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Can you provide a brief summary of the following information? | Officers issued the image of a hooded man wanted in connection with a knife incident in Little Wratting.
One person wrote: "A man with eyes... Not too many of them around." Another said police were hunting "Darth Vader".
The police said e-fits were "helpful" and the victim gave a detailed description of the man's eyes and hood.
The artist's impression was released on Monday after a man was threatened with a knife in the town on Saturday morning.
The suspect is described as a white man, aged in his late 30s to early 40s, around 5ft 10in tall, of skinny build with blonde hair.
A Suffolk Police spokesman said: "The victim was able to describe in detail the offender's eyes, style of cap, hooded top and scarf worn across his face."
He added some people have "come forward" since the e-fit appeal.
But some, posting on the force's social networking site Facebook page, thought the picture was "a wind-up".
Dozens of people commented, including one who wrote: "You'll never catch a ninja" and a number of people suggested it was "a waste" of the artist's time.
Dr Samantha Lundrigan, senior lecturer in criminology at Anglia Ruskin University, in Cambridge, defended the e-fit.
"Assuming that the facial features that are portrayed are accurate, then this man may well be recognisable to those that know him," she said.
"As the e-fit clearly shows the suspect's eyes and some of his eyebrows, it is possibly not quite as useless as it first appears."
DARD hires the services of private vets to test for tuberculosis in cattle.
The arrangement has been in place for years, and until April 2014, DARD officials believed they only had to pay the vets' fees and VAT.
However, HMRC has told them they should have also paid national insurance. It issued the £2m bill, backdated to 2009.
A DARD spokesperson told the BBC that department officials were still negotiating with HMRC on the matter but added that they have now paid the requested arrears "on account without prejudice" while the talks continue.
Ulster Unionist Robin Swann has accused DARD of making a "serious mistake" and said he was "shocked" when details of the £2m HMRC bill emerged during a recent meeting of Stormont's agriculture committee.
He is a member of the committee that holds the department and its minister, Michelle O'Neill, to account.
"This is money that the department can ill afford and it is also concerning that the minister had not highlighted this additional charge before now," the UUP MLA said.
"It is clear that a serious mistake has been made somewhere along the line in regards to what the department's obligations were in paying for the services of private vets."
Bovine TB is an infectious disease of cattle that affects about 6% of herds in Northern Ireland.
DARD runs an EU Commission-approved eradication programme focused on the detection of diseased or high risk animals and for years, it has been hiring private veterinary practitioners (PVPs) to carry out the TB tests.
"Until April 2014, DARD understood that it had a contract with PVPs to provide a service for which a fee and VAT was paid," a DARD spokesperson said in a statement.
"HMRC then advised DARD that, in its opinion, the PVPs are office holders under the department's legislation. This means that for some PVPs, (depending on employment status within the veterinary practice) DARD is also responsible for making national insurance contributions on fees paid.
"HMRC have claimed retrospective national insurance for these PVPS back to 2009 which, with interest, came to £2.01m.
"The department secured funds for the arrears in the 2014/15 year and it was paid 'on account without prejudice' to HMRC while the issue is still under discussion," the statement added. | A Suffolk police e-fit showing only the eyes of a suspect has been described as "a ninja" and "a joke" on the force's Facebook page.
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Northern Ireland's Department of Agriculture (DARD) was hit with a £2m bill from HMRC because it did not pay vets' national insurance contributions. |
Write a short summary of the following excerpt. | Kirsten Johnson's Cameraperson looks at her own career, which has included working on Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 and Citizenfour, the film about whistleblower Edward Snowden.
Festival juror Nino Kirtadze said it was "expansive and intimate, formally ambitious and morally humble".
Johnson showed "real bravery... to turn the camera on herself", she added.
The grand jury at the annual international documentary festival also gave a special mention to Shimon Dotan's documentary about Israeli settlements in the West Bank, The Settlers.
Kirtadze said it "stood out [as] a psychological spiral in storytelling that drags you deeper and deeper into the history of this very delicate issue".
Other winners included Sonita, a film about an Afghan refugee living in Iran, which took the Youth Jury Award; a Chilean short about Alzheimer's, I'm Not From Here, which was awarded the Short Doc Award; Seed, a story about humans' 12,000 year relationship with seeds, which won the Environmental Award.
Festival director Liz McIntyre said it had been "an extraordinary year of brilliant creativity and originality [with] an awe-inspiring display of talent, both home grown and from around the world".
Nigel Barwell and Thomas O'Reilly, both 51 and from Coventry, deny her murder.
Mr Barwell told the two men on separate dates that he killed the mother-of-one and asked them both for an alibi, Birmingham Crown Court heard.
Miss Payne went missing in Coventry on 14 December 1991. Her body has never been found.
Witness Paul Southern said he was giving the defendants a lift after overhearing an argument that mentioned a woman at Mr Barwell's house in Coventry in February 1992.
He asked Mr Barwell who he thought the argument was about.
He said he thought Mr Barwell had been "playing away" but Mr Barwell replied: "I wasn't playing about, I did that Payne bird."
Mr Southern told the court the other defendant, Mr Barwell's brother-in-law Mr O'Reilly, added: "You don't know the half of it."
He said he was also asked by a friend of the defendants in December 1991 if he would be willing to say he was with them at a certain time but he refused.
Second witness Matthew Brown said Mr Barwell told him that he and his co-accused had killed Miss Payne and asked him for an alibi.
He told the court he was asked to say they were all together in Rugby the day she disappeared.
Mr Barwell's barrister Mark Dennis QC asked how he killed her and Mr Brown replied: "He didn't say and I didn't ask."
"He said he killed Nicola Payne and asked for an alibi for the day she went missing."
Both of the men's defence barristers suggested the witness accounts were nonsense, the court heard.
The prosecution alleges Miss Payne was abducted and murdered as she crossed wasteland known as the Black Pad.
The trial continues.
Father Lawrence Soper, 80, abbot of the Catholic Ealing Abbey from 1991 to 2000, is wanted over child abuse.
The crimes date back to when he taught at St Benedict's School, a private Catholic school at the west London institution.
A European Arrest Warrant may now be issued after the Metropolitan Police said Father Soper did not answer bail.
The suspect is thought to be at a monastery in Rome.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "An 80-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of an historical sexual assault.
"He was bailed to a west London police station to March 2011.
"The man failed to appear and inquiries are being made to trace him."
A message on Ealing Abbey's website from current Abbot Martin Shipperlee said: "Many of you will have read news reports concerning my predecessor.
"Accusations have been made against him concerning offences against children."
It continued: "Early in March he left the monastery in Rome where he had been living to travel to London for an appointment with the police.
"Unfortunately he failed to keep that appointment and we have heard nothing from him since and all efforts to contact him have been without success.
"I cannot comment on the details of the police investigation but I must condemn without reservation his failure to co-operate with them." | A cinematographer's documentary about her life in film has won the 2016 Grand Jury Award at Sheffield Doc/Fest.
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Two witnesses have told a murder trial that one of the men accused of killing teenager Nicola Payne confessed to killing her.
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Police are hunting a former abbot from London over a string of sex offences dating back 20 years. |
Can you summarize this passage? | The Association of British Insurers (ABI) is asking the chancellor to introduce a Savers' Bonus, which would treat all taxpayers equally.
At the moment people on higher incomes benefit from either 40% or 45% tax relief, while others only receive 20%.
The ABI said a flat rate would provide a "massive boost" for ordinary workers.
But other sections of the pensions industry disagree, arguing that a single rate would be of little benefit to any savers.
Chancellor George Osborne is due to announce changes in his budget on 16 March, following a seven-month inquiry by the Treasury.
The ABI said that basic rate taxpayers - the majority of the UK population - currently receive only 30% of the money that the government spends on tax relief.
If there was a flat-rate, they could get almost half that sum, making the system much fairer.
Such a change would also encourage low and middle-income earners to save more. At the moment, such workers are not saving enough for retirement.
"The Savers' Bonus would provide a massive boost to the average worker's savings," said Yvonne Braun, the ABI's director of long-term savings policy.
"A single rate of tax relief would be simpler, fairer and more sustainable for all savers."
But others argue there would be little benefit to a flat rate.
The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association - previously the National Association of Pension Funds - said any flat rate was likely to be set at 25% or lower.
It said that would produce little benefit to basic-rate taxpayers, but would "greatly reduce" the attractiveness of pension saving for 4.6m higher rate taxpayers.
Basic rate tax-payers making a £10,000 pension contribution would gain £500 if the flat rate was set at 25%.
But those on the higher, 40%, rate would lose £1,500.
One other advantage of a flat-rate is that it could save the Treasury up to £6bn a year if set at 25%, according to the Pensions Policy Institute.
Earlier this week the Treasury Minister David Gauke told the BBC that any changes would need to be effective for encouraging saving.
Higher rate taxpayers wanting to save money are being advised to make extra contributions before 16 March.
Those on the basic rate are being urged to wait until then, as it could be to their benefit. | A new system of flat-rate tax relief on pension contributions would be fairer to everyone, especially the low-paid, the insurance industry has said. |
Can you write a short summary of this section? | It follows a consultation which ministers said showed insufficient evidence to support it.
Police Scotland phased out a policy of consensual stop-and-search, which was controversial and had no legal basis.
They continue to stop young people who they believe may be committing an offence - but the law does not permit them to search for alcohol.
The government had 130 responses to a consultation on the issue, from individuals and organisations.
It also spoke with young people with experience of being searched.
It concluded that there was "not enough evidence at this time to support a new power".
Justice Secretary Michael Matheson said: "We know stop-and-search can be a valuable tool in combating crime, but it is important that we get the balance right between protecting the public and the rights of individuals.
"Maintaining trust between the police and the public is an important part of finding that balance and we have been listening to people's views, including young people, about when and how stop-and-search should be used.
"Police Scotland are already phasing out the practice of non-statutory, or consensual, stop-and-search, following recommendations of the independent Advisory Group, ahead of the introduction of the new code from next year."
He added: "We welcome the range of views provided, particularly over the issue of powers to search for alcohol. We want to make the right decision, which is why we will gather more evidence while the code of practice is in place before considering the issue further."
The government plans to review the policy again next year.
John Scott QC, chairman of the Advisory Group, said: "This consultation exercise provides a new benchmark for consultation exercises involving and affecting children and young people.
"With the considerable assistance of individuals, groups and networks, we now have a much clearer idea of the impact of police activity, both positive and negative, on some of our younger citizens."
Assistant Chief Constable Mark Williams said: "While police officers require to have sufficient powers to allow them to intervene and recover alcohol, there is a balance to be struck between Police Scotland's absolute commitment to protect children and young people and ensuring that we maintain and sustain good relationships, trust and confidence.
"The views of children and young people are really important to Police Scotland and have helped shape new national training on the use of stop-and-search which is currently being rolled out to all officers in advance of the code being introduced."
Pauline McIntyre, parliamentary and policy officer for the Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland, who is also a member of the independent Advisory Group on stop-and-search, said: "The Scottish government's decision not to go ahead with a new statutory power is the right one for children and young people.
"The evidence overwhelmingly suggests that it is seizures, not searches, that help keep children and young people safe in relation to alcohol.
"I am pleased that children and young people, including those with direct experience of stop and search, were widely consulted on this issue. I also welcome the commitment to a children and young people's section in the code of practice." | The Scottish government has decided not to create a new power for police to search young people for alcohol. |
Write a concise summary of the provided excerpt. | John Bercow said the SNP members deserved respect for the way they turned up in large numbers to support each other in the chamber.
But he said he did not believe the party had yet changed the parliament.
Mr Bercow was speaking at an the Edinburgh Festival Fringe organised by Edinburgh University's business school.
The SNP won 50% of Scottish votes in the general election to secure an unprecedented 56 of the country's 59 Westminster seats.
Asked how the Scottish nationalists - who now form the third largest party in the Commons - have changed the parliament, the Speaker said: "The significant thing is not how the SNP have changed parliament, because I don't think yet that they have.
"I think the significant thing is that, whatever you think of the SNP, their parliamentary party has said something very significant by its behaviour since May about group solidarity.
"They turn up in large numbers, they turn up very regularly, they turn up to support each other and a lot of them are already proving to be very good parliamentarians.
"It's not for me to support the SNP or oppose the SNP and I wouldn't dream of doing so, but I'm simply saying respect where it's due."
Mr Bercow said Nicola Sturgeon's party had scored a "notable political victory" when it was credited with forcing the Conservatives to shelve plans to water down the hunting ban in England and Wales.
In a wide-ranging discussion, Mr Bercow also indicated that the House could change its stance on applause within the chamber if MPs so wished.
In May, the Speaker told SNP MPs to stop clapping during a response from the party's Westminster leader Angus Robertson to the Queen's Speech.
Asked why they were not allowed to applaud, Mr Bercow said: "I think my attitude to that is if the House wants to change its procedures, it can, if they vote to do so." | The Speaker in the House of Commons has said many of the SNP's 56 MPs were "already proving to be very good parliamentarians". |
Can you summarize this passage? | A coalition of children's charities say they have the "same vulnerabilities" as all children but face extra "barriers" to getting protection or support.
Their report calls on UK authorities to offer "accessible and appropriate" sex and relationships education to children with learning disabilities.
The government said the study shone a "much-needed spotlight" on such abuse.
The report was commissioned by Comic Relief, and was produced by Barnardo's, the Children's Society, the British Institute of Learning Disabilities, Paradigm Research and Coventry University.
Commenting on the "barriers" stopping children getting protection or support, the report says: "The reasons for this are complex and appear to be entrenched in the way society perceives and treats young people with learning disabilities."
It says the research "illustrates that the abuse of disabled children is under-reported and often hidden, and that a range of myths and stereotypes surround the abuse they experience".
"It highlights that disabled children often make clear disclosures of abuse - often multiple disclosures - without being heard," the report adds.
It says many victims display "challenging" behaviour after being abused - but this is "often assumed to be related to a child's impairment rather than an indication of abuse".
Jane (not her real name) has autism and was 14 when a man she met online convinced her to send intimate pictures of herself.
"I thought I was talking to someone two years older than me," she said - but the man turned out to be "a lot older".
"He asked me to send private pictures of myself and I thought 'well, he likes me, this is what everybody does, it must be a couple thing' and he told me that as well so that was reassuring for me."
Jane, now 19, added: "When I found out who he really was I really regretted it and I wish I could turn back time."
Speaking about the pictures, she said: "He sent them to other people and then they sent them to their friends and I was at school at the time and the pictures ended up going around school and I was bullied quite a lot.
"There were pictures printed out and put around school at the time so wherever I went these pictures were following me."
Researchers found children with learning disabilities and professionals working with them reported a "general lack of attention to sex and relationships education".
Such education, focussed on healthy relationships and raising awareness of sexual abuse, should form part of "every young person's education", the report adds.
It also highlights "significant gaps" in the knowledge of professionals working with children, and calls for extra training.
Emilie Smeaton, research director at Paradigm, said there was a perception children with learning disabilities did not have the same sexual needs and desires as others.
Some also incorrectly believed such young people would not be exploited, she added.
Barnardo's chief executive Javed Khan said: "No-one wants to believe a child with learning disabilities could ever be exploited in this way, but it is happening all over the UK.
"A lack of awareness of the needs of these vulnerable children is playing into the hands of perpetrators of sexual exploitation."
A government spokesman said the research "shines a much-needed spotlight on this tragic and often underestimated abuse".
He added: "We are exploring how personal, social, health and economic education training and resources could be tailored for staff in special schools, and strengthening guidance for professionals, including teachers, social workers and police officers so they are better equipped to support particularly vulnerable children." | Children with learning disabilities are more vulnerable to sexual exploitation, new research suggests. |
Can you summarize the following content in brief? | Turn and Face the Strange is a live show written by Rupert Creed and Garry Burnett, both of whom are from Hull.
The performance will incorporate film, audio, storytelling and live music.
Ronson grew up in Hull, where he formed the band that went on to become the Spiders From Mars. He died in 1993 aged 46 after developing liver cancer.
A spokesman for the project said Turn and Face the Strange would go "beneath the known narratives of Mick Ronson's partnership with David Bowie and the Spiders from Mars".
He added: "It will tell the story of how a working class boy from Greatfield Estate came to challenge the norms and expectations of his time and place of origin, to play a pivotal role in creating a new music and social culture."
As well as working with Bowie, Ronson recorded several solo albums, the most successful of which was Slaughter on 10th Avenue, which reached number nine on the UK album chart.
He also played on, produced or arranged songs for artists including Lou Reed, Bob Dylan and Morrissey.
The performance will be accompanied by an exhibition of photographs and memorabilia at the Freedom Centre.
Creed said: "The project will engage and connect Hull residents from Greatfield Estate and across the city, recording and sharing audio stories and memories, personal photographs and memorabilia.
"We will gather memories of gigs, record his impact as role model and icon on the lives of Hull residents and beyond."
The material gathered from archives as well as contributions from the public will then make up the content of the show, which will be performed in August 2017.
Turn and Face the Strange will be one of 60 projects to take place in neighbourhoods across the city as part of the the Hull 2017 Creative Communities Programme. The 60 projects will share £750,000 funding.
The full City of Culture line-up will be announced on Thursday.
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A 3-0 home win against Burton on Saturday also produced a fourth successive clean sheet for the Royals.
"I know people get happy about results and want to go up as quickly as they can," Stam told BBC Radio Berkshire.
"But, there's still lots of games to be played. We're not looking at the table, we're looking from game to game."
Reading have not been third in the Championship for more than a year, but Stam is still searching for consistent performances.
"We're working very hard in training at getting results and thinking of certain plans for the opposition," he added.
"Up to now, it's going quite well, but during the season there's probably going to be a couple of games where it's going to be difficult and we'll have to deal with that too.
"I understand why people might question my approach, but we have to be realistic in what we bring to the game every time.
"We need to work hard to get results and everyone needs to be switched on and focused in that."
Michael Cook has made the inquiry regarding provision at Lamberton on the boundary between the Scottish Borders and Northumberland.
He said three Saltires currently fly on the Scottish side.
Mr Cook asked whether a county flag of Berwickshire or the union jack could also be flown north of the border.
His request to Transport Scotland is scheduled to be discussed by Scottish Borders Council's Berwickshire area forum.
Mr Cook pointed out that on the English side of the border the flag of Northumberland, St George's flag and the union jack were regularly flown.
He has asked whether it would be possible to fly a flag featuring the emblem of Berwickshire - a bear chained to a tree.
He said the local area forum was keen to highlight the "regional distinctiveness" of the area.
Mr Cook also asked whether it would be possible to fly the union jack reflecting the "shared identity and relationship which exists across the border". | The life of Spiders From Mars guitarist Mick Ronson is to be celebrated in his home town as part of Hull's City of Culture celebrations next year.
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Jaap Stam is staying "realistic" over Reading's Championship promotion credentials despite a fourth successive victory and climbing to third.
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A Berwickshire councillor has asked whether flags other than the Saltire can be flown on the Scottish side of the border with England. |
Can you summarize this content? | Suhana Sayeed, 22, from the southern state of Karnataka, is a contestant on the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa programme.
A Facebook page called Mangalore Muslims objected to her singing a Hindu devotional song while wearing a hijab.
It accuses her of "tarnishing" Muslims by "singing before men" and says she should give up the headscarf as she does not "respect" it.
Mangalore Muslims was created in 2012. A recent post claims the page is a "medium and voice" for Muslims.
The page has over 46,000 likes, but received at least 2,000 new followers after local news outlets and a few national channels reported the targeting of Sayeed.
The original post has since been deleted, but users have posted screenshots.
Mangalore Muslims took down the first post but in a subsequent one, they said the comments were not a "personal" attack on Sayeed.
However, they also accused her of betraying the Muslim community and trying to gain sympathy from judges by singing a Hindu devotional song.
They also posted letters addressed to Sayeed, saying her performance on the TV show was "not Islamic". One letter sarcastically congratulated her on finding fame by embracing a "vulgar" medium.
There are also more than 700 comments on various posts of Mangalore Muslims, many of which support Sayeed.
"This page just divides people!" said one user. "Shame! There are so many Muslim singers singing Hindu devotional songs. Nobody bats an eye when Hindus sing quawali [form of Sufi devotional music]."
Another said no one had the right to interfere in someone's life. "We have no rights to judge other's mistake. Only Allah can…" the user added.
Another user said Pakistani Muslims were more tolerant than Mangalore Muslims, pointing out that many Muslims sang for the popular Pakistani music programme Coke Studio.
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Ahead of next week's Budget, the Treasury announced Whitehall would begin coming up with ways to contribute to its "efficiency review".
It said the NHS and core schools budgets would not be included, with savings found by councils to be spent on under-pressure social services.
Labour accused the government of "sneaking out... more Tory austerity".
Departments have already faced significant cuts in their budgets since 2010, but they will now be told to find further savings of between 2% and 6% by 2019-20, the Treasury said, with up to £1bn to be reinvested in "priority areas".
It added that the government would continue to spend spend 2% of GDP on defence, and it remains legally obliged to spend 0.7% on overseas aid.
The planned savings are due to be introduced around the time the UK is scheduled to be leaving the EU, and just before the next general election.
Chief Secretary to the Treasury David Gauke said the government was committed to delivering services "in the most efficient way possible".
He added: "There has been considerable progress, but there is further to go and the whole of government is working together to consider how we can live within our means while delivering maximum value for every pound of taxpayers' money."
But shadow chancellor John McDonnell said the announcement showed Chancellor Philip Hammond "represents more of the same Tory austerity".
"Sneaking out an announcement asking departments to model cuts of 3% to 6% for 2019-20 is no way to manage public spending," he said.
"Hammond urgently needs to explain why this announcement was made in the way it was and why after seven years of failed austerity he thinks more of the same will now work."
Mr Hammond will deliver the Budget on 8 March. | An Indian Muslim woman has been targeted for singing a Hindu devotional song on a talent show.
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Government departments have been told to find spending cuts of up to 6% as part of plans to save £3.5bn by 2020. |
Write a brief summary of the provided content. | Officers found the 61-year-old on the ground close to Kyle of Lochalsh harbour in the early hours of Saturday.
It is thought he had been there for some time before he was taken to hospital where he died on Sunday.
Detectives were keen to establish his movements and appealed for anyone who was in the harbour area on Friday night or Saturday morning to contact them.
The man, who was known locally, was wearing blue jeans, a maroon top and a dark jacket with grey sleeves.
Det Insp Caroline MacKay said: "We are keen to establish how this man came to be lying at the harbour-side.
"He appears to have lain there for a period of time and was suffering from the effects of exposure to the cold when he was taken to hospital for treatment.
"We understand that he had been at the Lochalsh Hotel and the Co-Operative shop on Friday evening and we would like to know what his movements were after that.
"If anyone saw him or spoke to him that evening or Saturday morning, we would like to hear from them." | Police are investigating the death of a man who was found near a Highland harbour. |
Can you write a short summary of this section? | Defender Anthony Stewart, 24, and Nick Freeman, 21, have triggered 12-month extensions to remain at Adams Park.
Centre-back Aaron Pierre, 24, has been offered a new deal while the club remain in talks with 32-year-old midfielder Marcus Bean.
Meanwhile, Jamal Blackman and Alex Jakubiak have returned to parent clubs Chelsea and Watford after loan spells.
Thompson, 36, joined Wycombe in the summer of 2015 when he signed a new two-year deal, which expires in the summer.
Wood, 30, has been with the Chairboys since 2012, having initially been plucked out of non-League football by Brentford.
Wycombe boss Gareth Ainsworth said: "In Garry and Sam we've had two fantastic professionals who have played a huge part in this club's recent progress." | Wycombe have released experienced midfielder Garry Thompson and left-sided player Sam Wood. |
Summarize the information in the following document. | Capita and Vodafone both supply paging services to customers that include emergency services and hospitals - but who else will be affected?
Matt Dethomiere, a researcher from Worcester, told the BBC his pager was still going:
"In 1994 I worked in IT support and bought a pager. It was a technical revolution at the time. Back then, phones were really expensive. It was the first kind of text messaging.
"Mine is still going. I use it so people can get in touch with me via text or the operator. It's with me all the time.
"With the pager, you can be quite anti-social. You don't have to talk to people. It's good for meetings as you can feel it buzzing on your belt. Also, it's a different number to your phone, so you can keep your phone number separate.
"My pager seems to be stuck in 2013. Maybe the manufacturers had some sort of life span in mind. The correct date appears when I send a message but since 2013 it has stayed on the same year.
"If pager services stop then I'll move on to the smartphone. I already use one. It was good while it lasted."
Bill Bennett, a financial assistant for people with learning difficulties in Taunton, Somerset, also has a pager that works, but has a different use these days:
"I got it when I was in middle school in the late 1990s. It was partly out of intrigue for any kind of new technology, and also because my mum needed to tell me when to come home.
"It took one AAA battery and lasted about six months. My friend and I went together to buy one when we were 14 years old. We spent £20 each, which was a lot of money back then. It cost about 30p to call it.
"The prices seem to have escalated. I think it's about £2.50 to phone it now. I leave myself a message every couple of years, just out of interest to see if it works. The same greeting I sent to the operator to read out still plays.
"It served me well, but everything has moved on and I now have a smart phone. My two-year-old son likes to play around with it as it lights up, beeps and he can't break it. It's worth its weight in gold.
"I think it will be missed in terms of nostalgia, but not missed when it comes to practicalities."
Compiled by Sherie Ryder, BBC UGC and Social News hub.
This is because there have been lots of reported "near misses" recently - where drones have almost crashed into things, which could've caused an accident.
As a result the UK government are currently looking into making new strict safety rules about flying and owning drones.
They have also been looking at bringing in tougher punishments for people flying a drone in a no-fly zone - like near an airport.
There are already lots of restrictions in place for people flying drones in the UK.
For example, any drone with a camera must not be flown within 50 metres of buildings, cars or crowds of people.
Also, anyone using a drone as part of their business to make money, must register it with the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
The new government rules could mean that people have to take a test similar to one you might take when you learn to drive a car.
This could apply to any drone weighing more than 250g.
Some people think this new test could cost a lot of money and might be a bad idea.
However government ministers think it might help to increase safety. | Vodafone has announced it will shut down its paging business after the competition watchdog threatened to investigate its sale to Capita.
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People who buy a drone in the UK might have to register it and take a safety test in the future. |
Summarize the provided section. | Sehwag, who won the World Cup with India in 2011, played 104 Tests, 251 one-day and 19 Twenty20 internationals.
He scored 8,586 Test runs at an average of 49.34 and is the only Indian to score an international triple century.
"Cricket has been my life," Sehwag, who scored 8,273 ODI runs at 35.05, said in a statement. "I did it my way."
He will continue to play first-class cricket, saying he "still has the hunger inside", and will try to help young players coming through.
Sehwag, who had a spell with Leicestershire in 2003, has not played for India since 2013.
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Test cricket's record runscorer Sachin Tendulkar, who retired in 2013, said Sehwag had been a joy to watch and play with.
Tendulkar, who made 15,921 Test runs, told the BBC World Service programme Stumped: "I would say I was in the best seat when he was batting. The non-striker's end was the best view.
"I liked his mindset, extremely positive, he always backed himself to play big shots and never changed his game. The form varies but I liked his approach. He was fantastic, a true champion and I thoroughly enjoyed having him in the team."
Tendulkar played 93 of his 200 Test matches alongside Sehwag and added: "He was always full of humour, occasionally singing songs.
"He didn't like getting tense or stressed, but he would occupy himself singing songs. Playing with him was a rollercoaster ride. You didn't know what to expect and what was round the corner."
MS Dhoni, who captained India to their World Cup victory in 2011, compared Sehwag to West Indies batting legend Sir Viv Richards.
"Didn't see Viv Richards bat in person but I can proudly say I have witnessed Virender Sehwag tearing apart the best bowling attacks," Dhoni wrote on Twitter. | Former India opener Virender Sehwag has announced his retirement from international cricket and the Indian Premier League on his 37th birthday. |
Write a summary of this document. | The parties agreed to back the formation of a minority Labour Welsh Government.
They said it followed "constructive and positive talks" about "shared priorities for the coming assembly, and future working arrangements".
The assembly will reconvene on Wednesday to elect a first minister.
Both party groups met to discuss the proposals on Tuesday.
"We are pleased to confirm that the Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru groups have today contacted the Presiding Officer in order to recall the Assembly tomorrow, and proceed with the nomination procedure for First Minister," the parties said in a joint statement on Tuesday, entitled Moving Wales Forward.
"This will allow the successful nomination of Carwyn Jones as First Minister, and the establishment of a Labour Minority Administration.
"This follows constructive and positive talks about the parties' shared priorities for the coming Assembly, and future working arrangements.
"The First Minister will set out tomorrow the next Government's intentions for the first 100 days, including a commitment to prioritise those areas that enjoy support from across most of the Assembly."
Sources in Plaid and Labour say they have agreed a way for the two parties to exchange ideas and information.
There was no agreement between them on the contentious issue of the M4 relief road, but the sources said the parties had "agreed to progress what they could".
Senior figures from Labour and Plaid Cymru held two days of talks after a Senedd vote was tied 29-29 last Wednesday on whether Mr Jones or Plaid leader Leanne Wood should be first minister.
UKIP and the Welsh Conservatives had backed Ms Wood, while Liberal Democrat AM Kirsty Williams supported Mr Jones.
The tied vote came after Labour fell short of a majority at the 5 May election, leaving it in need of opposition support to govern.
Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies accused Plaid Cymru of "locking themselves away and doing a cosy deal with their old friends in the Labour Party".
"Plaid Cymru have shown a distinct lack of appetite and ambition in exploring a new kind of collaborative politics," he said.
Leanne Wood, Plaid leader, said her party looks forward to offering "robust opposition over the next five years".
"The Conservatives failed to make a single gain, or to get a single manifesto commitment implemented during their time as the main opposition party in the last Assembly term. Perhaps that's why their seat share went down.
Lib Dem AM Kirsty Williams said: "I welcome the progress that seems to have been made to securing a successful nomination for First Minister tomorrow.
"For my part, I shall engage constructively with others, seeking to do the best for Wales based on Welsh Liberal Democrats policies and priorities."
UKIP is intending to force a vote on the first minister nominations by putting one of their own ranks forward - although assembly sources say this can not be done under Senedd rules.
But it has emerged that the party plans to nominate neither its UKIP Wales leader Nathan Gill or UKIP Welsh Assembly group leader Neil Hamilton.
David Rowlands, an AM for South Wales East, is instead the intended nominee.
A source said: "If they put up Neil Hamilton he would have had four votes. That's the reality.
A spokesman for the UKIP group said: "It was Neil Hamilton's idea to put Nathan Gill forward, but then Nathan Gill recommended David Rowlands. Neil accepted his recommendation. There was never any consideration that it might be Neil."
On whether the plan could go ahead, the spokesman said: "The standing orders are not clear and they do not say there cannot be any more nominations. That will be up to the presiding officer however." | Carwyn Jones is set to be re-elected first minister after Labour and Plaid Cymru AMs backed a deal to end the week-long deadlock over the post. |
Provide a concise summary of this excerpt. | In an email, councillors have been told the council's budget gap was estimated to increase from £13.2m to £46.2m over the next three years.
Key reasons include assumptions of a cut in grant funding and changes to pensions and National Insurance.
Councillors will be asked to discuss the situation at a meeting next week.
Senior officers said there will have to be reductions in services and staffing levels.
Under the proposals, the amount of money paid to home owners and businesses producing electricity from roof-top solar and small wind turbines will be limited from January 2016.
Subsidy schemes could be closed to new entrants from the start of next year.
Ministers want to ensure that consumers who pay for the schemes through their bills get the best deal possible.
They admitted in July that spending on renewable energy schemes was set to be higher than expected.
Having already announced plans to limit cash paid to on-shore wind generation and large-scale solar farms, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is now proposing significant cutbacks for small-sized green energy producers.
Solar and wind energy installations of less than 5MW are supported by feed-in tariffs - schemes that pay producers a subsidy for the electricity they generate, plus a bonus for any electricity exported back to the national grid.
Under the new proposals, the amount to be paid from next year will fall to 1.63p per kilowatt hour from a current level of 12.92p for a new residential solar system.
The consultation says that government spending on feed-in tariffs should be limited to between £75m and £100m from 2016 to 2018/19.
But DECC warns that if that limit is breached then "the only alternative would be to end generation tariffs for new applicants as soon as legislatively possible," which is expected to be January next year.
The Solar Trade Association (STA) says the proposals are not good news and the idea that the scheme might end for new entrants could become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
"We regret that proposals to suddenly cut tariffs combined with the threat of closure of the scheme next January will spark a massive market rush," said Mike Landy from the STA.
"This is the antithesis of a sensible policy for achieving better public value for money while safeguarding the British solar industry."
In their risk assessment published with the proposals, the government acknowledges that there is a chance that the changes may result in "significantly reduced rates of deployment" but they expect the industry to prove resilient, and point to the fact that the UK has already exceeded installation levels for small-scale solar and wind that were expected by 2020.
This rapid uptake of the technologies over the past few years means there has been considerable overspend on tariffs, according to the government, and that has to be curtailed.
"Our support has driven down the cost of renewable energy significantly," said a DECC spokesman.
"As costs continue to fall and we move towards sustainable electricity investment, it becomes easier for parts of the renewables industry to survive without subsidies. The consultation launched today is the next part of the action we promised to take to ensure bill payers get the best deal possible".
Environmental groups were not impressed.
Greenpeace pointed out that the government's maximum additional spend on green technologies by 2018 would be approximately half of what it spends subsidising the coal industry.
Other groups called the changes "absurd".
"Of course the feed-in tariff should fall as solar becomes cheaper, but the government clearly plans to remove support entirely," said Alasdair Cameron from Friends of the Earth.
"This is politically motivated, and will take away power from people and hand it back to big energy firms."
The consultation period on the proposed changes will run until 23 October.
Follow Matt on Twitter @mattmcgrathbbc. | Highland Council senior management have warned councillors of a "significant worsening" in the local authority's projected financial position.
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The UK government says it plans to significantly reduce subsidies paid to small-scale green power installations. |
Please summarize the following text. | Thomas Waste Management's bid to buy land on Waun-Y-Pound industrial estate near Ebbw Vale was blocked in 2013.
Now, the firm says its current site is too small and road works in the area mean it is not making a profit.
Blaenau Gwent council said the sale could be "detrimental" to regeneration if the £425m race track was built.
The company, based in nearby Brynmawr, said some of its 63 staff would have to go if it could not find a new location.
Its base is close to the A465 Heads of the Valleys road, which is being upgraded to a dual carriageway with several diversions in place.
Gareth Thomas said the company tried to avoid the delays and extra costs associated with the road works by moving the business to the industrial estate, having agreed a price with council officials.
But Blaenau Gwent councillors voted against the advice of officials in 2013 when they refused to sell the land, saying it could have a "detrimental impact on any future regeneration plans that may arise as part of the Circuit of Wales project".
The site was previously offered up by the council as a potential site for the waste industry before the racetrack project was officially announced in 2011.
BBC Wales understands the Circuit of Wales has never had plans to build any part of the project on land at Waun-Y-Pound industrial estate.
Mr Thomas said: "We can't sustain it any more - give us until April or May and we'll have to be looking at restructuring the business.
"Loss of jobs, that'll be. We've got no option. We don't want to see losses, we've all got families, we're a family ourselves."
Haydn Trollope, the council's executive member for environment, said the authority had spoken to the firm to identify suitable sites for expansion.
He added: "The council understands that restrictions at the company's current site and continuing works during the dualling of the Heads of the Valleys road are limiting its plans for expansion and development, and together with Welsh Government has worked with the company to mitigate the current position and secure a sustainable future to meet its aspirations."
Ben Cottam, from the Federation of Small Businesses in Wales, said: "I think businesses will be frustrated - they've waited a long time for something to happen one way or another and still there's no sign as to whether this development going to take place." | A firm says jobs are at risk after its bid to buy land was scuppered in case the site is regenerated as part of the Circuit of Wales project. |
Can you write a short summary of this section? | Anneka Sherratt, 31, was discovered at her Plymouth home on Monday, where it is thought she may have died on Friday.
Contributions to a fund to support her son aged three and pay for the funeral have reached more than £6,200.
Flowers with messages of sympathy have been left at the door of Ms Sherratt's flat in Savage Road.
"We would like to thank you all for your donations so far," said Emma Louise Fowler who created the fundraising page.
Ms Fowler described how Ms Sherratt had died on Friday, leaving her son behind.
"Anneka was very kind and friendly who would help anyone out," she said.
Ms Sherratt's death is not being treated as suspicious and the cause is yet to be established, police said.
Officers were called to the flat at 13.15 GMT on Monday.
One of the messages left at Ms Sherratt's' door said: "I always cherish and carry you in my heart. I feel so blessed and lucky for our time together."
Another said: "Life will be so hard without you but your memory will live on in me."
Plymouth Coroners' Court confirmed an investigation was opened into Ms Sherratt's death on 25 February.
China's currency hit a four-year low against the dollar after the country's central bank cut the guiding rate for the yuan for a second day.
The Dow Jones less than a point to 17,402.
The S&P 500 rose almost two points, or 0.1%, to 2,086 while the Nasdaq gained seven points, or 0.2%, at 5,044.
The depreciation of the yuan affected shares in companies for whom China is a major market. But Apple shares advanced 1.6% after earlier losses.
Shares in Alibaba sank 5.1% after the firm's revenue growth fell short of expectations in the three months to June, despite revenues rising 28% to $3.2bn (£2.05bn).
Department store chain Macy's fell 5.1% after it reported a 26% drop in profits to $217m for the quarter to 1 August, with net sales down 2.6% to $6.1bn.
The retailer said the strength of the dollar meant spending by foreign tourists had been cut "significantly".
Visiting keeper Ross Flitney was in great form to stop Omar Bogle on a number of occasions in the first-half.
Shortly after the restart, Eastleigh's Josh Payne was sent off for a tackle on Richard Tait.
Grimsby stepped up the pressure but Flitney was equal to Jon Nolan's swerving shot to secure a point.
The Mariners are fourth in the table, seven points clear of sixth-placed Braintree, with Eastleigh a point further back in seventh.
Grimsby boss Paul Hurst told BBC Radio Humberside:
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"Overall I was really happy with the performance and I think you can see at the end that they're the ones who went down to 10 men.
"You can see the lads are out on their feet and we're having to really demand and ask them to dig deep and give everything.
"Unfortunately today we weren't rewarded with the three points but I feel it was a good performance and if you look at who we're playing against, it was just unfortunate we couldn't get that winning goal." | A fundraising campaign in aid of a three-year-old boy who spent three days in a flat with the body of his dead mother has raised more than £6,000.
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(Close): US stocks edged up as gains for Apple and energy stocks outweigh fears of the sudden depreciation in China's yuan.
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Grimsby strengthened their position in the National League play-off places despite being held to a goalless draw by 10-man Eastleigh. |
Can you provide a brief summary of the following information? | A government spokesman said the operation was to root out "criminals" who had set fire to parliament.
Protestors took to the streets on Wednesday claiming fraud after it was announced that President Ali Bongo had been narrowly re-elected.
Some 1,000 people have been arrested, officials say.
In a national address, Mr Bongo said "democracy does not sit well with an attack on parliament".
Protests and gunfire have continued in the capital Libreville on Thursday.
The official election result, announced on Wednesday afternoon, gave Mr Bongo a second seven-year term with 49.8% of the vote to Mr Ping's 48.2% - a margin of 5,594 votes.
But Mr Ping said the election was fraudulent and "everybody knows" he won.
Mr Ping won in six out of nine provinces but disputes the result in Mr Bongo's home province of Haut-Ogooue, where turnout was 99.93% and 95% of votes were for the president.
Turnout in the other provinces was between 45% and 71%, according to Gabon's interior ministry.
EU election monitor spokesperson Sarah Crozier told BBC Newsday "it's not a very common result, that's for sure".
Mr Ping has called for voting figures from each polling station to be made public.
The US and EU have also called for the results to be published, while UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged calm.
Former colonial power France, which retains strong economic and political ties to the country, also said it was "deeply concerned".
The BBC's Charles Stephane Mavoungou reports from Libreville that on Thursday people in the capital have been unable to access the internet, including social media.
The Boulevard Triomphal, home to Gabon's parliament, was covered in burnt-out cars and lined with torched buildings on Thursday, reports the AFP news agency.
It said police used tear gas to prevent crowds from gathering again and arrested people as they emerged from remains of the parliament.
Police chief Jean-Thierry Oye Zue said six officers had been killed in the protests but declined to give an overall casualty figure, AFP reports.
Oil-rich Gabon has one of the highest per-capita incomes in Africa, but few of its 1.6 million people feel the benefit.
Robins, 47, has returned to the Sky Blues for his second spell as manager, having been in charge between 2012 and 2013 before leaving for Huddersfield.
He has rejoined Coventry, who are bottom of League One, on a contract "beyond the current season".
Slade was sacked on Sunday with the club 13 points adrift of safety.
More to follow. | Gabon's opposition leader Jean Ping has told the BBC a presidential guard helicopter bombed his headquarters and killed two people.
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Coventry City have appointed Mark Robins as the League One club's new manager, a day after relieving previous boss Russell Slade of his duties. |
Summarize the content provided below. | John Bermingham is also accused of assault causing injury and breaching a Sexual Offences Prevention Order.
The incident is alleged to have happened in Glenburn Road, Hallglen, Falkirk, on Friday.
Mr Bermingham, who is 50 and from Falkirk, made no plea or declaration at the petition hearing at Falkirk Sheriff Court.
Procurator fiscal depute Michael Maguire opposed bail and Sheriff Derek Livingston committed Mr Bermingham for further examination and remanded him in custody.
A spokesman for the Crown Office said it was anticipated Mr Bermingham would appear in court again within eight days.
It comes as consumer rights group Which said backless booster seats will only be approved for use for children taller than 125cm and weighing more than 22kg under new rules set to be introduced.
But the government said talks are ongoing and there was no date as yet.
Existing rules say that children must use a child car seat until they are 12 years old or 135cm (4ft 5ins) tall.
If approved, any changes will apply to newly sold products, not child restraint systems which are already in use and adhere to existing safety standards.
Parents who use old booster seats that comply with the existing regulations will not be breaking the law if they continue to use them after any rule change, the Department for Transport spokesman said.
They will not be required to buy new booster seats to meet any rule change, he said.
The technical specifications for child car seats are set internationally by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.
Height-based car seats, known as 'i-Size' seats, must be rear-facing until the child is over 15 months old.
A child can use a forward-facing car seat when they are over 15 months old.
Weight-based car seats must be rear-facing until the child weighs more than 9kg and after that the seat the child can use depends on their weight.
The Department for Transport works with representatives from other governments, the child restraint and vehicle manufacturing industries, and groups representing consumers on the specifications.
What is the law?
There are exceptions. For example, children can travel without a child car seat in a taxi or minicab if there is a fixed partition between the front and rear seats. | A man has appeared in court charged with attempting to abduct two young girls from a play park.
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New regulations for child car seats are in the pipeline, but no decisions have been made, the government has said. |
Please provide a summary for the content below. | John Coles, 26, remains in a critical but stable condition following the incident at Newport Road, in Rumney, on 12 January at about 07:50 GMT.
His partner Emily Thomas said: "The whole family is devastated.
"We would ask anyone who was around at the time to please help the police with their enquiries by coming forward."
Mr Coles suffered life-threatening injuries in the collision while travelling to work.
Sheila, 12, and Katharine Lyon, 10, were last seen in March of 1975.
Initially questioned by police in 1975, Lloyd Lee Michael Welch became a suspect in 2013 after cold-case detectives revisited the case.
Welch is already imprisoned for child sex crimes in Delaware.
Police said a detective reviewing the evidence made a link between Welch and a composite sketch of the suspect. Investigators then interviewed Welch in prison and uncovered more evidence.
When Sheila and Katharine disappeared, the then 18-year-old Welch was at the Wheaton Plaza Mall, where the girls were headed that day in 1975.
Welch and his uncle had been named as persons of interest in the case before, and his wife was charged with perjury after testifying before a grand jury about the case last year, denying his involvement.
He wrote to the Washington Post disclaiming his role in the girls' disappearance.
Police affidavits obtained by the Washington Post show that Welch claims he left the mall with the girls and that his uncle sexually assaulted them. He said he then left and "never saw the girls again".
The Washington Post reports that Welch had bloody clothes in a backpack and asked a relative in Virginia to wash them, spurring investigators to think the blood have might belonged to the two girls.
Authorities have been searching for the girls' remains since last year in Bedford Country, Virginia, where Welch family members own land.
Welch pleaded guilty to child sex crimes in 1994 and 1997.
Mr Duterte used the pose in his 2016 presidential campaign, a symbol of his tough and controversial crime policies.
Critics said the photo of Nick Warner, the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (Asis) director-general, sent an inappropriate message from Canberra.
The Australian government said the photo was not Mr Warner's idea.
Mr Duterte has been condemned by human rights groups for his crackdown on drugs in the Philippines, which has seen thousands of people die at the hands of police.
The drug war has sparked civil unrest and protests against Mr Duterte's presidency, as well as criticism from community leaders.
Photos of the meeting between Mr Duterte and Mr Warner at Manila's Malacanang Palace were shared on the president's Twitter account.
Elaine Pearson, the director of Human Rights Watch in Australia, said Mr Warner's gesture was unwise.
"Sickening to see head of Australia's spy agency fist-bumping a man who has instigated the killing of thousands," she wrote online.
"You wouldn't pose like this with a mass murderer. And one day, Duterte may be indicted for crimes against humanity."
Australian MP Anthony Byrne said the photo was "completely inappropriate for the head of one [of] our most important intelligent services to be in".
However Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, whose department oversees Asis, said she was "confident it would not have been his [Mr Warner's] idea".
"I do not know the details of how it came about or who released the photograph," she said.
"But of course the Australian Secret Intelligence Service is called a secret intelligence service for a reason. Preferably the work that Asis does is below the surface but there are instances where it comes public."
Earlier this week, Ms Bishop told Fairfax Media that Australia was deeply concerned about extra-judicial killings in the Philippines.
Media outlets reported a palace official as saying Mr Duterte and Mr Warner had discussed routine matters such as regional security.
Last week, the Australian government added so-called Islamic State in East Asia to its official list of terrorist organisations.
It follows warnings by Australian intelligence chiefs about security threats in South East Asia. | The partner of a cyclist critically injured in a collision with a van in Cardiff has joined police in calling for witnesses to come forward.
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Police in Maryland have charged a convicted sex offender with the murder of two girls - 40 years after the sisters went missing from a shopping centre.
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The boss of Australia's foreign intelligence agency has been criticised for clenching his fist in a photo with Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte. |
Summarize the following excerpt. | Defending champions Manchester City will travel to Swansea, with beaten finalists Liverpool heading to Derby.
Premier League winners Leicester City host Chelsea, while Southampton welcome Crystal Palace and Hull City visit Stoke in the all-Premier League ties.
Round three ties are due to be played the week commencing 19 September 2016.
Draw in full:
Nottingham Forest v Arsenal
Leeds United v Blackburn Rovers
QPR v Sunderland
West Ham v Accrington Stanley
Southampton v Crystal Palace
Swansea City v Manchester City
Fulham v Bristol City
Bournemouth v Preston North End
Tottenham v Gillingham
Everton v Norwich City
Derby County v Liverpool
Northampton v Manchester United
Brighton v Reading
Newcastle United v Wolves
Stoke City v Hull City
Leicester City v Chelsea | League One Northampton Town will host Manchester United in the EFL Cup third round, while League Two Accrington Stanley will visit West Ham. |
Write a brief summary of the document. | The probe leader Reverend Tom O'Donnell, said they would try "to determine if there was a canonical crime".
Last month, a former government minister was arrested outside their convent near Buenos Aires.
He was allegedly trying to hide almost $9m (£6.8m) in cash and jewels.
Nuns working at the Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima religious community about 55km (35 miles) west of the capital Buenos Aires called the police after they saw a man throwing plastic bags full of money over a wall.
He was allegedly Jose Lopez, who was the public works minister in the former government of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
The media in Argentina recently showed CCTV footage allegedly showing Mr Lopez bringing the bags with wads of cash in several currencies and jewels into the convent, helped by two nuns.
A total of four nuns are said to have helped him. One of them is due to appear next month before a judge.
Since Argentina's new President, Mauricio Macri took over earlier this year, there have been a series of investigations of former officials for money-laundering.
Dr Kevin Moore, the director of the National Football Museum, will lead a working group to look into potential location and funding opportunities.
The heritage exhibition does not have a permanent home, with the archive stored at Heritage Quay in Huddersfield.
"It is clear that there is a game-wide passion for heritage," Moore said.
"A national museum will bring to life the characters and events that have helped shaped this great sport over the last 120 years and before.
"We are looking at developing a high-quality museum that eclipses all other sports museums in the world, a facility that is immersive, interactive and educational and which contributes to the strategic objectives of the game."
A location for the museum could be announced in 2016, with funding, design and construction processes to follow.
Previously, former Great Britain, Dewsbury and Penrith Panthers hooker Mike Stephenson had established a museum at the birthplace of Northern Union, the George Hotel in Huddersfield.
However, the closure of the venue in 2013 brought an end to the permanent display. | The Roman Catholic Church in Argentina has launched an investigation into whether four nuns helped to hide a hoard of cash and jewels.
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Rugby league charity RL Cares has revealed plans to establish a National Rugby League Museum by 2020 and has commissioned a feasibility study. |
Can you provide an overview of this section? | Jevans was director of sport at London Olympic organisers Locog before taking on the World Cup post in October 2012.
A Rugby World Cup organising committee statement said Jevans leaves "with plans in excellent shape" and more than "1.9m tickets sold".
Jevans said: "This is the right decision for me to make at this time."
Stephen Brown will become the new managing director and working alongside chairman Andy Cosslett.
Cosslett said Jevans' "legacy will be seen during and after the tournament is delivered".
Jevans added: "I am immensely proud of the team and all that we have achieved in the time that I have been chief executive.
"Everything is in place to ensure that this is the best Rugby World Cup ever, and I am confident my team will deliver an exceptional tournament."
The 48-match tournament begins on 18 September when England play Fiji at Twickenham.
Stephen Parkes, 35, from Walsall, was banned from keeping dogs for a year after being convicted of fox hunting at Birmingham Magistrates' Court.
Police found a group of men and two dead foxes on waste ground off Goscote Lodge Crescent, Walsall, last November, the hearing was told.
Parkes, of Bloxwich Road, was also ordered to pay £270 in costs.
He denied fox hunting contrary to the 2004 Hunting Act and two counts of causing unnecessary suffering to the dogs and was prosecuted by the RSPCA.
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Police officers came across a group of men who scattered leaving Parkes and another man at the scene holding shovels, the court heard.
Commenting on the court hearing, RSPCA inspector Rob Crutchley said: "The two dogs had nasty-looking wounds to their muzzles which a vet later confirmed were consistent with fighting with a fox.
"Likewise, the fox had injuries to his body which were consistent with being attacked by dogs, and a post-mortem examination confirmed this.
"This is a horrific case which not only caused suffering to a fox, but also to the two dogs as well."
A new generation of digital cameras will be operational by the end of June along a 32-mile stretch of the A77, between Monkton and south of Girvan.
The number of cameras will stay the same but some will be repositioned.
Transport Scotland said the cameras had cut deaths and serious injuries by 75% since they were introduced in 2005.
Transport Scotland's head of network operations, Stewart Leggett, said: "Safety is an absolute priority and the investment in camera upgrades are central to ensuring that we continue to positively influence driver behaviour on the A77.
"The latest available figures for the A77 show that in the last three years there have been 77% fewer deaths and 74% fewer serious injuries compared to the 2005 baseline.
"We expect the new and improved cameras will continue to support this reduction in casualties." | Debbie Jevans has resigned as chief executive of England's World Cup 2015 organising committee, citing personal reasons.
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A man who set two dogs on a fox has been fined £210 after being found guilty of animal cruelty.
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The first average speed cameras used in Scotland are being updated - 11 years after they were introduced and hailed for cutting road deaths. |
Give a short summary of the provided document. | The Very Reverend Martin Thrower, 56, had denied two charges of voyeurism, but changed his pleas to guilty after the first witness gave evidence.
Norwich Crown Court heard Thrower was arrested at a shopping centre in Ipswich in August.
Judge Katharine Moore adjourned the case for reports.
Thrower will be sentenced on 3 August.
The court was told the boy heard a noise above him while on the toilet at the Buttermarket shopping centre.
The teenager looked up and could see someone's hand holding a mobile phone.
William Carter, prosecuting, said: "He [the 17-year-old] reacted by getting up smartly and grabbing the phone. Unsurprisingly, he was pretty shocked and upset by what had happened."
He said the teenager took the phone to a security officer who detained Thrower until police arrived and arrested him.
Mr Carter said police found three further videos recorded that day, 4 August 2016. including two of other men who had not noticed they were being filmed.
Thrower, of Church Street, Hadleigh, Suffolk, is rector of Hadleigh, Layham and Shelley.
Officers seized computer equipment from his home and found 589 still images of "hundreds of different men", Mr Carter said.
At interview, Thrower said he had been taking such footage "for a couple of years" at places including supermarkets and service stations.
Thrower, who is on bail, is suspended from all roles by the Diocese of St Edmundsbury in Ipswich.
The church has launched a disciplinary process against him which could conclude with him being removed from office and banned from all clergy roles.
The UK-based company sacked one employee and suspended another three, admitting the campaign was "offensive".
Critics say it sought to stoke racial tensions by focusing on the dominant role of white-owned businesses.
They claim it is part of a larger initiative to distract attention from allegations of massive corruption.
Claims of undue influence have been made against South African President Jacob Zuma, the wealthy Guptas family and their political allies.
Mr Zuma and the Guptas have consistently denied all the allegations.
In a statement on Thursday, Bell Pottinger Chief Executive James Henderson said: "We wish to issue a full, unequivocal and absolute apology to anyone impacted.
"These activities should never have been undertaken. We are deeply sorry that this happened."
Bell Pottinger said it had ended its contract with Oakbay, a company owned by the Guptas, three months ago.
The PR firm also said it had asked an independent law firm to review "the account and the work done on it".
Although that investigation was still continuing, Bell Pottinger said it had "already been shown interim evidence which has dismayed us".
Company critics in South Africa and media outlets had for some time accused the PR firm of presenting opponents of President Zuma and the Guptas as agents of a "white monopoly capital" during a sustained campaign.
Pressure on Bell Pottinger increased recently after local media had leaked emails allegedly showing its employees working with Guptas' representatives on a campaign focusing on "economic apartheid".
The authenticity of the emails has not been independently verified.
Separately, Bell Pottinger was recently reported to a professional body for Britain's PR industy.
The Democratic Alliance, South Africa's main opposition party, accused the PR company of unethical behaviour.
South Wales Police said it was called to Neath Road, in the Hafod area of the city, at about 13:35 BST on Tuesday.
The area has been cordoned off and an investigation is under way, police added.
A 35-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death and is currently in custody at Swansea Central Police Station.
Divers had searched the flooded river after two bags containing the belongings of Terence Kilbride, 48, were washed up.
Police Scotland said: "The public are thanked for their assistance in tracing him.
"We received an overwhelming response from the public, which was greatly appreciated."
Mr Kilbride, who is originally from Warrington in Cheshire, was traced in Aberdeen. | A clergyman who held his mobile phone over the top of a public toilet cubicle and filmed a 17-year-old boy has admitted voyeurism.
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Public relations firm Bell Pottinger has apologised for its role in a media campaign in South Africa that critics say was inflaming racial tensions.
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A man has been arrested following a sudden death in Swansea.
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A missing man feared to have been swept away in the swollen River Dee in Aberdeen has been found safe and well. |
What is the brief summary of the provided content? | Clare Hughes stole books worth more than £27,000 while working at Magnus Church of England Academy in Newark.
The 41-year-old was given a two-year suspended jail sentence at Nottingham Crown Court in June.
In a report, the teaching panel said Hughes committed "serious offences involving dishonesty" over three years.
Hughes, of Crown Street, Newark, sold the stolen books online between 2012 and 2015.
She raised about £5,000 by selling them.
She had blamed stress, but the judge said in June she "abused the trust placed in her". She admitted five counts of theft.
Hughes, who earned £58,000 a year, had taught history at the school for 10 years.
The National College of Teaching and Leadership panel said the immediate ban was "proportionate" and "appropriate".
"The conduct of Ms Hughes fell significantly short of the standards expected of the profession," it stated.
"Her conviction for such serious offences involving dishonesty was a significant factor in forming that opinion."
Jayne Millions, of the Department for Education, struck her off "indefinitely" and " without a review period."
"In view of the seriousness of the allegations found proved against her, I have decided that Ms Hughes shall not be entitled to apply for restoration of her eligibility to teach," she said.
Hughes has a right of appeal to the High Court. | A Nottinghamshire assistant head teacher who was convicted for selling textbooks that she had stolen has been banned from teaching for life. |
Summarize the provided section. | The court heard a government claim that it would damage national security to hear full details of the evidence.
The case has been brought by Libyan man Abdul Hakim Belhaj and his wife against MI6, various government departments and former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw.
Mr Belhaj says the government arranged in 2004 for him to be flown to Libya, where he was tortured by its regime.
The north African country was ruled by Colonel Muammar Gaddafi at that time - and Mr Belhaj was a well-known dissident who opposed his regime.
The UK Supreme Court has previously heard that he and his wife Fatima Boudchar claim they were was detained first in Malaysia and then Thailand in 2004 before being put on an American flight to Libya. They claimed that this was because MI6 alerted Libya as to their whereabouts - and that the UK government "arranged and assisted" in flying them to Libya.
In the current hearing, the High Court was told of allegations that the British defendants were complicit in the alleged mistreatment of Mr Belhaj "and supplied questions for the interrogation" by Colonel Gaddafi's regime.
Judge Mr Justice Popplewell ruled that disclosing sensitive material "would reveal operational details of the activities of the security services in relation to intelligence".
He also stated that holding closed sessions in which the press, public and defence lawyers are locked out of court would allow the allegations to be heard by the court.
"These claims are brought not only against the government, but against two named individuals who both wish to have a real and fair opportunity to defend themselves, but who cannot do do unless there is a closed material procedure."
Such controversial procedures were created in 2013 as a result of a long legal battle fought by former British detainees in the US detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. They won compensation but the government argued it had not been able to defend itself in open court because it would have damaged national security.
The Supreme Court ruled earlier this year that Mr Belhaj and Miss Boudchar should be allowed to bring their civil claim against the government.
Mr Belhaj and Miss Boudchar are also suing former MI6 official Sir Mark Allen.
Following today's judgement, Mr Belhaj said "Fatima and I have stuck with this case for all these years because we believe the British system, unlike Gaddafi's, can deliver justice. But what kind of a trial will it be if we put in a mountain of evidence and government officials can simply refuse to answer us? It's hard to see how this fits with Britain's long tradition of open justice."
Police said Kyle McCusker lost control of his black Ford Mondeo and hit a traffic light pole and a bus stop pole.
The car then overturned and hit the parked Vauxhall Corsa.
The incident happened near the White House pub on Main Street in Holytown at about 00:35. Mr McCusker, from New Stevenston, died at the scene.
Pc Craig Martin said: "We have spoken to a number of people from the pub who came out to help, but would also appeal to anyone who witnessed the crash, who has not already come forward, to contact officers at the Road Policing Department at Motherwell via 101." | A court case involving allegations MI6 colluded in torture can be held partly in secret, the High Court has ruled.
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A 28-year-old man has died after his car overturned and hit a parked car outside a pub in North Lanarkshire in the early hours. |
What is the brief summary of the provided content? | Groups like Greenpeace like to make their voice heard during elections.
But they face strict rules on what they can spend money on for the year before an election.
They had been working on the basis that an election would be held in 2020 - but the announcement of a snap election in June has raised concerns they will not be able to comply with the rules.
This has meant that they will have to declare their spending retrospectively over the last year if they want to campaign, creating a huge amount of work at short notice.
The Electoral Commission says registered "non-party" campaign groups must provide information on all their "regulated campaign activity," money spent and donations for the 12 months between 9 June 2016 and 8 June's polling day.
But campaigners argue that the rules on what counts as party political campaigning - which is banned by lobbying legislation - and campaigning about issues, which is allowed, are vague and confusing.
And they are angry that their campaigning activities over the past 10 months will now come under scrutiny when they had no idea an election was going to be called.
Some charities may opt to sit the general election out rather than face dealing with the extra red tape or risk being fined - meaning their point of view will go unheard, they warn.
Chief executive of charity leader's network ACEVO, Vicky Browning, said: "The Electoral Commission's guidance demonstrates the need for urgent reform of the Lobbying Act.
Charities have carried out their day-to-day campaigning activity for the last 10 months, reassured by the Fixed-term Parliaments Act that their activity would not fall under the auspice of the Electoral Commission.
"To have this decision reversed with minimal notice places a huge retrospective administrative burden on these charities, as they seek to understand their legal obligations.
"There is a real danger that this decision will hamper charity campaigning over the crucial coming weeks."
Greenpeace UK executive director John Sauven said: "The government's own review acknowledged that the legislation had a chilling effect in the 2015 election by "frightening charities away from raising important issues".
"In this snap election, the impact on civil society could be even bigger as charities will have had no time to plan how to work within this complex bureaucracy," he said.
"The Lobbying Act is a democratic car crash. This should be the last election contested under the shadow of this failed law."
Greenpeace was fined £30,000 for breaching lobbying rules earlier this year, when it refused to register as a non-party campaigner.
Lord Hodgson, who chaired a 2016 government review into the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014, said that two of his recommendations might have had an impact on this situation.
He proposed a reduced four month regulated period for general elections, to bring the law in line with elections to the devolved legislatures and to the European Parliament.
"This was intended to reflect more closely the time when the general public were likely to be influenced in their voting intention," he said.
He also proposed that the regulatory period in the event of an "unexpected" general election be clarified, as the current provisions were excessively complicated.
"While nothing can now be done about the first of these two recommendations I very much hope the Electoral Commission, which broadly accepted the conclusions of my report, will bear the second very much in mind as the general election gets underway."
A spokesman for the Electoral Commission said: "Non-party campaigners are vital to a healthy democracy and the Electoral Commission encourages their active participation in the campaign period ahead of the general election.
"Where a significant amount of money is being spent on campaigning, it's right that voters can see whose spending that money and what outcome they are campaigning for."
A spokeswoman for the Cabinet Office said: "As we're in the pre-election period it would be inappropriate for us to comment on or respond to this story." | Charities and other campaign groups fear they could be gagged by red tape during the general election campaign. |
Give a concise summary of the passage below. | Street's wife says he died on 27 February at a hospital in Las Vegas after a short illness.
He sang with Temptations members Otis Williams and Melvin Franklin in the 1950s but didn't join the group until 1971.
As part of the group, Street had number of hits including the Grammy award-winning song, Papa Was a Rollin' Stone.
Born in Detroit, Michigan, he was the first member of the band to be born in the city with which they became synonymous.
His death comes only 10 days after his band mate, Otis 'Damon' Harris, who died on 18 February aged 62, after a 14 year battle with prostate cancer.
Cindy Street, told CNN: "They're dancing up there in heaven, him and Damon."
He performed with the band until 1993 when he left due to alleged personal tensions with Williams.
Street went to hospital five days before he died, suffering from back pain and breathing difficulties. Doctors found he had a clot in a lung.
He is survived by his wife, two sons and two daughters.
Father-of-two Darren Mark Harvey, 25, of Portsmouth Road, Woolston, died on Saturday at about 23:00 BST.
Police said the accident happened on the A337 close to the Holland Wood Campsite near Brockenhurst.
A family statement said: "His untimely death leaves a void in his loved ones' lives, that no words can describe."
"Darren was a popular young man, who had a cheeky smile.
"A proud dad, a loving son, brother and grandson who recently married and was taken from us far too soon. He will be deeply missed by all who knew him. A mother's love is eternal.
"Darren was a truly dedicated and loving husband and father, as well as a passionate car enthusiast.
"He lived for his wife Becky, and his two young boys, liking nothing better than to spend time with them and make them laugh.
"A kind young man, Darren would do anything for anyone, and was much loved within his family."
Police said a file was being prepared and will be passed to the coroner.
After the crash a fire crew member was taken to hospital with minor injuries and has since been discharged.
Hampshire Fire and Rescue said the fire engine had been on its way back to Winchester after dealing with a gas leak at a petrol station in Lymington.
A spokeswoman confirmed the vehicle did not have its blue lights on at the time of the crash. | Motown vocalist Richard Street, a member of the Temptations for 25 years, has died aged 70.
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The family of a man who died when a fire engine collided with his car in the New Forest has paid tribute to a "loving husband and father". |
Summarize the provided information. | The world champion, who took his first win of 2016 in Monaco two weeks ago, beat the German by just 0.062 seconds.
Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel was third, just 0.116secs off pole, as Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo displaced team-mate Max Verstappen for fourth by 0.248secs.
Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen took sixth from Williams' Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa.
Sunday's race - set to be attended by more than 100,000 people - is live on the BBC Sport website and Radio 5 live Sports Extra.
Neither Mercedes driver improved on their final runs as Vettel, who until then had been more than half a second behind, got closer than he has managed all season.
But Hamilton and Rosberg had done enough with their first laps, which were 0.4secs quicker than anyone else at the time.
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It was exactly what Hamilton wanted as he seeks to close a still-significant gap on Rosberg in the championship after a difficult start to the season.
His Monaco win cut his deficit to 24 points - but that is still nearly a complete win behind.
Wet weather is predicted for the race on Sunday as a summer chill hits Montreal and that is both an opportunity and a risk for the Briton.
He excels in wet conditions, but the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, a semi-street track on a man-made island in the middle of the forbidding St Lawrence Seaway, is treacherous in good weather and more difficult again when it rains.
"It doesn't matter how far you are ahead as long as you are ahead," said Hamilton after qualifying. "In practice it was a much bigger gap. Today I didn't have the pace I had yesterday, but clearly it was enough."
Just like Vettel, Ricciardo also saved his best for last - 0.091secs behind his 18-year-old team-mate after their first runs, the Australian pushed to the edge and beyond on his final lap to assert his superiority.
Ricciardo, who clouted the wall on the exit of the notorious final chicane on his quickest lap, is determined to have a good race in Canada after being robbed of victories in both the last two races by team strategy and pit-stop errors.
However, Carlos Sainz, driving for Red Bull's junior team Toro Rosso, shattered his car against the 'wall of champions' final chicane during the second session, ending his hopes of making the top 10 shootout.
At the tail end of the top 10, Fernando Alonso has now made it into Q3 for McLaren-Honda for three races in a row and will line up behind Force India's Nico Hulkenberg.
The Spaniard's team-mate Jenson Button was 12th, just under 0.2secs adrift of Alonso when it mattered after an impressive weekend to that point.
Button said the difference between them was that Alonso had benefited from a "tow" - being in his slipstream - on the decisive lap. But a mistake by the Englishman - when he locked up at the hairpin and lost time - may not have helped either, although he claimed that he actually gained time there on his final lap despite that.
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Canada Grand Prix coverage details | Lewis Hamilton beat Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg to pole position at the Canadian Grand Prix. |
Write a brief summary of the provided content. | Campaigners angry about the relocation of gynaecology services from Redditch to Worcester tweeted: "260 women making a 36 mile round trip over the next 6 months. That's 9360 miles travelled".
Reverend David Southall replied: "I would have thought patient safety trumped distance travelled. People go to Ikea for less".
He said the comment was "banter".
Emergency gynaecology services were temporarily moved from the Alexandra Hospital to the Worcestershire Royal after there were not enough doctors to fully staff the unit in Redditch. The arrangement has been extended by six months.
Neal Stote, from protest group Save the Alex, which is campaigning to keep services at the hospital, said: "The tweet may seem like a minor thing but it just shows the hospital trust does not understand the depth of feeling about services.
"It adds insult to injury".
Mr Southall said he was "trying to point out that people travel long distances."
"We are a very mobile population. To travel alone in a car when you're poorly is obviously not ideal. As for the Ikea comment - it was just a bit of banter," he said.
Twitter user Mike Bond called it "a shockingly stupid comparison" and said "the people who drive to Ikea by choice HAVE CARS. Some ill people don't."
Nichola Farnes said the comment was "offensive and unhelpful".
But Mr Southall has claimed he has been "cartooned" by his detractors.
"Save the Alex posted a picture of a list on Facebook which had an Ikea shopping list of 'tea lights, meatballs and ectopic pregnancy'.
"That is not what I was saying. I am just saying patient safety comes first". | A hospital chaplain has been criticised for likening a trip to a gynaecology unit to going to Ikea. |
Write a concise summary for the following article. | A spokesman for the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical weapons (OPCW) said the team was making good progress in its mission to inspect more than than 20 sites.
However he said security remained a concern for the 60 inspectors - who have been in Syria since 1 October.
"A few" sites remained inaccessible to the team for security reasons, he said.
The OPCW's mission to rid Syria of chemical weapons was set up by a UN resolution.
It followed international outrage at a chemical weapons attack near the Syrian capital Damascus in August.
The organisation's work in Syria marks the first time the international chemical weapons watchdog - which won this year's Nobel Peace Prize - has been asked to oversee the destruction of a weapons armoury during a conflict.
The OPCW, which is based in The Hague, said the team in Syria had completed nearly 50% of their work of inspecting sites and destroying equipment.
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Under the UN resolution, Syria's chemical weapons production equipment must be destroyed by 1 November and stockpiles must be disposed of by mid-2014.
The deadline for Syria to submit its "destruction plan" was 15 November, the OPCW said on Thursday.
OPCW spokesman Michael Luhan told the BBC that there had been a number of security incidents over the last few days which had given the inspectors "cause for concern".
On Wednesday night there had been a mortar attack near the hotel the inspectors are staying in Damascus and over the weekend a number of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were detonated in cars nearby, he said.
Meanwhile, Syrian state TV reports that a Canadian United Nations worker, missing since February, has been released in Damascus.
Carl Campeau had been working as a legal adviser to the UN Disengagement Observer Force that patrols the ceasefire line between Syria and Israel in the Golan Heights.
The Syrian government says the Canadian was kidnapped by rebels but has now been handed over to a UN representative.
An international conference on a political solution to Syria's conflict could take place in Geneva on 23-24 November, Qadri Jamil, Syria's deputy prime minister, said on Thursday.
He made the announcement after talks at the foreign ministry in Russia, Syria's main international ally.
More than 100,000 people have been killed in the fighting that has ravaged Syria for two-and-a-half years, according to the UN.
More than two million people have fled Syria and some 4.5 million have been forced from their homes within the country.
Casualty figures vary for the chemical weapons attack on the Ghouta agricultural belt around Syria's capital, Damascus, on 21 August.
It was estimated to have killed hundreds of people. The United States and other Western powers blamed the attack on President Bashar al-Assad's forces.
But Mr Assad accuses Syrian rebels of being behind it. | Chemical weapons inspectors in Syria say they have completed nearly half of their work in the country. |
Can you summarize this passage? | Jailing them, Judge Julian Lambert said the men had engaged in "the most grossly deviant behaviour imaginable".
He said what they had done made some feel "physically sick".
The prison sentences issued to the gang members, who streamed some attacks on the internet, range from two years to 24 years.
The court was told the men would drive hundreds of miles for a chance to rape or abuse a child.
The group, who lived at addresses across England, raped and assaulted three children - a baby, a toddler and a young child - between 2013 and 2014.
Bristol Crown Court heard the men groomed families to get to children, in one case targeting a pregnant woman in order to abuse her baby after its birth.
They would stream and watch attacks live online, providing encouragement to those carrying out abuse. They also shared advice over online chat logs about how to drug young victims.
The judge said: "In the worst nightmare, from the very deepest recesses of the mind, at the darkest hour of the night, few can have imagined the terrifying depravity which you men admit."
He said the depths they sank to were "shocking to all decent people", "provokes tears in many and makes others feel physically sick".
"What you did is contrary to all nature and humanity and you each appear to have a chilling tendency to centre the world on yourselves and your depraved desires without regard for the innocent and vulnerable."
John Brown, from the the NSPCC, said the gravity of the offending is "difficult to comprehend" and the children involved may be affected in later life.
He said: "It may be that they don't have a recollection of what's happened, but trauma can manifest itself in later years so I think that's really important to watch out for.
"Those babies and those children are going to need to be monitored and they need to have on-going longer-term support, and their families as well."
The inquiry began in September 2014 when defendant Adam Toms dialled 999 and was heard crying down the line.
He was arrested after officers were sent to his home following concerns for his welfare and he admitted sexually abusing a child under the age of five.
This triggered the uncovering of an organised crime group, and the resulting inquiry was led by the National Crime Agency (NCA).
All were placed on the sex offenders register for life, except for Harsley. The judge has yet to determine how long he will be on the register for.
Ian Glover, who headed up the National Crime Agency investigation, described them as "by far the worst paedophile group I have ever investigated".
He said they had treated children "as a commodity, to be passed on to others, to be filmed, to be abused and that abuse shown to other paedophiles as a form of currency, so they can get other material back".
Mr Glover said the most important factor had been protecting the children involved, both in this court case and the wider operation, and as a result more than 200 "packages" - intelligence gathered during the inquiry - had been sent to other forces, mostly overseas. Further convictions are expected in the UK and abroad, he said.
The investigation identified three victims but police have put measures in place to protect another 21 children found to be at risk.
Det Ch Insp Simon Crisp, from Avon and Somerset Constabulary, said: "The extremity of the offending in this case is horrifying, but child abuse of this nature is rare." | Seven paedophiles who preyed on a baby and young children acted "beyond human instinct" and were guilty of "terrifying depravity", a judge said. |
Summarize the following piece. | The students were returning from a picnic on Sunday evening when the incident occurred, police said.
At least 30 students were injured and are receiving treatment in hospital. Police have launched an investigation.
It is not clear how the live wire fell on the bus, but media reports said it happened after some students pulled at a tree that was touching the cables.
Some reports said it was a coconut tree, while others said the wire snapped when the children tried to pluck fruit from a mango tree
"We are probing. As of now we've filed a case of accidental death. We don't know if there was any negligence," television channel NDTV quoted a police official as saying.
In a similar incident last year, at least 25 people were electrocuted in the in the Tonk district of the northern Rajasthan state after a live wire fell on a bus carrying a wedding party.
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Claudio Ranieri's champions are level on points with the Swans after a revival that saw Clement named Premier League manager of the month.
"It can change things quickly, it is a six-point fixture, definitely," he said.
"We will not play each other again this season. That makes it more important."
Clement admits he is surprised at the level of turmoil the champions are currently experiencing.
"I suppose it is surprising," he said. "It just shows how quickly things can change. I don't even mean from last season to this. I think they had four losses, they were doing okay, they were never up the top, but that has seen them slide.
"It can happen to anybody. The bottom of the table can change really quickly this weekend with it being so tightly packed. One team wins and everyone else loses and it is going to look really good for that team."
The former Derby County manager is pleased that Swansea's recent revival has increased the number of Premier League sides now looking nervously over their shoulders.
"When I took the job it looked like four teams, now it's six. It is absolutely six, but who knows after this weekend whether it is going to be that, whether it is going to be seven," he said.
"Bournemouth could be dragged into it. They play Man City in Bournemouth so very difficult game for them."
Clement believes Leicester will be motivated by the speculation over the future of manager Claudio Ranieri.
"It's going to sharpen us," he told BBC Wales Sport.
"We expect a very good team coming down. We've had to go to some very difficult places recently. Anfield and Manchester City, you know that you have to be absolutely focused. The hype and speculation regarding Leicester is just going to focus us even more."
Clement, for a long time associated with Carlo Ancelotti as an assistant boss, admits defeat hurts all the more as a head coach.
Swansea were beaten in injury time by Manchester City last time out and Clement admits the feeling was worse than tasting defeat as an assistant.
It hurts a hundred times more," he said. "It's terrible when you're the head coach.
"After the game I'm looking back at all the situations where players could've done better, if I had my time again, what I might've done differently to stop us getting to that point. ]
"But I said to the players about moving on quickly, emotionally, from a victory or defeat. It doesn't mean you have to forget about the technical or tactical things about where you can do better.
"But from an emotional point of view, you have to move on fast. You can't dwell on it, good or bad."
A US judge ordered Australian Amanda Hayward to set aside $10.7m (£6.9m) for Jennifer Pedroza, a Texas resident.
The pair were partners in a small online publishing firm that initially issued the blockbuster erotic trilogy.
A jury decided in February that Ms Pedroza had been conned when the rights were sold to Random House.
It found that Ms Hayward, who signed the deal on behalf of their firm The Writers Coffee Shop, tricked Ms Pedroza into signing a restructuring contract that cut her out of royalties rights.
The judge said an exact amount of the settlement would be worked out once the two sides had reached agreement.
The Fifty Shades trilogy, by EL James, has sold more than 100 million copies worldwide, and a recent film adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey netted more than $570m (£368m) at global box offices. | Two Indian students have died after a live wire fell on their school bus in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
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Swansea head coach Paul Clement admits the visit of champions Leicester City will be Swansea's first 'six pointer' of the season.
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A woman who helped publish the Fifty Shades series but was defrauded out of royalties could be set to receive millions of dollars in damages. |
Summarize the information given below. | The Seabraes bridge opens up a link from the West End and the Dundee University campus with the riverside.
The new bridge cuts out a 1.5km (0.9 mile) detour around the railway line which previously separated the areas.
Funding for the bridge was sourced from the Vacant and Derelict Land Fund, Dundee City Council and Scottish Enterprise.
The 54m bridge will have a formal opening ceremony with the Scottish government transport minister later in the year. | A new £3.5m pedestrian bridge over the railway line in Dundee has opened to the public. |
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Unlike most farm animals he doesn't live outside but is free to wander around inside the home of his owners.
He also spends time with the family dog and loves watching sport on TV.
Watch BBC Look North's Ian White report on a day in the life of Dougie. | Meet Dougie, the three-year-old miniature donkey who thinks he's a dog. |
Can you summarize this content? | On the issues of immigration, national security and the financial industry, candidates traded sharp barbs and engaged in a substantive exchange of views.
The tensions underline the often perilous cross-currents within the party that the eventual nominee will have to contend with.
Here's a look at how it played out - and who likely ended up on top.
Amnesty or no amnesty? To deport or not to deport? A question about a US appeals court striking down Barack Obama's attempts at unilateral immigration reform set up the night's first pyrotechnics.
Donald Trump - The New Yorker owned the immigration in earlier debates and had the first crack at the topic again. He stood by his position that the US must deport all 11 million undocumented immigrants in the country and build a wall on the US-Mexico border. He compared his plan to one advanced by President Dwight Eisenhower, which moved more than a million Mexicans back across the border. Left unsaid was the rather unappealing name for that 1954 programme, Operation Wetback.
Best line: "We are a country of laws. We need borders. We will have a wall. The wall will be built."
John Kasich - As he did throughout the evening, the Ohio governor flashed some sharp elbows and went on the attack.
"If you're not going to have my back," he told the moderators, "I'm going to have my back." He went on to say Trump's deportation plan was a "silly argument" and "not an adult argument".
Best line: "If people think that we are going to ship 11 million people who are law-abiding, who are in this country, and somehow pick them up at their house and ship them out of Mexico - think about the families. Think about the children."
Jeb Bush - The former Florida governor's strategy was clearly to turn any answer into an attack on Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton as early as possible, and he did that most effectively in his immigration response.
Like Kasich, he said mass deportations were unrealistic, adding that such a plan wasn't "embracing American values". Undocumented immigrants, he said, should be allowed to earn legal status if they pay a fine, learn English and avoid criminal acts.
Best line: "Even having this conversation sends a powerful signal. They're doing high-fives in the Clinton campaign right now when they hear this."
Ted Cruz - The Texas senator was asked about entitlement reform, but he decided he wanted to have the final say on immigration instead. He picked up Trump's immigration banner after the beating it took from Kasich and Bush, and delivered a rousing-to-the-base monologue that pushed his personal immigrant story and bashed liberal media elites all in one breath.
Best line: "For those of us who believe people ought to come to this country legally, and we should enforce the law, we're tired of being told it's anti-immigrant. It's offensive."
Winner: Cruz won the battle, but the man who didn't speak on the topic - Marco Rubio - likely won the war. The Florida senator was once a leading voice of immigration reform but backed off after the conservative base rebelled. By avoiding what could have been searching questions about being "soft" or indecisive on this issue, he effectively carried the day.
The economy was the supposed subject of the Fox Business debate, but it was foreign policy that prompted some of the most heated exchanges. After Ben Carson stumbled through an answer about Mr Obama's recent decision to send US special forces to Syria, the real action began.
Donald Trump: The real-estate mogul pulled no punches in criticising interventionism. He warned that if the US topples Bashar al-Assad in Syria, he could be replaced by someone much more dangerous.
"Look at Libya," he said. "Look at Iraq. Look at the mess we have after spending $2 trillion, thousands of lives, wounded warriors all over the place."
Best line: "We can't continue to be the policeman of the world. We are $19 trillion in debt, we have a country that's going to hell, we have an infrastructure that's falling apart."
Jeb Bush: In the last debate, Bush was panned for a ham-handed attempt to criticise Rubio on his Senate votes. This time around, he left the Florida senator untouched and instead focused all of his cross-stage swipes at Trump. "Donald's wrong on this," he said regarding Trump's Syria answer. "He is absolutely wrong on this."
He compared Trump's view that Russian President Vladimir Putin should be allowed to take out the so-called Islamic State as something akin to a board game like Monopoly. "That's not how the world works," he said.
Best line: "We're not going to be the world's policeman, but we sure as heck better be the world's leader."
Carly Fiorina: The former computer company executive joined the Trump pile-on, saying that he "fancies himself a very good negotiator" but he should know enough not to deal with Putin from a position of weakness.
She called for increased military spending, missile defence in Poland and expanded military exercises in the Baltic states to "make sure that Putin understands that the United States of America will stand with our allies".
Best line: "We must have a no-fly zone in Syria because Russia cannot tell the United States of America where and when to fly our planes."
Marco Rubio: The Florida senator has touted his Senate foreign policy experience on countless occasions and was the next to weigh in, throwing red meat to the Republican base.
Putin is nothing but a gangster. Obama treats Israel with less respect than he does Iran. Radical terrorist groups are threatening US interests across the globe. As always, the senator delivered a focused, smooth answer. For the fourth-straight debate, he emerged as a clear foreign policy winner.
Best line: "Either they win or we win, and we had better take this risk seriously. It is not going away on its own."
Rand Paul: The Kentucky senator was a Trump-style anti-interventionist before Trump rocketed on the scene. He has often appeared reluctant to advocate foreign policy views that place him at odds with many Republican voters, however. Perhaps in an acknowledgement that his chances of winning the nomination have all but faded, he was much more vocal on the subject this time.
He criticised Rubio for being willing to spend trillions of dollars on increased defence. He said a no-fly zone in Iraq was unrealistic. And he added the Iraq war was a mistake. Those positions have long been part of Paul's libertarian beliefs - and he finally started forcefully defending them.
Best line: "When you think it's going to be a good idea to have a no-fly zone over Iraq, realise that means you are saying we are going to shoot down Russian planes. If you're ready for that, be ready to send your sons and daughters to another war in Iraq."
Winner: The anti-interventionist wing of the Republican Party just isn't that big. Regardless of who won on debate points, Rubio, Bush and Fiorina just aren't going to lose when they offer a full-throated endorsement of US military prowess.
The bailouts of the financial sector during the 2008 economic collapse was one of the prime motivating factors behind the rise of the grass-roots conservative Tea Party - but it was also a programme initiated by George W Bush's Republican administration. The scars from that fight were once again apparent when moderator Neil Cavuto asked the candidates if they'd be in favour of future big-bank bailouts.
Ted Cruz: After a stretch where he had all but disappeared from the debate, the Texas senator came roaring back with a firm answer where the candidates before him like Rubio and Bush had equivocated. Cruz - who, it should be noted, is the husband of a Goldman Sachs partner - said he would "absolutely not" bail out big banks again.
Wall Street, he said, benefits from big government largess. He condemned the Federal Reserve as a bunch of "philosopher kings", blamed them for the recent economic collapse and called for a return to the gold standard.
Best line: "I have spent much of my adult life enforcing the law and defending the Constitution. And the problem that underlies all of this is the cronyism and corruption of Washington."
John Kasich: The Ohioan obviously had been looking for an opening to tout his credentials as an accomplished governor and former senior member of Congress, and he decided this was his chance.
He derided "philosophical concerns" like Cruz's and said that executives, when faced with a crisis, have to figure out how to help people in need. In the heated exchange that followed, Cruz accused Kasich of favouring big banks over Main Street, prompting the governor to explain that he would differentiate between those who could afford financial losses to those who couldn't - eliciting groans from the audience.
Best line: "Philosophy doesn't work when you run something. And I've got to tell you, on-the-job training for president of the United States doesn't work."
Winner: Cruz once again flashed his debating chops, forcing Kasich into the unenviable position of having to defend big banks - which even among Republicans isn't a popular place to be. | A debate in which Senator Marco Rubio memorably bashed philosophy graduates exposed some key philosophical differences within the Republican party. |
Give a brief overview of this passage. | The missive to transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin said that creating a third runway at Heathrow would create jobs and economic growth.
Opponents claim it would be cheaper and less disruptive to enlarge Gatwick.
The decision on airport expansion has been put on hold until "at least October" following the UK's Brexit vote and David Cameron's resignation.
The Airports Commission recommended to the government last July there should be a third runway at Heathrow rather than a second at Gatwick.
In December the Department for Transport announced that further investigation into noise, pollution and compensation would be carried out before a decision was made.
The leaders of 34 local authorities said that investment in infrastructure was "even more important" during uncertain economic times and the UK should build on the success of the aviation industry by "future-proofing it".
Councils such as Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Aberdeen and Neath Port Talbot were among those signing the letter.
Heathrow chief executive John Holland-Kaye said: "Councils from across the country recognise expansion at Heathrow will benefit their local economies by creating skilled jobs and connecting exporters to growing markets overseas.
"Their support is further evidence that the next prime minister has the opportunity to make the right choice in the whole of Britain's interest by expanding Heathrow."
Gatwick chief executive Stewart Wingate said his airport was the only one that could "deliver the expansion we need and do so by 2025". | More than 30 councils from around Britain have signed a letter urging the government to back Heathrow expansion. |
Summarize the following piece. | The money, which had already been announced, will be spent by 2020 on "vital projects" such road, rail and flood defence improvements.
The Commission will be led by former transport secretary Lord Adonis.
"This is about jobs, growth, living standards and ensuring Britain is fit for the future," Mr Osborne said.
At the launch, in York Railway Museum, he added: "I don't want the time when we built the greatest infrastructure in the world to be a footnote in the history books. And that is what the national infrastructure commission is all about.
"It's a statement from our generation that says: we are going to think for the long term, we are going to plan for the future, we are going to lead the world.
"Now we haven't done enough of that in our country in the past."
Lord Adonis, a Labour-appointed peer, and a former policy advisor to Tony Blair, was recruited by George Osborne.
He resigned the party whip to head the new commission, and now sits as a cross-bench peer.
The chancellor made the announcement at the National Railway Museum in York.
The Commission will focus on three particular areas - connections between cities in the North, London's transport system, and energy.
It is charged with producing a report at the beginning of each Parliament providing recommendations for spending on infrastructure projects.
There will be seven Commissioners, including Lord Adonis. The others are former deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine; former member of the Bank of England's rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee Prof Tim Besley; former chair of the Olympic Delivery Authority Sir John Armitt; neuroscientist Sadie Morgan; former chief economist to the Greater London Authority Bridget Roswell; and chairman of the Victoria & Albert Museum Sir Paul Ruddock.
However John McDonnell, Labour's shadow Chancellor, said the project would detract from efforts to create an economic hub in the north of England.
"We welcome the setting up of the National Infrastructure Commission as it is a Labour policy, it is just sad that it is not being properly funded. The chancellor seems to be selling off national assets to fund this commission because he has decided to limit his options with his economically discredited austerity agenda.
"When his failure on infrastructure investment is combined with the lack of support for the steel industry, and the cuts to tax credits, it means that George Osborne has pulled the plug on the Northern Powerhouse before he has been able to put it together."
In December last year, the government announced plans to spend £2.3bn on flood defences and £15bn on road improvements, as well as new proposals on housing.
The government first announced plans for £100bn of infrastructure spending in the summer of 2013.
At the time, it said the UK had "for centuries been pioneers in infrastructure". In recent decades, it said, "we have let this proud record slip". | Chancellor George Osborne has launched the National Infrastructure Commission to oversee £100bn of spending on infrastructure projects. |
Write a summary for the following excerpt. | The 24-year-old South African wing scored Dragons' only try against the Italian team, who had conceded eight against Ospreys a week earlier.
"A win's a win and any fan base should be happy with that," said Howard.
"We would like the supporters just to support us and not scrutinise everything we do."
Dragons face a much tougher test in their next Pro12 game when Munster visit Rodney Parade on Saturday, 17 September.
Howard, who joined the Welsh region from Northampton in the summer, spent three months with the Irish province in the 2014-15 season, making his debut at Rodney Parade.
He said the win over Zebre was more important than the quality of the performance.
"I understand that people have their opinions but at the end of the day it was four points - that's what we needed, that's what we were going for however it came about," he added.
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"Every team makes mistakes and it's our responsibility to put it right and we're going to do that the best we can but we need the support instead of the scrutiny.
"It brings a lot of negativity.
"You want positive energy from the crowd. It spurs you on and makes you do better - makes you want to drive over the line and score that try, but when they're doing that it's a sapping kind of thing.
"We're going to need the support (against Munster) because you feel like you're under pressure not only from the other team but from the crowd for all your decisions."
Dragons finished third from bottom in the 2015-16 season - with only Zebre and fellow-Italian side Benetton Treviso below them.
Coach Kingsley Jones conceded the performance against Zebre was unimpressive - coming a week after a 29-8 defeat by Ulster.
Monica Thompson says nurses were negligent in allowing her to breastfeed her four-day-old baby, Jacob, while sedated and without supervision.
According to the lawsuit, nurses brought Mrs Thompson's son to her ward bed at around 03:00 on 6 August 2012.
After drifting off, she awoke to find the infant unresponsive.
Earlier that night she had been given "narcotic painkillers and sleep aids" by nurses at the Portland Adventist Medical Center in the state of Oregon, her lawsuit states.
Her son had been born "healthy" by Cesarean section, according to the lawsuit.
Six days after the accident, he was removed from life support, after doctors advised he would never recover from the brain damage.
Mrs Thompson is seeking compensation for the baby's "desperation and anxiety" and her own "severe emotional distress upon unintentionally killing her firstborn child".
"She called for a nurse while she tried to get him to respond," her lawsuit claims.
"Mrs Thompson tried to stimulate her son's suckling reflexes without success.
"She touched his eyes and got no response. She poked him and talked to him with no reaction.
"When no nurse came to help, Mrs Thompson carried her son to the hallway and frantically yelled for help."
The Portland Adventist Medical Center said in a statement: "This was a tragic event and our thoughts and prayers continue to be with the family.
"Adventist Medical Center is committed to providing quality, compassionate care to all of our patients.
"We are reviewing the claims being made and we are unable to provide any additional information at this time."
The American Academy of Pediatrics has previously recommended infants should not sleep in the same bed with parents, due to the risk the child could be smothered under an adult's shifting weight.
Some countries, such as Finland, have reduced their infant mortality rate by distributing cardboard box cribs to every new mother. | Pat Howard has called on Newport Gwent Dragons fans to get behind the team following their negative reaction to the scrappy 11-6 win over Zebre.
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A US mother who accidentally smothered her newborn son as she slept is suing the hospital where his death occurred for $8.6m (£6.6m). |
Can you write a brief summary of this passage? | The 20-year-old has yet to make a first-team appearance for the Premier League's bottom club since coming through their youth system.
However, he had an 11-game loan spell at Scottish Premiership side Dundee earlier this campaign.
He has regularly featured for Villa's under-21 side and also represented England at under-17 level.
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Tens of thousands are expected to march to a memorial on the outskirts of the capital, Yerevan, to lay flowers.
Later, the presidents of Russia and France will be among foreign leaders attending a ceremony.
Turkey strongly objects to the use of the term genocide to describe the killings and the dispute has soured relations between Turkey and Armenia.
Turkey argues that there were many deaths on both sides during World War One.
A memorial service will also be held in Turkey on Friday and its prime minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, has said the country will "share the pain" of Armenians.
However, he has reiterated Turkey's stance that the killings were not genocide.
On Thursday the Armenian Church canonised the 1.5 million people it says were killed in the massacres and deportations.
It said it wanted to proclaim the martyrdom of those who died for their faith and homeland.
After the ceremony, bells tolled in Armenian churches around the world.
Also on Thursday, German President Joachim Gauck described the killings as genocide, on the eve of a debate in the German parliament on the issue.
Earlier this month, Turkey recalled its envoy to the Vatican after Pope Francis also used the word genocide in a reference at a Mass at St Peter's Basilica.
Friday's commemorations will be attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin and France's President Francois Hollande.
France has been a strong advocate of recognising the killings as genocide and President Hollande has pushed for a law to punish genocide denial.
The issue has strained Franco-Turkish relations.
Hundreds of thousands of Armenians died in 1915 at the hands of the Ottoman Turks, whose empire was disintegrating.
Many of the victims were civilians deported to barren desert regions where they died of starvation and thirst. Thousands also died in massacres.
Armenia says up to 1.5 million people were killed. Turkey says the number of deaths was much smaller.
Most non-Turkish scholars of the events regard them as genocide - as do more than 20 states, including France, Germany, Canada and Russia, and various international bodies including the European Parliament.
Turkey rejects the term genocide, maintaining that many of the dead were killed in clashes during World War One, and that many ethnic Turks also suffered in the conflict.
Q&A: Armenian genocide dispute | Aston Villa midfielder Riccardo Calder has joined League One side Doncaster on loan for the rest of the season.
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Commemorations are due to begin in Armenia to mark the centenary of the killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks. |
Summarize the following piece. | When the Irish economy crashed in 2008, the country's banks were buckling under the weight of billions of euros of bad property loans.
A state "bad bank", the National Asset Management Agency (Nama), took control of the bulk of these loans while non-Irish banks in the country also set up internal "bad banks".
They then began to parcel up the loans and sell them off in billion-euro chunks to risk-hungry investment funds.
These funds are almost exclusively American and include names like Cerberus, Oaktree and Lone Star, as well as the distressed debt arm of Goldman Sachs.
They are popularly known as the "vulture funds" - a name which reflects their sometimes robust approach to their multi-billion euro portfolios.
They all have similar strategies - intensively manage these risky debts for three to five years, making double digit annual returns.
Reaching those profit targets has been helped enormously by a loophole in Irish tax law.
No matter how big their portfolios, these funds are legally paying almost no corporation tax.
It all comes down to an obscure corner of the Irish tax code known as Section 110.
It was introduced in 1997 with the intention of boosting Dublin's International Financial Services Centre.
It allowed for the creation of companies, known as Special Purpose Vehicles (SPV), which could undertake certain international transactions effectively tax free.
A key point is that this regime had little to do with activity in the Irish domestic economy, beyond work for tax and accountancy specialists.
Fast forward to post-crash Ireland and those specialists are now advising the vulture funds that they too can use Section 110.
But this time the scheme is squarely in the middle of the Irish domestic economy.
The funds are earning revenue from their effective control of office blocks, shopping centres and houses right across the island of Ireland.
Section 110 is allowing them to use various techniques to legally strip out the revenues and so minimise taxable profits.
However, the Irish government has now moved to close the loophole.
Minister for Finance Michael Noonan has published an amendment to Section 110 saying concerns had been raised about "aggressive tax practices".
Mr Noonan said "the proposed amendment targets the issues that have been raised and will ensure that the Irish tax base is appropriately protected".
An example of how section 110 is being used can be seen from Promontoria Eagle, a Dublin SPV used by Cerberus for a £1bn portfolio of former Nama loans.
Its accounts for the first eight months of operation show that income of £113m was largely swallowed up by interest payments and other fees.
Those fees include a £31m "asset management fee" paid to Promontoria Holding 82 BV, a Cerberus subsidiary registered in the Netherlands.
A further £46m was paid in interest charges to another Netherlands subsidiary, Promontoria Holding 83 BV.
In the end taxable profits were just £6,000, attracting tax of just £1,947.
By the standards of the vulture funds that was a big tax bill.
Research by the Sunday Business Post newspaper shows that many of the funds have managed to structure their businesses so the annual corporation tax charge is just 250 euros.
There is no implication that Cerberus or any of the other funds have done anything unlawful.
However, an independent member of parliament who has raised concerns about the use of Section 110 fears that it could see the Irish state losing out on tax in the region of 20bn euros over 10 years.
"It needs to be stopped, now, and we need to know how it was ever allowed to happen," said Stephen Donnelly.
Mr Donnelly may see the first of his demands met in the forthcoming Irish budget.
The government seems committed to closing off a number of loopholes as it seeks to clean up Ireland's reputation in the aftermath of the Apple tax ruling.
But any change is unlikely to be retrospective, so the funds already using Section 110 will continue to pay tiny tax bills.
The Trust wants to introduce charges at Pont ar Daf car park near the Storey Arms, a popular spot to access the highest peak in the Brecon Beacons.
Last year 115 drivers who parked on the A470 to visit the National Park during snow were fined.
The Trust said improving the car park would create a safe and attractive "gateway" for thousands of visitors
Plans to introduce parking charges for hikers climbing Pen y Fan were first raised in 2011 by the trust which owns and manages the central Beacons.
The planning application will go out to consultation. | Ireland's Apple tax case has made headlines around the world, but there is another slow-burning tax issue which is causing growing anger in the country.
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Walkers climbing Pen y Fan could have to pay to park under plans by the National Trust. |
Summarize the provided section. | The UK government said it would sustain 40 jobs at Hawarden Airfield near Broughton and 120 at RAF Waddington.
The deal with Raytheon UK will provide the Sentinel aircraft with in-service support and maintenance meaning it can meet operational requirements.
The intelligence-gathering Sentinel forms part of UK operations against so-called Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.
Minister for Defence Procurement, Harriett Baldwin, said: "Sentinel aircraft provide vital intelligence to our Armed Forces, giving them the ability to make decisions that helps keep Britain safe."
The contract is supported as part of a £178bn equipment plan.
Zahir Hussain, 41 and from Birmingham, studied business while running a crack cocaine and heroin operation, like Idris Elba's Stringer Bell character in the US TV drama, police said.
He was jailed for six years and three months last December.
At a further Birmingham Crown Court hearing, Hussain was told to pay the cash or face a further year in prison.
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Police described his drugs operation, run on the phone network he named after himself - Zee Line, as a "sophisticated" operation. Arresting officers recovered class A drugs, £10,000 in cash and mobile phones which linked Hussain as the ringleader.
Elba appeared in the long-running US TV crime drama between 2002 and 2004, which saw his character Bell become a major player in a drug dealing network in Baltimore.
PC David Harman, financial investigator at West Midlands Police, said messages on Hussain's phones showed texts to drug users boasting about the quality of the drugs, advice to runners about how to boost sales and demands for sales figures.
"Hussain had been studying small business management, similar to Idris Elba's character Stringer Bell in TV's The Wire, and course books were found inside the flat," he said.
"Further messages showed desperate drug users offering personal belongings in exchange for drugs, highlighting the misery being brought upon the community."
The recovery team began investigating Hussain following his jailing last December after admitting conspiring to sell drugs.
"They discovered that cash deposits were passed through a company controlled by Hussain − which claimed to sell toilet rolls and bin bags - and he still held assets worth £38,000," a police spokesman said.
Following a Proceeds of Crime hearing at the same court last Thursday, he was ordered to pay that money back.
New research suggests that blue whales became so big because climate change caused them to eat large amounts in one go.
Scientists studied fossils from whales that lived more than 30 million years ago and compared them to whales today.
Their findings showed that, mostly, blue whales are much bigger than they used to be.
The ocean giants feed entirely on tiny crustaceans called krill that live in all the world's oceans.
Millions of years ago, ice sheets covered the northern hemisphere.
This meant that krill could only be found at certain times of year and in certain places.
They bunched together in coastal areas where water from the new ice caps washed nutrients into the sea.
Researchers believe larger whales were at an advantage because they could make long journeys to reach the krill.
When they found them, the whales ate as much as they could in one go.
Over time, this caused them to grow to the size they are now.
Food and climate change aren't the only reasons why blue whales became so big.
Over 60 million years ago, it's thought a comet or asteroid wiped out many species.
This allowed ancestors of the blue whale to live without lots of predators.
Living in water also means there is less stress on their bodies and their large size helps them to stay warm. | A £131m support contract for RAF Sentinel aircraft will secure about 160 jobs in Flintshire and Lincolnshire.
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A drug dealer who was like "a character in The Wire" has been told to pay back almost £40,000 he made from his crimes.
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What is a brief summary of the information below? | An ambitious itinerary will take him from Saudi Arabia to Israel and on to Belgium, Italy, and the Vatican, with Nato and G7 summits towards the tail end of the trip.
George W Bush had visited two countries by this point in his first term and Barack Obama nine. But wary of spending as much as a night away from his own bed, Mr Trump has kept even domestic travel to a minimum.
Instead he has spent his presidential honeymoon mostly hunkered in the White House or his Mar-a-Lago resort, dogged by a deepening scandal over his campaign's ties to Russia.
As a candidate he told reporters he was unlikely to travel abroad much because America required his undivided attention, but the evidence suggests the 45th president has always been a homebody.
On the campaign trail he returned to his gilded Manhattan apartment after nearly every rally, by helicopter or private jet, and former business aides say he was always reluctant to spend time anywhere but a Trump-branded property.
"Trump is a man who likes to be on the couch with a good cheeseburger," Roger Stone, a long-time friend and former adviser, told Reuters during the campaign. "He likes being in his own bed, even if it means coming into (New York airports) Teterboro or LaGuardia after midnight."
But it's a long way from the Vatican to the White House. So, unable to bring Trump back to the US, the president's staff has made plans to bring the US to Trump. In Saudi Arabia he will be served steak with tomato ketchup - his favourite meal - alongside the local cuisine prepared by his hosts, the AP reported.
The president passed up a typical first foray to Canada or Mexico - an easy option taken by every president since Reagan - and initial plans for a short trip to Europe ballooned into a nine-day, five-country tour taking in two major summits.
"This is an enormously complex undertaking, there are so many things that will be challenging for Trump it's headspinning," said Daniel Benjamin, who travelled extensively on Air Force One as Bill Clinton's foreign policy speechwriter.
"The first thing is simply the pace. If you look at how Trump spends his days in the White House, it seems to be an enormous amount of time watching TV and not much else. But these trips are punishing, he will be meeting an enormous number of people and it requires tremendous energy and focus - not his strong suit."
The president's team has reportedly attempted to build downtime into his schedule wherever possible, and instructed foreign delegations that he prefers short presentations with lots of visual aids.
His limited attention span is said to have already affected preparation for the trip. Aides threaded the president's own name through the paragraphs of a two-page briefing memo in order to hold his interest, the New York Times reported on Friday.
Preparations will also have been damaged by the Russia inquiries and the firing of FBI director James Comey, as well as a lack of senior leaders in place at the State Department, where the administration has failed to fill gaps under Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
One of the president's first duties on this trip will be to deliver a speech on religion in Saudi Arabia - reportedly being drafted by Trump adviser Stephen Miller, the man behind the administration's misfired travel ban.
"Going to Saudi Arabia and talking about Islam is like going blindfold into a minefield, on a pogo stick," said Mr Benjamin.
"Speeches would normally be worked on for four to six weeks in advance, but this is an understaffed White House that has been focused on a fusillade of bad news. So unless they've discovered a secret for no sleep, they must be seriously distracted."
Mr Trump's team will be expected to respond from the road to breaking news and political developments at home and abroad, as well as shepherd the president around any potential own goals or gaffes in front of his hosts.
Presidents past have suffered indignities on foreign trips. George W Bush famously attempted to leave a press conference in China via a locked door, and had a shoe thrown at him at a press conference in Iraq. His father, George HW Bush, vomited into the lap of the Japanese prime minister.
Departing from protocol can lead to mishaps. President Obama was criticised for bowing to Japanese Emperor Akihito and Michelle Obama for hugging Queen Elizabeth. George W Bush - who had his fair share - gave German Chancellor Angela Merkel an ill-advised and unwelcome shoulder massage.
But if Mr Trump's team can steer him ably around these pitfalls, he does have a couple of things going for him. He is taking the majority of his senior staff and the first lady, which may offer a sense of stability.
Mrs Trump, who was born in Slovenia and lived in France and Italy before moving the US, is a more seasoned traveller. Mr Trump visited her home country once, and stayed just one evening. "At least I can say that I went," he later said.
He has also chosen to begin in a part of the world that will offer a warm reception. The president's hard line on Iran, along with other overtures, has endeared him to Saudi Arabia and to Israel, and both countries have a vested interest in good relations with the new administration.
"He is going to want it to be successful and they're going to want it to be successful, and my guess is it will be successful," said Stephen Hadley, a former national security adviser who travelled widely with George W Bush.
"The truth is that nobody is prepared for being president until they're the president. The flipside with Trump is that this is a guy who's been in the public eye for 30 years, who's very media savvy and who likes to be in the limelight."
Visiting the Pope "would be hard to get wrong", said Mr Hadley, but at the two summits the president may face testy exchanges with leaders aggrieved by his anti-EU proselytising, anti-refugee sentiment and high-handed demands for greater Nato payments. Mr Trump had what appeared to be a frosty meeting in Washington in April with Mrs Merkel, who he openly criticised during the campaign.
Added to that, this is a long and busy first trip for any president. "There is real risk that he will tire towards the end," said Mr Hadley.
"At these summit meetings you might have 28 heads of state and government and they all want to say something, and the president has to sit and listen to all of them. That will tax any world leader, let alone one who finds it hard to sit still." | Donald Trump sets foot on foreign soil on Saturday for the first time since he was elected, marking the start of a nine-day trip fraught with pitfalls for a president known to depend on home comforts. |
What is the summary of the document provided? | Tierney received treatment during Celtic's win at Kilmarnock and tried to play on but was replaced by Dedryck Boyata before half-time.
The uncapped 18-year-old has been named in Scotland's squad to face Denmark at Hampden later this month.
"I don't think it is a big thing, hopefully not," Deila told BBC Scotland.
"But it is too early to say whether he is going to be with the national team or not.
"We will see tomorrow."
Scotland coach Gordon Strachan named separate squads for the friendlies with Czech Republic and Denmark, with the Scots playing in Prague on 24 March.
Tierney, who has played at Scotland Under-18 and Under-19 level, made his Celtic debut late last season and has been a regular in Deila's side this term. | Celtic manager Ronny Deila is hopeful left-back Kieran Tierney's ankle injury is not serious. |
Write a concise summary of the provided excerpt. | Six fire crews and police officers were called to the detached three-storey farmhouse in School Lane, Loughton, on Saturday.
The body was found on the ground floor by firefighters.
A joint investigation into the blaze has been launched by Buckinghamshire Fire Service and Thames Valley Police, but it is not being treated as suspicious. | A woman's body has been found inside a blazing house in Milton Keynes. |
Please summarize the following text. | Cosla makes the call in its response to the Scottish government's commission on alternatives to the tax.
It says the council tax should be reformed rather than replaced with more flexibility in the bands which properties are placed into.
The Scottish government said it was examining fairer alternatives to the current system.
Cosla's submission also says councils should have more power to levy other taxes.
At the moment the council tax is levied at eight different levels - depending on the value of a property. But the charges in each band are tightly related to each other.
Councils only set the Band D level - the council tax rates for each other band are a proportion of the Band D charge.
The thinking is that a council could have the freedom, for instance, to increase the charges for people in the most expensive properties without expecting people in small or average properties to pay more.
This is the first time Cosla has explicitly called for the end of the council tax freeze.
The SNP promised to maintain the freeze in the 2011 Scottish elections. Cosla will be keen to try to influence each party's policy on local government ahead of Scottish elections next year.
In its submission Cosla says: "The overall fairness and ease of understanding of the council tax requires to be improved by undertaking a wholesale revaluation, regular revaluation cycles thereafter and by addressing the number and widths of the council tax bands.
"Operated effectively the council tax is designed to be determined locally and has a potentially strong link with democratic accountability. However this link has been significantly eroded by the council tax freeze and must be reinstated as a matter of urgency.
"In particular we are clear that local people should decide on levels of local taxation in relation to the services they want and that it is completely inconsistent with a strong local democracy for this to be determined locally and enforced nationally.
"We would therefore ask the commission to call for an immediate end to the council tax freeze and not wait for an alternative local taxation system to be developed and implemented."
The council tax freeze has been in place since 2007. It works through a carrot and stick approach - councils would lose government cash if they put up the council tax so any rise would need to be significant to have an impact.
Councils across Scotland are continuing to weigh up options for cuts and savings.
Glasgow recently warned it would need to save £100 million in the next few years and that 3,000 jobs could go.
The Scottish government argues that the council tax freeze has been a real help to family budgets. It also argues it has tried its best to protect councils from what it describes as Westminster austerity.
The commission on alternatives to the council tax was announced last year by the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
It has been taking evidence from interested parties and is expected to publish a report later this year.
Other potential options for replacing the council tax might include a local income tax - an option supported by both the SNP and Liberal Democrats in the 2007 Scottish election - and a land-based tax, which is backed by the Scottish Greens.
A Scottish government spokesman said: "Scottish ministers believe the current council tax system is unfair - that's why we have worked with our local government partners to freeze the council tax for the eighth consecutive year, providing £70m per annum.
"All 32 councils have confirmed the continuation of the council tax freeze for 2015-16 delivering cumulative savings for an average Band D household, over the period 2008-16, of around £1,200 based on the additional £70m being provided each year.
"We have now set up the cross-party commission on local tax reform jointly with Cosla, to examine fairer alternatives to the current system, and the commission will deliver its independent report in the autumn."
The 2015 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner, who returned from a year off the track last month to finish second to Cue Card in the Betfair Chase at Haydock, is said to be "fragile" and "not himself".
The Mark Bradstock-trained gelding underperformed in a gallop on Saturday.
Bradstock's wife and assistant Sara said: "I know every breath he takes, every step he takes, I know exactly how he is and he's just not feeling good."
Bradstock said on Twitter that next year's Gold Cup remains the priority for Coneygree. | The council tax freeze needs to end, according to the organisation that represents most of Scotland's councils.
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Provide a brief summary for the information below. | Mamunal Islam was told by US online ticketing website Eventbrite the name "M Islam" matched one restricted by the US Office of Foreign Assets Control.
The accountant, who is from Bedford, said this was "beyond racist".
Eventbrite said it was "truly sorry" but "a person with a very common name is more likely to make the list".
The funds were released after Mr Islam, who is a British citizen, provided information confirming his country of birth.
Mr Islam was using the site to sell tickets for a film screening to raise money for a foodbank in Bedford.
He said: "Islam is a common name in the UK and around the world.
"It is counter-productive - discrimination like this can force young Muslim people, or anyone really, into the arms of extremists."
Eventbrite is a website that allows organisations to sell tickets to the public.
Mr Islam had used it nine times before for similar fundraising events without problems.
Eventbrite said the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) had only recently added "M Islam" to its list.
Eventbrite denied the move was connected to President Trump's executive order banning travel by people from some majority Muslim countries, which was signed three days later.
A spokesman for the company said: "As a US company, Eventbrite must comply with US law.
"In this instance, a payment to the organiser was temporarily held because of a potential OFAC name match.
"Whether that is J Smith or M Islam does not make the slightest difference."
Bedford Conservative MP Richard Fuller has asked Eventbrite to look at the way it complies with the OFAC list, because "if you try to match a Mr Islam in Bedford, or in the UK, you can't find anyone - they're not on the list".
Ray Woodhall, 54, said he suffered so many cardiac arrests a nurse apologised for having to beat his chest so much.
He said another nurse told him the most resuscitations she had seen for a patient in arrest was seven.
Mr Woodhall, from Wednesbury, West Midlands, estimates he needs six months to fully recover from his ordeal.
"My last arrest was the most frightening," said the father-of-three who was treated at Worcestershire Royal Hospital which confirmed it activated an out-of-hours team of six specialist staff to address "multiple cardiac arrests".
Mr Woodhall said his partner was holding his hand when "the alarm went off and I saw the crash team running in" and "she watched me die in front of her".
"Dying," he said, was "like falling asleep", which is what he thought kept happening until medical staff told him "you went".
He was first taken ill in the last match when he complained of "soreness" in his chest.
He initially refused an ambulance before agreeing when his discomfort persisted.
Paramedics told him he was having a heart attack and it was at hospital that the "arrests started".
Mr Woodhall said there was an operation to fit him with two stents and by about 21:00 GMT on the day he became ill, his family left his bedside before being called back amid concerns he would not survive the night.
Most of the cardiac arrests, he said, came between 21:00 GMT and 03:00 GMT the following morning.
Mr Woodhall, a distributor for a soft drinks manufacturer, praised an "amazing" nurse who told him "the most resuscitations I've ever done was seven".
His ordeal happened in December 2016. He says he is sharing his story to "give credit" to the hospital to which he has returned to see those who saved his life.
The pedestrian, who police believe was 20 years old, was involved in a collision on the Tirkeeran Road in Garvagh at about 07:40 GMT on Thursday.
Police have asked for anyone who witnessed the incident to contact them. The road has re-opened. | A fundraiser had £400 in donations for a UK foodbank charity frozen after his "very common name" appeared on a restriction list for the US Treasury.
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A man who had a heart attack after playing six 10 minute games of "walking football" says he "died" 27 times in hospital.
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A man has died after he was hit by a car in County Londonderry. |
Provide a concise overview of the following information. | The Australian Open champions won the opening set but were blown away in the second before losing the first-to-10 match tie-break that decided matters.
Murray remains top of the ATP doubles rankings after his semi-final win.
Eight-time champion Rafael Nadal plays Frenchman Gael Monfils in the singles final at 13:30 BST.
Murray was taking part in his first Masters 1000 final but could not have asked for tougher opponents with the French third seeds on a 12-game winning streak and having won the last two Masters finals.
The start was delayed half-an-hour because of rain and it was Murray and Soares who adjusted best to conditions before breaking the Mahut serve in the eighth game.
Murray served for the set but a double fault allowed the French pair to break back, only for Murray and Soares to again break serve after winning a thrilling exchange of reflex volleys at the net.
Despite being overlooked by France's Davis Cup captain Yannick Noah, Herbert and Mahut are top of the current order of merit and it was no surprise when they came storming back in the second set.
They broke Murray twice more and Soares for the first time to take it without dropping a game in just 25 minutes.
The French continued their dominance in the match tie-break and opened up a 5-1 lead, but Murray and Soares rallied to get it back to 7-6 only to let it slip out their grasp again with Murray serving a double fault at match point.
A gracious Murray told the crowd: "They were on fire and too good for us today. I hope Yannick Noah is watching." | Jamie Murray and partner Bruno Soares were beaten 4-6 6-0 10-6 by French pair Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut in the Monte Carlo Masters final. |
Can you write a short summary of this section? | The 28-year-old Chile international, who scored Sunday's FA Cup semi-final winner against Manchester City, has a year left on his Gunners contract but is yet to sign a new deal.
"I don't think you would sell him to any Premier League club, that is for sure," said Frenchman Wenger.
"But as I have said, I think he will stay and sign a contract."
Wenger has yet to confirm his own future at the north London club, but says he is working on transfer targets for next season.
The 67-year-old is out of contract at the end of the season and has been offered a new two-year deal.
"I work until the last day of the season for the present and future," he added.
"Transfer targets are the future of the club and are very important."
He added: "That (my future) is secondary, what is important is the future of the club."
Wenger said in February that he would decide on a new deal in March or April and later revealed "I know what I will do" and "you will soon know".
However, no announcement has yet been made as Arsenal, sixth in the league, challenge to finish in the top four to secure a Champions League berth - during Wenger's 21 years as manager, Arsenal have not finished outside the top four in the Premier League.
When asked about if there was an update on his future, when he would reveal his decision or whether events in the rest of the season would have an influence, Wenger said: "It's a triple no."
Media playback is not supported on this device | Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez will not be sold to a Premier League rival, according to manager Arsene Wenger. |
Can you summarize the following paragraph? | Anne MacAskill, 67, from Skye, and her friend Kay Simpson, 69, will tackle the challenge later this year to raise money for charity.
The venture will be carried out in a 22-year-old Renault Express in memory of Ms Simpson's late partner Duncan Strachan.
The women will travel across Europe and Asia, starting in July.
Rally entrants must finish the event by 12 September.
Danny MacAskill has gained international acclaim and recognition for risky feats performed on a bike, including stunts on Skye's Cuillin Ridge and riding along rooftops in Gran Canaria.
Videos of his stunts attract millions of internet hits. The short films include one shot at his family home on Skye that features his mother.
On her forthcoming driving challenge, Mrs MacAskill said: "We have an agreement. I don't worry about him and he does not worry about me.
"But he is delighted that I'm doing this. I've never done anything like it before."
He named five people:
Fifteen years later, these men still form President Putin's core group and dominate the strategic heights of Russian government and big business:
This core group illustrates two important points about who runs Russia.
First, there has been continuity in terms of the personnel closest to Mr Putin. Real reshuffles are rare, and very few have been evicted from this core group.
Second, the heart of the leadership team is made up of allies who served with Mr Putin in the KGB, in 1990s St Petersburg, or both.
This core group also includes others whom the president trusts to implement major infrastructure projects, such as Arkady Rotenberg, one of those responsible for the Sochi Winter Olympics, as well as several regional figures and senior bureaucrats.
Many of these figures held senior positions even before Mr Putin's rise to power.
Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, formerly Minister of Emergency Situations, was a prominent party political figure in the second half of the 1990s and leader of the United Russia party from 2001-05.
Such figures convene in the security council, one of the most important organisations for co-ordinating high-level decision-making and resources.
At the same time, the Russian administrative system - the so-called vertical of power - does not function well: policy instructions are often implemented tardily and sometimes not at all, so others have important roles helping develop and implement projects.
One such individual is Yuri Trutnev, elected as a regional governor in 2000, and then appointed Minister for Natural Resources and Ecology in 2004.
In 2013, he was promoted to Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Plenipotentiary to the Russian Far Eastern Federal District, a high priority post for Mr Putin.
Russian observers also point to the role played by Vyacheslav Volodin in helping Mr Putin run Russian politics since 2011.
Mr Volodin rose through regional and then national party politics, before being appointed to government positions.
He established the influential All-Russian Popular Front in 2011, which makes an increasingly significant contribution to formulation, implementation and monitoring of the leadership's policies.
Mr Volodin was subsequently appointed First Deputy Head of the presidential administration, responsible for overseeing a "reset" of Russian domestic politics since 2012.
Alongside continuity in the core leadership team, there has been a growing need for effective managers to implement its policies.
Indeed, rather than shrinking, as some commentators have suggested, the leadership team appears to be expanding.
There are several rising stars who play increasingly important roles in party politics and administration.
One is 39-year-old Alexander Galushka, who is a member of the Popular Front and many of the president's and prime minister's advisory committees.
He was appointed Minister of the Far Eastern region in 2013.
This leads us to the final point about who runs Russia with Mr Putin - while the President is the central figure, he is part of a team, which itself is part of a system, and therefore highlights the importance of effectiveness in implementing tasks.
All the individuals have reputations for hard work, loyalty and proven effectiveness in completing difficult tasks in business, state administration and politics.
As one Russian close to Mr Putin has observed, he did not choose them for their pretty eyes, but because they get things done.
Andrew Monaghan is a senior research fellow in the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House. | Stunt rider Danny MacAskill's mother is to take part in the 10,000-mile (16,093 km) Mongol Rally in an old van.
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Write a short summary of the following excerpt. | 7th and 8th Centuries AD - Arab invasion; Idris founds the first major Muslim dynasty.
10-17th Centuries - Dynasties and religious movements come and go, including the Almoravid movement which at its peak controlled Morocco and parts of present-day Algeria and Spain.
1860 - Dispute over Spain's Ceuta enclave; Spain declares war, wins a further enclave and an enlarged Ceuta in the settlement.
1884 - Spain creates a protectorate in coastal areas of Morocco.
1904 - France and Spain carve out zones of influence.
1906 - Algeciras Conference in Spain; France and Spain get the go-ahead to police Moroccan ports and collect customs fees.
1912 - Morocco becomes a French protectorate under the Treaty of Fez, administered by a French Resident-General. Spain continues to operate its coastal protectorate. The sultan has a largely figurehead role.
1921-6 - Tribal rebellion in Rif mountains is suppressed by French and Spanish troops.
1943 - Istiqlal - Party of Independence - founded to press for independence.
1956 March - End of French protectorate after unrest and strong nationalist sentiment. Spain keeps its two coastal enclaves. Sultan Mohammed becomes king in 1957.
1961 - Death of King Mohammed; King Hassan II comes to power.
1963 - First general elections.
1965 - Social unrest: King Hassan declares a state of emergency and suspends parliament.
1971 - Failed attempt to depose king and establish republic.
1973 - Polisario movement formed, aims to establish an independent state in Spanish Sahara, a territory south of Morocco controlled by Spain. The group has Algerian support.
1975 6 November - The Green March: King Hassan orders 350,000 civilian volunteers to cross into Spanish Sahara.
1975 December - Spain agrees to leave Spanish Sahara, soon to become Western Sahara, and to transfer it to joint Moroccan-Mauritanian control. Algeria objects and threatens military intervention. Moroccan forces enter and occupy the territory.
Western Sahara profile
'Africa's last colony'
1976 - Moroccan and Algerian troops clash in Western Sahara. Algeria announces the formation of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) with a government-in-exile. Morocco and Mauritania divide-up Western Sahara.
1976 onwards - Fighting between Moroccan military and Polisario forces; the war is a considerable financial drain on Morocco.
1983 - Summit between King Hassan and Algerian president prompts thaw in relations.
1983 - King cancels planned elections amid political unrest and economic crisis.
1984 - Morocco leaves the Organisation of African Unity in protest at the SADR's admission to the body. Polisario claims to have killed more than 5,000 Moroccan soldiers between 1982-85.
1988 - Resumption of full diplomatic relations with Algeria.
1991 - UN-monitored ceasefire begins in Western Sahara, but the territory's status remains undecided and ceasefire violations are reported. The following decade sees much wrangling over a proposed referendum on the future of the territory but the deadlock is not broken.
1998 - Morocco's first opposition-led government comes to power.
1999 - King Hassan II is succeeded by his son, Mohammed VI.
2001 November - King Mohammed starts a controversial tour of Western Sahara, the first by a Moroccan monarch for a decade.
2002 July - Morocco and Spain agree to US-brokered resolution over the disputed island of Perejil. Spanish troops had taken the normally-uninhabited island after Moroccan soldiers landed on it and set up tents and a flag.
2002 December - Morocco and Spain hold their first talks since their conflict over Perejil. In January 2003 they agree to return ambassadors.
2003 February - Casablanca court jails three Saudi members of al-Qaeda for 10 years after they were accused of plotting to attack US and British warships in the Straits of Gibraltar.
2003 May - More than 40 killed when suicide bombers attack several sites in Casablanca, including a Spanish restaurant and Jewish community centre.
2004 February - Powerful earthquake hits the north; more than 500 people are killed.
2004 July - Free trade agreement with the US comes into effect. It follows Washington's designation of Morocco as a major non-Nato ally.
2005 September-October - Hundreds of African migrants try to storm Morocco's borders with the Spanish enclaves of Melilla and Ceuta. Morocco deports hundreds of the illegal migrants.
2005 December - Truth commission investigating human rights abuses during the rule of King Hassan II says 592 people were killed between 1956-99.
2006 January - Spanish Premier Zapatero visits the Spanish enclaves of Melilla and Ceuta. He's the first Spanish leader in 25 years to make an official visit to the territories.
2007 April - Three suspected suicide bombers blow themselves up in Casablanca, a few weeks after a suicide blast in an internet cafe weeks earlier.
Two suicide bombers blow themselves up outside US diplomatic offices in Casablanca.
Morocco unveils an autonomy blueprint for Western Sahara to the United Nations. Independence movement Polisario rejects the plan and puts forwards its own proposal.
2007 June - Morocco and the Polisario Front hold UN-sponsored talks in New York but fail to come to any agreement.
2007 September - Parliamentary elections. The conservative Istiqlal party, a member of the ruling coalition, wins the most votes.
2007 November - Spanish King Juan Carlos visits Ceuta and Melilla, angering Morocco which demands the return of the enclaves.
2008 April - Spanish police arrest two Moroccans wanted over 2003 Casablanca bombings, plan extradition.
2008 September - Fouad Ali al-Himma, a confidant of King Mohammed, forms an alliance around his new Authenticity and Modernity Party. The party has the potential to dominate parliament.
Court sentences more than 40 people to long prison sentences over Casablanca internet cafe suicide bombing that injured three.
2008 December - Two Moroccan men, Abdelilah Ahriz and Hicham Ahmidan, sentenced to 20 and 10 years in jail respectively in Morocco over Madrid train bombings of 2004.
2009 February - Islamist Saad Housseini given 15-year sentence over 2003 Casablanca bombings that killed 45 people. Also wanted in Spain over Madrid bombings.
2009 July - Alleged al-Qaeda leader in Morocco, Belgian-Moroccan Abdelkader Belliraj, imprisoned for life on being found guilty of leading an Islamist militant group and committing six murders in Belgium.
2010 November - Security forces storm a protest camp in disputed territory of Western Sahara, triggering violent demonstrations in regional capital Elayoun.
2011 February - Thousands of people rally in Rabat and other cities calling for political reform and a new constitution curbing the powers of the king.
2011 April - 17 people - mainly foreigners - are killed in a bomb attack on a Marrakech cafe. It is Morocco's deadliest blast in eight years. The Maghreb arm of al-Qaeda denies involvement.
2011 July - King Mohammed scores a landslide victory in a referendum on a reformed constitution he proposed to placate "Arab Spring" protests. Demonstrators continue to call for deeper reforms.
2011 October - Court sentences man to death for bombing of tourist cafe in Marrakech in April.
2011 November - Parliamentary elections won by moderate Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD).
2012 January - New coalition headed by PJD leader Abdelilah Benkirane is installed.
2012 May - Tens of thousands take part in Casablanca trade union rally, the largest since the new government took office in January. Participants accuse Prime Minister Benkirane of failing to deliver on reforms.
King Mohammed VI, right, meets Spain's King Juan Carlos on his state visit to Morocco in July 2013. The trip reflected close ties between Morocco and its biggest trading partner.
2013 January - Government backs changing penal code article that allows rapists of underage girls to avoid prosecution by marrying their victims. Follows suicide of 16-year-old girl forced to marry her rapist.
2013 April - Morocco cancels joint military exercises with the US over Washington's backing for UN monitoring of human rights in Western Sahara. Morocco calls the proposed monitoring an attack on its sovereignty.
2013 October - King appoints new government following a power-sharing deal forged by Prime Minister Abdelila Benkirane months after his governing coalition was hit by the resignation of one of its partners.
2013 September - News site editor Ali Anouzla arrested for publishing a video which was attributed to Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and which accused the king of being corrupt and oppressive.
2014 February - Morocco suspends judicial co-operation with France following a diplomatic row over lawsuits in Paris that accuse the kingdom's intelligence chief Abdellatif Hammouchi of complicity in torture.
2014 May - Spain says a thousand migrants tried to enter the Spanish territory of Melilla, in North Africa, from Morocco.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights during a visit urges Morocco to do more to improve its human rights record.
2014 October - Morocco summons the Algerian ambassador after a shooting incident at the border. The borders between Morocco and Algeria have been closed since 1994, and relations have remained tense because of the longstanding dispute over the territory of Western Sahara.
2014 November - Morocco is disqualified from the 2015 African Cup of Nations after refusing to host the tournament over concerns about the spread of ebola.
2015 March - Government says security services dismantle network of militants linked to Islamic State group.
2015 February - Authorities destroy makeshift migrant camps near the Spanish enclave of Melilla, after hundreds storm the border fence trying to reach Europe.
2016 March - Morocco expels more than 80 UN staff in Western Sahara, reacting angrily to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's use of the word "occupation" to describe Rabat's 1975 annexation of the area.
2016 October - Parliamentary elections. King picks Abdelilah Benkirane for a second term as prime minister after his party wins the most seats. | A chronology of key events: |
Give a concise summary of the following information. | She is confident that conditions can be created for the UK to stay in and she is "not losing sleep" over it, she said in a BBC interview.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron aims to renegotiate the UK's EU membership terms, ahead of an in/out referendum.
"I'm optimistic that if we all want it, we'll find a good solution," she said.
"It's not about losing sleep over this, but about doing our work and creating the necessary preconditions for Britain to remain in the EU."
Treaty change is a thorny issue for the EU, as France and some other countries are known to be very wary of it. The Lisbon Treaty negotiation dragged on for some eight years before its signing in 2009, and involved two Irish referendums.
"Some of the things that David Cameron is asking for I can support," Mrs Merkel told the BBC's Europe Editor Katya Adler in Berlin.
"There are other points where we have a different opinion, but we have always been able also to pursue a Europe at different speeds, to find opt-out solutions for example."
When asked whether EU treaties would be changed, she replied: "If that is really necessary then we have to consider it."
Last week, the prime minister made a whistle-stop tour of Europe trying to gather support for changes he wants before holding the UK's EU membership referendum. That vote is to take place by the end of 2017.
Tighter rules on migrants' benefits are a priority for the UK Conservatives, as they want to control immigration from the EU.
Mr Cameron also wants an opt-out from the EU pledge of "ever closer union" and more influence for national parliaments over EU laws.
Mrs Merkel was asked if she was ever irritated by UK demands in the EU. She responded with a smile and said "we know each other.... and as German chancellor I can say that I also have my own ideas of how things in the EU should be.
"The EU is a union of 28 member states that have to find compromises. Only when everyone is agreed and happy can we get proper results. That will is there. We have already found many, many solutions for many, many difficult questions - it should be like that in this case too."
There is speculation that the EU could come up with a special treaty protocol for the UK, to accommodate particular UK concerns. A similar procedure made Danish and Irish opt-outs legally binding in the past. | German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the EU may have to consider treaty change if that is what it takes to keep the UK in. |
Summarize the following excerpt. | The Slovak was disqualified after causing a crash which ended Briton Mark Cavendish's involvement in the race.
Sagan's Bora-Hansgrohe team took the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) and wanted Sagan to rejoin the race, two days after being sent home.
"Peter Sagan remains disqualified from the 2017 Tour de France," Cas said.
It added: "The Court of Arbitration of Sport issued a decision rejecting an urgent request filed by the Slovak cyclist Peter Sagan."
Cavendish suffered a broken shoulder in the collision on stage four in Vittel and was forced to pull out.
Sagan and his team insist he did not see Cavendish as the Manxman tried to race up the inside by the barriers and was not to blame for Tuesday's crash.
They argue Sagan was given no opportunity to put forward his side of the story and should, therefore, be immediately reinstated.
He was initially docked 30 seconds before the race jury reviewed the footage and upgraded his punishment to disqualification, ending his bid to win the Tour's green jersey for the leader of the points classification for a record-equalling sixth straight year. | World champion Peter Sagan has failed in an appeal to be reinstated in the 2017 Tour de France. |
Give a short summary of the provided document. | Sky won five of the seven TV packages on offer, but paid 83% more than it did in the last auction three years ago.
However, shares in BT rose 3.65% after it paid £960m for two of the TV packages, 30% more than last time.
Analysts at Jefferies said the outcome had been "sobering" for Sky, but "reassuring" for BT.
Sky and BT paid a combined £5.136bn for the live TV rights deal - far in excess of what had been expected.
Jefferies said the deal would be "challenging to explain" to Sky shareholders.
"For Sky, a sobering result," Jefferies said. "Even with some claw back on costs/pricing, we expect [analyst] forecasts to move lower," it said.
The price Sky paid per year was about £330m more than City analysts had predicted.
Jefferies estimated that Sky would try to claw back about £200m a year through cost-cutting and £100m through incremental price rises.
Analysts estimate that Sky Sports has about five million subscribers, out of a total TV subscriber base of between 10.5 and 11 million people.
The BBC understands Sky plans to mainly fund its bid by taking costs out of its non-programming budget.
Sports and entertainment programming will not be affected, but areas such as customer services will find efficiencies by moving more online rather than being focused on call centres, for example.
Sky will also try to reduce the need for service visits by increasing the reliability of its set-top boxes, which are currently around 85% reliable, the BBC understands.
Subscribers are also likely to face some price rises, analysts believe.
Richard Hunter, head of equities at Hargreaves Lansdown, said BT appeared to have got the better deal.
"Sky has paid dearly and is going to have to squeeze costs and customers to keep its finances on track," he said.
"BT has ended up with a good hand - Premiership, Champions League, FA Cup and European leagues, all for a fraction of the annual cost that Sky is paying for its Premiership position," he added.
Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme that clubs reinvest TV rights money, "making sure the show stays as compelling and as interesting as it is".
He said that money ultimately gets "redistributed right down through grass-roots football".
Although only about 5% of Premier League funds eventually filter down to grass-roots level, Mr Scudamore said he was not in a position to guarantee that the 70% rise in the price of TV rights would be reflected in funding for grass-roots football.
He said it did not make him uncomfortable that Premier League footballers earn up to £500,000 per week, or that clubs employed some staff on the minimum wage.
"The reality is, just like in the film industry, just like in any talent industry, just like in the pop music industry, the talent, the absolute talent... gets paid a disproportionately high amount compared with other people that work in the business."
"We're in the entertainment industry," he added. "The stars that grace the fields of football in the Premier League are world stars, it's a world market, and I don't set that market rate. It's set by the entire world market, and we, and the fans, want the best talent to come and play in the Premier League." | Sky's shares ended the day 2.2% lower after the company agreed to pay £4.1bn to show live Premier League football between 2016 and 2019. |
Write a brief summary of the provided content. | The 21-year-old from Newport was approaching the end of a two-year suspension imposed in 2014 for steroid use when he was a Wigan academy player.
He was tested again in February 2016 and produced a positive result for the anabolic steroid nandrolone.
Pugsley, capped by Wales in 2012, had been offered a deal by Whitehaven.
"Rhys has single-handedly destroyed that promising career as a result of this second violation," UK Anti-Doping chief executive Nicole Sapstead said in a statement.
"All athletes serving a sanction remain subject to testing throughout the course of their suspension, to mitigate the risk of them returning to sport and continuing to dope.
"Rhys' conscious choice to continue to take performance-enhancing substances, whilst he was already serving a ban, has rightly been met with a further tough sanction.
"We take this type of violation with the utmost seriousness and our message is clear - there is no place in sport for those who consciously dope."
Pugsley was due to start playing for Whitehaven once his ban expired, but is now banned from all sport until March 2024.
Investor-state disputes must be settled publicly and transparently, the parliament's new recommendations say.
The recommendations were redrafted after MEPs put forward more than 100 amendments. Fierce arguments continue over the trade deal, known as TTIP.
MEPs will vote on TTIP on Wednesday. A final deal could be reached next year.
The TTIP - which stands for Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership - is being negotiated by the European Commission - the EU's top regulator - but parliamentary approval will be required to make the deal law.
The Commission estimates that by 2027 it could boost the size of the EU economy by €120bn (£85bn; $132bn) - equal to 0.5% of GDP.
The EU Trade Commissioner, Cecilia Malmstroem, voiced support for the parliament's recommendations, calling the document "a vital basis for that negotiation".
One of the thorniest TTIP issues is investor protection. There is widespread opposition to commercial arbitration panels, called Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS).
Critics say that even the threat of a legal case from a powerful corporation could have a "chilling" effect on national legislators as they try to regulate public services, such as healthcare and transport.
Many anti-TTIP protesters in Europe fear that such a deal could fuel a "race to the bottom", watering down hard-won EU standards in areas like food safety and workers' rights.
The MEPs' recommendations reject ISDS as a model for settling trade disputes. Instead, they call for treatment of cases "in a transparent manner by publicly appointed, independent professional judges in public hearings".
TTIP should also "trust the courts of the EU and of the member states and of the United States to provide effective legal protection".
Supporters of ISDS say it was designed to protect Western firms from abuses, such as arbitrary expropriation, in states with inadequate judicial systems.
But opponents argue that courts in the EU and US have high legal standards, and that businesses should seek redress there, not in separate tribunals.
"Now it is clear that ISDS has to be replaced by a public court," said the parliament's lead negotiator on TTIP, German Socialist Bernd Lange. | Wales rugby league international Rhys Pugsley has been banned for eight years after failing a drug test for the second time in two years.
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A proposed EU-US free trade deal must not give big firms the power to sue governments in private, secretive courts, the European Parliament says. |
Write a concise summary for the following article. | The Constitutional Court has made the ruling, meaning Pistorius will now be sentenced in April.
Pistorius killed Ms Steenkamp in February 2013 after firing four times through a locked toilet door.
A manslaughter verdict was overturned in December and a murder verdict introduced in its place.
Oscar Pistorius, fallen hero
Analysis: Justice served
South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said the Constitutional Court found "no prospect of success" in Pistorius' appeal.
The case will now go back to Judge Thokozile Masipa - who cleared the athlete of murder in the original case - for sentencing on 18 April.
Prosecutors are believed to be targeting a sentence of at least 15 years in jail for Pistorius.
This is the end of the road for Oscar Pistorius. The Constitutional Court was his last chance to overturn his murder conviction.
Many in the country felt that judge Thokozile Masipa had erred when she convicted him of a lesser charge, but some still believed Pistorius had not intended to kill anyone, let alone Reeva Steenkamp.
Now a full bench of the country's most powerful judges has ruled that Pistorius' latest bid has no chance of succeeding.
The next step now is for the two legal teams to present their arguments about the length of his sentence - and the state wants no less than 15 years.
He is currently under house arrest after spending one year of his original five-year sentence in jail.
In December, South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal ruled that the lower court under Judge Masipa had not applied correctly the rule of dolus eventualis - whether Pistorius knew that a death would be a likely result of his actions.
Justice Eric Leach said that having armed himself with a high-calibre weapon, Pistorius must have foreseen that whoever was behind the door might die, especially given his firearms training.
Pistorius has always maintained he believed he was shooting at an intruder. | South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has been denied leave to appeal against his conviction for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. |
Can you summarize this content? | Every mayor has the right to appoint two political advisers and up to 10 other staff, giving them a chance to surround themselves with trusted lieutenants and a chance to hit the ground running.
So who might form Sadiq Khan's team to help him carry through on his campaign promises?
It's likely the man who ran his campaign, David Bellamy, will continue as Khan's right-hand man as his chief of staff.
And helping to deliver on the big issue of the election - housing - it's likely Mr Khan will stick with James Murray, an Islington councillor who advised the campaign on housing and stood in at debates for Mr Khan.
There may also be a return to City Hall for Neale Coleman, an advisor to both Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson. Heavily involved in delivery the Olympics and its legacy, he briefly worked as head of policy for Jeremy Corbyn.
Seen as capable and pragmatic, he's likely to have a role in settling Team Khan into the eight-floor offices.
Another name being touted is that of Andrew Adonis - a former cabinet minister and currently the head of the National Infrastructure Commission.
With big projects like Crossrail 2 and HS2 coming down the track, his expertise could prove key, but it may require him to walk away from the national job.
If he's looking for a deputy mayor for policing, the smart money seems to be on current Assembly member Joanne McCartney, a trained barrister and Labour member for Enfield and Haringey, who has chaired the assembly's Police and Crime Committee.
Fiona Twycross, who has worked on the Fire Authority, may also be rewarded.
Former Bethnal Green MP Oona King, who backed Mr Khan when he first announced he was running, may enter City Hall in a communities role.
Expect roles too for policy director Nick Bowes - widely seen as the ideas person behind the new mayor's campaign - and Leah Kreitzman and Jack Stenner, who have been key members of team Khan since he became Labour's candidate.
Ex-journalist Patrick Hennessy, who ran communications for Mr Khan during the election campaign, is likely to continue selling the message. | If many Londoners knew little about Sadiq Khan until this contest, it is likely they will know even less about the team that will help him govern at City Hall if he wins. |
Give a concise summary of the following information. | The suspects pleaded not guilty but the judge ordered they remain in custody.
They face three counts of murder for the deaths of lawyer Willie Kimani, Josphat Mwenda and their driver Joseph Muiruri.
The three went missing in June after Mr Kimani filed a case against a police officer on behalf of Mr Mwenda.
A week later, decomposing bodies of the three were recovered in a river, in the outskirts on Kenya's capital Nairobi.
Post-mortem reports said the bodies had signs of torture.
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The killings sparked outrage in Kenya and many have blamed the police force for a series of extrajudicial killings in recent years.
The hashtag #StopExtrajudicialKillings gained popularity on social media as people gathered to take part in protests around the country.
A joint statement by 34 Kenyan and international human rights organisations condemned the killings.
The government has denied the existence of police death squads, saying any killings are the work of "rogue officers".
Kenyan security forces carried out 25 extrajudicial killing between 2013 and 2015, Kenya's official rights body said.
However, non-governmental watchdog Independent Medico-Legal Unit (IMLU) says the police killed 97 people in 2015 alone.
Jane Collins, who represents Yorkshire and Humber, wrongly claimed three MPs knew about child exploitation in the town but failed to intervene.
The MPs - Sir Kevin Barron, John Healey and Sarah Champion - sued for slander and libel.
Mr Justice Warby adjourned the case to a later date.
The litigation was brought when Sir Kevin, MP for Rother Valley, Mr Healey, who represents Wentworth and Dearne, and Ms Champion, MP for Rotherham, complained about a speech given by Mrs Collins at a UKIP conference in September 2014.
It came after a report found about 1,400 children in the area had been abused between 1997 and 2013.
Lawyers for Ms Collins previously argued it was a political speech that did not contain any allegation of fact, but expressed an opinion to the effect that the MPs were likely to have known sexual exploitation was a serious problem in the area.
However, claims made against the three MPs were the "talk of the tearoom" in Parliament in the run-up to the general election and caused "extreme distress", Gavin Millar QC told the court.
He said: "They could not have been more serious for elected politicians serving constituencies in Rotherham."
In 2015, Ms Collins made an offer of amends which was accepted.
However, the amount of compensation could not be agreed so the case went back to court for an assessment of damages, which the MPs have said should be about £150,000 each.
The court also heard allegations that Ms Collins had "repeatedly and continuously" tried to avoid a damages settlement being made against her.
Ms Collins, who had previously failed in her attempt to get immunity from prosecution, said her work in the European Parliament meant she could not attend the hearing.
It took place in her absence.
According to Torrentfreak, the season five finale was illegally downloaded 14.4m times. More than half of those came in the week after its US premiere.
The Walking Dead and The Big Bang Theory rounded up the top three, with 6.6m and 4.4m downloads respectively.
Earlier this year, Game of Thrones broke a record when more than 258,000 users shared the show simultaneously.
The HBO drama was mainly downloaded on BitTorrent.
The number of illegal downloads is almost twice the eight million people who regularly watch the show legally in the US.
The first four episodes of season five leaked online before they aired in April, after one pirate uploaded content from the DVD screeners sent out to critics for review.
Game of Thrones was nominated for 24 Emmy nominations in July and, earlier this month, was nominated for the Golden Globe for best drama series.
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What is a brief summary of the information below? | Mr Obama said Mr Kerry's "entire life" prepared him for the role, and praised him for the "respect and confidence" he has earned from world leaders.
Mr Kerry ran as Democratic presidential candidate in 2004 and is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
His nomination comes after the US ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice, withdrew from consideration last week.
Republicans had fiercely criticised her role in the aftermath of the deadly attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya, in September.
Speaking at the White House, Mr Obama said Mr Kerry understood the need to "harness all elements of American power", and said the veteran senator was "not going to need a lot of on-the-job training".
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The president added that he was sure Mr Kerry would be swiftly confirmed in the Senate.
Mrs Clinton, who is still recuperating from a stomach virus and concussion, was not present for the announcement.
But in a statement, Mrs Clinton said Mr Kerry was an "excellent choice" of head for the state department.
"He will be able to sustain and extend America's global leadership," she said.
Mr Kerry, 69, becomes Mr Obama's first new cabinet nomination since he won a second term in November.
The president will also have to name a new defence secretary to replace Leon Panetta, and a new director of the CIA to take over from David Petraeus, who quit last month after admitting an affair.
Mr Kerry, a decorated Vietnam veteran, lost a close presidential election to George W Bush in 2004 and had been a contender for the state department in 2008, before Mrs Clinton was chosen.
The BBC's Washington correspondent, Kim Ghattas, says Mr Kerry is well-steeped in the details of world affairs and diplomacy.
She says he has been the Obama administration's unofficial envoy to various hotspots, from Pakistan to Afghanistan.
If confirmed, he will face the problem of ongoing Syrian unrest and continuing concern over Iran's nuclear programme.
Mrs Clinton has indicated she will step down early next year.
Mr Kerry will have to give up his seat in the Senate, where he represents the state of Massachusetts. The Democrats may face a tough battle to keep it in the subsequent election.
Analysts say Mr Kerry's nomination is unlikely to face opposition from Republicans, who had threatened to oppose Ms Rice, despite the president's strong defence of her actions over Libya.
Mr Kerry himself had spoken up for Ms Rice, saying: "I've defended her publicly and wouldn't hesitate to do so again because I know her character and I know her commitment. She's an extraordinarily capable and dedicated public servant."
Ms Rice's troubles began days after the 11 September assault on the US consulate. She said in a series of TV interviews that it seemed to have developed out of protests over an anti-Islamic film.
But later intelligence reports suggested the attack was carried out by al-Qaeda affiliates.
Her comments triggered a major political row over who knew what and when, and whether the consulate was adequately protected.
The attack left four Americans dead, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens. | US President Barack Obama has nominated Senator John Kerry to succeed Hillary Clinton as his next secretary of state. |
Can you summarize the following information? | The movie's Glasgow-born producer Iain Smith and head of visual effects Andrew Jackson join a line-up that also includes actress Barbara Rafferty.
Sunset Song's Dundee-born producer Bob Last has also been invited to the festival, now in its ninth year.
The event will be held from 4 to 6 December at venues in Cromarty.
Festival co-founder and film director Don Coutts said: "It's fantastic to be able to welcome Iain Smith and Andrew Jackson to the festival.
"Mad Max: Fury Road was one of the big cinema hits of 2015 and it will be great to have them both in Cromarty to reveal their experiences and insights of working on such a successful piece of work.
"We have a broad variety of guests this year with incredibly diverse backgrounds - from the acting talent of Barbara Rafferty to the music industry experience of Bob Last.
"It will be great to hear more about his experiences on Sunset Song and also his documentary work. The audience will gain great insights into these and the experiences of other guests in that fantastically intimate way that only Cromarty Film Festival can provide."
The festival has a tradition of holding screenings in unusual locations, including in a pizza restaurant and in the outdoors.
In 2008, its organisers claimed to have staged the world's smallest drive-in cinema on a car ferry.
Four passengers watched the 1950s film, The Maggie, on the ferry which ran between Cromarty and Nigg in the Highlands. | Two people involved in making the critically-acclaimed film Mad Max: Fury Road will be guests at the 2015 Cromarty Film Festival. |
Summarize the information given below. | Gilks, 34, was a target for Hearts and was also attracting interest from League One clubs in England.
He will provide competition to Wes Foderingham after Cammy Bell joined Dundee United.
Gilks, who only played twice during his two seasons with Burnley, won the last of three Scotland caps in 2013.
He worked alongside the current Rangers goalkeeper coach, Jim Stewart, while on international duty.
Rochdale-born Gilks, who began his career with his local club before moving to Norwich City, won his international honours while with Blackpool.
He helped Blackpool win promotion to the Premier League in 2010.
However, Gilks left the Seasiders after their relegation in 2014 but was unable to dislodge number one Tom Heaton at Burnley.
He last played a competitive game for the Championship winners in August, a 1-0 win over Port Vale in the Capital One Cup. | Rangers have confirmed the signing of goalkeeper Matt Gilks on a two-year contract after the 34-year-old was released by Burnley. |
Write a short summary of the following excerpt. | But officials say the cockpit voice and data recorders have been badly damaged and are unlikely to reveal much data.
The FlyDubai Boeing 737-800, coming from Dubai, missed the runway as it attempted to land on Saturday.
Officials say it is not clear what caused the crash 950km south of Moscow.
But poor visibility and high winds are being considered as factors. A criminal investigation has been launched into whether pilot error, a technical fault or the bad weather was the cause.
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FlyDubai said the Cypriot pilot and Spanish co-pilot each had nearly 6,000 hours of flying experience.
Inter-State Aviation Committee Deputy Chairman Sergei Zaiko was reported by the Associated Press news agency to have told Russia's Channel One TV station that the black boxes containing flight data recorders were delivered to Moscow on Sunday.
But the committee that investigates plane crashes throughout much of the former Soviet Union said in a statement they had been badly damaged.
The black boxes are being examined by experts from Russia, the United Arab Emirates, the US and France, AP reported, because the American-made Boeing had French-manufactured engines.
Meanwhile, hundreds of people have congregated at the crash site to leave flowers, candles and toys in memory of those who were killed.
"I came to give remembrance to those who died. I am from Rostov myself and although I don't personally know those killed, a lot of names are well known, it's a small city," local resident Boris told the AFP news agency.
CCTV footage showed an explosion and a huge flash after the plane crashed and broke into pieces. The force of the crash left a huge crater in the runway with passengers' belongings and remains strewn over a wide area.
The airport at Rostov-on-Don remained closed on Sunday - but Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov said that it was likely to reopen on Monday once emergency teams had finished combing the area and repair teams had fixed the runway.
Investigators said all 55 passengers and seven crew - nine different nationalities in total with 45 coming from Russia - died instantly.
Reports say the plane abandoned its initial attempt to land and circled for two hours before crashing at the second attempt.
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It came down about 250m (800ft) short of the start of the runway.
About 700 rescue workers were sent to the site of the crash and the fire was extinguished, media reports said.
FlyDubai, a low cost carrier launched in 2009 with a hub in Dubai, operates flights to some 90 destinations.
Company Chairman Gaith al-Gaith insisted on Sunday that the airport "was good enough to operate and good enough" for landings. | Aviation experts are examining two black boxes from the FlyDubai flight that crashed in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, killing all 55 passengers and seven crew on board. |
Write a brief summary of the document. | The benchmark Shanghai Composite index fell by 0.7% to 3,668.12 as investor confidence failed to pick up.
In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index followed the mainland lead and traded 0.6% lower at 24,377.05 .
Sentiment was also hit by a weak showing from Wall Street on Wednesday.
US shares were hit by poor results from a number of media companies, including Disney and Time Warner.
In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 index closed 1.1% down at 5,610.10 points.
The main market news was the plan from ANZ bank for a A$3bn ($2.2bn; £1.41bn) share sale to boost its capital ratios in the wake of tougher regulatory requirements.
ANZ shares are currently suspended and trading is expected to restart on Friday.
In South Korea, the benchmark Kospi ended the day down 0.8% at 2,013.29.
Japan bucked the region's trend, with the Nikkei 225 finishing up 0.2% at 20,664.44.
Shares of NTT rose by more than 4% after the telecoms company reported strong earnings and announced a plan to buy back about 1% of its shares. | Mainland Chinese shares on Wednesday fell again, extending losses from the previous day, despite recent government attempts to stabilise markets. |
Can you summarize the following paragraph? | Lewis, 43, succeeds Dame Kelly Holmes, who spent six years in the role.
The 2000 Olympic heptathlon champion will give "leadership and guidance" before the 2018 Commonwealth Games, to be held on Australia's Gold Coast.
"I am thrilled I have the chance to work with, and support, England's athletes and help them towards becoming a Commonwealth medallist," said Lewis.
"I understand what support is needed in order to allow athletes to prepare and compete to the best of their potential."
As well as her Olympic success in Sydney, Lewis won Commonwealth titles in 1994 and 1998.
Commonwealth Games England manages the participation and preparation of the England team.
Its chairman, Ian Metcalfe, said Lewis' role will be "vital", adding: "We're certain that her experience as an elite athlete will inspire the next generation of Team England athletes and assist CGE in supporting them."
England topped the medal table at last year's Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and were third in September's Commonwealth Youth Games in Samoa. | Olympic gold medallist Denise Lewis has been appointed president of Commonwealth Games England. |
What is the brief summary of the provided content? | The Farmers' Union of Wales (FUW) said First Milk's decision was another setback for the Welsh dairy industry after months of falling milk prices.
Deputy farming minister Rebecca Evans said she was seeking urgent talks with the company.
First Milk said it had to act to put its finances on a stronger footing.
FUW president Emyr Jones said the payment postponement would put farmers in an "untenable position", as they cannot delay paying their own bills.
First Milk operates a number of milk production facilities across England, Scotland and Wales - including the Haverfordwest Creamery cheese plant in Pembrokeshire.
The co-operative's chairman, the South East Cambridgeshire MP Sir Jim Paice, said First Milk was "acutely aware" of the pressure it was putting on its milk suppliers.
But he said the payment delay was one of the measures that would help inject fresh cash into First Milk after a year of wildly fluctuating world prices for milk products.
He said the co-operative would also be talking to banks at national and local levels to explain how the delay may impact some of its farming members. | A farming union says it is anxious and concerned after a dairy co-operative announced that it will be delaying paying farmers for milk by two weeks. |
Summarize the information in the following section. | It's a key question in the debate about whether all schools in England should be forced to become academies, but the answer often seems frustratingly unclear.
An independent education data firm has carried out an analysis in an attempt to get an answer.
SchoolDash created a sample of secondary academies and local authority schools with similar characteristics to see how their exam results compare.
And the short answer is: Sometimes academies do better, sometimes not.
So what's the problem with getting a more definitive answer?
Almost two in three secondary schools in England are now academies - but it's become a term that is applied to very different types of school.
It's like using the same term to describe football teams in the promotion and relegation zones.
About 70% of secondary academies are known as "converter" academies - and these schools were usually doing well before they became academies.
For these academies, the SchoolDash analysis says there is no discernible pattern of any impact on results.
Based on raw averages - and because of the greater numbers of converter academies - this wouldn't show much of a positive story for overall academy results.
But there is another smaller group of "sponsored" academies, often drawn from schools in need of improvement.
Rather than look at these two types of academy together, this analysis treats the sponsored academies separately, and this finds a more positive impact.
Timo Hannay, founder of SchoolDash, says these schools on average do seem to make greater progress in GCSE results than local authority schools with a similar intake of pupils.
Taking a sample of schools which converted to academy status between 2010 and 2012, there were 3.6% more pupils achieving five good GCSEs including English and maths than comparable local authority schools.
There is also a greater improvement among disadvantaged pupils.
"GCSE results suggest that converting already high-performing schools to academies has little effect on their academic performance, so it's not true to think that academy conversion raises standards across the board," says Mr Hannay.
"But neither is it true to claim that it has no effect because it does seem to help previously under-achieving schools."
Mr Hannay says that the academy process seems to make it more likely that weak schools will catch up.
"This gives us reason to believe that it might help to reduce the gap between the best and worst schools."
And he says, setting aside the question of how they might have also improved under a local authority, the results suggest "good schools staying good and bad schools getting better".
Even with this finding there are some big factors muddying the waters.
As well as the different types of academy, there is the question of the academy chains which run groups of academies.
Ofsted has shown that academy chains, like local authorities, can vary widely in quality, with good, bad and the ugly. The success or otherwise of an individual academy can be hard to separate from the performance of the academy chain to which they have been assigned and which they cannot choose to leave.
Another factor fogging up any simple evaluation is that many academies have only been academies for a short period of time.
Will the performance of the first wave of schools choosing to become academies be the same for those subsequently forced to become academies?
For sponsored academies, it might be possible to jump-start improvements in a failing school, but can that be sustained over time?
And how will the academy process work for primary schools, which so far have been slow to convert.
It remains another great unknown how every primary school, from the inner cities to remote villages, will be allocated to academy chains. This is a massive shift - outsourcing thousands of local schools to chains most of which have yet to be created.
After the converter and sponsored academies, this new group of forced academies will be by far the biggest.
And not surprisingly there has been a big ideological divide in the response, with the government's commitment to academies matched by the teachers' unions' scepticism.
There are also mutterings of disquiet from Conservatives in local government.
They might look further down the tracks to future administrations and wonder what will be the implications when all schools - including village schools, grammar schools and faith schools - will be academies overseen by Whitehall-appointed regional schools commissioners.
Parents, often not bothered about school labels, will look for the clear-cut evidence supporting such a one-size-fits-all solution.
And high-achieving schools, run by good local authorities, might wonder what problem is being solved?
Mr Hannay, researching secondary results, says: "We don't yet know what effect it will have on the bulk of moderately good secondary schools that are now being required to convert.
"This analysis suggests that any changes in GCSE attainment are likely to be modest, or possibly absent altogether, but unlikely to be detrimental." | If a school becomes an academy are the results more likely to improve? |
Write a summary for this information. | In a new report, the campaign group says Uzbekistan is continuing to use torture in its criminal justice system.
The report documents cases of detainees being subjected to physical and psychological torture.
Western countries have dramatically weakened their stance on human rights in the central Asian country, it says.
There has been no comment as yet from the Uzbek government on the report.
The 107-page document makes for a chilling read, says the BBC's Central Asia correspondent Rayhan Demytrie.
It is based on interviews with torture victims, their families, lawyers and human rights activists.
One torture case describes police officers handcuffing an espionage suspect and burning his genitals with a lighted newspaper.
Others include allegations of interrogators pouring boiling water on an activist, beating detainees, hanging them by their wrists and ankles and subjecting them to rape and asphyxiation.
The report also alleges that Tashkent has been disbarring some of the country's most outspoken lawyers, as well as routinely denying detainees access to legal counsel.
Human Rights Watch calls on governments to consider punitive measures such as asset freezes and visa bans for Uzbek officials alleged to have been involved in torture.
The report criticised the EU for dropping sanctions on Uzbekistan two years ago, while the US moved in September to waive Congressional human rights restrictions on assistance, including on military aid, to the Uzbek government.
Steven Swerdlow, who was the head of Human Rights Watch's Uzbek programme before being expelled from the country, criticised the United States and European Union countries for their close ties to the "dictatorial regime".
"That's because Uzbekistan borders Afghanistan, and Uzbekistan has this single functioning rail line from the north to the south into Afghanistan", Mr Swerdlow told the BBC.
"And the United States and the EU have of late, moved away from criticising the human rights situation in favour of co-operating with the country in order to supply their troops in Afghanistan," he says.
Washington officials insist that it is important to remove restrictions on military aid.
"We need this waiver to allow the United States to provide defensive equipment to enhance Uzbekistan's ability to protect its border through which a lot of cargo that is destined for our troops in Afghanistan is passing," says US Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake.
"But we raise human rights on every occasion that we have engagement with Uzbekistan," he told the BBC.
Uzbekistan is now a key part of the Northern Distribution Network (NDN) - an increasingly important supply route for NATO troops in Afghanistan.
It is an alternative route to the one through Pakistan shut down last month following a NATO air strike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.
More than half of US supplies are already shipped to Afghanistan through Central Asia. | Western governments are ignoring human rights abuses in Uzbekistan as they seek closer ties with the country, Human Rights Watch (HRW) says. |
What is a brief summary of the information below? | Guernsey's Watson, 23, came within two points of beating Serena Williams in the third round of Wimbledon last year.
Caroline Wozniacki, Victoria Azarenka and Madison Keys have also committed to playing the event, which ends a fortnight before Wimbledon.
"I had some incredible moments on grass last year and want to do even better in 2016," Watson said.
"I was sorry to have to miss the event last year and I'm looking forward to starting my grass-court season there," added the world number 56, who was unable to play last year's tournament through injury.
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Doctors stress the benefits of transplants outweigh the risks.
Robert "Jim" Stuart, 67, and Darren Hughes, 42, died in 2013 after receiving the kidneys. On Thursday a coroner ruled a Cardiff surgeon could not be criticised for accepting them.
Prof Anthony Warrens said the case was very sad and extremely unusual.
"We must use this as an opportunity too, to learn from it and to understand that it's extremely unusual and the benefits for patients of having a transplant are just so much - so much greater than the risks," said Prof Warrens, president of the British Transplantation Society.
"The most tragic figure is that three people in this country die every day because there isn't enough organs to transplant them.
"These are people who are dying needlessly. It is very, very tragic."
Both men died following the operations at Cardiff's University Hospital of Wales (UHW) where they were given kidneys later found to be infected with parasitic meningitis-causing worms.
The inquest heard there have only been five known cases worldwide in humans - all of which had proved fatal.
Assistant coroner Christopher Woolley gave a narrative conclusion at the hearing on Thursday, ruling that both men died due to the unintended consequences of necessary medical intervention.
The families of both Mr Stewart, of Cardiff, and Mr Hughes, of Bridgend, have appointed a solicitor to investigate civil negligence claims and say both men would never have agreed to press ahead with the transplants if they had known the donor - an alcoholic - had died of meningitis.
But the surgical team at UHW told the inquest both men knew the donor's medical history.
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board said it has improved its process when seeking consent from patients and their families to undergo transplant by making the consenting process more continuous and improving documentation.
It commissioned a report to see if lessons could be learned following the men's deaths.
Health board chief executive Adam Cairns said it was important to stress that while the deaths were a tragedy they were due to "such a rare situation".
"I do think it is important to emphasise that because transplantation is important," he said.
"There are people out there who need organs and their lives can be lengthened and improved."
The NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) service said an audit showed 52 donors with encephalitis or meningitis of an unknown cause across the UK had donated 159 organs in the 10 years to 31 March 2013 which were transplanted with no transmission of infection.
Androulla Farr, 50, of West Wick, Weston-super-Mare, admitted one count of bribery or corruption while working for North Somerset Council.
Ms Farr accepted the £2,000 bribe, even though the child's details were protected by an adoption order, North Somerset Magistrates' Court was told.
She is due before Bristol Crown Court for sentencing on 6 June.
North Somerset Council confirmed Ms Farr left the authority in 2006.
"We have been helping the police with their inquiries regarding this case," the spokesman added.
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Give a brief summary of the content. | The call, from Local Government Secretary Mark Drakeford, comes after he scrapped plans to cut the number of councils from 22 to eight or nine.
Mr Drakeford was addressing the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) conference in Cardiff on Thursday.
Meanwhile, a report by a union said 23,700 fewer people work directly for Welsh councils than did in 2010.
Mr Drakeford's approach to improving the efficiency of local government is the introduction of new regional partnerships in areas such as social care, economic development and transport.
In his speech to the WLGA he called for "momentum" in changing the way councils work, even though full-blown reorganisation plans have been dropped.
Further talks between the Welsh Government and council leaders will be held, with the intention of putting together more detailed proposals by the end of the year on joint working arrangements.
WLGA leader Bob Wellington also backed plans for services such as social care to be shared by councils within current health board boundaries, and economic development to be run inside different boundaries based around cities in the south, and in one north Wales region.
He also said council mergers could still take place on a voluntary basis.
Blaenau Gwent and Torfaen, Bridgend and Vale of Glamorgan, and Conwy and Denbighshire councils had proposed pairing up in 2015, but their plans were rejected by former Public Services Minister Leighton Andrews.
There was a marked contrast in tone to the speech Mr Wellington gave at last year's conference, when there was a strained relationship between council leaders and the Welsh Government over reorganisation plans.
Referring to Mr Andrews, Mr Wellington warned at the time there was "nothing more dangerous in a combat zone than a general with a map".
On Thursday, he praised Mr Drakeford as someone at cabinet level who "listens and engages in sensible dialogue".
Mr Wellington also described Brexit as a "disaster" for Wales but a wake-up call for politicians.
The conference came as the public sector union Unison warned that austerity was resulting in thousands of job losses at local councils.
In a report, the union said the cut equated to one worker out of seven, or 14% of people directly working for councils.
Based on data from the Office for National Statistics, the figures include full and part-timers as well as temporary and casual staff.
However, the union accepted that some departing staff would now be working for bodies which had taken over some local authority services, such as leisure. | Council leaders have been urged by ministers to explain within weeks how they will run services regionally. |
Give a short summary of the provided document. | The Kiev city government has introduced a compulsory "mask regime" for its workers.
So far, the virus has killed 60 people, and is approaching, or has reached, epidemic levels in parts of the country - including the eastern Donetsk region, where fighting continues against Russian-backed insurgents.
Still, health authorities insist there is no reason for undue concern - an outbreak of swine flu was anticipated for this winter. The measures are primarily "prophylactic," they say, in order to prevent the disease from growing into uncontrollable levels.
"There is no reason for panic," Alexander Kvitashvili, the country's health minister, said on Tuesday. "Ukraine is in the same situation as its neighbours in Central and Eastern Europe."
Still, the disease seems to have caught Ukrainian officials flat-footed. And the number of fatalities, which has surged in the last week, is a cause for worry.
"From the point of view of doctors, the situation is serious," said Dr Fyodor Lapiy, Kiev's chief immunologist. "The number of cases of sickness are growing, and very many young people have fallen ill."
According to Dr Lapiy, one of the main reasons for the increase is the lack of a "culture of vaccination" among both doctors and the general population.
The number of physicians recommending to their patients to be immunized is extremely low, and the percentage of those who have actually received their flu shots is "practically non-existent," he says.
Another factor contributing to the seriousness of the outbreak is that many people do not seek treatment until the flu has progressed to an acute - and difficult to treat - stage.
"I encourage all people who suspect they have the flu, whether it is actually the flu or not, to go immediately to your physician," said Health Minister Kvitashvili.
Also, needed equipment, such as respiratory devices or surgical masks, are in short supply - or are misused.
However, this instance of swine flu also points to deeper and more chronic problems within Ukraine's health system. Seemingly, every outbreak of a major illness unleashes a panicked response, or at least a widespread scrambling, among health officials.
Last year, authorities launched a nationwide emergency polio vaccination campaign, after two children died from the virus in south western Ukraine.
At the heart of the problem lies a health system that requires major re-structuring and is rife with corruption. Doctors are grossly underpaid, and graft touches everything from the availability of treatment, to the supply of medications.
Complicating matters, parliament deputies failed to pass a major health reform package before leaving for vacation at the end of last year.
According to Dr Lapiy, Ukraine differs from its neighbours in significant ways. In contrast to European countries, trust in the health system is extremely low, which is common among post-Soviet states.
But Ukraine is more democratic, and chaotic, than most countries in the former Soviet Union, and therefore lacks a central authoritarian structure that allows decisions to be taken quickly and decisively, when needed.
This is best exhibited by the fact that the country has seen four health ministers in the last two years, he says.
"To sum it up in one word, what we lack is 'continuity'," he says. | Ukrainian officials have introduced a number of urgent measures to head off an outbreak of swine flu in the country, such as temporarily closing schools and banning some public gatherings. |
Can you summarize the given article? | Some of the victims, who were as young as 14, were plied with alcohol and drugs before being forced to have sex.
The convictions are the result of a major Northumbria Police investigation which was launched in late 2013.
The force said it had "thrown the kitchen sink" at the long-running probe.
Newcastle City Council has launched a serious case review, due to be published in December, as one of the victims was in local authority care.
Pat Ritchie, the council's chief executive, said: "I am so sorry that that happened, I can only apologise - it's one too many.
"We did act as soon as we knew what had happened to that young woman, and in a number of instances we've taken young women out of the city and supported them in secure accommodation elsewhere.
"But that's the sort of detail which will come out in the serious case review."
Speaking about Operation Sanctuary - the umbrella investigation which is still ongoing - Chief Constable Steve Ashman said: "We have thrown the kitchen sink at this - a team of 50 officers have worked on this inquiry for almost three and a half years and continue to do so.
"We have employed every technique available to us, covert and overt, in tackling the problem.
"It is for individual communities to ask themselves whether they are doing all they can to eradicate such attitudes and behaviour so that the stigma and shame attached to such people prevents it from rearing its head again.
"The communities that we work with are appalled at this offending and we have encountered nothing other than the fullest of support from them all."
Ms Ritchie said: "We do not believe that what we have uncovered in Newcastle is unique. Indeed there has been evidence of similar offending in many other towns and cities.
"We believe that any area that says that it does not have a problem is simply not looking for it and I would encourage all areas to be be proactive in their attempts to uncover sexual exploitation."
Council leader Nick Forbes said: "These were vile crimes committed by evil men.
"The victims who went to court had to relive their ordeals in giving evidence and face their perpetrators. Some have suffered the trauma of having do it more than once.
"I can't begin to imagine how difficult that must be, but I would like to pay tribute to each and every one of them. They have been brave beyond belief and undoubtedly have made our city safer." | "Vile crimes committed by evil men" - that is the reaction by some after the conviction of 18 people who abused girls in Newcastle. |
Can you write a brief summary of this passage? | Charles Walker said claims by Channel 4 News that some bills were not included in local spending returns during three 2014 by-elections and in Thanet South in May's election should be examined.
A Labour by-election candidate has urged police to investigate.
The Tories say all their spending was recorded in accordance with the law.
Channel 4 News said it had obtained hotel bills which suggest the party broke electoral rules in the Newark, Clacton and Rochester & Strood by-elections, the first of which the Conservatives won and the other two it lost to UKIP.
Campaign spending in by-elections is limited to £100,000 for each party.
But Channel 4 News says it has uncovered £56,866.75 of undeclared hotel bills in Rochester, which would have taken the party £53,659.83 over the £100,000 limit.
It found bills totalling £26,786.14 in Clacton, which would have taken the party £10,835.36 over the limit, and receipts totalling £10,459.30 in Newark, which would mean an overspend of £6,650.28.
Charles Walker, the Tory MP for Broxbourne, told Channel 4 News that the matter should be examined.
"I'm going to raise it at the board but I suspect others will be raising it at the board. These are serious allegations," he said.
"I'm not diminishing the nature of these allegations. But the Conservative Party believes it has complied with election law."
Labour's candidate in the 2014 Newark by-election, Michael Payne, has written to his local chief constable asking for an investigation.
"Channel 4 appear to be in possession of documents which raise questions relating to spending by the Conservative Party during the 2014 Newark by-election; the questions raised allegedly relate to spending that appears not to have been declared," he wrote.
"I am seeking assurance this evidence and matter will be investigated, and if necessary referred to the appropriate authorities in order to reassure the residents of Newark constituency that established electoral laws and procedures, which are designed to protect our democracy have been complied with."
Nottinghamshire Police are yet to respond to the letter.
UKIP leader Nigel Farage, who lost a fiercely contested battle with the Conservatives in Thanet South last year, has said the party will not make a formal complaint but he would support any complaints made by members of the public.
A spokesman for the Electoral Commission said it was aware of the allegations.
"Alleged breaches of the rules around candidate spending at by-elections or parliamentary general elections are matters for the police to investigate under the Representation of the People Act 1983," he said.
A Conservative spokeswoman said: "All by-election spending has been correctly recorded in accordance with the law."
In particular, the regulator found that the society had been too slow to reach deals with struggling customers.
As a result, some of those customers had incurred extra fees and interest.
In February, the mortgage lender agreed to refund almost 34,000 customers at a cost of £8.4m, after an FCA probe.
The fine, the biggest imposed by the FCA on a building society, relates to the mistreatment of customers between 1 October 2011 and 31 July 2012.
The FCA found that Yorkshire staff had not been trained properly and had only "fragmented" guidance, which meant that customers did not receive consistent treatment.
"By allowing cases to drift without agreement, YBS's actions meant that customers in vulnerable circumstances risked falling into further financial difficulty," said Tracey McDermott, FCA director of Enforcement and Financial Crime.
"Customers in financial difficulty need to be treated fairly and sensitively," she said.
In a statement, Yorkshire acknowledged its failings and said that it had "completely changed" the way the building society operates.
Back in February it announced that any customer who had been charged a fee for being behind on their mortgage since 2009 would be refunded.
It also pledged to refund any interest on those fees. It says that some customers who were correctly charged fees would also receive a refund.
"As a mutual organisation owned by our members, the service we give to customers is fundamental to us and we are very sorry for letting them down," said Chris Pilling, Yorkshire Building Society chief executive.
"I hope the refunds we have voluntarily given to customers and the changes we have made demonstrate how seriously we have taken this issue and our commitment to put things right," he said. | A Conservative MP has said he will raise what he called "serious allegations" about the party's election spending with its ruling board.
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Yorkshire Building Society has been fined £4.1m by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for failing to deal properly with customers who had fallen behind with mortgage payments. |
What is the summary of the following document? | The 16-year-old, who cannot be named, had downed a litre of vodka when he called at the Swansea home of Jean Thyer on 28 September last year.
He admitted stealing the pensioner's purse but had denied burglary during his trial at Swansea Crown Court.
Sentencing was adjourned until 13 February for reports to be prepared.
During the trial, the court heard Mrs Thyer was found collapsed at her home in Killay, Swansea, the morning after the teenager's late evening visit.
The regular church-goer, who had lived at her address for over 50 years, died in hospital within a few days.
Jurors heard the teenager, who was 15 at the time, claimed he called at the victim's home because he was lost, and had no intention of burglary.
He claimed he stole her purse "on the spur of the moment," running off as the widow was on the phone calling a neighbour for help.
But a jury took just four hours to reject that version of events and unanimously found him guilty.
Mark Ellis, 57, denies carrying out sex attacks on the child in 1991 when he was aged around 10.
A jury heard claims that Mr Ellis, who ran a football team and training school in South Lanarkshire, threatened to kill both the boy and himself if the abuse was disclosed.
His accuser said he now "wanted justice" for the "wee boy" he once was.
Mr Ellis, who now lives in Birmingham, is on trial at the High Court in Glasgow where he denies a charge of behaving in a lewd and libidinous manner.
The jury heard how the alleged victim "just loved football".
He went on to be coached by Mr Ellis, who knew members of the boy's family.
Some of the abuse is said to have happened at their home when he visited, including the first alleged attack on Easter Sunday in 1991.
The alleged victim said he remembered initially being "scared" that day as the coach had turned up appearing "very angry".
He said he was then abused at Mr Ellis' flat in Biggar, South Lanarkshire.
Prosecutor Shanti Maguire asked: "By the time it got to this stage, did you ever want to tell anyone?"
He replied: "No - this was because Mark threatened that he would have to kill the two of us if I told anyone."
The jury heard the boy was also allegedly preyed on at a local sports club.
Another incident is said to have happened after Mr Ellis drove in his Land Rover to outside a darkened ambulance depot.
This was said to have happened after their team had suffered a heavy defeat.
The witness told the trial: "I can remember Mark took me home that night.
"I remember him saying we had got beat, but that I had played well."
He went on to recall the last time he spoke with Mr Ellis around that time, stating he had had "enough".
The alleged victim told the court: "I remember saying 'kill me if you want'.
"I remember looking at Mark and he seemed broken. I really could not stand the sight of him by then."
He then recalled being "delighted" when he found out Mr Ellis had later moved out of the area.
The witness said he did not reveal what allegedly happened until years later when he initially spoke to a friend.
He was described as being "completely broken and distraught".
In around 2005 - joined by a number of relatives - he was said to have then turned up at Mr Ellis's now home in the Midlands to confront him.
The court heard that his mother challenged Mr Ellis stating: "You think you have ruined my son, but you have not."
The accuser told the jury: "Mark said: 'I am sorry'. He kept saying sorry, sorry.
"He also said: 'I knew that this day was coming'."
Miss Maguire asked him if he had any reason to lie about Mr Ellis.
He replied: "No, none at all. I don't know if I even hate him. I just want justice for that wee boy."
The prosecutor went on: "That wee boy being yourself?" The witness said: "Yes."
Louise Arrol, defending, later put to the witness that the jury may hear that he was never abused by Mr Ellis.
Miss Arrol said: "Do you reject that?" to which the witness replied: "I totally reject that."
The trial, before Judge Johanna Johnston QC, continues. | A schoolboy has been found guilty of burgling the home of a 90-year-old widow who suffered a stroke within hours and later died.
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A boys' football coach has gone on trial charged with the abuse of a young player. |
Provide a concise summary of this excerpt. | All tobacco products have been banned at the facility, making Guernsey the second European jurisdiction to ban smoking anywhere on prison grounds.
The island has followed the Isle of Man's lead in implementing the move, which allows prisoners electronic cigarettes as a tobacco substitute.
The smoking ban, which aims to curb the effects of passive smoking, was backed by Guernsey's Home Department.
Deputy Francis Quin, the Deputy Home Minister, said: "People used to smoke in offices... that's all changed.
"It's a changed world, you've got to live with it."
Louise Arkle, deputy governor of Les Nicolles prison, said: "To introduce a partial ban, where they could smoke in the outside areas... would be so difficult to police."
She added: "Therefore we have a 15m boundary on the external of the fence, and then it's completely no smoking internally." | A smoking ban has begun at Guernsey's Les Nicolles prison. |
What is the summary of the given information? | Neil Taggart, who also served as a West Yorkshire Police Authority chairman and city councillor, pleaded guilty to eight child sex offences at Leeds Crown Court earlier.
The 65-year-old has been sacked from the Labour Party after he was suspended in October, a party spokesman said.
The crimes took place between 2007 and 2016, according to the Yorkshire Post.
Taggart, of Marlowe Court, Garforth, is due to be sentenced on 4 July.
In a statement, Labour said it had suspended him "as soon as the party became aware of the allegations he was facing".
"Following his guilty pleas today, he has been auto-excluded from the Labour Party, as being convicted of a serious criminal offence means he is no longer eligible to be a party member."
Leader of Leeds City Council, Judith Blake, said: "I condemn these despicable crimes in the strongest possible terms."
Taggart served as Lord Mayor in 2003. He was a Labour councillor for more than 30 years before being deselected by the party in October 2013 ahead of the 2014 election. | A former Lord Mayor of Leeds has admitted making and distributing indecent photographs of children. |
Write a concise summary of the provided excerpt. | Deputy Defence Minister Kostas Isichos told the BBC northern Europe must do more to rescue and shelter migrants.
He said that Greece, Italy and Spain were working on a common position ahead of an emergency EU summit on Thursday.
Meanwhile, more than 500 rescued people were brought ashore by Italian coastguards on Wednesday morning.
The number of people attempting to flee war and poverty in the Middle East and Africa, particularly Eritreans and Syrians, has spiked in recent months, leading to huge numbers of people drowning in unseaworthy vessels.
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) says there have been 30 times as many deaths so far in 2015 as in the same period last year and the figure could rise to 30,000.
Also on Wednesday, Italy's parliament held a minute's silence for Sunday's disaster, in which more than 800 people died.
Prime Minister Matteo Renzi then addressed MPs, saying he wanted asylum applications in Italy to start being processed by a "European team" and that more action was needed in countries where migrants originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
However, the UN's special rapporteur on the human rights of migrants has said wealthy countries should agree to accept one million Syrian refugees over the next five years to help end the series of boat disasters.
"If we don't provide any official mechanism for... [migrants], they will resort to smugglers. The inaction of Europe is actually what creates the market for smugglers," Francois Crepeau told the Guardian newspaper.
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On Monday, the EU set out a package of measures to try to ease the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean.
They include an increase in the financial resources of Frontex, the border agency which runs the EU's Mediterranean rescue service Triton, and an extension of Triton's operational area.
The EU had been criticised over the scope of Triton, which replaced the larger Italian operation Mare Nostrum at the end of last year.
There will also be a new campaign to destroy traffickers' boats.
Human rights group Amnesty International said that the decision to end Mare Nostrum had "contributed to a dramatic increase in migrant and refugee deaths" and called for "the immediate launch of a humanitarian operation to save lives at sea".
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) welcomed the EU's proposals, but stressed that "much more was needed" to tackle the issue. | A Greek minister has said the "great powers" of Europe need to take more responsibility for the unfolding crisis in the Mediterranean Sea. |
Summarize the following excerpt. | The Silkmen led 2-0 in little more than a quarter of an hour, Neil Byrne heading the opener from Danny Whitaker's cross before Andy Halls set up a near-identical second for Anthony Dudley.
Ryan Higgins halved the deficit three minutes before half-time, cutting in from the right and firing home from 30 yards.
Byrne saw a long-range effort pushed wide by Chris Cheetham and Mitch Hancox headed against the bar from close range as the visitors sought to kill the game off, but two goals proved to be enough.
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Match ends, Southport 1, Macclesfield Town 2.
Second Half ends, Southport 1, Macclesfield Town 2.
Substitution, Southport. Richard Brodie replaces Declan Weeks.
Substitution, Southport. Andrai Jones replaces Jamie Allen.
Substitution, Southport. Jim Stevenson replaces Liam Hynes.
Second Half begins Southport 1, Macclesfield Town 2.
First Half ends, Southport 1, Macclesfield Town 2.
Goal! Southport 1, Macclesfield Town 2. Ryan Higgins (Southport).
Spencer Myers (Southport) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Southport 0, Macclesfield Town 2. Anthony Dudley (Macclesfield Town).
Goal! Southport 0, Macclesfield Town 1. Neill Byrne (Macclesfield Town).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
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Mae 'Ymgyrch Darwen' yn cael ei gynnal rhwng cyfnod y Pasg a dechrau'r hydref ac mae wedi'i anelu at godi ymwybyddiaeth ynglŷn â diogelwch beicwyr modur.
Y llynedd yn y Gogledd yn unig gafodd 7 eu lladd a 79 yn eu hanafu yn ddifrifol wedi damweiniau yn ymwneud a beiciau modur.
Dywedodd yr Arolygydd Alun Davies o Heddlu'r Gogledd: "Rydym eisiau i bobl ddod yma i fwynhau'r ardal ond rydym eisiau i bobl fod yn saff ar y ffyrdd a pharchu'r bobl sy'n byw yma".
Adroddiad Elin Gwilym.
The CIPS/Markit composite purchasing managers' index (PMI) rose to 54.1, compared with 53.6 a month earlier - its highest reading in 49 months.
A reading above 50 indicates growth, while a reading below 50 suggests a fall in activity.
Markit said the services sector had seen its best quarter for four years.
In addition, factories enjoyed their best quarter of production growth for a year, "highlighting the broad-based nature of the upturn".
Employment and new orders also rose at their strongest rates for four years in the second quarter.
"Despite the cloud of the Greek debt crisis hanging over the region, the eurozone saw economic growth accelerate to a four-year high in June," said Chris Williamson, chief economist at Markit.
"The PMI is signalling GDP growth of 0.4% for the region as a whole in the second quarter."
The eurozone's gross domestic product (GDP) rose by 0.4% in the first quarter, according to official figures.
Mr Williamson added that the eurozone's economy was on course to grow by 2% this year, "though much of course depends on the outcome of the Greek debt negotiations and any resulting impact on growth in the second half of the year".
Business activity picked up in both Germany and France in June, but Germany saw a weaker growth rate in the second quarter compared with the first.
Excluding France and Germany, the rest of the eurozone recorded its best performance for eight years, Markit said. | Macclesfield kept their National League play-off hopes alive with a 2-1 win at bottom club Southport.
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Mae ymgyrch sydd wedi'i anelu at leihau nifer y marwolaethau ac anafiadau difrifol sy'n ymwneud â beicwyr modur ar ffyrdd gogledd Cymru yn parhau.
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The eurozone's economic recovery is continuing, a survey has suggested, with business output growing at its fastest rate in four years in June. |
Write a summary for the following excerpt. | The Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) was looking to recoup funds it said had been lost through nine disputed trades conducted in 2008.
The Libyans said the bank had taken advantage of its lack of financial savvy, exerting "undue influence".
Goldman Sachs told the court the claims were without merit.
Dismissing the LIA allegations, the judge ruled there had been no undue influence from Goldman.
The LIA accused Goldman Sachs of encouraging it to make complex, money-losing investments with its $67bn national investment fund, set up by Col Muammar Gaddafi in 2006 to invest the country's oil wealth.
The nine equity derivatives expired worthless.
The bank denied all the claims, saying it was a case of "buyer's remorse".
Goldman Sachs on Friday welcomed what it described as "a comprehensive judgment in our favour".
But the LIA said it would continue to fight to "return Libya's wealth to the people of Libya". | The London High Court has dismissed a $1.2bn (£840m) claim against US investment bank Goldman Sachs over Libya's sovereign wealth fund. |
What is the brief summary of the provided content? | The Great Central Railway, between Leicester and Nottingham, was left with a 500m gap after infrastructure, including bridges, were removed.
A new £2.5m bridge, in Loughborough, is the first stage to rejoin the 18-mile (29km) railway, described by GCR as the "UK's only main line heritage railway".
The £8m project is due to be completed by 2019.
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One section of the railway runs from Leicester to Loughborough - the GCR - and the other from Ruddington, in Nottinghamshire, to North-West Leicestershire - the GCRN.
Separating the two railways is the gap where tracks, embankments and bridges were removed in the early 1980s.
Source: GCR and GCRN
The new 30m bridge will carry a single track of the heritage railway over the main line between Derby and London St Pancras.
Bill Ford, of GCR, said the start of the project was "a very exciting moment".
"We have cherished this vision for decades, so to finally make a start on the ground is very important for us," he said.
Nicky Morgan, MP for Loughborough, performed a traditional Victorian style "turf cutting" ceremony to mark the start of the work.
"It was fantastic to be a part of history," she said. "This is a project that has been talked about for 40 years."
"It's going to bring big benefits to our local area - more tourism, more visitors, more employees... I'm really excited to be a part of it."
Paul Kirkman, of the National Railway Museum, said: "Leicester had one of the world's earliest railways and was also a hub of the Midland line.
"This joining of the line seems another positive step towards making the area and region rich in railway heritage, and inspiring a new generation to get involved in our nation's railway story."
The project also involves reinstating embankments and repairing other bridges which have survived along the gap. | Work to reconnect two parts of a railway line which was divided into two over three decades ago has begun. |
Write a concise summary for the following article. | The 33ft (10m) deep hole appeared in the former claypit site of Fontmell Close in St Albans on 1 October.
The county council said a survey showed a "significant anomaly" which was likely to be underneath homes.
It said it was talking to residents about carrying out "intrusive" surveys as soon as possible.
A survey of the road and footpath in Fontmell Close and Bridle Close by Geotechnology Ltd involved working out the precise measurements of gravity under the road.
It showed the collapse, which has since been filled with 48 lorry-loads of foamed concrete, happened within the boundary of a clay pit excavated in the 19th Century and backfilled with waste from the area.
However, experts said the "most likely" explanation for the collapse was chalk excavation in the bedrock beneath the clay.
The council said its investigation appeared to show "a significant amount of missing mass adjacent to the site of the collapse".
Rob Smith, the deputy director of the environment at Hertfordshire County Council, said: "We don't know where the centre of the anomaly is but it tells us there is something there that requires further investigation.
"The best interpretation of the data is that there is a void of about 20m depth, which is likely to be an old chalk mine, but this is not definitive."
He said it was likely that was underneath homes but the council needed to carry out a "more intrusive investigation" to "determine the full extent of the problem".
The council said it could not give an exact timescale but it would "be at least six months" before the "anomaly" could be investigated and fixed.
Mr Smith said the authority had met with residents to discuss the way forward but if a cavity is found to extend under houses, householders must speak to their insurers about remedial work as the council is only responsible for the highways.
"We appreciate this is upsetting news and are continuing to work together to determine the next steps, he said.
"It's a dreadful situation for the residents, I would love to have a magic wand and make it go away but we are being as informative as we can."
Most residents in the close have returned to their homes but it is not known when the few people in the immediate area of the hole can return.
Mr Smith said "a number of anomalies" had been identified in the area which also needed investigation but they were not as urgent.
"If residents are worried they need to undertake their own investigation," he said.
"But I am happy that they have all the information from us so they can make their own decisions."
Rosemary Broom who lives adjacent to the hole said she is concerned about the situation.
"We don't really know where we're going with it at the minute, it's very worrying," she said.
Neighbour, Ben Bagshaw, said: "We're hoping the insurance companies will help us out, but so far there's been no promise that's going to happen." | A "possible void" has been found under a road where a sinkhole opened up, which could be three times larger than the existing hole, a council said. |
Summarize the information given below. | The deputy first minister was giving evidence to the finance committee.
Mr McGuinness said he was not told about meetings and contacts between Nama, bidders for its NI portfolio and DUP ministers.
The National Asset Management Agency (Nama) sold its NI loan book to a US investment fund.
A Stormont inquiry began after it was claimed a Northern Ireland politician was to get a payment as a result of the sale.
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Mick Wallace, an independent politician in the Republic of Ireland, made the claim about a Northern Irish politician in the Irish parliament.
Deputy First Minster Martin McGuinness told Stormont's finance committee it was "totally, absolutely misleading" for the DUP to say he was being kept informed about a bid for the portfolio from the Pimco investment fund.
He said Mr Robinson did at some point tell him Pimco had bid and subsequently withdrawn, but not the detail.
Mr McGuinness was "gobsmacked" to learn the former US Vice President Dan Quayle visited Stormont to meet Mr Robinson and he was not told.
Mr Quayle is now chairman of Cerberus Global Investments the US fund which bought the Nama loans.
Asked whether he should have been kept up to speed about meetings in which Mr Robinson was acting as first minister, Mr McGuinness said that led to his concerns.
"It raises very serious questions in relation to what capacity the first minister was acting," he said.
"Because if I wasn't aware of these engagements taking place, then it clearly suggests that the first minister was in consort with the minister for finance and personnel, who was from the DUP party, was involved in an enterprise, which also involved Michael Noonan (Irish Finance Minister), without my knowledge, in terms of the meetings that were taking place."
DUP committee member Jim Wells put it to Mr McGuinness that a memorandum of understanding (mutually agreed conditions for a deal), which had been sent from the first minister's office in regard to a possible deal, had been shared with Sinn Féin.
Mr Wells said the relevant documents had been sent to a senior Sinn Féin advisor, Dara O'Hagan.
Mr McGuinness reiterated that the memorandum of understanding was not shared with him.
"It's quite clear what's going on here, that what you're doing is trying to distance yourself from a deal," Mr Wells said.
"You didn't try to distance yourself at the time. But now that you see perhaps there's some controversy, you are frantically trying to row yourself back from decisions that you are fully aware of."
The finance committee invited DUP Leader Peter Robinson to give evidence.
Before hearing evidence from Mr McGuinness, the finance committee discussed whether loyalist blogger Jamie Bryson should be allowed to give evidence in public or private.
Mr Bryson had contacted the committee to claim he had evidence about the deal.
He claims he has primary documentation and therefore should be heard in public.
MLAs voted to hold a preliminary public session with Mr Bryson to allow them to assess if Mr Bryson met their criteria to give his evidence in a full public session.
Appearing at the preliminary session, Mr Bryson threatened to seek a judicial review if his evidence is not heard in public.
He said he was conscious that he did not want to stray into any area of evidence that the committee did not want him to and said he would make "no wild allegations or innuendo".
Mr Bryson said he could stand over all the evidence he would provide.
"I believe my evidence will uncover an intricate web of political and financial behaviours that will show how there is an epidemic of cash-for-influence scams within the political, business, banking, accountancy and property development professions," he said.
Following his submission, MLAs voted to allow Mr Bryson to give his evidence in an open session.
Last week, MLAs decided witnesses who cannot demonstrate a "direct link" to parties at the centre of the inquiry should be heard behind closed doors.
Their evidence would be published at a later stage and could be partly redacted.
Cerberus, which bought the loans from Nama, has denied that any improper or illegal payments were made on its behalf.
Nama says the sales process was "robust, competitive and secured the best outcome for the Irish taxpayer". | Martin McGuinness has said there are "very serious questions" about what capacity Peter Robinson was acting in with regard to the Nama loan sale. |
Summarize the information given below. | The 25-year-old made his England debut from the bench during Saturday's 37-21 victory over South Africa.
Having been at Premiership side Wasps since 2013, he qualified for England via the three-year residency rule.
"I have no qualms. I can say England is my home now and I feel English because I've played for my country," he said.
"It is the thing that provides my food, my shelter. Why not play for your country that I live in?" Hughes told BBC Radio 5 live.
Hughes, who could make his first start for England against Fiji on Saturday, denied his decision was financially motivated.
A new £20m deal will see England players receive more than £20,000 per Test match, excluding bonuses, while Fiji's squad are paid £60 a day.
"To play for England is not all about money. It is about representing the country and representing where I live and where I play my rugby," he said.
"I said to my wife: 'If I play for Fiji I will be travelling back and forth. If I play for England I'm here and you will be here.' It wasn't the hardest decision."
Hughes added that he had received support from friends and family in Fiji when he made his England debut.
"There was a lot of videos and cheering and stuff sent to me," he said. "People were saying: 'Everyone's wearing the Red Rose here in Fiji.'" | England back-row forward Nathan Hughes says choosing to play for Eddie Jones' side over Fiji, the country of his birth, "wasn't the hardest decision". |
Please summarize the given passage. | Lavinia Woodward, 24, attacked the man at Christ Church college, while she was under the influence of drink and drugs.
At Oxford Crown Court, Judge Ian Pringle QC said the "extraordinary" student might avoid a jail sentence as it would affect her career prospects.
But the university said the suggestion Woodward would return to her studies was "the judge's not the college's".
A spokesperson said there was "no guarantee" Woodward would be allowed back.
The BBC understands the medical student had previously been warned about her drug use and told she could be expelled if it continued.
Judge Pringle said he believed the attack was "a complete one-off".
"To prevent this extraordinary, able young lady from following her long-held desire to enter the profession she wishes to, would be a sentence which would be too severe," he said at a hearing on 12 May.
"What you did will never, I know, leave you, but it was pretty awful, and normally it would attract a custodial sentence."
The university spokesperson said: "A decision on continuing study will always take full account of the health, wellbeing and best interests of both the student and the wider student community.
"No-one outside of the college and university can guarantee the right of a return to study. No final decision has been reached or guarantee made."
During the attack on her ex-boyfriend, a Cambridge University student, Woodward thumped him, lunged at him with a bread knife and stabbed him in the leg.
She admitted inflicting grievous body harm and will be sentenced on 25 September.
Get news from the BBC in your inbox, each weekday morning | An Oxford University medic who stabbed her ex-boyfriend might not be allowed to return to her studies. |
Summarize the content given in the passage. | The 46-year-old second seed was comfortable throughout as he won each set 3-1 to make progress towards a third straight title.
Fifth seed Adrian Lewis, runner-up last year, also went through by defeating Joe Cullen 4-0.
Michael Smith, the 11th seed, edged Mervyn King 4-3.
The 26-year-old Smith let a two-set advantage slip, but overcame King 4-2 in the decider.
Benito van de Pas also had a seven-leg match, eventually winning 4-3 against Terry Jenkins, while Darren Webster saw off 17th seed Simon Whitlock 4-0.
Ian White won the day's opening match to reach the last 16, beating Jonny Clayton 4-1.
He was asked to give "a little clue as to [his] inclinations" about the BBC's forthcoming charter renewal by shadow culture secretary Chris Bryant.
The minister responded quoting Mr Bryant's 2005 description of elements of the licence fee as "regressive".
"You will have to await our conclusions," Mr Whittingdale added.
"I would say I very much agree when you observe 'elements of the licence fee are regressive because everyone has to pay it, so it falls as a greater percentage of the income on the poorest people'."
The quote was taken from a 2005 debate in which Mr Bryant went on to say the licence fee was "a good principle because it enables everyone in the country, whether rich or poor, to watch the best programming."
Mr Whittingdale has been a critic of the licence fee in the past, saying last year it was "worse than a poll tax" and "unsustainable" in the long term.
Some commentators have suggested his appointment could pose a threat to the corporation, prompting Mr Bryant to ask: "Is Auntie safe in your hands?"
The current royal charter, which determines the level of the licence fee and the other terms under which the corporation operates, runs out at the end of 2016.
The culture secretary agreed with Mr Bryant that its renewal involved "a tight timetable" but that he was "hoping we will be able to renew the charter on time".
Before taking over at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), Mr Whittingdale chaired the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee.
Last year the committee said the licence fee was becoming "harder to justify and sustain" while conceding "there appears to be no realistic alternative... in the short term". | Defending champion Gary Anderson is through to the last 16 of the PDC World Darts Championship after beating Andrew Gilding 4-0 at Alexandra Palace.
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Can you write a short summary of this section? | So when actress-politician Divya Spandana, better known by her screen name Ramya, made some remarks last week praising Pakistan, a lawyer filed a private case in a local court, seeking to get her charged with sedition for "appreciating the people of Pakistan", India's neighbour and rival.
Ramya had returned from a trip to Islamabad and found Pakistan was "not hell" - a riposte to the Indian Defence Minister, Manohar Parrikar, who recently remarked that going to Pakistan was the "same as going to hell".
Lawyer K Vittal Gowda was clearly not impressed.
"By saying that people in Pakistan are good, she has committed sedition. This is an anti-national statement," he told my colleague Imran Qureshi in Bangalore, after filing his complaint. India's info-tech capital is no stranger to such allegedly seditious activities: earlier this month, city police slapped a sedition case against Amnesty International India after some people allegedly raised "anti-India slogans at its event".
For decades, successive governments have used a colonial-era sedition law - the dreaded section 124a of the antiquated Indian Penal Code - against students, journalists, intellectuals, social activists, and those critical of the government.
More than half-a-century after the top court imposed restrictions on using the law, authorities appear to be flouting it with impunity.
As many as 47 sedition cases were reported in 2014 alone, across nine states, according to the National Crime Records Bureau. Many of these cases did not involve any violence or incitement to violence. A total of 58 people were arrested in connection with the cases. The government has only managed one conviction.
Consider this:
In 2012 and 2013, an astonishing number of 23,000 men and women who protested against a nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu were held for "waging war against the state" and sedition - 9,000 of them for sedition alone. "Police would name a few accused and then add 2,000 others without naming them while booking them for sedition. That's how arbitrary it is," anti-nuclear activist SP Udayakumar tells me.
Some 140 cases, half of them related to sedition, against the protesters are being heard in the courts today. "The law is purely used now to instil fear and intimidate people who protest against authority," says Mr Udayakumar.
Things seem to be getting worse.
Media watchdog The Hoot says it is "raining sedition charges in an otherwise normal monsoon season" this year. It has listed 18 cases involving sedition charges against 19 people in the first eight months of 2016.
India's slow moving judicial system ensures prolonged delays in disposing cases. Meanwhile, people charged with sedition have to surrender their passports, are not eligible for government jobs, must produce themselves in the court as and when required, and spend money on legal fees. "The charges have rarely stuck in most of the cases, but the process itself becomes the punishment," says Jayshree Bajoria , co-writer of a Human Rights Watch report on "stifling dissent" in India.
Earlier this month a non-profit group mounted a fresh legal challenge against the "misuse" of the law in the Supreme Court.
Common Cause urges the top court to make it compulsory for the authorities to "produce a reasoned order" from the local chief of police certifying that the seditious act could either lead to incitement of violence or could lead to public disorder, before any police complaint or arrest can be made.
Most believe India should simply get rid of the law along with a raft of vaguely-worded, draconian laws - the criminal defamation laws and laws to curb hate speech and silence dissent, for example. "Sedition itself needs to enter the dustbin of oppressive legal history," says lawyer Karuna Nundy.
Clearly, scrapping the law would be a good beginning. "The sooner we get rid of it the better," Nehru had said. That was more than half-a-century ago. | In India, you can be charged with sedition for liking a Facebook post, criticising a yoga guru, cheering a rival cricket team, drawing cartoons, asking a provocative question in a university exam, or not standing up in a cinema when the national anthem is being played. |
Summarize the content given in the passage. | Essex added 16 runs to their overnight 335-3, with Lawrence 51 not out and Ravi Bopara 66 not out at stumps.
There was enough time for Lawrence to become the fifth Essex player to reach a half-century, following Alastair Cook, Tom Westley and Nick Browne's efforts on the first day.
Play was called off at 17:10 BST.
To find out what this new generation cares about most, BBC Pop Up partnered with the smartphone app Yik Yak, whose audience is 98% millennial.
Before the election we asked: "How will Canada's election affect you?" Below is a selection of the most "upvoted" responses.
We also posted a poll: "What's the number one issue that will decide your vote?"
Thousands of "Yakkers" responded and the result - shown here - was the economy, followed by energy and the environment.
Finally, on election day, we asked: "Who would be the best leader for young people?
Outgoing Conservative leader Stephen Harper was the least-preferred candidate.
The NDP's Tom Mulcair was 1.07 times more popular, and the new PM Justin Trudeau won 2.7 times more "upvotes". But he was not the winner of this poll.
So just who was the favourite choice of millennial voters? "None of the above".
Are you a young Canadian who voted for the first time at this election? Tell us what influenced how you voted?
Contact us via Twitter @bbcpopup, Facebook BBC Pop Up, or email: [email protected].
James Moorfoot, 28, collapsed while playing for Langtoft AFC in Rudston, East Yorkshire, on Saturday.
Staff and pupils at Hornsea School and Language College, where Mr Moorfoot worked, have laid flowers at the school in memory of the popular teacher.
Acting headteacher Steve Ostler said: "He was the coolest of the cool and he will be sadly missed by everybody."
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Mr Ostler said: "Our school community is absolutely devastated by the news of James' death at the weekend.
"James was a fantastic English teacher. He was passionate about everything he did.
"He was passionate about football and he was passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people."
A range of support services had been put in place for staff and pupils and a Facebook page, called RIP Mr Moorfoot, 11/2/2017, has been set up by students.
The creator of the page wrote: "You will never be forgotten. R.I.P to the best English teacher Hornsea school has ever had. We love you Mr Moorfoot."
A spokesperson for Langtoft AFC said the club was "numb with grief" following Mr Moorfoot's death.
The East Riding County Football League said: "The league sends heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of James Moorfoot and to everyone connected with Langtoft FC at this sad time." | Dan Lawrence reached his half-century for Essex in the 10 overs possible before rain ended the second day's play against Northants at Chelmsford.
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As Canada elects one of its youngest ever prime ministers, Justin Trudeau, what are the hopes and dreams of young voters for this new era?
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Tributes have been paid to a "fantastic teacher and passionate footballer" who died during a match. |
Summarize the content of the document below. | The poll, triggered by the death of long-serving Labour MP Michael Meacher, is the first major electoral test for party leader Jeremy Corbyn.
Labour is defending a 14,738 majority from May's general election.
But it faces a threat from UKIP in what is the first by-election of the current Parliament, with results expected early on Friday morning.
Full list of declared candidates:
Conservative: James Daly
Green Party: Simeon Hart
Labour: Jim McMahon
Liberal Democrat: Jane Brophy
Monster Raving Loony: Sir Oink A-Lot
UKIP: John Bickley
General Election 2015 result
The incident happened at about 16:30 on Monday outside the Co-op in High Croft in Kelso.
The victim was with her 12-year-old son when she was verbally abused and slapped in the face by a man she had earlier had a confrontation with.
Following the assault, her attacker left the car park in a large, black 2015 registration plate vehicle.
Police described him as white, aged 25 to 30, with a plump build, round face and short dark hair.
PC Alex Cain said: "This was a very frightening ordeal for the woman as it was witnessed by her son who became highly distressed and agitated after.
"I'm asking for anyone who was within the car park at the time and that can assist police with their inquiries to come forward." | Polls have closed in the by-election to elect a new MP for Oldham West and Royton.
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A 44-year-old woman has been assaulted in front of her son in a supermarket car park in the Scottish Borders. |
Provide a concise summary of this excerpt. | Former Swansea RFC player Jonathan Thomas, 34, was taken to Morriston Hospital where he later died.
Daniel Jason Shepherd, 23, from Skewen, Neath Port Talbot, spoke to confirm his details and was remanded in custody at Swansea Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.
He will appear at the city's crown court on 13 November. | A man has appeared in court charged with manslaughter after a reveller died following an incident in Swansea in the early hours of Sunday. |
Write a concise summary for the following article. | The US-based Bristow Group has won a 10-year, £1.6bn contract to run the service from 2015 - ending 70 years of RAF and Royal Naval operations.
For the South West of England, it means operations at Royal Marine Barracks (RMB) Chivenor will relocate to St Athan in Wales, and work at Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Culdrose in Cornwall will move to Newquay Airport.
Bob Thompson, an Ilfracombe councillor who campaigned to keep 24-hour cover at Chivenor, said: "Losing Chivenor will be losing a major part of the fabric of our society in north Devon.
"We are so used to seeing the big yellow bird flying around the area, that it will be missed, but in terms of saving lives then perhaps helicopters being based in Wales will be better."
While the search and rescue element of Chivenor will go, the base and the rest of its operations will remain.
Nick Harvey, MP for north Devon and former defence minister, said: "I am very sorry to see the Search And Rescue personnel and their families leave.
"I am also sad to see the RAF and the Navy pulling out of this area of work, but I do understand their concern that it was using up their ever-scarcer resources.
"But with 24-hour services operating out of Cardiff and Newquay, I think we must accept that North Devon will be very much safer than the original proposal under the last government to downgrade us to daytime-only cover."
In Cornwall, search and rescue will move 34 miles (55km) down the road from RNAS Culdrose to Newquay Airport where the Cornwall Air Ambulance is already based.
Major Dave Fielder, from RNAS Culdrose, said: "This announcement wasn't a surprise, purely because we knew the Sea King was being withdrawn in 2016 and staff and personnel will be transferred to other roles.
"So it's business as usual but with subtle changes."
Airport managing director Al Titterington hailed the Department of Transport announcement on Tuesday as "very good news for the airport".
"The most important bit is we demonstrate the importance not just to connecting Cornwall for business and leisure, but we're now going to be part of national infrastructure," he said.
Andrew George, MP for West Cornwall, has his concerns and says the move has drawbacks for the forces. Royal Naval staff, he says, will be missing out on the "real life training experience" of operations now the service will be run privately.
But Captain Peter Morgan who has experienced both sides of the divide, having worked at RNAS Culdrose and Bristows, says the move is a "good thing".
"Bristows is a fine helicopter company, no one's better equipped to handle SAR work," he added.
"It's sad perhaps that the SAR outfit is going to move away from Culdrose and be based at Newquay, but sadness doesn't alter the fact that the service to the marine people, that need rescuing, is going to be just as well served."
Under the new contract, 22 helicopters will operate 24-hours a day from 10 locations around the UK which the government says "will be able reach a larger area of the UK search and rescue region within one hour". | The privatisation of the UK's helicopter search and rescue (SAR) operation has been met with a mixed response around two of its current bases. |
Write a brief summary of the provided content. | The 44-year-old man was taking part in a fundraising event for the Douglas Macmillan Hospice when he collapsed and died near Chirk, Wrexham, on the A5.
A spokesman thanked the riders and the emergency services for their "genuine display of consideration".
The rides on Sunday covered routes from Stoke-on-Trent to Llangollen.
Hospice chief executive David Webster said: "I have been made aware that other participants in the event stopped and tried to help the cyclist whilst waiting for the arrival of the emergency services.
"We thank everyone for their kindness and genuine display of consideration for their fellow event participant, who was not known to them personally.
"We share their sadness and deep regret that nothing could be done to help the cyclist."
The man, who was from Staffordshire, has not been named by police.
Their research analysed the work habits and brain test results of about 3,000 men and 3,500 women aged over 40 in Australia.
Their calculations suggest a part-time job keeps the brain stimulated, while avoiding exhaustion and stress.
The researchers said this needed to be taken into consideration as many countries raise their retirement age.
Data for the study was drawn from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey, which is conducted by the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economics and Social Research at the University of Melbourne.
It looks at people's economic and subjective well-being, family structures, and employment.
Those taking part were asked to read words aloud, to recite lists of numbers backwards and to match letters and numbers under time pressure.
In general terms, those participants who worked about 25 hours a week tended to achieve the best scores.
"Work can be a double-edged sword, in that it can stimulate brain activity, but at the same time, long working hours and certain types of tasks can cause fatigue and stress which potentially damage cognitive functions," the report said.
Colin McKenzie, professor of economics at Keio University who took part in the research, said it would appear that working extremely long hours was more damaging than not working at all on brain function.
The figures suggest that the cognitive ability of those working about 60 hours a week can be lower than those who are not employed.
However, Geraint Johnes, professor of economics at Lancaster University Management School, said: "The research looks only at over-40s, and so cannot make the claim that over-40s are different from any other workers.
"What the authors find is that cognitive functioning improves up to the point at which workers work 25 hours a week and declines thereafter."
He added: "Actually, at first the decline is very marginal, and there is not much of an effect as working hours rise to 35 hours per week. Beyond 40 hours per week, the decline is much more rapid." | Organisers of a charity bike ride have praised participants for trying to save a cyclist's life after he collapsed part of the way through.
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Workers aged over 40 perform at their best if they work three days a week, according to economic researchers. |
Can you provide a summary of this content? | Wigtown will host about 280 events between 23 September and 2 October.
Among the speakers this year are politician Sir Malcolm Rifkind, TV presenter Janet Ellis and journalist Sian Williams.
Director Adrian Turpin said they tried to do things a little bit differently every year.
"It is the largest festival we have ever run - there are about 280 events this year," he said.
"At the centre of it all this year one of the things we are going to be looking at is the subject of islands."
Mr Turpin said that theme would cover Scottish islands but also the implications of Brexit.
As well as a wide programme of talks other events are planned throughout the 10-day festival.
They include a creative writing class, discussion of the future of public libraries and a class on "street wisdom".
Dr Lindsay Neil has called for the new road to be one of the key priorities should a bid for £1bn worth of "city deal" funding be successful.
He claims a bypass could reduce pollution in the town, especially around the high school.
Transport Scotland said it had invested in "route management" to improve safety on the road.
There has been a lengthy campaign for the A7 to be diverted around the Borders town.
Local people have claimed that the road through the town is unsafe due to the high volume of traffic and large lorries that use the route.
Dr Neil said: "If you are trying to invest money in the Borders, one of the things we have go to do is invest in the infrastructure.
"The A7 is appalling. There are two right angles [bends] in Selkirk. The dangers to the citizens is horrendous. They wouldn't be accepted in the south of England, I can tell you."
A bypass could also benefit the health of vulnerable groups such as the young and the elderly, he added.
He said recent research on pollution levels from diesel cars may add weight to the argument for a ring road.
In a letter to local MSP Paul Wheelhouse, he said: "As a GP practising in the town, I had noticed a marked rise in asthma levels over the years since 1973, when I came, which exactly coincided with the increased use of diesel engines.
"Elsewhere, clear evidence has been accumulated directly blaming diesel emissions as the cause of what is now called the 'asthma epidemic'."
He said children who walk along the A7 to get to Selkirk High School are at particular risk.
Dr Neil has asked Mr Wheelhouse for help in testing roadside pollution levels in the town.
A Transport Scotland spokesman said the bypass was considered as part of its Strategic Transport Projects Review.
He added: "While the review concluded that the Selkirk bypass would not meet the objectives of continuing accident reduction rates across the trunk road network, it did recommend active route management with targeted investments to provide safety and operational improvements, and we have provided more than £20m since 2007 to meet those commitments."
The computers were taken during a break-in at Swan Films in Rusholme, Manchester on Thursday afternoon.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said the computers had since been recovered and the video files had not been accessed. It has launched a review into its security arrangements.
Six men have been arrested in relation to the burglary.
A CPS spokeswoman said the material, which related to Greater Manchester Police cases and also included witnesses' video statements, was sent to the company in August.
"The CPS has secured all material which remained at the burgled premises and is asking for an urgent explanation of the security measures in place," she said.
She added staff had contacted those involved in the cases affected to inform them "of the successful recovery of the material in question". | Organisers of the annual festival in Scotland's national book town have promised their "largest ever" programme.
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A bypass around Selkirk could reduce chronic health conditions such as asthma, according to a retired GP.
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Computers containing police interviews with victims have been stolen in a burglary at a video-editing contractor. |
Can you provide a brief summary for this document? | The man, named in Pakistan as Abdul Jabbar, died in the north west of the country in September.
Newsnight spoke to a "a trusted, senior security source" overseas who said Jabbar intended to lead a group called the Islamic Army of Great Britain.
Whitehall officials have declined to comment on the BBC's report.
Europe plot
The programme also said the security source confirmed that Jabbar was a British citizen with a British wife. He was living in the Jhelum area of Punjab in Pakistan.
According to Newsnight, intelligence agencies monitored a meeting of 300 militants three months ago in the Ambarshaga area of North Waziristan, attended by Jabbar and militants from the Taliban and al-Qaeda.
The source said that Jabbar was put forward as the leader of the new terrorist group, which was tasked with preparing Mumbai-style commando attacks against targets in Britain, France and Germany.
Details of the plot first emerged in the US media, and the suspicions were confirmed by security sources to the BBC last month.
The revelations saw the US, UK, Sweden and Japan issue updated advice to citizens travelling in Europe to warn of the possibility of terror attacks there.
Newsnight's source said the intelligence led to the drone attacks on 8 September, in which Jabbar and three other militants were killed.
Analysts say the US is the only force capable of deploying drone aircraft in the region but the American military does not routinely confirm such operations.
Western intelligence sources have said the plan in Europe was for small teams of militants to seize and kill hostages
They were to model their mission on the bloody attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai on 26 November 2008, which left 166 people dead.
Ten gunmen attacked buildings including the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower and Oberoi-Trident hotels, the city's historic Victoria Terminus train station, and the Jewish cultural center, Chabad House, during the three-day siege.
All but one were killed. | A British terror suspect killed in a drone attack was being groomed to head an al-Qaeda splinter group in the UK, the BBC's Newsnight has learnt. |
Please summarize the document below. | It was facing a potential overspend of £15.6m at the start of the financial year. Raigmore Hospital in Inverness accounted for £10.5m of that figure.
Health board chiefs said at the time that they expected to break even.
They said further savings and "successful management of service pressures" will now be required.
Head coach Robbie Neilson hopes Callum Paterson will return from a shoulder problem but Juwon Oshaniwa is suspended and midfielder Don Cowie remains out.
Aberdeen have an unchanged squad.
Midfielder Barry Robson completes a two-match ban, while Peter Pawlett (broken arm) and Adam Rooney (thigh) are still not ready to return.
Everywhere you turn at this late stage in the Scottish Premiership campaign there are meaningful matches but you will struggle to find a bigger fixture this weekend.
Questions about the credibility of Aberdeen's title challenge have now given way to questions about whether or not they can win it.
Derek McInnes' side have exactly the same points tally as they did at this time a year ago - but Celtic's recent slips mean they are three points closer to the champions this time around.
Four wins in the last five matches provides the proof of their current form but with just six games remaining, there is no more room for error.
Aberdeen have won just once in their last nine visits to Tynecastle but it was recent and convincing - a 3-1 scoreline in September last year.
Robbie Neilson is adamant his side are still capable of overtaking Aberdeen and finishing second - it's a long shot but the notion provides a carrot for a group of players who certainly don't lack hunger.
They may well lack some fitness though - a virus swept through the squad earlier in the week and even forced the club to shut down the training centre.
A quick glance at the stats shows Hearts have conceded six goals in their last two matches but that double defeat was preceded by four straight wins.
It will be another sell-out crowd and Tynecastle under the lights provides a special stage for what could be a special match.
Belgium says those among about 500 Belgians in the country "whose presence is not essential" should leave.
The EU says it will evacuate temporarily its employees' "families and part of the non-essential staff".
The cycle of violence began with protests against President Pierre Nkurunziza's bid for a third term.
At least 240 people have been killed there since the demonstrations began in April.
There are fears of a genocide in Burundi, similar in scale or worse than those previously experienced in a country which has a long history of killings between Hutu and Tutsi ethnic groups.
In a statement on Friday, the Belgian foreign ministry said: "We advise Belgians who are currently in Burundi and whose presence is not essential to leave the country as soon as normal measures allow."
Meanwhile, the EU ambassador to Burundi, Patrick Spirlet, told Reuters that the "rising risk of violence" had prompted the EU mission in the capital Bujumbura to reduce some staff.
However, he stressed that "the delegation will continue functioning normally".
These measures come a day after the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution strongly condemning the escalating violence.
The French-drafted resolution also paves the way for a possible deployment of blue-helmeted UN peacekeepers.
It requests that Secretary General Ban Ki-moon reports within 15 days on options for increasing the UN presence in the impoverished African country.
UN officials are considering a number of alternatives, including rushing in peacekeepers currently deployed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, says the BBC's Nick Bryant.
But that would require another vote in the Security Council.
In April, Mr Nkurunziza argued that his first term as president did not count towards the constitutional two-term limit as he was chosen by MPs.
Mr Nkurunziza was duly re-elected with 70% of the vote in July.
10.4m population
50 years - life expectancy for a man
2nd poorest country in the world
85% are Hutu, 14% Tutsi
300,000 died in civil war | NHS Highland still needs to save £2m before April in order to balance its books, the health board's finance chiefs have said.
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Please provide a short summary of this passage. | The jury of seven women and five men began the process on Tuesday, nearly two years after the attacks killed three and injured more than 260 people.
The court heard that Mr Tsarnaev "wanted to punish America" for its wars in Muslim countries.
Defence lawyers concede Mr Tsarnaev played a role but want his life spared.
They say he should not be executed because his older brother Tamerlan, killed in the aftermath, was the mastermind.
"If not for Tamerlan, it would not have happened," Judy Clarke said, during arguments in which she repeatedly referred to her client as a "kid" and a "teenager".
But the prosecution presented a man who killed without a thought for the innocents.
"This was a cold, calculated terrorist act. This was intentional. It was bloodthirsty. It was to make a point," Aloke Chakravarty said.
If Mr Tsarnaev is found guilty, the same jury will then begin hearing evidence on whether he should face life imprisonment or execution as part of the second phase of the trial.
Police were called to Franses jewellers on Westover Road, Bournemouth, after reports two men entered the store and threatened staff with handguns at about 16:30 GMT.
An unknown quantity of items were stolen before the pair made off in a black Ford Fiesta, officers said.
Two men, both aged 24, and a 30-year-old woman were arrested on suspicion of robbery.
The vehicle was later recovered on the A338 Spur Road near to the Blackwater Junction.
Det Insp Andy Bell said: "I would also like to hear from anyone who saw a black Ford Focus with registration number BG05 OJU being driven between Westover Road and the A338 Blackwater Junction."
The 24-year-old prop, who has played 50 games for the islanders, will leave in the summer after two years at St Peter.
"Nacho had agreed terms and signed his contract with us, a new two-year contract," Biljon told BBC Jersey.
"Unfortunately for Nacho there's been some personal circumstances back in Argentina that he has to go back and be with his family."
Lancuba battled with Sam Lockwood to be the club's starting loose-head this season, but both players are to leave after Lockwood agreed a summer move to Newcastle.
"Nacho has been someone who has developed immensely and probably the tough thing for Nacho is the natural progression of falling into the number one position," said Biljon.
"I think he's pushed Sam really hard over the last couple of years, and this was Nacho's opportunity to stake a claim for that number one shirt over the next few years and see if there was a Premiership opportunity for him at the end of that.
"It's unfortunate timing, but you've got to respect the man and how loyal he is and respect his morals about recognising his personal situation and he has to go and be with family." | Jurors in Boston are considering whether Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is guilty of carrying out the bombing of the 2013 city marathon.
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Give a brief summary of the content. | The probe follows a news report that Fifa sold the rights for rates below market value to a Caribbean football organisation.
Fifa said the agreement with the Caribbean group promised Fifa much more than the up-front fee.
US and Swiss officials also reported on a wider Fifa inquiry.
Swiss Attorney General Michael Lauber told a press conference that prosecutors would look at the rights contract "to see if it is really valuable [to the investigation] or not".
He added that the probe as a whole was nowhere near the half-time whistle.
"Clearly we are not even near the half-time break," he said.
The latest Swiss probe involves a 2005 contract to televise the 2010 and 2014 World Cups in parts of the Caribbean.
Swiss broadcaster SRF reported on Friday that Fifa signed over the media rights to the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) for $600,000.
It said that Jack Warner, head of the CFU at the time, then transferred the rights to his own company and resold them in a deal worth between $15m (£10m) and $20m.
SRF posted excerpts of the contract on its website that appeared to show that former Fifa boss Sepp Blatter and Mr Warner signed it themselves.
Fifa said in a statement that the CFU had promised it more than the upfront fee, and that Fifa was to receive half of any profits related to subcontracting the rights.
The organisation also said it terminated the contract in 2011 after the CFU failed to meet its financial obligations or follow subcontracting requirements.
Mr Lauber said his office had received an explanation from Fifa, which would be considered.
Mr Warner, who left organised football in 2011, has said in the past that he had evidence he was granted World Cup television rights in his region a number of times, including for the 2010 and 2014 events, in return for securing votes for Blatter's campaigns for Fifa president.
He said the money made from media rights was used "to develop Caribbean football."
Fifa has dismissed Mr Warner's claims as false and said that television rights had nothing do with Mr Blatter's election campaigns.
Mr Blatter has not been accused of misconduct by Swiss or US authorities.
In June a key figure in South Africa's football World Cup bid broke ranks with the government to suggest there might be some truth to a claim that a $10m bribe was paid to secure the 2010 tournament.
In the same month fourteen people were indicted on corruption charges by US authorities. Nine of them were Fifa officials and five were corporate executives.
Also in June, Swiss prosecutors said they were investigating 53 cases of possible money laundering as part of an inquiry into bidding for the 2018 and 2022 Fifa World Cups.
Russia and Qatar, which are scheduled to hold the tournaments, have denied misconduct. | Swiss prosecutors will investigate a Fifa contract for media rights to the 2010 and 2014 World Cups, officials have said. |
Please summarize the following text. | Initial official claims that the bomber was a lone woman have been replaced by uncertainty about who carried it out.
President Vladimir Putin has ordered security to be tightened at railway stations and airports across Russia.
Moscow is concerned militant groups could be ramping up violence in the run-up to the 2014 winter Olympic Games in the city of Sochi in six weeks.
The Olympic venue is close to Russia's volatile north Caucasus region.
By Daniel SandfordBBC News, Moscow
In June, Doku Umarov, one of the leaders of the Islamist insurgency in the Russian Caucasus republics, called on his supporters to use "maximum force" to disrupt the "satanic" winter Olympics in Sochi.
It is too early to say whether the attack in Volgograd was by one of his supporters.
But it shows that - despite the metal detectors at railway stations, airports and shopping centres in Russia - bombers are still able to kill and wreak havoc.
It also shows that the attacks will not have to be on Sochi itself to attract attention.
Sunday's explosion rocked Volgograd-1 station at around 12:45 (08:45 GMT) at a time of year when millions of Russians are travelling to celebrate the New Year.
A nearby security camera facing the station caught the moment of the blast, showing a bright orange flash behind the station's main doors.
The explosion shattered windows and sent debris and plumes of smoke from the station entrance.
The first cameras on the scene showed bodies lying outside, and inside, twisted metal and singed, pock-marked walls.
Motionless bodies were laid out in the station forecourt while ambulances rushed those hurt to hospital. About 40 people are said to have been injured, including a nine-year-old girl whose mother was killed in the attack.
"People were lying on the ground, screaming and calling for help," a witness, Alexander Koblyakov, told Rossiya-24 TV.
"I helped carry out a police officer whose head and face were covered in blood. He couldn't speak."
President Putin ordered law enforcement agencies to take "all necessary security measures" in the bomb's aftermath, said a Kremlin spokesman.
He ordered the most gravely injured victims to be flown to Moscow for treatment.
Security will be stepped up at railway stations and airports.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the blast, but a spokesman for Russia's Investigative Committee, Vladimir Markin, said the incident was being treated as an act of terrorism.
An Islamist insurgency in the North Caucasus region has led to many attacks there in recent years. Insurgents have also attacked big Russian towns.
This attack shows that the bombers do not need to attack Sochi directly to attract international attention - any target in Russia will do, says the BBC's Daniel Sandford in Moscow.
Volgograd lies about 900km (560 miles) south of Moscow, 650km north of the North Caucasus and 700km north-east of Sochi.
The bomb used in the attack contained 10 kg (22 pounds) of TNT, was rigged with shrapnel and was detonated near the metal detectors at the station entrance, Mr Markin said.
He said that initial information suggested the bomber "approached a metal detector, saw a policeman there, got nervous and detonated the bomb stuffed with pieces of shrapnel".
He said the security presence had prevented a much higher death toll at the station, which was packed at the time of the blast as several trains were delayed.
Mr Markin was among officials suggesting early on that the bomber was a woman - with RIA Novosti news agency naming the attacker as a Dagestani woman, Oksana Aslanova, and other new outlets publishing pictures of what they said was the severed head of the female bomber.
But investigators' initial certainty was replaced with uncertainty, with suggestions the bomber could have been a man or that there could have been multiple bombers, our correspondent says.
In July, Chechen insurgent leader Doku Umarov posted an online video urging militants to use "maximum force" to prevent the Games from going ahead.
A suspected female suicide bomber killed at least six people when she attacked a bus in Volgograd in October.
On Friday, a car bomb killed three people in the southern Russian city of Pyatigorsk. | A suicide attack on a train station in Russia's southern city of Volgograd has killed 16 people, officials say. |
Give a brief summary of the following article. | Durham University's Alistair Cooke is accused of following the alleged victim home from a party in June 2015.
Mr Cooke, 22, a third-year geography student, from Perranarworthal, Truro, Cornwall, denies three counts of rape.
He told Durham Crown Court he "fancied" the woman and spending time with her "made him feel happy".
Asked what stage their relationship was at before the incident, he said: "At that point I was uncertain, as things had progressed, we were spending time together one on one.
"It was progressing towards a more intimate one."
But he said he had not told her about his feelings.
He told the court: "I never made it explicit to her, at that point I did not know how she felt."
Mr Cooke also described a time they went ice skating together and claimed "she was insisting on us doing this thing where we would go to the other sides and then skate into each other's arms".
The trial has previously heard Mr Cooke held the woman down "like a ragdoll" as he raped her.
The court also heard Mr Cooke was a volunteer with the Nightline student advice service and, during his training, he role-played being accused of raping a drunken woman after following her home.
The trial continues.
Osbourne told US TV show The Talk, which she co-hosts, that her family "put me into a facility".
"It's very weird when you suffer from a bad depression... I had a complete and utter breakdown," the star said.
"I woke up in Cedars-Sinai hospital and for probably three days I knew nothing. I couldn't think."
She added: "I couldn't talk. I could do nothing. My brain just shut down on me.
"It's hard enough surviving in this world anyway... I was doing too much of everything, thinking I'm a superwoman, 'I'm so strong. I can handle this, I can handle that'. My brain just totally fused.
"I found, for me, that group therapy was the best thing that I could do. People out there, I want you to realise there is so much help out there.
"It's nothing to be ashamed about."
Osbourne and Black Sabbath star Ozzy got back together earlier this year after splitting due to an alleged affair.
Ozzy Osbourne revealed last month he was undergoing "intense therapy" for a "sex addiction" that was putting his marriage at risk.
The Black Sabbath singer said he was "mortified" at the effect his behaviour had had on his family.
Osbourne made the statement following an interview given by his hair stylist Michelle Pugh.
Ms Pugh told People magazine she had had a "very real relationship" with the rock star which had lasted four years.
The singer and TV star Sharon have been married since 1982.
Their family life with two of their three children, Jack and Kelly, was the focus of a hit fly-on-the-wall MTV series from 2002 to 2005.
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The constitution is a matter "reserved" to Westminster, so as with the referendum last year the Scottish government would need the UK Parliament's approval to hold one.
However, unlike last time, the UK government might not feel bound to allow a vote.
Parliament in London might say that the matter was recently settled and that it would not allow a series of votes in a "neverendum".
Senior SNP figures have said that the vote last September was a "once-in-a-generation" opportunity.
That said, if the SNP put the promise of a referendum in its manifesto and again got a majority for it in the 2016 Scottish Parliament elections, it could be difficult for Westminster to say no.
It would do the Union no good if the UK Parliament could be accused of trying to frustrate Scottish desires.
What's the truth behind the politicians' claims on the campaign trail? Our experts investigate the facts, and wider stories, behind the soundbites.
Read latest updates or follow us on Twitter @BBCRCheck | A student accused of raping an undergraduate claims their relationship was "on the verge of becoming more intimate", a court has heard.
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Mitchell began the race for the United States, who went through to Friday's final as the second fastest team despite Mitchell's injury.
"As soon as I took the first step past the 200m mark, I felt it break." Manteo told the USA Track and Field website.
"I didn't want to let the three guys or the team down, so I just ran on it."
Mitchell still managed to finish the opening lap in 46.1 seconds as the US team, also featuring Joshua Mance, Tony McQuay and Bryshon Nellum, went on to set a qualifying time of two minutes, 58.87 seconds.
"It hurt so bad," the 25-year-old added. "I'm pretty amazed that I still split [close to] 45 seconds on a broken leg."
USA Track and Field chief executive Max Siegel said: "Manteo has become an inspiration and a hero for his team-mates.
"Without his courage and determination to finish, Team USA would not be at the starting line in the final. The team has rallied around him and we are all looking forward to the final days of competition."
The US men's team are the defending champions and have won every 4x400m Olympic title that they have contested.
Actor Brian Cox appears in two of the films, a comedy, The Carer, and a western, Forsaken, which also stars Donald and Kiefer Sutherland.
Braveheart actor Angus Macfadyean will bring his first film as a director, Macbeth Unhinged, to the festival.
The film is a modern, black and white retelling of the Shakespearean tragedy.
Scot Dougray Scott will be starring in the apocalyptic thriller The Rezort.
The 70th edition of the film festival runs from 15-26 June. It will include feature films, shorts, documentaries and animations.
The opening night gala will feature the world premiere of Jason Connery's drama Tommy's Honour, about Scottish golfing pioneer Old Tom Morris and starring Peter Mullan and Jack Lowden.
It is based on a true story and focuses on Morris's turbulent relationship with his son, Tommy.
The festival will close with the world premiere of Gillies Mackinnon's Whisky Galore, featuring Gregor Fisher, James Cosmo, Kevin Guthrie, Sean Biggerstaff and Eddie Izzard.
Mark Adams, artistic director said: "We are delighted to once again cast the spotlight on great Scottish talent at this year's festival. It speaks so much about the breadth and variety of filmmakers, craftspeople and performers that our selection of projects featuring local talent shines so brightly."
Natalie Usher, director of screen at Creative Scotland, said: "EIFF is a key event in Scotland's cultural calendar, offering audiences inspirational, world-class cinema.
"EIFF is recognising and celebrating the wealth and depth of home-grown filmmaking talent supported by Creative Scotland."
The festival will also have a special screening to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Danny Boyle's Trainspotting and a world premiere screening of the newly 4K restored Highlander, attended by the film's star Clancy Brown. | American runner Manteo Mitchell has revealed he ran the last 200m of the Olympic men's 4x400m relay heats with a broken left leg.
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Summarize the content provided below. | The statue would be designed by Paul Kidby who illustrated many of the book covers for the Discworld books of Sir Terry, who lived locally.
Mr Kidby said: "It would be beneficial for Salisbury to have a permanent sculpture of Terry because he had such a big influence on popular culture."
The hope is to install the statue in the marketplace or Elizabeth Gardens.
Although Salisbury City Council's services committee has backed the plans, money still needs to be raised to build it and planning consent also needs to be obtained.
Sir Terry died last March aged 66, eight years after he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
He lived in Broad Chalke, near Salisbury and played an active role in the community, visiting schools and supporting the local hospital.
His comic fantasy series sold millions around the world but he was also known for supporting research into the causes of Alzheimer's.
In 2009, he also became a campaigner for assisted suicide.
The campaign to build the statue is being led by Mr Kidby with the support of Sir Terry's family.
"Terry was always like, 'I don't want pigeons sitting on my head'," Mr Kidby continued.
"His take on it was always off on a tangent but we hope he will be pleased if it goes ahead."
The aim is to pay for the statue through crowd-funding and sponsorship from local companies.
A initial sketch has been made by the artist, but it will take about six months to build the life-size sculpture.
"It would be Terry, life-sized standing on a granite base which will have a depiction of Discworld on it.
"People would hopefully be able to stand next to Terry and hopefully interact with it," said Mr Kidby. | Plans for a life-sized bronze statue of Sir Terry Pratchett for Salisbury have been backed by the city council. |
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The hosts proved too good for Ulster who were attempting to become the first away team to win a semi-final.
Isa Nacewa's early try and Johnny Sexton's boot had the hosts 13-0 up but Ulster hit back with two Paddy Jackson penalties and a Craig Gilroy try.
Jamie Heaslip and Sean Cronin tries put Leinster 30-11 up before Gilroy snapped up his second try.
It was Ulster's sixth defeat in seven league semi-finals, while Leinster kept up their enviable 100% per cent record in Pro12 play-offs.
The victory sent Leinster through to a 28 May decider in Edinburgh where they will play either Connacht or defending champions Glasgow.
Leo Cullen's men had all the early pressure in Dublin, ominously building a 13-0 advantage inside 16 minutes with captain Nacewa touching down and Sexton kicking the other points.
But resilient Ulster turned things around in the second quarter, Paddy Jackson firing over two penalties and supplying the final pass for Gilroy's try just before half-time.
Trailing 13-11, the Ulstermen's momentum was broken by number eight Heaslip's 47th-minute try, though.
Replacement Sean Cronin's effort past the hour mark, coupled with Sexton's unerring boot, had Leinster seemingly out of reach at 30-11.
Gilroy completed his brace with 11 minutes left, taking his tally for the campaign to 10 tries, but Leinster had done enough to avenge last month's alarming 30-6 defeat in Belfast.
Leinster: I Nacewa (c); D Kearney, G Ringrose, B Te'o, L Fitzgerald; J Sexton, E Reddan J McGrath, R Strauss, M Ross, D Toner, M Kearney, R Ruddock, J Murphy, J Heaslip.
Replacements: S Cronin, P Dooley, T Furlong, R Molony, J Conan, L McGrath, I Madigan, Z Kirchner.
Ulster: J Payne; A Trimble, L Marshall, S McCloskey, C Gilroy; P Jackson, R Pienaar; C Black, R Best (c), R Lutton, P Browne, F van der Merwe, I Henderson, C Henry, S Reidy.
Replacements: R Herring, K McCall, A Warwick, R Diack, R Wilson, P Marshall, S Olding, D Cave. | Leinster remain on track for a third Pro12 title in four seasons after beating Ulster at the RDS on Friday. |
Can you summarize this content? | Born Norma Jeane Mortenson in Los Angeles on 1 June 1926, she signed her first studio contract with 20th Century Fox in 1946 and changed her name to Marilyn Monroe.
Monroe died in 1962, but her image continues to captivate the public imagination.
One of her last photo shoots, naked under a silk sheet, was with Kirkland.
The 1961 series, An Evening with Marilyn Monroe, consists of photographs of her posing sensually in bed. Kirkland says it was as though he and Monroe "were in a beautiful dance".
Milton H Greene died in 1985 after a career working for magazines such as Vogue, Harpers Bazaar and Life.
He photographed many of the world's biggest stars, including Audrey Hepburn, Marlene Dietrich and Cary Grant.
Monroe and Greene first met in 1953 on assignment for Look Magazine.
In 1956, they formed Marilyn Monroe Productions, which produced the films Bus Stop and The Prince and the Showgirl.
By the end of their four-year relationship, Greene had photographed Monroe in 52 different sittings, producing more than 5,000 images.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes starring Marilyn Monroe by Milton H Greene and Douglas Kirkland is at The Little Black Gallery, London, until 27 February.
All images courtesy: Milton H Greene / Archive Images and Douglas Kirkland 1961 | A collection of rarely seen portraits of Marilyn Monroe, by Milton H Greene and Douglas Kirkland, have gone on show in London. |
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