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Can you write a brief summary of this passage? | Woods, bidding for a 15th major title, shot 70, while 2003 champion Furyk took 69 and 2001 US PGA winner Toms carded 70 to lead by one at one under par.
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Graeme McDowell, the 2010 champion, was one over with Nicolas Colsaerts, John Peterson and Michael Thompson.
Holder Rory McIlroy and world number one Luke Donald missed the cut.
The world's two top-ranked players were unable to fight back after disappointing first rounds and carded 73 and 72 to end 10 over and 11 over respectively.
McIlroy said: "It's just such a demanding golf course and punishes the slightest shot that's off-line or that's maybe not the right distance."
Five-time runner-up Phil Mickelson took 71 to end seven over, but Masters champion Bubba Watson also fell foul of the eight over cut mark with 78, 71 for nine over.
The 36-year-old Woods, three shots adrift of leader Michael Thompson in tied second overnight, picked up a shot at the third to take the lead but went backwards with three straight bogeys from the fifth.
But he settled himself with two pars before further birdies came at 10 and 13, and he missed other decent chances, notably on the 17th.
"It was really, really tough and I just had to stay as patient as possible," said Woods.
"I think I'm in a good spot. This tournament, you just keep plodding along.
The kind of players near the top of the leaderboard show exactly what type of game it takes to win a US Open. There's Tiger Woods, of course, who continues to hit more fairways than almost anybody here, 11 of 14 on day two with 14 of 18 greens in regulation. But also Furyk, Toms and McDowell who are all shorter but deadly accurate players, great putters and very patient grinders. And the fact those three are all major champions will certainly give Woods pause for thought. They're unlikely to be intimidated by him and a fascinating weekend lies ahead.
"You're just playing for a lot of pars. This is not a tournament where we have to make a bunch of birdies."
Woods's last major triumph came at the 2008 US Open before turmoil in his private life, injury and changing to a new coach derailed his progress. But eight times out of nine when he has held at least a share of the lead after 36 holes at a major he has gone on to win.
"It's been a very long time since my swing felt this good - don't forget I went through all of last year hurt and hadn't been able to practise," he added.
"Now it's becoming more consistent, day-in and day-out."
Furyk, who won his solitary major at Olympia Fields nine years ago, mixed two birdies with two bogeys to edge into contention.
"I kept the ball in the fairway pretty well," said Furyk. "I feel solid and in control so far. I know it's going to get even firmer and faster and even more of a stern test for the weekend."
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The 45-year-old, who also has four other top-five finishes in the US Open, said of the typically tough set-ups: "I guess you have to realise at the US Open that par is a really good score and you're going to make some bogeys.
"Mentally you have to be in a good frame of mind, and physically you have to be on top of a lot of areas of your game."
Toms joined the leaders late on with two bogeys on his front nine and two birdies on his back nine.
"I just hung in there," said Toms, who beat Mickelson for his US PGA title in Atlanta. "I knew not to get frustrated and keep grinding. You have to be mentally ready for anything and never give up."
England's Justin Rose followed his opening 69 with a 75 for four over alongside Ireland's three-time major champion Padraig Harrington (70).
World number three Lee Westwood (72), fellow Englishman Ian Poulter (75) and Scotsman Marc Warren (72) ended five over.
Seventeen-year-old amateur Beau Hossler led on his own briefly before falling back with a 73 to end three over, while 14-year-old Andy Zhang carded 79, 78 for 17 over.
Media playback is not supported on this device | Tiger Woods maintained his first-round momentum to share the halfway lead with fellow Americans Jim Furyk and David Toms in the US Open at Olympic. |
Can you provide a summary of this content? | It's not just that satellite imagery has revealed the night sky is 83% darker because so much infrastructure has been destroyed, and millions forced to flee their homes .
It's not just that UN Security Council resolutions - urging armed forces to protect civilians and allow greater access for humanitarian aid - have largely been ignored.
It's not just that Syrian leaders on all sides of a bitter and brutal divide still don't genuinely subscribe to the mantra that "there is no military solution."
None of their outside allies, providing military or moral or financial support, are pushing them to accept it either.
It's also that hope is draining from so many Syrians, no matter what side they're on, that this nightmare will be over any time soon. No-one expected it would last so very long and cost so very much.
You see it in the eyes of millions of Syrian children and exhausted parents, displaced from their homes, or forced into exile, who now realise their dream of going home, going to school, was just that - a dream.
You see it in the anguish of young educated Syrians who, four years ago, were stirred by the tantalising prospect of peaceful political change. They gambled almost everything, including their future, on this shimmering prize, and now anguish that they lost almost everything in return.
"We have all the international institutions we need to resolve this crisis," Lord Michael Williams, a former Mideast envoy, recently told me with palpable regret.
He points to the experience of international efforts in the Bosnia war of the 1990s.
All available instruments of international intervention, including military force, and international justice in the form of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, were deployed in the name of humanitarian principles.
This week Lord Williams writes that when it comes to Syria "it is daunting to write that there is a slim prospect of international intervention, and if truth be told, even less of international justice".
Even humanitarian obligations under the 1951 International Refugee Convention are not being honoured.
"Western countries, with the honourable exception of Sweden, have taken fewer refugees from the Syrian war than almost any other conflict in the past 100 years," Lord Williams adds.
Germany also stands ahead of other Western nations with its pledge to take in 20,000 Syrians. Britain has agreed to accept 500, and has so far accepted less than 100.
Hence, there is the urgent question with its barely concealed anger: "What will it take?" That's the unprecedented banner headline of a statement signed by more than 20 heads of international agencies - including even UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
The UN's humanitarian envoy, Valerie Amos, who repeatedly implored a divided UN Security Council to do more, spoke in a recent interview of "a stain on the international community".
"It may take at least another five years," concedes another senior UN official involved in frustrating efforts to try to bring an end to this devastating downward spiral.
The worst East-West crisis since the end of the Cold War is now making it ever more difficult to achieve the kind of co-operation that allowed the US and Russia to at least reach a deal in 2013 on eliminating Syria's chemical weapons.
Washington's priorities now are the fight against the so-called Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria, as well as critical negotiations with Iran over a nuclear deal.
"They're just not interested anymore," remarks a Washington-based Syrian activist, who has been shuttling between US government offices and rebel-held areas of Syria since the first years of this conflict.
"Syria doesn't have a Merkel and Hollande making this crisis a priority," comments Justin Forsyth, Chief Executive of Save the Children, in a reference to the dogged, if only partially successful, European efforts to resolve the crisis with Russia over Ukraine.
The optimists say "if and when there is a nuclear deal" the West will then focus on working with Iran, arguably the Syrian government's most important ally, to put pressure on President Assad.
But for Tehran and Moscow, the ominous reach of IS forces, as well as the growing sway of the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front, only reinforces their view that to move against President Assad now is to move towards an even more chaotic future.
Many suspect Western governments also harbour this anxiety, even if they still insist President Assad is "part of the problem, not the solution".
"We will be prepared to look at other options when the time is right," one senior Iranian official told me late last year. "But now is not the time."
Western political and military leaders still talk about supporting the "moderate Syrian opposition" - even though forces armed by the West and some Gulf allies are steadily losing ground on the battlefield.
"We're coming under pressure to talk to al-Nusra," a Western intelligence official tells me with a grimace about a group under UN Security Council sanctions and on the US list of terrorist groups.
Russia and Egypt recently embarked on some still unconvincing efforts to relaunch a political process.
The UN's focus has been narrowed to a possible "freeze" in hostilities in one district in one divided city, Aleppo, and a temporary suspension of government bombardment across the city.
"It's a pilot project," the UN's third envoy in four years Staffan de Mistura told me recently. "We want people to see the benefits... and we have to start somewhere".
Under political fire from all sides, the veteran UN troubleshooter holds up his own reminder of the darkness that is now Syria - a tome of a book, with a pitch black cover, entitled #100,000Names. Pages and pages that list the dead cover less than half the number of Syrians who have lost their lives so far.
It's this sad catalogue of abuse that leads many Syrians to say they can never accept a role for President Assad and other leading members of his regime, in any future order.
But those who back him see in this book a story of an opposition backed by powerful Arab and Western states with their own agendas for Syria.
There was a rare bright spark this month when the UN's agency for Palestinian refugees was able to get agreement from all sides to resume distribution of food and medical supplies to besieged Yarmouk, just south of Damascus, after a hiatus of more than three months.
But like most of the world's work on Syria, it simply didn't cover the needs of so many people desperate for food, water, medical care, and most of all freedom.
And it's all too fragile, all too hostage to the vagaries of this war.
And like much of Syria, it's just one small bright light in a big dark hole. | A dark shadow falls across Syria as a punishing war enters its fifth year. |
What is the summary of the following article? | Hacking is when someone breaks into a computer system illegally. A cyber attack is when computer systems are deliberately damaged or disrupted by people.
The attack meant some hospitals and doctors in England and Scotland were not able to use their computers and some appointments had to be cancelled.
The NHS says patients needing urgent treatment should access emergency services as normal.
As well as the NHS, it's thought the cyber attack has affected companies in about 100 other countries.
The NHS has not been affected in Wales and Northern Ireland.
IT experts are working really hard to fix the problem so NHS services can get back to normal as soon as possible.
It is not yet known who carried out the attack but there will be investigations into exactly what happened.
Ecuador's left-wing President Rafael Correa called the visit "an honour".
Pope Francis will also travel to Bolivia and Paraguay, as part of his second trip to the region since becoming pontiff in 2013.
The Argentine is the first Pope to come from South America. He is expected to highlight the themes of poverty and inequality.
In 2007, before becoming Pope, he told a gathering of Latin American bishops that they were living in the most unequal part of the world.
During his previous trip in 2013, he addressed millions on Brazil's Copacabana Beach.
The Pope has requested to chew coca leaves while in Bolivia, according to Bolivian Culture Minister Marko Machicao.
Coca, the raw ingredient for cocaine, has been used in the Andes for thousands of years to combat altitude sickness and as a mild stimulant.
In September the Pope will travel to Cuba ahead of a trip to the US.
The pontiff is credited with helping bring about last December's diplomatic thaw between the two countries.
Whelan, 28, joined Notts in 2015 and has won three international caps.
"Fern has been a steady rock at the back and fits in perfectly back line," said manager Rick Passmoor.
The Spring Series sees teams play each other once in a one-off, six-week transitional competition before the WSL's switch to a winter calendar.
For top-flight teams, the Spring Series runs over six weeks, from 23 April until Saturday, 3 June.
British number one Watson, 23, broke the serve of Russian Yulia Putintseva six times in a 6-2 6-4 victory.
The world number 59 will next play Serbia's Jelena Jankovic, ranked 25, in the first round on Monday.
Konta, 24, will face Germany's Andrea Petkovic after thrashing American Irina Falconi 6-2 6-1 in an hour.
"Yes it's definitely good times [for British tennis]," said Konta. "Heather played two really good matches and she came through really strongly and that's all positive things for her too going into the main draw."
A spokeswoman for Weston General said pregnant mothers were being assessed locally and "diverted to St Michael's where appropriate".
She urged people to only attend A&E if "it is absolutely necessary and a medical emergency".
Sixteen beds from the stroke and maternity units are currently in use.
The hospital said during the weekend some people turned up to A&E with minor illnesses which did not require urgent medical attention.
Dr Bee Martin, Medical Director of Weston Area Health NHS Trust, said: "We're seeing people turn up in ED with coughs and colds and symptoms of norovirus - all illnesses which can be treated with self-care or counter medication."
Three wards at Weston General remain closed to new admissions due to norovirus.
They are Uphill, Kewstoke and Berrow wards where visitors are being urged to stay away if they display symptoms of the virus - vomiting and nausea.
Over the weekend A&E departments in Southmead, Bristol Royal Infirmary and Weston General Hospitals were urging people not to turn up at casualty with "minor ailments".
The advice followed "unprecedented demand" for services across emergency departments in those hospitals. | IT experts are working to fix NHS computers after they were targeted by hackers in a cyber attack on Friday.
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Pope Francis is due to arrive in Ecuador at the start of a seven-day tour of South America.
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England defender Fern Whelan has signed a new contract to keep her at Notts County Ladies until the end of the 2017 Spring Series.
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British duo Heather Watson and Johanna Konta reached the main draw of the Wuhan Open with comfortable victories in qualifying in China.
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Some mothers-to-be from Weston-super-Mare are being sent to Bristol while maternity wards in the town are used to cope with "unprecedented" A&E numbers. |
Write a summary of this document. | Lauren Cox, 27, from Oxted, Surrey, pleaded guilty to four charges of sexual activity with a child under 18 while in a position of trust.
Croydon Crown Court heard that Cox formed a close relationship with the boy when he was 13 and began a sexual relationship with him in 2015.
Police said Cox, who will be sentenced next month, had shown no remorse.
Pc Laura Davies said Cox befriended the boy shortly after starting work at the school in Bromley, south-east London, in 2012, when he was 13.
She said: "She abused her position of trust as a teacher and groomed the boy, which went on to sexual abuse.
"The abuse has had an extremely adverse effect on the boy, with his studies suffering as a result."
PC Davies added: "It's most concerning that she showed no remorse. As professionals, teachers have a specific duty of care to young people, and this was abused."
Scotland Yard said Cox began having sexual contact with the boy in January 2015, sending him explicit pictures and videos of herself.
The relationship ended when the boy's parents suspected something was wrong and Cox was arrested in September the same year. | A teacher has admitted having sex with a 16-year-old pupil whom she groomed at the London school where she taught. |
What is the summary of the given information? | The Finland Under-21 international made his only appearance for Arsenal to date in October's 3-0 Capital One Cup defeat by Sheffield Wednesday.
The 20-year-old started his career in England in the Shrimpers' youth set up before moving to Arsenal in 2012.
Kamara joins a side currently ninth in League One going into Saturday's game against Coventry.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | League One side Southend United have signed Arsenal midfielder Glen Kamara on loan for the rest of the season. |
Summarize the information in the following document. | The final section of the Selkirk defences was slid into place at Shaw Burn last week.
The works to protect nearly 600 properties have seen burns rerouted and an "intelligent water management system" created at St Mary's Loch.
New embankments and walls have also been constructed as part of the project which began nearly two years ago.
Contractors will remain on site until next month for small engineering jobs.
Remedial works on roads, which include resurfacing, patching and line painting will also be carried out.
An official opening of the scheme is expected to take place early next year. | Work on a £31m flood protection scheme for a town in the Scottish Borders has been completed. |
Can you provide an overview of this section? | It was less crowd-surfing than crowd-swimming, as the singer pulled herself slowly over the heads of her fans.
"Well, Beyonce never did that," joked one audience member as Perry emerged from the fray.
The stage dive came as the star performed Roar at the end of 60 colourful minutes of pure grade pop, including the hits Firework and ET.
The star brought something that the Pyramid Stage never usually sees - choreography - as well as glitter cannons, silver-clad backing singers, and dancers dressed as giant eyeballs.
"This makes me feel cool," remarked Perry as she observed the crowd. "I don't really ever feel cool."
"There's so many people here," she added. "I didn't know if you still liked me."
The comment was presumably in reference to the relatively poor performance of her new album, Witness, which entered the charts at number six last week.
In truth, most of the audience had come for the earlier hits - I Kissed A Girl, Teenage Dream, California Girls - which prompted mass sing-alongs from the younger elements of Glastonbury's audience.
The newer material was less enthusiastically received; although a spirited rendition of Chained To The Rhythm, which saw Perry trade impromptu dance moves with a security guard, proved to be a lot of fun.
Earlier in the day, a beaming Craig David drew Glastonbury's biggest crowd so far; cementing his improbable comeback from pop purgatory.
Jumping between DJ turntables and the front of the stage, he tore through a set that combined his greatest hits and a raft of R&B classics, including No Scrubs and One Dance.
Clearly enjoying himself, the star rewrote his lyrics on the fly, at one point singing: "I wanna be yours, Glastonbury, and spend the whole night with you".
As the set drew to a close, he thanked fans who had "stuck with me since 1999", when he scored his first hit, as a guest vocalist on The Artful Dodger's Re-Rewind (The Crowd Say Bo Selecta).
David's crowd was undoubtedly bolstered by Jeremy Corbyn's supporters, who arrived to see the Labour leader give a speech and introduce the next act, US hip-hop group Run The Jewels.
Corbyn delivered the political equivalent of a greatest hits set, running through some of his key policies on immigration,. social equality and arts education; as well as quoting Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem The Masque of Anarchy.
Elsewhere on Friday morning, Glastonbury hosted sets by Jools Holland, The Bootleg Beatles and up-and-coming acts The Amazons, Sigrid, Cabbage and Nadia Rose.
Liam Gallagher, appearing on The Other Stage, sang the Oasis hit Don't Look Back In Anger for the first time ever (his brother Noel sang the original), dedicating the song to victims of Manchester and London attacks, and the Grenfell Tower fire.
US singer Maggie Rogers, who shot to fame after a video of Pharrell Williams listening to her music went viral, drew a large lunchtime crowd to the John Peel stage.
As well as the song that impressed Pharrell, Alaska, she twirled and pirouetted her way through the current single On/Off and a wonky cover of the Spice Girls' Wannabe, with indie singer Declan McKenna.
"That one was just for me," she joked. But the singer was clearly moved by the turnout and response to her set, wiping away tears as she thanked the audience.
Saturday night's headliners are Foo Fighters, who take to the Pyramid Stage two years after they were initially booked.
Frontman Dave Grohl had to pull out of the show after falling off stage and breaking his leg, two weeks before the festival.
Tonight's performance will be "a big make-up date," he told Radio 1 this week.
"We get to headline Glastonbury but also I get to do it standing on two legs. It means a lot to me, personally. It's part of my recovery in a weird way."
Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | Pop star Katy Perry ended her debut performance at Glastonbury by diving head first into the audience. |
Write a short summary of the following excerpt. | In the biggest event so far in the Easter Rising commemorative programme, school pupils are raising the Irish flag and reading the proclamation.
Some pupils have written new proclamations, setting out their visions and ideals for the future.
The event is the culmination of months of work by pupils and teachers.
Almost every school child in the country will be a participant, having played a part in drawing up their school's proclamation for a new generation.
School principals have said the initiative has captured the imagination of students in a way they did not expect, with many pupils addressing topical issues such as homelessness in the new proclamations.
As well as the raising of the flag and the reading of proclamations, schools have developed their own individual programmes for the day, with poetry, music and pageantry.
Leitch-Smith, 26, the Valiants' top scorer in 2015-16 with 12 goals in 43 games, rejected a contract offer.
Northern Ireland international McGivern, also 26, was released by Vale, having played 32 times last term.
In addition, Swiss goalkeeper Jayson Leutwiler, 27, has signed a new two-year deal with the Shropshire side.
Leutwiler has played 90 times during his two years at Shrewsbury, who finished 20th in League One after being promoted from the fourth tier in 2014-15.
"The environment and everything to do with Shrewsbury is very important to me," he said. "That was a massive factor in me re-signing here."
Shrewsbury boss Micky Mellon has now signed three Port Vale players in little over a week, following the arrival of Louis Dodds.
Leitch-Smith, who came through Crewe's youth system, joins up again with another former Alex Academy product, defender Matt Tootle, who missed over half of last season, having been sidelined by an Achilles injury.
"The manager is very ambitious," said Leitch-Smith. "And so are the type of players he is bringing in at the minute."
Mellon has now made six summer signings, having also brought in Fleetwood winger Antoni Sarcevic, Southend midfielder Gary Deegan. and Rochdale defender Oliver Lancashire.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
The news is another blow for the Ports who cannot sign players until next June after being found to have made undisclosed payments to Gary Twigg.
Portadown also had a £5,000 penalty imposed for the offence by the IFA.
Full-back Redman, who has spent 12 years at his hometown club, joins Crusaders-bound Michael Gault in quitting the Shamrock Park outfit.
Redman said that he had taken the decision "after a lot of thought".
"I have spent 12 years at Portadown and would like to thank the staff, fans and players at the club," said the defender.
"I have enjoyed every minute playing for me hometown club but feel that it is the right time of my career to move on. I wish everyone at Portadown FC the best in the future." | Schools and colleges across the Republic of Ireland are holding ceremonies to mark the 1916 Proclamation of Independence.
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Shrewsbury Town have signed defender Ryan McGivern and striker AJ Leitch-Smith, whose contracts are due to expire at League One rivals Port Vale.
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Ross Redman has announced that he is to leave Portadown after turning down the offer of a new one-year deal. |
Summarize the information given below. | The Ducati rider, who won last week's Italy Grand Prix, was ahead of Repsol's Spanish pair Marc Marquez, in second, and Dani Pedrosa in third.
Britain's Cal Crutchlow was 11th.
The victory moves second-placed Dovizioso within seven points of Yamaha's Vinales, who finished 10th.
Reigning champion Marquez, who crashed four times in qualifying on Saturday as most of the field struggled with grip on a slippery circuit, celebrated his podium finish by falling on the rostrum.
"It was a strange weekend for everybody to manage the track, the grip, the temperature, it was very difficult," said Dovizioso.
"It was a strange race, we couldn't push any lap because the rear tyre drops a lot, but I had the speed so I was able to manage and stay on the front without pushing."
Marquez's younger brother Alex won the Moto2 race, while another Spaniard Joan Mir took the honours in Moto3.
1. Andrea Dovizioso (Ita) Ducati 44:41.518 mins
2. Marc Marquez (Spa) Honda 44:45.062
3. Dani Pedrosa (Spa) Honda 44:48.292
4. Jorge Lorenzo (Spa) Ducati 44:51.126
5. Johann Zarco (Fra) Yamaha 44:55.356
6. Jonas Folger (Ger) Yamaha 44:55.439
7. Alvaro Bautista (Spa) Ducati 44:58.281
8. Valentino Rossi (Ita) Yamaha 45:02.339
9. Hector Barbera (Spa) Ducati 45:05.470
10. Maverick Vinales (Spa) Yamaha 45:05.707
1. Maverick Vinales (Spa) Yamaha 111
2. Andrea Dovizioso (Ita) Ducati 104
3. Marc Marquez (Spa) Honda 88
4. Dani Pedrosa (Spa) Honda 84
5. Valentino Rossi (Ita) Yamaha 83
6. Johann Zarco (Fra) Yamaha 75
7. Jorge Lorenzo (Spa) Ducati 59
8. Jonas Folger (Ger) Yamaha 51
9. Cal Crutchlow (GB) Honda 45
10. Danilo Petrucci (Ita) Ducati 42
The Korea Swimming Federation (KSF) is suspected of forging documents and siphoning off expenses, South Korea's culture ministry said.
One of the KSF's executive officers and other officials have been arrested.
Subsidies to other sports federations have been cut, suggesting further investigations could be announced.
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The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office said it had confiscated computer hard drives and documents on projects supporting the country's sports industry, the Yonhap news agency reported.
There were also raids on 20 other organisations linked to the KSF.
The raid came after the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism cut subsidies to the KSF over the corruption allegations.
Other sports federations, including the Korea Shooting Federation and Korean Equestrian Federation, have also had subsidies cut.
The KSF has not yet commented on the raids.
Last year, a number of sports company bosses were charged after an investigation into misappropriation of state funds at the state-run Korea Sports Promotion Foundation (KSPO). | Italy's Andrea Dovizioso won the Catalunya Grand Prix in Barcelona to complete back-to-back MotoGP wins and close the gap on championship leader Maverick Vinales.
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Prosecutors have raided the headquarters of South Korea's national swimming association over corruption allegations, officials say. |
Can you write a brief summary of this passage? | The move follows a rise in the number of oil and gas operators using unmanned aerial systems (UAS) to conduct inspections and other offshore tasks.
The guidelines were developed by industry and aviation safety experts and UAS operators.
They cover best practice, procedures and the certification needed to be compliant with UAS regulations.
Oil and Gas UK's health, safety and environment director Mick Borwell said: "A small but increasing number of oil and gas operators are using UAS for inspections predominantly, but also for aerial photography, surveying and security.
"The technology is particularly attractive for its use in improving safety.
"For example, sending unmanned aircraft instead of people into confined spaces to conduct inspections reduces risk, and is also effective and efficient.
"We expect their usage to grow."
Mr Borwell said the new guidelines aimed to be consistent with safety and operating standards already adopted on the UK Continental Shelf for offshore oil and gas production and helicopter flight operations.
He added: "The intention is to encourage offshore operators planning on using this emerging technology to think about the whole operating and safety system offshore and not just the air vehicle."
The iconic events venue has developed over the past 30 years and the site now includes the Clyde Auditorium (Armadillo) and The SSE Hydro.
Live entertainment has now become significant part of its business.
SEC chief executive Peter Duthie said the rebrand aimed aimed to reflect these changes and showcase its ability to stage large-scale events.
He said the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and the Ignition Festival of Motoring were both "great examples of utilisation of all areas of our campus, internally and externally".
"The name Scottish Event Campus (SEC) better describes the site, is more representative of what we do and reflects a vision for the future," he said.
"We believe that this is the perfect time for a revamp of our brand, building on the success of the business to date.
"Historically, we have found that many people don't necessarily realise that all of our buildings are part of the SECC."
Separately, the three buildings will be known as The SSE Hydro, SEC Armadillo and the original building, SEC Centre.
The SEC worked with local Glasgow design agency Freytag Anderson on the rebrand.
A naturally occurring protein can be used to create ice cream which stays frozen for longer in hot weather.
The scientists estimate that the slow-melting product could become available in three to five years.
The development could also allow products to be made with lower levels of saturated fat and fewer calories.
Teams at the Universities of Edinburgh and Dundee have discovered that the protein, known as BsIA, works by binding together the air, fat and water in ice cream.
It is also said to prevent gritty ice crystals from forming - ensuring a fine, smooth texture.
Professor Cait MacPhee, of the University of Edinburgh's school of physics and astronomy, who led the project, said: "It's not completely non-melting because you do want your ice cream to be cold... it will melt eventually but hopefully by keeping it stable for longer it will stop the drips."
The team developed a method of producing the protein - which occurs naturally in some foods as a friendly bacteria.
Professor MacPhee said it works by keeping oil and water mixed together, stops air from escaping and coats the ice crystals in ice cream which stops them from melting so quickly.
She told BBC Radio 5 live: "This is a natural protein already in the food chain. It's already used to ferment some foods so its a natural product rather than being a 'Frankenstein' food.
"By using this protein we're replacing some of the fat molecules that are currently used to stabilise these oil and water mixtures so it can reduce the fat content, but it shouldn't taste any different.
She said it also had the prospect of reducing the sugar content and could be used in other foods such as chocolate mousse and mayonnaise to help reduce the calories.
The researchers believe using the ingredient could benefit manufacturers too as it can be processed without impacting on performance and can be produced from sustainable raw materials. | New guidelines on the use of drones offshore have been published by trade body Oil and Gas UK.
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The Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in Glasgow is to be renamed the Scottish Event Campus (SEC).
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A new ingredient developed by scientists in Scotland could mean that ice cream lovers can enjoy their treats longer before they melt. |
Summarize the provided section. | Each said it would withdraw legal complaints against the other and ask for leniency in continuing cases.
A war has been raging between the South Korean companies, including a battle over claims that LG staff damaged Samsung washing machines.
South Korean prosecutors refused to comment on proceedings against employees of both firms.
"Both sides have agreed to avoid legal action and resolve any future conflicts or disputes through dialogue and mutual agreement," the companies said.
Their accord raises the prospect of peace between the firms. But it does not officially resolve criminal cases brought by prosecutors.
LG appliances chief Jo Seong-jin has been indicted by Seoul prosecutors on a charge of deliberately damaging Samsung washing machines at a retail store in Germany last September.
While Samsung employees have been indicted on charges of stealing organic light-emitting diode (Oled) display panel technology from LG.
Each company has said, however, that it will withdraw its complaint and ask for leniency on behalf of the other.
The two firms have a longstanding and fierce rivalry. The bad feeling escalated when Samsung said that LG executives deliberately damaged its washing machines ahead of a major trade fair.
LG accepted that two machines were damaged, but said it was accidental and a result of poor manufacturing.
It said its employees examined the goods and that it offered to pay for four machines at one store, even though only two were damaged by them during the inspection.
After Samsung asked South Korean prosecutors to get involved, LG published surveillance video footage in an attempt to prove its employees' innocence. Samsung said the video had been heavily edited in the executive's favour.
The firms had previously argued over refrigerator capacity and which of the two has the bigger air-conditioning market share.
The agreement extends to Samsung Electronics subsidiary Samsung Display and to LG Display Co Ltd. Samsung Display employees were indicted in February on charges of stealing organic light-emitting diode (Oled) display panel technology from LG Display.
Samsung Display has said the technology was widely known in the industry and that the indictment was excessive.
The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' office declined to comment on the case against the LG Electronics appliances chief, and the Suwon District Prosecutors' Office declined to comment regarding its case against the Samsung Display employees.
The cycle race begins in Leeds on 5 July and will travel through North Yorkshire and South Yorkshire.
RICS said the figures showed that £4.5m of the money had been taken from future council budgets.
Work includes resurfacing, road strengthening and installing signs.
The figures were obtained by RICS from councils in Yorkshire via Freedom of Information requests.
They show that North Yorkshire County Council has spent £4.2m.
In West Yorkshire, Kirklees Council, Bradford Metropolitan District Council and Leeds City Council have budgeted a combined total of up to £950,000.
Calderdale Council has undertaken £600,000 of work, entirely brought forward from future years.
The City of York Council made a £200,000 contribution to road maintenance from its Capital Contingency Fund.
In Sheffield, the city council has prioritised work on the route as part of its scheduled road maintenance programme.
Rob Hindle, chairman of RICS Yorkshire and Humber Regional Board, said he was concerned about the impact of Tour de France spending on future road maintenance.
"While we welcome the Tour de France coming to Yorkshire and all the economic benefits it will bring, we certainly hope that by bringing forward so much work on Yorkshire's roads to before the race, the region won't be left without adequate maintenance for years to come," he said.
"We don't want a feast today if it means a famine tomorrow."
North Yorkshire County Council said that the work carried out on its roads "would have been needed within the next five years anyway".
"We have just brought forward that work in preparation for the race," a spokeswoman said.
"We haven't reduced future highway maintenance budgets as a result and money hasn't been diverted from elsewhere." | The rival manufacturers Samsung and LG have agreed to seek an end to their long-running dispute.
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Roads on the route of the Tour de France have received almost £6m in improvements, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). |
Summarize the passage below. | Abdul Hafidah was stabbed after he was hit by a car on Moss Lane East on 12 May and died later in hospital.
The 17-year-old has been bailed until 25 July pending further inquiries.
Nine other people, eight men and another 17-year-old boy, are on bail after also being detained on suspicion of Adbul's murder.
Police believe Mr Hafidah had been chased near Greenheys Lane before being struck by a blue Vauxhall Corsa and then stabbed. | A teenage boy has been arrested on suspicion of murdering an 18-year-old man in the Moss Side area of Manchester. |
What is the brief summary of the provided content? | The bras, signed by stars including Lorraine Kelly and the Bay City Rollers, will be sold at next month's Edinburgh Fashion Week.
They proceeds will go to cancer charity Walk The Walk, organisers of The MoonWalk Scotland.
Six bras are to be sold at a show on The Mound from 18:30 on 5 March.
The fashion show is being organised by Essential Edinburgh.
A selection of the bras will be unveiled in the windows of Jenners in Edinburgh from Wednesday before being showcased by models at the fashion show.
They will then be auctioned live on the night by Forth One DJ Mark Martin.
Tennis coach Judy Murray said: "It's lovely to be able to support such a wonderful cause - and in such an unusual way.
"I've had a lot of fun designing this tennis-themed bra for auction at Edinburgh Fashion Week and hope that it will not only raise even more money for Walk the Walk and The MoonWalk, but also help increase awareness for breast cancer."
Roddy Smith, chief executive of Essential Edinburgh, said: "We are really excited to be hosting a fashion show this year to raise money for Walk the Walk and are extremely grateful to the Scottish celebrities, designers and sports personalities who have given their time to get involved."
Nina Barough, founder and chief executive of Walk the Walk, said: "It is a great honour that in the 20th year of Walking the Walk we are the charity partner of Edinburgh Fashion Week.
"Being the organisers of The MoonWalk in Scotland, we are incredibly proud of not only what we have achieved but the support we receive from different sectors of the Scottish communities."
Tickets to Edinburgh Fashion Week's fashion show cost £25.
The Grade II-listed South Parade Pier in Southsea, Hampshire, was shut in 2012 when Portsmouth City Council deemed it at risk of collapse.
Owners South Parade Pier Ltd said work to make the structure safe was completed at the end of last year.
An amusement arcade is expected to open at the front of the pier on Good Friday, the company confirmed.
South Parade Pier Ltd, which bought the structure in 2014, said it had also agreed terms to open a fish and chip shop in May and a 275-seat restaurant in August, creating 50 new jobs.
The amusement arcade is expected to employ 22 new staff.
It is also hoped a cafe will open in the summer, with further plans for an ice cream parlour, shop, rides, a "showbar", zip wire and chartered boat trips.
South Parade Trust, which previously raised concerns over delays in reopening the pier, welcomed the news.
"Everyone in Portsmouth will be delighted to walk out over the sea again," chairman Leon Reis said.
Pier owners Tommy Ware said it would bring "much-needed employment opportunities".
A dangerous structure order was served on the previous owners.
A council spokeswoman said this had now been lifted on the section with buildings on it, as well as 15m (49ft) beyond. The remainder is still considered unsafe.
South Parade Pier opened in 1879, but was destroyed by fire in 1904 and rebuilt in 1908.
In 1974 it was again wrecked by fire during the filming of the Ken Russell movie Tommy and part of the superstructure was rebuilt.
Lynette and John Rodgers, from Holywood, County Down, drowned at Plettenberg Bay in the Western Cape last Friday.
The service was held there on Thursday morning.
Their families hope their bodies will be returned to Northern Ireland later this week.
Mr Rodgers, who was 28, was originally from Ballygowan, County Down, and worked for a printing company in Holywood.
Mrs Rodgers, 26, was a physiotherapist. | A collection of bras exclusively designed and signed by celebrity Scots and fashion brands are to be showcased and auctioned in Edinburgh.
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A Victorian pier shut after being deemed a public danger is to partially reopen next week after a £5m revamp.
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A wreath-laying service has been held in South Africa in memory of a couple from Northern Ireland who drowned while on honeymoon. |
Provide a summary of the section below. | The £3m-rated Argentine, 30, wrote on Twitter at the weekend that he would be leaving St James' Park imminently.
Gutierrez was a key man in the Magpies squad that Chris Hughton, now Canaries manager, led to promotion from the Championship in 2010.
Gutierrez has celebrated scoring goals by wearing a Spiderman mask. It relates to a cinema trip during his time at Real Mallorca, when a boy asked if Gutierrez could score for him and the Argentine said he would put a Spiderman mask on if he did so as that was the boy's favourite film.
Hughton said: "Jonas can play on either flank and in a central position, so he's a very welcome addition."
Gutierrez, who has played just twice for Newcastle this season, said: "I'm happy to be here. It's an opportunity for me to get back in the game and try and do my best for the team."
The former Velez Sarsfield player has made 163 league appearances for the Magpies since he joined from Mallorca in July 2008, scoring 10 goals.
"He's somebody that will certainly bring experience - he's played close to 200 games for Newcastle so he knows the Premier League very well," said Hughton.
"He's been in England for five years, so there won't be that settling-in period that you would have with some other players. That's important, particularly in January when you need players that can go straight into the squad." | Norwich City have completed the loan signing of Newcastle United midfielder Jonas Gutierrez until 30 June. |
Please give a summary of the document below. | The NSPCC said the reasons were not clear, although greater awareness of sexual abuse, arising from historical cases, may be a cause.
It said this showed the Scottish legal system must become more sensitive.
It has called for a "bold approach" to reform the way child sex abuse cases are handled.
The figures were published as the NSPCC prepared to launch its third "How Safe are our Children?" report measuring the extent and nature of child abuse across the UK.
Scottish government figures showed that in 2013-14 there were 3,742 sexual offences against children including rape, sexual assault and grooming - a 10-year high.
The charity said that in the following year, 2014-15, the number of contacts to its helpline from adults in Scotland worried a child was being sexually abused rose by 19% from 341 to 407.
Almost half (203) were considered so serious they were immediately referred to the police or children's services.
The NSPCC said it was not clear why the number of offences had risen.
But it said more victims may have the courage to come forward following the reporting of historical cases and the police may also have improved their recording methods.
The charity praised the Scottish government for establishing an inquiry into historical abuse in children's institutions.
But Matt Forde, NSPCC Scotland's head of national services, said as more children spoke out, the Scottish legal system needed to develop a more sensitive and effective response to ensuring justice was served.
He said: "The nation has been horrified by the revelations of decades of horrendous child abuse. But while the Scottish government's inquiry is historical, child abuse is not.
"For too many children, our court system adds further trauma to their earlier experiences of abuse. We need a bold approach to reform our legal system."
A Scottish Courts Service report "Evidence and Procedure", published in March, agreed changes were necessary.
It said: "In recent decades the number of child and vulnerable witnesses being called to give evidence has increased dramatically.
"They have, however, been introduced into a system that was ill-equipped to accommodate them, with the result that there have been a series of adjustments to the law and practice that, at best, only partially address their needs."
The NSPCC said a Scandinavian system, called Barnehus, had helped free children from further suffering, allowing the therapeutic support they needed to begin more quickly.
In specialist centres, designed to be non-threatening and reassuring for victims, a team, including a criminal investigator and prosecutor, a health expert, a senior social worker, a judicial counsellor and forensic expert worked together to support the child.
The aim was to help victims through possible trauma and to make sense of official procedures to reduce long-term problems.
About 3,000 holidaymakers were inside the leisure complex on Douglas promenade when fire swept through the building on 2 August 1973.
The disaster led to changes in fire regulations in the Isle of Man, the UK and around the world.
Mayor of Douglas Sara Hackman will lay a wreath during the service at the Summerland memorial at 10:00 BST.
A permanent memorial inscribed with the names of all the victims was unveiled in 2013 on the 40th anniversary of the fire.
A one-minute silence will also be observed during a separate ceremony at 19:30 opposite the Summerland site.
Organiser Tina Brennen said: "The perception is that we have forgotten or don't care and I know that is not the case.
"There are thousands of people on this island who remember vividly the fire but the perception is that we have forgotten it because there has been no annual commemorations.
"There are headlines in the UK press about 'an island's forgotten tragedy', an 'island's forgotten shame', and it is none of those things, and I feel that very strongly." | The NSPCC in Scotland has revealed a 19% rise in the number of calls to its helplines from adults worried about children being abused.
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A short service will be held in Douglas later to remember the 50 people who died in the Summerland fire disaster. |
Summarize the following piece. | Michael Uriely died five days after leaving the Royal Free Hospital in London in 2015.
In the months before his death he was seen by many doctors who failed to diagnose his condition was chronic.
Had he been given a high dose of steroids in hospital "it's unlikely he would have died", the coroner said.
Michael's parents took him to hospital following a violent coughing and vomiting episode on 18 August that left him struggling to breathe.
By 20:00 BST he was allowed to go home, but the inquest heard he suffered another attack in the early hours and was taken back to A&E.
This time he was kept in overnight, but despite two internal investigations medics failed to diagnose his chronic asthma.
He was again released from hospital the following day and died from an acute attack on 25 August.
When Michael was admitted to hospital twice within 24 hours, "alarm bells should have begun to ring", Coroner Dr Shirley Radcliffe said.
She told Westminster Coroner's Court earlier a "totally inadequate" medical history was obtained on that occasion and no connection was made with his previous admission.
She added: "The opportunity was lost to recognise this as a serious problem - the history and signs were there to be seen and understood.
"But sadly it wasn't recognised and he was discharged essentially on the same treatment he had been on."
Following Michael's death, The Royal Free Hospital appointed two specialist respiratory clinicians, opened a dedicated asthma clinic and introduced a new strategy for dealing with children with asthma.
His parents, Ayelet and Roy Uriely, said Michael was "an extraordinary boy, both in personality and intelligence".
They said: "He doted on his younger twin sisters, who adored him, and always joined in with their games".
Michael was diagnosed with asthma when he was two and began learning chess aged three.
Since his death, seven other children in London have died from asthma, the inquest heard. | A nine-year-old chess champion who died of an asthma attack could probably have been saved if he had not been sent home from hospital, a coroner has ruled. |
Please summarize the passage below. | The watchdog said 180,188 complaints about unwanted promotional calls and text messages had been made, up 11% from last year.
In its annual report, it said it had issued five fines relating to unsolicited calls and texts.
Consumer group Which? said the figures were the "tip of the iceberg".
The organisation said its research showed only 2% of people who received unwanted calls reported them.
"Regulators, government and industry must work harder to cut off unwanted calls and texts that annoy millions of us every day," said Richard Lloyd, executive director at Which?
The body is running a campaign to hold senior executives accountable for nuisance calls made by their companies.
It said the ICO should use its powers "to full effect", to punish companies that broke cold-calling rules.
The ICO told the BBC the rise in complaints could be attributed to its online reporting tool, which had been active for only two years.
Overall, the ICO issued more than £1m in fines in the last year.
In March, it fined the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) £180,000 after a witness in an investigation was mistakenly sent evidence relating to 64 other people involved in the case.
Other successful prosecutions included:
The total number of complaints the ICO handled fell slightly compared with last year.
The organisation also collected slightly less in fines, although this meant there were fewer appeals against its rulings.
"The number of fines issued has almost halved, but the final amount paid to the ICO, after appeals, has only dropped by 13%," said Chris McIntosh, chief executive of data security firm ViaSat UK.
"I think the ICO is being smarter about the battles it picks. For an organisation that needs to consider its budget, it's a wise course of action." | The UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) received a record number of complaints about nuisance calls in the past year. |
Please summarize the document below. | The 26-year-old clocked 42.335 seconds - beating Fan Kexin's 42.504 - in her quarter-final, but then fell in the closing stages of the final.
The Scot took 500m gold in the opening event of World Cup series in Calgary.
The Livingston-born skater won a silver medal and three bronzes at this year's World Championships in March.
She had previously competed at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics.
Meet Elise Christie and fellow GB speed skaters
The package arrived in the post at the premises in St Mary's Butts, Reading, during the afternoon.
Another package was received at the Army and RAF Careers Office at Dock Road in Chatham, Kent, Thames Valley Police said. That has not been confirmed as a bomb.
The South East Counter Terrorism Unit is investigating whether there is a link between the two.
An MoD bomb disposal team was called to the office in Reading at about 14:00 GMT and the area around it was sealed off.
Officers on the scene confirmed it was a small but viable explosive device, which had been received in the post and had been made safe.
Kent Police said officers were called to the Chatham office at 10:45 GMT following a report of a suspicious package.
In a statement they said: "After the envelope that had been delivered to the building had been made safe the scene was stood down at about 5pm.
"Enquiries are now ongoing which will involve whether the incident in Chatham is linked to one in Reading."
Developer Pegasus Life wants to build new homes on the cliff top at Dawlish in Devon where the rail line was closed for more than two months last winter.
Storms left the line, which connects Cornwall and much of Devon with the rest of the UK, dangling in mid air.
Pegasus called it an "excellent and appropriate concept for this wonderful location".
Network Rail has threatened legal action if the scheme goes ahead and results in damage to the line.
Teignbridge Council officers are recommending approval for the plans, subject to Network Rail lifting its objections to the 31 retirement homes at Old Teignmouth Road.
Network Rail told the authority: "We have serious concerns that the proposal if permitted could destabilise the cliff. The area concerned has a high profile of cliff failures and associated rock stabilisation works having to be carried out.
"You should recall we recently had to shut the main line railway as a result of damage to the sea wall caused by storms.
"Before we were able to reopen the railway we also had carefully controlled sea cliff collapses and therefore we know there are potential issues in this locality."
And it warns: "Network Rail will consider any such failure and damage [to the railway line] as an act of nuisance and shall take all necessary action to seek redress for the damage caused and any financial penalties for closure of the railway through the courts."
Howard Phillips, chief executive of Pegasus Life said: "We are committed to creating stunning homes that sit in harmony with their surroundings.
"Prior to our application, there was extensive consultation with the local community, and a high level of support was received.
"We will build the new homes in sensitive appreciation of the special landscape, including ensuring there is a 10m (33ft) exclusion zone from development by the cliffs and would only proceed when Network Rail have the assurances they need."
The council's planning committee is due to consider the application on 13 January.
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) said it had ended discussions with the owner of the circuit "for the foreseeable future".
The Telegraph has also reported that entrepreneur Laurence Tomlinson has also given up on securing a deal to invest in the site.
Circuit owner British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC) said it would not comment.
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JLR was thought to have offered the prospect of injecting £33m into the home of British motor racing in return for a 249-year lease on the circuit.
But in a statement, the company said: "Jaguar Land Rover has ended discussions with the British Racing Drivers' Club for the foreseeable future and is not proceeding with any plans to either lease or purchase Silverstone at this time."
The first Grand Prix (GP) took place at Silverstone in 1950 and the race track has regularly hosted GPs since the start of the F1 championship in the same year. | British speed skater Elise Christie broke the 500m world record at the second World Cup event of the season in Salt Lake City.
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A bomb has been discovered at an armed forces careers office in Berkshire.
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A main rail line smashed by storms last year will be threatened by planned cliff-top homes, Network Rail has said.
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A question mark has been put over the future of Silverstone racing circuit in Northamptonshire after a potential buyer pulled out of sale talks. |
Give a concise summary of the passage below. | 30 December 2015 Last updated at 12:29 GMT
Fishermen and beach-goers, along with the police and the navy, helped get the 20-metre-long mammal safely back out to deeper water. | A blue whale has been rescued after getting stranded on a beach in the port city of Iquique in northern Chile, South America. |
What is the summary of the document provided? | If you recognise that lyric, you're not alone... because The Killers' Mr Brightside, has become one of the UK's most popular songs.
The 2004 single was streamed 26 million times last year, beating any other song released before 2010, according to music industry body the BPI.
That's worth $150,000 (£115,000) in royalties. So it's fair to say The Killers are making a killing on streaming.
However, the most-streamed song overall last year was Drake's One Dance, which his fans played 141 million times.
It was the only song to break the 100 million barrier, but 35 other tracks, including Sia's Cheap Thrills and Justin Bieber's Love Yourself, were streamed more than 50 million times.
According to the BPI, classic songs accounted for more than half of all the streams served by Spotify, Apple Music and their competitors last year.
Christmas songs, in particular, attracted a huge number of plays.
The figures were revealed in the BPI's annual All About The Music report.
Other discoveries included in its analysis of the UK music market included:
Britain is now the third-biggest music market in the world; but the BPI warned that Brexit could pose challenges for the industry in the coming years.
"Brexit risks new EU barriers for UK acts, who also face stiff competition from overseas artists on global streaming platforms," said chief executive Geoff Taylor.
"Our business will only reach its full potential if the government makes the creative sector a high priority in trade negotiations and offers the same kind of support to investment into music, such as through tax credits, as it has to the film and games industries."
Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | It started out with a kiss, how did it end up like this? |
Provide a summary of the section below. | England were not only beaten by 111 runs in Melbourne, they were given a lesson in how to play 50-over cricket by a team that are on a different level to them.
From 70-3, Australia recovered - as you have time to do in this form of the game - to 342-9, but they were helped by England's poor fielding and death bowling.
Fielding is a barometer of the way a team is performing and England were poor. They dropped catches and missed run-out opportunities - not least when Chris Woakes put down Aaron Finch on nought. Finch went on to make 135.
No one means to drop catches. Everyone has done it. But when you win the toss, stick a team in and get a chance like that - one that Woakes would take four times out of five - shoulders drop.
Australia, on the other hand, were buzzing. They were taking brilliant catches, making diving stops and had an all-round greater level of intensity.
England's bowling wasn't actually too bad until it all went wrong at the end. Their plans just seemed to be wrong.
They stuck with the notion of bowling slower-ball bouncers, which is rather old-hat now. Batsmen are ready for them and they know how to play them.
In contrast, England rarely employed the yorker, which was bizarre in the sense that, when they did, they bowled it well. The yorker has been used as a death tactic since the birth of the limited-overs game and I don't buy the theory that batsman now play it too well.
When faced with such a huge chase, England's batsmen had to take risks, but the top-order collapse was still very disappointing.
Moeen Ali played a poor shot and Gary Ballance looked to be feeling his way in, akin to a player who was playing his first competitive match on tour.
Still, the one bright spot of the day for England was provided by James Taylor, who was cruelly robbed of a maiden hundred by a run-out decision that was made in error.
Taylor was punchy, busy, playing creative strokes with strong wrists and fast hands.
Yet, the fact he was batting at number six after seemingly making the number three spot his own was yet another indictment of England's muddled thinking.
In the opening game of the World Cup, they were still tinkering - Ballance in for Ravi Bopara, Taylor down to six, Stuart Broad taking the new ball instead of Woakes.
So, the best way to employ Taylor is one more thing for England to ponder before they take on another tough challenge against New Zealand on Friday.
If Ballance plays, he probably has to bat at three, so where does that leave Taylor? Can England come up with the right plans in the final over of the opposition innings and carry them out successfully?
And, the most easy thing to fix, the fielding - can it be improved?
We are only one day into this World Cup and defeat is far from terminal, but England already have much to think about.
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West Yorkshire Police said officers had seized a number of vehicle components at both sites near Blackburn in Lancashire.
The force, working alongside Lancashire Constabulary, said six arrests had been made during the raids.
Police said van thefts accounted for 40% of all vehicles reported stolen in Yorkshire.
Almost 500 Ford Transit vans were reported stolen in West Yorkshire between January and December 2015, with an estimated value of £7.5m.
Officers said vehicles stolen from Leeds, Bradford, Kirklees, Calderdale and Wakefield had been traced to Lancashire.
The vans would then be broken up into component parts and sold on.
Ch Supt Pat Casserly, from West Yorkshire Police, said: "Whilst collectively these incidents result in high-value crime, we must remember that each theft has very human consequences.
"These types of vehicles are often owned and utilised by small businesses and for some the theft of a vehicle can result in the loss of contracts and future work." | Even though an opening day defeat to a very strong Australia side does little to England's long-term World Cup prospects, it will have been a chastening experience for Eoin Morgan's men.
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Police have raided two premises alleged to be involved in the disposal of hundreds of stolen vans. |
Write a summary for the following excerpt. | Felix, who can also play as a striker, made 32 appearances in all competitions for the National League North club last season, scoring five goals.
The 21-year-old joined Boston in 2014 from Southern Football League Premier Division side St Neots Town.
York were relegated from League Two last season, having won only seven league games.
The 42-year-old is the first Welshman to be awarded the prize and follows in the footsteps of fellow Manchester United United greats Sir Alex Ferguson, Sir Matt Busby and Sir Bobby Charlton.
Giggs made a club record 963 United appearances and is the most decorated player in English football.
"I'm fortunate to win it and I'll enjoy it," he said.
"When you win each award you look down the trophy and you see the players who have won it before and you realise what a great accolade it is.
"This is the same. I've been here on the nights when people have won it and it's legends of the game."
Now assistant to manager Louis van Gaal at Old Trafford, Giggs won 13 league titles, four FA Cups and two Champions League crowns during a glittering career.
The accolade completes a hat-trick of major PFA awards for Giggs who was Player of the Year in 2009 and Young Player of the Year in 1992 and 1993.
Giggs said: "I'm chuffed to have to have won all three awards; the young player was a long time ago and then the player award was a big surprise.
"This is the culmination of around 25 years since my debut."
Watch highlights of the PFA awards on BBC One on Monday. The programme starts at 23:30 BST (Northern Ireland 23:45 BST and Wales 00:30 BST on 26 April).
The hole at Caterham on the Hill was about 6ft (1.8m) wide and was about 20ft (6m) deep before mud fell in, resident Kimmy Humberstone said.
She said the hole opened up in the green on Tuesday and the ground nearby had also sunk.
Tandridge Council said the hole was fenced off and insists the site is now stable.
Ms Humberstone said it was an area where people walked their dogs and added: "The thought that it could just open up like this, out of nowhere, is quite shocking.
"Obviously we have got the ground around it. It's not just that area, it is undulating, it does appear to be sunken.
"Potentially any part of this area now could be dangerous."
A statement from Tandridge Council said: "As soon as we were told about the sinkhole our building control team visited the site and fenced off the area.
"Further investigations are now taking place to find out the exact cause as there are some drainage pipes underneath. The rest of the site is stable."
The South General hospital already has a walk-in centre which provides urgent care for women who have been raped or sexually assaulted.
But it announced on Wednesday that it would be admitting men and boys from October.
Some 370 cases of sexual assault on men or boys were reported in Sweden last year, Swedish media report.
"The general perception is that men cannot be raped," Dr Lotti Helstrom told Radio Sweden.
She said the subject of male rape was still "extremely taboo" but that it was much more common than most people realised.
Dr Helstrom said that it was important for men to have equal access to emergency care.
The hospital already runs a 24-hour emergency service for female rape victims, providing access to doctors, midwives, nurses, psychologists and social workers.
A spokesperson for the Swedish Association for Sexuality Education (RFSU) welcomed the announcement.
Inger Bjorklund told The Local newspaper that a clinic focused on men would "contribute to the awareness of experiences of sexual abuse among men". | National League side York City have signed winger Kaine Felix from Boston United on a two-year deal.
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Ryan Giggs says he is "fortunate" after winning the Professional Footballers' Association merit award.
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A sink hole has opened up in a Surrey village after heavy rain raising fears that more ground could give way.
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A hospital in Stockholm is to open Sweden's first emergency clinic for male rape victims. |
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They used a microscope to watch neurons firing inside a fly's brain, while it walked on a spherical treadmill.
A patch of concentrated activity shifted around a donut-shaped ring of cells, according to the direction the fly was headed.
Similar activity takes place in the brains of mammals, where a scattered set of cells report which direction the animal is facing - but this has never been seen in flies before.
The work was done by neuroscientists at the Janelia Research Campus of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and published in the journal Nature.
The 40-year-old Englishman has been suffering from arthritic problems in his right foot and missed his last two cuts on the PGA Tour.
"I am obviously disappointed to be in this situation, especially during a Ryder Cup year," Poulter said.
"Right now, rest and rehab take priority."
Poulter has competed for Europe at the past five Ryder Cups, taking 14 points from 18 matches.
He is ranked 85th in the world and his last tournament win was the HSBC Champions in 2012.
Because of his low ranking, Poulter probably would have had to rely on Europe captain Darren Clarke selecting him as one three wildcard picks.
We've launched a new BBC Sport newsletter ahead of the Euros and Olympics, bringing all the best stories, features and video right to your inbox. You can sign up here. | US researchers have glimpsed the activity of a "compass" inside the brain of fruit flies.
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Summarize this article briefly. | The iconic Nullarbor Plain is a vast expanse of desert straddling South and Western Australia, which receives less than 3cm of rain annually and is nearly entirely devoid of trees.
This inhospitable landscape is generally believed to have evolved in a linear fashion, becoming increasingly more arid in response to a cooling event in the southern hemisphere, which began around 14 million years ago.
But now, scientists at the University of Melbourne say a mysterious period of rapid warming, beginning five million years ago, dramatically altered the landscape of the Nullarbor Plain, bringing substantially more rain and allowing new plant life to flourish.
"Our study shows that the warming and associated increase in rainfall happened quite abruptly by geological standards, within about 100,000 years," said palaeoclimatologist Kale Sniderman, who led the research.
"This increase in rainfall coincided with an increase in ocean temperatures, which implies that it may have been a direct response to a globally warming climate."
It triggered a two-million-year period when the Nullarbor was up to four times wetter than it is today, and low-lying shrubs were replaced with eucalypt forests, banksias and other plants that are now restricted to the east coast of Australia, he said.
This period occurred at the beginning of the Pliocene Epoch (5.3 to 2.6 million years ago), which is the last time the Earth's climate was as warm as it's predicted to get 100 years from now. As such, this period is viewed as the best indicator we have for how our planet will respond to global warming.
The Nullarbor Plain is one of the world's largest exposed limestone plateaus and is peppered with hundreds of caves, says Sniderman.
These caves contain bountiful collections of stalagmites and stalactites - cone shaped rock formations that build up layer by layer over thousands of years as water seeps through the bedrock and drips into the cave.
Due to the presence of these caves, Sniderman says "it was always obvious that the Nullarbor had been wetter in the past - but nobody knew when that period was".
One of the team, Prof Jon Woodhead, is an expert in rock dating and had already amassed a collection of stalagmites and stalactites from the Nullarbor caves.
Prof Woodhead had dated these samples to the Pliocene Epoch, but hadn't been able to obtain any environmental information to support evidence for a wetter climate. It was Sniderman who suggested they begin searching for traces of pollen trapped in the samples, which might have entered the cave with some dust through a surface opening.
"So, by trial and error, and quite a lot of tedious work, we found that a small proportion... did have pollen in them," he says.
The discovery allowed them to reconstruct the vegetative landscape of the Nullarbor and to establish a "new record of environmental climatic change which had previously been impossible to generate".
Their new record shows that, before the rapid warming, the Nullarbor already had a dry climate, as it was dominated by Australian plants that mainly grow in dry conditions.
The team's results, which provide new insight into the ancient evolution of Australia's arid interior - and arid ecosystems across the southern hemisphere - were published on Tuesday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Prof Michael Archer, a vertebrate palaeontologist at the University of New South Wales who was not involved in the study, says recovered mammal fossils indicate that there were rainforests in Australia much further west than there are today.
He says the team has "demonstrated with very high precision" that there was a brief period when the southern hemisphere went through a rapid return to a greenhouse state.
"Some people have assumed it was a steady shift toward the ice ages, but the early Pliocene represents a mysterious reversal in this global movement. All of a sudden there was a moment when it was brilliant. The trees blossomed and spread, the possums smiled, and it was a wonderful time.
"But it just didn't last. And then, as quickly as it began, the world began to return to the long-term trend, headed for the ice ages," says Prof Archer.
"The most important takeaway message here... is that we're actually beginning to get a glimpse of what we may be headed for now," he says.
"Australia has profoundly changed, very rapidly in the past, and it's likely to do so again." | A network of hidden caves has helped reveal the lush rainforests that thrived in one of Australia's harshest deserts between three and five million years ago. |
What is the brief summary of the provided content? | The small letterbox was on top of a pole at the corner of Sir George Bruce Road and Erskine Wynd in Oakley.
It was removed from its mountings sometime between 18:30 on Tuesday 25 November and 09:30 on Wednesday 26 November.
Police have been pursuing a number of lines of inquiry and have appealed for witnesses. | A postbox has been removed from its mounting and stolen from a Fife village. |
Can you summarize the following paragraph? | The new regulations form part of Oxford City Council's new street trading policy, approved by the council on Monday evening.
It insists that all packaging and utensils passed on to customers by street traders must be made of biodegradable or recyclable materials.
Those who fail to follow the rules could face prosecution, the council said.
The new policy takes effect immediately for all new traders.
However, existing traders have until 1 August to use up current stocks of non-recyclable containers.
The council has pledged to cut down on the amount of waste generated in the city that ends up being sent to landfill. | Non-recyclable takeaway food containers are to be banned in Oxford. |
Summarize the content of the document below. | Graham Gordon was jailed for five years after being convicted at the High Court in Stonehaven in 2002.
The trial had heard how Gordon took the woman to his Bridge of Don home after meeting her in a nightclub in 2001.
A £695,000 action against the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission and Scottish government has failed.
A sheriff ruled against Gordon and the case has been closed, although the former golf professional can appeal the decision.
He has always denied the attack and claims it was consensual sex. | An Aberdeen man who tried to sue the Scottish government after failing to overturn his rape conviction has lost his case. |
Please provide a short summary of this passage. | The 29-year-old was fatally shot by a police marksman in north London and his death sparked riots in Tottenham that spread nationwide in August 2011.
Hugh Southey QC said the coroner had given the jury an "unlawful direction" which made the original verdict unsafe.
The Court of Appeal judges have reserved judgement in the case and will announce the ruling at a future date.
Addressing the three Court of Appeal judges earlier, Mr Southey QC said: "No verdict is better than one based on an unlawful direction."
He said it was important to the family that the previous unlawful killing verdict be overturned and for it to be recorded as unsafe.
An inquest jury previously concluded by a majority of eight to two that Mr Duggan had lawfully been killed by armed police.
His aunt, Carole Duggan, has always maintained the death was an execution.
No gun was ever found on Mr Duggan but a weapon was discovered about 20ft (6m) away from where he died.
No date has yet been set for the Court of Appeal ruling.
Photos of the banner - which displayed the word "murderers" and the date of the tragedy - were put on Facebook by Jay Cornforth and Ainsley Meanock.
It was hung over a bridge in Salford so Liverpool fans travelling to Old Trafford on 17 March would see it.
The two men were ordered to carry out 135 hours of unpaid work.
Cornforth, 20, of Ashton Old Road in Manchester, and Meanock, 24, of Millbank Close in Oldham, both admitted a crime under the Communications Act 2003 of sending by public communication network a message that was "grossly offensive".
Manchester and Salford Magistrates Court heard there was no evidence Cornforth or father-of-one Meanock had made or displayed the banner, which was attached to the bridge above the M602 ahead of the first leg of last season's Europa League clash.
Cornforth appeared in court on Friday while Meanock, who has 12 previous convictions including for theft, burglary and GBH, was sentenced last week.
District Judge John Temperley told Meanock: "If there was evidence that you had put up this banner yourself, then I would undoubtedly be sentencing you to custody."
Meanock's solicitor Charlotte Johnson said: "He fully admits that what he did was a completely stupid act. He is embarrassed and full of remorse."
The men were both ordered to pay £300 costs and a £60 victim surcharge. | Mark Duggan's family has urged judges to overturn an "unsafe" lawful killing inquest verdict delivered in 2014.
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Two Manchester United fans have been given community service orders over an "obscene" Hillsborough banner unfurled ahead of a game with Liverpool. |
Can you summarize the following paragraph? | Kevin Whyman, 39, was killed when his Folland Gnat aircraft crashed during an aerial display at the CarFest event at Oulton Park on 1 August.
Ch Supt Philip Jones also told the hearing there had been a risk of explosions from ejector seat debris.
Mr Whyman's body was recovered the next day when the site had been made safe.
Cheshire coroner Nicholas Rheinberg released Mr Whyman's body for burial as he adjourned the inquest.
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch is carrying out an investigation. | A pilot was killed after his aircraft broke into "multiple pieces" when it fell from the sky at an event in Cheshire, an inquest has heard. |
Can you summarize this content? | It will use the money to help it compete against its larger rivals Zoopla and Rightmove, which currently dominate the market.
OnTheMarket.com is owned by over 2000 estate agents, including Savills, Knight Frank and Strutt & Parker.
It has previously accused Zoopla and Rightmove of charging too much for advertising properties on the internet.
"For consumers and agents alike, we are committed to creating a genuine agent-controlled alternative challenger business and brand to the two leading incumbent portals," said Ian Springett, chief executive of the parent company Agents' Mutual.
The money will be spent on a "heavyweight" advertising campaign on television, and in digital and print media.
OnTheMarket's members will vote on 6 September whether to go ahead with the float, which if successful would value the company at between £200m and £250m.
The offer will be open to institutional investors only.
Awford, 42, took over from Richie Barker at the end of last season and helped steer the club to safety.
However, after a mixed season in which Pompey find themselves 14th in League Two, Awford has left by mutual consent.
Assistant manager Gary Waddock has been placed in temporary charge until the end of the season with four games left of the current campaign.
In a statement Pompey said: "The club would like to place on record their sincere thanks for Andy's efforts - his service to Pompey is immeasurable.
"One of his most significant contributions was when he took charge of the team in March 2014 and steered the club to safety from the threat of relegation out of the Football League."
Ex-academy boss Awford replaced Barker on 27 March and won five out of six games, with the other drawn, to steer Pompey to League Two safety.
He had previously taken charge as caretaker when Guy Whittingham was sacked in November 2013.
Awford, a former defender at Pompey, was also once the youngest ever player in the FA Cup, at just 15 years and 88 days old, while at Worcester City.
He made over 300 appearances for Portsmouth and has held several roles at Fratton Park, including chief scout and reserve-team manager.
The club have, however, left the door open for a potential return to the club for Awford, whose last game in charge was Saturday's 3-1 defeat by Morecambe.
"All parties have agreed that, after a natural break, further conversations will take place about the potential of Andy playing a further role within the football club," added the statement.
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Monday's 3-0 defeat by Crystal Palace left Arsenal in sixth place, seven points adrift of fourth-placed Manchester City with eight games left.
Wenger, whose deal ends this summer, has led Arsenal to top-four finishes in each of his 20 seasons in charge.
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On the top four, he said: "We might get there, we might not get there."
The Frenchman has been offered a new two-year deal, although he is yet to announce whether he will continue.
Five defeats in their past 10 Premier League games have prompted some Arsenal fans to call for Wenger to leave the club.
Asked on Friday about his future, Wenger said: "What is happening at board level is not down to me.
"I focus on what is down to me, the performance of the team and what the fans are interested in is the performance of the team."
The Gunners are at struggling Middlesbrough on Monday (20:00 BST).
Wenger refused to comments on reports forward Alexis Sanchez had been offered a new £300,000-a-week deal.
The Chile international, 28, who is contracted to the Gunners until the summer of 2018, was nominated for PFA Player of the Year award this week after scoring 18 goals and assisting nine in the league this season.
"I'm very happy because it rewards a very strong season if you look at his numbers," added Wenger.
"He basically prefers to play wide rather than up front because he can get the ball more. He has to keep that balance between providing and goalscoring because he has both in the locker."
Pick your Team of the Year from our list and share with your friends. | The UK's third biggest property portal, OnTheMarket.com, plans to raise £50m by issuing shares on the stock market.
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Andy Awford has left his position as Portsmouth manager after a season in charge of the League Two club.
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Arsenal face a "massive" challenge to qualify for the Champions League, says boss Arsene Wenger, who added "nothing" has changed about his future. |
What is the brief summary of the provided content? | The high-speed Condor Liberations ferry will not sail between Poole, Guernsey and Jersey on Monday or Tuesday.
Condor Rapide services between the islands and St Malo have been rescheduled.
Flights between the Channel Islands and London Gatwick were cancelled earlier, but are due to fly later this morning and this afternoon.
Winds of 74mph were recorded at the harbour by Jersey Met, while gusts reached 70mph in Guernsey overnight.
Roads have been closed in Jersey due to fallen trees, including Rue des Canons in St Helier.
Jersey Police has warned people not to drive as the wind conditions remain dangerous in Jersey.
Spurn Point peninsula, a Yorkshire Wildlife Trust (YWT) reserve, was hit by the North Sea tidal surge on 5 December.
High tides washed litter and debris from the Humber Estuary and North Sea across the land.
Harry Watkins from YWT said the response from people wanting to help clear up was "overwhelming".
The surge punched holes in the sea defences and washed away the road and large parts of land on the 3.5 mile (6km)-long stretch.
Mr Watkins said contractors repairing the road, unpredictable tides and a lack of parking made it unsafe for the public to visit.
However, the wetlands and the pub are open at the top end of the reserve, he said.
It is hoped that the whole peninsula will reopen to the public in spring.
"Vegetation starts to grow then - sand dune plants will re-establish and we will have a clearer picture of Spurn Point's future," Mr Watkins said.
The Upper Chinese Pagoda is at risk from ground movement and will be placed in storage, Liverpool City Council said.
The pagoda was a defining image of the 1984 festival, which was launched in a bid to boost tourism in the city.
The council wants to regenerate the festival site with housing and space for public events.
The pagoda, which was initially developed as a temporary structure for the Chinese Garden at the site, will be stored "with a view to possible future re-use", the council said.
It became neglected, but was later refurbished.
A flock of 6,000 turkeys has been diagnosed with the H5N8 strain of avian flu, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said.
Some of the birds at Low Farm in Fulstow, near Louth, East Lindsey, have died. The rest are due to be culled.
Defra said it was "unlikely to be directly linked to the previous case" at the nearby Austen Fen Farm.
A 1.8-mile (3km) protection zone and a six-mile (10km) surveillance area have been set up around Low Farm to reduce the risk of the disease spreading.
Chief Veterinary Officer Nigel Gibbens said: "We have taken swift action to limit the risk of the disease spreading with restrictions in place around the affected premises.
"A full investigation is under way to determine the source of the infection."
The protection zone at Austen Fen Farm, near Louth, was removed on 9 January but surveillance continued at the site, Defra said.
The same strain has been discovered in birds in Settle, North Yorkshire, a swannery in Dorset and flocks in Carmarthenshire, south west Wales.
Last month, the government introduced an avian influenza prevention zone, which lasts until 28 February, to help protect poultry and captive birds from avian flu after the strain was found in 14 European countries including Germany and France. | Ferry services between the Channel Islands and the UK have been cancelled following Storm Katie.
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A series of clean-up operations has begun on a storm-hit nature reserve in East Yorkshire.
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One of the last remaining features of Liverpool's International Garden Festival is to be dismantled.
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Bird flu has been confirmed at a farm in Lincolnshire four weeks after it was found at a nearby unit. |
Give a concise summary of the passage below. | More than 20,000 people attended events held in Inverness over the weekend.
The Inverness Highland Games took place on Saturday and the Inverness Gala and a Bryan Adams concert on Sunday.
The weekend was one of the busiest of the year for the city.
It saw heavies' events such as tossing the caber and hammer throwing as well as shinty competitions and music from pipe bands.
Crowds will return this weekend for a concert by singer Olly Murs.
Prosecutors described the Paralympic athlete's punishment for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013 as "shockingly lenient".
At the hearing in Pretoria, Judge Thokozile Masipa said the petition had no reasonable prospect of success.
The state now has 21 days to take its case to the Supreme Court of Appeal.
Pistorius, 29, was given a five-year term for manslaughter in 2014, but was found guilty of murder last December after a prosecution appeal.
He shot Ms Steenkamp through a locked toilet door and said in his his defence that he mistook her for an intruder.
The judge said at the sentencing that she had deviated from the minimum 15-year sentence because of "compelling personal circumstances".
She said mitigating circumstances, such as rehabilitation and remorse, had outweighed aggravating factors, such as his failure to fire a warning shot.
Faisal Arefin Dipon, 43, was killed at his office in the city centre, hours after another publisher and two secular writers were injured in an attack.
A local affiliate of al-Qaeda said it carried out the attacks.
There has been a series of attacks on secularists since blogger Avijit Roy was hacked to death in February.
Both publishers targeted on Saturday published Roy's work.
Mr Dipon was found dead at the Jagriti Prokashoni publishing house, in his third-floor office.
"I saw him lying upside down and in a massive pool of blood. They slaughtered his neck. He is dead," his father, the writer Abul Kashem Fazlul Haq, said, quoted by AFP.
Earlier on Saturday, armed men burst into the offices of publisher Ahmedur Rashid Tutul.
They stabbed Mr Tutul and two writers who were with him, locked them in an office and fled the scene, police said.
The three men were rushed to hospital, and at least one of them is in a critical condition.
The two writers were named by police as Ranadeep Basu and Tareque Rahim.
Ansar al-Islam, al-Qaeda's Bangladeshi affiliate, posted messages online saying it had carried out Saturday's attacks.
Roy, a US citizen of Bangladeshi origin and critic of radical Islamism, was murdered in February by suspected Islamists. His wife and fellow blogger Bonya Ahmed was badly injured in the attack.
Three other bloggers have since been killed. | All images are copyrighted.
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South African state prosecutors have failed in their bid to challenge the six-year sentence for murder handed down to Oscar Pistorius.
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A Bangladeshi publisher of secular books has been hacked to death in the capital Dhaka in the second attack of its kind on Saturday, police say. |
Summarize the content of the document below. | Former Greater Manchester Police (GMP) officer Julie Barnes-Frank died on Monday following a battle with cancer.
Ms Barnes-Frank, 56, campaigned throughout her 30-year career to make the force more inclusive.
Paul Martin of LGBT Foundation said she "was out on the front line" at a time "when LGBT equality was just a dream".
After joining GMP in 1979, Ms Barnes-Frank, from Stockport, helped found the Lesbian and Gay Staff Association (LAGSA) in 1999, offering advice and support to police staff.
Linda Barnes-Frank, 52, who married Ms Barnes-Frank in 2005, said she was always "committed heart and soul" to helping lesbian and gay people combat prejudice "not only in the police force but everywhere".
She said they met while both working for GMP in 1987 - a time when the force was still "a hostile environment" where being gay "was not the thing to be".
After "hearing of more and more officers having issues at work" with "nobody to speak to" the couple began campaigning for an organisation to provide help.
"It was quite a struggle to convince the force and prove there was a need for it," but with help from the Gay Police Association, they established LAGSA, she said.
"A lot has changed due to Julie's hard work and determination - today there's an embedded culture of respect for difference and greater equality," she added.
Smyth Harper, LGBT Foundation chair, said Ms Barnes-Frank was "instrumental" in transforming GMP from "a service notorious for its prejudice against LGBT to one that is now perhaps one of the most open and accepting police services in world".
She was one of the first officers to march in the Pride parade in London in 2003, hailed as a crucial moment marking changes in police attitudes toward the gay community.
Ms Barnes-Frank was "proud" to be "breaking down barriers" between police and the gay community at the march, Linda Barnes-Frank said.
Following her retirement in 2009, she was awarded the first Alan Turing Memorial Award for her work to tackle discrimination by the LGBT Foundation and Manchester City Council.
Councillor Kevin Peel, who presented her with the award in 2012, said she was "a trailblazer... and a true inspiration to the LGBT community in Manchester and beyond".
Mr Martin said she was an inspirational, "charming yet determined" activist who was admired be her peers and her "passing so early is very sad".
"At a time when LGBT equality was just a dream, Julie was out on the front line, quietly and oh-so-politely ensuring that LGBT police officers and staff were treated fairly, and with dignity and respect.
"She has played an important part in our community's history. Her legacy is a GMP that is more inclusive and equitable of LGBT people."
A statement from GMP Chief Constable Ian Hopkins said she "supported countless colleagues through LGBT issues" and was "widely respected and well liked".
"[Julie] worked tirelessly to change policy, to prevent bullying and gain acceptance for LGBT staff but always in a fair, balanced and practical way," he said. | Tributes have been paid to a pioneering police officer who fought homophobia in the force and was one of the first uniformed officers to march at Pride. |
Summarize the following content briefly. | Invista is seeking 48 voluntary redundancies at its plant at Clooney Road, Maydown, but said it has no current plans for compulsory job cuts.
SDLP Foyle MP Mark Durkan, Sinn Féin MLA Maeve McLaughlin and DUP MLA Gary Middleton have been meeting management.
Mr Middelton said he was told there are no plans for compulsory redundancies.
"I will remain in contact with the firm over the coming weeks and months and have told them of my willingness to assist them in any way so they can continue operating here in Londonderry and providing very valuable employment in the area," he said.
Mr Durkan said the Invista decision was disappointing.
"On previous occasions I have worked with Invista's local management to lobby on regulatory proposals which they were afraid would threaten the Maydown site's capacity to compete for future in-company investments," he said.
"I will be seeking clarification on how this disappointing news fits with the local management's previous active anticipation on risks to future investment and employment prospects at Maydown."
Ms McLaughlin said information was needed on workers' options and redundancy terms.
"First and foremost, it's a difficult time for employees," Ms McLaughlin told BBC Radio Foyle.
"There's no easy time to get news like that, but I think particularly this time of year, coming up to Christmas when people have families, there's extra consideration."
She said she wanted the firm to clarify its redundancy terms after complaints from the workers' union and added she would be asking about retraining opportunities.
In a statement, the firm's site manager Kevin Kelly, said: "Given the increasingly global competitive market, Invista has offered employees at its Maydown site the opportunity to apply for severance under a voluntary severance offer to improve the site's productivity.
"This offer aims to help create a sustainable staffing profile, appropriate for Invista Maydown's operations plans and needs for the future.
"We intend to assess the level of interest of the voluntary offer before considering our next step. There are no plans for a compulsory redundancy exercise at this time," Mr Kelly added. | Management of a US textile firm that plans to cut almost 50 jobs at its Londonderry site have met politicians to discuss staffing. |
Summarize the provided section. | The attackers used grenade launchers and machine guns when they attacked the desert post some 480km (300 miles) south-west of Cairo, officials said.
It is not yet clear who carried out the assault.
Militants have intensified a campaign against the security forces since the Islamist President Mohammed Morsi was ousted from power just over a year ago.
The attack took place on the Farafra-Cairo highway in Wadi al-Jadid governorate, security officials said.
Three of the gunmen were also killed, state-run news agency Mena reported.
The country's presidency has declared three days of mourning, saying: "Terrorism will be uprooted from every part of Egypt."
The area borders Sudan and Libya. Some reports suggested that the attackers could have been smuggling weapons from Libya into Egypt.
The BBC's Suzanne Kianpour in Cairo says the Egyptian army has been struggling to keep Islamist insurgents at bay.
This checkpoint attack marks a significant victory for the militants in a campaign that has already claimed the lives of dozens of policemen and soldiers, our correspondent adds.
The government led by former army chief Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has cracked down harshly on Islamists and other political opponents.
Mr Sisi - who removed Mr Morsi from power - won May's presidential election. | Gunmen have killed at least 20 soldiers in an attack on a checkpoint in western Egypt, security officials say. |
Can you write a short summary of this section? | Out of 7,500 respondents, 60% said they would be negatively hit by the proposals, which include closing Huddersfield's A&E department.
The 40,000 comments received included concerns about the increased distance for travel and hospital waiting times.
A decision on the plan, which could save the NHS £31m, is due in October.
Demonstrations against the closure have been staged and a petition has been signed by more than 63,000 supporters.
Under the proposals, all emergency acute and high-risk planned care would be brought together at Calderdale Royal Hospital in neighbouring Halifax.
A new site in Acre Mills, Huddersfield, would be developed as a hospital for planned care, but with no A&E.
People in Huddersfield would have to be taken to Halifax, Wakefield or Barnsley for emergency treatment, or across the Peak District to Oldham or east Manchester.
The 14-week consultation was organised by the NHS Calderdale and Greater Huddersfield Clinical Commissioning Groups.
In Huddersfield, 80% of people feared they would be negatively affected, with 33% feeling the same in Calderdale.
The Somme was one of the bloodiest battles of World War One with more than one million casualties over 141 days.
Among the events will be two memorial ceremonies in County Dublin, while sets of commemorative stamps will be issued.
Thousands of soldiers from the 36th Ulster Division and the 16th Irish Division fought in the battle.
Next year is arguably the biggest year in the decade of centenaries, lasting from 2012 until 2022, in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
As well as the Battle of the Somme, the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising is also set to be marked.
The Easter Rising was a republican rebellion which lasted from Monday 24 April (Easter Monday) to 30 April 1916.
The aim was to end British rule in Ireland.
Despite its military failure, the Easter Rising is viewed by many as being a significant stepping-stone in the eventual creation of the Republic of Ireland.
The Irish events to mark the Battle of the Somme will include:
Enda Kenny, the Irish prime minister, said 2016 was a "very important year for Ireland" as it marked events that "shaped the history of our island over the last 100 years".
"We remember the huge losses experienced by the 36th Ulster Division and the 16th Irish Division and the indescribable impact that this had on the island of Ireland - a loss that has transcended generations," he said.
Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan said the Republic of Ireland would "join with our neighbours in Northern Ireland and across Europe in remembering the huge losses of lives" in the battle.
He added: "[The] commemorative events will help build an understanding of the events of 1916 in all their complexity and diversity, and explore how they have resonated through the years since." | A public consultation into plans for a controversial shake-up of hospital services in Huddersfield and Halifax has revealed its results.
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Plans to mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme, with a series of events next year, have been announced by the Irish government. |
What is a brief summary of the information below? | A total of 5,746 new cases were reported between September and March, roughly double the 2,833 cases reported in the same period last season.
PHE said it was the second period in a row "with exceptionally high numbers".
Scarlet fever commonly affects young children. Parents should look out for signs of a sore throat, headache, fever and pinkish rash on the chest.
The rash, which appears within a day or two, can spread to other parts of the body.
Although scarlet fever is now a much less serious infection than it used to be, complications can still arise, particularly in those who are not treated promptly.
At present, there is no vaccine for scarlet fever.
Public Health England said this is the time of year when the highest number of scarlet fever cases are normally seen and they are likely to tail off after a few weeks.
But it said it was unclear why substantial increases in cases had occurred in the past two years.
Dr Theresa Lamagni, head of streptococcal infection surveillance at Public Health England, said parents should keep an eye out for signs of scarlet fever.
"Individuals who think they or their child may have scarlet fever should see their GP without delay as antibiotic treatment is needed.
"Symptoms usually clear up after a week and in the majority of cases remain reasonably mild providing a course of antibiotics is completed to reduce the risk of complications.
"As scarlet fever is highly contagious, children or adults diagnosed with scarlet fever are advised to stay at home until at least 24 hours after the start of antibiotic treatment to avoid passing on the infection."
GPs, schools and nurseries are being urged to inform local health protection teams if they become aware of cases.
PHE also said that good hand hygiene routines for pupils and staff were very important.
"Children and adults should be encouraged to cover their mouth and nose with a tissue when they cough and sneeze and to wash their hands after using or disposing of tissues." | Cases of scarlet fever have soared this season, Public Health England says. |
Please provide a short summary of this passage. | Should the engines have a so-called "defeat device", this could widen the number of vehicles affected.
VW has been embroiled in a scandal over emissions test rigging on its EA 189 engines.
It is now looking into older versions of EA 288 engines, although versions sold in Europe are not affected.
In September, Volkswagen said that 11 million diesel vehicles were affected by the scandal, first disclosed by the US regulator, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The EPA discovered that certain engines were fitted with a cheat-device that could detect when the car was being tested and reduced emissions to improve results.
VW had previously said that the software was installed on cars with variants of the EA 189 diesel engine built to the "Euro 5" emissions standard.
The company is now checking whether models with the EA 288 diesel motor built to the same emissions standard may also have the software.
Newer EA 288 cars built to the "Euro 6" standard are said not to be affected.
Criminal investigations have been launched in Germany and in France and Italy, and VW has faced questions by MPs in the UK.
The firm has set aside €6.5bn to cover the costs of the scandal but many analysts expect this will not be enough. | Volkswagen says it is looking into more of its diesel engines to see whether they also contain software used to manipulate emissions test data. |
Summarize the following piece. | The Scots led 3-1 after three ends against a team they had beaten 12-2 in the round-robin phase.
But the Germans hit back after that, scoring in the next three ends to help seal victory.
It means Scotland will have to qualify for next year's World Championships in Switzerland.
The Scots, who had won Winter Paralympic bronze last year while representing Great Britain, had made a strong start to the round-robin phase, beating Germany and Sweden in their opening two games.
But the team of Aileen Neilson, Angie Malone, Gregor Ewan, Jim Gault and Hugh Nibloe struggled to get wins after that.
They lost to China (6-4), Russia (6-3), Norway (6-2), Canada (6-4), Slovakia (6-5) and Finland (8-4), with their only other success against the USA (4-2).
The tournament was the first opportunity to gain qualification points for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics. | Scotland's wheelchair curlers have lost 6-3 to Germany in their relegation play-off at the World Championships in Finland. |
Write a brief summary of the document. | Ukrainian Volodymyr Pidodvirnyy, 37, of Manchester, admitted possessing two false Latvian driving licences as identification documents.
Mold Crown Court heard he obtained a 12-month visa to work in the UK in 2005, but stayed after it expired.
Judge Rhys Rowlands said: "The irony is that having helped to build a prison you end up as an inmate in one."
Immigration enforcement officers raided the site of the new £212m Berwyn Prison on 15 April.
Latvia joined the EU in 2014, so the driving licences were to be used to show Pidodvirnyy could work legally in the UK.
Prosecutor Emmalyne Downing said she had not established whether the defendant had been served with deportation documents and would leave it to the immigration authorities.
Hitesh Keshvala, defending, said his client left Ukraine because of family poverty, worked legally for 12 months at a hotel in Cumbria under a visa, but when it expired he made inquiries about extending it and was told it would be unlikely.
Conditions in Ukraine had not improved so he made a decision to remain in the UK to seek further work.
HMP Berwyn will hold 2,000 inmates when it opens in 2017. | An illegal immigrant who was caught working on Wales' new super prison has been jailed for 30 weeks. |
Provide a concise overview of the following information. | Odours at Dorket Head in Arnold are being monitored, with a meeting taking place earlier to discuss the issue.
A comprehensive odour assessment is due to be held after further work this month.
The smells have been blamed on an increase in recycled and organic waste.
Wells to extract gases from the area, which were installed in November, are being monitored, the EA said.
A temporary "plastic cap" it described as roughly the size of a football pitch, is due to be installed later in January.
EA said once that work was completed it could undertake a comprehensive odour assessment to assess whether these measures had reduced it to an "acceptable" level.
Site operator FCC Environment and representatives from Gedling Borough Council and Nottinghamshire County Council were present at the meeting.
A spokesman for EA said: "We continue to respond to complaints of odour and have detected landfill gas (and) we maintain our position that this is causing unacceptable odour.
"However, the detected levels of landfill gas measured in the period November to January remain very low and do not pose an immediate risk to human health."
It said the group would meet again in late February to assess the situation. | Levels of landfill gas at a site that residents say is so smelly it keeps them up at night do not pose an immediate risk to human health, the Environment Agency (EA) says. |
What is a brief summary of the information below? | The 21-year-old centre-back, who made 10 appearances during a loan spell with the Hatters last season, has agreed a two-year deal at Kenilworth Road.
A Republic of Ireland Under-21 international, Rea came through Albion's academy and featured twice for the Seagulls in the League Cup.
Luton boss Nathan Jones worked with Rea during his time as a coach at Brighton.
"He's a player and a character that I've got a lot of time for," Jones told the club website.
"It's taken a while. Brighton had a valuation of the player that we've had to negotiate, and we've got there in the end."
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | League Two side Luton Town have signed defender Glen Rea from Brighton & Hove Albion for an undisclosed fee. |
Give a brief overview of this passage. | Dwight Beare, 27, from Melbourne, Australia, was killed in the crash near to the 16th milestone on the TT course on the Isle of Man.
Mr Beare suffered fatal spine and back injuries on the west of the island on 4 June at about 14:10 BST.
A verdict of misadventure was recorded by Coroner John Needham at Douglas Court House earlier.
Mr Needham said: "I am not in a position to give an exact reason for the loss of control but Mr Beare would have died almost instantaneously".
The inquest heard from a witness who said the carpenter and his passenger, Benjamin Binns, were thrown into the air after their vehicle hit the road side.
Mr Binns, who was airlifted to hospital with a broken leg, said before the race both he and Mr Beare had been "excited and confident".
"I will miss my friend dearly and his memory will live on," he said.
No defects were found on the vehicle.
Mr Beare moved to Onchan on the Isle of Man to pursue his road racing passion.
He made his TT debut in 2014 finishing 12th in the second race of the week, with his father Noel as his passenger.
He returned in 2015 when he came 17th. | A TT racer died after being thrown from his sidecar when he hit the side of a road, an inquest has heard. |
Give a concise summary of the passage below. | Kouame died at the age of 29 on Monday after collapsing during a friendly game with friends in Abidjan.
His colleagues tried to resuscitate him before rushing him to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
"It's impossible to live without my son," Kouame's mother Sant'anna Cica Rachel told BBC Sport. "I'm overwhelmed."
A vigil will be held on 21 June for Kouame in his home neighbourhood of Gonzagueville, a coastal suburb of Abidjan.
He will be buried the following day in nearby Grand Bassam.
The death of Kouame, a free agent following previous spells in Turkey and Russia, came just a month after that of fellow Ivorian Cheick Tiote and has plunged the country's football world into mourning once again.
The former Newcastle United star died on 5 June of a suspected heart problem while training with Chinese side Beijing Enterprise.
Media reports suggest that Kouame, a father of five, also died because of a heart-related issue but this has yet to be publicly confirmed by medical specialists.
The forward started out with the famous ASEC Mimosas before a spell with fellow Ivorians Sewe Sports.
He eventually made his way to Turkey, where Kouame played for second-division club Boluspor in the 2011-2012 season.
In a statement, Boluspor club said it was 'deeply sorry' to hear of his death and offered condolences to the family.
Kouame spent 2012-13 with FC SKA-Khabarovsk, who will debut in Russia's top flight next season, and was being linked with an amateur Turkish side, Egirdirspor, at the time of his death. | The mother of Ivorian footballer Eugene Koffi Kouame has said she is 'overwhelmed' by the loss of her son. |
Write a concise summary of the provided excerpt. | O'Connor, 33, pleaded guilty at Edinburgh Justice of the Peace Court to shoplifting from the store in St Andrew's Square on 25 November 2016.
His defence solicitor, Colm Dempsey, said his client was unemployed.
He told JP Hilary Cochran that O'Connor's wife supported him.
Mr Dempsey said the theft had been "unsophisticated" and dad-of-three O'Connor "bitterly regretted the incident".
His client, he added, had no outstanding cases and, although there were previous convictions, there were none for dishonesty.
O'Connor, of North Berwick, offered to pay any fine at £100 a month.
Justice Cochrane said the fine would be £200 reduced from £300 because of the early guilty plea and she also ordered him to pay Harvey Nichols £700 compensation for a stolen jacket which had not been recovered.
The money is to be paid at £100 a month starting on 14 March.
O'Connor scored 46 goals while at Hibernian and played 16 times for Scotland.
He was transferred to Lokomotiv Moscow for £1.6m in 2006 and to Birmingham City for £2.7m the following year.
Most recently he was player/manager at Lowland League side Selkirk.
Manxman Kneen, 28, has been ruled out after breaking his arm in a mountain biking crash.
McWilliams, 51, will now have a busy week as he will also race a KMR Kawasaki in both supertwin races.
"It is nice to be able to step in for Dan and help the team out this week," said McWilliams.
"I'm keen to race the North West 200 with another professional outfit and my duties will be divided between SGS/KMR and Mar-Train during the week."
Mar-Train boss Tim Martin revealed that Kneen had undergone surgery but remains hopeful that the Manx rider will be fit for next month's Isle of Man TT.
"I am disappointed for Dan that this has happened, we have had a fantastic build-up to the event and I was confident he would have been very competitive," said Martin.
"At this late stage there were not many options available to us so we are very lucky that we have been able to bring in someone of Jeremy's pedigree.
"He was part of our test programme at the beginning of 2015 so has some knowledge of our bikes already."
Kneen said that he was "gutted" to miss out on the Northern Ireland meeting.
"I'm on my bike every day and wasn't doing anything different than usual, it was plain bad luck," Kneen added.
North West 200 practice begins on Tuesday with roads closing at 09:15 BST.
Troy Batchelor and 2012 world champion Chris Holder, who had the leading averages home and away, have both left.
Promoter Buster Chapman has brought in Sweden's Tomas H Jonasson along with Michael Palm Toft and Josh Auty.
The Stars have only won two of their last seven meetings and are fifth in the table, six points behind fourth-placed Poole Pirates.
"I felt we needed changes to get a little more strength down the bottom," Chapman told BBC Radio Norfolk.
"We need to get back on track, work hard at it, get our loyal supporters back on side, get the sponsors happy again and get that positive attitude, that's what we need.
"You're damned if you do, damned if you don't but in my view we've done something really positive."
LISTEN: BBC Radio Norfolk look-back at the British Grand Prix | Former Scotland and Hibs striker Garry O'Connor has been fined £200 and ordered to pay £700 compensation to Harvey Nichols in Edinburgh after admitting stealing clothing.
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Former MotorGP star Jeremy McWilliams will replace injured Dan Kneen in the Mar-Train Yamaha team at this week's North West 200.
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King's Lynn Stars have released two of their leading riders in an attempt to secure a Premiership play-off place. |
Can you provide a brief summary of the following information? | Ers Eisteddfod 2014, mae Llenyddiaeth Cymru wedi cynnal digwyddiadau llenyddol llai ffurfiol yn y Lolfa.
Dywedodd Eurig Salisbury wrth Taro'r Post bod y gofod wedi "darparu rhywbeth llenyddol ar y maes nad ydy'r Babell Lên yn gallu ei wneud".
Yn lle'r Lolfa, mae Llenyddiaeth Cymru'n cynnig nawdd i gynnal digwyddiadau llenyddol mewn stondinau ar draws y maes.
Yn ôl y bardd Anni Llŷn, fe fydd y drefn newydd yn "wych" ac yn "golygu datblygu partneriaethau newydd".
Yn ôl Llenyddiaeth Cymru, fe fyddai cynnal Lolfa Lên eleni'n golygu "costau ychwanegol sylweddol".
Mae hyn oherwydd cwtogiad yn y "grant ychwanegol" mae'r Eisteddfod yn ei gael gan Gyngor Celfyddydau Cymru.
Dywedodd Eurig Salisbury, enillydd y Fedal Ryddiaith yn 2016 am ei nofel Cai, bod y Lolfa Lên wedi llwyddo am ei bod yn "gwybod yn union beth mae'n trio bod".
"Dwi'n gytud bod y Lolfa ddim yn mynd i fod yno yn Ynys Môn", meddai.
"Mae'n golled fawr. Mae'r lle wedi gallu darparu rhywbeth llenyddol ar y maes nad ydy'r Babell Lên yn gallu ei wneud.
"Mae'r Lolfa yn gwybod yn union be' mae o'n drio bod - rhywle anffurfiol, lle 'dach chi'n gallu mynd a dod fel ag y mynnwch chi...
"Mae'r Babell Lên, dwi'n teimlo, yn syrthio rhwng dwy stôl, mae'n trio bod yn ffurfiol ac eto'n trio bod anffurfiol hefyd."
Ond fe amddiffynnodd cyn-Fardd Plant Cymru, Anni Llŷn, y penderfyniad gan ddweud y bydd yn "datblygu partneriaethau newydd".
"Mae gennych chi'r Babell Lên, Yr Ŵyl Lên Plant a'r Llannerch yn cynnig digwyddiadau llenyddol... ac mae'r Llannerch a'r Ŵyl Llên Plant yn enwedig wedi magu cefnogaeth yn y blynyddoedd diwethaf", meddai.
"Ac wrth gwrs, dwi'n meddwl ei fod o'n wych bod Llenyddiaeth Cymru yn mynd â llên ar daith o amgylch y maes, achos nid yn unig maen nhw'n rhoi llenyddiaeth mewn llefydd annisgwyl ond hefyd yn datblygu partneriaethau newydd."
Ychwanegodd ei bod hi'n credu fod yr Eisteddfod yn "ymwybodol" o'r hyn oedd yn wahanol am y Lolfa Lên ac y bydd "newidiadau yn natur y Babell Lên" eleni.
Un sydd wedi gallu trefnu digwyddiadau llenyddol oherwydd y drefn newydd yw Alaw Griffiths.
Mae hi'n gwneud rhywfaint o waith i gwmni Teithiau Tango, sydd yn cynnal tair sesiwn o farddoniaeth gyda beirdd sydd wedi ysgrifennu am Dde America yn ystod Eisteddfod Ynys Môn.
"'Dan ni ddim 'di gallu gwneud hyn o'r blaen," meddai. "I ni, mae o'n beth positif iawn."
Dywedodd Prif Weithredwr yr Eisteddfod, Elfed Roberts fod yr ŵyl wedi gwneud newidiadau i rannau eraill o'r maes eleni, gan gynnwys addurno ac addasu maint y Babell Lên, a bod "hynny'n cael blaenoriaeth".
"Roedd rhaid i rywbeth fynd, ac yn anffodus roedd rhaid i ni benderfynu a dweud wrth Lenyddiaeth Cymru na fedran ni gyfrannu'n ariannol [tuag at y Lolfa Lên]," meddai.
"Yn anffodus pan mae arian yn prinhau, a phan wyt ti'n gorfod gwneud dewisiadau, mae'n rhaid i ti flaenoriaethu."
Ychwanegodd nad oedd hynny'n golygu lleihad yn nifer y gweithgareddau diwylliannol ar y maes, gyda digwyddiadau fel yr Ŵyl Chwedlau a'r Ŵyl Gomedi hefyd yn cael eu cynnal eleni.
Dywedodd Llenyddiaeth Cymru mewn datganiad: "Mae'r Eisteddfod wedi bod yn hael iawn yn y gorffennol yn rhoi gofod Y Lolfa Lên i Lenyddiaeth Cymru diolch i'r grant ychwanegol maent yn ei derbyn gan Gyngor Celfyddydau Cymru.
"Eleni, oherwydd cwtogiad yn y grant hwnnw, nid oedd modd i'r Eisteddfod gynnig y safle i ni ym Môn heb gostau ychwanegol sylweddol.
"Mae Llenyddiaeth Cymru wedi penderfynu neilltuo'i holl gyllideb Eisteddfod ar gyfer gwariant llenyddol yn hytrach nac ar adeiladwaith, gan sicrhau fod yr arian yn mynd yn syth i bocedi awduron." | Mae absenoldeb y Lolfa Lên ar faes yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol eleni yn "golled fawr", yn ôl prif lenor y llynedd. |
Give a brief summary of the content. | The measure, officially known as House Bill 1523, will allow employees to refuse to serve lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender people.
The bill is scheduled to become law on 1 July.
The writers said in a letter that the bill has prompted hateful rhetoric that "poisons our political discourse".
Grisham formerly worked as a lawyer in a Mississippi practice and was also elected to the House of Representatives during the 80s before becoming a writer.
Mississippi is one of about 10 states considering the measure after a US Supreme Court ruling last summer which effectively legalised same-sex marriage nationwide.
The measure protects "persons, religious organisations and private associations" from discrimination claims if they refuse to serve anyone based on the belief that marriage should only be between a man and a woman.
Republican governor Phil Bryant signed the bill last week despite objections from big businesses such as Nissan.
"It is our policy to prohibit discrimination of any type, and we oppose any legislation that would allow discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals," a statement from the company read.
But the Family Research Council, a Christian-based lobbying group, applauded the governor's decision to sign the bill.
Tony Perkins, the president of the group, praised the governor for "standing up for the fundamental freedoms of the people they represent".
"No person should be punished by the government with crippling fines, or face disqualification for simply believing what President Obama believed just a few years ago, that marriage is the union of a man and a woman," Perkins said.
The authors say the legislation is an example of Mississippi's reactionary side. They argue the state also has a humane side that treasures compassion.
"It is deeply disturbing to so many of us to see the rhetoric of hate, thinly veiled, once more poison our political discourse," the letter signed by the authors said.
The statement was written and organised by Katy Simpson Smith, a novelist who was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi.
"Governor Phil Bryant and the Mississippi legislators who voted for this bill are not the sole voices of our state.
"There have always been people here battling injustice. That's the version of Mississippi we believe in, and that's the Mississippi we won't stop fighting for."
National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward also signed the statement calling for the repeal of House Bill 1523.
The authors are not the first high-profile figures to raise concerns about the law.
On Monday, Bryan Adams cancelled a scheduled concert in Mississippi, and earlier this month Bruce Springsteen pulled out of North Carolina show - both in protest at the law.
The company launched its first local service, STV Glasgow, in June, and an Edinburgh channel is to go live in January.
Each station is run in partnership with local universities and colleges.
The broadcaster says the stations would deliver "local news and current affairs content" while helping media students train in a live TV environment.
The Aberdeen application has been submitted in partnership with Robert Gordon University and North East Scotland College, the Dundee bid with Abertay University and Dundee and Angus College, and the Ayr proposal with the University of the West of Scotland.
Bobby Hain, director of channels at STV, said: "We have demonstrated our ability to engage with local communities and deliver relevant, local content across STV's multi-platforms, including the current STV Glasgow licence and our apps serving Scotland's largest cities.
"STV believes that, working closely with our education partners, we can successfully deliver compelling services in these three additional areas across the 12-year licence."
STV Glasgow is run in partnership with Glasgow Caledonian University, and reaches a monthly audience of more than 500,000 people. | John Grisham and Donna Tartt are among 95 authors urging state officials in Mississippi to repeal a controversial new religious liberty law.
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Broadcaster STV has applied to industry regulator Ofcom to run local TV services in Aberdeen, Dundee and Ayr. |
Can you summarize the following content in brief? | Police could smell the class B drug when they stopped a car being driven by Andrew Smith on the M6 near Carlisle.
They found 8.75kg of cannabis inside a sports bag in the boot, Carlisle Crown Court heard.
Smith was jailed along with his passenger Joseph Broadhurst, both from Liverpool, after they both admitted possession with intent to supply.
The court heard Smith, 28, was making a one-off trip north in October to pay off a drugs debt.
His task was to drive to a location chosen by Broadhurst, 50, who was said to have a more significant role in the enterprise.
Broadhurst, of Storrington Avenue, was jailed for 15 months while Smith, of Coral Avenue, was sentenced to nine months.
The High Court in Glasgow was told Alexander Porter was watched by a covert team the day before the attack.
Mr Porter, 58, and William Burns, 56, deny assaulting Russell Findlay to the danger of his life at his Glasgow home on 23 December 2015.
The pair also deny attempting to murder Ross Sherlock by shooting at him in Bishopbriggs in September 2015.
The court heard how surveillance officers had seen Mr Porter driving in Paisley.
The officers also described seeing Mr Burns get out of Mr Porter's car and go into a store for a couple of minutes and then walk off towards Clavering Street East in Paisley.
Det Con Craig Munro told the court that he was part of a surveillance team that had kept watch on Mr Porter's house in Morar Drive, Foxbar, from 09:00 until noon on 23 December.
He was asked by prosecutor Richard Goddard: "You didn't see him outside Morar Drive and you didn't see his gold-coloured car, is that correct?" The officer replied: "No, I didn't."
Forensic scientist Louise Sonstebo told the court that she analysed liquid found in a jar in the hallway at Mr Findlay's home and said: "The liquid contained sulphuric acid - a strong acid."
She also examined liquid taken from a dado rail in the hall of the house and said it was also, in her opinion, sulphuric acid.
The scientist was asked by defence counsel Thomas Ross, representing Mr Burns: "The more concentrated it is the more likely it is to cause damage." Ms Sonstebo replied: "Yes."
He added: "If we were to hear there was no damage to the dado rail, would that suggest a lower concentration of acid," and she said: "Yes.'
The prosecution claims that the alleged offences were aggravated by a connection with serious organised crime.
The trial before judge Lord Matthews continues.
Her departure was announced at the end of the trust's AGM by chairman Angela Ballatti, who thanked her for her "exceptional leadership".
In a statement, Ms Boswell said it was the "right time" after 14 years as an NHS chief executive to retire.
Andrew MacCallum, who had been Ms Boswell's deputy, will step in as acting chief executive.
Ms Boswell took over as interim chief executive of the RCHT from Peter Colclough in September 2011.
She previously worked for the strategic health authority NHS South West on preparing trusts for foundation applications.
Ms Ballatti said the RCHT would begin the formal appointment process for a new permanent chief executive "who can help us continue on our journey to become an outstanding NHS Trust" in due course.
The announcement came at the same meeting where the trust said its revenue budget was £1.83m in the red, £3.15m off target.
It blamed "underachievement of savings" and higher than planned costs of delivering non-elective surgeries, such as those for emergencies. | Two drugs couriers have been jailed after being found with almost £88,000 worth of cannabis.
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One of the men accused of an acid attack on a journalist was under police surveillance, a jury has heard.
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The chief executive of the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust (RCHT) Lezli Boswell is retiring. |
Write a summary of this document. | According to recent official media reports, the vice chairman of Xinjiang's regional government, Zhu Changjie, recently told reporters that "the government is trying to develop a standardised system to input minority members' names".
Uighur, Kazakh and Tibetan minorities often have problems inputting their names on to official documents, which are built around accommodating short, Mandarin names - often no longer than three Chinese characters, or ten Latin alphabet characters.
The new regulations seek to erase inconsistencies on identity and social security cards, and in medical insurance and education records, but may antagonise ethnic minority groups that see the move as a form of undermining their ethnic identity.
Popular news website The Paper said that moves, including standardising minority names, were being implemented following an "important speech" by President Xi Jinping in December 2015 on the need for national unity.
Government mouthpiece the People's Daily said on 3 July that 27 initiatives were being introduced at regional level in Xinjiang.
The paper said these would help address "outstanding problems over the years in reflecting groups of ethnic minorities".
Over half of Xinjiang's population are Uighur or Kazakh. Another 40% are Han Chinese.
China Daily said that this "problem has only become more significant in recent years as use of the internet and e-commerce took off in China".
In 2011, Bank of China branches introduced a standardised format for users with ethnic names to input what is known as an interpunct or a middle dot, a punctuation mark that distinguishes long surnames and given names.
Most people across China do not require the middle dot, as their names are no longer than three characters.
Other banks and services have been slow to introduce this, leading to calls for a standardised input format for ethnic names earlier this year.
In February, China Daily quoted Xu Taizhi, head of the Xinjiang population management bureau, as saying that across China "many e-commerce developers know little about ethnic names and the format of the dot used in ID card registration."
"Some platforms don't even include the dot in their input system, which has created problems for users who need to verify their ID when trying to use online services," he said.
Without being able to rely on e-commerce company mechanisms, the Xinjiang government has already taken steps towards changing ethnic names on official documents.
According to US-funded Radio Free Asia, "the authorities have so far 'corrected' 20 million names that exist on social security accounts where the data is 'non-standardised'."
However, there is expected to be some backlash as this process extends further, particularly from the region's Uighur communities, who fear that their traditional culture is being eroded as a result of strict central government regulations.
Hong Kong newspaper the Oriental Daily quoted US-based human rights activist Liu Qing on 25 June as saying that the move was ultimately to "increase control of local authorities over minorities".
Weeks earlier, reports that Xinjiang residents were being asked to provide DNA samples to apply for travel documents raised the same concerns.
Minority groups in western China are not the only ones with fears for the future of their regional languages.
In the past six months, a number of moves to increase the spread of standardised Mandarin have been met with opposition in areas where language is a mark of regional identity.
This has particularly been the case in Hong Kong.
In December 2015, the same month in which Xi Jinping delivered his national unity speech, Hong Kong's government issued new recommendations for students to learn simplified Chinese "to expand students' scope of reading and strengthen exchanges with the mainland and overseas".
Both Cantonese and Mandarin speakers read Chinese, although people in Hong Kong use the traditional Chinese script, while people on mainland China use simplified Chinese.
The government suggestions were vilified in Hong Kong's independent media, and subsequent moves to increase simplified Chinese script in the territory have been met with backlash.
In February, Hong Kong's media regulator received more than 10,000 complaints after prominent broadcaster Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) began subtitling one of its Mandarin news programmes with simplified Chinese.
And in May, Japanese game-maker Nintendo's decision to use simplified, instead of traditional Chinese script in its new Pokemon games sparked a petition and protests outside the Japanese consulate.
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. | Authorities in China's Xinjiang region have announced their intentions to "clear up" inconsistencies in the names of people from various ethnic groups by the end of the year. |
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O'Sullivan, 40, potted 14 reds and 13 blacks before opting for an easier pink as he made a 146 to beat Barry Pinches 4-1 in the first round.
He told BBC Sport: "If it had been more, I'd have gone for the 147."
Hearn described O'Sullivan's actions as "unacceptable" and "disrespectful".
He said: "This is not a crime, but a shame.
"Players have a duty to the fans to deliver the best standard and entertainment they can. Anything less than playing to their best ability is unacceptable and disrespectful to the paying public."
The £10,000, which is boosted by the £2000 on offer for the highest break of the tournament, is a rolling prize fund at ranking events which has not been won since Neil Robertson made a 147 at the UK Championship last year.
Englishman O'Sullivan had scored 80 in the break when he asked an official what the prize was for the highest break. He also asked the commentary box for information and looked visibly disappointed when told he could win up to £12,000.
"I knew it was £10,000. I could have done it, but I didn't think the prize was worthy of a 147. So I've tried to let it build up until it's worthy and then go for it," he said.
"It's like going into a Mercedes garage and when they say that you can have the car for £3,000, you reply, 'No way, that's too cheap. I'm not buying it for that'.
"Certain things have value, and a 147 is a special moment. I want it to feel special all round.
"But the punters still got value for money today. Now they've got something more to look forward to. There's still room for improvement.
"You like to entertain your fans. It's like a film. You want them to come back and watch the next one.
"There is no point in giving them the best ending they've ever had. Leave room for a better ending next time."
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O'Sullivan, who claimed his sixth Masters title in January, won the first frame before Englishman Pinches hit back with a 70 break to level.
O'Sullivan took a scrappy third frame on the black, won the fourth with a 64 clearance and sealed victory courtesy of his 146 to set up a second-round meeting with China's Tian Pengfei.
World number one Mark Selby cruised to a 4-0 win over Welshman Duane Jones, while defending champion John Higgins, Neil Robertson, Judd Trump, Shaun Murphy and Barry Hawkins also went through.
World number two Stuart Bingham suffered a surprise 4-1 defeat by Anthony Hamilton and 2013 Welsh Open champion Stephen Maguire lost 4-3 to world number 90 Martin O'Donnell. | Ronnie O'Sullivan was criticised by World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn for turning down the chance of a maximum 147 break at the Welsh Open because the £10,000 prize money was "too cheap". |
Can you write a brief summary of this passage? | Johnson, 32, closed with a round of 68 to finish 14 under par, one shot clear of England's Tommy Fleetwood (66).
Another Englishman, Ross Fisher (65), was tied for third on 12 under with Spanish rookie Jon Rahm (68).
Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy, the halfway leader, did not threaten as he ended with a level-par 71 for 10 under.
Johnson moved to the top of the rankings last month and becomes only the fifth player after Ian Woosnam, David Duval, Vijay Singh and Adam Scott to win his first tournament since becoming number one.
"It means a lot, it's a tough spot to be in," said Johnson. "There a lot of pressure on you. I played just well enough I guess, because I won by one."
Johnson looked to be cruising to victory when he led by four shots midway through the final round but he would be briefly overhauled by Rahm.
The 22-year-old from northern Spain is based in the US but confirmed last week he had taken out affiliate membership of the European Tour to be eligible for the Ryder Cup team.
A victory in his maiden WGC event looked possible when Rahm moved to 14 under - and a one-shot lead - with birdies on 14 and 15, but successive bogeys followed to leave him in a tie for third.
Southport's Fleetwood, 26, sank a superb 40ft putt on the last to secure second place on his own, and with it a cheque for £850,000.
Fisher, from Ascot, surged into contention with nine bogeys in a final round that left the 36-year-old tied with Rahm in third place.
"That last putt (birdie at 18th hole) was a big one wasn't it?" Fleetwood said. "It was just nice to have a chance going down the stretch and it just shows you're never quite out of it if you just hang in there."
Two strokes from the lead starting the day, McIlroy missed a seven-foot birdie chance at the first hole, which set the tone for a frustrating afternoon.
"I needed to get off to a fast start and I didn't. The course got a little tricky over the weekend and maybe I didn't adjust to that," said McIlroy, who had returned to action following a seven week lay off with a rib injury.
"First start back, it's OK, but being two ahead going into the weekend (it is) obviously disappointing to finish where I have.
"These two rounds were the sort of rounds I would have expected the first two days, not the last two. I was hoping to improve as the week went on." | American Dustin Johnson held off a strong European challenge to win his first tournament as world number one at the World Golf Championships in Mexico. |
Summarize the following excerpt. | Fenelon's fine finish gave the hosts an early lead and Wrexham did not manage an effort on target during the first half.
Rendell doubled the lead when he tapped in Bernard Mensah's low cross.
Martin Riley went close with a header on a disappointing afternoon for Wrexham.
Wrexham manager Gary Mills told BBC Radio Wales: "I think we got what we deserved really. I don't think we started the game and we never really got going as to the levels that we know we can set opurselves.
"It's a disappointing day for us. But we're in this together and the good thing is we can put it right on Tuesday night."
Match ends, Aldershot Town 2, Wrexham 0.
Second Half ends, Aldershot Town 2, Wrexham 0.
Substitution, Aldershot Town. Josh Wakefield replaces Scott Rendell.
John Rooney (Wrexham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Paul Rutherford (Wrexham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, Aldershot Town. Iffy Allen replaces Bernard Mensah.
Goal! Aldershot Town 2, Wrexham 0. Scott Rendell (Aldershot Town).
Substitution, Wrexham. Nortei Nortey replaces Tyler Harvey.
Substitution, Wrexham. Michael Bakare replaces Antony Barry.
Substitution, Wrexham. Callum Powell replaces Jordan Evans.
Second Half begins Aldershot Town 1, Wrexham 0.
First Half ends, Aldershot Town 1, Wrexham 0.
Substitution, Aldershot Town. Jim Kellerman replaces Shamir Fenelon.
Goal! Aldershot Town 1, Wrexham 0. Shamir Fenelon (Aldershot Town).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up. | Shamir Fenelon and Scott Rendell scored their first goals for Aldershot Town as Wrexham suffered their first defeat of the National League season. |
What is the summary of the given information? | Kandyce Downer, 34, killed 18-month-old Keegan Downer, less than a year after she was appointed her legal guardian.
Keegan was subjected to what police described as "barbaric and evil" treatment, suffering brain and spinal injuries and had 153 scars and bruises.
On the day she died, Downer delayed calling 999 to dump her blood-spotted mattress, Birmingham Crown Court heard.
The short, sad life of Keegan Downer
The jury took just under three hours to reach its verdict. Downer will be sentenced on Wednesday.
Forensic testing at the house revealed traces of the girl's blood in her cot and on the bedroom wall.
Downer had been appointed sole legal carer for Keegan, who died on 5 September last year, and has four other children, the jury was told.
The court was told that on finding the toddler "unwell" in her cot, she drove off to dump the child's old mattress near a skip before alerting emergency services.
Born in March 2014 to a mother who was a heroin addict, Keegan was otherwise healthy but was put with a foster carer by social services.
Keegan, a member of Downer's extended family, was put under her guardianship around nine months before her death last September.
Also known as Shi-Anne, Keegan was described in court as a "happy baby" and had lived at Downer's family home in Beckbury Road, Weoley Castle.
Downer had told the court most of the "day-to-day" care of Keegan was down to her son and three younger children and claimed her eldest son may have been to blame for the fatal injuries.
The trial heard a leg fracture inflicted on the child would have left her in excruciating pain, making it inconceivable that someone looking after her would have been unaware of the injury.
West Midlands Police said Downer appeared to provide a loving and stable home for Keegan but she was "cunning and devious in her systemic abuse of the child".
Det Insp Harry Harrison said: "We believe the abuse started when her relationship began to go wrong. This was an extremely disturbing and harrowing case to investigate.
"What Downer subjected Keegan to was barbaric, inhuman and evil."
He added he was "astounded by the lack of emotion" shown by Downer throughout this investigation.
"She has not shown a shred of remorse or sorrow," he said.
Birmingham Safeguarding Children Board said it set up a Serious Case Review following the toddler's death "to establish what lessons could be learned by the agencies involved in this sad case".
Penny Thompson, chair of the board, said the review, which will reflect on information disclosed during the trial, could now be completed and its findings would be published in the summer.
An NSPCC spokesman said: "It defies belief that this abuse could happen at the hands of a woman who was entrusted with bringing up Keegan.
"Having already been placed in foster care as a baby, Keegan's legal guardian should have given her a stable and loving family life to grow up in.
"But instead she killed this defenceless little girl by subjecting her to the most brutal violence." | A woman has been convicted of murdering a toddler who had suffered more than 150 injuries. |
Please summarize the document below. | Ofsted's latest report said the region had the largest proportion of schools requiring work, compared to other areas in England.
It also found the region had the lowest number of schools rated as outstanding or good.
Nick Hudson, from Ofsted, said the profile of schools in the region was lower compared to others in England.
The findings were based on inspections of 21,050 educational institutions, including nurseries, primary and secondary schools, special schools and pupil referral units, across England from 1 October to 31 December.
It follows a report in December which found secondary schools in Yorkshire and Humber were among the worst in the country.
Out of 2,145 schools inspected, 453 required improvement and 62 were deemed inadequate.
The report states 65 of Bradford's 201 schools need improving, along with 42 of the 141 schools inspected in Doncaster.
In East Yorkshire, 41 out of 148 schools need improvement as well as 17 of the 58 schools in North East Lincolnshire.
Councillor Ralph Berry, executive member for children's services at City of Bradford Council, said urgent action was being taken to drive up school standards.
The report has prompted criticism from former Ofsted inspector Marvyn Moore, from Sheffield, who said the inspection process was deeply flawed.
He said: "The outcome of inspections depended on the registered inspector who was leading the inspection and whether they wanted a quick job... whether they wanted a thorough job or were thoroughly disenchanted with the school."
Mr Hudson said parents relied on inspections to make decisions on which schools to send children.
He added: "Ninety per cent of feedback after inspections say head teachers are satisfied with the inspection process." | About one in five schools in Yorkshire and Humber region needs improving, according to government inspectors. |
Write a summary for the following excerpt. | The Reds, without Barcelona target Philippe Coutinho due to a back injury, fell behind to Stefano Okaka's header.
Sadio Mane equalised with a clinical finish only for Abdoulaye Doucoure to restore the lead from close range.
Roberto Firmino's penalty made it 2-2 before Mohamed Salah thought he had won it only for Britos to bundle in.
In Jurgen Klopp's 100th competitive game as Reds boss, Liverpool wasted a string of chances before Uruguay defender Britos headed over the line from point blank range following a ricochet.
Watford keeper Heurelho Gomes, who conceded the penalty after hauling down Salah, denied Alberto Moreno with a fingertip save.
Joel Matip also hit the bar and Dejan Lovren forced another good save as the Reds dominated the closing stages until Watford's late leveller.
The six-goal thriller came on the back of Friday's opening match of the 2017-18 campaign which produced seven goals as Arsenal beat Leicester 4-3.
It was a case of new season but same old Liverpool on the opening Saturday of the campaign.
As good as Liverpool were at going forward, their defensive frailties - all too evident last season - came back to haunt them.
Southampton defender Virgil van Dijk has been linked with a move to Anfield and Liverpool's performance at Watford will only serve to increase Klopp's urgency to strengthen his defence.
Liverpool were behind after failing to defend the first corner of the match, unmarked Italian striker Okaka allowed to power home Jose Holebas' delivery.
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In the space of 161 first-half seconds, the Reds went from outstanding at one end of the pitch to atrocious at the other.
They equalised with a sumptuous finish by Mane, the Senegal forward collecting a lovely flick by Emre Can before scoring from an angle.
It was Liverpool's first serious attack of the game yet moments later they were trailing again after more awful defending.
The Reds' defence made a hash of trying to clear Tom Cleverley's low ball across the box and Doucoure slotted home from five yards - his second goal since joining Watford from Rennes in 2016.
A clumsy foul by Gomes on Salah allowed Firmino to make it 2-2 from the spot before the Brazilian turned provider with a delicious lob which enabled Salah, a £34m signing from Roma, to put his side ahead on his league debut.
It should have been the winner yet Liverpool's defence failed to deal with another Holebas corner, allowing Britos to score three minutes into added time.
Klopp said Watford's dramatic equaliser should not have counted because he believed it to be offside.
Britos was stood immediately in front of keeper Simon Mignolet when substitute and new signing Richarlison put the ball across goal.
"It's obvious because the linesman is on the line. He needs to see it," said Klopp.
"I cannot change it. We would have had defensive areas we need to work on if we'd won 3-2. We were the better team, we should have won."
Watford boss Marco Silva said he had not seen whether his side's equaliser was offside.
Silva's side were minutes away from losing a seventh successive Premier League match before Britos had the final say in the former Hull City manager's first league game in charge of the Hornets.
Seven of the side that started against Liverpool were part of the team that was crushed 5-0 at home to Manchester City on the final day of last season.
Yet the Hornets produced an encouraging performance under their new Portuguese boss which suggests they could finish higher up the table than last season's 17th-placed finish.
Midfielder Nathaniel Chalobah was the only one of Silva's six summer signings to start - club record £18.5m buy Andre Gray beginning life on the bench and coming on in the second half.
Watford manager Marco Silva said: "I think it's a fair result. We had a very good first half, a good intensity like I wanted.
"I didn't like the first 25 minutes of the second half. We expected a good reaction from Liverpool but we needed to be better. We made mistakes. But we reacted well.
"Our fans pushed our players on. We had some small injuries. We need to show this attitude and commitment in all our games."
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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said: "The first half I wasn't too happy with. We passed but couldn't see what we actually wanted.
"The second half was a lot better. We forgot to close the game. We defended a little deep. We have to push up. Both teams struggled with 90 minutes, it's the first game. That's normal."
Liverpool will hope for a better defensive performance when they face Hoffenheim in Germany on Tuesday in a Champions League play-off (19:45 BST). Watford have a week to prepare for an away game at Bournemouth on 19 August (15:00 BST).
Match ends, Watford 3, Liverpool 3.
Second Half ends, Watford 3, Liverpool 3.
Attempt blocked. Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Joseph Gomez with a cross.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Richarlison (Watford) because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Richarlison (Watford) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Nordin Amrabat with a cross.
Goal! Watford 3, Liverpool 3. Miguel Britos (Watford) header from very close range to the centre of the goal following a corner.
Attempt missed. Richarlison (Watford) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left following a corner.
Corner, Watford. Conceded by Simon Mignolet.
Attempt saved. Miguel Britos (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Abdoulaye Doucouré with a headed pass.
Foul by Joseph Gomez (Liverpool).
Richarlison (Watford) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Liverpool. Joseph Gomez replaces Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Simon Mignolet (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Liverpool. James Milner replaces Mohamed Salah.
Attempt missed. Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Sadio Mané.
Substitution, Liverpool. Divock Origi replaces Roberto Firmino.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Younes Kaboul (Watford) because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Sadio Mané.
Attempt missed. José Holebas (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Foul by Alberto Moreno (Liverpool).
Nordin Amrabat (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Alberto Moreno.
Attempt saved. Dejan Lovren (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold with a cross.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Younes Kaboul.
Emre Can (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Younes Kaboul (Watford).
Foul by Mohamed Salah (Liverpool).
José Holebas (Watford) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Alberto Moreno (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Nordin Amrabat (Watford).
Joel Matip (Liverpool) hits the bar with a with an attempt from the left side of the six yard box. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Heurelho Gomes.
Attempt saved. Alberto Moreno (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Jordan Henderson.
Substitution, Watford. Andre Gray replaces Stefano Okaka.
Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool).
Richarlison (Watford) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Goal! Watford 2, Liverpool 3. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Roberto Firmino. | Miguel Britos scored a controversial 93rd-minute equaliser for Watford as Liverpool were held in a thrilling game at Vicarage Road. |
Write a brief summary of the document. | Launched in 1984, the hunter-killer class sub returned to its Devonport base in Plymouth for the last time on 1 June, after 30 years in service.
A decommissioning ceremony was held at Devonport earlier.
One of the submarine's last duties was helping the search for Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 in April.
Commanding Officer, Cdr Hywel Griffiths said: "Although it is sad to consign her to history, Tireless has achieved much in her nearly 30 year career.
Our recent involvement in the search for Malaysian Flight MH370 is testament to her valued contribution right up until the end of her distinguished service at the frontline of naval operations.
"She gives way now to the modern and world-beating capability represented by the Astute Class and will be replaced by HMS Artful."
In 2007 two sailors died in an explosion on board Tireless during an exercise under the Arctic ice cap.
Failed air-purification equipment was thought to have caused the explosion.
In 2013 she returned to Plymouth after a leak in her nuclear reactor.
HMS Tireless joins 11 other former navy nuclear submarines which are waiting to be dismantled at Devonport while the government searches for a site to dispose of their radioactive reactors.
Investigators said the 23-year-olds are suspected of killing 11 people in the Iraqi city of Tikrit in June 2014.
They arrived in Finland in September, police said, and were arrested in the south-western town of Forssa.
Chief Inspector Jari Raty said that in the video the two suspects "were not masked".
"The victims were lying on the ground and they were shot one by one," he told Finnish broadcaster YLE.
Police said the accused men - who were not named - had been tracked down with the help of the Finnish Security Intelligence Service, but did not give details.
Mr Raty would not say whether or not the men had arrived in Finland to seek asylum.
The brothers are due to appear before a district court on Friday when police will ask for them to be formally placed under arrest, YLE reported.
Footage of the killings was made during the IS massacre of unarmed Iraqi Air Force cadets at the Camp Speicher military base near Tikrit.
The jihadists posted the propaganda videos online.
It is estimated that up to 1,700 people died in one of the worst atrocities committed in Iraq in recent times.
Mass graves were discovered after government forces recaptured the city in a major offensive earlier this year.
Billed as a "growth vision", it aims to create at least 120,000 jobs by 2035.
The document, also supported by business leaders and colleges, aims to boost the value of the local economy from £12.8bn in 2015 to £20bn by 2035.
The plans are in line with those for a Northern Powerhouse in England.
Those proposals, from the UK government, involve creating directly-elected mayors.
The north Wales plans were backed by the region's six council leaders and chief executives over the summer.
Prepared by the umbrella body the North Wales Economic Ambition Board, the report describes the area as being "well placed" to acquire powers from UK and Welsh ministers.
After formal approval by council cabinets, negotiations will begin with the UK and Welsh governments for new responsibilities and extra funding, including a possible "Growth Deal" for north Wales.
Boosting the energy and manufacturing sectors are at the heart of the proposals, with a planned new nuclear power station at Wylfa, on Anglesey, being central.
In a report for senior councillors, Gwynedd's cabinet member for the economy Mandy Williams-Davies said: "If funding is secured to deliver the action plan of projects, the region will experience sustainable economic growth and the value of the north Wales economy from £12.8bn in 2015 to £20bn by 2035.
"Such growth rate will generate at least an additional 120,000 new employment opportunities."
Council leaders hope to secure a deal similar to the £1.2bn Cardiff Capital Region agreement approved in March. | The Royal Navy's oldest nuclear submarine, HMS Tireless, has been taken out of service.
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Police in Finland have detained Iraqi twin brothers suspected of featuring in a video of a massacre carried out by the so-called Islamic State (IS) group.
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Devolving powers over employment, taxes, skills and transport to north Wales would boost its economy, jobs and productivity, a report backed by the region's six local councils says. |
What is a brief summary of the information below? | The University College London (UCL) project found the highest level of NO2 in the areas was in Marylebone in central London.
Diesel vehicles are a key source of NO2, which is linked to a range of respiratory illnesses.
London's deputy mayor for environment and energy said NO2 was a "problem".
The results are part of the social enterprise Mapping for Change's Air Quality Monitoring project.
Community groups were given kits to measure the amount of NO2 in July in areas including Marylebone, Soho, Walthamstow, Brentford, Haringey and Ham.
The highest reading was on Marylebone Road, in central London, measuring 145 micrograms of NO2 per cubic meter air (µg/m3), which is nearly four times the EU legal limit of 40µg/m3.
This was followed by Shaftesbury Avenue, in Soho, at 119µg/m3.
Tests in suburban areas like Walthamstow and Brentford also showed nearly double the EU limit.
Louise Francis, from UCL and co-founder of Mapping for Change, said the results were a snapshot of the level of pollution in the capital but the actual levels of NO2 could be higher as holiday levels were often lower than other times of the year.
She said that the public could make changes to reduce their intake of NO2 by walking down side roads instead of major routes.
Matthew Pencharz, deputy mayor for environment and energy, said: "NO2 remains a problem. We have now seen a 12% reduction in measured NO2 across London showing we are making real progress."
He added that the introduction of taxi age limits and cleaner buses had also improved air quality, as would the introduction in 2020 of the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ), which will only allow zero and low-emission vehicles in central London.
Public Health England suggests about 3,000 people each year are estimated to die from polluted air in the capital, making it London's second highest cause of death after smoking.
The Independent Monitoring Board annual report said inmates at HMP Woodhill in Milton Keynes were having to spend more time locked in their cells.
It also found rehabilitation opportunities were limited.
Governor Rob Davis said it was a "true reflection" but the prison had "moved on since the report".
The report, which covers 12 months from June 2013, describes Woodhill as a "complex, diverse establishment, very demanding to manage".
Staff morale was low, while concerns about safety, control and discipline, which featured in the previous year's report, had not been dealt with satisfactorily.
There were shortages of staff at all grades with a high take-up of voluntary redundancy and a recruitment freeze imposed by the National Offender Management Service.
Other concerns included shortages of toiletries, toilet paper, towels and bed linen. Repairs to equipment took too long.
Rehabilitation was "minimal" with "few opportunities for purposeful activity, be it education or work".
Mr Davis said: "We understand the pressures as a prison service we are under but there are some good points in [the report]."
Complaints over concerns such as bullying had "reduced considerably" and there were "many dedicated, hard-working staff", he said.
Staff had come in from other prisons and inmates could now work for qualifications.
"I'm not in charge of a poor-performing prison, I'm in charge of a very good prison, with very professional people working here," he said.
"There is always room for improvement and Woodhill has got some ground to make [up] .... I am very confident we will make those changes.
"I am confident I have got the team here that can drive the place forward."
The IMB has submitted the report to the Justice Secretary. | Community groups recording air pollution in London found eight out of nine areas surveyed breached EU limits for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in the air.
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Overcrowding, staff shortages and four deaths in custody have led to a "very challenging" year at a Buckinghamshire jail, a prison watchdog has said. |
Give a concise summary of the passage below. | The investment comes as plans were announced to reinvent the corporation "for a new generation" and combat competition from media giants like Netflix and Amazon.
Director general Tony Hall said it was "the biggest investment in children's services in a generation".
The funding was unveiled as part of the BBC's first Annual Plan.
Setting out the BBC's ambitions for the coming year, the extra money for children's content is going to be invested across the three years to 2019-20.
Lord Hall said: "Our ambition to reinvent the BBC for a new generation is our biggest priority for next year. Every part of the BBC will need to contribute to meeting this challenge."
The new investment, delivered following savings made across the BBC, will see the budget for children's programming reach £124.4m by 2019-20, up from the current figure of £110m.
In the three years, £31.4m will be spent online on content that will include video, live online programme extensions, blogs, vlogs, podcasts, quizzes, guides, games and apps.
Lord Hall said it was "the biggest investment for a generation" and will "increasingly offer a personalised online offering for our younger viewers".
The BBC said it wants to respond to changes to the way children "are watching and consuming programmes", adding: "Investment in British content - particularly for the young - is vital, unless we want more of our culture shaped and defined by the rise of West Coast American companies."
By David Sillito, media and arts correspondent
Over the last six years, children's TV viewing has dropped by more than a quarter.
Youngsters now spend more time online than they do in front of the television, around 15 hours a week. Even pre-schoolers spend more than eight hours a week online, according to Ofcom.
Naturally then, the CBBC channel aimed at six to 12-year-olds has seen a drop in its audience, and increasingly children are choosing to use the BBC's iPlayer.
Viewing habits are changing, but so too is the content they are watching. Shorter video clips, interactive content and games are all going to increase.
The setting for all of this is a long-term decline in spending on British children's programmes by other broadcasters - ITV's programming went from 424 hours in 1998 to 64 in 2013 - and the dominance of US programming.
This will only increase in an online world dominated by the tech giants. Children's culture is being shaped by firms based on the west coast of America.
The annual plan also explains how the BBC is aiming to tackle such challenges as "fake news" with BBC News's Reality Check being expanded to fact-check social media claims, and work being done alongside Facebook to build trust.
It also shows how the corporation will "rise to the challenge of better reflecting and representing a changing UK" and how it is focusing on personalisation.
The BBC's creative plans for the next 12 months also include:
The annual plan is not the same as the BBC's annual report, which looks back over the previous year's performance and publishes details about the corporation's finances and spending. That report is expected later this month.
Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | The BBC is to spend an extra £34m on children's content over the next three years. |
Please summarize the following text. | PD Finn was stabbed in the head and chest while on duty in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, in October.
He had life-saving surgery followed by 10 weeks of recuperation and only returned to work on Monday.
His handler, PC Dave Wardell, tweeted to say: "OMG the legend is back" after Finn tracked a suspect who was hiding.
The pair had been called to Elstree at 21:30 GMT on Tuesday to reports of a vehicle allegedly failing to stop for officers before crashing.
Finn ended up tracking across fields and found a man hiding in an outbuilding.
He was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving, failing to stop for police and driving other than in accordance with a driving licence.
"Muddy boots, happy dog, happy handler = prisoner in the cells," one of PC Wardell's later tweets said.
PC Wardell has looked after Finn since the German shepherd was nine months old and said his recovery was "testament to his fighting spirit".
Following the suspect's arrest, PC Wardell said there had been "tears of happiness" about how well Finn had done and the rollercoaster of emotions over the last few months.
A petition to bring in tougher sentences for people who attack police dogs - known as Finn's Law - was signed by 120,000 people.
Currently, those who attack police dogs and horses are prosecuted for causing criminal damage but campaigners want the animals to be given the same status as injured officers.
In November, policing minister Brandon Lewis said new legislation could be brought in next year. | A police dog who nearly died after being attacked while chasing a suspect has helped make an arrest on his first day back at work. |
Write a summary of this document. | They wanted the foreign stamps on the envelopes, which to them provided a small window on a much wider world.
Several decades later, Mr Tan has turned that childhood hobby into a prize-winning collection worth millions.
He's among an estimated 60 million rare stamp collectors globally - two-thirds of whom are from Asia.
Their numbers are growing as an increasing number of people become wealthier and look to put their money into so-called alternative investments.
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Aside from stamps, other items that fall into this category include classic cars, art, wine, jewellery and even musical instruments.
They've surged in popularity after recent global stock market routs spurred investors to seek other places for their cash.
Private bank Coutts believes the days when investment portfolios consisted of just cash, bonds and stocks are "long gone".
"At a time of paltry interest rates, we're seeing a lot of interest on the part of the wealthy in finding somewhere worthwhile and out of the ordinary to put their money," it reports.
"Aside from the returns, these assets can bring a sense of excitement and the thrill of acquisition is a clear motivation for lots of collectors."
British stamp dealer Stanley Gibbons has been expanding in Asia in recent years to cater to the growing number of affluent collectors.
Set up over 150 years ago, the firm has also diversified its offerings to include the sale of coins, antiques and even rare books.
The beauty of rare stamps and coins is their complete lack of market correlation, which is driven by the passion of high-end collectors spending money on their hobby," investment director Marco Kastor tells me.
"So, in terms of periods of crisis, there is no effect on the rare coin or stamp market.
"During the height of the financial crisis in 2008, the GB30 index [which tracks the prices of Britain's 30 most expensive stamps available on the open market] went up by 38% in one year.
"We all know what the stock market did."
China has been one of the fastest-growing markets in Asia recently, says Mr Kastor. Previously, China's leader Mao Zedong banned stamp collecting because he found it bourgeois.
Now one of the most sought-after stamps is one that was commissioned by Chairman Mao called "The whole country is Red".
It is supposed to show the red land mass representing Communist China - but the designer accidentally left the island of Taiwan in white.
The stamp was immediately recalled but its potentially treasonous printing error has made it immensely valuable today.
Those looking to invest in stamps can't just walk into a philatelic shop and expect to purchase something that will rocket in value.
Stanley Gibbons says it comes down to several factors, including scarcity, supply and demand, quality and condition.
The world's first postage stamp, the Penny Black, for example, is considered to be the Holy Grail for many collectors.
First issued in 1840 during the reign of Britain's Queen Victoria, around 68 million of them were printed, meaning it isn't very hard to find one for sale.
You can buy one for under £100. But an unused one in mint condition can sell for as much as £10,000.
Another rare stamp is called "The Roses" and was printed in 1978 in the UK
It has a face value of 13p but is worth £130,000 - again because of a printing error.
There are only three copies in the world, with Queen Elizabeth owning two of them and the last in private hands.
However, this is dwarfed compared to the "British Guiana one cent magenta" from 1856.
It was sold at auction last year for a whopping $9.5m (£6.4m) making it the most valuable stamp of all.
According to an index compiled by Coutts, classic cars are the best performing collectible. They have risen nearly fourfold in value since 2005.
This is closely followed by rare stamps and coins, which are the only assets to increase in value over nine consecutive years.
A separate report by Knight Frank found the worst investment to be antique furniture, with 24% returns over the past decade.
However, financial planners warn that investing in collectibles come with risks.
Aside from being pretty expensive options, many are highly illiquid; meaning your capital can be locked up for months or years before you find a buyer.
Other hazards include the possibility of being tricked by forgeries, counterfeits, or just losing money on exchange rate fluctuations.
"Art, wines, antiques, coins and stamps require analysis and advice from experts with regard to valuations and expected performance of such investments," says Sergey Titov from IPP Financial Advisers.
"Such real assets have the risk of being damaged if they are not stored or transported properly so there can be storage and insurance costs to bear."
Mr Tan keeps his stamps safely stored in a bank vault, only bringing them out for special occasions, exhibitions or competitions like the Grand Prix National.
His office is a modest printing firm located in an industrial area of Singapore, and we've met there to take a look at some of his prized pieces.
He focuses on stamps from the Straits Settlements, or former colonies across South East Asia, and has spent about £1.4m on the collection.
The most expensive stamp he owns is from Borneo, bought at auction for £59,000 following a heated bidding war.
I ask if there were any plans to sell the collection and give the money to his children. He pauses, before chuckling nervously.
"I would hope that they will want to keep it."
For him his stamps are not just about making a quick buck - and ultimately it is this passion for collecting that continues to give these little pieces of paper their real value. | While growing up in a village in Singapore, Richard Tan and his brothers used to rummage through their neighbours' rubbish bins looking for discarded letters. |
Summarize the provided information. | She is the first leader from another country to visit Mr Trump.
The pair will spend about an hour together, focusing on the relationship between the UK and America.
The Prime Minister is keen to talk about how the UK will be buy and sell goods to the US after Brexit.
The UK and US has had a very close relationship for a very long time and Theresa May Intends to keep that strong.
Prime Minister Theresa May said she and Mr Trump could work together, despite their different styles, joking "sometimes, opposites attract". | Prime Minister Theresa May will meet with US President Donald Trump just a week after he started the top job. |
Please summarize the document below. | The corporation, which produces Pobol y Cwm for the Welsh-language channel S4C, conducted a "detailed review" after the Welsh government complained.
Ministers claimed an episode about bovine TB broke editorial guidelines and they were denied a right of reply.
But BBC Cymru Wales has not upheld the complaint.
During the episode - seen last week by 33,000 viewers - one of the characters accuses the Welsh government of not having the "backbone" to cull badgers and of not caring about the countryside.
But in another scene, other characters gave an opposing point of view, saying farmers were to blame for the spread of TB in cattle.
BBC Cymru Wales said its review had looked at the episode in question and others that have been carrying the same storyline over a number of months.
"As a popular soap, Pobol y Cwm always aims to deal with sensitive and controversial issues in an accessible and balanced way," it said in a statement.
"Following our review, we are satisfied that a number of different viewpoints about Bovine TB eradication were discussed both within the individual programme and throughout the series run.
"We have concluded that our approach to this important issue was both balanced and impartial, complying with the BBC's editorial guidelines.
"On that basis we have not upheld the complaint."
A Welsh government spokesman said: "We can confirm we have received a letter from BBC Cymru Wales and will be considering their response."
In addition to the complaint, the Welsh government had asked S4C to pull a repeat of the episode and remove it from the S4C online service Clic.
But it was broadcast as planned by S4C, which said the programme included a variety of viewpoints.
Members of the Australian Border Force (ABF) intercepted 71 tonnes of tobacco in three shipments, Border Protection Minister Peter Dutton said.
Two containers from Indonesia were found in Sydney while the third was seized before it could leave Indonesia.
Mr Dutton said a new ABF "strike team" was being set up to target tobacco smugglers.
"This tobacco would have cost Australia over A$27m (£13m) in legitimate tax revenue if it had been successfully smuggled into the country and sold here," Mr Dutton said in a statement.
The two containers found in Sydney held 47 tonnes of loose leaf tobacco and had come from Indonesia. The third, with 24 tonnes, was seized by Indonesian authorities before it could be shipped out, the statement said.
Mr Dutton said a high degree of organisation had been behind the shipments.
And he said the seizures - made under Operation Wardite - were the result of co-operation between the ABF and Indonesian Customs.
"There are clear links to organised crime and we know that groups smuggling illicit tobacco into Australia are also involved in other illegal activities such as narcotics," he said.
"The ABF is determined to disrupt their activities and the new ABF strike team will focus on the organised crime syndicates behind shipments like this and collect intelligence on their operations."
Earlier this week, the ABF announced it had seized almost six million smuggled cigarettes in raids in Melbourne.
It says it has also recently dismantled two major organised crime groups involved in tobacco smuggling, one in New South Wales and the other in Victoria. | An episode of a TV soap opera which featured criticism of a Welsh government decision not to cull badgers was balanced, BBC Cymru Wales says.
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Australia's border protection agency has made its largest ever seizure of illicit tobacco in a single operation. |
Write a brief summary of the provided content. | Professional photographer and cycling enthusiast Michael Blann set out to capture the relationship between the sport and mountain landscapes. | Mountains: Epic Cycling Climbs by Michael Blann is published by Thames & Hudson |
Write a brief summary of the provided content. | But what would happen to the value of sterling in the event of a vote for Brexit on 23 June?
According to Paul Hollingsworth, UK economist at Capital Economics, a vote to leave the EU could cause the value of sterling to fall between 10% and 20%.
The severity of the fall would be determined by what the opinion polls say over the next few weeks, he argued.
"If we see more of a shift towards Leave then clearly we could see some of that depreciation come before the vote [rather] than after it," Mr Hollingsworth said.
"However, if polls lean towards Remain and we still vote to leave, then there would be more of a shock factor, and that could hit the pound hard."
Meanwhile, Mike Amey, a managing director at Pimco, the world's largest bond fund, said the fall would be more like 5% to 10%.
Any recovery of sterling would depend on various factors. On the upside we could see the political rhetoric around Brexit change following the vote, and this might have a positive impact.
"I can't imagine the prime minister would say, 'This result is all doom and gloom,'" Mr Hollingsworth says.
That said, some have speculated David Cameron might have to resign in the wake of a Brexit vote. This would result in a Tory leadership contest and more political uncertainty, which could affect sterling.
It was not clear how long the process of leaving the EU would take.
"The negotiations could take two years or much longer, so it could potentially weigh on the economy for a number of years," says Mr Hollingsworth.
"However, it may not be as bad as some have said, because during the negotiations we would still have free trade and the free movement of people… We wouldn't wake up on the 24th and find ourselves outside the EU."
The Bank of England cannot comment on the impact of a potential Brexit as it is now in "purdah" - the period leading up to a vote during which government departments and public bodies refrain from making new announcements.
However, the Bank has said it would inject money into the banking system to compensate for shortages following the referendum.
In terms of monetary policy following a potential Brexit vote, inflation and a weakening economy could be big challenges for the central bank.
In response, some say it could keep interest rates on hold or cut them closer to zero.
But Pimco's Mr Amey believes the Bank would not go as far as introducing a negative rate, as we have seen in some countries.
"If they felt they needed to support economic growth more forcefully then they would re-engage in quantitative easing," he says.
With bated breath, it appears.
Brokerage ETX Capital, for example, plans to keep traders overnight to monitor the markets and handle trades.
"The result is going to be announced at an awkward time, in the middle of the night," said Joe Rundell, head of trading at ETX. "And we expect that whatever the result there will be significant movements on the FTSE 100, the sterling markets and in gold."
If the country votes to leave it could be the firm's busiest night of the year, he added.
"We are making contingency plans for a 40% move on the sterling market if there is a Brexit. It's not likely, but these sorts of things can happen."
JPMorgan Chase, RBS and Morgan Stanley are among other banks planning to have traders at their desks overnight as well, according to a Bloomberg report.
Some have argued that increased economic uncertainty following a vote to leave would trigger a sell-off in UK government bonds, or gilts.
But Mr Amey argues that gilts would rally, "largely because the market would expect an interest rate cut by the Bank of England and the UK financial markets would need a risk-free security to turn to.
"So if there was some volatility in other assets the gilt market would be sensitive to that and perform strongly." | The pound hit a three-week low on Monday before recovering slightly, after polls found growing support for a vote to leave the EU. |
Please summarize the passage below. | Lynne Neagle has expressed worries that young people will be prevented from having access to education and training.
MyTravelPass, which offered a third off bus travel, ended 18-months after it launched.
Labour Economy Secretary Ken Skates said he was hoping to launch a replacement for the pilot scheme.
Ms Neagle said it was encouraging that Mr Skates wanted a "legacy scheme" after Mytravelpass ends on 31 March.
Torfaen AM Ms Neagle told the Senedd earlier this week that she was "very disappointed that the Mytravelpass scheme was not going to be continued".
A reason given for ending the scheme was that young people were not using the pass to travel outside their immediate areas.
Ms Neagle told the chamber it was not "particularly surprising" that young people were using it to travel locally.
"My concern is that young people will be prevented from having access to education, training and youth services," she said.
Mr Skates responded: "The fact of the matter is that uptake was not as high as we would've wished, which is why I'm very keen for the successor programme to reach more young people across Wales."
He said he would want to see more than the 10,000 young people who used the pass to use the new scheme, which he promised to announce in coming weeks.
Ms Neagle told BBC Wales that she will seek assurances from the Welsh Government that any new scheme "is at least as good as the pilot scheme and that it is funded by Welsh Government and not by local authorities, who are already struggling because of UK government cuts".
Bus operators' body CPT Cymru have previously said the scheme was not well publicised and take-up had been low.
The Welsh Government has asked councils, bus operators and public transport information service Traveline Cymru to consider affordable ways of continuing to offer cheaper bus travel for young people.
George Ormond, 61, appeared via a videolink at Newcastle Crown Court, giving a clear "not guilty" plea to each of the charges which were said to relate to 18 complainants.
He faces 33 counts of indecent assault, one of gross indecency with a child and one serious sexual assault of a 15-year-old.
The charges date from 1973 to 1998.
The defendant, wearing glasses and with a grey beard, appeared via a link from Bradford.
He was granted bail and will stand trial on 21 May next year.
Mr Ormond, of no fixed address, volunteered as a coach at Newcastle United as well as other clubs in the area.
The trial is expected to last between four and five weeks.
After storming to a record-equalling fifth British Grand Prix victory at Silverstone, Lewis Hamilton debuted his sleek makeover on Instagram before racing begins at the Hungaroring this week.
If his new image can carry the momentum, the Mercedes man will reign supreme with six Hungarian Grand Prix wins.
So, with one point the difference between Hamilton and championship leader Sebastian Vettel, choose your qualifying top three below the form guide.
Pick who you think will master qualifying for Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix | The scrapping of a scheme to give 16-18 year olds discounted travel has prompted concerns from a Labour AM.
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A former Newcastle United coach has denied 35 historical sexual offences dating back as far as 1973.
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With 10 races down and another 10 to go, a driver may require some fresh motivation to propel him over the finish line. |
Write a summary of this document. | 16 December 2015 Last updated at 14:42 GMT
Lots of you have told us it's one of the biggest worries you have at school.
So, we wanted to find out what you think is the best way to stop bullying.
We asked our panel of 100 children to vote on a big question: "What is most important, to punish or to help a bully?"
Take a look at our big debate to find out the results. | As part of Anti-Bullying Week, we got together a special panel of kids and experts to debate over the best ways to stop bullying. |
Summarize the information in the following section. | Phil Shiner was struck off after being found to have acted dishonestly in bringing murder and torture claims against British war veterans.
He ran the now-defunct Public Interest Lawyers (PIL) and had 12 charges of misconduct proved against him.
The Insolvency Service website states Mr Shiner, 60, from Birmingham, was made bankrupt on Tuesday.
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The solicitor had denied or partially admitted the charges, which were found proved against him by a panel of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. He was struck off in February.
A property in Birmingham, which the Insolvency Service lists as his address, was transferred to his daughters for £300,000 in January.
The service said the sale of the house and any other transfer of assets would be subject to investigation to ensure his creditors recoup as much of the money owed to them as possible.
An Insolvency Service spokesman said: "We would want to know what has happened to any money received for the house. The Official Receiver checks all transactions over a five-year period before bankruptcy. We would investigate that sale."
In five of the charges, he was found to have acted dishonestly, including agreeing to pay "sweeteners" to a fixer, understood to be Abu Jamal, to persuade him to change his evidence to the £31m Al-Sweady Inquiry.
Investigations that originated from Mr Shiner and the PIL law firm would be assessed and a decision reached over which cases should no longer be pursued, the Iraq Historic Allegations Team (Ihat) said.
Ihat is due to close this summer. It is independent of the military chain of command for the purposes of its investigations, the government services website said.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has paid out more than £100m on legal costs and compensation linked to the war in Iraq, with a large proportion of this over allegations brought by PIL.
An MoD spokesman said: "The evidence we submitted on Phil Shiner's abuse of our legal system saw him struck off and, with his conduct discredited, we announced the closure of Ihat.
"We intend to recover as much as possible from defending these claims and await the Solicitors' Disciplinary Tribunal full decision before deciding our next steps."
Police raided Pronab Adhikary's house after receiving complaints from real estate developers that he had been demanding bribes for clearing building plans. His wife has denied the allegations, and said her husband was being framed.
Mr Adhikary's mid-level job as an engineer in the local government-run municipality involved clearing building construction plans.
By the end of the raid, they had recovered cash worth $31m (£20m) from the 15-year-old, six-room, two-storey house in the suburb of Howrah, on the outskirts of the capital, Calcutta.
Corruption is rife in real estate in India, where developers and officials often connive in clearing illegal building plans in return for bribes. Also, cash - also called 'black' or illicit money - is often hoarded at home to avoid paying income tax.
In November 2014, cash worth more than $15m was found in the house of an engineer in Noida in the suburbs of Delhi.
An income tax raid on a bureaucrat couple's house in the central state of Madhya Pradesh in 2010 yielded cash worth $459,770. They were both dismissed from service for "amassing property through corrupt means".
In 1996, bundles of currency notes worth $551,724 - money collected in bribes - were seized bags and suitcases from former federal telecommunications minister Sukh Ram's house. He was convicted and sent to prison.
Additional reporting by Amitabha Bhattashali in Kolkata | A lawyer who brought false claims against Iraq War veterans has been declared bankrupt.
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When anti-corruption police in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal raided a house belonging to a municipal engineer in the city of Howrah on Friday evening, little did they realise they would stumble upon the largest amount of of cash they had ever seen. |
Please summarize the following text. | It's after the guitarist lost his passport boarding a plane to the UK from New York.
The other members Ashton Irwin, Luke Hemmings and Calum Hood flew without him and played a gig at the O2 Arena in London on Sunday night.
The band told BBC Radio 1's Nick Grimshaw Michael is "relaxing in America" while he sorts out a passport.
Luke says it's incredible that he managed to lose it in the first place: "Because our tour manager holds our passports and will give it to us before the flight. Then we'll have it for maybe an hour and then he'll take it back off us. In that time he's lost it."
Although he adds that Michael has previous: "I've seen Michael lose a ticket before he gets on the plane, I mean he's given it in the line and he's lost it."
The band lined up for photos after performing at The Jingle Bell Ball on Sunday with drummer Ashton saying it was weird playing a big gig as a three-piece.
"I hated him not being there it was the worst. It's just so wrong when you're in a band and a guy's not there.
"It's almost like you're betraying him. We were on stage as a three piece and it just wasn't awesome at all."
It's not known when the band, who are from Sydney, will have their red-headed guitarist back.
They're currently applying to the embassy in the US for a new emergency passport.
"He's just relaxing having a bit of Michael time," said Aston.
Calum joked with Nick Grimshaw that the group is planning dates without Michael as they don't know where he is.
"We normally have a group text but he's not in it. We're making plans so you don't want to have him it (laughs). Where is he? New York?"
On Twitter Michael said: "Really, really sorry for anyone who I've let down for not being able to come. You get a free pass to call me stupid."
The boys are due to perform another gig in Liverpool on Wednesday night but it looks like Michael will miss that too.
Earlier this year the Australian boy band announced a new UK tour.
The Rock Out With Your Socks Out tour will take place in May and June 2015.
The tour dates are follows:
Belfast, Odyssey Arena - 31 May
Glasgow, The SSE Hydro - 1 June
Newcastle, Metro Radio Arena - 2
Leeds, First Direct Arena - 3
Birmingham, The NIA - 5
Cardiff, Motorpoint Arena - 7
Manchester, Phones4U Arena - 9
London, Wembley Arena - 12 & 13
Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube | 5 Seconds of Summers' Michael Clifford could be away from the band for days to come. |
Please provide a short summary of this passage. | Standing more than 132m (433 ft) high, the building south of John Lewis would be home to around 450 students.
Developers Watkin Jones said there was "considerable support" for the "iconic building".
If approved by Cardiff council, it would be taller than Swansea's Meridian Tower, which is 107m (351ft).
Plans include a shop or cafe at ground level, and a "sky lounge" available for hire.
The application could be considered by Cardiff council's planning committee in spring or summer 2016 and the building completed in late summer 2018.
Mohammed Ammer Ali, 31, is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court in central London on Tuesday.
He was arrested on Wednesday, when officers from North West Counter Terrorism Unit and Merseyside Police searched five Merseyside addresses.
Officers have uncovered no plan or threat of an imminent attack either at home or abroad, police said.
The suspect is accused of attempting to have a chemical weapon in his possession between January 10 and February 12, contrary to the Criminal Attempts Act 1981 and the Chemical Weapons Act 1996. | Cardiff could take over from Swansea as the home of Wales' tallest building, as plans for a 42-storey tower in the city centre are unveiled.
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A man from Liverpool has been charged with attempting to obtain a chemical weapon, police have said. |
Summarize the provided section. | Goals from Kris Commons and Stefan Johansen sealed their passage in the League Cup, although the latter only came three minutes from the end.
Deila praised Raith's performance but also said his own side should have been better in attack.
"We should have more penetration and movement in the last third of the pitch," Deila said.
"But we had two or three very big chances in the second half that we should have finished off. That's these games and I've had more trouble than tonight.
"It was up and down. We kept them under pressure for 90 minutes but we didn't create as many chances as we did on Sunday [in the 6-0 defeat of Dundee].
"It was more flat. We also have to give credit to them, they worked really hard in defence and when you're only 1-0 up everything can happen, so it was very good to get that second goal.
"We deserved to win and we did the job.
"You can see Aberdeen lost [against Hibernian] and other teams as well, so it's good that we're through and three games to a title."
Deila made six changes to the starting line up from Sunday's win, including bringing in 18-year-old left-back Kieran Tierney. The defender impressed, along with Saidy Janko and Callum McGregor.
"[Tierney] has come a long way in a short age, 18 years old to perform like that. He will be important for us in the future," said Deila.
The Celtic manager also said that no decision has yet been made on trialist Carlton Cole, with the former Chelsea and West Ham striker continuing to train with the club.
Croatian Jozo Simunovic sat out the second game in a row but Deila added that the defender's injury is not serious and he could be back in time to face Hearts on Saturday.
"He's twisted his ankle," Deila said. "He's getting better every day, it's not big, but he was not 100% tonight." | Ronny Delia admits his side should have been more accomplished in attack despite beating Raith Rovers. |
Please provide a concise summary of the following section. | Anti-Trump activists have also been paying for billboards, making videos and songs, and posting mock missing person adverts on social media to pressure their representatives to hold town hall meetings.
But after recent public events descended into combative showdowns, some politicians are refusing to expose themselves to what they are say are set-ups by liberal fringe groups.
President Trump has claimed that the angry crowds are being organised by liberal protesters.
Activists in California have gone one further, setting up an entire website, whereispaulcook.com, to try to chase down Representative Paul Cook. They are now planning a "candlelit vigil" to "pray for Paul".
Meanwhile, a group calling themselves "Stop the Speaker" have funded a billboard accusing House Speaker Paul Ryan of running away from voters.
In Martin County, Florida, activists produced a video - a take on the song Dear Future Husband by Meghan Trainor, urging Florida representative Brian Mast to hold a Town Hall meeting. He has since agreed to hold a public event, with a focus on veterans, but the activists are frustrated that it is scheduled for 13:00 on a weekday.
The song's lyrics were penned and performed by Melissa Gardner, a 39-year-old former military intelligence officer and Fulbright scholar. She told the BBC she is registered as Republican party member, but voted for Hillary Clinton as she disagrees with the direction Mr Trump is taking.
She is part of Indivisible, a network established to challenge Donald Trump's agenda in the wake of his electoral victory.
With former Congressional workers among its founders, the group has created an activism guidebook, including advice for disrupting scheduled events to "shift attention to your own message".
They say their strategies are modelled on those of the Tea Party wing of the Republican party. Ms Gardner says that for her, and many others involved locally, it is her first foray into political activism.
The network is also behind whereispaulcook.com. Warehouse worker Jason Graham, 44, is one of the website's organisers. He too says he is new to political activism, and says his 60-strong local chapter contains mainly Democrat voters, but also anti-Trump Republicans, libertarians and Greens.
"Most are people who have really never paid much attention to politics before," he says.
He says his group are not aiming to be confrontational, they just want a town hall meeting to "put questions in a public setting".
The Democratic advocacy group MoveOn.org, which powerfully backed Barack Obama's presidential campaign, is also involved. It has dubbed this week "Resistance Recess" - a reference to the congressional break when lawmakers are expected to return to their home constituencies.
MoveOn.org has published guides and tips for activism, including "bird dogging" - which it defines as challenging representatives doggedly at public events, though one of the training videos admits can be considered "heckling".
Strategies include spreading sympathetic people out through the audience and recording video to put on social media. The group also suggests posting the "missing" adverts to pressure lawmakers into holding public meetings.
Republicans have dismissed the town hall meetings as engineered, unrepresentative attempts to cause chaos. Rep Paul Cook's office told local media he prefers other means to communicate with constituents, as town halls "reward the most disruptive and loudest voices".
"The main local agitators demanding a town hall seek not a dialogue but a platform to espouse an extreme political agenda that was resoundingly rejected," the office was quoted as saying.
Rep. Jason Chaffetz said behaviour at an event he hosted in February was "intended to bully and intimidate".
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer has said such meetings have contained "a bit of professional, manufactured protest", and that a "very paid, 'astroturf' [in contrast to grassroots] type movement" is developing..
On Thursday, the former Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords weighed in, after Texas representative Louie Gohmert cited her shooting at a 2011 outdoor political meeting as a reason for not appearing in person.
Ms Giffords tweeted: "To the politicians who have abandoned their civic obligations, I say this: Have some courage. Face your constituents. Hold town halls.
"I was shot on a Saturday morning. By Monday morning my offices were open to the public." | Pick up a carton of milk in some parts of the US this week and you might see a Republican politician staring dolefully out at you from the flyer on the side - rather than the usual missing children ads. |
Write a summary for this information. | A 52-year-old man was taken to hospital with serious injuries after being attacked outside the Variety Bar at about 00:40 on 24 December.
The man in the image is in his early 20s with brown hair and was wearing a blue jacket, blue jeans and black and white trainers.
Police have appealed for information. | Police have released a CCTV image of a man they want to speak to in connection with a serious assault in Glasgow city centre on Christmas Eve. |
Write a summary for the following excerpt. | Mr Tsipras said a clear vote against austerity would help Greece negotiate a better settlement to the crisis.
Otherwise, he warned, he would not stay in office to oversee more cuts.
Greece's bailout expires on Tuesday, the same day it faces a deadline to repay a €1.6bn (£1.1bn) loan to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The loan is to be repaid by 18:00 Washington time (22:00 GMT).
EU leaders have warned that a rejection of the creditors' proposals on Sunday would mean Greece leaving the eurozone - though Mr Tsipras says he does not want this to happen.
Talks between Greece and its creditors broke down last week, leading to Greek banks having to shut this week. The uncertainty also caused stock markets to fall sharply on Monday.
Asian markets rebounded on Tuesday, with stock markets in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Seoul all rising compared with Monday.
Tens of thousands of people gathered outside the Greek parliament in Athens on Monday evening in a show of support for the government's proposals. A rival protest organised by those calling for a yes vote is due later on Tuesday.
Speaking live on state TV on Monday evening, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras appealed to Greeks to reject the creditors' proposals, saying this would give Greece "more powerful weapons" to take to the negotiating table.
"We ask you to reject it with all the might of your soul, with the greatest margin possible," he said.
He told viewers he did not believe the creditors wanted Greece out of the eurozone "because the cost is immense".
Mr Tsipras also hinted strongly that he would resign if the result of the referendum was a "yes" vote.
"If the Greek people want to proceed with austerity plans in perpetuity, which will leave us unable to lift our head... we will respect it, but we will not be the ones to carry it out," he said.
But some eurozone leaders, including the Italian prime minister and French president, voiced their concern on Monday that Greek voters would effectively be deciding next Sunday whether or not they wanted to stay in the eurozone.
Meanwhile, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on Monday he felt betrayed by the Tsipras-led government and called on Greek voters to oppose him.
Mr Juncker said that he still believed a Greek exit from the euro was not an option and insisted that the creditors' latest proposals meant more social fairness.
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The government has already been forced to order all banks to be closed until 6 July after the European Central Bank (ECB) decided not to extend its emergency funding.
The ECB is believed to have disbursed virtually all of its ceiling for funds, amounting to €89bn (£63bn).
Long queues of people were seen snaking outside ATMs on Monday, with withdrawals capped at just €60 a day.
Elderly people, many without bank cards, were seen waiting outside closed bank branches in the hope of getting access to funds.
The question which will be put to voters on Sunday will not be as simple as whether they want to stay in the euro or not - instead it asks Greeks to approve or reject the specific terms laid out by Greece's creditors:
"Should the agreement plan submitted by the European Commission, European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund to the June 25 eurogroup and consisting of two parts, which form their single proposal, be accepted? The first document is titled 'Reforms for the completion of the Current Program and Beyond' and the second 'Preliminary Debt Sustainability Analysis'.
"Not approved/NO
"Approved/YES"
Trying to crack the puzzle of the Greek referendum question
Greek debt jargon explained
The Athens stock exchange has also been closed as part of the emergency measures.
The government said it would make public transport free in the Athens area for a week while the banks are closed.
On Monday evening the ratings agency Fitch said it had downgraded its rating of four Greek banks, National Bank of Greece, Piraeus Bank, Eurobank Ergasias and Alpha Bank, to "restricted default". | Greek PM Alexis Tsipras has urged voters to reject creditors' demands in a snap referendum on Greece's debt crisis due on Sunday. |
Provide a brief summary of this section. | 26 February 2016 Last updated at 13:33 GMT
The team, led by Richard Gill, started on a beach in Northern France, where they set the drone off on its 35 kilometre flight back to the UK.
They followed it in a boat, being careful not to get in the way of big ships, until it finally reached Shakespeare Beach in Dover.
It took 72 minutes of flying, without stopping, to get back to the UK. | A UK team called Team Ocuair have made history by being the first ever to successfully fly a drone all the way across the English Channel. |
What is the summary of the provided article? | Former Barclays traders Ryan Reich and Stelios Contogoulas are accused of conspiracy to defraud by rigging Libor.
The Libor rate is meant to track how much banks pay to borrow cash from each other.
But the jury at Southwark Crown Court has heard that it could be manipulated.
To arrive at Libor, which stands for London Interbank Offered Rate, banks every day would make submissions stating what interest rate they thought they would have to pay and an average was taken and published.
What is the Libor scandal?
The jury has heard that banks also had large trading positions which would make or lose money according to the movements of the Libor average.
The traders are accused of making inappropriate requests to Barclays' submitters between 2005 and 2007, asking them to put in submissions that were higher or lower to nudge the average up or down.
John Ewan, former Libor manager at the British Bankers Association (BBA), agreed in court that a bank could be "perfectly entitled" to ask for a lower rate as long as it was within a range of interest rates at which the bank might borrow cash.
Mr Ewan was asked about the case of a senior Barclays manager who was told by a Libor submitter that the range of interest rates at which the bank might borrow was between 5.10% and 5.25%.
If it put in a higher rate, the senior manager feared the bank might "get slaughtered in the press".
Asked if the rate would still be accurate if he then asked for the submitter to put in a rate at the lower end of the range, 5.10%, Mr Ewan said: "It is in line with the definition at the time, yes."
Representing Ryan Reich, Adrian Darbishire QC presented Mr Ewan with evidence from 2006, 2007 and 2008 of banks putting in submissions not based purely on the cost of borrowing cash.
In an email cited in court from 3 September 2007, Mr Ewan told BBA colleagues banks were putting in submissions which "ran contrary to the definition of Libor, which insists that rates are based on the interbank market".
"It is a dirty little secret that this is not always the case," he wrote.
The court also heard a transcript of a telephone conversation from 29 November 2007 where Mr Ewan discussed with a senior Barclays executive, Miles Storey, how banks were borrowing at a high interest rate but making submissions that said they could borrow at a lower one.
"The divergence between where people are posting them for whatever reasons and where they are actually trading is beginning to sort of creep out of the woodwork," Mr Storey said.
Later in the conversation, Mr Storey also told Mr Ewan: "Manipulation, for whatever reason, is going to come out."
Mr Darbishire asked Mr Ewan: "If a [bank] can borrow in reasonable market size at any one of a wide range of offered rates, then it is not false or inconsistent with the definition for the bank to base its response, in other words its submission, on the lowest of those rates?"
"No," said Mr Ewan.
"Or the highest one or any other arbitrary selection from among them?"
"That's right."
The case continues. | A prosecution witness in the trial of two bankers for manipulating Libor interest rates has accepted banks could put rates higher or lower without necessarily breaking the rules. |
What is the summary of the document provided? | The activists, including supporters of the Occupy Central movement, are protesting against China's involvement in how Hong Kong's new chief executive will be elected in 2017.
Thousands of protesters took to the streets over the weekend.
Martin Lee, an activist and former legislator, is seen below wearing goggles and a face mask to protect himself against the use of pepper spray by the police. Some activists even wrapped their eye-ware in plastic wrap as an added precaution.
Umbrellas were also used by protesters to shield them from pepper spray.
The protective gear was supplied by volunteers who carried food and water to demonstration areas around the city.
Police threw tear gas canisters into the crowd on Sunday evening in a bid to drive them back.
The standoff between protesters and police brought parts of central Hong Kong to a standstill.
But the tear gas and pepper spray did not deter the protesters...
Police arrested dozens of people on Sunday, with more than 25 people hospitalised for injuries sustained in scuffles with police in riot gear.
Thousands of protesters remained on the streets into the early hours of Monday, threatening disruption to public transport and school closures.
Warrington had come from behind to lead 16-10 with three minutes to play.
James Webster's side had to play more than 40 minutes of the game with a man down after James Green's dismissal.
The draw, Rovers' second of the season, slightly dents their hopes of reaching the top eight of Super League and avoiding the lottery of the Qualifiers.
Four points now separate the east Hull side from Widnes in the last top-eight position, or the tussle between Super League's bottom four and the Championship quartet after the split.
It also does bitter rivals Hull FC a favour at the top, with the Black and Whites three points clear of Warrington with three regular season games remaining to decide who finishes top going into the Super 8s.
There was no let up in the intensity of a game that showed that there is still much to play for, as the altercation between former team-mates Jordan Cox and Green produced a red card at the end of the first-half.
Having led 6-0 at the break through James Donaldson's effort, Thomas Minns added a second out wide for Hull KR after smart play from Albert Kelly to stretch the lead to 10-0.
Tony Smith's side showed their mettle to strike three times, Matty Russell showing strength at the corner, Brad Dwyer touching down with a sneak from dummy half and Jack Hughes bursting away on the edge.
It looked enough to close out the match but Thornley's late effort ensured the spoils were shared.
Hull KR head coach James Webster told BBC Radio Humberside:
"I've got to commend our boys for the effort, we played 42 minutes with 12 men against a really quality side.
"We had people out of position and it was a gutsy effort but if we were better finishing our sets we might have won the game.
"Fighting is one you can't do, the games has changed but saying that there was something in it before in that we got the penalty."
Warrington head coach Tony Smith told BBC Radio Merseyside:
"We'd have liked to have closed it out. We weren't good enough from the kick-off and they come up with the ball and scored directly after.
"If you don't do things well throughout that's what happens. That what happens when you're fraught with danger. We have no one to blame but ourselves.
"Their spirit was great and we lacked a bit of that. We lacked discipline. When we went 16-10 I think everyone in the ground thought we had it, but the game is 80 minutes."
Hull KR: Cockayne; Sio, Minns, Thornley, Wardill; Blair, Kelly; Tilse, Lunt, Allgood, Clarkson, Donaldson, Mulhern.
Replacements: Lawler, Green, Walker, Larroyer.
Warrington: Ratchford; Russell, R Evans, T King, Penny; Patton, Sandow; Hill, Clark, Westwood, Currie, Hughes, Westerman.
Replacements: Dwyer, G King, Bailey, Cox.
Referee: Mike Woodhead (RFL) | Pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong donned goggles, masks and raincoats to brace for a showdown with police.
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Twelve-man Hull KR denied Warrington the chance to move level on points with second placed Wigan in Super League after a late try from Iain Thornley. |
Provide a concise summary of this excerpt. | The 29-year-old, who has 35 international caps, joined from French side Bordeaux and had a $4.45 million release clause in his contract.
"I would like to thank Bordeaux for allowing me to make the move and Werder Bremen for having faith in me," Sane told the club website.
"I am excited to play in the Bundesliga, because I have followed it for many years.
"To play in these stadiums and with this atmosphere, especially at Werder, is something I am really relishing. I want to make my contribution to a successful season as quickly as possible."
He could come up against his younger brother Salif Sane, who plays for Hannover in the second division in Germany.
Also on the move in Germany is Nigeria international forward Victor Obinna, who has penned a one-year contract with Bundesliga outfit SV Darmstadt.
He joins after a successful trial but will miss his new club's first four matches of the new season through suspension.
The 29-year-old was sent off in his last match for second division side MSV Duisburg in their relegation play-off against Würzburger Kickers.
The striker has 46 caps and 11 goals for Nigeria as well as being part of the Super Eagles squad at the 2010 World Cup as well as the 2006, 2008 and 2010 African Cup of Nations.
The former Inter Milan, Chievo Verona, West Ham, Malaga and Lokomotiv Moscow player was an integral part of the Nigeria squad that won silver at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in China.
His compatriot Chinedu Obasi has signed a short-term deal with Swedish topflight club AIK.
The 30-year-old Nigeria international was released by Bundesliga club Schalke last summer after making just 10 league starts in three years.
"It's a great opportunity and also a great honour for me to be part of this fantastic club," he told AIK website.
Like Obinna he has a silver medal from the 2008 Beijing Games, and was at 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
He is the only Nigerian to have appeared in all Fifa World Cups [Under-17, Under-20 and Senior] as well as the Olympics. | Senegal defender Lamine Sane has joined German Bundesliga club Werder Bremen on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee. |
Provide a summary of the section below. | The seller from Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, had been given the Queen Anne Vigo five guinea by his grandfather when he was a boy.
The auctioneers said it was one of 20 made from 7.5lbs (3.4kg) of gold seized by the British in northern Spain on 23 October 1702.
Coin specialist Gregory Tong said it was a "record-breaking" sale.
The seller, who did not want to be named, said his grandfather would give him "bags of coins" collected from all over the world.
He said: "As time passed these coins were forgotten about until I rediscovered them after my granddad passed away.
"I looked back through the coins - remembering the stories I made up about them when I was small - and then gave them to my own son to play with and put into his own treasure box.
"My little boy has been playing with this coin as I did all those years ago."
Auctioneers Boningtons in Epping, Essex, said the Vigo coins were made after the British fleet failed to take Cadiz in 1702.
The fleet instead managed to seize gold and silver from Franco-Spanish treasure ships coming back from America.
The coins were made to detract attention from the British failure at Cadiz.
They were delivered with full pageantry through London and received at the Royal Mint by the Master of the Mint Sir Isaac Newton, the auctioneers said.
Mr Tong from Boningtons, said: "The coin is only the sixth example of its type to be offered for sale in the last 50 years.
"It has broken Boningtons' house record of £200,000 set by the sale of a painting by Sir Winston Churchill earlier this year."
In the first robbery, two men, one armed with a knife, entered the shop at about 20:55 BST on Friday and demanded cash and cigarettes.
The second raid happened at about 07:30 BST on Saturday and again two men, one armed with a knife, stole cash and cigarettes.
Police said they "strongly believe" the robberies are linked.
Ulster Unionist councillor Jim Rodgers has said he is concerned by the number of robberies in the area.
"The police and the public need to do more to try and prevent these happening," he said.
"For those who are suffering, it is desperately serious.
"Many of us are working extremely hard to keep businesses in the east of the city and to attract new employers and this isn't helping matters."
The MP for East Belfast, the DUP's Gavin Robinson, said he was appalled by recent robberies in the area.
"Business and our wider community need reassurance that such lawlessness will not be tolerated," he said.
"The dark cloud of crime won't pass without intervention."
The men in the Albertbridge Road robberies were described as being of slim to medium build and both were wearing gloves and baseball caps.
One of the men was taller than the other, at 5ft 11ins tall.
He was said to have been wearing track bottoms, Converse shoes and a blue jacket with a lighter hood.
The second man was about 5ft 7ins tall and was wearing dark jogging bottoms, white trainers and a navy zip-up jacket.
Police have appealed for witnesses. | A rare coin made of gold seized from a treasure ship more than three centuries ago has sold for £225,000 at auction.
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A shop on the Albertbridge Road in east Belfast has been robbed twice in less than 12 hours. |
Summarize the information in the following document. | Much of it was targeted against the ethnic Tharu community in Tikapur, whom they blame for violence on Monday in which seven policemen and a child died.
Tharu protesters had been at a rally demanding greater rights under a new constitution when the clashes erupted.
A man, 18, has died in the south after police fired at a similar protest.
In that incident, officers used tear gas and fired warning shots in the air on Tuesday when ethnic Madhesi protesters had entered the town of Gaur, in the southern plains of Rautahat district, where such demonstrations had been banned, the local chief district officer, Madan Bhujel, said.
Minority ethnic groups have been demonstrating across Nepal, saying the new constitution, which would divide the country into seven federal states, would discriminate against them and give them insufficient autonomy.
In Tikapur town, in north-western Kailali district, protesters attacked a radio station and a guest house, regional police chief Ram Kumar Khanal told the BBC Nepali service.
The angry mob also vandalised the home of a lawmaker belonging to the Tharu ethnic group, the deputy inspector general said.
Police fired warning shots more than a dozen times to disperse the crowd, he added.
In the capital, Kathmandu, hundreds of people attended the funeral for Laxman Neupane, the most senior policeman to lose his life on Monday in Tikapur.
The ethnic Tharu protesters had encircled the officers, attacking them with spears and axes and burning one person alive, officials said.
According to the Associated Press news agency, many of the protesters fled into the jungle and nearby villages in Kailali district after the clashes.
Security personnel, including the army, have been deployed to Tikapur, which is about 400km (250 miles) north-west of Kathmandu, in an attempt to calm the situation.
Meanwhile, Nepal's four major parties have met and said they will hold talks with dissatisfied groups to address their political demands, the BBC's Phanindra Dahal reports from Kathmandu.
Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl-jae said he especially hoped to discuss the reunion of families separated by the Korean War more than 60 years ago.
There has been no response yet from Pyongyang.
The North has previously seen the South's unification plans as an attempt to take it over.
"North and South Korea should meet face to face to draw up a plan for a peaceful unification," Mr Ryoo told a news conference.
"For this purpose, we make an official proposal for the North Korean government to have a conversation about mutual concerns between North and South in January next year."
The minister said he hoped North Korea "responds positively" to the suggestion.
He offered to meet in Seoul, Pyongyang or any other South or North Korean city agreed with North Korean officials.
The last formal high-level talks were in February, leading to rare reunions for Korean families.
More talks planned in October were dropped after North Korea accused the South of not doing enough to stop activists sending anti-Northern leaflets across the border on balloons.
The two Koreas have technically been at war since the 1950-53 Korean conflict ended in an armistice rather than a peace treaty. | Residents of a town in north-western Nepal have defied a curfew imposed after deadly clashes, torching homes and vandalising buildings, police say.
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South Korea has offered to resume high-level talks next month with North Korea on a range of issues, to prepare for a "peaceful unification". |
What is the summary of the given information? | Clinical psychologist Linda Blair said use of such devices early in the day could harm concentration in class.
Speaking at the Cheltenham Science Festival, she also suggested teachers minimise the amount of homework that needed to be carried out on computers.
She said parents could set an example by limiting their own screen use.
Mrs Blair, author of The Key to Calm, said requiring children to do homework on computers itself contributed to children becoming tired and unfocused.
Computers and other screens emit a blue light that has been shown to reduce levels of melatonin - a chemical produced by the body that aids restful sleep.
They are also said to raise the levels of the stress hormone cortisol, which makes it harder to concentrate.
She said: "It makes me mad because a lot of schools are doing screen homework. It's so stupid - I wish they wouldn't do that."
She acknowledged that limiting screen use "was not a popular move", but added that it could transform things for young people.
"I encourage people to try it for a couple of days."
Mrs Blair also encouraged families to "establish one point in the day where the family focuses on each other".
"That used to be called dinner. All screens are off and you actually talk to each other.
"They will moan but 10 years from now they will remember it and thank you.
"You have to set limits. Kids have got to know how to manage their screens and be in control." | Parents should ban children from using tablets and smartphones before they set off for school in the morning, an expert has said. |
Give a short summary of the provided document. | It comes a day after dissidents broke away to form a new faction led by his former right-hand man Angelino Alfano.
Berlusconi said he was pained by the move, but suggested his party could still cooperate with the new faction.
Tensions in the PLD party have been high as Berlusconi faces expulsion from parliament over a court conviction.
In a bid to bring the administration down, Berlusconi wanted his party to quit the governing coalition over a Senate vote to remove him after he was convicted of tax fraud.
But Mr Alfano and several other MPs have refused to go along with this approach, and announced on Friday the formation of a rival centre-right group.
Berlusconi said Mr Alfano's decision had "caused him a lot of pain", speaking at a convention aimed at rebranding his party on Saturday,
But he suggested the two parties should be viewed as allies, urging his supporters to avoid hostility towards the new grouping.
He also acknowledged that the split in his ranks means he no longer has the numbers in parliament to bring the government down.
Mr Berlusconi was convicted of tax fraud in October 2012 over deals his firm Mediaset made to purchase TV rights to US films. The sentence was upheld in August.
The Italian Senate will soon vote on whether to expel him, a move which would open up the risk of arrest over other criminal cases. | Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has relaunched his old party Forza Italia following a split in the centre-right movement. |
Please summarize the given passage. | Clacton MP Douglas Carswell's message, apparently posted by his young daughter, went to his 28,000 followers and was retweeted hundreds of times.
An hour later, a further tweet stated: "That's the last time I leave the five year old in charge of the iPad".
Respondents included the Conservatives - his former party - which replied "No thanks" to the offer.
His initial tweet - which included a screenshot of the game - prompted replies from other users of the social network, questioning why he had posted the message or whether his account had been hacked.
Mr Carswell later responded to political blogger Guido Fawkes, confirming the first message had been posted by his child.
The original tweet has not been removed from the social network.
Last year, a similar message was posted from Mr Carswell's Twitter account, also inviting his followers to play Hello Kitty World.
The court ruled that the airline should pay them about £400,000 in compensation for tickets sold since 2010.
The airline was taken to court by ticket agent Riaz Hussain Syed.
He said PIA told him he should charge the passengers the extra money instead of getting it from the airline.
He said: "If the price printed on the ticket is £500 and I ask the passenger for £35 more, do you think he will pay me? PIA wanted us to charge them the money."
Mr Syed and fellow travel agent Anwar Malik, both of Walthamstow in east London, were awarded compensation by the court.
PIA spokesperson Mashood Tajwar said: "We lost this case for fuel surcharges, but we settled out of court with some of them."
Mr Syed, however, has disputed this. He is also chairman of the Association of Pakistan Travel Agents (APTA), which represents about 39 vendors across the UK.
He says many of his members wanted to go to court, but it would have have been very expensive.
He said: "We had no choice. We wanted to settle out of court, but they told us to get a judgment order if we wanted to be paid what we thought we should be paid."
Eleven APTA members have settled out of court with the airline. They include Kaleem Majid of Royal Travel in Manchester.
Mr Majid said: "We took a long-term view. PIA are good partners and there's a large Pakistani community here, so we sell a lot of tickets for them. We didn't want to get involved in legal wrangling over a long period of time."
Mr Syed said more than £20m was owed to his members and that they would go back to the Royal Courts of Justice to get it.
The airline has had financial difficulties. Last year, it had pre-tax losses of about eight billion rupees (£45m).
One of the reasons was that it had a high number of employees. In 2011, there were just over 18,000 staff for a fleet of just 40 aircraft.
It is not the only business that is suffering. India's Kingfisher Airlines was grounded last year because of a cash shortage.
Andrew Charlton, of consulting firm Aviation Advocacy, said: "We are seeing airlines change they way they do business. From baggage fees to code-sharing agreements, it's a natural part of the progression from moving from the good old days to modern times."
In the meantime, APTA has asked Pakistan's Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, to intervene in the row. He was approached during his visit to London last month.
APTA asked him to send a high-powered delegation to the UK to help to resolve the argument, saying its members did not want to travel to Pakistan because they were concerned for their safety.
You can hear more on BBC Asian Network at 13:00 and 17:00. | A UKIP MP caused confusion on Twitter telling followers: "Come play Hello Kitty World with me".
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Pakistan International Airlines has been told by the High Court in London to compensate two UK travel agents after it stopped paying them commission for selling its tickets. |
What is the summary of the provided article? | The CMA said the £12.5bn deal, first announced in February, was "not expected to result in a substantial lessening of competition" in the UK".
BT shares were up 3% at midday in the wake of the CMA statement.
The deal is set to create a communications giant covering fixed-line phones, broadband, mobile and TV.
The takeover more than trebles BT's retail customers adding the 10 million it already had to EE's 24.5 million direct mobile subscribers.
John Wotton, chair of the CMA inquiry said: "Having considered all the evidence, the group does not provisionally believe that, in a dynamic and evolving sector, it is more likely than not that BT/EE will be able to use its position to damage competition or the interests of consumers."
The CMA said the two firms operated largely in separate areas "with BT strong in supplying fixed communications services (voice, broadband and pay TV), EE strong in supplying mobile communications services, and limited overlap between them in both categories of service".
BT chief executive Gavin Patterson said: "The combined BT and EE will be good for the UK, providing investment and ensuring consumers and businesses can benefit from further innovation in a highly competitive market".
However, BT may still be forced to break up its internet broadband business, Openreach, by communications watchdog Ofcom.
Rivals TalkTalk and Vodafone say that regulators should force BT to spin off Openreach to improve competition and provide a better service.
The CMA said in a statement: "We are aware of concerns voiced recently about Openreach and wider concerns are currently being considered by Ofcom in their review of the whole telecommunications market."
The Inquiry will now consider responses to its provisional report and publish a final report in January. | BT Group's takeover of mobile phone network EE has been provisionally cleared by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). |
Write a short summary of the following excerpt. | "Water will flow under the bridge before we do anything but that water will drown Andrew RT Davies."
It was a startling thing to hear from such a senior Conservative source, who wished to remain anonymous.
It was then followed by: "Do not imagine for a moment that the party in London will roll over on this."
It was early April and the leader of the Conservatives in the assembly, Andrew RT Davies, had just pulled off what he thought was quite a coup.
He had announced that Mark Reckless, the former Conservative MP who defected to UKIP and later became an assembly member for that party, was defecting back to the Conservatives to vote with the group of Tory AMs, although he would not re-join the party.
But there was a catch - the nature of Mr Reckless's first defection to UKIP in 2014 was calculated to cause maximum damage to then Prime Minister, David Cameron.
And Conservative members have long memories.
MPs lined up to criticise the move and were doing so, they said, with the backing of the very top brass of Conservative HQ.
They had asked Mr Davies not to press ahead with the move but had been ignored.
There were numerous anonymous calls from MPs and officials for Mr Davies to be sacked, removed from office - anything they could think of to get rid of him.
It was the latest episode of an increasingly fractious relationship between the Conservative groups at both ends of the M4 - the 11 AMs in Cardiff bay led by Mr Davies and the (then) 11 MPs in Westminster.
At the assembly election of May 2016 the Conservative party's steady progress in elections in Wales ground to a halt.
From a low base in 1997, where the party failed to secure a single MP, they had increased their share of the vote and number of representatives at every election for the assembly and Parliament.
But in 2016 for the first time in a devolved election the party went back in terms of share of the vote and in the numbers of AMs.
As Theresa May could still find to her cost, Conservatives do not tolerate losing.
The electoral loss combined with the anger over the Mr Reckless saga made it seem as though a day of reckoning was drawing close.
Then the general election was called. All bets were off.
As one candidate who had been seething about Mr Davies told me: "This is bigger than any spat with Andrew. This is the priority now."
Rarely have I seen a politician smile as broadly as Mr Davies when I asked him if the election meant his future was safe for the time being.
But all was clearly not well.
During the campaign, the friction between Mr Davies and the Secretary of State for Wales, Alun Cairns, came to the surface as they argued over who should represent the party in TV debates.
In the end, an AM, Darren Millar, had to step in at the last minute.
The early days of the campaign had promised so much for the Conservatives in Wales.
A shock early poll had journalists poring through the history books to see the last time the party had won more MPs here than anyone else (1859, since you ask).
But as it turned out, it was another disappointing result - their share of the vote was at a near-all-time high but they lost three of their 11 MPs.
Since then I've spent a lot of time speaking with AMs and MPs about what should happen next for the Conservatives in Wales.
Two things seem clear, and they are closely connected.
One is that Mr Davies is seen as part of the problem.
But the second thing is that he cannot be removed because there doe not seem to be anyone who will challenge him for the leadership of the party in the assembly.
Likely candidates such as Paul Davies, Darren Millar and Angela Burns all seem totally uninterested in taking on the leader.
But there are still calls for change.
One MP told me Mr Davies is making tactical mistakes by spending so much time attacking Plaid Cymru.
"There are no votes in that for us," the MP said. "We should be focusing our energy against Labour."
Another source said he should look to how his predecessor, now Lord Bourne, ran the party in Wales.
He may have been disliked by some but he gave meaning to the "Welsh" Conservatives by embracing devolution.
He also sought the views of others before making decisions. That seems to have waned under Mr Davies.
I am also told that Mr Cairns and Mr Davies need to "act like grown-ups" and start working together again.
For his part, Mr Davies looks quite jealously at his counterpart in Scotland.
Ruth Davidson is an exceptionally popular party leader, who has more autonomy than her Welsh counterpart.
Mr Davies thinks there needs to be a designated leader in Wales who calls all the shots here.
He thinks that would solve many of the problems the Conservatives face in Wales.
But many senior figures say he has been calling the shots for too long, and that someone else should now take over. | In the third of our summer features looking at the state of the Welsh parties in 2017, political correspondent Arwyn Jones explores the Welsh Conservatives. |
Can you summarize the following paragraph? | The Premier League club also failed to take notice of a written warning sent three weeks before the final breach.
City were fined £35,000 last month but the written reasons have now been released.
A first-team player missed a test on 1 September 2016 because the hotel address provided was no longer correct.
In addition, City also failed to inform the FA of an extra first-team training session on 12 July 2016, while anti-doping officials were unable to test reserve players on 7 December, 2016 because six of them had been given the day off without the FA being informed.
Clubs are required to provide accurate details of training sessions and player whereabouts so they are available for testing at all times.
If clubs fail to provide this information - or testers are unable to find the players they are looking for - three times in a rolling 12-month period then they are deemed to have breached the rules.
The final breach on 7 December occurred despite the FA writing to City on 14 November to remind them clubs must notify the governing body if five or more players in a particular squad are given a day off from a scheduled session.
They were also warned in writing after the second strike in September.
City told the FA the two training-session breaches were "administrative errors" related to the club's new management team under Pep Guardiola being unfamiliar with the system.
An independent regulatory commission hearing was critical of City's failure to meet their obligations and heed warnings.
"It is no less concerning that in this case, despite the club being made aware of their breaches on two previous occasions [and] the resources available to the club, they failed to deal with these and implement a system to correct this," it said.
BBC Sport's Simon Stone
The fact City accepted the charge is not a surprise.
Doping is a word that attracts big headlines and they are even greater when it is attached to one of the world's leading football clubs.
However, as I understand it, the three breaches of the whereabouts rule were relatively low level.
Still, it is slightly embarrassing for the Blues. | Manchester City broke the Football Association's anti-doping rules three times in less than five months, the governing body has said. |
Summarize the content given in the passage. | Rick Davies, 32, told the Milton Keynes Citizen he sprayed pesticide from the back of a quad bike he drove through his wheat field at Newton Lodge farm in north Buckinghamshire to spell out the message "Di will you marry me?"
The gesture destroyed about an acre of wheat worth approximately £600.
His fiancée Diana Cull, who said yes, said she was "totally overwhelmed".
Mr Davies, showed Ms Cull, 33, the message by flying her over the 20-acre field in a flight he won at a charity auction for £50.
He said he was "definitely pleased" with the result.
"All I wanted was a yes," he said.
Mr Davies farms the land in partnership with his father, who was on holiday at the time and knew nothing of his plans. He was said to be "delighted" although "would have been a bit annoyed if she had said no".
Ms Cull, from Northampton, said she was "absolutely blown away".
"I was totally overwhelmed, I started crying, it was like something you see in films," she said.
"We kept circling over it to look again and he leaned over to me and said 'so what do you say?'
"It was a massive yes, there was no hesitation."
The couple have been together for just over two years and said they plan to marry in July next year. | A farmer has successfully proposed to his girlfriend using weedkiller to spell out a message in crops. |
Can you write a short summary of this section? | In (re)Assignment, Michelle Rodriguez plays a male assassin who awakes to find himself transformed into a woman.
The film has been criticised by some in the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community for using surgery as a sensational plot device.
But actress Sigourney Weaver said no-one was "demeaned or denigrated".
The Alien star plays the deranged surgeon who performs the operation. "It's not a Disney movie - it is noir," she said.
At the film's world premiere on Wednesday, its director Walter Hill said: "It's a crime story, it's a noir vision, it's comic book in a way.
"Quite a few women have said to me that after seeing the movie, they feel empowered by it."
Rodriguez, meanwhile, said her own bisexuality inured it from criticism, explaining: "You can't really argue with me because I'm you.
"I'd never do a movie with the intention of offending anybody in the LGBT community because I'm a part of it."
The festival's official website calls (re)Assignment a "jaw-droppingly audacious revenge thriller" that "confronts the gender binary on which so much genre cinema is based."
Some reviewers have taken a tougher line, though, with one calling it "a strong contender for 2016's worst movie".
It is, continued The Guardian's critic Benjamin Lee, "a film made with such staggering idiocy that it deserves to be studied by future generations".
The film got equally short shrift from Variety's Dennis Harvey, who dismissed it as "crude", "drab-looking" and "unintentionally funny".
But it got more love from the Hollywood Reporter, whose critic Todd McCarthy found it "deliciously transgressive" and "an instant cult item".
It is not known yet whether (re)Assignment will receive a UK release.
Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram, or if you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | A thriller in which a hit-man is forced to undergo gender reassignment surgery has been defended by its stars at its Toronto Film Festival premiere. |
Can you summarize the given article? | The project aims to demolish much of the former Western Infirmary, between Byres Road and Dumbarton Road.
In its place will be a large extension to the university campus.
The plan includes research and student learning and recreation space, as well as 11 small shops, a small hotel and a central square.
The development would have public access.
Proposals for the 20 acre site have faced local opposition, much of it to the removal of trees.
The university struck a deal with the city's health board in 2012, to buy the land after hospital services had been moved - mostly to the new Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.
That took place in 2015. The site is ready for demolition, though several buildings are listed and would be retained.
These include the hospital chapel and the former outpatient building.
A document that went before councillors last month stated that "the proposed development is to provide an inspiring and transformative campus that will enable the University to compete in the global context and attract the best staff and students".
It added: "The aim is to create a vibrant, urban, learning and research campus, which is woven into the fabric of the West End and will enable the University to be more outward looking and foster stronger links to its surroundings.
"It is intended to be a high quality and welcoming environment with facilities, buildings and spaces that engender a busy, sociable, environment at all times of day and evening throughout the year." | A development at Glasgow University, worth nearly a billion pounds, is expected to reach a vital planning decision later. |
What is the summary of the provided article? | The fight is on the undercard of Anthony Crolla's world lightweight title rematch against Jorge Linares in Manchester.
Irishwoman Taylor, 30 stopped Italian Monica Gentili on 4 March.
Bulgarian Koleva, 31, was stopped for the first time in her career when contesting the IBF title in January.
"She has been in with some of the best girls in the world and always pushed them very hard," said Taylor, who turned professional in October.
"I headed back to the US the day after the last fight and got straight back into training and sparring for this one. I definitely feel like I've made some adjustments and improvements again in the last few weeks."
Taylor's promoter Eddie Hearn is hopeful of landing a world title fight by the end of the year.
The London 2012 Olympic champion has so far produced two stoppage wins and, in an eight-round contest, will again be expected to overcome an opponent who has been beaten seven times in 18 professional bouts.
Based on EL James's best-selling so-called "mummy porn" books, it has been given an 18 certificate by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC).
The film, which contains "strong sex and nudity", stars Jamie Dornan as Christian Grey and Dakota Johnson as his lover Anastasia Steele.
Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson, it is due for release on 13 February.
James's trilogy of Fifty Shades books have reportedly sold more than 100 million copies worldwide and been translated into more than 50 languages.
In the US the film has been given an R rating, meaning those under 17 years old can watch it if accompanied by an adult.
Taylor-Johnson, who has never directed a Hollywood film before, said she consulted a professional dominatrix for research and said she "learned a lot" from her.
The film, which opens the day before Valentine's Day, has a dozen sex scenes although Taylor-Johnson said she was determined not to make the whole film about it.
"The sex scenes are pretty intense, so I'm sure people are going to feel aroused - but I've seen them so many times that I tend to forget," she told The Independent.
Some of the BBFC's rulings in the past have been controversial - last year the new Paddington film was given a parental guidance advisory due to scenes showing cross-dressing and a villainous taxidermist.
It initially advised the film featured "dangerous behaviour, mild threat, mild sex references (and) mild bad language".
However after the film's distributor contacted the body, it later changed the description from containing "mild sex references" to containing "innuendo".
The problem has prevented incoming calls to parts of the Gartnavel campus.
The board said the fault has not affected internal lines between departments and had no impact on patient care.
It added that engineers were working hard to solve the problem. | Katie Taylor will continue her push towards a shot at a world title by facing former IBF super-featherweight challenger Milena Koleva on Saturday.
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Fifty Shades Of Grey will be hitting cinemas in its full glory after censors approved the film without any cuts.
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Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board have apologised after a technical fault prevented one of its hospitals receiving external calls. |
Give a brief summary of the following article. | Centre-half De Havilland made 23 appearances for the Chairboys last season after signing from Sheffield Wednesday in July 2016.
The 22-year-old started his career at Millwall, before moving to Hillsborough in 2014.
"I really like it here - like Wycombe, it's a very tight-knit squad," he told the club website. | National League side Aldershot Town have signed Wycombe defender Will de Havilland on a one-month loan deal. |
Can you summarize this passage? | Quinn Business Retention Company (QBRC) has new backers in its deal to take over the packaging and construction industry supplies (CIS) parts of the business, which is now called Aventas.
QBRC was backed by a private equity firm, but will now be financed by three of the institutions that control Aventas.
QBRC said it expects the deal to complete in early October.
It has not revealed the details of the three institutions which are now backing it.
The Aventas businesses were the backbone of Sean Quinn's empire - he lost control of them in 2011 as part of his battle with Anglo Irish Bank.
Aventas remains a major employer in the border counties of Fermanagh and Cavan.
It is currently controlled by a consortium of financial institutions
Liam McCaffrey, chief executive designate of QBRC, thanked the former backer, Endless LLP, for "recognising the potential in this business".
"We look forward to working closely with our financiers, the staff and customers of the business as we seek to grow and develop them in the years ahead," he said.
In a statement Aventas said: "When the agreement was signed for the acquisition of our CIS and Packaging businesses by QBRC it was originally envisaged that the transaction would complete in Q3.
"The work involved is continuing apace and while it is now clear that the proposed sale will not complete within the original timeframe, we remain fully committed to the process and to a successful sale completion as soon as is practicable."
The packaging and CIS businesses employ more than 600 people in in Derrylin, County Fermanagh, and Ballyconnell, County Cavan.
Alternative arrangements have now been put in place for 7,600 primary and secondary school pupils.
The City of Edinburgh Council said accommodation has also been found for 740 nursery children.
Seventeen school buildings were closed earlier this week amid safety concerns over structural issues.
Pupils at five secondaries, 10 primaries and two additional support needs schools were unable to return to school after the Easter break as a result of the closures.
A series of inspections revealed construction defects at all 17 schools built under the PPP1 project.
The problems, identified after a school wall collapsed, relate to missing ties used to support building walls.
Some students have returned to school this week but most will not be back in the classroom until Tuesday next week.
S1, S2 and S pupils at Craigmount High will go back to school on Wednesday - a day later than anticipated.
The council has confirmed arrangements for five primary schools and for younger pupils at three high schools.
Arrangements at Craigmount High School are slightly different; S1-S3 pupils will return to the classroom on Wednesday.
The council said children will be taught in their own class groups, by their own teachers.
Primary school pupils from Broomhouse, St Josephs, Forthview, Pirniehall and St David's will also be relocated to alternative venues from Tuesday.
Older pupils at Craigmont High School have been using classrooms at Tynecastle High School.
Craigmount head teacher Tom Rae said the integration has been going "very smoothly".
"All students are now working hard to prepare for SQA exams in classes with their own teachers," he said.
"This is a unique situation and ensuring it operates successfully and things go smoothly is down to incredible efforts of both staff teams.
"Craigmount is hugely appreciative of the generosity of Tynecastle staff and students in allowing us to share their school."
Council Leader Andrew Burns said: "I'm pleased we have now been able to put in place arrangements for all our pupils and I can assure parents and pupils that work will be taking place over the weekend and Monday to ensure the new arrangements are ready their arrival next week.
"It's great to hear about how well the integration of pupils sharing schools has been going and how the people of Edinburgh have responded.
"We will provide parents with further information on individual school surveys once the full reports are received and assessed." | A group of businessmen say they are a step closer to buying part of the former Sean Quinn group of companies.
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Every student affected by schools closures in Edinburgh will be able to return to school next week, the city council has confirmed. |
What is the summary of the given information? | Mr Barra announced his decision to leave China on Monday.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said the pair agreed that "virtual and augmented reality will be the next major computing platform".
Mr Barra will replace Brendan Iribe, who stepped down as chief executive of the Oculus VR division in December.
He previously worked at Google between 2010 to 2013, before helping develop Xiaomi's global strategy.
Google is developing its own virtual reality experiences and has announced that Claude Zellweger will be joining the company to develop its Daydream VR products.
Mr Zellweger was the vice-president of design at Taiwan's HTC, which manufactures its own Vive VR kit.
Nolan, 33, has won seven of his 15 games since joining the O's in January.
Orient have taken one point from their last four games but remain two points off the League Two play-off places.
"We believe Kevin will be able to make a bigger impact without the distraction of managerial duties," Orient chief executive Alessandro Angelieri said.
Nolan became the youngest manager in the Football League when he signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with the east London club, who were relegated from League One last season.
Speaking after Saturday's 3-0 defeat at Barnet, Nolan told BBC Radio London his side were "playing with a fear" and "suffering from a lack of confidence".
The former Newcastle and West Ham midfielder has made 14 appearances for Orient, starting 12 times.
"Everyone at the club is fighting hard to make sure we reach the play-offs this season," Angelieri said in a statement on the club website.
"Whilst that aim remains within reach, we have decided that Kevin should focus entirely on his playing contribution until the end of the season. Andy will take charge of the first team in the interim."
Former Dover and Gillingham boss Hessenthaler, 50, becomes the seventh different man to take charge of the side since Italian businessman Francesco Becchetti bought the O's in the summer of 2014.
Earlier on Tuesday, BBC Radio Manchester reported Nolan is being considered for a management or coaching role at his former club Bolton Wanderers.
Nolan spent almost 10 years playing for Bolton, who parted company with boss Neil Lennon in March and have since been relegated from the Championship.
Howell, 27, is the leading wicket-taker in the T20 Blast in 2016, with 23.
Gloucestershire host Durham in the quarter-finals at Bristol on Wednesday.
"I love my baseball. I've learnt a few tricks of the trade from the guys there, and bring it into here. I bring it into T20 and it works perfectly," Howell told BBC Radio Bristol.
"In baseball it's all about stopping the guys from getting home runs, so they've got to do that by changing their pace and with movement in the air.
"I learnt a lot about throwing and also about the different balls that they throw, so I put it into the bowling action, a few knuckleballs, different sorts of change-ups."
All-rounder Howell has been with Gloucestershire since 2011 and has hit 11 half centuries in 91 first-class innings. | Facebook has hired Hugo Barra to lead its development of virtual reality products, following his departure from Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi.
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Leyton Orient have removed player-manager Kevin Nolan from his managerial role, placing Andy Hessenthaler in charge of the first team.
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Gloucestershire's Benny Howell says studying techniques used by pitchers in baseball has helped him improve his bowling in Twenty20 cricket. |
What is the brief summary of the provided content? | 26 June 2017 Last updated at 08:19 BST
The cheeky animal interrupted a match in Cheshire over the weekend.
Nobody was hurt and once the bull had gone, play continued.
Check him out.
Suning Commerce Group Co Ltd will pay 280m euros (£220m) for the majority stake as part of an overall £750m euro (£590m) deal.
Ex-owner Erick Thohir remains as president with a reduced stake of 31%.
"Suning will inject a steady stream of capital investment in Inter Milan, which will help attract more talented players," said chairman Zhang Jindong.
There will be no changes to Inter's management team, with Roberto Mancini remaining as manager and Michael Bolingbroke staying on as chief executive.
Suning are taking on 230m Euros (£180m) of debt and a 100m euro (£79m) loan from Thohir.
Former Inter president Massimo Moratti will sell off his entire stake of just under 30% and will leave the club, ending a direct association dating back to 1995 when he became president.
The club has been under foreign control since Indonesian businessman Thohir took a 70% stake in 2013.
Thohir's International Sports Capital now becomes the sole minority shareholder, meaning the club is entirely in foreign hands for the first time.
Suning also controls Chinese Super League side Jiangsu Suning, who signed Brazilian midfielder Ramires from Chelsea for 25m euros in January.
Inter's rivals AC Milan, with whom they share the city's iconic San Siro stadium, are also in talks with Chinese investors over a possible sale following 30 years under the control of former Italy prime minister Silvio Berlusconi.
In 2010 under Jose Mourinho, Inter became the first Italian club to win the Serie A, Coppa Italia and Champions League treble but have missed out on European football twice in the past three years. Former Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini secured a fourth-placed finish in 2015-16.
More than 200 people were injured, some seriously, a police spokesman said.
The crash happened during the morning rush hour as hundreds of commuters were waiting at the station in Flores, a Buenos Aires suburb.
Officials are investigating reports the bus driver, who is among the dead, failed to heed a stop signal.
Fire chief Omar Bravo said the collision was "one of the worst and saddest accidents of recent years" in Argentina.
Many rail lines go through residential areas of Buenos Aires, and it is not unusual to see drivers or pedestrians ignoring the warning signs of an oncoming train, says the BBC's Vladimir Hernandez in Buenos Aires.
The accident happened at about 06:00 local time (09:00 GMT) on the Sarmiento line, which connects the centre of Buenos Aires with the western suburbs.
The impact smashed the bus into the train station where it was crushed against a platform by the locomotive.
The front of the train was derailed and hit another train that was leaving the station in the opposite direction.
Transport Secretary Juan Pablo Schiavi said most of the fatalities had been on board the bus. He also said children were among the injured as many parents use public transport to take them to school.
Mr Bravo said those rescued included a two-year-old child who was found under the platform.
Nine people died at the scene and two others in hospital, officials said. About 20 of the injured are said to be in a critical condition.
Officials are investigating reports that the bus driver did not stop and went through lowered barriers in an attempt to cross the railway line.
Train company spokesman Gustavo Gago said it believed the bus had "crossed on to the level-crossing when the barriers were low, but we await the results of the investigation to see if this is what happened".
A total of 100 ambulances and 10 fire engines were sent to the scene. Some of the injured were taken to local hospitals, some by helicopter.
According to the Argentine newspaper Clarin, firefighters took two hours to remove one of the train drivers who was trapped in the wreckage. | Cricket is normally a pretty chilled out sport - so this bull thought he'd shake things up a bit.
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A Chinese retail giant has agreed to buy nearly a 70% controlling stake of Serie A side Inter Milan.
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At least 11 people have died in Argentina after a train slammed into a bus crossing the tracks and then hit a second train coming into a station. |
Write a concise summary for the following article. | Three universities remain closed, with students demanding free quality education for all.
The protests started last week when university management announced a 10-12% increase in fees.
They have been the biggest student protests to hit the country since apartheid ended in 1994.
Wits University in Johannesburg, where the protests began, the University of Cape Town and the University of Western Cape remain closed.
The BBC's Pumza Fihlani in Johannesburg reports that students say a number of their other demands have been overlooked. These include racism at the country's previously white institutions and free education for the poor.
The students are also demanding that exams, which they are due to take this week, be postponed indefinitely.
The government had expected an end to protests after President Jacob Zuma agreed to a 0% increase on tuition fees.
But the continued protests should not come as a surprise. During the nationwide demonstrations, it became clear that the protests were not just about fees but also often unaddressed challenges in South Africa, including racial inequality.
Many here say they are still feeling the effects of apartheid, despite its collapse more than 20 years ago, and feel the government is failing to rectifying this.
"Our parents were made promises in 1994. We're just here for the refund" reads one of their most popular placards.
And it seems this group want all or nothing.
Education is one area where students say it is most evident that the playing field is not level between black and white people.
They want the government to honour the promises it made when it took power in 1994, one of which was free education for all. They believe this will help them out break the cycle of poverty and unemployment.
Last week police used stun grenades and water cannon to stop a group of students breaking into government buildings in Pretoria.
Universities had said they needed to increase fees to maintain standards, and that they had been hit by a reduction in government subsidies.
President Jacob Zuma agreed to provide more government money for universities in a private meeting with student representatives and university management on Friday.
In that meeting the government said it did not know how much they would pay or where the money would come from, one of the attendees Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town, Max Price, told the BBC.
Mr Zuma then announced on TV that the fee increased would be frozen.
But some students continued protesting, angry that Mr Zuma spoke on TV, rather than speaking to the crowds directly.
On Sunday, Wits students resolved to carry on protesting. | Some South African students are continuing university fee protests, despite the president agreeing to freeze increases. |
Write a summary for the following excerpt. | China says the support base will be used for peacekeeping and humanitarian aid in Africa and West Asia.
It will also be used for military co-operation, naval exercises and rescue missions, Xinhua said.
China has ramped up investment in Africa, as well as rapidly modernised its military in recent years.
The Xinhua report said the ships departed from the port city of Zhanjiang in China's southern Guangdong province on Tuesday.
It did not specify the number of troops or ships that departed for Djibouti, nor when the base would start operations.
The report said the Djibouti base came after "friendly negotiations" between the two countries. Previous reports said construction began last year.
The base is widely seen as a move by China to stake its military presence in the region.
But an editorial (in Chinese) on Wednesday in the state-run Global Times said that the "essential purpose of China's development of its military might is to protect 'China's safety', and is not about seeking to control the world".
The newspaper pointed out that the US, Japan and France also have military bases in Djibouti.
Djibouti, a tiny country at the Horn of Africa, is favoured for its location as it sits near a busy shipping route. It is also seen as a stable country in an otherwise volatile region.
In 2015, at a major summit with African nations, China pledged to invest $60bn (then £40bn) in Africa's development.
Besides becoming the continent's largest trading partner, it has also poured in funds and manpower for infrastructure projects.
Many of them are railways linking up African countries, including one that connects Djibouti with the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, as well as railways in Angola, Nigeria, Tanzania and Zambia.
In return, Africa supplies China with natural resources, minerals and energy.
China also embarked on its first foreign peacekeeping mission in South Sudan in 2015. | Ships carrying Chinese troops are heading to Djibouti to set up Beijing's first overseas military base, reports state media. |
Can you summarize the following paragraph? | North Wales Police has launched Operation Darwen, a campaign to cut the number of motorcycle-related deaths.
Figures have shown motorcyclists make up just 1% of road traffic but account for 18% of all fatalities.
Last year there were 108 motorcyclists killed or seriously injured on north Wales' roads compared with 71 in 2013.
Police said that there has been an emerging trend in motorcyclists who drive after drinking alcohol or taking drugs.
Until early autumn officers in north Wales will be checking tyres on motorcycles.
Ch Insp Darren Wareing said: "Whilst the vast majority of motorcyclists ride appropriately, some riders choose to use the roads as a racetrack.
"We want them to enjoy the roads but most of all we want them to ride safely and responsibly." | Bikers visiting beauty spots in north Wales over the Easter weekend have been asked to drive responsibly. |
Can you write a brief summary of this passage? | The 57-year-old was appointed as Sam Allardyce's assistant in July and kept the role following the manager's sacking and during Gareth Southgate's subsequent time as interim boss.
Southgate was given a four-year deal by the Football Association last Wednesday and decided against keeping Lee.
"I felt it was important for me to bring in my own support team and Sammy fully respected that," Southgate said.
Former Liverpool midfielder and coach Lee had a short spell with the England set-up under Sven-Goran Eriksson and then joined Bolton in 2005, briefly managing the Trotters in 2007 before returning to the Reds as assistant manager to Rafael Benitez.
Lee returned to Bolton in 2012 where he was head of academy coaching and development, before joining the Southampton coaching staff in 2014.
Chief football writer Phil McNulty
Sammy Lee's departure from the England coaching staff was inevitable once Gareth Southgate was confirmed as full-time manager.
Lee was very much part of the package that came with Sam Allardyce's appointment, despite the fact he was by Southgate's side for his four games in interim charge, and his future was always in doubt once the manager he worked with at Bolton Wanderers left the job after only 67 days.
He is very much an FA loyalist having had a short spell on the backroom staff with Sven-Goran Eriksson but Southgate has formed a close bond with Chelsea coach Steve Holland, who worked with him for England Under-21s and during his temporary tenure.
The likelihood is that Holland will continue to serve England on a part-time basis while maintaining his role with Chelsea before moving to join up with Southgate permanently in the international set-up at the end of the season.
The website, Slugger O'Toole, published messages from DUP MLA Pam Cameron.
She said petitions of concern (poc), like the one used by the party on Monday's same-sex marriage vote, were "signed in advance" by MLAs.
This was so that the party "can use (them) strategically", she said.
"We are not asked to sign on issue," the message added.
Ms Cameron, an MLA for South Antrim, said she suspected all the Stormont parties worked in the same way.
On the issue of same-sex marriage, she said: "I have gay friends. I'm not a homophobic bigot.
"There are many more of 'me' we will see NI move forward. Promise".
The Slugger O'Toole report, which later disappeared from the website, did not make clear the identity of the person with whom the MLA had been exchanging messages
However, DUP sources claim it was someone connected to the Alliance Party.
The DUP said the private direct message had "been released by someone who has chosen to conceal not only their identity, but their portion of the conversation".
The party said the comments had "a date stamp from over six months ago", making them of little relevance to Monday's debate.
The DUP pointed out that all their MLAs voted in the same way as they had done on four previous occasions and "perhaps those who changed their position today may wish to explain whether this reflects any pressure applied from within their own party."
The measure was designed as a way to safeguard minority rights in Northern Ireland's power-sharing assembly.
If a petition of concern is presented to the assembly speaker, any motion or amendment will need cross-community support.
In such cases, a vote on proposed legislation will only pass if supported by a weighted majority (60%) of members voting, including at least 40% of each of the nationalist and unionist designations present and voting.
Effectively this means that, provided enough MLAs from a particular community agree, that community can exercise a veto over the assembly's decisions. | Sammy Lee has left his position as England assistant manager.
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The DUP has accused those who published comments by one of their MLAs about same-sex marriage made during a private online conversation of attempting to "score party political points". |
Summarize the provided information. | High Street bank TSB said some loan providers make a "hard mark" on credit files when someone asks for a loan price or quote.
Personalised pricing means that, in effect, these people are seen to be applying for a loan.
A series of these marks on somebody's file may be regarded as a danger sign by other lenders.
They might consider the person to be desperate for a loan, so more of a risk to lend to.
TSB chief executive Paul Pester said: "We estimate that consumers are losing out by as much as £400m each year, which is going straight into the pockets of aggressive loans providers. It is time the industry comes clean on these costly underhand tactics."
In a report, TSB argued: "Personal loans providers must agree never to perform a hard credit check until the customer chooses to actually purchase a loan in full knowledge of the price being offered.
"The practice whereby some providers issue a hard credit check in order to issue a customer with a personalised price needs to end. There is no reason to punish customers in this way.
"Instead, providers must commit to not performing hard credit checks until after a consumer has been given their personalised interest rate and has decided to apply for the loan. This will end an environment where some providers are effectively punishing customers for shopping around for a better deal."
James Jones, of credit report agency Experian, said individuals needed to take care.
"It is important to shop around for credit to make sure you are getting a good deal," he said.
"It is true that applying for credit is noted on your credit report by what is often called a hard footprint, which can affect credit scores. But if you are only seeking quotations you should make this clear to lenders because quotations should only leave harmless soft footprints." | Individuals have been urged to take care over the effect on their credit rating when searching for loans. |
Can you provide an overview of this section? | But new guidance says those with dual nationality travelling from Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria or Yemen could face extra border checks.
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson earlier contacted US officials for clarification over the 90-day ban on visa holders from the seven countries ordered by President Trump.
Earlier Mr Johnson tweeted it was "divisive and wrong" to stigmatise people on the basis of nationality.
It came after Prime Minister Theresa May came under fire for not condemning the order earlier.
A spokesman for British Olympic champion Sir Mo Farah, who was born in Somalia and lives in the US, said he was "relieved" to learn that the order would not apply to him, but said he "fundamentally disagrees with this incredibly divisive and discriminatory policy".
He earlier said it was "deeply troubling" that he may have had to tell his children he could not go home.
Meanwhile, a petition to stop a state visit to the UK by President Trump later this year may be debated in Parliament, after amassing more than 500,000 signatures.
Advice issued by the Foreign Office said:
The Foreign Office said the US has reaffirmed its strong commitment to the "expeditious processing" of all travellers from the UK.
However, there have been cases of people who have been caught up in the ban, including a Glasgow vet who was told she could not fly from Costa Rica via New York as she travels on an Iranian passport.
The prime minister had been criticised for not condemning the US order when she was first asked about it, at a press conference in Turkey on Saturday.
She initially said it was up to the US to decide its policy on refugees but No 10 later issued a statement saying she did "not agree with this kind of approach and it is not one we will be taking".
Mrs May asked Mr Johnson and Home Secretary Amber Rudd to speak to the State Department and the Department of Homeland Security.
Downing St said it showed she was "absolutely determined" to respond to fears about the ban.
There is a much tougher message coming from Downing Street today. Theresa May has ordered the foreign secretary and home secretary to make representations to their opposite numbers in the US government about the travel ban, and both Boris Johnson and the Chief Secretary to the Treasury David Gauke have called Mr Trump's policy "divisive" and "wrong".
The British government is at pains to make it clear just how much it disagrees with this US travel ban. Theresa May's failure to do that at a press conference in Turkey yesterday led to a backlash from MPs on all sides who had wanted to see a tougher stance - given she had promised not to be afraid to tell Donald Trump when she didn't agree with him. That's hard do, though, when Mrs May also needs to forge a good working relationship with the controversial new president.
Mr Gauke, defending the PM this morning, said she wasn't the kind of politician who "shoots from the hip"; that she had to see the evidence first; and that was why she wasn't quick to judge. Even Nadhim Zahawi MP - himself a victim of Mr Trump's travel ban - was at pains not to criticise the PM personally.
But now the PM faces another potential problem, as a petition calling for Donald Trump not be invited for a State visit to the UK has already gained enough signatures to be considered for a debate in parliament.
It is understood Mr Johnson has been speaking to Mr Trump's chief strategist Steve Bannon and senior adviser Jared Kushner about how to stop travelling Britons being affected by the 90-day travel ban for nationals from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.
Earlier Mr Johnson joined those speaking out against Mr Trump's executive order, writing on Twitter: "We will protect the rights and freedoms of UK nationals home and abroad."
Conservative MP Nadhim Zahawi, who was born in Iraq, is among those who have said they would not be able to travel to the US while the temporary ban is in place.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said it would be "totally wrong" for a proposed state visit to the UK by Mr Trump to go ahead while the row continued.
Labour's former leader Ed Miliband said Mrs May must "get on the phone" to the president.
"You're the prime minister," he said. "Get on the phone to the president and tell him the ban cannot stand. And do it today."
London Mayor Sadiq Khan told Sky News the UK "should not be rolling out the red carpet for President Trump" while the travel ban was in place.
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon also said it should not go ahead while the order was in place. | The US border clampdown should not affect UK nationals travelling to the US, even if they were born in one of the countries on which restrictions have been placed, officials say. |
Please give a summary of the document below. | The body of Bernadette Fox, 57, of Brookhill Road, Bootle, was found on Friday while her daughter Sarah Fox, 27, was found on Thursday.
Merseyside Police want to trace Bernadette's son, Peter Fox.
CCTV footage has been released of Mr Fox at Lime Street station Liverpool and Euston Station London on Wednesday.
Det Ch Insp Dave Rooney said: "I am re-appealing to Peter to come forward so that we can speak to him following the murders of his mother and sister.
"We know that Peter travelled by train to London on Wednesday night and we are working with the Metropolitan Police to try and find him.
"Although we know he travelled to London that night he may well have gone on to travel outside of the London area."
He said the motive for the killings was "unclear at this time".
The body of Sarah Fox was discovered with several injuries at a property in Worcester Road at about 21:15 BST on Thursday. The body of her mother Bernadette was found at 04:00 on Friday.
The roads where the bodies were found are within 200m of each other.
Mother of three Bernadette has been described as "a very outgoing and lovely person who wouldn't harm anyone".
Post-mortem investigations found she died as a result of asphyxiation and Sarah died as a result of multiple stab wounds. | A man police want to question over the deaths of his mother and sister in Merseyside could be in London, detectives have said. |
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