for him to test his form against a strong field. Knox won the World Golf Championships-HSBC Championship in 2016 and is ranked 30th in the world rankings. He says his target at every tournament is to at least record a top-25 finish. "It's obvious I'm not going to go out there and win every week, but as a top-30 player and someone who thinks of himself as a good golfer, I need to be going out there and putting in good performances every week," Knox said. "A top-25 [finish] shows you've played well, a top-10 you're almost there winning the tournament. How many times you give yourself a chance to win shows how good a player you are. "[The Players Championship] is a tournament that has a massive feel to it. There's an unbelievable amount of spectators that come and watch. The course is obviously extremely famous. "I can see [why some people say it is more important than the US PGA title], it is the strongest full field tournament in the world. All the major fields aren't as strong as this one, if you think about the criteria of who qualifies, so that makes it pretty close to a major. "My results maybe haven't quite been there the last couple of months, but my game feels good and this course sets up well for me. I'm expecting to play well this week. "Golf is hard, everybody knows that. Sometimes it just takes a lucky bounce or a putt to drop to really catch some momentum and get going. "I maybe just haven't quite had that the last couple of months, combined with a couple of poor shots here and there. I'm not far away and I'm pretty optimistic that my game and results are going to come this summer." Knox tees off on Thursday at 18:08 BST alongside Brian Harman of America and Venezuela's Jhonattan Vegas. | Scotland 's Russell Knox insists he wo n't be @placeholder by taking nine shots on Sawgrass 's iconic 17th hole during last year 's Players Championship . | affected | frustrated | blamed | missed | haunted | 4 |
Reverend Robert West, 59, who is the party's parliamentary candidate for Boston and Skegness, made the comments during a history lesson. The National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) said his conduct fell short of the profession's standards. A BNP spokesman said the party would comment once sanctions are decided. Mr West, who said the comments had been made in the context of a lesson about the Crusades, was found guilty of unacceptable professional conduct. The NCTL panel found he made inappropriate comments to students while working as a supply teacher at Walton Girls High School, Grantham, on 8 November 2013. He stated that he was "allergic to Mohammedans" and when asked by a year 12 pupil whether there was there anything wrong with being a Muslim he said "yes, because we are fighting them", the panel said. During another lesson on 14 November 2013, the hearing was told he said "any non-Christian god is demonic" and "Muslims worship the devil". It was also claimed he said: "Well there is one God, and if you are not worshipping him, then you are worshipping the devil". Mr West told the BBC he did make the comments but was trying to show pupils differing points of view. The comments did not represent his own views, he added. The NCTL panel said it was satisfied Mr West's conduct fell short of expected standards, and found him guilty of unacceptable professional conduct. It will now decide whether Mr West should be banned from the profession. The BNP said it would not comment until a decision on Mr West's future as a teacher was reached. Walton Girls High School and Sixth Form, in Grantham, said it followed its complaints process promptly when the concerns were raised, and referred the issue appropriately. | A teacher standing as a British National Party ( BNP ) candidate told pupils " Muslims worship the devil " , a @placeholder panel has heard . | suicidal | judicial | strategic | disciplinary | vulnerable | 3 |
The blasts on Sunday occurred in Arghandab district, on the outskirts of Kandahar city, a police spokesman said. Five policemen were injured. Nato forces have been battling to take control of Kandahar from the Taliban, whose heartland it is. All the dead were civilians, Arghandab district chief Shah Mohammad told the AFP news agency. Twelve civilians were also injured, AFP reported, quoting Afghan interior ministry spokesman Zemarai Bashary in Kabul. No group has yet said it carried out the attack, but the Taliban regularly target large public gatherings. Dog-fighting competitions, which were banned under the Taliban regime, are a popular pastime in Afghanistan. In February 2008, at least 65 people were killed by a suicide bomb at a dog fight in Kandahar. On Saturday, a suicide bomber blew himself up at a buzkashi match in northern Afghanistan, killing at least three people. Buzkashi is a precursor of the modern game of polo, played with the body of a headless goat which is filled with sand. | At least 14 people have been killed by two bombs at a dog fight in the @placeholder Afghan province of Kandahar . | volatile | popular | holy | central | apparent | 0 |
The plane, carrying Chapecoense to what had been billed as the biggest match in their history, came down on Monday. Brazilian daily Meia Hora's football pitch emoji symbolises the sad end to the fairytale rise of Chapecoense, a small club from the southern town of Chapeco. The Rio daily Extra portrays a tragic twist to Chapecoense's green strip. "Who understands?", asks Brazil's Correio Braziliense. It says the face of a young Chapecoense fan "reflects the feeling of millions of people" following the crash that killed 71. Brazil's Folha de Sao Paulo shows residents of Chapeco at a special Mass for the victims of the plane crash. "A major tragedy in football" is the headline of Brazil's Agora newspaper. "And somewhere between the stars..." reads the headline of Brazilian paper Correio Braziliense's cartoon featuring the team's logo in a night sky. "Forever Champions" is the headline of Colombia's El Espectador, which says that the Chapeco stadium has become a centre for tributes to the team. "Chain of errors likely cause of plane tragedy", says Colombia's Vanguardia. "Farewell champions" reads the headline of El Pilon, below a team photo of Chapecoense. BBC Monitoring reports and analyses news from TV, radio, web and print media around the world. You can follow BBC Monitoring on Twitter and Facebook. | Brazilian and Colombian papers are @placeholder the victims of the Colombian plane crash , which killed most of Brazil 's Chapecoense football team . | named | demanding | mourning | continuing | losing | 2 |
The Rugby Football Union said Marler - who immediately deleted the remark - was "extremely apologetic". Dwyer had claimed England were scrummaged illegally during the win over the Wallabies on Saturday. Marler asked to miss the tour to Australia to "recharge his batteries" after a difficult season. In April, the Harlequins prop was fined £20,000 and given a two-week ban for calling Wales prop Samson Lee "Gypsy boy" during the Six Nations. He was suspended for a further two weeks for kicking Grenoble hooker Arnaud Heguy in his first game back. The RFU said the warning would remain on Marler's disciplinary record for five years and could be used in any future proceedings. Eddie Jones' side will seal England's first series win in Australia if they win the second Test in Melbourne on Saturday. | England prop Joe Marler has been given a formal warning for posting an @placeholder tweet about former Australia coach Bob Dwyer . | obscene | offensive | alleged | infamous | improved | 0 |
Sandra Spiers was discovered by police with her hands in front of her as if she was gripping a steering wheel. The 44-year-old was banned from driving for a year and fined £300. Spiers, from Boness, admitted driving on the A85 Perth to Crieff road on 13 April last year while unfit through drugs. Depute fiscal Craig Donald told Perth Sheriff Court that police officers on patrol saw Spiers at about 21:50. Mr Donald said: "They spotted the accused sitting on the pavement with her hands in the driving position. "When she was spoken to by the officers she appeared to be under the influence of a substance as she was not making eye contact and was falling asleep. "She was asked to identify the driver of the vehicle which was situated nearby. "She replied it was her and then provided a negative alcohol blood sample at the roadside." After being taken into custody, Spiers was examined by a police doctor, who formed the opinion that she was under the influence of a substance. Mr Donald said: "It is accepted on behalf of the Crown that the medication the accused was under the influence of was prescription, rather than any illicit medication." Kirsty Lumsden, defending, said her client had been taking medication after the death of a close family member about four weeks before the incident. "It is accepted that unfortunately, on the day in question, she was sleep deprived and through her grief had not eaten properly or perhaps not taken enough fluids to hydrate herself," Ms Lumsden said. "Perhaps owing to these factors the medication she was taking had a more considerable effect on her system. "On this particular occasion she was unfit to drive her vehicle. "She accepts entirely her responsibility for her actions." | A woman was found sitting on the pavement " driving " an @placeholder car after driving her actual vehicle under the influence of drugs , a court heard . | imaginary | electric | empty | unfamiliar | illegal | 0 |
Czech Pliskova was shocked in the first set by the Paraguayan but won 2-6 6-3 6-4 in one hour and 51 minutes. Third seed Simona Halep of Romania is also through after she thrashed Carla Suarez Navarro 6-1 6-1. Halep, the 2014 runner-up, swept aside her 21st-seeded opponent from Spain in exactly one hour. It was the Romanian's first win over Suarez Navarro on clay in six attempts. She will play fifth seed Elina Svitolina for a place in the semi-finals after she came from 2-5 down in the final set to beat Petra Martic. Svitolina, 22, needed treatment to her back and was in massive trouble at 0-30 down at 2-5 in the third. But she somehow rallied to win 4-6 6-3 7-5 and thanked the crowd for their support. "You give me this energy to fight for every ball and I was trying to not let you down," she said. "I decided to give everything I had, and to stay strong mentally. Today I was struggling a bit with my injury but hopefully I can recover well and be strong for the quarter-final." In an all-French fourth-round match Caroline Garcia, the 28th seed, beat rival Alize Cornet 6-2 6-4. With no former champions left in the draw, and Maria Sharapova and the pregnant Serena Williams not competing, the field is wide open. | Second seed Karolina Pliskova came through a @placeholder match against world number 97 Veronica Cepede Royg to make the quarter - finals at Roland Garros . | controversial | tricky | tight | professional | crucial | 1 |
Trump has said he would ban Muslims from entering the US and that a wall would be built on the Mexican border. The US hopes to stage the 2024 Olympics in Los Angeles, and the 2026 World Cup either alone or with Mexico. "I didn't like any part of the Trump campaign," said Bradley. "Everything the President does in terms of domestic policy and international relations determines how you are received in all different areas, including sports. "If you want to be optimistic you just have to hope that the responsibilities of the job make a big difference in the way Trump handles himself. Because if you just go by the campaign, for me it was divisive and ugly." The Swansea City manager, who has also managed the Egypt national team as well as Stabaek in Norway and Le Havre in France, has not worked in his home country since his five-year spell as USA boss ended in 2011. Trump's comments during his campaign had raised concerns the United States may miss out on staging the Olympics and World Cup. Bradley said: "I can't put up with the type of values that don't include an understanding of people that come from different backgrounds. And I can't put up with values that don't take into account that people sometimes don't have everything that you have. "I think our country was built upon caring about people who came from different places." Swansea City are bottom of the Premier League and have not won since Bradley replaced Francesco Guidolin on 3 October. Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | Former United States boss Bob Bradley hopes President - elect Donald Trump will put his " ugly " campaign tactics @placeholder as the country aims to stage the Olympics and World Cup . | first | down | aside | in | together | 2 |
Llyr Gruffydd said he "read with amazement" that Economy Secretary Ken Skates supported proposals for another venue in the capital. The Plaid AM for North Wales said there was already "a plethora of venues along the M4 corridor". The Welsh Government said it would be for the club to put forward plans. "We're not getting our share and we deserve better," said Mr Gruffydd. He asked where the "vision and ambition" was "to develop similar centres of excellence here in the north". Mr Gruffydd said Eirias Park in Colwyn Bay had been developed as a rugby and entertainment hub, but the Racecourse football ground could do with more support. In 2008, the stadium was officially recognised as the oldest football stadium in the world still hosting international games, with a 200-year history as a sporting venue. Wrexham AFC fans, who run the club, signed a 99-year lease to take it over last year. Mr Gruffydd described it as "the oldest surviving international football stadium in the world" and "the spiritual home of Welsh football" which was "moving forward" under community ownership. A Welsh Government spokesman said: "Wrexham AFC and the Racecourse have a long and proud history. It would be for the club and its owners to put forward plans and a sustainable business case for any improvements to the stadium. "The Welsh Government has been engaging with the club over future plans and we have also held discussions with other groups concerning other facilities in the north of Wales. "No financial support for an arena in Cardiff has been promised and the Welsh Government is keen to support the development of strategy for sports facilities fit for the 21st Century across Wales." | Wrexham 's Racecourse ground deserves a boost if government money is @placeholder to back a new arena in Cardiff , a Plaid Cymru AM has said . | unable | promising | willing | keen | available | 4 |
The defence secretary, who was a GP before entering politics, answered a call from the pilot for anyone with medical knowledge to come forward. He assisted the woman on the flight from Istanbul to London until she was met by paramedics at the airport. A spokesman for Dr Fox said it was the third time in four years he had been called into action in such a way. Dr Fox was returning to London after a meeting with Turkish military and defence officials on Monday when the incident occurred about halfway through the four-and-a-half hour flight. The defence secretary was able to make the woman comfortable for the remainder of the journey, his spokesman told the BBC, and she did not suffer any serious distress. "Of course being a former doctor, he feels obliged to help. Any doctor would do," the spokesman added. He confirmed this was not the first time that Dr Fox's medical experience had been called upon: "I think it is the third time over the last four years this has happened." But he said he was not sure whether the woman was aware of her helper's identity and his other responsibilities. Dr Fox worked as a civilian medical officer in the armed forces and is a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners. | Dr Liam Fox went to the aid of a pregnant mother in @placeholder during a flight , it has emerged . | london | control | paris | difficulty | interest | 3 |
In his budget speech, George Osborne said hospitals in Manchester, Sheffield, Birmingham and Southampton would receive more than £5m. The funding will support projects including a new emergency department and a refurbished new eye unit. Banks were fined billions of pounds for manipulating the foreign exchange market. Libor stands for the London Interbank Offered Rate. It is the interbank lending rate that benchmarks interest rates across the UK. The Libor scandal arose when it was discovered that banks were falsely inflating or deflating their rates so as to profit from trades. Mr Osborne announced a planned new £4.8m Paediatric Emergency and Trauma Department at Southampton General will gain more than £2m in match funding. Fiona Dalton, chief executive of University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, said she was "absolutely delighted" at the announcement. "We have seen an amazing display of teamwork from so many people to get us to this point and we now look forward to working with our partners to begin planning a fundraising campaign to meet the remainder of the costs." Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is set to receive £1.1m and £700,000 has been earmarked for Sheffield Children's Hospital Charity. The funds will go towards a dedicated helicopter landing pad in central Manchester and a fully digitally intraoperative 3T MRI scanner in Sheffield. Birmingham Children's Hospital received £700,000 towards its Eye Believe appeal to transform the eye department, and also support the Star Appeal, to create the UK's first centre for children with rare diseases and undiagnosed medical conditions. | Fines from the Libor financial scandal will help support children 's hospital @placeholder , the Chancellor has announced | benefits | services | challenge | work | reform | 1 |
Labour AM Jenny Rathbone was fired after criticising Welsh ministers' spending on a proposed motorway scheme. On Wednesday, Carwyn Jones told AMs she had been bound by "collective responsibility", like ministers. Mr Davies has suggested this leads to a conflict of interest. Under collective responsibility, ministers are expected to support government policies and not criticise them publicly. Ms Rathbone also sits on the assembly's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) - on which members of the Welsh government are not allowed to serve. The Tory leader has written to Presiding Officer Rosemary Butler, saying there are now questions over the validity of some of the PAC's decisions. He wrote: "The comments made by the first minister in the chamber yesterday are deeply damaging and bring into question the legitimacy and democratic nature of the assembly committees during this fourth assembly. "Given the important role assembly committees are meant to play in ensuring proper and thorough scrutiny of decisions taken by the Welsh government, this development is one that causes serious concern." He added: "These concerns are of course still applicable to the new chair [of the EU funds monitoring committee], Mick Antoniw, who also participates on a number of assembly committees." A Welsh government spokesman said: "Members of [assembly] committees are approved by the National Assembly for Wales. "The chair of the PMC [Programme Monitoring Committee for European funds] is not a minister, but as the first minister made clear, should adhere to collective responsibility." Labour AM Alun Davies, who has backed Ms Rathbone for opposing the planned M4 relief road around Newport, wrote on his blog on Thursday: "It is clear that this has been handled poorly by the government and the advice received by the first minister has led to far greater difficulties for the government than the original offence." On Tuesday, Ms Rathbone said there was "an unhealthy culture at the top of the Welsh government which does not allow for rigorous debate and reflection on the best use of public funds". Last week, she said she was "appalled" that £20m had been spent on preparatory work on the relief road. A final decision on the project is due after the 2016 assembly election. | There are " serious concerns " over the first minister 's @placeholder for sacking an EU funds monitoring committee chair , Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies has warned . | intention | strategy | decision | inspiration | justification | 4 |
Francis Kelly, 35, repeatedly hit 30-year-old Kenneth Heron with a wooden pole, a golf club and a knife in Nimmo Street, Greenock, on 21 May 2015. The victim was unable to flee as he had become attached to a gate in the street by belt loops on his jeans. Both men were drunk at the time and had little recollection of the attack. Jailing Kelly at the High Court in Edinburgh, judge Lord Boyd told him that a custodial disposal was "inevitable". The court heard how the two men, from Greenock, had been friends from September 2014 but fell out in January last year. On the day of the attack, Mr Heron went to Kelly's house to drink after the pair resumed contact. Following the attack, Kelly shouted at Mr Heron: "That's what you get for tanning my house. That's what you deserve." The court heard that Mr Heron could "vaguely recall" being stuck to a front gate while he was assaulted by "someone". His next recollection was waking up in hospital. Neighbours of Kelly saw Mr Heron tied to the gate by the belt loops of his jeans but detectives were unable to establish how he came to be there. Eye witnesses saw Kelly bare-chested and covered in blood repeatedly attacking the victim. He struck Mr Heron several times with a wooden pole before walking back into his house for a golf club which he then used to repeatedly strike the victim. Neighbours then phoned 999 when they saw Kelly attacking him with a knife. Police arrived shortly afterwards and arrested Kelly but he was not immediately interviewed as he was too drunk. The victim was rushed to Inverclyde Royal Hospital in Greenock for emergency treatment. After admitting a charge of attempted murder, Kelly's defence advocate Niall McCluskey told the court that his client "profoundly" regretted his actions. | A man who admitted brutally attacking his former friend over @placeholder of breaking into his house has been jailed for six years for attempted murder . | suspicions | control | allegations | accused | loss | 0 |
On 14 October Singh, a father of three children, and another man were killed when the police opened fire on a demonstration against the alleged desecration of the Sikh holy book, Sri Guru Granth Sahib, in Bargari village in India's northern state of Punjab. His ageing father looked an emotional wreck but gathered enough strength to declare that "his son was martyred in the cause of Sikh dharma (faith)". In what seemed like a deliberate act of provocation, torn-up copies of the holy book were also found outside six other Sikh shrines. This sparked widespread protests - demonstrations, road blocks and sit-ins - by several agitated Sikh groups in the state. The Sikhs were already angry at the pardon granted to a popular leader of a local group, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who has been accused of insulting one of the most revered Sikh gurus. Many Sikhs had wanted an apology from Mr Singh - who had appeared in an advert dressed as the Guru Gobind Singh, the last of the 10 Sikh gurus. The matter had been dragging in the courts. But suddenly in September the highest seat of Sikh religious authority, the Akal Takht, pardoned him. Sikhs living in Punjab and abroad accused the five-member Akal Takht of betrayal. The authority later withdrew the pardon but by then the damage was done. But prominent Sikhs believe the real reasons for the rising anger in the community lie elsewhere. Karanjit Kaur is a member of the Shrimoni Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) which looks after the affairs of Sikh temples. She says Sikh passions may have been inflamed by recent incidents but they are actually a manifestation of deep-rooted "disillusionment with the ruling state government run by the regional Akali Dal party and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)". She claims the government stands discredited among the Sikh community because of its "failures" on "economic and social fronts". Punjab is primarily an agrarian society, but its farmers are suffering. Prices of seed and manure have shot up. Farms are becoming smaller and prices of farm produce have plummeted. In fact, farmers who grow cotton, sugarcane and rice have been holding organised protests for the last two months. Struggling farmers are taking their lives. Farmer Balwinder Singh, who lived near Amritsar, committed suicide last month after he failed to get a good price for his paddy. He was the family's only breadwinner. His teenage son Lovepreet Singh says he will not join his father's occupation after he completes his studies because "farming is a loss-making proposition today". Punjab was once the second most prosperous state in India - today it is a laggard, having fallen behind 10 other states in terms of per capita income. Unemployment is rife, and the state is battling an epidemic of drug abuse among its young. Also Sikh religious bodies, such as the SGPC and Akal Takht, are often accused of getting mired in politics. Followers blame the ruling government for interfering in the affairs of these bodies. Many Sikhs believe that the pardon to Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was done apparently at the behest of the government, a charge it vehemently denies. Others say a looming crisis in Sikh religious institutions is at the heart of the current crisis. "The SGPC is doing the government's bidding and our biggest problem is the Akal Takht which has swung to the ruling Akali Dal," says Kewal Singh, a local religious leader. Some also see the conflict as a "power struggle" between the Akali Dal political party on the one hand and the influential Sikh diaspora on the other. Interestingly the state government has claimed that a "foreign hand" - apparently pointing to the community diaspora - was behind the desecration of the holy book. Claims and counter-claims have only helped deepen the crisis within the Sikh bodies. And the cries for reform are getting louder. Clearly, Punjab needs to reform its politics, its economy and its religious institutions to revive what was once one of India's leading states. | Krishna Bhagwan Singh 's family and neighbours are @placeholder . | deceased | present | predicting | mourning | continuing | 3 |
Belfast City Council has approved a plan for a studio thought to be worth up to £14m to be built on the shores of Belfast Lough. County Antrim man Mark Huffam said it would help Northern Ireland to compete in the "world market for studio space". "Let's get it built and let's see if we can expand when it's up," he said. "I think it's really what is needed to keep the industry going which has been doing fantastically well in Northern Ireland. "From the films that we've already done in Northern Ireland, everybody has left with a very enjoyable experience and have always been keen to come back." Game Of Thrones, the fantasy adventure series, is filmed at Belfast's Titanic Studios and at other locations in Northern Ireland. Last year, the film agency Northern Ireland Screen said Game Of Thrones had contributed £110 to the local economy, while other international film projects have also been based in Northern Ireland. Mr Huffam, who has also worked on major Hollywood films Saving Private Ryan and The Martian, said the industry was giving people opportunities for sustainable creative careers. "You can't do it without local talent, you can't be competitive without using local talent," he said. "The great thing with the film and television industry is it trains that talent very quickly, so we've grown that talent pool in 10 years by a multiple of 10." The new studio will be built at Giant's Park on Belfast Lough's north foreshore and will include production space and workshops. | A new Belfast film studio is " what is needed " to keep Northern Ireland 's film industry flourishing , a producer on the TV @placeholder Game Of Thrones has said . | national | soap | personal | annual | drama | 4 |
Police said the incident happened in in the Knockleigh Drive area at about 06:50 BST on Sunday. They said a man attacked a woman in her 30s, before assaulting the ambulance crew. He smashed a windscreen on the ambulance and caused damage to a defibrillator. Police said a man had been arrested. They said he was arrested on suspicion of possession of a class C controlled drug, two counts of criminal damage and three counts of common assault. | Two members of the ambulance @placeholder were assaulted and their vehicle was damaged during an attack in Greenisland , County Antrim . | company | service | investigating | unit | circumstances | 1 |
Vaas took 755 wickets for his country, playing in 111 Tests and 322 one-day matches. Since retiring in 2012, the 41-year-old has worked as a bowling consultant for Sri Lanka and New Zealand. Vaas' short-term contract will begin next month and will continue until the end of Ireland's World T20 campaign, which starts in March. "It's great to have Chaminda with us through the build-up as well as during the World T20," Ireland coach John Bracewell said. "His ability to get wickets in all forms of the game especially on the sub-continent was extraordinary. This experience will be invaluable to our bowling group." Vaas said he was relishing the prospect of sharing the knowledge and experience he had picked up. "I've played with and against some of the guys during my time in county cricket with Middlesex and Northants," Vaas added. "There's a lot of talent and experience in the squad which I'm confident I can add to." Vaas holds the record for the best bowling figures in one-day internationals with his 8-19 off eight overs against Zimbabwe in 2001. The Irish will open their World T20 campaign in India against Oman on 8 March before going on to face Bangladesh (11 March) and the Netherlands (14 March) in the qualifying group, with only the winners going on to the Super 10 stage. Prior to the World T20, the Irish will have a busy programme of games in Australia and Abu Dhabi which includes the four-day Intercontinental Cup game against Papua New Guinea, which begins in Townsville in Queensland on 31 January. | Former Sri Lanka bowler Chaminda Vaas will help Ireland 's @placeholder for the upcoming ICC World Twenty 20 . | preparations | qualification | selection | debut | team | 0 |
The charge follows Saturday's Championship game at the John Smith's Stadium, which Burton won 1-0 thanks to Jackson Irvine's stoppage-time winner. The FA allege that, on approximately 88 minutes, both clubs "failed to ensure that their players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion". Both the Terriers and the Brewers have until 18:00 BST on 7 April to respond. | Huddersfield Town and Burton Albion have been charged with @placeholder by the Football Association . | misconduct | fraud | assault | defamation | negligence | 0 |
Judges said it was up to the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) whether charges should be pursued against David Tweed. Mr Tweed, 57, was jailed for eight years in 2012. The convictions were quashed in October. The former councillor, from Clonavon Terrace, Ballymena, had been found guilty of 13 counts of indecent assault, gross indecency with a child and inciting gross indecency with a child. Lawyers for Mr Tweed challenged the conviction based on flaws in how bad character evidence was put before the jury. Judges in Wednesday's hearing outlined why Mr Tweed's convictions were overturned. "The real danger is that his background...took on a disproportionate role in the case and created a real risk that the jury would pay more prejudicial attention to it than should have been the case," one of the judge said. "We do entertain a significant sense of unease about the correctness of the verdict given the real risk that the jury have been unfairly prejudiced. "Since this appellant has virtually completed the time specified on foot of his conviction, we do not order a retrial but leave this to the discretion of the PPS." Mr Tweed made no comment outside court but his solicitor described the case as a "landmark judgement" on how courts should treat bad character evidence. "Mr Tweed is obviously relieved," she said. "From the outset, he has maintained his innocence in respect of these charges." She added that the former rugby international "now wants to get on with his life". Mr Tweed was capped four times for Ireland after making his debut in 1995. He was also part of Ireland's squad at the Rugby World Cup in South Africa that year and made more than 30 appearances for Ulster. A former member of the Orange Order, he served as a councillor in Ballymena for the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and, later, the Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV). | A former Ireland international rugby player will not @placeholder face a retrial on child sexual abuse allegations , the Court of Appeal has ruled . | scarcely | yet | automatically | likely | even | 2 |
The Centre for Computing History in Cambridge raised £100,000 since 10 March, and this will be matched by software company Red Gate. It will pay for refurbishments and a new exhibition charting "the global impact of the computing revolution". Museum director Jason Fitzpatrick said: "We are deeply grateful." The museum opened in 2013, having moved from its old home in Haverhill, Suffolk, and features about 800 computers as well as old mobile phones and games consoles. Mr Fitzpatrick said: "In its present condition, this building fails to do justice to the richness and variety of the collection. "Although visitors can see, touch and use many of the superstar machines of the 70s, 80s and 90s, we lacked sufficient funds to show how each of these computers represents a step towards the small, powerful, multi-purpose devices most of us use today." He said the new Tech Odyssey exhibition would help "tell the inspirational and epic story of the computing revolution to anyone - young and old, techie and no-geek alike". | A computer museum says it has been " overwhelmed by the @placeholder " of people who helped secure £ 200,000 funding within a month . | authorities | closure | excellence | generosity | millions | 3 |
The abuse is reported to have taken place at Overseal Manor School in Derbyshire between 1979 and 1985. Christopher May, 71, from Llanfyllin, Powys, is charged with 11 offences, including two counts of gross indecency with a boy under the age of 14. Terrence Butler, 72, from Stretton in Staffordshire, is charged with four offences, including false imprisonment. Derbyshire Police confirmed both men were employees at the school, which closed in 1997, but gave no further details about what their jobs were. Mr May is also charged with two counts of indecent assault of a boy under 16, one count of grievous bodily harm and six counts of actual bodily harm. Mr Butler is also charged with three counts of actual bodily harm. Both men are due to appear at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court on 31 May. | Two men have been charged over alleged historical sex abuse at a @placeholder school more than 30 years ago . | major | vulnerable | special | public | local | 2 |
The case had been brought by the Brazilian investment fund DIS, which formerly owned the transfer rights to the 24-year-old forward. The company claimed it was short-changed when Neymar transferred from Brazilian club Santos to Barcelona in 2013. Neymar and his father, who acts as his agent, have both denied any wrongdoing. In a separate case, Barcelona was forced to pay a fine of 5.5m euros ($6.1m; £4.7m) last month because of tax irregularities in Neymar's transfer from Santos. Since moving to the Nou Camp, he has won two La Liga titles, two Copa del Rey trophies, the Champions League, the European Super Cup, the Spanish Super Cup and the Club World Cup. At Barcelona, he forms a powerful attacking trio with Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez. In a separate case in Barcelona this week, Messi was sentenced to 21 months in jail for tax fraud. The Argentine football great has appealed against the court's ruling. | A Spanish court has dismissed a fraud and @placeholder case against football superstar Neymar and his father . | voluntary | assault | abuse | national | corruption | 4 |
The Englishman, 40, took the last two frames, sealing victory with a break of 55 to claim his first ranking title since the 2015 World Championship. Bingham had led 4-0 in the early stages and came through a scrappy final session that saw a highest break of 63. "Unbelievable," said the world number two. "To get my hands on another trophy means everything." Compatriot Trump, 27, cut the early deficit to 5-3 by taking the last frame of the afternoon session and moved 7-6 and 8-7 ahead in the evening. However, Bingham got back on level terms and, after Trump missed an early opportunity in the decider, it was the former world champion who prevailed with a clearance. "I honestly felt that Judd outclassed me from the word go," said Bingham. "The first two frames were massive but it was only from his mistake that I cleared up and won. "I've been knocking on the door since October, playing pretty well. I thought it wasn't going to happen here and hats off to Judd, from 4-0 down a lot of people would have crumbled and given up." Trump said: "It was tough. I missed a few chances early on. I kind of threw it away in the first four frames. "I missed too many easy balls and even tonight when I was getting back into it, I missed another easy ball. On the whole I did well to get back into it, it was just the odd shot here and there that cost me." | Stuart Bingham held his nerve in a @placeholder final frame to beat Judd Trump 9 - 8 and win his first Welsh Open title . | late | decisive | major | grand | tense | 4 |
Hostess's owners will sell the company to private equity firm the Gores Group, which plans to take the snack cake maker public later this year. The Gores Group will pay £725m (£555m) for the brand and Hostess' current owners will take a 42% stake in Gores. Apollo Global Management and investor Dean Metropoulos bought Hostess in 2013, saving it from bankruptcy. "Hostess presents a unique opportunity to invest in an iconic brand with strong fundamentals that is poised for continued growth," said Alec Gores, chief executive of the Gores Group. In 2012 Hostess filed for bankruptcy after failed talks with its workers' union left the company cash-strapped. Public outcry in the US followed the announcement that the iconic brand - makers of Twinkies, yellow cakes filled with cream; Ding Dongs, chocolate cupcake filled with cream; and Sno Balls, cream-filled chocolate cakes covered with marshmallow frosting - was closing. Apollo and Mr Metropoulos bought Hostess for $410m and restructured the company. "We are extremely proud of all that we have accomplished together since we acquired these assets out of liquidation in 2013," said Andy Jhawar, head of the consumer and retail group at Apollo Hostess has used the tagline "the sweetest comeback ever" to promote its products and had $650m in sales in the last fiscal year, which ended 31 May. Mr Metropoulos will stay on as executive chairman of Hostess and William Toler will remain chief executive after the company is sold to Gores and begins publicly trading. Hostess was founded in 1919 and has twice faced bankruptcy. | Hostess , the maker of Twinkies , will return to the stock market four years after it @placeholder collapsed . | all | mysteriously | finally | nearly | completely | 3 |
Aubameyang drew criticism on Twitter for wearing a sports cap and t-shirt. "When you arrive for the ceremony.... and they lost our baggage!! So that's how we dress tonight. Thanks Lufthansa," he wrote on Instagram. Fellow player of the year nominees Riyad Mahrez, who won, and Sadio Mane were dressed in formal suits. Leicester winger Mahrez became the first Algerian and first North African to win the award since it began in 1992. Borussia Dortmund striker Aubameyang was runner-up with Senegal and Liverpool striker Mane third. Caf spokesman Junior Binyam added: "Aubameyang only arrived at the Hilton Hotel in Abuja an hour before the event without his bags, as they were missing in transit. That was why he dressed that way." | Gabon striker Pierre - Emerick Aubameyang has explained why he attended the Confederation of African Football awards on Thursday in @placeholder clothes . | national | opposite | modern | casual | clean | 3 |
Halaholo, 26, helped New Zealand side Hurricanes lift the southern hemisphere prize in a 20-3 win over South Africa's Lions at the beginning of August. Since Blues signed Halaholo in April, he has enhanced his reputation. "I think we certainly signed him at the right time. His value might have gone up a little bit since," said Wilson. The Blues boss says Halaholo compares favourably with Bundee Aki, the New Zealand-born centre who helped Connacht earn a maiden Pro12 title in 2015-16. Another Kiwi-bred midfield player for Blues, Rey Lee-Lo, brought Halaholo to Wilson's attention, according to the coach. "He's a guy we actually got to know about through Rey Lee-Lo and we spent a bit of time watching him at the games and we looked at his stats in terms of metres made, defenders beaten and he was higher than Bundee Aki, funnily enough, from the previous year," Wilson told BBC Radio Wales. "Granted, as an average, he hadn't played as much rugby so we knew there was something there. "And I think he's slowly shown throughout that Super Rugby campaign what he's capable of, leading to playing and obviously winning a final, which for a guy who's still only 25, I think is quite an achievement. "And he's going to arrive with us with another experience that hopefully we can feed off." Wilson also hopes Halaholo's experience of playing outside New Zealand fly-half Beauden Barrett for Hurricanes can boost his side. However, Blues are unsure of when Halaholo will arrive as he is expected to play for Waikato in New Zealand's second-tier provincial cup tournament, which ends in October. | Cardiff Blues head coach Danny Wilson hopes Super Rugby - winning centre Willis Halaholo 's @placeholder can rub off on his side in 2016 - 17 . | national | believes | career | form | success | 4 |
The three-Test series begins with a day-night match - the first in England - at Edgbaston on Thursday. The tourists have lost six consecutive Test series, their most recent win coming against Bangladesh in 2014. "I am concerned with the way we are playing," said 53-year-old Ambrose, who played 98 Tests for West Indies. Speaking on BBC Radio 5 live's Tuffers and Vaughan Cricket Show, he added: "I am hoping they can at least win one Test or compete, but, as a realist, I am not too sure they will." West Indies will be without several key players - including Chris Gayle, Darren Bravo, Darren Sammy and Marlon Samuels - after a number of disputes in the Caribbean between the board and its players. Ambrose said the inexperience in the squad is a "serious problem". "I still believe if we had all those names, our cricket would be better," he said of the side who are eighth in the Test rankings, above only Bangladesh and Zimbabwe. Many of West Indies' star names opt to play in lucrative global Twenty20 competitions rather than in the domestic league. "Look at the Twenty20 squad. We have them players available and they have always been a force," said Ambrose, who took 405 Test wickets. "According to the Cricket West Indies board, you have to be available to play all the first-class games in the region to be eligible for the Test team. "I don't have a problem with that, but Cricket West Indies need to be more lenient with their players if they want their best team. "So many players are starting their careers so have no-one to turn to who is a senior pro." Ambrose will be a part of the Test Match Special commentary team for the England and West Indies series this summer. | West Indies will have to " play exceptionally well to even compete against England " , says @placeholder fast bowler Curtly Ambrose . | further | american | australian | legendary | english | 3 |
Martin McGuinness resigned as deputy first minister over the handling of the RHI scandal on Monday. He cited the DUP's conduct as the main reason for his resignation. His decision to quit is likely to lead to a snap Assembly election. The chamber's president, Nick Coburn, said: "The hope and optimism which greeted the Fresh Start Agreement has dissipated." He said the new uncertainty would have a negative impact on economic and social development. Meanwhile the CBI's Northern Ireland director said Northern Ireland "urgently requires strong leadership and representation" ahead of the process which will lead to the UK leaving the EU. Anglea McGowan said: "There has seldom been a more important time for all our citizens to have a strong well-functioning executive." | The Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce says there is " a very deep sense of @placeholder " at the instability in Northern Ireland 's political institutions . | principle | outcome | frustration | mistake | horror | 2 |
The cuts include a reduction, but modernisation, of the local authority's gritter fleet and the loss of 45 secondary school teaching posts. Cutting 15 other secondary teaching jobs and reducing the time P4-7 pupils spend in class have been delayed. The public sector union Unison has said the savings will lead to the loss of 700 jobs across council departments. Councillors voted on the package at a meeting of the full council in Inverness on Thursday. It involves £17.4m savings in 2015/16, £10.2m in 2016/17, £6.3m in 2017/18 and £8.9m in 2018/19. The council said 312 full-time posts will be lost over the four years. It will seek to avoid compulsory redundancies. The council had been trying to find savings of £64m over four years, but adjusted that figure to about £55m ahead of Thursday's meeting. Following the meeting, it said that it still had to identify £14m of savings. | A package of savings totalling £ 42.8 m over four years has been @placeholder by Highland Council . | made | welcomed | agreed | awarded | provided | 2 |
The Commons Brexit committee's first report urges ministers to publish their Brexit plan by mid-February and give Parliament a vote on the final deal. Jonathan Edwards, the committee's only Welsh member, accused Labour MPs of "gagging" Labour ministers in Cardiff. The Welsh Government said it would work to ensure Brexit talks take account of "the interests of all parts of the UK". As well as calling for clarity on the Brexit plan, the cross-party committee said the UK government should "strive" to ensure there was no return to tariffs or other trade barriers. Chairman Hilary Benn said: "This is going to be a hugely complex task and the outcome will affect us all. "The government needs to publish its Brexit plan by mid-February at the latest, including its position on membership of the Single Market and the Customs Union, so that it can be scrutinised by Parliament and the public." He added that ministers should make it clear that Parliament would get a vote on the final deal. Mr Edwards, MP for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, welcomed the committee's support for continued free trade, but was unhappy it would not back his call for the devolved nations to be given a say on the final Brexit deal. "By blocking my amendments to give Wales a voice, the Labour MPs on the committee have effectively gagged their Welsh Government colleagues," he said. "That should ring major alarm bells for us in Wales. Westminster is intent on turning the UK into a unilateral state, dictating everything from Westminster, regardless of the needs and interests of Wales." A Welsh Government spokesman welcomed the report's support for keeping trade open, and said it was involved in "ongoing discussions" with the UK government and other devolved administrations on the approach to Brexit. "This is important work to ensure that the overall UK negotiating position takes into account the interests of all parts of the UK," the spokesman said. "We look forward to continuing this constructive relationship after Article 50 has been triggered." A UK government spokesman said it welcomed the report, but stressed: "We will set out our plans, subject to not undermining the UK negotiating position, by the end of March and that parliament will be appropriately engaged throughout the process of exit, abiding by all constitutional and legal obligations that apply." Welsh Conservatives leader Andrew RT Davies said: "The committee recognises the damage that would be done if the Prime Minister were to be forced to disclose the government's negotiating position, and that is to be welcomed in what is by and large a sensible report." | A Plaid Cymru MP is " dismayed " fellow MPs will not @placeholder on a Welsh say on the final terms of leaving the EU . | rely | pass | act | insist | impose | 3 |
Media playback is unsupported on your device 7 February 2012 Last updated at 09:01 GMT Felix Baumgartner will jump from a balloon, a staggering 23 miles up in the air. It's so high up that he needs pressurised suit - and if that broke, his blood would vapourise. He will fall so fast that he becomes the first person to go faster than the speed of sound unaided by a machine. Pictures from Red Bull Stratos | An Austrian adventurer planning the highest sky dive in history says he will make the record @placeholder later this year . | back | somewhere | professional | debut | attempt | 4 |
Van der Sar answered an SOS after VV Noordwijk - his first senior club - were left without cover when their keeper picked up an injury. The fourth-tier match against Jodan Boys ended 1-1 after Van der Sar saved an early penalty. He is not expected to play for the club again. "We are thrilled that Edwin wants to help," Noordwijk director Peter Vink told Voetbal in de Bollenstreek before the game. Van der Sar spent five years at VV Noordwijk before joining Ajax, aged 20. He won four Dutch league titles and a Champions League title with the Amsterdam club. After Ajax he signed for Juventus, before arriving in English football with Fulham, who sold him to United. He earned a record 130 caps for the Netherlands and collected four Premier League crowns and another Champions League title at United, before retiring in 2011. | Former Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar saved a penalty after coming out of retirement at the age of 45 to play for a Dutch @placeholder team . | international | professional | senior | entertaining | amateur | 4 |
Secretary of State John Kerry raised the matter in a phone call with the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, the White House said. Russia said the embargo was no longer necessary after an interim deal was reached on Iran's nuclear programme. Tehran and six world powers aim to reach a final deal by 30 June. White House spokesman Josh Earnest did not give details of Mr Kerry's phone call, but said that "coordination and unity" with nations like Russia had been key to reaching agreement with Iran. A Pentagon spokesman called the move "unhelpful", saying concerns were being raised through the "appropriate diplomatic channels". Russia agreed to sell the S-300 system in 2007, but blocked delivery in 2010 after the UN imposed sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme. The S-300 is a surface-to-air missile system that can be used against multiple targets including jets, or to shoot down other missiles. Tehran welcomed the move as a step towards "establishing stability and security in the region", the country's Defence Minister Hossein Dehghan said, according to state media. But Israel, a vocal critic of the nuclear deal, has voiced dismay. "This is a direct result of the legitimacy that Iran obtained from the emerging nuclear deal,'' said Intelligence Minister Yuval Steinitz. Mr Lavrov said the "S-300 is exclusively a defensive weapon, which cannot serve offensive purposes and will not jeopardise the security of any country, including, of course, Israel". It is not clear when the systems will be delivered. Russia has stopped producing the model specified under the original contract and has instead offered an upgrade. The deal on Iran's nuclear programme aims to restrict its ability to make nuclear weapons in exchange for sanctions relief. It is due to be finalised by the end of June deadline, but sticking points remain, in particular on how and when to lift sanctions Mr Kerry meanwhile has been holding closed door briefings with the US Congress, as he seeks to win over sceptical lawmakers who have threatened to block the deal. | The US has expressed concern after Russia lifted a ban on supplying Iran with the @placeholder S - 300 air defence missile system . | existing | worst | sophisticated | latest | negative | 2 |
It follows claims that major housing schemes could dilute the Welsh-speaking character of certain communities. Montgomeryshire Tory AM Russell George said there was a "golden opportunity to enshrine the importance of the Welsh language" in council decisions. The Welsh government said "all practical suggestions" to bring this about would be considered. Liberal Democrat AM William Powell and Plaid Cymru member Llyr Huws Gruffydd have also backed the call. The Planning Bill will be debated in the assembly on Tuesday. | Planning decisions should @placeholder account for their likely impact on the Welsh language , opposition AMs have said . | only | therefore | sharply | fully | always | 3 |
The thunder in the wake of the Scottish Cup semi-final at Hampden is uniquely Scottish, not so much in its ferocity but in its complexity and longevity. The theories are running wild and will do so for years. The name McLean has now joined the word Dougie in the lexicon of outraged Celtic fans. There isn't a crowbar big enough to separate some Celtic supporters from the notion that they were the victims of a plot rather than a colossal blunder on Sunday. Social media has been a playground for those who would go toe-to-toe with anybody in a world conspiracy championship. Those who espouse the view that Neil Armstrong never stepped on the moon, or that Marilyn Monroe was killed by the Kennedys, would have their hands full when confronted by the cyber Celts in full flow about the wrongs supposedly perpetrated against their club. Such a contest would surely have only one winner. The chances are that the Armstrong and Monroe crews would quickly accept that they are mere amateurs when it comes to such matters before abandoning their mission and lumping-in with the professionals of Parkhead. Sunday gave us a big story, but in a sense we are going over old ground. It's not a revelation that the standard of officiating in Scottish football can be utterly dreadful at times. It's not a sensation that teams have appalling decisions given against them, nor is it a shock that these teams have a rather one-eyed view of the injustice visited upon them. That goes for Inverness as well as Celtic. John Hughes, the Inverness manager, has accepted that Meekings handled the ball and that it should have been a penalty. He's also been honest enough in admitting that, had referee Steven McLean spotted the incident, Meekings would almost certainly have been sent-off and, therefore, banned for the final. They are now railing against the SFA for following a rulebook that Inverness themselves signed up to. It's another example of a club agreeing to a rule only to go ballistic when it impacts on them, a la Celtic agreeing to a justice system based on balance of probability only for them to cry foul when balance of probability was applied in the case of Aleksandar Tonev's ban for racially abusing Aberdeen's Shay Logan. Clubs tend to be one-eyed when it comes to this stuff. "Do you want all clubs to abide by the rules?" "Yes." "Including your own club?" "It depends." There are shades of grey, of course. Inverness can rightly question why, in four years, no player has been charged with a handball offence retrospectively. They can plead inconsistency and they'd have a lot of support, but in their attempts to free Meekings for the final they are rather hoist by their own petard in terms of the rulebook that carries their imprimatur. Celtic, of course, are masters at this game. The reason why so many fans of so many other clubs around the country have zero sympathy for them in the wake of Sunday is because, in the past, Celtic have seen only what they've wanted to see when such incidents have gone in their favour. The classic example, much mentioned on social media, was the case of John Guidetti's wrongly-awarded penalty against Hearts in a Scottish Cup tie in November. Guidetti hit the deck under a non-challenge from Brad McKay and subsequently scored from the spot to make it 2-0. Hearts were down to 10 men at that time and had a mountain to climb in any event, but the dodgy penalty decision effectively ended any hope they had of making a comeback. It was abundantly obvious that it was not a penalty and yet Ronny Deila seemed to back the decision in the aftermath, refusing to criticise Willie Collum, the man who made the blunder. "The referees have been fantastic," said manager Deila. "It's a high level of refereeing in Scotland. It's been worse in Europe, like last Thursday against Salzburg. We have more problems in Europe with referees. "But the referees here have been good. Sometimes you get something for you, sometimes you get something against you. I don't think a lot about it. If you perform well as a team, you'll win." When Celtic fans started to bombard their club looking for them to seek "clarification" about why the officials missed the Meekings incident, where was Celtic's philosophical attitude then? Where was the "sometimes you get 'em and sometimes you don't, let's move on" response from the autumn? They can object to a wretched error if they like, but they leave themselves wide open to a charge of hypocrisy when quietly accepting a wretched error that gave them an advantage. John Collins, the Celtic assistant manager, only added to this on Tuesday when asked whether he thought it was a conspiracy against Celtic that led to Meekings going unpunished or mere rank awful officiating. "The only person you are going to ask the question to is the referee and the officials, " he said. "I can't answer that." Hearts people were entitled to be scornful of Celtic's shifting mind-set - from "I don't think a lot about it" when a bad decision goes in their favour to "let's not rule out a conspiracy" when a bad decision goes against them. You can fully understand their anger, but a bit of self-awareness wouldn't go amiss either. It seems that Donald Trump was too busy ruminating on a possible bid for the presidency of the United States to attend a media day at Turnberry on Tuesday, but bombast is hereditary in the Trump clan and his son, Eric, merrily boasted in his father's absence. You have to wade through an amount of pomposity where the Trumps are involved, but we may have reached a historic moment on Tuesday, a moment when all the braggadocio may have finally been justified. Turnberry did not need to be purchased by The Donald to make it one of the great wonders of the golfing world, but even this less than enthusiastic Trump observer has to admit that the changes planned for the Ailsa course are excellent. The alterations, of course, have been mooted for years by Turnberry's members, long before Trump ever came to town. Chief among the changes is the ninth hole, which is now a 449-yard par-four and will, by June next year, become a 235-yard par-three, played over the rocks by the famous lighthouse. It's a variation to quicken the pulse of any golfer, professional or hacker. Young Eric has predicted that it will be "the greatest par-three in the world." Normally it's a good policy to ignore the Trumpet-blast, but in this case he could actually be right. Martin Fletcher was 12-years-old on the day of the Bradford stadium disaster, the fire that engulfed a stand at Valley Parade killing 56 people, including his father, brother, grandfather and uncle. For 15 years, Fletcher researched the events of the day and the aftermath. In gathering evidence for his book "56 - The Story of the Bradford Fire", Fletcher uncovered a truth that, he says, nearly killed him. He has suffered seizures along the way. His story is harrowing and jaw-dropping, a huge testament to his courage and his resilience, a book that evokes shock and emotion at the circumstances surrounding that horrific day and the lack of proper investigation in its wake. Reading the book, you think of Stuart McCall, who was a 21-year-old midfielder in the Bradford team that day. McCall has spoken emotionally many times in the past about the horrors of the fire and has gone to many memorial services over the years. He remembers Fletcher as a young lad. Fletcher maintains that there was more to the fire than mere tragic accident, but McCall is not inclined to agree. Whatever the viewpoint, the book remembers the victims and tells the story of a survivor who has been damaged for life because of what happened 30 years ago next month. It's profoundly sad and utterly compelling. | Football 's capacity to @placeholder the plot was rarely more evident than in the days since Sunday when Josh Meekings stuck out his hand and signalled a call to arms . | assess | admire | lose | dismiss | ignore | 2 |
The wasp takes its name from the dark creatures in JK Rowling's stories, because it paralyses its prey with venom before sucking its life away. Nature charity the WWF says a total of 139 new species have been found in the South East Asia area in the past year. There are 90 plants, 23 reptiles, 16 amphibians, 9 fish and 1 mammal. The Mekong delta, which covers the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Thailand and Vietnam, is one of the world's richest and diverse wildlife regions. A total of 2,216 new species have been discovered in the region in the past 17 years: that's about three every week. Now conservationists believe it's a race against the clock to document all of them, as they say threats to their habitat could mean species go extinct before they're even discovered. The colour changing thorny frog has a distinctive spiny back. At night its spikes have a pink and yellow colour; but in the daytime the yellow turns into a darker brown. The wolf snake (above) is very well camouflaged, it has large non-venomous teeth on both jaws and blends well into its mountain forest home. The crocodile newt lives around ponds and shaded places. Scientists have known about it for a long time but it's only recently been confirmed as a new species. The name of this stick insect is nearly as long as its body. The Phryganistria heusii yentuensis is the second-longest insect in the world at 54cm long - that's over half a metre! But even this is shorter than the biggest ever, discovered in Borneo: Phobaeticus chani is more than 56cm long. This bent-toed gecko is the 10,000th reptile recorded on Earth. It's one of 16 species of bent-toed geckos found last year, which puts the total at a huge 197 different species. | The Ampulex " Dementor " wasp - named after the @placeholder - sucking Harry Potter monsters - is just one of many new species discovered in Greater Mekong . | cock | worst | soul | air | fruit | 2 |
Sutton, who can play at centre-half or full-back, has made 25 appearances for Rovers this season. The 29-year-old joined the club last July following his release by League Two side Mansfield Town. Barrow are currently 17th in the National League table, six points above the relegation zone. | Barrow have signed @placeholder defender Ritchie Sutton on loan from National League rivals Tranmere Rovers until the end of the season . | agreed | versatile | defensive | welsh | improved | 1 |
Munster and Glasgow have both won three from four Pool 1 games but the Irish side lead the table by three points. "It's a massive game," said full-back Murchie of the Scotstoun meeting. "They'll come flying out at us. We've got to be more up for it than them. It's going to take our best performance of the season." Munster have beaten Glasgow twice this season, a 16-15 success at Scotstoun in the Pro12 in December following a 38-17 home win for the Irishmen in European competition back in October. If Gregor Townsend's team can avenge those losses and then defeat Leicester in their final pool match they will be guaranteed a place in the quarter-finals for the first time. However, with only the five pool winners and the three best second-placed teams going through, anything less than two wins could leave the Warriors facing another European failure. Following the 29-15 Pro12 home win over Cardiff Blues on Saturday, Murchie, 31, said: "We looked at the three-week period starting with Cardiff and ending with the two Champions Cup matches and said it could totally decide the end to our season. "If we hadn't beaten Cardiff we'd have been under massive pressure in the Pro12. "Now with these next two games we've got a chance to qualify from our group. If we beat Munster then Leicester, we'll make the quarters. Media playback is not supported on this device "There's not many times we've been in this position. We've talked about doing it for so long but now the boys are just so determined to make it happen this year." Murchie deputised for the rested Stuart Hogg against Cardiff but after scoring two tries in the win Murchie is in no mood to relinquish the number 15 jersey. "Stuart is a great player so when you get an opportunity, you've got to play well," he said. "If you don't, you're probably not going to get to stay in the next week. "We've got enough guys that we can swap things and change it round, so if you don't take your chance you'll miss out. "I want to play in a successful team and do myself justice." | Glasgow Warriors will need to be on peak form to beat Munster on Saturday and keep alive their hopes of Champions Cup @placeholder , says Peter Murchie . | loss | progress | qualification | win | glory | 1 |
Oxford University awarded seven honorary degrees, including to Lib Dem peer Shirley Williams, at its annual Encaenia ceremony. One of the highlights the institution's calendar, the ceremony has changed little since 1760. It took place in the grand surroundings of the city's Sheldonian Theatre. An Oxford University college has taken action against a student who wore a Ku Klux Klan hood to a party. The dean of Christ Church said the student has been banned from future events and must apologise in writing. The event was held in December 2016 and the college emailed students about the incident on Wednesday, which it called "deeply regrettable". Speaking to the Cherwell university newspaper the student said the costume was intended as satire. A project to highlight the role of Indian soldiers in World War One is being undertaken by Oxford University. It is collecting stories from British Asian families ahead of an exhibition. A total of 1.3 million Indian soldiers served in WWI and more than 74,000 died. The university is working with The Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum, which has released photos of Indian men who served with fighters from Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. A 19th Century violin has been taken out of a collection of historic instruments held by Oxford University and sent to a young Syrian musician living as a refugee. Aboud Kaplo, 14, was forced out of his home in Aleppo and is now living in Lebanon. Film-maker Susie Attwood came across Aboud and saw his passion for music, but also his lack of an instrument. An exhibition of work by an influential artist is due to open at Modern Art Oxford. The posthumous exhibition will feature Restless Image - part of the Tate collection - which shows Rose doing a handstand on Dungeness beach in Kent. The picture is also part of International Handstand Day, which aims to raise funds for research into Motor Neurone Disease. Rose died of the illness in 2014. | Here are five stories in Oxfordshire that held your @placeholder this week . | gaze | breath | interest | hand | eye | 2 |
Cast members Jon Hamm, John Slattery, Christina Hendricks and creator Matthew Weiner attended an event in Washington to present the items to the museum. They included ad man Don Draper's trademark grey suit and fedora and other real 1960s-period props. They will be featured as part of an exhibit on American culture in 2018. The museum's entertainment curator, Dwight Blocker Bowers, said Mad Men producers did the best research he had ever seen for a TV show, with meticulous detail to create the look of a 1960s ad agency. Among the donated props included shaving kits, toothbrushes, bottles of alcohol, a packet of cigarettes and watches. Weiner said he was thrilled items from the show might one day be seen during a school field trip at the Smithsonian. "What I love about these objects being here is that these are for the most actual objects; they are not recreation," he said. "This is the archaeological site of humanity from this period. We're glad that we saved these things.'' Charlie Collier, the president of US network AMC which airs the show, said the show's creators were honoured Draper's suit would join Dorothy's ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz and other objects from entertainment history at the museum. "You know, they say that all good things must come to an end, and all great things come to the Smithsonian," he said. Mad Men returns to US screens for its final seven episodes on 5 April. | A collection of costumes and props from hit US @placeholder Mad Men has been donated to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History . | national | drama | ancient | fantasy | services | 1 |
16 October 2015 Last updated at 12:45 BST Films like Inception and Interstellar demand a bit of concentration, and yet both have turned out to be entertaining and popular. Others boast the last word in special effects. But Mr Nolan is unashamedly conservative in one respect - he is a champion of celluloid over digital projection, and the need to conserve film stock. He has been proselytising for these causes at the London Film Festival, where he gave a rare interview to Newsnight's Stephen Smith at the British Film Institute. | The British film director Christopher Nolan has become something of a specialist in the @placeholder blockbuster . | forthcoming | cerebral | american | traditional | annual | 1 |
It brings to an end almost a decade of pretence and defiance by schools who had disregarded official guidance. However, the fact that the exams will remain unregulated means parents are still "stuck in the middle" of one of Stormont's most testing controversies. There remains little consensus among politicians, parents or teachers. Ralph Magee, headmaster at Andrews Memorial Primary School in Comber, County Down, leads one of the schools that openly coached pupils for the unofficial transfer tests. "From our perspective, we were on the naughty step," Mr Magee told the BBC's Good Morning Ulster programme. "It was public that we were, because we were honest about what we were doing." Last year, 93% of his P7 pupils completed the unregulated tests in a bid to secure a grammar school place. The headmaster said the decision by Education Minister Peter Weir to reverse government policy removes the "perceived threat" to schools who had continued to coach pupils since the abolition of the 11-plus exam in 2008. "What it doesn't change is the fact that testing is still unregulated and we still have two private companies essentially vying for business, and that I don't think is helpful," Mr Magee said. "Parents in this position can't really be blamed, they're stuck in the middle." After grammar schools decided to set their own tests, they split into two camps running totally different exams. The Association of Quality Education and a group of Catholic grammar schools drew up separate entrance tests, now known as AQE and GL Assessment. Pupils can choose to sit either one of the unofficial tests, both or none. However, many teachers remain strongly opposed to academic selection at the age of 10 and 11. They include Pat McGuckian, the principal of St Patrick's High School in Keady, County Armagh, one of the top non-selective schools in Northern Ireland. She said the minister's decision was a retrograde step. "It is moving us back from to the 19th Century," she told the BBC. "I expected this to happen but I feel quite depressed this morning. "Northern Ireland need an education system fit for the 21st Century, not the 19th Century." She claimed the decision was "not based on any robust educational research". "All of the research suggests that a child's ability is not fixed at 11 and if you label children at 11 you create a system of haves and have not." | Allowing teachers to @placeholder prepare pupils for unofficial post -primary tests means those who were doing it anyway are now off the " naughty step " . | only | formally | automatically | secretly | also | 1 |
They include a look at swirling gases on the Sun and a night sky filled with a shimmering, green aurora. There were hundreds of entries from 51 countries around the world, showcasing the cosmos beyond our planet. Astronomer judges Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock, from the BBC's Sky at Night, and Marek Kukula made a shortlist of 20 winning photographs. Categories included; Earth and Space, Deep Space and Our Solar System. There was also a Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year category won by Shishir and Shashank Dholakia, aged 15 from the USA. Images from the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2014 can be seen at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, London, until 22 February 2015. Images by: Patrick Cullis (Moon Balloon), Catalin Beldea (Totality from above the clouds), Rogelio Bernal Andreo (California vs Pleiades), David Fitz-Henry (The Helix Nebula), Matt James (Wind Farm Star Trails), O Chul Kwon (Venus-Lunar Occultation), George Tarsoudis (Best of the Craters), Alexandra Hart (Solar Nexus), Stephen Ramsden (Calcium K Eruption), Alexandra Hart (Ripples in a Pond), Olivia Williamson (The Martian Territory), Emmett Sparling (New Year over Cypress Mountain), Eugen Kamenew (Hybrid Solar Eclipse), Chris Murphy (Coastal Stairways), J P Metsavainio (Veil Nebula Detail), Bill Snyder (Horsehead Nebula), James Woodend (Aurora over a Glacier Lagoon) All images subject to copyright. | The Royal Observatory 's @placeholder Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition has produced some incredible photographs . | annual | classic | historic | prestigious | amateur | 0 |
The plans involve Westmoreland House office block being knocked down and the adjoining Carriageworks renovated to create 118 home in Stokes Croft. Protests were held as councillors from Bristol City Council met at City Hall on Wednesday evening. Eight councillors voted to defer a decision with one abstaining. Although Banksy's artwork is not on either building, his famed mural The Mild Mild West is also in Stokes Croft, which is known for its street art and independent businesses. Lori Streich from the Carriageworks Action Group said: "In the circumstances, having listened to the entire debate, we feel it's a win-win situation for the community and the developer as we all now have the opportunity to look at it all again. "It will bring the community vision into reality, or closer anyway. I'm still optimistic." She said councillors had raised concerns about a number of issues such as the delivery of the community vision and the lack of consultation with the local community. Developer Fifth Capital has said between £15m and £20m would be needed for the revamp. | A @placeholder plan to revamp two buildings in an area of Bristol regarded as the " spiritual home " of the street artist Banksy has been deferred . | fresh | controversial | legal | special | rare | 1 |
13 July 2012 Last updated at 11:50 BST They were first laid down way back in 1863 and it's fair to say they've come a long way since then. Find out how the rules have changed through the years. Check out more great Match of the Day Kickabout stuff on their website | Football the beautiful game - but without the rules the game we know and @placeholder would be ugly . | understand | know | win | love | aspiring | 3 |
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights said the country's prisons were impoverished, overcrowded and corrupt. It called on the authorities to deal with what it called a deep structural crisis. The report comes after a fire killed some 360 prisoners in February 2012. Inmates at the Comayagua prison north of Tegucigalpa were trapped in their cells when the blaze broke out. Government figures show more than 12,000 people in Honduras are currently incarcerated in prisons that were built for just 8,000. The Washington-based Inter-American Commission on Human Rights said the jails are under the de-facto command of inmates - often belonging the country's violent criminal gangs - who even set rules and enforce physical punishments. It also said women share prisons with men and are often victims of abuse. "The prison system in Honduras is dehumanised, miserly, and corrupt," said commission spokesman Escobar Gil. "It is essential that the state take on this crisis in the prison system as one of its priorities, because the system has totally collapsed." The report highlighted a lack of staffing, resources and organisation, saying the government had abandoned its responsibilities towards funding and rehabilitation programmes. "The state's response to problems of crime and citizen insecurity must not consist exclusively of repressive measures, but also of preventive ones," said the spokesman. "We should include prison-system improvement programmes designed to promote work and education in prisons as an appropriate means to reintegrate prisoners into society." It criticised the government's response to the Comayagua prison fire and urged further investigation into the cause. The authorities are yet to comment. | The Honduras government has @placeholder given up on rehabilitating criminals and left prisons to be controlled by their inmates , according to a new report . | sharply | officially | effectively | largely | also | 2 |
The Venerable Peter Eagles, 57, succeeds the Right Reverend Robert Paterson, who retired in November having held the position since 2008. Married father-of-one Bishop Eagles was formerly the Archdeacon for the Army as well as Deputy Chaplain-General of the Royal Army Chaplains' Department. He was consecrated by Archbishop of York John Sentamu on Thursday. Archbishop Sentamu said it was a "wonderful time of celebration". Pete Wilcox was also consecrated as the Bishop of Sheffield in the same ceremony. Sodor and Man is the smallest diocese in the Church of England, overseeing 45 churches and 27 parishes. It is also a unique position because the bishop is a Member of the Legislative Council of Tynwald, the Manx parliament. He will meet the Queen at Buckingham Palace this summer and will be installed as Bishop of Sodor and Man at a service at Peel Cathedral in September. | The new bishop of Sodor and Man has been consecrated at a @placeholder ceremony in York Minster . | special | annual | major | national | unique | 0 |
Last season's British & Irish Cup runners-up sold its assets for £1.5m in November to see out the campaign. They came fifth in the second tier last term, but captain James Freeman and Gary Graham have now left. "The biggest expense we have is the playing squad, so we have taken money out of that," Morgan told BBC Jersey. "We've taken a very significant chunk out - we've had to, If the overspend was some £300,000 per year, where are you going to find that from? "Just remember what happened to London Welsh, and have a look back over the past few seasons at the problems other clubs have had." Flanker Graham has joined Premiership side Newcastle while skipper Freeman has gone to Exeter. Reds sold their St Peter ground to "third-party owners" as part of the restructure last year, but Morgan remains confident that they can buy it back by 2020, a target set in January. "You just have to be realistic. I think as long as you're up front and people know what you've got to spend, in Harvey's [Biljon, head coach] case his budget, he works to that. "He's done a great job in finding good lads at good prices." For the latest rugby union news follow @bbcrugbyunion on Twitter. | Jersey Reds chairman Mark Morgan says the Championship side has had to @placeholder a " significant chunk " of its playing budget to cut costs . | donate | settle | promote | achieve | lose | 4 |
The Trussell Trust said 30 of its 420 food banks would offer the service across the UK from 2016. Clients will get an on-the-spot financial assessment, and then be referred to groups such as Citizens Advice, or the debt charity StepChange. The service is being funded by a donation of £500,000 from Martin Lewis, the founder of MoneySavingExpert. It follows a pilot programme at eight food banks across the country, which started earlier this year. Those assessed as being in most need of financial help were offered same-day access to specialist advisors. Otherwise, people have to wait up to a month for debt or money advice, the Trussell Trust said. "These pilots have been a huge help to some of our most vulnerable clients," said David McAuley, Trussell Trust chief executive. "People struggling with housing payments, redundancy or illness whilst on a low income were helped by advisors to have the confidence to tackle their finances and turn their lives around." In total, Martin Lewis has now donated £600,000 to the Trussell Trust programme. | Thousands of people attending food banks in the UK will be offered access to @placeholder advice on money and debts . | existing | financial | free | professional | medical | 2 |
Daphne Williams, 78, from Hanmer in Wrexham, died two weeks after being admitted to hospital in September 2016 for surgery on a fractured femur. John Gittins, North Wales East and Central coroner, told the Ruthin hearing he accepted the delay had not contributed to her death. But he added he would prepare a Prevention of Future Deaths report. "I am fully aware of the huge body of work that is being carried out regarding delays in admission and allocation of resources," he said. "There is a clear willingness to try to make things better and it's clear that with all the efforts being made some answers will come to light which will alleviate some of the difficulties." But he added that the delay Mrs Williams encountered was "not acceptable". | The death of a woman who waited six hours for an ambulance after a fall was @placeholder , an inquest has concluded . | discovered | accidental | suspected | implemented | approved | 1 |
Hamilton's third win of the season cut his deficit to 12 points to Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel, who finished fourth. Hamilton, who equalled his hero Ayrton Senna's mark of 65 poles on Saturday, said: "I definitely think I have been at my best this weekend. "It has been a spectacular day and the team really needed it." It was Hamilton's sixth win in Montreal in 10 races, by far his best record at any circuit and it came on the 10th anniversary of the first victory of his career. "It has been smooth," Hamilton said. "I was so happy with the qualifying lap, just beaming from ear to ear, sitting there at dinner thinking I can't believe I got 65 poles, really having to pinch myself. "Today I just really relived my first grand prix win in 2007. It has been a spectacular day. A lot different now. I am older, the crowd was actually with me as opposed to my first year when no-one knew me." The win comes after a difficult weekend for Mercedes at the last race in Monaco, where the team struggled to make the car perform and Hamilton finished seventh after qualifying 14th. Hamilton praised the team's efforts in working out what had gone wrong and fixing it for Canada. "To come away from Monaco, everyone pulled together and I don't think in five years I have ever seen them pull together like they did," he said. "We have delivered a great blow to the Ferraris. Well deserved for everyone. "They did such great work analysing what went wrong and giving us a summary and saying this is where we went wrong. "Here the car was back where it should be. I'm happy it was that early in the season, even though Monaco is a good one to win. Hopefully that shouldn't happen again." Vettel's hopes were hit when his front wing was damaged by Max Verstappen's Red Bull at the first corner, and he had to stop to replace it. He fought back through the field and said he was disappointed not to pass Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo for the final podium place at the end. "I wanted that podium but I didn't get it," he said. "It was clear with the damage we had that unless there is trouble at the front or we are extremely lucky with safety cars or whatever that it would be difficult. "I was very busy for most of the race. I enjoyed it, it was fun, it was good racing. There were some manoeuvres where I nearly wanted to close my eyes but ultimately the team and car deserved more. The pace was there. "It was a bit difficult to read. Mercedes were very strong in the race but it is also a different story when you can control the race and the pace, the tyres. I was flat out and when you are chasing other cars you lose quite a lot of grip, then you are sliding. A different race." | Lewis Hamilton @placeholder his victory in the Canadian Grand Prix was crucial to his and his Mercedes team 's championship hopes this year . | enjoyed | admitted | hopes | believed | maintained | 1 |
Global trade is now expected to grow by 3.3% this year, the WTO says, down from its earlier forecast of 4.5%. Next year, however, growth should rebound to about 5%, said WTO director general Pascal Lamy. Countries might turn to protectionism as other attempts to boost growth have been "found wanting", he said. "There is a need for more rules-based trade in order to reduce unemployment and to stimulate growth," he said. The WTO also warned that the weakness in Europe's economies would continue to weigh on trade. It said that "improved economic prospects for the United States in 2013 should only partly offset the continued weakness in the European Union, whose economy is expected to remain flat or even contract slightly this year according to consensus estimates". "China's growth should continue to outpace other leading economies, cushioning the slowdown, but exports will still be constrained by weak demand in Europe," it added. The WTO said that trade had grown by just 2% in 2012, the second-worst figure since records began in 1981. The worst performance had come in 2009 when trade shrank. Average growth over the past two decades has been 5.3%, it said. In dollar terms, the value of the goods traded last year remained stagnant at $18.3 trillion (£11.9 trillion). The value was unchanged because prices for coffee, cotton, coal and iron ore fell. "The events of 2012 should serve as a reminder that the structural flaws in economies that were revealed by the economic crisis have not been fully addressed, despite important progress in some areas," Mr Lamy said. "Repairing these fissures needs to be the priority for 2013." | The World Trade Organization ( WTO ) has cut its trade growth forecast for 2013 because of @placeholder from the eurozone crisis and from greater protectionism . | interest | concerns | risks | criticism | uncertainty | 2 |
26 August 2016 Last updated at 07:32 BST Team GB rode specially designed bikes in Rio and the research behind them was done at the University of Bristol. Professor Stuart Burgess explained how much difference their mechanical tests make to Team GB. | Margins of victory at the Olympic games can be very tight , so any @placeholder is crucial . | decision | advantage | culture | service | chance | 1 |
21 January 2017 Last updated at 08:18 GMT Lucy suffers from a rare painful disorder which sometimes means she can't leave her bed, but three year old Molly has changed her life. She has learnt how to do tasks around the house including untying shoelaces, opening doors, fetching things and even helping with the washing. Even more importantly she can tell if Lucy's temperature or blood pressure are too high and will lick her hand or arm as a warning. What a dog! | A Cocker spaniel has been given one of the highest awards an animal can receive , the PDSA Order of Merit for @placeholder devotion and care of her disabled owner Lucy . | amateur | outstanding | free | personal | loving | 1 |
The service between Ferryside and Llansteffan was a favourite with 19th and early 20th Century tourists from the south Wales valleys during "miners' fortnight". But it was discontinued during the 1950s, leaving walkers and cyclists facing an 18 mile (29km) round trip up the estuary. On Thursday, the plans were submitted to the Coastal Communities Fund for a purpose-built boat which could be plying the route again within two years. The idea is the brainchild of retired Liverpool University professor Kenton Morgan. He said: "It's known there are 400,000 annual visitors to Cefn Sidan beach just along the coast, and tens of thousands of visitors to Llansteffan Castle, Ferryside Castle and Laugharne, with its Dylan Thomas links. "If the plan is approved, the ferry itself will become a tourist attraction." As the name suggests, the settlement of Ferryside developed around the landing stage of a ferry across the Tywi estuary which may have pre-dated the Norman Conquest. It is mentioned as early as 1170 when it was granted to the Knights Hospitaller at Slebech Commandery, and was crossed by Gerald of Wales two decades later. However, with the second-highest tidal range in the UK, crossing the estuary is not without its difficulties. A conventional boat would require a 820ft (250 metre)-long jetty, owing to the slope of the beach. To overcome this the group behind the scheme has chosen an amphibious craft, using technology developed by a New Zealand company. The ferry would be fitted with retractable wheels like an aircraft, which would avoid the need for a jetty. If successful, the boat would be built in Solva in Pembrokeshire. Two public meetings have been held and backing has been secured from both the community and county councils. An initial outline of the plan has been submitted to the Coastal Communities Fund and the next stage will be to submit a full proposal and business plan. | Almost 1,000 years after it was @placeholder by chronicler Gerald of Wales , a ferry could once again be crossing the Tywi estuary in Carmarthenshire . | devastated | dismissed | described | dominated | discovered | 2 |
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