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Can you provide a brief summary for this document? | Officers said there had been a break-in at Blantyre Police Station in Victoria Street on 5 January.
The man arrested in connection with the incident is currently in police custody.
He is due to at Hamilton Sheriff Court on Monday. A report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal. | A 28-year-old man has been arrested after a break-in at a police station in South Lanarkshire. |
Summarize the content of the document below. | Having been redeployed up front, Zyro put Wolves ahead after latching on to Jordan Graham's cross, before doubling that lead with a cool solo effort.
The visitors were back in it by the break after Lasse Vigen Christensen easily headed in Jazz Richards' cross.
Matt Doherty extended Wolves' lead with a long-range goal before a late Ross McCormack strike set up a tense finale.
Having now won four consecutive league matches, Wolves move up to 10th in the Championship table, seven points shy of the play-off places, while Fulham remain 19th.
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The hosts broke the deadlock on six minutes when Graham produced his eighth assist of the season to tee up Zyro, who joined Wolves from Polish side Legia Warsaw last month, to put the hosts ahead.
A superb home debut for Zyro continued in the 13th minute when he made easy work of beating Fulham's offside trap to place the ball through goalkeeper Andy Lonergan's legs.
The away side worked their way back into the game on 24 minutes when Richards sent a curling ball into the box for Christensen to coolly nod past Carl Ikeme.
Wolves re-established their two-goal lead three minutes after the break through Doherty's powerful shot from 35 yards after Graham's corner had been cleared. And, although McCormack scored from 20 yards with just over 15 minutes to play, Wolves were able to hold on.
Wolves head coach Kenny Jackett:
"It was a big win for us and full credit to the players as four Championship wins on the trot is not an easy thing to do.
"We wanted to put on a spirited and hard-working performances for our fans as there is some uncertainty around and I can feel it because of the sale of Benik Afobe.
"And I felt that the players answered it and responded in the right way and played with a lot of pride in playing for Wolves."
Fulham boss Slavisa Jokanovic:
"I am trying to find the way for the team. We are not playing the same way that Fulham did before. We are a very good team with the ball but right now very soft without the ball.
"It is important to try and have more time with the ball in our possession to stop suffering so much. This is the plan we have for the future.
"I cannot blame my players as they tried to follow the plan. At the end we lost the game but they did many, many positive things."
Match ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 3, Fulham 2.
Second Half ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 3, Fulham 2.
Foul by Dan Burn (Fulham).
Adam Le Fondre (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Emerson Hyndman (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Emerson Hyndman (Fulham).
Kevin McDonald (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Emerson Hyndman (Fulham).
Conor Coady (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Dan Burn (Fulham).
Dominic Iorfa (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Adam Le Fondre replaces Rajiv van La Parra.
Attempt saved. Jamie O'Hara (Fulham) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Tom Cairney.
Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Nathan Byrne replaces Jordan Graham.
Attempt missed. Tom Cairney (Fulham) left footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
Substitution, Fulham. Matt Smith replaces Lasse Vigen Christensen.
Corner, Fulham. Conceded by Matt Doherty.
Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. James Henry replaces Michal Zyro.
Foul by Ryan Fredericks (Fulham).
Jordan Graham (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Ross McCormack (Fulham) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Rajiv van La Parra (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Offside, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Danny Batth tries a through ball, but Rajiv van La Parra is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Rajiv van La Parra (Wolverhampton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jordan Graham with a cross.
Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Dan Burn.
Offside, Fulham. Shaun Hutchinson tries a through ball, but Moussa Dembele is caught offside.
Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 3, Fulham 2. Ross McCormack (Fulham) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tom Cairney.
Substitution, Fulham. Ryan Fredericks replaces Jazz Richards.
Substitution, Fulham. Emerson Hyndman replaces Alexander Kacaniklic.
Attempt missed. Jordan Graham (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Kevin McDonald.
Offside, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Kevin McDonald tries a through ball, but Michal Zyro is caught offside.
Shaun Hutchinson (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Michal Zyro (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Attempt missed. Rajiv van La Parra (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
Attempt saved. Danny Batth (Wolverhampton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jordan Graham.
Dan Burn (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Dan Burn (Fulham).
Dominic Iorfa (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Lasse Vigen Christensen (Fulham) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tom Cairney.
Attempt saved. Michal Zyro (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rajiv van La Parra. | Michal Zyro scored twice on his Wolves home debut to help Kenny Jackett's side to victory over Fulham at Molineux. |
Give a concise summary of the passage below. | The bodies of Caron Smyth, 40, and Finbar McGrillen, 42, were discovered in Mr McGrillen's apartment at Ravenhill Court, on 13 December 2013.
On Tuesday, Shaun Patrick Joseph Hegarty, 34, admitted murdering his ex-partner Ms Smyth and Mr McGrillen.
Ciaran Nugent, 33, denies two charges of murder.
Mr Nugent, formerly from the Simon Community in west Belfast, is on trial at Belfast Crown Court.
Ms Smyth and Mr McGrillen sustained multiple injuries including fractured ribs and damaged organs, as well as scores of internal and external wounds to the head, neck and chest.
Ms Smyth also suffered facial wounds consistent with being cut with a knife.
Crown counsel said it was the prosecution case that both Mr Nugent and Hegarty walked from the north of the city to the east in the early hours of Thursday, 12 December 2013, and that they both went into Mr McGrillen's flat, where both the occupant and his friend were murdered.
The court was told that the movements of both men were captured on CCTV as they made their way to Mr McGrillen's flat. The prosecutor added that the pair were again observed on CCTV making their way from the scene to Botanic Avenue later that morning.
The court heard Mr Nugent admitted walking from Grainne House to Ravenhill Court with Hegarty in the early hours of 12 December 2013, but denied he was involved in the double murder.
He also told police it was a "barbaric attack", but said he was not prepared to "tout" on his friend, as for him that would be a "death sentence".
Mr Nugent's denials have been rejected by the Crown, who said that he was "jointly involved" in the deaths of the two victims.
The jury also heard that Mr Nugent's DNA was found on a mop bucket at the murder scene.
The alarm was raised at about 14:45 BST on Friday 13 December by a paperboy, who noticed a smashed window and the front door of the flat lying open.
He called 999 to report a suspected burglary, and when police officers arrived they discovered the bodies of the deceased lying on a duvet on the living room floor, with a mop placed across them and a bottle of bleach beside them.
Officers also noted that a sock worn by Mr McGrillen had scorch marks on it.
The jury was told that Ms Smyth met Hegarty in the summer of 2013, and that they had lived together in Drumaness for about five months before they separated, on 8 December.
She was staying with Mr McGrillen, a friend, when they were murdered.
The Crown prosecutor said: "We know that Sean Hegarty has admitted his involvement in these murders. The defendants are on CCTV together travelling to the flat of Finbar in the early hours of Thursday the 12th of December.
"After 4.25am they are not seen again until 6.44am and it's reasonable to conclude that Sean Hegarty and Ciaran Nugent were in the flat for a period of between one and two hours - or at the very least a significant period of time.
"The mobile phone contact is silent during that time. They were together at that time, there is no evidence they were not together at that time. They were, we say, together killing two innocent people.
"They were grabbing, punching, kicking, stamping and cutting two victims. It was savage and it was overwhelming."
The prosecutor said that Mr Nugent was "present when this savagery was going on", that he "hasn't given a detailed account of what happened" and that he was part of the clean-up after two people were beaten to death.
The trial continues. | Two friends who were beaten to death in east Belfast were subjected to a "savage" and "overwhelming" attack, a jury has been told. |
Provide a concise summary of this excerpt. | Ex-US President Bill Clinton, the Irish president and the taoiseach (Irish prime minister) are also set to attend.
The former IRA leader turned politician died on Tuesday after a short illness.
The streets of Londonderry are expected to be crowded with mourners during the service at Saint Columba's Church Long Tower.
Before the ceremony, the same church is hosting the funeral of the Derry City Football Club captain, Ryan McBride, who died suddenly on Sunday aged 27.
Irish President Michael D Higgins will attend both funerals and the Irish Tricolour will fly at half mast at his official residence Áras an Uachtaráin as well as the Dáil (Irish parliament) as a mark of respect to Northern Ireland's former deputy first minister.
The Northern Ireland Secretary of State, James Brokenshire, will represent the UK government at Mr McGuinness' funeral.
Former US President Barack Obama has added his voice to tributes to the former Sinn Féin minister, saying his leadership was "instrumental" during the peace process.
Mr McGuinness's later life was marked by moments which banished long-held shibboleths - in particular his handshakes with the Queen., says BBC News NI political editor Mark Devenport.
Now his death will provide another striking image - of a DUP leader and IRA victim attending the funeral of a former IRA commander.
Writing in the Belfast Telegraph, Mrs Foster said she recognised some will be critical of her decision to attend the funeral of a former IRA leader but added she wanted to pay "respect to his family".
Analysis - BBC News NI political editor Mark Devenport
Before he died Martin McGuinness was strongly critical of Arlene Foster for - in his view - not matching his gestures of reconciliation.
So the sight of the DUP leader attending Mr McGuinness's funeral may be seen as an attempt by Mrs Foster belatedly to make amends.
As someone whose father was targeted and whose school bus was blown up by the IRA, it's understandable that Mrs Foster may have had to think hard about this decision.
It's likely she will have sought assurance there will be no paramilitary trappings.
Mr McGuinness, who was 66, had been suffering from a rare heart condition.
He died at Altnagelvin hospital in his native city of Derry, with his family by his bedside.
Many tributes from across the political spectrum have been paid to the former paramilitary leader who became the deputy first minister of Northern Ireland.
However, some victims of the Troubles have expressed revulsion at media coverage of his death, with critics saying that Mr McGuinness was lauded as a peacemaker despite never having apologised for his IRA past.
Mr McGuinness, who was at one time the IRA's second-in-command in Derry, was later appointed as Sinn Féin's chief negotiator in the talks that led to the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.
He has been hailed as one of the architects of the historic peace deal, which helped to end nearly three decades of political unrest and sectarian violence.
Mr Clinton was in office at the time and the then US president dedicated a considerable amount of time and resources to assist the negotiations.
The talks were chaired by Mr Clinton's Special Envoy to Northern Ireland, former Senator George Mitchell.
Mr Obama, who also visited Northern Ireland during his presidency, said Mr McGuinness was "a man who had the wisdom and courage to pursue peace and reconciliation for his people".
"His leadership was instrumental in turning the page on a past of violence and conflict that he knew all too well.
"In our own meetings, I was always struck by his good humour and persistent belief in a better future for the people of Northern Ireland.
May Martin rest in the peace that he pursued in life, and may his example inspire others to follow a path of reconciliation."
Unionist leaders have acknowledged the important role Mr McGuinness played in the peace process, but also said his death on Tuesday was a difficult day for IRA victims.
At a special sitting of the Northern Ireland Assembly on Wednesday, Mrs Foster said while "many victims are feeling very hurt", she acknowledged that many republicans were mourning "a leader, a friend, or a mentor".
Sinn Féin's northern leader, Michelle O'Neill, described Mr McGuinness as a "political visionary".
One of Mr McGuinness' last political acts was to resign as deputy first minister of Northern Ireland, over Mrs Foster's handling of a green energy scandal.
She set up the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme in 2012, but a lack of cost controls means taxpayers may have to foot the bill for its £490m overspend.
Under Northern Ireland's power-sharing structure, the joint nature of their office meant that when he quit, she also lost her position as first minister.
The move led to a snap election on 2 March, the result of which ended the unionist majority at Stormont. | The leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, Arlene Foster, has confirmed she will attend the funeral of Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness later. |
Summarize the provided section. | Barton takes over from Brian McIver, who quit the post after the All-Ireland qualifier defeat by Galway in July.
He said: "I'm honoured to accept the responsibility that goes with this role. I regard it as a privilege and a challenge which I look forward to."
Barton was ratified as manager by the county committee on Tuesday night with his backroom team yet to be confirmed.
The 53-year-old has managed a number of club sides including Ballinderry and Slaughtneil.
"Damian Barton brings a wealth of playing and coaching experience to the position, as well as an in-depth knowledge of Derry football," said the county.
"On behalf of all members, supporters and patrons of Derry GAA, we warmly welcome Damian and wish him every success in his future endeavours."
The county hurling and minor football manager positions are unchanged.
An announcement regarding the U21 football manager will be made at a later date. | Derry have appointed 1993 All-Ireland winner Damian Barton as the new Oak Leaf manager on a two-year term. |
Summarize this article briefly. | In remarks to top US executives on Thursday, Mr Obama went on to criticise Mr Xi on human rights and accused him of worrying China's neighbours by tapping into nationalistic sentiment.
China's foreign ministry has said it will study Mr Obama's comments more closely before responding.
Commenting to Hong Kong's South China Morning Post, academic Tao Wenzhao, of China's Academy of Sciences, says Mr Obama "should have shown mutual respect and tried to understand China's position, its development path and government", rather than speaking out.
"The president of the US, even with some constraints, has great powers, yet you don't see China giving comments on that issue," he adds.
International relations analyst Jin Canrong agrees that Mr Obama was "careless" but insists the remarks will have little impact on ties.
In fact, he tells the paper, "such careless comments indicate that the two countries' relations are very stable, otherwise he would have been very careful with what he said".
Meanwhile, state media are full of praise for comments by Mr Xi calling for the modernisation of China's military hardware to be accelerated.
Addressing a two-day military conference in Beijing, Mr Xi - who is also chairman of the Central Military Commission - said the People's Liberation Army (PLA) needed to take heed of "changes in both international strategic structure and Chinese national security", according to the official news agency Xinhua.
China's relations with several of its neighbours are strained by territorial disputes, and the US has voiced concern about the country's military build-up. Beijing dismisses these as unfounded.
An editorial in the PLA Daily says the military will "follow through Chairman Xi's important instruction with determination", and would ensure its equipment "matches the country's international status and caters to the needs of national security".
Welcoming the move, military observer Wu Peixin tells China Daily that while China's army already has "very competitive equipment", its navy and air force still "have a long way to go in equipment development".
But he also warns that China must be careful in deciding what equipment it really needs and a strategic plan, without simply "copying" other countries' militaries.
Elsewhere, papers warn Japan to follow through on moves to ease bilateral tension after Premier Li Keqiang hosted a Japanese delegation in Beijing on Thursday, in what is seen a further sign of a thaw in relations.
Both countries reached a "four-point consensus" last month, aimed at resuming dialogue while acknowledging difference on territorial disputes.
In a front-page commentary in People's Daily, a member of the 21st Century Committee for China-Japan Friendship says that though ties have improved, the onus is still on Japan to deliver its promises.
"A great man will not go back on his words," the article reads. "The noble Japanese government is likely to be a great man and not a villain, so it will not treat the agreement as child's play."
"Japan, you have no other choice, you should not break your promise again."
And finally, commentators debate China's decision to stop harvesting organs from executed prisoners without consent by 1 January.
China has been criticised in the past for the practice, but has struggled to encourage voluntary donations as a result of the traditional Chinese belief that the body must remain intact after death.
In an editorial, the Global Times calls for a change in public attitudes to improve the supply of donated organs, while an article in the Beijing News suggests improvements to the legal and insurance systems could encourage donations.
But not all commentators are convinced by the authorities' move. While Liu Changqiu, of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, tells the Global Times that it represents major progress for human rights in China, human rights lawyer Mo Shaoping says completely ending reliance on death row inmates' organs is "too extreme".
BBC Monitoring reports and analyses news from TV, radio, web and print media around the world. You can follow BBC Monitoring on Twitter and Facebook. | US President Barack Obama faces criticism in China after he said President Xi Jinping had consolidated power at an unprecedented rate. |
Summarize the content given in the passage. | Paper replicas of items like mansions, cars, iPads and luxury bags are burnt in the belief that deceased relatives can use them in the afterlife.
Demand for these products is highest during the Qingming "tomb-sweeping" festival, which happened last month.
The shops were sent letters but there was no suggestion of legal action.
"We fully respect the funeral context and we trust that the store owners did not have the intention to infringe Gucci's trademark," Gucci Hong Kong said in a statement.
"Thus a letter was sent on an informational basis to let these stores know about the products they were carrying, and by asking them to stop selling those items."
An afterlife in paper - Juliana Liu, BBC News, Hong Kong
The ancient tradition of venerating one's ancestors, even after death, is alive and well in the Chinese speaking world. It is based on the idea that these spirits continue to influence the lives of the living.
If you want to avoid bad luck, the belief goes, then you'd better keep your ancestors happy.
How? Traditionally, it was by regularly tending their graves, bringing them fresh fruit and gourmet food and drink and burning joss paper. Also known as "hell money" or "ghost money", they are pieces of paper money in outrageous denominations, which are meant for use in the afterlife.
And these days, devotees can burnish their reputation with their deceased ancestors by offering items that many were never able to enjoy while still alive: luxury cars with European drivers, brand-name clothing. One of the best sellers at these shops are enormous villas complete with swimming pools, multiple car garages and Western domestic helpers.
Gucci has not said which shops or how many had received the letter.
In Hong Kong, some of the shops that had reportedly received the letters had removed their Gucci wares. But other brands, including Louis Vuitton, Yves St Laurent, Burberry and New Balance were still on sale.
Hong Kong residents shared a mixture of comedy and scorn on social media.
"Does Gucci want to open branches in the underworld?" Vincent Charles asked.
Sammi Ng said on Facebook: "Maybe Gucci should launch their own paper offering products."
Sai Ken made reference to Gucci pricing: "Living people cannot afford (Gucci products), and they still do not let you own Gucci products after death!"
Virgin Care will run children's care services in the county including community nursing and speech therapy.
Wiltshire Council said the transfer would streamline services with no noticeable effect on existing patients.
But Karen Tilley, whose 10-year-old daughter Josselin receives care, says "key" staff will not transfer.
Josselin has Charge syndrome, which causes a combination of acute physical and mental disabilities, and is treated in Bath.
Mrs Tilley, from Westbury, said: "We were told it would be a smooth, slick takeover and we won't notice any difference because the same staff are staying. But we know that's categorically not true.
"We are losing key people. When you have a complex child and you are suddenly faced with losing a lot of professionals at the same time, it will have a catastrophic effect."
Wiltshire Council said "only a very small number" of clinicians who work with families in Bath and Swindon would not be transferring to the new service.
Children's services commissioner Julia Cramp said: "Initially our aim is to keep everything running smoothly, and we're not expecting anyone to see any change.
"Over time we would expect Virgin Care to deliver a new new model of children's community healthcare services that we as commissioners have developed with parents and children."
She said Wiltshire Council would carefully monitor the new service, and it would work closely with Virgin Care to ensure "the plan is delivered" successfully.
The five-year contract will see Virgin Care care for about 110,000 children across the county. The company declined to comment.
The 21-year-old has come through the academy system at Wire but is yet to feature for their first team.
He is available for selection immediately and could feature in Salford's next game against Castleford.
"Sean is a player we've had our eye on for a while and it's great that he's signed for the Red Devils," head coach Ian Watson told the club website.
"He has shown great potential and shown that he is ready to step up to a Super League level. He is hugely ambitious and will fit in well with the squad we already have here at the club." | Italian luxury goods maker Gucci has sent warning letters to Hong Kong shops selling paper versions of its products as offerings to the dead.
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A private company taking over community child health services in Wiltshire will have a "catastrophic effect", a parent has said.
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Salford Red Devils have signed Warrington Wolves hooker Sean Kenny for a "nominal fee". |
Can you write a short summary of this section? | The unnamed woman and her husband are challenging an independent regulator's refusal to let them export the eggs from London to a US fertility clinic.
The couple's daughter died from bowel cancer in her late 20s.
They claim she wanted her eggs to be fertilised by a sperm donor and implanted into her mother's womb.
The daughter, who was the couple's only child, decided to freeze her eggs in a clinic at IVF Hammersmith in west London in 2008, following her cancer diagnosis.
She hoped she would one day carry her own child, but she lost her battle with the disease.
A clinic in New York has indicated that it is willing to provide her 59-year-old mother with the fertility treatment she desires, at a cost of up to £60,000 ($92,000).
But the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has refused to issue a "special direction" to allow the eggs to be taken out of storage and sent to the US.
Its statutory approvals committee (SAC) made the ruling in 2014, saying there was insufficient evidence to show that the daughter wanted her mother to carry her child.
Although the woman completed a form giving consent for the eggs to be stored after her death, she did not fill out a separate document indicating how she wanted them to be used.
Minutes from a committee meeting revealed the "strongest and only evidence" of her wishes was a reported conversation with her mother while she was in hospital in 2010.
Fertility expert Dr Mohammed Taranissi, who runs the ARGC clinic in London, said: "I have never heard of a surrogacy case involving a mother and her dead daughter's eggs.
"It's fair to say that this may be a world first."
The application for judicial review is listed anonymously as "M v the HFEA" and it is understood the family does not want to be identified. | A mother has launched a legal battle for access to her dead daughter's frozen eggs, so she can carry her own grandchild. |
Provide a concise summary of this excerpt. | The 25-year-old, born in Pretoria, has a first-class batting average of 50.67 from 79 first-class innings.
The former South Africa Under-19 international has also taken 21 wickets in 38 Twenty20 matches and has played for the Northerns and the Titans.
"I'm excited to be here. It's an opportunity of a lifetime," he told BBC Radio Gloucestershire.
"I qualify to play as a local now. My wife is British - that's the route I can qualify to play for the county team.
"Hopefully if I have a good season I can maybe push to play for England."
Gloucestershire head coach Richard Dawson told the club website: "It is brilliant to have Graeme join our squad for the next couple of seasons.
"He has a proven track record and will add to the competition for places." | Gloucestershire have signed South African all-rounder Graeme van Buuren on a two-year contract. |
Please provide a summary for the content below. | Independent MSP Margo MacDonald has organised a meeting to discuss the idea of locating HMS Edinburgh in the Scottish capital.
She said such a move would be a great boost to the city's economy.
The Ministry of Defence said no final decision had been made on what to do with the ship, which was decommissioned earlier this month.
The 30-year-old vessel was the largest of the Type 42 destroyers, and patrolled the Falklands, the Far East and the Baltic during the second Gulf War.
HMS Edinburgh - which underwent a £17.5m refit in 2010 - was decommissioned two weeks ago, with her role being taken up by the new state-of-the-art Type 45 destroyers.
Ms MacDonald has organised a meeting to discuss the plans for the vessel.
She wants to see it brought back to Edinburgh and tied up alongside the Royal Yacht Britannia.
Thursday's meeting will be chaired by Lord Provost Donald Wilson and will be attended by businessman Sir Tom Farmer, senior representatives from the city council and Forth Ports authority. | Plans are being drawn up to bring a decommissioned warship back to Edinburgh as a tourist attraction. |
Can you summarize this passage? | Doctors hope that making fertilisation more natural will mean healthier pregnancies.
The Complete Fertility clinic in Southampton is first in the UK to use the AneVivo device method.
It is a tiny tubular capsule that is loaded with the sperm and egg before being placed into the uterus.
Prof Nick Macklon, head of the clinic, insisted it was not a gimmick.
He told the BBC: "At this stage we are just offering it to private patients. If the NHS want to use it then they would need to know that it is cost effective. We do not know that yet.
"But that doesn't mean new technology like this can't be introduced in a cautious manner. I'm very keen that we study new innovation in IVF."
The technique, which costs around £700 per go, has been approved by the UK's fertility watchdog, the HFEA.
International trials in around 250 women suggest that it achieves a similar pregnancy rate to conventional IVF, says Prof Macklon.
But it reduces how long the growing embryo is kept artificially outside of the womb in a dish of culture fluid.
Prof Macklon said: "The aim is to maximise the time spent in the body rather than in the lab. The immediate benefit is reducing exposure at this very vulnerable time of human development when genes are being switched on and off."
Some studies have suggested that growing embryos in a dish increases the risk of genetic and other health defects.
It is not yet known whether the womb device will be an improvement.
Although it allows fertilisation to occur within the body, the resulting embryo still needs to be removed and given a health check in the lab before being reimplanted (minus the device).
When the HFEA approved the technology, its advisory committee said there was no evidence that the device would be ineffective or unsafe.
However, it "did not feel that there was sufficient clinical data to say whether the process has a greater or lesser efficacy than that of traditional IVF methods" and it said the process "might add an unnecessary cost to patients". | A private UK fertility clinic is offering couples a new form of IVF treatment that lets conception occur in the womb rather than in the lab. |
Write a summary of this document. | The Irishman, 27, was set to fight Rafael dos Anjos for the Brazilian's lightweight title on 5 March but the champion pulled out with a foot injury.
McGregor said: "As long as there's an opponent and a date, you'll see me.
"The only weight I (care) about is the weight of them cheques, and my cheques are always super-heavyweight."
McGregor is predicting a quick victory over America's Diaz, 30, in their non-title welterweight fight at UFC 196 in Las Vegas.
He added: "His soft body and his lack of preparation, he will not be able to handle the ferocity. End of the first round I feel he will be put away.
"There's a respect there between us but it's business in there and business is business. He will be KO'd inside the first round."
McGregor was looking to make history against Dos Anjos by becoming the first fighter to hold titles in multiple weight classes at the same time.
And he was critical of the Brazilian for pulling out of their bout.
McGregor, who also distanced himself from Diaz's claims that all UFC fighters use steroids, said: "Dos Anjos has a bruise on his foot. Did ya see it?
"It's a bruise. Ice. Ibuprofen. If I jumped under an X-ray, the doctor would slap me and say: 'What are you doing, kid? Get out of here! Stop this.'"
The Commonwealth had warned the Maldives of possible suspension if it failed to show progress on democracy.
It has faced questions over freedom of speech, the detention of opponents and the independence of the judiciary.
The Indian Ocean nation became a multiparty democracy in 2008 after decades of autocratic rule.
The Maldives foreign ministry said in a statement: "The decision to leave the Commonwealth was difficult, but inevitable.
"Regrettably, the Commonwealth has not recognised progress and achievements that the Maldives accomplished in cultivating a culture of democracy in the country and in building and strengthening democratic institutions."
It said that President Abdulla Yameen's government had introduced a raft of measures promoting human rights and strengthening the rule of law.
It said the Commonwealth had "sought to become an active participant in the domestic political discourse in the Maldives, which is contrary to the principles of the charters of the UN and the Commonwealth".
The Commonwealth Secretary-General Baroness Scotland said in a statement she was saddened by the Maldives' decision to leave.
She added: "We hope that this will be a temporary separation and that Maldives will feel able to return to the Commonwealth family and all that it represents in due course."
One of the key issues for the Commonwealth was the detention of a number of political leaders, including former President Mohamed Nasheed.
Anti-government protesters have expressed fears they could lose freedoms gained since the first multi-party elections in 2008.
August saw a strict defamation law come into force, with stiff punishments for comments or actions considered insulting to Islam or which "contradict general social norms", and tighter restrictions on demonstrations.
The death penalty is also being reintroduced, after a 60-year unofficial moratorium.
In the past the Commonwealth has suspended some members, including Pakistan, Fiji, Nigeria, and Zimbabwe, over government oppression or violence toward citizens.
No country has formally been expelled but some have withdrawn, including Zimbabwe in 2003 and most recently The Gambia in 2013.
The Maldives is a largely Sunni Muslim nation made up of 1,192 individual islands. It is renowned as a holiday destination for its beaches and luxury resorts. | Unbeaten UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor is moving up two weight divisions to fight stand-in Nate Diaz because he will get a big pay cheque.
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The Maldives has withdrawn from the Commonwealth, accusing it of interfering in domestic affairs and "unfair and unjust" treatment. |
Can you summarize this passage? | Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored the second-half winner with his first goal in five matches, nodding in substitute Wayne Rooney's mis-hit shot at the far post.
It was United's first effort on target, despite dominating at Old Trafford.
Zorya offered little threat, although Sergio Romero had to be alert to save Paulinho's shot just before the winner.
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The Red Devils are among the favourites to win Europe's secondary club competition, but started the evening at the bottom of Group A following a 1-0 defeat at Dutch side Feyenoord in their opening match.
And for more than an hour it looked as though Jose Mourinho's men would stay there.
Despite hogging over 70% of possession, United were slow and ponderous in the final third as Zorya's well-drilled defence held firm.
But Zorya, making their debut in the Europa League group stage, were undone inside two minutes of Rooney's introduction.
United move up to third, level on three points with Feyenoord and one adrift of Turkish leaders Fenerbahce, who travel to Old Trafford on 20 October in the next round of games.
Rooney had been expected to be restored to the United starting XI after being dropped for the Premier League win against Leicester last weekend.
But Mourinho's plan to recall the England skipper was scuppered by a minor back injury.
The United manager decided that continuity was the policy in his absence, sticking with the attacking quartet - Ibrahimovic, Marcus Rashford, Jesse Lingard and Juan Mata - that started Saturday's 4-1 win.
However, they offered little spark against a visiting side that finished fourth in the Ukrainian Premier League last season.
Rooney was summoned from the bench with 25 minutes left and inadvertently set up the winner, as the ball struck his knee and bounced up off the ground for Ibrahimovic to head in at the far post.
"Wayne gave us different positions and speed when the opposing team was getting tired," said Mourinho.
Mourinho, who replaced Louis van Gaal in the summer, questioned the character of his United side earlier this month after they suffered three straight defeats against Manchester City, Feyenoord and Watford.
But they have bounced back with three successive wins, beating Zorya after victories against Northampton in the EFL Cup and Leicester in the Premier League.
"One week, three defeats. One week, three victories. But I was not depressed by the defeats and I am not over the moon with three wins," said the 53-year-old Portuguese.
"It was difficult. We had our chances in the first half, we could have scored and it would have been a different match. But we didn't.
"They kept organised and had plenty of players behind the ball but with players ready to do something on the counter-attack. It was difficult and we needed to win."
Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic:
"It was not an easy game. We played well, created chances, but this is a typical game. When you don't score in the beginning, the spaces get smaller and smaller. After the goal, we had more space but it was a decent game. We won and that is what counts after losing against Feyenoord.
"We could have done much more though, and I expect much more from the team. We did not score as we did against Leicester but it is good for confidence. If we continue this and step it up, we will do good."
Back to the Premier League and back to Old Trafford for Manchester United. The sixth-placed side host Stoke, who are second bottom and winless, on Sunday (12:00 BST).
Match ends, Manchester United 1, Zorya Luhansk 0.
Second Half ends, Manchester United 1, Zorya Luhansk 0.
Attempt missed. Ivan Petryak (Zorya Luhansk) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a set piece situation.
Foul by Marcos Rojo (Manchester United).
Oleksandr Karavayev (Zorya Luhansk) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Paul Pogba (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Paul Pogba (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jaba Lipartia (Zorya Luhansk).
Mykyta Kamenyuka (Zorya Luhansk) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Mykyta Kamenyuka (Zorya Luhansk).
Attempt saved. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Anthony Martial (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Rafael Forster (Zorya Luhansk).
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Rafael Forster (Zorya Luhansk).
Attempt missed. Oleksandr Karavayev (Zorya Luhansk) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Paulinho with a cross.
Attempt missed. Paulinho (Zorya Luhansk) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Mykyta Kamenyuka with a cross.
Attempt missed. Marouane Fellaini (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Wayne Rooney with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Mikhail Sivakov.
Attempt blocked. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) header from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Wayne Rooney.
Substitution, Zorya Luhansk. Artem Gordienko replaces Igor Chaykovsky.
Attempt missed. Jaba Lipartia (Zorya Luhansk) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Foul by Marouane Fellaini (Manchester United).
Jaba Lipartia (Zorya Luhansk) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Zorya Luhansk. Jaba Lipartia replaces Zeljko Ljubenovic.
Substitution, Manchester United. Anthony Martial replaces Timothy Fosu-Mensah.
Substitution, Manchester United. Ashley Young replaces Juan Mata.
Goal! Manchester United 1, Zorya Luhansk 0. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Wayne Rooney.
Attempt missed. Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Timothy Fosu-Mensah.
Substitution, Manchester United. Wayne Rooney replaces Jesse Lingard.
Corner, Zorya Luhansk. Conceded by Sergio Romero.
Attempt saved. Paulinho (Zorya Luhansk) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Igor Chaykovsky.
Hand ball by Marouane Fellaini (Manchester United).
Corner, Zorya Luhansk. Conceded by Timothy Fosu-Mensah.
Eric Bailly (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Eric Bailly (Manchester United).
Paulinho (Zorya Luhansk) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Zorya Luhansk. Paulinho replaces Vladyslav Kulach.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half. | Manchester United climbed off the bottom of their Europa League group with an uninspiring win over Ukrainian minnows Zorya Luhansk. |
Write a summary for the following excerpt. | Coach Baciro Cande has picked a squad entirely made up of players based in Europe.
Among the new names on the list is former Everton player Francisco Junior, who is now based in Norway.
They will play the opening match against the hosts Gabon in Libreville on 14 January.
It is unclear whether the Confederation of African Football will penalise the small West African country for the late submission of their squad.
Guinea-Bissau eliminated two former champions - Congo Brazzaville and Zambia - in the qualifiers and despite a lack of cash for preparations they will aim to continue their fairytale run.
Cande had hoped to persuade Barcelona's Edgar le and the Leeds United teenager Ronald Vieria to join them in Gabon but was unsuccessful.
Left out of the pre-selection were Amildo Balde, the former Celtic striker now at Maritimo, and Crawley Town's midfielder Aliu Kaby Djalo, formerly on the books of Chelsea.
No plans have yet been announced for pre-tournament preparations.
Guinea-Bissau squad:
Goalkeepers: Jonas Mendes (Salgueiros, Portugal), Rui Dabo (Cova da Piedade, Portugal), Papa Massé Mbaye Fall (Aguadulce, Spain)
Defenders: Emmanuel Mendy (Ceahlaul, Romania), Rudinilson Silva (Lechia Gdansk, Poland), Juary Soares (Mafra, Portugal), Agostinho Soares (Sporting Covilha, Portugal), Mamadu Candé (Tondela, Portugal), Eridson Mendes Umpeça (Freamunde, Portugal)
Midfielders: Nani Soares (Felgueiras, Portugal), Jose Mendes Lopes Zezinho (Levadiakos, Greece), Bocoundji Ca (Reims, France), Tony Silva Brito (Levadiakos, Greece), Toni Silva (Levadiakos, Greece), Piqueti Djassi Brito (Braga), Idrissa Camara (Avellino, Italy), Jean Paul Mendy (US Quevilly-Rouen, France), Francisco Santos Junior (Strømsgodset, Norway), Lassana Camara Sana (Académico de Viseu, Portugal)
Forwards: Joao Mario Fernandes (Chaves, Portugal), Abel Issa Camara (Belenenses, Portugal), Amido Baldé (CS Marítimo, Portugal), Frederic Mendy (Ulsan Hyundai, South Korea)
Building work on the project, in the western city of Campo Grande, overran and the fish died in temporary tanks.
The company contracted to look after them, Anambi, blamed the deaths on a drop in overnight temperatures in May, as winter set in.
But authorities in Mato Grosso do Sul state blamed the company.
Officials said a study had found evidence of poor oxygenation and inadequate cleaning of the tanks.
Many of the fish had been imported from Africa, Asia and Oceania and should have been transferred to a permanent aquarium six months ago.
"The transfer of fish was planned between January and February, but the [permanent] tanks were not ready," Anambi's Augusto Silva told Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper.
The Aquario do Pantanal was initiated by the previous governor, Andre Puccinelli.
The project has so far cost about $50m (£30m) and it is not clear when it will be finished.
It is hoped that the aquarium will attract thousands of tourists to Campo Grande.
The city is the main hub for people travelling to visit the Pantanal, the world's largest freshwater wetland, covering much of Mato Grosso do Sul state and parts of Bolivia and Paraguay. | Guinea-Bissau have named their final squad for their maiden appearance at the Africa Cup of Nations, albeit after Wednesday's deadline.
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Prosecutors in Brazil have begun investigating the deaths of about 10,000 fish that had been brought in to fill a huge freshwater aquarium. |
Please summarize the given passage. | Jo Cox, MP for Batley and Spen, was 41.
Aberavon MP Stephen Kinnock, who shared an office with Ms Cox, said: "It's absolutely terrible. I can't find the words."
First Minister Carwyn Jones said "everyone is in profound shock" while Welsh Tory leader Andrew RT Davies said she was "killed doing her job".
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Mr Jones said: "Everyone is in profound shock at the sad and tragic death of Jo Cox.
"Jo had many, many friends in the Welsh Labour party and we all admired her passion and dedication to social justice."
Mr Kinnock, speaking on the BBC News Channel, said: "She was such a talented wonderful, wonderful person... great mother to her two kids and a hard worker in Parliament."
He said Ms Cox had "really made a name for herself" on the issue of Syria.
Mr Kinnock, whose mother Glenys Kinnock used to employ Ms Cox as an advisor, said if the attack was "specifically connected to her role as an MP and she was being targeted for that reason, then I think that does have much wider implications".
"I'm utterly devastated," said Ogmore Labour MP Chris Elmore, who last saw Ms Cox at an event on Tuesday.
Mr Elmore and Ms Cox had become friends after he joined Parliament following a by-election.
"I've only been an MP for six weeks but Jo was one of the first to welcome me," he said.
He said his thoughts were with her two young children, husband Brendan and her family.
Ann Clwyd, Labour MP for Cynon Valley, said: "She was a live wire. She was always ready to speak out about the issues she cared particularly about."
Nia Griffith, shadow Welsh Secretary, said: "We're all in deep shock at the way that Jo Cox died. Our sympathy are with the family at this terrible, terrible time."
She said: "I think its going to throw a really long shadow over the whole campaign.
"It will add a very sombre tone, and I think it will be something that unfortunately we will associate with the referendum ever more."
Ogmore AM Huw Irranca-Davies said: "A young life cruelly ended. My thoughts with her family."
Welsh Tory leader Andrew RT Davies tweeted that Ms Cox was "killed doing her job, serving her community and her constituents".
Hywel Williams, Plaid Cymru MP for Arfon, tweeted: "Saddened and shocked to learn of Jo Cox MP's death. Senseless violence."
Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood said: "My thoughts are with Jo Cox's friends, family and colleagues at this devastating time."
UKIP Wales leader Nathan Gill said: "So very sad for Jo Cox family. Such a senseless waste." | Welsh politicians have reacted in shock at the news that a Labour MP has been fatally shot and stabbed in her constituency. |
Can you provide an overview of this section? | The body of 36-year-old Louise O'Brien was discovered at a home in Dunkeld Road on Thursday evening.
A 41-year-old man has been arrested and is expected to appear at Perth Sheriff Court on Tuesday.
A police statement said: "Police Scotland can confirm that a 41-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with the investigation into the death of Louise O'Brien."
The woman said she drove past Ms Bailey between 15:40 and 15:50 BST on 11 April last year.
Ms Bailey's fiancé, Ian Stewart, is accused of killing her between 10:51, when her internet and phone activity stopped, and 14:30 on that day.
Mr Stewart, who is on trial at St Albans Crown Court, denies murder.
The Electra Brown author's body was found last July in a cesspit at the home she shared with Mr Stewart in Royston, Hertfordshire.
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He is accused of drugging her before suffocating her and throwing her in the pit.
Neighbour, Angela John, told the court she recognised Ms Bailey, but under cross-examination admitted she had never seen Ms Bailey wearing the clothes she described - stone or beige trousers and a shirt.
"She was walking with her head down and her hands going to her head, which made me look more carefully at whether it was Helen or not," Ms John said.
Asked again by Simon Russell Flint, defending, "what date and time did you last see Helen Bailey?", she replied: "April 11, 3.40pm to 3.50pm-ish."
Mr Russell Flint asked if she had "any doubts... about that", to which she replied "no".
The court also heard from another two neighbours of Ms Bailey who said they saw her walking her dog Boris between about 13:20 and 14:20 BST on 11 April.
Mr Stewart, 56, of Baldock Road, Royston, Hertfordshire, denies murder, preventing a lawful burial, fraud, and three counts of perverting the course of justice.
The trial continues. | Police investigating the death of a woman in Perth have made an arrest.
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A neighbour of children's author Helen Bailey has told a court she saw the writer walking her dog after the time she was allegedly murdered. |
Can you summarize the given article? | Saturday's game at Tadcaster Albion's i2i stadium in North Yorkshire saw visitors Highworth Town run out 1-0 winners.
Trouble flared at the end of the match with reports Highworth's chairman and goalkeeper were among those injured.
In a statement, Tadcaster officials said they were "devastated" by the "totally unacceptable" violence.
Meanwhile, the visitors from Wiltshire said the scenes were "regrettable and ruined what should have been a celebration of a magnificent achievement for Highworth Town".
The Tadcaster statement said: "We are devastated with the scenes at the end of yesterday's game.
"We will continue to work closely with the police, Highworth Town and the FA.
"We are determined to bring those responsible to account.
"As a club we apologise to everyone who witnessed and were on the receiving end of totally unacceptable behaviour.
"We do however wish to thank the majority of the 1,307 crowd who behaved impeccably."
There have been no arrests. | Players and club officials were attacked as violence erupted at the end of an FA Vase quarter final tie. |
Give a brief overview of this passage. | It follows a four day excavation at the bungalow in Bradninch, Devon, in response to "historic intelligence".
It was suggested officers had been searching David and Pauline Williams' former home for the body of a baby.
The couple were jailed in 2015 for subjecting 10 girls and boys to rape, sexual assault and beatings.
A spokesman for Devon and Cornwall Police said the force would not be pursuing any other lines of enquiry relating to the dig investigation.
Det Supt Keith Perkin said: "Following intelligence received, Devon and Cornwall Police undertook excavation work at a property on Cullompton Hill, Bradninch, Cullompton, Devon, this week.
"Following a detailed excavation at the property, nothing of significance was found."
David and Pauline Williams lived near child murderers Fred and Rose West in Gloucester in the 1980s and 90s.
The couple ran the Prince Albert pub where Fred West was a regular.
A postcard from Rose West to the Williams - made public this week - appears to show the two couples were involved a sex ring.
David Williams boasted in court last year of his connections with the Wests.
Christopher May, 50, denies murder at Cardiff Crown Court.
Tracey Woodford, 47, was discovered at his flat in Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taff, in April.
Mr May told the court he has "normal sexual desires" and does not get sexual gratification from violence.
He said Ms Woodford arrived at the Skinny Dog pub in Pontypridd and joined a conversation he was having with friends.
He became attracted to her and she agreed to come back to his flat for sex, he said.
He told how Ms Woodford initiated sex, they undressed each other and had sex in his living room before he "lost interest".
He said he fell asleep and woke to find her looking in his wallet. An argument broke out and she threw the wallet at him, he told the court.
"I lost control then - I don't remember, the next thing I knew she was dead", he said.
He added: "I was in a panic. If I get arrested because I killed her... I decided to get rid of the body and cut her up and hide her".
He said he had never had non-consensual sex.
He admitted regularly drinking at the Skinny Dog pub and said he consumed up to eight pints at a time.
The jury was told he had a number of previous convictions for burglary, theft, arson and drink-driving. | A dig at the former home of a paedophile couple who knew Fred and Rose West has ended after search teams found "nothing of significance".
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A former butcher who killed and dismembered a woman has told a court he cut up and hid her body because he feared being arrested. |
Summarize the passage below. | The government sold its last shares today, nine years after it sank a total of £20bn into the beleaguered lender in the depths of the financial crisis.
The government is expected to make a profit of around £500m. That sounds a lot but is not a great return on an initial outlay of £20bn over nearly a decade.
But this wasn't an investment - it was a rescue of a bank that had made a bad situation much worse by agreeing to take over its more toxic rival HBOS.
Lloyds had always been a boring bank - a quality which would have spared it the worst of the crisis had it not agreed to saddle itself with the fallout from years of risky commercial lending by HBOS, which turned sour in the great downturn.
That decision was widely thought to have been taken under pressure from Gordon Brown's government, who hoped that a takeover could help HBOS avoid a government bailout.
It didn't pan out like that, and the merger eventually cost chief executive Eric Daniels and chairman Sir Victor Blank their jobs.
They are both due to give evidence in an upcoming court case brought by Lloyds shareholders who claim they lost out as a result of the doomed merger.
The years in between have been marked by criminal scandals and £17bn of PPI mis-selling but the bank is now making healthy profits and paying dividends.
The government has had mixed success with its bank rescues.
It still owns 73% of RBS which is still losing money all these years later.
The Chancellor Philip Hammond recently hinted that he would be prepared to start selling off those shares at a loss.
You win some, you lose some. | Lloyds banking group has finally settled its tab with the taxpayer. |
What is the brief summary of the provided content? | The programme of events is expected to bring a million visitors to the city, said Visit Hull and East Yorkshire.
This is more than can be accommodated by hotel rooms available in the city centre which number about 1,000.
Hull beat Leicester, Dundee and Swansea Bay to the right to hold the title in 2017.
The UK government chooses a new destination every four years, with the aim of helping tourism and the economy.
Anthony Yates, of Visit Hull and East Yorkshire, said the events were expected to bring a "million visitors to the city from all over the world".
"We want each and every guest to have a fantastic experience and leave with a lasting impression that Hull is a city with a personality like no other."
Martin Green, of Hull UK City of Culture 2017, said: "Every resident of the city is the face of Hull 2017 so we want them to embrace the 'everyone back to ours' spirit by throwing open their front doors."
Training is to be given to volunteers who want to offer rooms to visitors.
Airbnb, the accommodation website, said listings in the city had gone up by more than 200% and a host in Hull could earn £127 a week on average.
The government's Rent a Room Scheme lets you earn up to £7,500 per year tax-free from letting out furnished accommodation in your home. This is halved if you share the income with your partner or someone else.
Nick Alexander, 35, was shot in the abdomen and chest in the Bataclan nightclub in November last year, Chelmsford Coroner's Court heard.
The inquest heard written evidence from Helen Wilson, who was with him at the concert venue where 90 people died.
Coroner Caroline Beasley-Murray ruled Mr Alexander was unlawfully killed.
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Ms Wilson said the pair had tried to "play dead" when they realised what was happening.
"We dropped to the floor as soon as we heard the first shot," she said.
"A tall man came over to us and started shooting. I tried to protect Nick.
"I asked him if he had been shot. I felt a burning sensation around my legs and I could see blood.
"Nick told me he had been shot in the stomach."
Ms Wilson told the inquest she held on to Mr Alexander's hand while his breathing became shallower.
"I twisted my body around and gave him mouth-to-mouth. I was telling him not to leave me and I love him," she said.
Mr Alexander, from Colchester, Essex, was selling band merchandise for Eagles of Death Metal when he was killed in one of a series of co-ordinated attacks by gunmen across the city.
He was the only British national to die in the attacks, the Foreign Office told the BBC.
Outside the coroner's court, Mr Alexander's sister Zoe said he "lived his life to the full".
Standing alongside her mother Sheelagh, she said her brother "lost his life in an indiscriminate act of terror at the Bataclan theatre".
"Nick was a much-loved son, brother, uncle and friend, a strong, gentle, generous and funny man who lived his life to the full," she said.
"We were blessed to have him in our lives and we miss him beyond measure."
The 21-year-old, son of former Canaries keeper Bryan, was part of Championship club Norwich's academy until he joined Pep Guardiola's side in 2011.
He is yet to make a senior appearance for City, but was regularly an unused substitute for the Premier League side last season.
Gunn, a boyhood Norwich fan, will officially join the Canaries on 1 July.
"It's a great pleasure for me to come back and sign on loan," said Gunn.
"The main thing for me is to come and get experience, so to mix that in with coming to Norwich is a great feeling."
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Residents of Hull are being asked to rent spare rooms to visitors when Hull becomes the UK City of Culture 2017 due to a lack of hotel rooms.
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The ex-girlfriend of a British man killed in the Paris attacks has described how she tried to save "the love of her life" after he was shot.
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Norwich City have signed England Under-21 goalkeeper Angus Gunn from Manchester City on a season-long loan. |
Summarize the provided section. | Russia were banned by the IPC after the McLaren report identified evidence of a state-sponsored doping programme.
The decision to ban Russia from the Games was upheld last week by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas).
But the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) says scores of athletes are challenging that decision.
"More than 100 Russian sportsmen out of 266 who were selected for the Paralympics have filed individual cases with the IPC," Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) vice president Pavel Rozhkov said.
London 2012 swimming champion Olesya Vladykina is believed to be among those who have contacted the IPC.
"There is no reason to ban me," said Vladykina, 28, on social media.
"I have sent the IPC documents and facts to allow me to participate in the Games in Rio individually. I will continue to fight for the truth and my name."
The IPC confirmed on Monday that it had received a number of letters from Russian Para-athletes and added that "internal discussions about the letters is ongoing".
Russian long jumper Darya Klishina was the only athlete from her country to participate in the track and field events at the Rio Olympics after she was cleared to compete by Cas.
Athletics' world governing body IAAF had banned Russian athletes from competing at the Games over doping concerns but Klishina took part after she was able to prove that her clean drugs-testing record was established in the United States, where she is based, rather than in Russia.
The Rio Paralympics begin on Wednesday, 7 September.
The Peru international joined the Royals from Pacos de Ferreira last summer but only made five Championship appearances before signing for Vitoria on loan in January.
Hurtado scored once in seven appearances as Vitoria finished 10th in the Premeira Liga.
The 26-year-old has made 25 appearances for Peru, scoring two goals.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | More than 100 Russian athletes have written to the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) asking to compete at the Rio Games.
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Reading midfielder Paolo Hurtado has rejoined Portuguese side Vitoria de Guimaraes on a season-long loan. |
Summarize the passage below. | The 25-year-old failed an out-of-competition anti-doping test in October.
He was sent home from his side's tour of New Zealand earlier this month.
"We are appealing against this and will back him with legal representation," said Sri Lanka sports minister Dayasiri Jayasekara.
Jayasekara had earlier claimed the failed test could be part of a "conspiracy" against Perera to keep him out of next year's T20 World Cup. | Sri Lanka's wicketkeeper-batsman Kusal Perera faces a four-year ban after his B sample also tested positive for a prohibited substance. |
Can you summarize this passage? | Ex-Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship was convicted of misdemeanour conspiracy to violate mine safety standards.
The 2010 Upper Big Branch mine disaster in West Virginia was the deadliest mine explosion in decades.
Mr Blankenship expressed sorrow but denied he was responsible during the sentencing hearing.
A judge also gave him the maximum fine of $250,000 (£165,000).
He called the coal miners who died "great guys, great coal miners".
"It is important to everyone that you know that I'm not guilty of a crime," he said.
His lawyers had argued probation and a fine would be a more appropriate sentence.
Family members of miners killed in the accident yelled at him as he left the courthouse.
"We buried our kid because of you," said Robert Atkins, whose son died in the accident. "That's all I got is a goddamn tombstone."
Mr Blankenship was convicted of conspiracy last December, and the former superintendent of the mine was given 21 months in prison for falsifying records, disabling a methane gas monitor and tipping off workers ahead of inspections. In total, the investigation into the explosion resulted in five criminal convictions.
"This sentence is a victory for workers and workplace safety," said Acting US Attorney Carol Casto in a release. "It lets companies and their executives know that you can't take chances with the lives of coal miners and get away with it." | The former CEO of a coal company has been sentenced to a year in prison for a mine explosion that killed 29 men. |
What is the summary of the document provided? | It is the latest in a series of offensives to recapture territory taken by the jihadists since they burst onto the scene in mid-2014. Here is how IS has lost other key battles in Syria and Iraq:
Kobane, Syria
When: 22 September 2014-26 January 2015 (four months)
Significance: The battle of Kobane (aka Ain al-Arab) on the Syrian border with Turkey was highly symbolic for IS because it was the group's first real test in combat. Many jihadist critics of the group said IS wasted its fighters and weapons.
Who: IS versus US-backed Kurdish fighters (with heavy US air cover)
How: Protracted fighting that extended to urban street combat. IS deployed a large number of suicide bombers, many of whom were foreign fighters.
Aftermath: Heavy destruction of the city's infrastructure and residential areas (more than 3,200 buildings destroyed, according to the UN), significant displacement of its predominantly Kurdish population, and high numbers of deaths on both sides, especially IS. The jihadist group later tried to play down its defeat by gloating that it had left Kobane in ruins.
Tikrit, Iraq
When: 2 March-1 April 2015 (one month)
Significance: Tikrit is a symbolic Sunni city as the hometown of the late Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and seen in Iraq as a bastion of Sunni power. It was also the site of the Camp Speicher massacre, in which IS summarily killed at least 1,700 young Shia conscripts in June 2014.
Who: IS versus Iraqi forces - predominantly the Shia-led Popular Mobilisation forces (PM) supported by Iranian advisers - and US coalition air strikes in second half of the campaign.
How: Although IS put up stiff resistance, the battle for Tikrit was shorter than observers had anticipated. Its recapture by Iraqi forces was helped by the fact that most of the city's residents had left ahead of the battle, which allowed Iraqi forces to bomb IS positions more freely.
Aftermath: Tikrit escaped the level of damage that affected other areas lost by IS. This allowed civilians to return relatively quickly. PM members were accused of reprisal attacks against residents following Tikrit's recapture, which the PM put down to "individual acts".
Baiji, Iraq
When: April-October 2015 (five months)
Significance: Baiji is home to Iraq's biggest oil refinery and lies on a strategic route that leads north to IS's stronghold of Mosul. IS moved into Baiji in April immediately after losing Tikrit.
Who: IS versus Iraqi forces (including PM) and coalition air cover.
How: As was the case in Kobane, the battle for Baiji was protracted and involved urban warfare, including weeks of IS hit-and-run attacks. Iraqi forces were besieged for several days in parts of the refinery compound. IS threw in lots of suicide bombers, many of them foreign fighters, including British teenager Talha Asmal.
Aftermath: IS pursued a scorched-earth strategy in Baiji, bombing and burning most parts of the oil refinery on its way out. To this day, the refinery has not resumed production.
Ramadi, Iraq
When: 21 December 2015 - January 2016 (one month)
Significance: Ramadi is the capital of Sunni-majority Anbar province in western Iraq. Its swift capture by IS in May 2015 was a major victory for the group and a huge blow to the Iraqi army, which crumbled.
Who: IS versus Iraqi forces and Sunni tribal fighters with heavy support of US air strikes. The PM was kept out for fear their involvement might stir sectarian tensions.
How: IS put up fierce resistance. Iraqi forces were slowed down by booby-traps, snipers, suicide bombers and the presence of civilians in the city. Even after Iraqi forces captured its centre, pockets of IS militants remained active, attacking in subsequent weeks.
Aftermath: Ramadi's infrastructure took a strong hit in the fighting. It was estimated that at least 60% of the city lay in ruins. This delayed the return of many residents.
Palmyra, Syria
When: 7-27 March 2016 (three weeks)
Significance: Palmyra (aka Tadmur) in central Syria is home to famous Roman ruins and is a world heritage site. Its capture by IS in May 2015 sparked international fears for its fate. It is also strategically located near oil and gas facilities and key highways.
Who: Syrian army supported by Russian air cover and Shia militias.
How: IS's unimpressive combat performance in Palmyra was perhaps the first in a series of battles that would see the group less determined to hold on to territory. It focused on targeting Syrian army positions based on the outskirts of Palmyra.
Aftermath: After IS was driven out of Palmyra, it was discovered to have suffered less destruction than expected. In fact, save for some temples that IS had blown up, the archaeological site was left mostly intact.
Falluja, Iraq
When: 22 May-26 June 2016 (little over one month)
Significance: Falluja was the longest-held IS city - originally captured in January 2014 - and considered the second-most important IS stronghold in Iraq after Mosul. It was a symbol of Sunni resistance and a hub for Sunni militancy. Falluja was seen as the source of jihadist attacks targeting Baghdad.
Who: IS versus Iraqi forces (including PM and Sunni tribal fighters) supported by US air cover. Similar to the battle for Mosul, it was agreed that the PM would not enter the city and would only secure its surrounding areas, to avoid sectarian tensions.
How: Although IS fought fiercely in Falluja, it did not hold on to the city for long as had been expected. After Palmyra, Falluja was another example that IS was not going to fight to the death in its strongholds.
Aftermath: Although IS initially banned civilians from leaving to use them as human shields, government-facilitated corridors allowed people to gradually escape. Unlike neighbouring Ramadi, Falluja was spared heavy destruction, which allowed residents to move back soon after IS's expulsion.
Manbij, Syria
When: 31 May-12 August 2016 (two-and-half months)
Significance: Biggest urban area controlled by IS in Syria's northern Aleppo province. The city was also a strategic gateway for IS, linking its areas of control in Syria and Iraq with the Turkish border.
Who: IS versus Kurdish-dominated US-backed Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) with heavy US air cover.
How: After putting up stiff resistance for over two months, IS appeared to have weighed its options pragmatically and decided to withdraw, with many militants heading to the nearby IS-held border town of Jarablus. Its withdrawal was soon to be replicated elsewhere in Syria.
Aftermath: Manbij residents were quick to take to the streets celebrating IS's defeat and restored freedoms. In addition to the military defeat, the scenes of celebrations widely shown in the media were a big blow to IS.
Jarablus, Syria
When: 24 August 2016 (14 hours)
Significance: Key town on Syrian-Turkish border.
Who: Free Syrian Army (FSA) rebels backed by Turkey.
How: IS militants withdrew hours after coming under heavy fire that included Turkish air strikes. They reportedly headed south towards the IS-held city of al-Bab. IS did not acknowledge its defeat and its supporters struggled to put a positive spin on it.
Aftermath: Syrian rebels took control of the border town which did not suffer much damage in the limited fighting.
Shirqat, Iraq
When: 20-22 September 2016 (48 hours)
Significance: Strategically important because it lies on the route from Baghdad to Mosul.
Who: IS versus Iraqi forces (including PM)
How: Although the battle was a swift victory for Iraqi forces, IS put up stiff resistance that included suicide attacks and raids on army bases and patrols.
Aftermath: Residents soon returned to the town which, like Jarablus in Syria the previous month, had suffered little damage in the fighting.
Dabiq, Syria
When: 15 October 2016 (hours)
Significance: The small northern Syrian town was highly symbolic as it featured heavily in IS propaganda as the prophesied location of an apocalyptic showdown between Muslims and their enemies. IS used its control of Dabiq to support its claim of being the righteous Muslim group to win recruits. It named its flagship magazine Dabiq after the town.
Who: FSA rebels backed by Turkey
How: It is not clear if IS militants put up a fight at all. Although IS made no comment on its remarkably quick loss, it had paved the way for the outcome by explaining it as a prelude to a future end-of-times battle.
Aftermath: Losing Dabiq was a blow for IS, not least in terms of its propaganda.
BBC Monitoring reports and analyses news from TV, radio, web and print media around the world. You can follow BBC Monitoring on Twitter and Facebook. | As a coalition of forces try to retake Mosul from so-called Islamic State (IS), the battle is expected to be the hardest so far against the militants in Iraq. |
Summarize the content of the document below. | The two-year-old ran off to look for a dog being walked by his father, in Littlehampton, West Sussex.
Despite being able to hear his cries, his family could not find him among the tall stalks and the alarm was raised.
A police helicopter, about 50 officers and staff and members of the public joined the search for the lost child.
An infra-red camera on the helicopter eventually enabled police to locate the youngster, about two hours after he went missing on Sunday afternoon.
Insp Gav Whitehouse said the search had been hampered by the height of the crop, which meant those looking for the boy were also unable to see each other.
"He was reunited with his family and checked over by paramedics, but did not seem to be any the worse for wear following his ordeal," the officer said.
"Indeed, I could hear him crying from some distance and that's always a good sign."
He added: "I would like to thank everyone who responded, including HM Coastguard and other emergency services, and especially local members of the public who volunteered to help."
The victim, 25-year-old Karl Haugh, was stabbed in a laneway in the Marian estate in Kilkee at about 01:15 local time. He died in hospital.
It is understood a row had broken out and that a number of people were at the scene when the stabbing happened.
The three men who were arrested are all in their 20s. A knife believed to have been used has been recovered.
It follows the launch of 24-hour services on the Central, Victoria, Jubilee, Piccadilly and Northern lines.
The overground service will start operating from December on Fridays and Saturdays between New Cross Gate and Dalston Junction.
It is also expected to extend to Highbury and Islington next year, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said.
"Our Night Tube services have been a real success right across the capital, so I'm delighted to announce that we'll be bringing the Night Overground to the East London line later this year", he added.
Due to Crossrail work taking place at Whitechapel station, London Overground night services will initially not call at that station until works are complete.
Services are expected to call at Whitechapel from summer 2018.
The Night Tube is also expected to extend to parts of the Metropolitan, Circle, District, and Hammersmith and City lines once modernisation programmes are complete in 2023.
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the London Overground.
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In an interview with BBC Radio 5 live a few minutes after the incident, Sullivan said there had been no attack on the coach.
But he backtracked in a message posted on the West Ham website on Wednesday.
He said he had been "unaware of the damage that had occurred" at the time and vowed to "track down" the culprits.
West Ham have already said they will issue life bans to any fans found responsible for the attack, which smashed a window on the bus and delayed the kick-off by 45 minutes.
Bottles were also thrown at Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea during the Premier League match, while another fan invaded the pitch to confront the Spaniard.
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Tuesday's game, which West Ham won 3-2, was the last at the Boleyn Ground before the Hammers move to the Olympic Stadium.
The Football Association has also condemned the "unsavoury incidents" and plans to work with both clubs and the Metropolitan Police to investigate the matters.
"If we were to have scripted how our final game at the Boleyn would have played out, it wouldn't have been much different to last night's match," Sullivan added.
"The West Ham family then all celebrated our legends and former players together in what was a truly fitting ceremony to say goodbye to our home of 112 years.
"Sadly, the actions of very small minority of people outside the ground prior to kick-off risks overshadowing those celebrations. Their behaviour was completely unacceptable and does not represent our club or our values."
The Metropolitan Police said on Wednesday that four police officers had been injured during the trouble but no arrests have been made over criminal damage to the coach.
Three men were arrested during the game, including a 20-year-old on suspicion of affray and a 47-year-old and 18-year-old for pitch incursion.
Officers from the Met's Central Football Unit are looking at CCTV footage and have appealed for witnesses. | A huge search effort had to be launched to find a toddler who wandered into a field of rapeseed taller than he was and disappeared from view.
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West Ham co-chairman David Sullivan has apologised to Manchester United after their team bus was damaged before Tuesday's game at Upton Park. |
Please summarize the passage below. | He said he was stepping down from the party temporarily, after a meeting with the party's chief whip on Monday,
The Portsmouth South MP is being sued in a High Court civil action by a female constituent who had contacted him for help in a neighbour dispute.
Mr Hancock said he "completely refuted" the claims and was "vigorously" defending himself.
Party leader Nick Clegg said last week he had spoken to chief whip Alistair Carmichael about the possibility of suspending the MP from the party, but at the meeting on Monday in Westminster Mr Hancock instead offered to temporarily withdraw until the court case is concluded.
In a letter to Mr Carmichael, he said: "I can assure you that I will continue to vigorously defend my position and that I completely refute the allegations against me.
"I'm doing this in the best interests of the party nationally and in Portsmouth and for my family.
"I will continue to work hard for my constituents in Portsmouth as I have always done."
In his reply, the chief whip said: "These are very serious allegations and the party takes them very seriously.
"I realise that you have denied them consistently and continue to do so.
"If, at the end of your case, your name is cleared then I would fully expect to have you back in the parliamentary party to play again your role in the Commons."
Mr Hancock, who has been an MP since 1997 and also sits on Portsmouth City Council, was arrested on suspicion of indecent assault in 2010 but never charged.
He was accused of "inappropriate behaviour", which he denied, towards a female constituent following a series of visits he made to her home.
It was alleged he placed his hand on her breast, exposed himself and kissed her without consent.
Mr Hancock hit the headlines in 2011 when he had an affair with his aide, Katia Zatuliveter, who was accused of being a Russian spy.
But the Special Immigration Appeals Commission said it had seen nothing to support the allegations against Miss Zatuliveter and she won an appeal against deportation.
Jordan Begley, 23, died in hospital after being shot with the stun gun at his Manchester home in 2013.
Police officers rushed to the scene after his mother called 999 to say he had grabbed a knife during a row with neighbours.
Mr Begley was hit with "distraction strikes" described as "standard procedure" for those resisting arrest.
Manchester Civil Courts of Justice heard Mr Begley had thrown the knife down when he was shot with the Taser from about two feet away in his mother's dining room by PC Terence Donnelly.
In a statement, PC Lee Moore described hearing a sound like that of a head hitting the floor and seeing Mr Begley face down on the floor, struggling with officers.
Two officers including PC Christopher Mills were trying to handcuff Mr Begley, the court heard.
"PC Mills applied two distraction strikes to the torso, to the upper back using a clenched fist," PC Moore said.
Mr Begley was then handcuffed and PC Moore said he later heard "laboured breathing".
"We sat him up straight away to see if there was an issue with him lying down. He was flicking in and out of consciousness."
Officers then took off his handcuffs, turned him over and began chest compressions while a policeman went to fetch a trauma kit from a squad car.
Mr Begley was also given oxygen and a defibrillator was used before paramedics arrived.
PC Moore said the officers also discussed the "golf ball sized" lump on Mr Begley's head, which he appears to have suffered during the incident.
The officer was not physically involved with restraining Mr Begley but said he had no concerns over his colleagues' conduct during the incident.
The inquest was adjourned until Thursday. | Liberal Democrat MP Mike Hancock has resigned the party whip while he contests allegations of sexual assault.
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Can you summarize this passage? | The court had been asked to decide whether the company's smartphones were considered meters, which are outlawed for private hire vehicles.
The phones use GPS and external servers to calculate the cost of a journey.
Transport for London said taking the case to court had been "in the public interest".
The app-based company allows users to order cars via their smartphones, which often arrive within minutes and can cost a fraction of the price of a black cab.
What will the High Court decision mean for Uber?
Mr Justice Ouseley declared that taximeters do not operate in the same way as the app as they do not depend on GPS signals or include the app's other new-tech characteristics to calculate fares.
TfL and Uber had both argued at a one-day hearing earlier in October that the app was not a meter, and both organisations greeted the decision as a victory.
An Uber spokesman said: "This was not a marginal call; it is quite emphatic. In fact, it is contemptuous of the case brought before it."
Transport for London also welcomed the ruling, saying there had been "significant public interest in establishing legal certainty in the matter".
The Licensed Taxi Drivers' Association (LTDA), which represents many of the 25,000 licensed taxi drivers in London, asked the judge to rule it was a meter and ban its use.
LTDA chairman Richard Massett said: "We certainly are going to an appeal.
"It's a fact that the smartphone acts in exactly the same way as a taximeter. It calculates the fare by means of time taken and distance covered - and it's doing exactly the same job.
"Private hire legislation specifically precludes private hire from using a meter - and that's exactly what it is."
The Licensed Private Hire Car Association (LPHCA) backed the LTDA and said the app was "an attempt to circumvent the statutory prohibition" on minicabs using meters.
This is not the end of this story - I think it is only the beginning.
As well as probable legal challenges to the High Court taximeter ruling, there are big changes to regulation being proposed by the mayor.
Among those are a five-minute wait between booking a taxi via an app and the pick-up - and a ban on apps showing which cars are immediately available. That would seriously curtail how Uber currently operates.
A huge lobbying battle is now under way. Expect more protests from black cab drivers.
The policy-makers are scrambling to keep up with this new technology - it has tied them in knots.
There are also differing political opinions on the Uber app - the business secretary said in July he and the government welcomed "disruptive technology" - and that clashes with what the mayor is trying to achieve with his private-hire proposals.
Black cab drivers argue that the app poses a risk to public safety and customers being overcharged, with no opportunity to challenge fares before the money is automatically taken out of their bank accounts.
A spokesman for London Mayor Boris Johnson said: "The mayor is a strong supporter of new technology and he recognises that innovation is embraced by Londoners."
However, he acknowledged "huge challenges" for the taxi and private hire trades, and "legitimate concerns" over vehicle emissions and congestion.
He pointed out that TfL was carrying out a consultation on how to regulate the industry.
Uber's Jo Bertram said: "Now the High Court has ruled in favour of new technology, we hope TfL will think again on their bureaucratic proposals for apps like Uber.
"Compulsory five-minute waits and banning ride-sharing would be bad for riders and drivers. These plans make no sense. That's why 130,000 people have already signed our petition against these proposals." | The taxi-hailing app operated in London by the US firm Uber does not break the law, the High Court has found. |
Can you provide a summary of this content? | It is thought to be the largest number of wholly British-built spacecraft to go up on a single launch.
The quintet includes three satellites to image the Earth and support disaster monitoring and relief, and two to test technologies that could be used on future spacecraft.
The Indian space agency's PSLV rocket lifted off from Sriharikota at 21:58 local time (17:28 BST).
It was the vehicle's heaviest commercial load to date - a total of 1,440kg.
The trio of imaging spacecraft - known as DMC-3 - were built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) in Guildford and will be in the sole operational control of its subsidiary, DMCii.
Each platform weighs 447kg and sees the Earth in a range of visible and infrared wavelengths.
The resolution achieved by the optics surpasses that on any of Surrey Satellite's previous spacecraft, tracking features down to just a metre across.
The capacity on the DMC-3 satellites has been leased to a company from China - 21st Century Aerospace Technology Ltd (21AT) - to help them survey the fast-growing Asian nation.
This is a different business model to the one SSTL and DMCii have traditionally used.
In the past, imaging data has been sold by the square kilometre. Merely leasing spacecraft time is something that is done in the telecoms sector.
"Most folk don't buy a whole telecommunications satellite; they buy transponder time by the hour," explained SSTL chairman Sir Martin Sweeting.
"That's what the BBC does, for example, for some of their live broadcasts: they just use the telecoms satellite for a couple of hours and then walk away.
"And we thought: why don't we apply that to Earth observation.
"We will launch the satellites and run the service, and then customers can come in, lease the imaging capacity and do all the value-added they want on top of that."
It turns out, however, that 21AT has such a high demand for pictures over China and internationally that it is taking all of the capacity on the three spacecraft. A commitment that is good for the next seven years.
Based in Beijing, the commercial geo-information company uses satellite images for urban planning, working out crop yields, pollution monitoring and doing biodiversity assessments, among many other applications.
"We've worked with them for 16 years, even building and launching a satellite for them in 2005 called Beijing-1," said Sir Martin.
That satellite did infrastructure planning ahead of the 2008 Olympics, but also delivered vital disaster-relief maps in the aftermath of the devastating Wenchuan earthquake in the same year.
"You can do all sorts of things with these satellites," Sir Martin added.
"21AT has just been looking at where people have been dumping rubbish in China's cities to make sure it is cleaned up."
The British government was instrumental in facilitating the £110m deal that led to the construction of the satellites. That contract was signed during the Chinese premier's visit to the UK in 2011.
The two other spacecraft on Friday's rocket were much smaller.
An 80kg platform known as CBNT-1 was also built by SSTL and will test technologies, such as avionics, that might be used on future satellites.
There was also a 3kg cubesat on the rocket that was developed at the Surrey Space Centre, which is part of the University of Surrey.
This cubesat will deploy a large membrane to demonstrate how redundant spacecraft can be dragged out of orbit much faster than would ordinarily be the case and thus reduce the risk of generating space debris.
[email protected] and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos | An Indian rocket has put five UK satellites in orbit. |
Summarize this article briefly. | The family, named locally as Peter and Tracey Wilkinson and their son, Pierce, were found with knife wounds in Stourbridge at about 08:00 BST.
A Land Rover taken from the house was intercepted by West Midlands Police about 30 minutes later in Norton Road.
A man in his 20s has been arrested on suspicion of murder and wounding.
The family were found after emergency crews were called to Greyhound Lane, Norton.
Police said they understood the suspect was known to the victims and may have been living at the address, although he was not a family relative.
The 13-year-old boy and his mother were found in the house with critical stab wounds.
The woman was pronounced dead at the scene, while the teenager was later pronounced dead in hospital.
Mr Wilkinson, believed to be a company director for local firm Hill & Smith Ltd, was found in the garden of the house.
He remains in hospital with stab wounds to his chest and back.
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Peter Wilson, BBC Midlands Today special correspondent, said he understood the couple also have an older daughter who is attending university.
Redhill School in Stourbridge confirmed the boy was a Year 8 pupil.
In a statement, the school said pupils and staff were being supported and added: "Our thoughts and prayers are with those who have been affected by this."
Police said that as the Land Rover was intercepted, it was in collision with a police car.
The force said two officers were taken to Russells Hall Hospital, in Dudley, with minor injuries. They have since been released.
Supt Lee Kendrick, of Dudley Police, said: "What has unfolded here this morning is horrific and heart-breaking.
"Police and ambulance were confronted with an awful scene: a man, woman and boy all with very serious stab injuries.
"The woman and boy were found in the house and the man in the garden."
He added that "tragically" there was "nothing that could be done" to save the woman, understood to be in her 50s.
Supt Kendrick said they "don't think this was a burglary or a robbery".
The man in his 20s would be questioned on suspicion of murder and wounding, the force said.
Police are not looking for anyone else in connection with the attack. | A mother and her 13-year-old son have been killed and the woman's husband seriously injured in a stabbing attack at their home. |
What is the summary of the provided article? | In many ways it is far worse than many observers had expected.
The President clearly believes that the accord is a job killer, an economy strangler and a desperately unfair stitch up by other countries wanting to take economic advantage of the US.
"We don't want other leaders and other countries laughing at us anymore," thundered the President, "and they won't be."
He spoke of being open to re-negotiating the deal or trying to build a new agreement - but the idea of re-working the accord is an unlikely scenario.
News agency reports say the French President Emmanuel Macron has already dismissed the idea.
"The President said that they could continue to talk, but indicated that nothing was renegotiable with regard to the Paris accords. The United States and France will continue to work together, but not on the subject of climate change," sources close to the President were reported as saying.
"President Trump's speech was confused nonsense," said Bob Ward from the UK's Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change.
"He announced that the United States will withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change, while also launching negotiations to re-enter the Agreement.
"But the Agreement states that no country can withdraw within three years of it coming into force, and the process of withdrawal takes a further year to complete.
Mr Ward continued: "That means the United States cannot complete withdrawal from the Paris Agreement before 5 November 2020, the day after the next Presidential election in the United States. So Mr Trump will not have withdrawn from the Agreement within this Presidential term."
The scale of President Trump's opposition to the deal is all about the money. He sees the accord as "a massive redistribution of US wealth to other countries". This is a clear indication that he has fully bought into an economic nationalist and climate sceptic perspective supported by several members of his inner circle.
Others don't see climate change that way.
"Today's decision is not only disappointing, but also highly concerning for those of us that live on the frontline of climate change," said the Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine.
"While today's decision will have grave impacts, it is not too late to act. We must not give up hope. Our children and their children deserve not only to survive, they deserve to thrive."
She added: "That is why the rest of the world remains firmly committed to the Paris Agreement, and our own commitment to it - and that of our wider Pacific family - will never waiver."
Again and again, the question of unfairness cropped up in President Trump's lengthy statement. The "world's worst polluters", which he argued were China and India, had "no meaningful obligations" placed on them by the Paris deal.
Pulling America out of the deal was, he said, the President's way of choosing Pittsburgh over Paris. However the Mayor of Pittsburgh rejected the association. Bill Peduto tweeted: "I can assure you that we will follow the guideline of the Paris agreement for our people, our country & future."
The President was scathing about the green climate fund saying it would cost billions of dollars - the US has pledged $3bn and paid around $1bn.
The overall tone and content of his speech clearly plays to the support base that elected him but is also a clear disavowal of multilateralism especially on climate change and will definitely push other countries more closely together on this issue.
In an interview with the BBC, Democrat Senator John Kerry, who signed the Paris accord on behalf of the Obama administration last year, said of Trump's "laughter" comments: "I think other countries will stop laughing at us when we don't have announcements like we had today and we have a presidency that offers America a greater vision of the possibilities of the future." | President Trump's statement is a very clear repudiation of the Paris climate agreement and international efforts to fund climate mitigation and adaptation in poorer countries. |
Summarize the content given in the passage. | Under a profile where he called himself Sarah-Louise, he managed to trick about 50 teenage boys aged between 12 and 15.
Now aged 21, he was 17 when the offences occurred.
A court order has been imposed, under the defendant's human rights, banning any details that could lead to his identification.
A previous hearing was told that after the first complaint was made on March 12, 2012, it emerged that scores of schoolboys had also been contacted by "Sarah-Louise".
In a previous court hearing in May, he admitted 18 offences including inciting a child to engage in a sexual act, as well as possessing indecent images of children, distributing an indecent photograph of a child and possessing an extreme pornographic image.
The judge deferred sentencing for six months, saying he wanted the young man to continue working with probation.
On Thursday, a prosecution lawyer told Belfast Crown Court that police had confirmed that the defendant "has not come to any adverse notice to them".
She also acknowledged that an "positive" probation report suggested he was making progress.
A defence barrister said the updated report was "glowing", and added: "This is a young man who has vindicated the Probation Board's services."
The judge said the report - that concluded the defendant was no longer deemed to represent a danger to the public - had "changed the landscape" of sentencing.
Giving him a two-year probation order, the judge told him to "continue to make progress". | A man who pretended he was a 16-year-old girl to get boys to send naked images and videos of themselves via Facebook has been placed on probation. |
Provide a brief summary of this section. | Bruce, 55, is a candidate to succeed the sacked Remi Garde, along with Nigel Pearson, David Moyes and Sean Dyche.
"No approach had been made nor would one be welcome," a spokesman for Hull, fourth in the table, told BBC Sport.
Former Villa player and manager Brian Little, who recently joined the club's board of directors, will play a key role in the selection process.
However Villa, bottom of the table and 12 points adrift of safety with seven games to play, are in no rush to make an appointment.
Villa want a British manager to succeed Garde, BBC Sport understands.
Former Leicester manager Pearson and ex-Manchester United boss Moyes have been tipped as replacements.
Bruce, who has been with Hull since 2012, and Burnley manager Dyche are also possible candidates.
The board's recommendation will need to be passed by Randy Lerner, the club's American owner, before a final decision.
Former Villa striker Garry Thompson says the next boss needs to know the Championship, which is where the club are likely to be playing next season.
He also says Garde's successor needs to have broad shoulders.
"People don't realise what a massive club Aston Villa is," Thompson, who played for the club in the late 1980s, told BBC Radio WM.
"You've got to be strong enough and big enough to carry this thing. Obviously, Remi wasn't."
Bruce guided Birmingham City to the Premier League in 2002 and 2007, before doing the same with Hull in 2013. | Championship club Hull City say they would not welcome an approach from Aston Villa for manager Steve Bruce. |
Please provide a summary for the content below. | Ben Butler, 36, told the Old Bailey he "panicked" and just laid on the floor after finding Ellie hurt in their home in Sutton, south west London.
Mr Butler did not call 999 and when his partner came home they spoke about his wrongful conviction for shaking Ellie as a baby and "how it would look".
He denies murder and child cruelty.
Mr Butler told the court he was having a "lazy day" with his daughter and had taken a nap before finding her lying in her room with her eyes wide open.
He told jurors he "dropped to his knees" but "didn't help the way I should have helped".
"I tried to shake her. She didn't respond to what I did. I tried to breathe in her mouth. It just took the wind out of my sails. I still don't know why I didn't do more," he said.
Mr Butler said he then went back downstairs "in shock" and had a lie down on the floor, where it took him "a while to get up".
The defendant then called his partner Jennie Gray, 36, and told her to come home - but did not tell her why.
The court has previously heard the pair did not call an ambulance for two hours after Mr Butler had first contacted Ms Gray.
When defence lawyer Icah Peart QC asked why he did not call an ambulance earlier, Mr Butler replied he was "panicking" and "not thinking straight".
"The one mistake leads to the next thing, to the next thing... Not doing the right thing leads to more problems," he said
He explained to the jury the pair discussed Mr Butler's previous wrongful conviction for shaking Ellie as a baby in 2007 and "how it would look".
"I thought 'oh, here we go again', I'm going to get blamed", he said.
Jennie Gray then called an ambulance and Ellie was rushed to hospital, where she was pronounced dead shortly afterwards.
She denies child cruelty but has admitted perverting the course of justice.
Earlier, Mr Butler admitted he had been violent towards his partner.
"Over the years we have had a lot of tension over a lot of things," he said.
Asked if he ever hit his daughter, Butler said he only ever "tapped her bum".
The trial continues.
Officers were called to Wandsworth Prison in south London at 07:35 BST on Monday to reports a male prisoner was dead in a cell, Scotland Yard said.
The man, who has not been formally identified but is believed to be in his 60s, was pronounced dead at hospital at 08:52 BST.
A man in his 40s, also a prisoner, has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
A post-mortem examination is to take place in due course, a Yard spokesman said.
Wandsworth, a category B prison, is the largest in the UK and one of the biggest in western Europe, and can hold more than 1,800 prisoners. | A father accused of murdering his six-year-old daughter delayed calling an ambulance because he feared being blamed for her death.
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A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a prisoner was found dead in a London jail. |
What is the summary of the document provided? | Former FA chairman Bernstein joined in March as part of a boardroom shake-up that included ex-manager Brian Little.
Chairman Steve Hollis brought in life-long fan Lord King, the former Governor of the Bank of England, in February.
"The issues at the club are fundamental and the solutions are radical and do not lend themselves to compromise," Bernstein said in a resignation letter.
"Unfortunately it had proved impossible to implement the agreed structure and my position has quickly become untenable."
An Aston Villa club statement said Little would continue to advise chairman Hollis on "football-related matters", while a search for a new manager "remains a priority".
It added: "It is with regret that Aston Villa Football Club today announces the resignations of Mervyn King and David Bernstein as directors of the club.
"The club would like to thank both for all their efforts throughout their short time as members of the board."
Bernstein, 72, also spent five years as Manchester City chairman and said he was brought in to review the "football side of the club" at Villa.
Lord King, 67, was appointed a life peer in 2013. | David Bernstein and Lord King have resigned from the Aston Villa board two days after the club were relegated. |
What is the summary of the following article? | The cows have been seen "running around with black bags hanging out of their mouth", according to a pub landlord in Hungerford Common, Berkshire.
Resident Alison Judge said the cows appear "for a Thursday morning feast".
Hungerford Town and Manor said having a central collection point for bins would help reduce damage made by lorries.
It said it had introduced a communal collection point in the Down View area so the bin lorries no longer had to "back up beside homes".
But the landlord of nearby pub, The Downgate, has expressed concerns over the collection area being set up close to his property.
David Yates said: "The problem is, you don't want customers sat outside on the tables and looking at litter all the time.
"Not only that, I'm a little concerned for the cows, which I did tell the Town and Manor about, because unfortunately you've got cows running around with black bags hanging out of their mouths."
Robert James, commons secretary for Hungerford Town and Manor, said a solution to the problem was being investigated. | Cows have been grazing on household rubbish since a refuse collection rule change saw bins gathered together to provide a bovine morning feast. |
Provide a concise overview of the following information. | The 29-year-old was taken off on a stretcher in his third appearance since joining from Fiorentina in January.
In an Instagram post, Zarate said scans revealed an "anterior cruciate ligament rupture plus an injury grade one of [the] medial collateral ligament".
The typical recovery period for a cruciate ligament injury is six months.
However, it can be longer if surgery is required on the knee.
"Thank you everyone for all the messages in this horrible moment," former West Ham and QPR striker Zarate added.
"I will face this with all my strength and will be back stronger than before."
Watford are 12th in the Premier League with 12 league matches remaining. | Watford forward Mauro Zarate faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines after suffering a cruciate ligament injury in Saturday's 1-1 draw with West Ham. |
Summarize the provided section. | Harry Shilling, 26, from Swanley in Kent, will serve a minimum of 20 years. He has also been put on licence for a further five years.
He and his gang smuggled 31 machine guns and more than 1,500 rounds of ammunition into the UK by boat.
The guns came from the same source as those used in the Charlie Hebdo attack.
Gunmen killed 12 people and wounded seven when they launched an assault on the satirical magazine's offices in Paris in January last year.
The Old Bailey trial was held amid almost unprecedented security.
Judge Michael Topolski QC told Shilling: "I'm entirely satisfied the truth is you were the man in charge of this carefully planned, well-funded and sophisticated organisation."
He went on to say that this "dangerous young man" had been motivated by a desire to "maintain, protect and expand" his drug business.
Michael Defraine, 30, from Bexleyheath, south-east London, was also found guilty of gun smuggling and possessing firearms with intent to endanger life. He was given 27 years in jail, plus five years on extended licence.
Shilling and Defraine were part of a gang that brought the weapons on a boat from France to Kent last August.
National Crime Agency (NCA) detectives had them under surveillance and made what they say was the largest-ever weapons seizure on the UK mainland.
Other members of the gang were also sentenced for their part in the smuggling operation.
David Payne, 43, from Cuxton, Kent, was sentenced to 14 years and six months in jail. He must serve a minimum of nine years and six months and has been given an extended licence for five years.
Richard Rye, 24, also from Swanley, has been sentenced to 14 years and three months with a minimum of nine years and five months in jail and an extended licence period of five years.
Christopher Owen, 30, from Rochester, Kent, who was caught with two bullets in his pocket, received five years and four months in prison for his lesser role.
Those three men had already pleaded guilty to smuggling the weapons into the country, while Payne and Rye also admitted a second count relating to conspiracy to sell the arsenal.
The judge told them: "It has been said that it cannot be exaggerated that guns kill and maim, terrorise and intimidate and that's why criminals want them."
The gang brought the weapons to the UK using a ship, which arrived with its "evil" cargo near Cuxton Marina, outside Rochester in Kent, on 10 August last year.
But they were under surveillance by the NCA, which seized the weapons before they could be buried and then passed on.
Rob Lewin, NCA head of specialist operations, said: "The weapons seized here were hugely powerful and the evidence showed that Shilling and his gang would have had no hesitation in using them.
"They thought having this kind of firepower made them untouchable, but we were determined to stay one step ahead of them all the way." | The man behind Britain's most notorious gun-smuggling operation, involving £100,000-worth of weapons, has been jailed for 30 years. |
Provide a concise summary of this excerpt. | British Transport Police (BTP) believe the men may have information about the attack on the 37-year-old.
He was treated in hospital for a head injury after the assault on platform three at about 21:45 on 21 May.
Earlier that day there were violent scenes at Hampden when fans spilled onto the pitch after Hibs beat Rangers.
One of the men captured on the cameras at Haymarket appears to have been wearing a green and white scarf.
The BTP said he was thin, with short blond hair and facial fair. He was wearing a white T-shirt, a black shirt, blue jeans and black shoes.
The second man was about 6ft tall, of heavy build, with short blond or red hair, and facial hair. He was wearing a black turtle neck top, grey dress trousers and black shoes. | CCTV images of two men have been published after another man was assaulted at Haymarket station on the day of the Scottish Cup final. |
Give a concise summary of the passage below. | The mobile phone giant, which operates in 26 countries, wrote down the value of its Indian unit by 3.7bn euros after a major price war broke out last year.
Vodafone also admitted it had suffered a disappointing year in the UK.
Chief executive Vittorio Colao said a £4.6m fine from Ofcom was "the worst moment" for the firm and its customers.
The fine was imposed due to "serious breaches" of consumer protection rules, which led to customers losing money.
The problems were caused by errors linked to the company's move to a new billing system.
Mr Colao said on Tuesday: "The operational issues are essentially resolved. I don't call it rock bottom.
"The worst moment was six months ago. Six to nine months ago we were receiving twice the number of complaints. I was personally receiving complaints."
In the past 12 months, Vodafone lost 300,000 UK customers, with 17.9 million remaining, although its broadband business grew to 216,000 households.
But Mr Colao insisted that customer services had undergone major changes.
The company has hired 2,100 new workers to help reduce customer service call answering times to 14 seconds, and it revealed complaints have fallen by 1.1 million since November 2015 - a 40% drop.
Vodafone also said that it had abandoned plans to sponsor the London Stadium, home to West Ham United.
It had been linked with a £20m deal for six years, according to the Times, but this broke down and will not go ahead.
Despite Vodafone reporting the hefty loss, its shares rose 3.7% to 219p as investors appeared impressed with the company's forecasts.
Mr Colao said earnings were expected to grow, thanks to average revenues from contract customers stabilising.
Cash flow is ahead of analysts' expectations, although organic service revenues growth slowed to 1.5% in the final quarter of the year from 2.1% in the third.
The UK was one of the operator's worst performing markets last year, with revenues dropping 17% and profits down 31% due to the weak pound.
By comparison, its Italian business was the best performing in Europe, with revenues rising 2.6% and profits up 10.6%.
On Brexit, Mr Colao said he had no plans to follow other multinational UK-based businesses in moving some operations overseas.
He added: "Brexit for us does not have a big impact. If, as a consequence of Brexit, business slows down then our customers will not be in a good shape.
"It depends on the negotiations, but I'm an optimist and as long as leaders are pragmatic. It makes no sense for anyone not to get a good deal." | Vodafone has reported an annual loss of 6.1bn euros (£5.2bn), due partly to a big write-down in the value of its Indian business. |
Can you summarize the following information? | Quality costs rose nearly four-fold as a result.
Honda made a loss of 93.4bn yen ($859.56m), compared with the 115.35bn profit expected by analysts.
The company said full-year results included 267bn yen more in costs than its original estimate.
Honda, which is Japan's third-biggest car maker, set aside a total 436bn yen for airbag-related costs last year, compared with 120bn yen the year before.
Some 50 million cars that use Takata airbags have been recalled globally after they were blamed for at least 11 deaths, mostly on cars made by Honda, the supplier's biggest customer.
US authorities said earlier this month that Takata must file new defect reports covering 35-40 million additional inflators that will lead to recalls by automakers.
Takata is expected to issue a report on 16 May outlining which vehicles are affected.
Honda said that when it receives that information it will "immediately begin identifying if Honda vehicles should be included in the first-stage recall." It said it may have to recall up to 21 million more vehicles on top of the 30 million it has already recalled.
US regulators believe the volatile chemical used in the inflators, ammonium nitrate, can cause airbags to explode with excessive force.
Globally, 12 car makers are affected, with Japan's Honda being the worst hit.
Takata has acknowledged some airbag inflators explode with too much force and spray metal shrapnel into the car. | Japanese carmaker Honda made an unexpected fourth quarter loss after facing higher quality-related costs for recalls of its cars that use potentially deadly Takata airbags. |
Summarize the content of the document below. | One Irish woman has already been confirmed as being among at least 38 people killed in the gun attack.
She has been named locally as Lorna Carty, from Robinstown in County Meath.
Islamic State extremists have claimed responsibility for the attack in Sousse on Friday, in which at least 15 Britons are confirmed to have died.
Interpol and the Irish department of foreign affairs have contacted police in County Westmeath regarding a couple, believed to be in their 50s and from the Athlone area, who are thought to have died.
Government officials have said they are working with the family as part of a formal identification process.
The British foreign minister Tobias Ellwood warned that the death toll of UK citizens was likely to rise because several people had been "seriously injured in this horrific attack".
The Tunisian prime minister Habib Essid has said the majority of those killed were British.
Ms Carty, who was in her 50s, was on holiday with her husband Declan.
He was uninjured but is said to be "absolutely distraught".
Irish politician Ray Butler said he had spoken to Ms Carty's husband.
"It was one of the hardest phone calls I've ever made and it's so sad to hear what happened," Mr Butler told Irish state broadcaster RTÉ.
The attack started at about noon on Friday when the gunman started shooting on a beach close to two tourist hotels.
The gunman was then shot dead by police. He was named later as Seifeddine Rezgui.
Tunisia is a popular destination for Irish tourists.
Some holidaymakers who returned to the Republic of Ireland on Friday night said their break had "turned into hell".
Anthony and Betty Tunstead, from Dublin, were part of a group of four that cut their holiday short.
Ms Tunstead told RTÉ there was screaming and chaos as the shooting started.
"We went into one room and kept there for a while. I came back out and here's a boyo in the lobby with a machine gun," she said.
"We didn't make eye contact because he was looking to see where he was jumping off the parapet. He didn't see me."
Ms Tunstead said had it been a different day they might not have escaped alive.
Marian King, from Lucan in County Dublin, told RTÉ she and her family had managed to get into a hotel room when the shooting began.
"People were running down the corridors screaming to be let into bedrooms," she said.
The Irish government is warning people travelling to Tunisia to "exercise extreme caution". | There is strong reason to believe that two more Irish people have died in an attack on a Tunisian beach resort, the Irish government has said. |
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Toure, making his first Premier League appearance of the season, combined with Nolito before firing City ahead.
Palace's pressure paid off when Wilfried Zaha set up substitute Connor Wickham to smash home a second-half equaliser.
But Toure, who has not figured at all for City for almost three months, had the final word when he turned home Kevin de Bruyne's corner from close range.
The win moves City second in the table, level on points with leaders Liverpool and with an identical goal difference.
Palace, who suffered their fifth straight league defeat, remain one point above the relegation zone.
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Yaya Toure's team-mates surrounded him at the final whistle to show their appreciation for his efforts, while the travelling City fans had been singing his name virtually all afternoon.
The 33-year-old Ivorian has been out in the cold since the end of August, with his manager Pep Guardiola saying he would not be picked until his agent, Dimitri Seluk, apologised for comments he made when Toure was left out of City's Champions League squad.
Toure, rather than Seluk, issued a statement about the situation at the start of November.
But that evidently satisfied Guardiola and Toure marked his return to favour in style.
Few people knew he had even travelled to Selhurst Park, so seeing his name on the team sheet at all was a huge surprise.
But Toure's lack of recent action did not affect his finishing power and, as so often before in his six years at City, he secured a vital victory for his side.
Palace went into the game with the worst points-per-game record of any team in the top four divisions in 2016 - just 0.73. This defeat sees it drop further, to 0.71, and also means their current crisis continues.
The Eagles caused City plenty of problems, notably with their pressing game and lightning-fast breaks down the wings.
But even when they were putting Pep Guardiola's side under pressure in the second half, Palace looked vulnerable and were ultimately punished for their lack of organisation at the back as they looked to see the game out.
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Palace are full of ideas when they come forward but they have failed to keep a single clean sheet in the league this season.
At the moment, their attacking prowess is being undermined by the amount of goals they are leaking.
While Toure's return was a shock, seeing Vincent Kompany injured again is becoming a depressingly familiar sight for City fans.
His latest setback was nothing to do with his troublesome calf, more just plain bad luck as he was left concussed by a first-half collision with his goalkeeper Claudio Bravo.
Kompany's vision was affected and he had to be replaced a few minutes later, with frustration etched on his face as he trudged towards the tunnel at Selhurst Park.
The 30-year-old Belgian was making only his second league start of the season, and is yet to complete 90 minutes in any of his five appearances in all competitions this campaign.
City travel to Germany to take on Borussia Monchengladbach in the Champions League on Wednesday, then make the much shorter journey to play Burnley in the Premier League next Saturday for the early kick-off.
Palace also hit the road with a trip to Wales where they meet fellow strugglers Swansea on the same day.
Match ends, Crystal Palace 1, Manchester City 2.
Second Half ends, Crystal Palace 1, Manchester City 2.
Attempt missed. Jason Puncheon (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Wilfried Zaha with a cross.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Fernandinho (Manchester City) because of an injury.
Foul by Raheem Sterling (Manchester City).
Bakary Sako (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Aleksandar Kolarov (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Yaya Touré (Manchester City) because of an injury.
Offside, Crystal Palace. Wayne Hennessey tries a through ball, but Connor Wickham is caught offside.
Substitution, Manchester City. Fernando replaces Sergio Agüero.
Substitution, Crystal Palace. Bakary Sako replaces Martin Kelly.
Offside, Manchester City. Kevin De Bruyne tries a through ball, but Sergio Agüero is caught offside.
Goal! Crystal Palace 1, Manchester City 2. Yaya Touré (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Martin Kelly.
Yaya Touré (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Yohan Cabaye (Crystal Palace).
Substitution, Crystal Palace. Lee Chung-yong replaces Christian Benteke.
Attempt missed. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
Connor Wickham (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Connor Wickham (Crystal Palace).
David Silva (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Yohan Cabaye (Crystal Palace).
Foul by Yaya Touré (Manchester City).
Joel Ward (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Aleksandar Kolarov (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a cross.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Jason Puncheon.
Fernandinho (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by James McArthur (Crystal Palace).
Attempt missed. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) with an attempt from very close range is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a cross.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Connor Wickham.
Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Martin Kelly (Crystal Palace).
Substitution, Manchester City. David Silva replaces Nolito.
Goal! Crystal Palace 1, Manchester City 1. Connor Wickham (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Wilfried Zaha.
Attempt blocked. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a cross.
Nolito (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. | Yaya Toure marked his shock return to the Manchester City team with two goals as his side grabbed a dramatic late win at Crystal Palace. |
Summarize this article briefly. | Tests showed the short-term memory of the animals improved when given similar drugs, according to a study published in the journal Nature Medicine.
The build-up of proteins thought to destroy brain cells was also reduced.
Alzheimer's Research UK said brain inflammation was looking like a "key player" in the disease.
Psoriasis is an inflammatory disorder caused when the immune system attacks healthy skin cells, stimulating the production of new skin.
The immune system, which controls levels of inflammation, has been implicated in both Alzheimer's disease and psoriasis.
However, the exact cause of the gradual destruction of the tissues of the brain during Alzheimer's disease is still unknown.
Researchers at the University of Zurich, in Switzerland, and the Charite university hospital, Germany, targeted two components of the immune system known to boost inflammation in mice genetically programmed to develop Alzheimer's.
Injecting an antibody to attack the two chemicals, twice a week once the mice were one month old, led to a 31% reduction in beta-amyloid plaques, which are thought to damage the brain.
Similar tests on older mice, which had already developed symptoms, showed "the significant deficit in short-term memory" was reduced "substantially", the report said.
Drugs which target the same system have already been tested on people with psoriasis.
The authors said: "Based on the safety data in patients, clinical studies could now be implemented without delay. Now, the goal is to bring the new therapeutic approach to Alzheimer patients quickly."
Dr Simon Ridley, head of research at Alzheimer's Research UK, said: "There is increasing evidence that inflammation is a key player in Alzheimer's and it is an exciting area for researchers working to defeat this devastating disease.
"This promising research adds further support for the role of the immune system in Alzheimer's, linking two inflammatory proteins to the disease in mice.
"Early studies like these are crucial to help highlight new targets for drug development, but we need to be careful not to assume that what is true for mice is true for men. Before any new Alzheimer's drug can reach patients, first it must be rigorously tested in clinical trials."
Kathleen Kane, was found guilty of all nine counts including conspiracy, official oppression and perjury.
Perjury, which is a serious charge, can alone carry a penalty of seven years in prison.
Her licence to practise law has been suspended and has she resigned as attorney general.
Kane, 50, is due to be sentenced within 90 days, and has vowed to appeal.
"I have been honoured to serve the people of Pennsylvania and I wish them health and safety in all their days," Kane said in a statement.
She was found guilty of leaking sealed court documents intended to embarrass a rival prosecutor, Frank Fina, who Kane believed had planted a news story claiming that she had ended a statehouse sting operation.
An aide for Kane testified during the trial that she became "hell-bent on getting back at Frank Fina", and described her behaviour as "unhinged".
She instructed her aides to leak the information the news media, and later lied under oath when questioned by state officials.
During the trial, Kane declined to testify, and her defence team did not call a single witness to the stand.
She claims to be the victim of an "old-boys" network that are taking revenge on her for revealing lewd messages sent by government employees using state email servers.
Those embarrassing emails led to the resignation of two state Supreme Court justices, and other top government employees.
"What she did while she was the attorney general, the fact she would commit criminal acts while the top prosecutor, is a disgrace,'' assistant district attorney Michelle Henry said after the verdict.
The judge has released Kane on bail after requiring her to forfeit her passport to prevent her from leaving the country.
Before being released the judge also warned Kane that there would be additional consequences if there were any signs that she was retaliating against witnesses.
Several of her top aides testified against her during the trial in exchange for immunity.
Kane, once a rising star of the Democratic Party, assumed office in 2013 becoming the first woman, and the first Democrat, to hold the position of attorney general.
She had not held an elected position before then.
She now faces a maximum sentence of 28 years in prison, however a lesser sentence is expected. | Drugs used to calm inflammation in psoriasis may also help to combat the effects of Alzheimer's disease, a study on mice suggests.
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The top law enforcement official in the US state of Pennsylvania has been convicted of several crimes after she leaked documents critical of a rival. |
Please provide a concise summary of the following section. | Storey netted his fourth in five games when he calmly side-footed the opener.
He then broke down the left with superb pace, earning a corner from which Vincent nodded home at the back post.
County pressed in the second half and eventually broke through when Boyce headed home what proved to be a consolation in injury time.
The absence of in-form Ryan Christie was a talking point pre-match but Storey picked up the mantle and was a key architect of this win.
County started slightly better in an attacking sense and Michael Gardyne sent a great chance over from close-range after David Raven failed to deal with Boyce's centre.
As half-time approached the visitors decisively took the initiative. Liam Polworth's accurate centre found Storey breaking beyond the defence and he didn't hesitate in stroking the ball home.
Storey then turned superbly and skinned Scott Boyd to earn a corner. The ball was flicked into the path of Vincent at the back post and he nodded it in to give John Hughes' side a commanding lead.
The second half involved a pattern of County trying new ways to break down the visiting defence, with Inverness attempting to release Storey to utilise his exceptional speed.
Stewart Murdoch drove wide and headers from Boyce and Jackson Irvine didn't overly threaten.
The afternoon got worse for Jim McIntyre when his goalkeeper Scott Fox landed awkwardly on his left leg and had to be stretchered off.
Late hope arrived when Boyce once again marked his name on the scoresheet in injury time but it proved too late to mount serious pressure on the result.
Inverness can now rightly claim they're showing similar form to that of last season. A first defeat since mid-August for County points to a good start they'll be keen to maintain.
Match ends, Ross County 1, Inverness CT 2.
Second Half ends, Ross County 1, Inverness CT 2.
Foul by Liam Boyce (Ross County).
Carl Tremarco (Inverness CT) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Stewart Murdoch (Ross County) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Iain Vigurs (Inverness CT).
Stewart Murdoch (Ross County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Stewart Murdoch (Ross County).
Greg Tansey (Inverness CT) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Inverness CT. Iain Vigurs replaces Danny Williams.
Corner, Inverness CT. Conceded by Marcus Fraser.
Goal! Ross County 1, Inverness CT 2. Liam Boyce (Ross County) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Scott Boyd following a corner.
Corner, Ross County. Conceded by Josh Meekings.
Corner, Ross County. Conceded by Carl Tremarco.
Gary Woods (Ross County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Miles Storey (Inverness CT).
Attempt missed. Greg Tansey (Inverness CT) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the left.
Foul by Stewart Murdoch (Ross County).
Liam Polworth (Inverness CT) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Ross County. Conceded by Danny Devine.
Marcus Fraser (Ross County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by James Vincent (Inverness CT).
Corner, Ross County. Conceded by Josh Meekings.
Corner, Ross County. Conceded by Danny Devine.
Substitution, Ross County. Raffaele De Vita replaces Jonathan Franks.
Substitution, Inverness CT. Carl Tremarco replaces Andrea Mbuyi-Mutombo.
Foul by Liam Boyce (Ross County).
Ross Draper (Inverness CT) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Ross County. Tony Dingwall replaces Brian Graham.
Andrea Mbuyi-Mutombo (Inverness CT) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Andrea Mbuyi-Mutombo (Inverness CT).
Chris Robertson (Ross County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Miles Storey (Inverness CT).
Scott Boyd (Ross County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Jackson Irvine (Ross County) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Ross Draper (Inverness CT) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Liam Boyce (Ross County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ross Draper (Inverness CT).
Attempt saved. Liam Boyce (Ross County) header from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Ross County. Gary Woods replaces Scott Fox because of an injury. | Inverness continued their upsurge in form with first half strikes from Miles Storey and James Vincent securing a 2-1 Highland derby victory in Dingwall. |
Summarize this article briefly. | East Riding of Yorkshire Council's Flood Investigation Report said it should look at "possible improvements to the timeliness" of warnings.
On the east coast, 1,400 properties flooded and 18,000 people evacuated.
Joe Noake of the Environment Agency said: "We are continually reviewing how we respond to such incidents."
The tidal surge saw "exceptionally high levels" not experienced for at least 60 years and the agency's defences and warning systems helped "reduce the impact significantly", he added.
The recommendation was one of eight in the report, accepted by the council's cabinet.
In the East Riding, 300 properties (69 commercial and 231 residential) were directly affected by flooding and an estimated 6,000 acres (2,400 hectares) of agricultural land flooded, it said.
The estimated damage was less than 1% of what it could have been without flood defences, the report said.
The water level at the Hull tidal barrier reached a record level during the surge - just 16ins (40cm) below the top.
The report also recommends property owners in the affected areas should develop a personal flood plan.
During the surge, there was significant flooding at various locations including Bridlington, Skipsea, Hornsea, Tunstall, Easington, Kilnsea, Paull, Hessle, North Ferriby, Faxfleet, Blacktoft, Yokefleet, Saltmarshe, Skelton, Old Goole and Reedness.
Hull city centre was also flooded.
Mr Noake said the Environment Agency had undertaken "significant works" to many flood defences including Riverside Quay in Hull, Swinefleet and Reedness, Yorkfleet Clough and Kilnsea.
Most flooding occurred when the water rose higher than the defences at high tide.
Flooding first affected commercial properties in Bridlington Harbour, as the high tide passed south down the coast. | A report into December's tidal surge has said the Environment Agency should consider a "thorough review" of flood prediction and warning procedures. |
Provide a concise summary of this excerpt. | The high court in Chennai (Madras) threw out a slew of petitions demanding that Perumal Murugan be prosecuted.
"Let the author be resurrected to what he is best at: Write," said the judges.
Murugan gave up writing last year after protests over his novel Madhorubagan. The verdict is being seen by supporters as a victory for freedom of expression.
There was no immediate comment from Murugan.
The court also said that a "settlement" between the novelist and a "peace council" in Tamil Nadu state, where the author agreed to apologise for his novel and withdraw all unsold copies of the book, was not legally binding on him.
Madhorubagan (One Part Woman) is set about a century ago near the author's home town of Tiruchengode in southern India. It is about a childless woman who participates in a sex ritual during a temple festival in order to conceive, a scenario Murugan says was based on historical fact.
Local groups led protests against the book, saying the "fictitious" extramarital sex ritual at the centre of the plot insulted the town, its temple and its women.
Copies of the novel were burnt, residents shut down shops and a petition sought the arrest of the author.
This prompted the author to write a dramatic Facebook post which read: "Perumal Murugan, the writer is dead. As he is no God, he is not going to resurrect himself. He has no faith in rebirth. As an ordinary teacher, he will live as P Murugan. Leave him alone."
He also instructed his publishers not to print and sell his work and promised to compensate them for the unsold copies. He implored his readers to burn his books, and said he would stop attending literary festivals.
Murugan is described by many critics as one of the finest writers in the Tamil language. | An Indian court has dismissed an attempt to bring criminal charges against a Tamil novelist whose writings on caste angered Hindu groups. |
Write a summary of this document. | She was in English Bay off Ascension Island, part of St Helena, and a source told the Times her husband punched the shark to scare it away.
The woman, who works for the St Helena government, was treated in hospital locally.
St Helena is a British Overseas Territory, 1,150 miles (1,850km) off the west coast of Africa.
The government has warned swimmers entering the water in the area that they do so at their own risk.
It said the incident was reported to them on Friday at 4pm local time (17:00 BST).
The far-flung islands of St Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha lie midway between Africa and South America and, though far from each other, they form a single territorial grouping under the sovereignty of the British Crown.
In the 1600s, the English East India Company was given a Royal Charter which allowed it to colonise the island, but St Helena is perhaps best known as the destination to which Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled in 1815 after his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo.
Today, the islands have a combined population of less than 6,000.
St Helena and Ascension Island are linked to the outside world by a Royal Mail Ship, the St Helena, which had been making the five-day journey from South Africa, every three weeks, but is currently out of action for repairs. | A British woman has been attacked by a shark while snorkelling near a remote island in the South Atlantic. |
Summarize the following excerpt. | The Ministry of Sound in Elephant and Castle is trying to stop the building of a block of flats nearby because club bosses fear noise complaints could force the venue's closure.
Judge Jules, Pete Tong, Fatboy Slim, Calvin Harris and Example are supporting the club.
London's mayor is due to decide on 26 February whether to approve the scheme.
Boris Johnson stepped in to adjudicate on the planning application after Southwark Council refused planning permission.
A spokesman for the developer Oakmayne said a "well-run and responsible club" could "perfectly well co-exist" with the new homes.
Dance music star Example said: "If we don't stand up and save it, we will lose the true home of British dance music."
Lohan Presencer, chief executive of Ministry of Sound, said: "There is no doubt whatsoever that the proposed scheme makes it very likely we will be forced to close."
He said it would be "disastrous for London".
In his role in making strategic planning decisions for London, the mayor can take over an application for his own determination.
He will hold a public hearing at City Hall before deciding whether or not to grant planning permission.
Southwark Council said the plans were refused on the grounds of failing to meet affordable housing needs.
Oakmayne wants to build 255 apartments and 80 affordable homes on the Eileen House site in Newington Causeway.
A spokesman from the company said: "The Ministry of Sound's campaign to "save our club" is based on a fundamentally false and deliberately misleading premise.
"We have continually repeated that the much-needed new homes and offices planned for the Eileen House site can perfectly well co-exist with a well-run and responsible club.
"We have taken every possible step in submitting our planning application to ensure that this can be the case, and the Eileen House scheme has been designed to fully accommodate its neighbours.
"It is not, and has never been, a question of one or the other. The Ministry is fully aware of this, but chooses to ignore it."
He said a new 22-storey residential development was being built "even closer" to the club than the proposed Eileen House scheme. | Stars from the music industry have joined a campaign to save a famous central London nightclub. |
Please summarize the passage below. | A riding accident left Gail Yeandle needing 24-hour home care which costs more than £5,000 a week.
New funding rules in part of Leicestershire mean she may have to go into residential care if it is 10% cheaper and her condition deteriorates.
Mrs Yeandle said such a move would be "devastating" but NHS bosses said tight budgets had to be spent "wisely".
Last year £73m was spent across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland on what is known as continuing care, with costs per patient of up to £28,000 a week.
A review lead East Leicestershire and Rutland Clinical Commissioning Group to alter criteria around continuing care, while Leicester City and West Leicestershire CCGs have deferred a decision.
Mrs Yeandle, from Queniborough, Leicestershire, said she had spent two years in hospital and was "very worried" at the prospect of being moved back.
"I am really worried that if my condition changes I could end up in a residential home, which would be detrimental to both my mental and physical well-being.
"Before my accident [she and her husband] had never been apart and being at home I have a life. If I went into residential it would be just devastating and I would feel I did not have a life."
Liz Kendall, MP for Leicester West, called the changes are "inhumane and wrong".
Dr Hilary Fox, from East Leicestershire and Rutland CCG, said: "We spend more than a lot of CCGs on continuing healthcare and we are revising a number of our processes to make them more streamlined.
"We need to make sure we are spending the money that we have wisely so that it is fair for everybody and we are meeting individuals needs." | A woman paralysed from the neck down has said she "would not have a life" if forced into residential care. |
Write a short summary of the following excerpt. | A full-scale search was launched after 19-year-old Manchester University student Joshua Caley disappeared at about 01:00 GMT on 1 January.
Footage of a man falling into Ramsey Harbour from the East Quay was captured on security cameras.
The book of condolence has been opened at the town hall in Ramsey.
A spokesman for Ramsey Council said he hoped it would "enable people to record their memories of Josh and express their sympathy to his family at this sad time".
Following his "unbearable" disappearance, his mother Joy asked people to keep looking for him.
The teenager had been due to see in the New Year with his parents at the home of family friends.
Sian Berry said she would "break the grip" of big developers on London's housing market.
Zac Goldsmith has promised to build houses at the rate of 50,000 a year by 2020, while Labour candidate Sadiq Khan has pledged 80,000 new homes a year.
Launching her manifesto, Ms Berry also said she would support tenants with a London Renters Union.
The Green Camden councillor has laid out plans to halt the demolition of London estates, and ensure half the 200,000 homes would be built "affordably", by councils, smaller developers, communities and housing associations.
Ms Berry also promised:
Ms Berry said "fairness" was at the heart of the Green's policies, which meant "building more homes with co-operative and smaller companies... funding experts to help communities defend their estates and helping private tenants with rent controls and a renters' union so they can organise and stand together."
Sadiq Khan also emphasised housing affordability and fairness in his manifesto, which set a target of half of new homes built across London to be affordable, with Londoners getting "first dibs" on properties.
Conservative candidate Zac Goldsmith has pledged to ensure "a significant proportion" of all new homes are for rent, and says he will give Londoners the first chance to buy new homes in the capital.
A recent poll indicated housing was the most important issue for Londoners in the upcoming mayoral elections.
Labour AMs jeered ex-orthopaedic surgeon Altaf Hussain as he raised the issue at First Minister's Questions.
He said: "Many newly-qualified doctors in England refuse to come to Wales because they don't want their children educated here - that is a fact."
First Minster Carwyn Jones called the claim "absolutely extraordinary".
Mr Hussain argued the "state of our education" was "one of the major barriers to recruitment of doctors".
Mr Jones replied: "I utterly reject the idea, and that the message from the Conservative Party to medics should be don't come to Wales because of the education system.
"Where is their Welshness, where is their loyalty to Wales?"
"We have no difficulty in recruiting doctors in Wales," he added. | A book of condolence has been opened for a man who is believed to have drowned after falling into Ramsey Harbour on New Year's Eve.
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The Green Party mayoral candidate for London has vowed to bring in rent controls and build 200,000 new homes.
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Wales is struggling to recruit junior doctors because they do not want their children educated in its schools, a Conservative AM has suggested. |
Can you summarize the following information? | Reports from the US suggest that Mr Blatter is being investigated by the FBI as part of a corruption inquiry.
He resigned in a surprise news conference on Tuesday night, but strongly denies any wrongdoing.
Mr Nelson said it was time for people within Fifa to begin to bring reform to the organisation.
US prosecutors launched a criminal inquiry last week, with seven Fifa officials arrested in Switzerland, part of a group of 14 people indicted.
Two days after the arrests, Mr Blatter was re-elected president of Fifa.
"We felt it was time for change last week, we feel it's time for change this week and the fact that Mr Blatter has actually seen that at last - I'm not quite sure why's it's happened this quickly - but the fact that it has happened this quickly, I think is a cause for us to think positively."
Mr Nelson said it had been made clear to Fifa that change was needed.
"I think what we need to focus on now is how Fifa does reform itself and what sort of new president it actually chooses," he said.
"The eyes of the world are on Fifa at the moment. There was a clear enough message last week that change is required.
"Now it's up to people like ourselves as members and voters within Fifa to make it very clear that Fifa cannot be run in that way."
Mr Nelson said that while outside help could be a benefit, it was important that Fifa reformed from within.
"If Fifa started to bring on independent members to the global executive, I think that would be very helpful," he said. | Sepp Blatter's resignation from Fifa is good for football, Irish Football Association (IFA) chief executive Patrick Nelson has said. |
Can you summarize the given article? | 'The Current,' which will be performed at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast on Saturday, follows five friends on a camping trip.
It shows the consequences after one young person encourages the others to drink alcohol.
More than half of young people aged between 11 and 16 in Northern Ireland say they have tried alcohol.
Police in the Portadown area have backed the production and say they are providing education about alcohol abuse to children as young as 12 years old.
Writer and director Pamela Cassells said the cast is determined to send a message.
"As the play progresses, we see what happens as a consequence of drinking alcohol," she told the BBC.
"The group are really passionate about doing it and I'm very lucky we have a strong group of young people who believe in the power of theatre.
"They wanted to make a difference."
Sgt Billy Stewart, of the PSNI, said: "The use and misuse of alcohol is something that is really important to us as a police service.
"We try to engage with youth at all levels and really this play is another dimension and opportunity to get that across.
"Unfortunately, I see the effects of misuse of alcohol nearly every weekend.
"It's something that's always been there but the culture I would say is more towards younger children.
"Twenty to thirty years ago my experience would be late teens misusing alcohol, but unfortunately that age has lowered and we now give talks in schools to children as young as 12 and 13 years old."
Sgt Stewart said some young people had been hospitalised due to drinking alcohol and that, on a number of occasions, because of community intervention by youth workers and groups, lives have been saved.
Michael Bradley, 19, plays the part of the influencer in the play.
He said: "Drink can lead to other things such as (taking) drugs, depression and anxiety and it needs tackled before it gets worse.
"I just want to show people how serious it can be to go out and take a drink at the weekend.
"I know people who have gone out for one night for a drink and come home in a coffin".
Jamie Chapman created fake Facebook personas of teenage girls and used them to get boys to send him naked images.
They would be urged to engage in sex acts. If they refused, he threatened to send the images to friends or family.
Chapman, from Solihull, admitted rape and 21 offences of causing or inciting sexual activity with children.
The 28-year-old, who has also worked as a teaching assistant and sports coach, duped 18 victims in total, with the offences taking place between 2011 and 2016.
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Birmingham Crown Court heard he broke down when he was caught by police, telling a colleague he was a "monster".
He was sentenced at a two-day hearing where he had also pleaded guilty to nine counts of taking, making and distributing indecent photos of children.
Judge Melbourne Inman QC said the offences represented a "disturbing catalogue of sexual corruption and deviancy".
It was "very difficult to imagine anything that can be a more extreme form of humiliation and degradation than was imposed" by Chapman on his rape victim, he added.
None of his victims were from the nursery he worked at, police said.
Prosecutor Matthew Brook said Chapman's aims were to get the boys to send him naked pictures so he could blackmail them, and then to encourage them to meet up with a boy and, ultimately, to meet up with himself.
One blackmail victim agreed to meet a boy who turned out to be Chapman, of Tamar Drive.
He raped him and filmed it on the boy's phone.
When he tried to meet up with him again, the victim pleaded with him saying what had happened had "already scarred me for life" and said that he might take his own life.
But Chapman replied: "I don't care."
Police traced Chapman through internet addresses he left behind when logging into his fake profiles. | Police have praised a group of young people who are taking to the stage to tackle the issue of underage drinking.
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A former nursery worker who raped a boy and tried to blackmail other teenage boys into taking part in sex acts has been jailed for 16 years. |
Write a concise summary for the following article. | The Home Affairs Select Committee said firms including Facebook, Twitter and Google, which owns YouTube, must show "a greater sense of responsibility".
The three companies have each said they take their role in combating extremism and terrorism very seriously.
Industry body techUK said the MPs had painted "an inaccurate picture" of how much work was being done.
In its report, the committee accuses the companies of "passing the buck" over combating online extremism - although one expert said the conclusions were arguably simplistic and misleading.
The MPs said: "Networks like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are the vehicle of choice in spreading propaganda and they have become the recruiting platforms for terrorism.
"They must accept that the hundreds of millions in revenues generated from billions of people using their products needs to be accompanied by a greater sense of responsibility and ownership for the impact that extremist material on their sites is having."
Keith Vaz, chairman of the committee, accused the networks of "hiding behind" their supranational legal status and said they should publish more details about how much material they are removing - and how quickly they do so.
Mr Vaz told the BBC: "They are very powerful organisations making a lot of money and therefore they should devote more of their resources and time, and more people, to solving this problem.
"When they see a preacher of hate espousing radicalisation they should take down the video - and that's what we need to see happen."
A Scotland Yard unit that works with social media companies is currently overseeing the removal of more than 1,000 pieces of extremist or illegal material a week - although the companies do not always agree to requests.
During the recent trial of radical cleric Anjem Choudary for inviting support for so-called Islamic State, it emerged that police had asked social media companies to remove some content or accounts linked to him and his co-accused, but not all of the requests were acted upon.
Twitter has declined to comment directly on the committee's conclusions, but told the BBC it has shut down more than 360,000 extremist accounts since last summer.
Just last week the US State Department - which is among a network of government organisations that has been working with social media companies to combat online extremism - praised Twitter's efforts - as has France's interior minister.
Simon Milner, director of policy for Facebook UK, told the BBC the company had given extensive evidence to MPs about how it had been developing its counter-extremism strategy.
"Terrorists and the support of terrorist activity are not allowed on Facebook and we deal swiftly and robustly with reports of terrorism-related content," said Mr Milner.
"In the rare instances that we identify accounts or material as terrorist, we'll also look for and remove relevant associated accounts and content."
And a spokesman for YouTube said: "We take our role in combating the spread of extremist material very seriously. We remove content that incites violence, terminate accounts run by terrorist organisations, and respond to legal requests to remove content that breaks UK law.
"We'll continue to work with government and law enforcement authorities to explore what more can be done to tackle radicalisation."
The report criticised the companies for failing to be more specific about some of their efforts, including how many staff they had working on counter-extremism, and whether they had devoted sufficient resources from their vast revenues to developing systems that could automatically identify and remove content.
But technology and terrorism experts have challenged the conclusions.
"Social media companies are doing a lot more now than they used to - no doubt because of public pressure," said Prof Peter Neumann, from Kings College London, an expert on radicalisation.
"That said, the vast majority of ISIS recruits that have gone to Syria from Britain and other European countries have been recruited via peer to peer interaction, not through the internet alone.
"Blaming Facebook, Google or Twitter for this phenomenon is quite simplistic, and I'd even say misleading."
And Charlotte Holloway, of techUK, said combating extremism was "a serious and ongoing priority" for the firms, "backed by significant resources, a zero-tolerance approach, and decisive and fast action when needed".
"Tech companies work proactively to deal with online extremism daily, in constructive and proven partnerships with a wide range of policy-makers, the police and security agencies, and wider civil society bodies," she continued.
"Indeed, the vast majority of counter-terrorist operations would not succeed without the assistance and support of tech companies." | Social media companies are "consciously failing" to combat groups using their services to promote extremism, say MPs. |
Summarize the content provided below. | Ministers want to appoint a named person, usually a teacher or health visitor, to be responsible for ensuring the welfare of every child.
The plans were held up when the Supreme Court ruled that information sharing sections did not comply with the law.
Changes to legislation are being considered, but the Faculty of Advocates say they need improvement.
They want to see guidance for named persons "phrased in more accessible language" and a helpline provided for them, raising concerns that the plans as they are currently drafted might not resolve the concerns raised in the Supreme Court.
Other groups, including City of Edinburgh Council and NHS Highland, have also raised questions about the legislative changes.
The Scottish government said it was confident the changes would address the issues raised by the Supreme Court.
The named person plans were signed off by MSPs as part of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 - passed by 103 votes to nil - but were quickly tied up in legal challenges by campaigners who feared the scheme would cause unnecessary intrusion into family life.
Judges at the UK's highest court ruled against the scheme in July 2016, citing concerns that information-sharing plans were incompatible with the rights to privacy and a family life under the European Convention on Human Rights.
The did however say that the aim of the scheme was legitimate, and the ministers said they remained "absolutely committed" to implementing it.
The government brought forward the Children and Young People (Information Sharing) (Scotland) Bill in a bid to make the necessary changes, and Holyrood's education committee is examining the new legislation. The submission from the Faculty of Advocates forms part of this process.
In their written remarks, the Faculty said the principal issues raised about the legislation were not easy to resolve, and said that "some of the criticisms of the Supreme Court will continue to apply if the bill as drafted is passed".
They said that named persons - non-lawyers, who would not be familiar with complicated legal guidance - would be required to "carry out a proportionality exercise" as part of the role, while balancing their other work.
They described this as "an exceptionally difficult requirement" which "risks making their job considerably more difficult and undermining the trust of families and the willingness to share information with the professional concerned".
The submission said: "In our view, the Code of Practice itself would benefit from being phrased in more accessible language. Given the complex exercise being expected of those professionals, they should also, in our view, have access to an advice service or helpline to provide assistance when they are uncertain how to deal with information sharing."
Similar concerns were raised by City of Edinburgh Council in its submission, which said guidance would need "further clarification for day to day practice". However East Ayrshire Council said their response was "wholly positive".
NHS Highland meanwhile raised questions about the difficulty of assessing whether young children were capable of making their own decisions over information sharing.
Opposition parties backed the lawyers' submission, with the Scottish Conservatives saying the Faculty were "correct" in their criticisms.
Education spokeswoman Liz Smith said: "The new bill does not fully address the concerns raised by the Supreme Court. The Scottish government should finally do the honourable thing and abandon this unwanted and expensive policy."
Scottish Labour's education spokesman Iain Gray said his party still backed the principles of the scheme, but said the SNP had "botched the legislation and lost the confidence of the public and professionals".
He added: "The Faculty is telling ministers that their attempt to correct the legislation is heading for the buffers too. SNP ministers had better listen, and get this sorted now.
"In particular the Faculty is right to say these amendments must be made in law, not guidance, and thereby subject to full parliamentary scrutiny."
A spokesman for No To Named Persons, the campaign group which took the Scottish government to the Supreme Court, said ministers would be "better off scrapping the scheme altogether".
Announcing the planned changes in June, Deputy First Minister John Swinney said the court had "ruled definitively that the intention of providing a named person for every child to promote and safeguard their wellbeing was unquestionably legitimate and benign".
He said young people and families must have "confidence that their information will be shared only where their rights can be respected", saying the bill would achieve this.
A Scottish government spokesman said: "We are confident that the Children and Young People (Information Sharing) (Scotland) Bill fully addresses the issues raised by the UK Supreme Court.
"It will bring consistency, clarity and coherence to the sharing of information about children's and young people's wellbeing across Scotland.
"The bill will be subject to scrutiny and approval by the Scottish Parliament and we will continue to listen to views of stakeholders and the parliament through this process." | Lawyers have raised concerns about the Scottish government's plans to bring its named person scheme into operation. |
Give a concise summary of the following information. | An investigation was triggered when residents of Ffordd yr Ysgol, Flint, found a female badger dead in a pool of blood on Saturday morning.
A dog - a bull breed lurcher cross - was also discovered abandoned in playing fields near Cornist Park County Primary School with serious injuries.
The RSPCA called the alleged baiting a "serious form of premeditated cruelty".
The animal charity received reports of distressed screams in the area at about 1:00 BST.
RSPCA inspector Anthony Joynes said the discovery of the animals was "an incredibly gruesome sight".
He said: "It looks like someone has set this dog onto this badger and then just left them to fight it until the death.
"The badger would have had a horrific death, and she was a female so could well have young somewhere needing her care."
He said the dog, which has since been named Flint, was in a "horrific state" and needed urgent veterinary attention.
He suffered a tear to the ear, a serious injury to his nose, broken teeth and puncture wounds all over his body.
"Animal fighting involving dogs and wildlife is an extremely serious form of premeditated cruelty," Mr Joynes added.
Police Community Support Officer Mike Gray posted on Twitter: "Pretty horrific job this morning..At the aftermath of badger baiting in the #FLINT area overnight".
The RSPCA said it was dedicated to investigating such incidents and bringing culprits before the courts.
It urged anyone with information to get in contact on 0300 123 8018, or to contact North Wales Police on 101. | A badger and a dog were made to "fight until the death" in a suspected baiting in Flintshire, the RSPCA has said. |
Please summarize the given passage. | Daniel Beaumont of Springfield, Ipsden, Oxfordshire, admitted causing death by dangerous driving and driving whilst over the alcohol limit.
Beaumont crashed into Michael Dix, 27, from Reading, on the A4074 near Ipsden, in November, Oxford Crown Court heard.
Police said Beaumont's driving "could easily have caused greater loss of life that night".
Beaumont had passengers in his car at the time. The crash also involved a lorry.
He was disqualified from driving for five years and must take an extended driving test at the end of that period.
PC Julia Stroud said: "Daniel Beaumont got into his vehicle while drunk and drove, regardless of the safety of other drivers or his own passengers.
"He could easily have caused greater loss of life that night.
"Our thoughts are with the family and friends of Michael Dix at this time."
Tributes were paid to Mr Dix weeks after he died.
A family statement said: "Mike was a devoted and loving husband to Steph, doting father to their beautiful son Tommy aged three, and a loving son and brother.
"The love we all have for you will always remain in our hearts."
Keith Robinson, who lived locally, died at the scene on the Aghintain Road. No other vehicles were involved.
The collision was reported to police just after 05:00 BST, and they have appealed for witnesses.
The Aghintain Road has reopened to traffic.
Cook, 34, will appear for Durham as an overseas player before he is likely to join up with his country for their Test series with England in July.
Durham lost top-order batsman Mark Stoneman and Scott Borthwick to Surrey at the end of 2016.
"He's got some old school opening batting qualities," Lewis said.
He told BBC Newcastle: "He loves to bat long, he's got a real appetite for scoring runs. When he gets in, he goes big.
"In just nine Tests he's already got three hundreds against three different nations, home or away so he adapts well. His mental strength is one of the major facets of his game."
Cook's journey to Test cricket was a long one, having played 16 years in the domestic game before his debut.
He became only the sixth South African to make a century in his maiden Test when he scored 115 against England in January 2016.
"Mike Hussey (Australia batsman who made his debut at the age of 30) was quite late in his career before he got a look in and made the most of it," Lewis said.
"Stephen was well into his thirties, he worked really hard to get into that side and wants to continue with that for a while yet.
"We've got him for the first part of the summer. There's the England v South Africa series from July so he should be selected, but we should see him for the first part of the summer without interruptions." | An 18-year-old man has been jailed for four years and eight months for killing a motorcyclist while drink-driving.
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South Africa batsman Stephen Cook will bring mental toughness to Durham's batting order during his Riverside stint, says head coach Jon Lewis. |
Please give a summary of the document below. | The 12-year-old was denied a place at St Columbanus' College in Bangor, County Down, due to a cap on its intake of pupils with learning difficulties.
He had previously moved from a Catholic to a state-controlled primary school to ensure his needs were catered for.
He is set to gain a place at St Columbanus in September.
Counsel for the South Eastern Education and Library Board accepted it had misdirected itself in applying its entrance criteria.
Under the terms of an agreed settlement that authority is expected to acknowledge that any pupil who has at one stage attended a Catholic primary school is eligible.
The boy had moved schools in P4, because no Catholic school in his area had an appropriate specialist unit for his moderate learning difficulties.
His parents agreed to the switch recommended by a psychologist employed by the board on the basis that it was in his best educational interests, the court heard.
The boy's mother claimed she was told it would not affect his chances of getting into St Columbanus.
But a cap was said to have been put on the number of pupils with special educational needs the school can take in the transfer process.
With more applications last year than available places, an admissions criteria was used where preference was given to pupils from a Catholic maintained primary school.
The boy failed to get in on that basis, and a Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal upheld the decision.
His mother then issued judicial review proceedings against the board, claiming the criteria was unlawful. | A north Down boy with special educational needs has won a High Court battle to get into the secondary school of his choice. |
Please summarize the following text. | Investors withdrew £1bn from investment funds in July, with some moving their money into fixed-income products, the Investment Association said.
This withdrawal was not as dramatic as the amounts taken out in June, when the vote was taken.
It did mark a significant shift from the £3.7bn inflow in July last year.
"UK retail investors remained cautious as they sold out of equity and property funds, favouring fixed income, mixed-asset and absolute return strategies," said Guy Sears, interim chief executive of the Investment Association.
"Although global equity markets initially fell following the EU referendum announcement, they recovered through July to produce positive returns."
Analysts said that there had been a strong rebound, but there were still reasons to be cautious.
"Concerns around the scale of China's credit bubble have not gone away, markets want greater clarity on the direction of US monetary policy and US elections will increasingly coming into focus when the televised debates begin in late September," said Jason Hollands, managing director of Tilney Bestinvest.
"But above all, asset prices look pretty expensive at a time when the outlook for global growth is far from bullish."
Laith Khalaf, senior analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, said: "There was extremely negative sentiment towards markets in the immediate wake of the referendum, though the continued strong performance of stocks, combined with the Bank of England's stimulus package, is likely to result in a bit more positivity in August.
"While large sums have clearly been withdrawn from equity funds, the yields on offer from bonds and cash are pretty crummy right now, and for long-term investors, the stock market at least gives them a fighting chance of beating inflation." | Personal investors took a safety-first approach with their portfolios after the UK's vote to leave the EU, new figures show. |
What is the summary of the document provided? | Jonathan Lappin, a science teacher from Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, was in a coffee shop with a colleague opposite the store when the incident happened.
He said he saw people running with their phones out and initially "thought they were chasing a celebrity".
Swedish police have said at least four people have been killed so far.
Speaking to the BBC, Dr Lappin said: "People started to mass panic, and run into the coffee shop and crowd the back of it.
"There was a lot of confusion, people were running out of the coffee shop and people who worked there were saying, 'don't worry, sit down again'.
"That's when I started to see the police arrive, and they were yelling loudly at people to evacuate."
Dr Lappin said he stayed in the coffee shop with his colleague for a few minutes, but then decided to try to leave the scene.
He said that as soon as they came out into the street, they "could smell the burning and the smoke" - but did not fully understand what had happened at that stage.
"I jumped to the conclusion that it must be a terrorist attack and wanted out of there, so we started to run as fast as we could down the street," added Dr Lappin.
He said the police and other authorities had arrived at the scene promptly.
"There were riot police with shields up, helicopters, everything's in lockdown. It's such a spread out city, there's a lot of confusion."
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has said everything about the incident points to an act of terrorism.
One person was arrested later in the day, police have said.
Podemos came third in Sunday's regional election, challenging the grip of the Socialists and the conservative Popular Party (PP), which rules nationally.
The vote was seen as an important barometer of opinion ahead of national elections later this year.
Podemos - meaning "we can" - got 15 of the 109 seats contested in Andalusia.
The southern region was hit especially hard by Spain's property crash and debt crisis, and has the country's highest unemployment rate - 34.2%. The region's economy is dominated by agriculture and tourism.
The Socialists (PSOE), who have governed Andalusia for more than 30 years, got 47 seats and the PP 33.
Podemos, a leftist grassroots movement launched in January 2014, unexpectedly won five seats in last May's European elections.
The Podemos leader in Andalusia, Teresa Rodriguez, said "we are the protagonists of change... The political map in Andalusia and Spain has changed".
Another new party challenging Spain's decades-old pattern of two-party rivalry, Ciudadanos (meaning "Citizens"), finished fourth with nine seats. Ciudadanos has a pro-business agenda, and is seen as a threat to the PP.
Snowball, 49, who had success leading the organisation of the recent Rugby World Cup, was also head of sport operations at the 2012 London Olympics.
The Guildford-based lifelong cricket fan has also served on the Championship committee for Surrey.
He will relocate to the West Midlands next month to replace Povey, 54, who announced his retirement in July.
"I am delighted to have been appointed as Warwickshire's chief executive, joining a club with not only a proud and successful history but with a clear ambition for the future," said Snowball.
"The strength of the playing squad, as evidenced by performances over the last five years, and the world class facilities at Edgbaston offer enormous opportunity."
Warwickshire chairman Norman Gascoigne said: "Neil was the outstanding candidate for the role.
"He will bring a wealth of relevant experience as the club strives for greater success on and off the field, building on the outstanding platform created under the leadership of Colin Povey."
Povey has been in charge for almost 10 years, having taken over from former Warwickshire and England opening batsman Dennis Amiss in January 2006.
His time at the helm has included the £32m redevelopment of the county ground to help restore international cricket to Edgbaston, as well as striking the lucrative deal with the local council to rebrand the county in Twenty20 cricket as the Birmingham Bears in 2013. | A man from Northern Ireland has described the "mass panic" he witnessed after a lorry smashed into a store in Stockholm on Friday.
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Warwickshire have chosen Neil Snowball as their new chief executive to succeed Colin Povey when he leaves in December. |
Write a short summary of the following excerpt. | It is a riot of towers and tendrils, resembling something out of Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings.
It has been christened the Tooth Fairy Palace, but like many fairy tales, all is not as it seems as it has been designed to raise awareness about stem cell research and its implications.
The palace will gradually become encrusted with real teeth - the teeth of children.
It is 2m high and the same distance across and is made from clear crystal resin.
Light is refracted and reflected, making it shine and sparkle.
But in small clusters, baby teeth have been carefully glued on to the sculpture, making them appear as if they are little growths of coral.
These teeth can be a source of stem cells, the focus of pioneering and sometimes controversial research.
It was while attending a public workshop on stem cell research given by biologist Prof Sara Rankin, from Imperial College, London, that Gina first had the idea for a work of art that included ideas about stem cells.
But she says there was another source of inspiration much closer to home.
"It started with my daughter who was then seven, coming home from school and looking at me and saying 'just tell me the truth, is the Tooth Fairy real?'.
"And at the same time she was learning about Adam and Eve and evolution, and I thought, this must be really confusing for her.
"So this palace evolved from conversations about stem cells, but also about truth and illusion, and about consent to giving a piece of you to build a big public artwork that you're part of and you helped build."
The teeth are donated by children who surrender them to the project in return for a token they can then leave under the pillow for the Tooth Fairy.
That means they do not miss out financially when the Tooth Fairy comes to call.
And it is Prof Rankin who has been selling the idea to children in schools, telling children about the project and her work as a scientist.
"Once you've explained the issue of the tooth token, generally all the children I've spoken to are very excited about the prospect of having their teeth part of this palace.
"It depends on what age group you're talking to. The seven-year-olds just like the idea that this is a piece of art they are literally going to be part of.
"When I talk to older children, we get into the issues about stem cells and other important things for discussion."
And one thing the work does, says Prof Rankin, is to change the way we think about body parts we might otherwise dismiss as unimportant.
"These include things like fat from liposuction, umbilical cords, or indeed baby teeth.
"All these body parts, currently classified as clinical waste, are actually potential sources of adult stem cells that could be very valuable in our future health care."
The sculpture will be shown at Liverpool's Bluecoat, before moving to the Science Museum in London next year and then the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum in Coventry in 2013.
Alastair Upton, chief executive of the Bluecoat, says it is a work that will draw people in and make them think.
"It's beautiful and thought-provoking and then slightly disturbing.
"What we have here is art that is bringing us in to understand some of the work that science is doing and to make us think about the consequences of the by-products, literally and metaphorically, that science has." | In the chilly studio of Liverpool-based artist Gina Czarnecki, a fantasy palace has taken shape. |
Please summarize the passage below. | Mrs Johnson, 78, died on 18 August without being able to fulfil her last wish of giving her son a proper burial.
After being diagnosed with cancer last year, Mrs Johnson appealed again to killer Ian Brady to reveal the location of Keith's body, without success.
More than 200 people attended the service, held at St Chrysostom's Church, Victoria Park.
The hearse included floral tributes reading 'Gran' and 'Mam', with a smiling photo of Winnie on top of the coffin.
A book of condolence opened at the church, with a private burial taking place following the service.
Keith was one of five children murdered by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley between 1963 and 1965.
The then 12-year-old was abducted on 12 June 1964, and was the only victim whose body has never been found, despite several large-scale searches of Saddleworth Moor.
During the service, hymns The Old Rugged Cross, Lord Of All Hopefulness and The Lord Is My Shepherd were played.
Elizabeth Bond, a friend of Mrs Johnson, gave a eulogy calling her a "woman ahead of her time".
She said: "Her mother was a great influence in her life, and when she became a mother herself she described it as the best thing that she ever did.
"Sadly in 1964, Keith was taken away from his family and Winnie became more and more of a public figure under the tagline - Keith Bennett's mother.
"I don't want us to forget that Winnie was so much more."
She added: "I hope you are playing bingo with the angels like you said you would and all the ones you loved are by your side when you shout house."
Floral tributes at the funeral included wreaths from Greater Manchester Police and her local bingo club.
Assistant priest Father John Grant, said Winnie was a regular face at St Chrysostom's Church.
"The abiding memory is of her arriving and leaving church in the electric scooter and she used to come in the side door, scoot across, park up and into the front pew," he said.
"At the end of every Sunday service she would go and light a candle for Keith.
"We have commended her into God's care, we have prayed that she will be at peace, we have prayed that she is reunited with Keith."
The day before Mrs Johnson's death, police said they were looking at claims Brady had revealed details about Keith's grave to his mental health advocate, Jackie Powell, from Carmarthenshire, south Wales.
Mrs Johnson's solicitor John Ainley said she had not known about the latest development as "she wasn't capable of accepting it".
Teresa Walsh, who helped Winnie search Saddleworth Moor for any signs to where Keith's body might be, attended the service.
She said: "She was a very strong lady, she loved her family.
"She just never gave up looking for Keith, she just wanted to find her son, that's all she wanted, to find him and lay him to rest."
A fund has been started to provide a memorial to Mrs Johnson inside the church and a community garden at the side of the building. | The funeral of Winnie Johnson, mother of Moors murder victim Keith Bennett, has taken place at a Manchester church. |
Summarize the provided information. | County host the Dons in one of three all-Premiership Scottish Cup fifth-round fixtures.
"Our best performances this season have been against the bigger sides," McIntyre told BBC Scotland.
"We know we're going to have to have a good performance again in order to get into the next round."
McIntyre's men beat Aberdeen when they visited Victoria Park in the league in December and also defeated them in Dingwall last season.
"Aberdeen are playing well at the moment," said McIntyre of the side sitting second in the Premiership. "They've got real pace in their team. They're a real threat at set-plays also.
"We know we need to bring the type of performance that we've had against them here in Dingwall over the last year or so. It's going to take something similar again.
"Their front four are very potent and they've got lots of goals in them and generally most of their goals come from that.
"You need to try and nullify that major threat that they have in that front four positions."
County drew 1-1 with Rangers at Ibrox in last weekend's Premiership match, having led 1-0 at the break.
And McIntyre's assistant Billy Dodds told Radio Scotland's Sportsound: "The Rangers game on Saturday, it's the best first 45 minutes we've played at any big ground, whether it's Aberdeen, Celtic, Rangers.
"We really deserved to probably be a couple in front but it wasn't to be.
"We've been a bit inconsistent in the league this year. We look a right good team sometimes.
"It's not the ideal draw [against Aberdeen] but it's a great game to take part in. It's such a tricky tie, it'd be hard to call.
"I would like to get through the tie at first time of asking. A trip to Pittodrie [in a replay], you would make Aberdeen probably heavy favourites.
"Our best chance is to go and do it first time. We'll be going all out to do that. Scottish Cup has a special feeling about it." | Ross County manager Jim McIntyre is urging the Staggies to deliver another of their big-game performances against Aberdeen in Saturday's cup tie. |
Can you write a short summary of this section? | Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson has launched a new national charter to improve services across the country.
Some people wait years for the right wheelchair and an ill-fitting chair can cause hip dislocations, pressure sores and make disabilities worse.
NHS England said the whole system needed to change.
There are about 1.2 million wheelchair users across the UK, but NHS England said the figures were old and work needed to be done collecting data locally to get a detailed picture of what was happening across the country.
Baroness Grey-Thompson, who launched the Right Chair Right Time Right Now campaign, said the standard of wheelchair services differed greatly depending on where a person lived.
She gave examples of some people waiting three months for a suitable chair and some waiting seven years under a different NHS trust.
Most worryingly, she explained, is hearing stories of people with life-limiting conditions, such as Motor Neurone Disease, dying before they get their wheelchair, spending the last few months of their lives trapped inside their homes.
But it is not just a moral responsibility, Baroness Grey-Thompson said.
"I think the problem is huge, not just the wait times, but the ultimate cost to the NHS. If people aren't sitting on the right cushion, they're not in the right chair, it's causing harm to people."
If you have a long-term or permanent disability and need a wheelchair, in most cases this is how it works:
Those who work in the service say a lack of national guidelines and funding means it is in need of reform.
Krystyn Jarvis, of the National Wheelchair Managers' Forum, said wheelchair services were not seen as an important part of the NHS.
"We have been asking for change for more than 20 years. We know the situation isn't acceptable," she said.
"But because every locality commissions differently, you were always going to get this postcode lottery."
Baroness Grey-Thompson has launched the charter in the hope that services, clinical commissioning groups and NHS trusts across England will sign up to it.
She posed in a wheelbarrow alongside otherwise wheelchair users in front of the Houses of Parliament to highlight the importance of the right chair.
Although the charter isn't mandatory, the Wheelchair Leadership Alliance is hoping that its 10-point pledge will be the first step to a fair and effective service for those who need it.
NHS England said it "absolutely shared the ambition of the Leadership Alliance that wheelchair users and their families should be supported to lead full, independent and active lives".
"For the first time ever we have set up a rigorous data collection mechanism, and our work to both pilot a tariff for wheelchairs and support commissioners will also help implementation of the charter locally," it added. | One of Great Britain's most successful Paralympians has said wheelchair services across England are failing on every level. |
Provide a summary of the section below. | There are no councils where one single party has an overall majority.
Only a handful of deals have been confirmed so far.
Labour did not completely rule out the possibility of local deals with the Conservatives to run councils before the election.
They strongly played down the notion - stressing their councillors would fight austerity, the difficulties of working with the Conservatives and the fact the party's National Executive Committee would need to approve any deals.
But the notion that local deals between Labour and the Conservatives were possible should not come as a complete shock.
In 2012, Labour and the Conservatives struck a deal to run Stirling - even though this kept the SNP, the largest local group, out of power.
However, across Scotland the process of forming administrations is taking time.
In Glasgow, an SNP minority administration is expected to take office on Thursday, while in Dundee the SNP have reached a deal with an independent councillor to govern together.
But in Edinburgh there's uncertainty. Locally Labour gave an unambiguous commitment that it would not do deals with the Conservatives - matching a promise made by the SNP.
Mathematically possible deals in the capital are politically impossible. When the City of Edinburgh Council convenes on Thursday for its first meeting since the election it is unlikely a new administration will take office.
Administrations have still to be formed in many smaller councils too.
The elephant in the room is, of course, the general election.
It can be hard to reach deals in council chambers and fight for Westminster seats at the same time.
The expectation is that most new administrations will be in place by the end of next week.
It should then be possible to assess where power actually lies in local government - there are no guarantees that the largest party will always be in the administration.
For instance, a deal in South Ayrshire puts the Conservatives into opposition while in Angus the SNP (who had a local majority at the last council elections in 2012) have been kept out in the cold.
Nationally the SNP has more councillors than anyone else and is the largest group in more councils than anyone else.
There is no doubt that the SNP will be in its most powerful position ever in local government, emboldened by the symbolism of taking control of Glasgow.
But the deals so far suggest the party will enjoy less power than some may have anticipated.
The SNP is the largest group in all four main cities but the expected coalition deal in Aberdeen means the party will not be able to say that it leads all four.
Johnson has been a manager for nearly 30 years and says January is the most stressful month of the year.
"My wife swears in January she is going to go away for a month as she says I change," said Johnson.
"It's so true, the transfer window does make an ogre of you. You are definitely not the same person."
Johnson began his management career in 1986, taking charge of Newmarket Town. He has gone on to manager Cambridge United, Kettering, Yeovil Town, Bristol City, Peterborough United, Northampton Town and took over at Cheltenham in 2015.
"I'm all nice and polite with you in front of the cameras, but I'm a horrible, raging bull away from them because you are taking calls, your mind is somewhere else," he said.
"'I can't do the washing up, darling, I can't make the bed, I've got a centre-half on my mind'. She deserves a medal, more accolades than me because these wives of managers put up with a lot." | The row over the new coalition in Aberdeen comes amid continuing uncertainty following the council elections.
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At a Hampden meeting on Wednesday, Scottish Premier League clubs "voted overwhelmingly" to reject the application from Green's Rangers newco.
Green said that he was "deeply disappointed" by the 'no' vote.
He added: "If our application were to be accepted, Rangers will play in whichever division the SFL sees fit and we will move forward from there."
Rangers went into administration in February owing up to £134m to unsecured creditors. The club will eventually be liquidated and its registrations with the Scottish FA and SPL were terminated.
We regret that our club and our supporters were given false hope
The majority of SPL clubs had indicated they were against the newco application prior to the vote but Green complained that he had been given "false hope" of success.
"We are deeply disappointed that our application to rejoin the SPL has been rejected overwhelmingly by the member clubs," explained Green.
"This time last week, all of us at Rangers were resigned to the fact that we would not be admitted, due mainly to the public declarations of clubs indicating they would not support our application.
"At the weekend, we were approached by representatives from the SPL suggesting our application still stood a chance of success and we should discuss this further with clubs. This we did in good faith but with the knowledge of the hurdles that lay ahead of us.
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"We had asked the SPL whether it would be more appropriate for us to withdraw our application but were advised against this.
"We made a presentation to the SPL clubs this morning, detailing our proposals in support of our application and this included what we believed to be penalties and sanctions that would have dealt fairly with the difficulties caused by events at Rangers prior to our acquisition of the club on 14 June.
"Sadly, this was rejected by the other clubs and we regret that our club and our supporters were given false hope by this initiative.
"We will now proceed as we had planned from late June to apply for membership of the SFL.
"It is entirely a matter for them whether our application will be accepted or rejected and we will make no representation to any member club prior to that application being considered.
"We also recognise that the SPL has been placed in a difficult position because of the way events have unfolded."
SFL clubs met on Tuesday to discuss an SFA proposal that would see Rangers enter Division One and are expected to put the matter to a vote on 12 July.
A simple majority is required in that ballot, with 12 of the 30 clubs already publicly opposed, while
Cowdenbeath, whose chairman Donald Findlay QC is a former Rangers vice chairmain, said they would support Rangers' application to join the SFL, but only if the Ibrox club entered the Third Division. | Charles Green has confirmed that Rangers will apply for Scottish Football League membership. |
Provide a concise summary of this excerpt. | The 22-year-old right-hander scored 609 Championship runs at an average of 43.50 as Middlesex won the Division One title for the first time since 1993.
"Stephen's game continues to develop," managing director of cricket Angus Fraser said.
"He has a great attitude and hopefully this is just a sign of what he is capable of producing."
Chloe Thomas, 25, originally denied neglecting Finley, who was found with "catastrophic" injuries at their home near Tonypandy in September 2014.
She changed her plea and was sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court on Monday.
Her boyfriend Sean Buckley, 28, was jailed for life after being found guilty of child cruelty and murder.
Buckley had claimed Finley fell down the stairs but he was found to have carried out a "deliberate" attack on him that included hitting him with a garden chair.
The toddler died after suffering a catalogue of injuries that included a fractured skull and broken ribs.
When he was sentenced in June, a judge told Buckley he must serve a minimum 17 years but said he may never be released.
In mitigation, Sally Howes said that while Thomas admitted neglect and allowing cruelty, she did not carry out an assault herself.
The defendant was described as being of "low intellectual capacity" and "a proud mother" before she started a relationship with Buckley.
A post-mortem examination found Finley also had illegal drugs in his system and while Ms Howes said Thomas did not administer these, she admitted exposure to them was "unacceptable by anyone's standards".
She asked for a custodial sentence to be suspended because Thomas was suffering from a "delayed grief reaction".
But, in handing her a 20-month term, Judge Frances Patterson said: "You should have been caring for your son and not closed your eyes to his deteriorating condition."
Head of NSPCC Cymru Des Mannion criticised Thomas for failing to protect her son from the "horrific abuse he suffered at the hands of Sean Buckley".
He said: "Everyone who followed this case would have been deeply affected by hearing the evidence of brutality that blighted Finley's life and it is right that his mother has been jailed for her part."
Mr Mannion said he hoped a detailed review of the case would help provide answers about what had happened. | Middlesex batsman Stevie Eskinazi has signed a new contract, which will keep him at Lord's until the end of 2019.
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Write a concise summary of the provided excerpt. | Roddie Mackay has been elected leader after beating Donald Manford by 18 votes to 13.
Norman A Macdonald has been re-elected to serve as convener. He secured 20 votes to Alasdair MacLeod's 11 in the vote on the post.
Usually, the comhairle does not formally set up an administration.
However, councillors are asked to elect a leader, convener and committee chairs.
The results of this month's council elections on the isles saw the election of 23 independent candidates, seven SNP and one Conservative. | The leader and convener of Western Isles Council - Comhairle nan Eilean Siar - have been elected after both positions went to a vote. |
What is a brief summary of the information below? | A coroner ruled bullying and the "lingering" effect of an alleged rape were factors in the suicide of Cpl Anne-Marie Ellement, 30, in 2011.
Now, ex-Cpl Thomas Fulton and ex-Cpl Jeremy Jones have each been charged with two counts of rape.
In 2009 the Service Prosecuting Authority (SPA) ruled there was not enough evidence to prosecute them.
But the director of service prosecutions, Andrew Cayley, said he has now concluded that decision was wrong.
Cpl Ellement alleged she was raped by two soldiers during a posting in Germany in 2009.
She was found dead at Bulford Barracks in Wiltshire. | Two men have been charged with raping a Bournemouth soldier who was found hanged in her barracks. |
Write a brief summary of the document. | Some were big hits, but others have been big misses.
Ahead of the release of its next games machine, the Nintendo Switch, these are the main devices that have brought players the likes of Super Mario, Tetris, Zelda and Pokemon.
The Game & Watch was Nintendo's first breakout video game success.
Its inspiration came when developer Gunpei Yokoi saw a bored businessman punch buttons on a calculator to amuse himself on a train, says Katharine Byrne, news editor at video games publication MCV.
Up to that point, Nintendo had largely been a toy company. Its hits had included a Love Tester, which told couples how compatible they were.
But with the Game & Watch, it came up with a handheld console that introduced millions of players to now-longstanding Nintendo characters, such as Donkey Kong, Zelda and the Mario Brothers.
When Nintendo released the NES in North America, no-one thought it would succeed, says Tristan Donovan, a games industry writer.
"The industry had collapsed. There had been an enormous boom following the release of Space Invaders and Pac-man, but the bottom had fallen out of the market."
The company went ahead with the console anyway - which unlike the Game & Watch was hooked up to people's televisions.
It paid off. Towards the end of the decade, the NES had almost a complete monopoly in the US home video games market, Mr Donovan adds.
The next big hit was the Game Boy, which remains Nintendo's second-highest selling console.
"It brought hand-held gaming to the world," says Mr Donovan, author of the book, Replay: The History of Video Games.
That was despite "looking quite dated, even at the time", he says. The screen was in black and white, compared with Sega's Game Gear and Atari's Lynx.
"But it had Tetris and a long battery life," he adds, and went on to be one of the best-selling toys in the 1990s.
By the start of that decade, Nintendo faced growing competition for its NES console from rival Japanese games maker Sega.
Nintendo's answer was the Super NES, or SNES. "That was when it lost its stranglehold on the market, with Sega targeting older teenagers," says Mr Donovan.
Nintendo's strict policy against violence in its games gave it more of a family-friendly image, whereas Sega had more "blood and guts", with games such as Mortal Kombat.
Still, the SNES was a big success in Europe, where - together with the Mega Drive - it brought home video consoles into the mainstream, Mr Donovan adds.
Where the Game Boy and NES had been big successes, the Virtual Boy - Nintendo's virtual reality games console - proved to be a major dud.
The console was quietly discontinued about a year after it came out.
Among the issues, gamers complained of motion sickness and vomiting from the wraparound headset and black and red graphics.
Its failure also accelerated the departure of Nintendo designer Gunpei Yokoi, who along with creating the Game & Watch, was a major force behind the Game Boy, says Mr Donovan.
By the time the Nintendo 64 came out, it faced another big competitor - Japanese electronics giant Sony.
The N64 enjoyed some success - with popular games such as Mario Kart and the James Bond shoot-em-up Goldeneye - but came second in sales to Sony's PlayStation.
One of the main criticisms was that N64 games still used cartridges, which were more expensive than the CDs used by Sony, says Ms Byrne.
Mr Donovan agrees, adding that Nintendo was also "outgunned" by Sony on marketing, timing and appeal to older players.
The GameCube saw Nintendo fall further behind Sony, selling about 22 million consoles compared with an estimated 155 million of Sony's PlayStation 2.
"Apart from looking distinctive, the GameCube didn't do much more than the N64. It was not one of their great ideas," says Mr Donovan.
It replaced cartridges with CDs, but was outflanked by the PlayStation 2, in part, because that console enabled users to play DVDs.
"The PlayStation 2 was the beginning of game consoles as home entertainment," says Ms Byrne. "It was two things in one, which helped it pull even further ahead."
Then came the Nintendo DS - to date the company's best-selling console.
With adverts featuring actors Nicole Kidman, Julie Walters and Patrick Stewart playing its mind quizzes, the DS looked to appeal beyond traditional gamers.
It also did well with the core players of its handheld devices - "teens, tweens and children", says Lewis Ward, a gaming analyst at tech research company IDC.
"At that time, if you wanted to play a game on the move, there was no other place to go," he adds, with the boom in smartphones coming four years later.
"A big part of Nintendo's strategy with the Wii was to make something mums wouldn't be annoyed at," says Ms Byrne.
Despite reports of the motion-sensor controls flying into TV screens, the strategy seemed to work.
The small white consoles and its games - which followed players' movements - had broad appeal, from retirement homes to office staff rooms, and helped Nintendo overtake Sony again.
"The innovation of motion controls was something so different and so fun for users of all ages that it reached people who had not previously thought of buying game consoles," says Mr Ward.
The same could not be said, though, for the follow-up Wii U, which is the second worst-selling of Nintendo's main consoles.
There weren't enough non-Nintendo games available on it, Mr Ward says, and Nintendo failed to explain the benefits of the Wii U GamePad, which tried to popularise the idea of dual-screen gaming.
However, Seth Barton, editor of MCV, has another explanation.
If you look back through, from the N64 to the GameCube, then the Wii and after that the Wii U, Nintendo consoles are like Star Trek films, he jokes - every good one is followed by a bad one. | From the Game Boy to the Wii, Nintendo has created some of the world's most memorable games consoles. |
Summarize this article briefly. | Director general Tony Hall said the BBC had "parted company" with the Radio 2 DJ after he failed to fully co-operate with Dame Janet Smith's inquiry.
The veteran DJ said the report included an accusation he was among celebrities who "seduced" a 15-year-old girl.
Mr Blackburn, 73, denies the allegation and says he was cleared of wrongdoing.
One of Britain's best known DJs, his Saturday afternoon Radio 2 show Pick of the Pops attracted several million listeners every week. He was the first DJ to broadcast on Radio 1 when it launched in 1967.
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In his latest statement, he accused the inquiry of being a "whitewash" and said he had been "scapegoated for giving my honest account and best recollections of those events 45 years ago".
Dame Janet's report said it had rejected the evidence given by Mr Blackburn that he had not been questioned at the time about the allegation involving the teenage girl.
In an earlier statement, Mr Blackburn said the allegation made in 1971 was quickly withdrawn.
The girl at the centre of the allegation took her own life later that year.
Mr Blackburn said that neither Dame Janet's report into Savile, nor the BBC, made any suggestion he was guilty of misconduct with the girl, nor did a coroner's inquest or a subsequent police inquiry.
Who is Tony Blackburn?
Tony Blackburn, the son of a doctor from Guildford, was the first DJ to broadcast on Radio 1 when it launched in September 1967.
He spent 17 years at the station and also presented Top of the Pops and was a weekly fixture on Noel's House Party. Prior to all that, he had broadcast on Radio Caroline South and then Radio London.
After Radio 1, he was one of the launch presenters on Capital Gold. He has also hosted Radio 2's Pick of the Pops as well as regular bank holiday specials for the stations.
He has also had shows on BBC London 94.9, BBC Radio Berkshire, the Magic network, BBC3CR and KMFM. In 2002 he won the ITV reality TV programme I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!
Tony Blackburn profiled
After the publication of Dame Janet's report - which looked into abuse by the late DJ Jimmy Savile and broadcaster Stuart Hall - Lord Hall said: "My interpretation is that Tony Blackburn fell short of the standards of evidence that such an inquiry demanded."
He said it was "one of the most important inquiries in the BBC's history and that has put an even greater responsibility on everyone who took part in that inquiry to co-operate fully and to be open".
"So many survivors and witnesses have honestly and openly co-operated fully - and at great personal cost to themselves.
"As Dame Janet has said, she's rejected his evidence and she's explained very clearly why. I have to take that extremely seriously."
Speaking to the BBC News Channel, Dame Janet said both senior BBC executive Bill Cotton and a senior lawyer said they had had conversations with the DJ.
"[He] told me that no such conversation had taken place and this was not a lapse of memory on his part. They simply had not taken place and I rejected that evidence," she said.
Her report into DJ Jimmy Savile and broadcaster Stuart Hall had found the BBC repeatedly failed to stop the pair's "monstrous" abuse because of a "culture of fear".
Mr Blackburn referred to this conclusion in his own statement, saying: "Given Dame Janet Smith's concerns of a culture of fear in coming forward at the BBC, what whistle-blower at the BBC would ever come forward when they see the way they have hung me out to dry?
"Sadly, today's news agenda should have been about the survivors of abuse carried out within the BBC but, by sacking me, they have managed to take the focus off those who have suffered so much," he added.
"My lawyers are now considering all statements made by the BBC about me today and we will be taking action."
Fellow TV and radio broadcasters, including Piers Morgan and Eamonn Holmes, have been sending supportive tweets to the DJ throughout the day.
Broadcaster Nina Myskow told Jeremy Vine on BBC Radio 2: "It should be a black day for the BBC because of the revelations about the whole Savile episode, but in fact that's been buried very cleverly by the BBC as usual by sacking Tony Blackburn." | Tony Blackburn has said the BBC "hung me out to dry" over the Jimmy Savile inquiry and he will sue the corporation where he worked for nearly 50 years. |
Can you summarize the following information? | Home goalkeeper Chris Kirkland expertly denied Wood's looping header as the visitors started brightly.
With ten minutes remaining, Kirkland clumsily brought down Luke Murphy and Chris Wood happily smashed home the resulting penalty.
Deep into stoppage time Hugill slotted home as the game ended in a draw.
With neither side having anything to play for except pride, this game struggled to ignite with few clear-cut chances being created in a somewhat drab first half.
Despite this, the 18,000 fans in attendance saw the game burst into life in a frantic final 10 minutes as Wood put Leeds ahead before Hugill stole a last-gasp point for the home side.
Preston, who were one of the favourites to go down at the start of the season having come up from League One, performed admirably to finish in 11th place.
This season has been chaotic off the field for Leeds, who finish in 13th position, and it still remains to be seen if manager Steve Evans will be in charge next year.
Preston manager Simon Grayson: "I think we deserved at least a point. We played well, the performance epitomised what we are this season, Leeds didn't really look like scoring.
"We showed that character again to get the late goal. A lot of teams would have accepted that they're going to lose the last game of the season 1-0 but not my players.
"We know our strengths and we know our weaknesses but to finish where we have, above lots of more experienced teams, speaks volumes for the players."
Leeds head coach Steve Evans: "I had tears in my eyes because the supporters were fantastic. I thought I knew my future but I don't. It's just the feeling you get.
"I hope it's not the end, I really hope it's not. But if the decision is made for the benefit of the football club then I will endorse it.
"If they've got (Jose) Mourinho parked in the corner then I'd be the first to applaud him onto the pitch.
"I'm going to go home and wait to see what the president decides. I would've loved to have been in on Monday planning pre-season and maybe that will still happen, but who knows?"
Communities Secretary Sajid Javid approved plans for shale gas extraction at Cuadrilla's Preston New Road site at Little Plumpton in October 2016.
The Preston New Road Action Group (PNRAG) said that decision was "fundamentally flawed" and a "top-down abuse of power".
A date for the legal challenge has been set for 15 March in Manchester.
Lancashire County Council (LCC) refused permission to extract shale gas at the site in 2015 on the grounds of noise and traffic impact, but Cuadrilla appealed to the secretary of state who subsequently ruled in their favour.
The decision means for the first time UK shale rock will be fracked horizontally, which is expected to yield more gas.
Cuadrilla started construction work at the site at Preston New Road in January and it has been the scene of continued protests by anti-fracking campaigners.
PNRAG's Claire Stephenson said Mr Javid's decision to overturn LCC's planning decision was "not democracy in action [but] a top-down abuse of power to facilitate a powerful corporation over a community's wishes".
"We believe it is fundamentally wrong that the secretary of state, who is not local, does not represent us nor has been present during any of planning inquiries or hearings for the last three years, has intervened in favour of Cuadrilla.
"Our parish council, Fylde Borough Council and LCC rejected this application. Lancashire very loudly, said no."
The Department for Communities and Local Government declined to comment on the upcoming case.
The case will be heard at Manchester's Civil Justice Centre on 15 March. | Jordan Hugill's last-minute goal ensured Preston and Leeds shared the spoils at the end of their Championship seasons.
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The government decision to allow fracking to take place in Lancashire is to face a judicial review. |
Write a summary for this information. | He was also fined £1,250 at Highbury Corner Magistrates Court in London and given a five-year driving ban.
The 47-year-old singer was arrested in July in Hampstead, north London after driving his Range Rover into a branch of photographic store Snappy Snaps.
Last month he pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of drugs and possessing cannabis.
The singer was told then that his offences were "a serious matter" and that he could face imprisonment.
Michael is expected to serve four weeks in prison.
The pop star was greeted by a horde of photographers as he arrived at court earlier.
In 2007 he admitted another charge of driving while unfit through use of drugs at Brent Magistrates Court in London.
Michael was found slumped at the wheel of his car in the early hours of 4 July having crashed it into the store frontage.
He was arrested and taken to Hampstead police station, where he was found to be carrying cannabis cigarettes.
Michael shot to fame as half of pop duo Wham! before embarking on a successful career as a solo artist.
GEORGE MICHAEL'S LEGAL HISTORY
George Michael's brushes with the legal system
The singer - whose real name is Georgios Panayiotou - has made no secret of his long-time use of cannabis.
The BBC's Lizo Mzimba was in court and said Michael had "gasped" when his sentence was passed down.
Earlier his barrister said the singer was trying to get his life back on track and had started writing new material.
"For the first time in many years he has started writing again," said Mukul Chawla QC. "His creativity, so long hampered by his drug dependence, is re-emerging."
District Judge John Perkins told the singer he had taken a "dangerous and unpredictable mix" of prescription drugs and cannabis.
"I accept entirely that you have shown remorse for the offence, that you are ashamed of it, that you admitted it," he added.
"With regret," however, he said he had no alternative in this case but to give him a custodial sentence.
"It does not appear that you took proper steps to deal with what is clearly an addiction to cannabis," he told the singer.
That is how Yeovil Town defender Ben Tozer describes the methods of manager Darren Way.
Some evidence of precisely what Tozer meant emerged on Thursday, when Way surprised the gathered local media with a computer slideshow of his plans for the League Two club.
Having lifted Yeovil from the foot of the Football League to now be 14 points clear of danger, the 36-year-old boss has been rewarded with a three-year deal.
At Thursday's news conference, he was re-introduced by chairman John Fry and then, in front of a room which also included academy players and some of their parents, explained his pathways to success for the Somerset club, before answering questions.
Yeovil have won eight and drawn five of their 16 league games in 2016 since Way was officially appointed, after a six-game spell as interim boss following the departure of Paul Sturrock.
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"Everyone likes him," Tozer told BBC Somerset. "It's incredible the amount of work he has put in to get to where we are.
"You can tell with the way we play for him and work for him.
"When we came in one day, there was green tape everywhere, a horizontal line of green tape. He said it was for the relegation line - we need to finish above that line.
"Little things like that are quirky and stand out. It's worked."
Way was part of the Yeovil team that reached the Football League in 2003.
His career, which included 273 appearances for Yeovil, was ended after a car crash in February 2010 and he subsequently joined the club's coaching team.
On his new contract, Way told BBC Somerset: "The only thing that changes for me is I was a new manager and now I'm a manager.
"It's a proud moment. I appreciate the commitment and support and certainly I'm really, really excited about the future.
"The hard work is just starting now. I have to get people following me in the right way." | George Michael has been given an eight-week sentence for crashing his car while under the influence of cannabis.
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"Some of the things he does are different and unusual - but it works." |
Can you summarize this passage? | The band's ninth album fended off competition from Skepta, who debuts at number two with Konnichiwa.
A Moon Shaped Pool, Radiohead's first album in five years, sold 50,000 copies in the past week, despite only being released on Sunday.
Beyonce's Lemonade slides to number three, while last week's number one - Views By Drake - drops to number four.
Soul singer Gregory Porter completes the top five, with his new album Take Me To The Alley.
Other new entries in the top 20 include Jean Michel Jarre's Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise - which takes eighth place.
James Blake's surprise release The Colour in Anything is new at number 13, while Andy Biersack - lead singer of the Black Veil Brides - lands at 16 with The Shadow Side, a solo project released under the name Andy Black.
Adele's 25 slips out of the Top 10 for the first time since its release in November, going in at number 12 this week.
Notable climbers include Elle King's Love Stuff, which soars 73 places to number 33 after her performance at Sunday's Bafta TV Awards.
In the singles chart, Justin Timberlake fails to hit the top spot with Can't Stop The Feeling - the first single from his new album - which debuts at number three.
Drake's One Dance remains number one for the fifth week, while Rihanna and Calvin Harris spend a second week at number two with This Is What You Came For.
One Dance also passed the 600,000 sales mark this week, certifying it platinum.
Both Sia and Mike Posner side one place, to number four and five respectively.
New entries further down the chart include Drake & Rihanna's collaboration Too Good, while will.i.am scores his 39th top 50 hit with Boys & Girls feat. Pia Mia landing at number 26.
The England Under-21 international, 22, was part of Vitesse Arnhem's Dutch Cup winning side last season, scoring 10 goals in 33 league games.
Baker also played four games in the Under-21 European Championships this summer, netting once.
"It's going to be an exciting season," Baker told the club website.
"I'm here to give my input and hopefully get the club back to the Premier League."
Despite spending the past two seasons in the Eredivisie with Vitesse, Baker has experience of the EFL with MK Dons and Sheffield Wednesday.
Boro have had a good relationship in terms of loaning players to the Teessiders, with Patrick Bamford, Nathaniel Chalobah, Tomas Kalas and Kenneth Omeruo among those to have made the switch.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Radiohead have scored their sixth number one album with A Moon Shaped Pool.
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Premier League champions Chelsea have loaned midfielder Lewis Baker to Championship side Middlesbrough for the remainder of the season. |
Can you summarize the following information? | It will be passing between the Sun and the Earth, so will appear as a tiny black dot moving over the face of the Sun.
Mercury only passes in front of the Sun a few times every century, and the last time was a decade ago.
The first thing to know is that you should never look directly at the Sun, because it can seriously damage your eyes.
Special glasses used to view solar eclipses are also pretty useless - Mercury is so small that magnification is needed to see it.
That means a special solar filter is needed for telescopes, or a projected image of the Sun on a piece of paper - get a teacher or adult to help you with this.
If that sounds like too much fuss, there is a far easier way to see it: by watching one of the numerous online live streams.
Both the European Space Agency and NASA say they will be broadcasting the event.
It's visible from most of Western Europe and North America on Monday 9 May between 12.12pm and 7.42pm. | Between about midday and eight o'clock tonight it's possible to see the planet Mercury. |
Give a concise summary of the passage below. | The European Automobile Manufacturers' Association figures showed that VW's sales fell 1.6% in March.
Its data suggests that the German giant continues to suffer from the emissions scandal and recall of millions of cars.
In the first three months of the year, Europe-wide sales rose 8.1% on the same period in 2015, to 3.932 million.
Nearly every European country recorded growth last month, but sales fell 0.7% in Spain and dipped slightly in Germany, Europe's biggest car market.
Italy recorded the strongest rise of any major market with demand rising 17.4%, followed by France where sales rose 7.5%.
EU sales have now increased for 31 months in a row, hitting levels close to those recorded in 2007, shortly before the economic crisis began to hit the car industry.
Peter Schmidt, editor at Automotive Industry Data, told the Bloomberg news agency that it looks like the "European car market is recovering much faster than most analysts anticipated - including myself". | European new car sales last month rose by 5.7% to 1.74 million registrations despite another dip in sales for Volkswagen. |
Write a summary of this document. | England play Australia knowing a loss would knock them out of the tournament. But, if that happens, Wales would be guaranteed a place in the quarter finals.
Scotland can book their place in the knock outs if they pull off a shock against two time Champions South Africa.
So, we're asked you what you think will happen and which home nation team you think will go the furthest?
This chat page is now closed, thanks for sending in your comments.
I'd like to England to win the World Cup, and make it through this next round.
James, 15, Ayr, Scotland
Wales are going to win!
Harrison, 11, North Wales
Scotland are going to win!
Lucy, 11, Edinburgh, Scotland | It's a massive weekend for the home nations in the Rugby World Cup and we want your predictions about what's going to happen. |
Provide a brief summary for the information below. | The warship's hull has been constantly sprayed with water and wax chemicals since it was raised from the seabed.
Work to remove 100 tons of water from the hull could take up to five years.
The hull will be kept in a "hot box" chamber but visitors to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard will be able to view it through windows from 31 May.
Inside the airtight chamber conditioned air will be directed at the hull to gradually remove water from the wood, dry and preserve it.
Mark Jones, head of conservation at the Mary Rose Trust, said: "It really will be a unique chance for visitors to see our team preserve a treasured artefact as they can see through windows into the "hot box" containing the Mary Rose when the new museum opens."
The 16th Century hull was first sprayed with chilled fresh water to remove salt and later with a water-soluble wax which prevents shrinkage of the timbers.
The spray jets have now been switched off four weeks from the official opening of the Mary Rose Museum before the hull undergoes the technical drying process.
The new museum finally reunites the Mary Rose with thousands of the 19,000 artefacts raised from the wreck.
The bulk of the £35m funding for the museum and conservation project came from a £23m Heritage Lottery Fund grant, with remaining cash raised through various charitable trusts, fundraising and sponsors.
The Mary Rose saw 34 years of service before she sank while leading an attack on a French invasion fleet in 1545, and was raised 437 years later on 11 October 1982.
King Henry VIII watched from Southsea Castle as his ship sank killing all but 35 of the 500-strong crew. | Jets used to spray the hull of Henry VIII's flagship the Mary Rose have been switched off for the first time in almost 30 years. |
Give a concise summary of the passage below. | Independent TD Clare Daly told the Dáil two weeks ago a garda witnessed a colleague shooting a member of the public.
She claimed he was told by senior officers to say he was not present.
Ms Fitzgerald said anyone with information should produce evidence.
She said the matter would then be investigated
RTÉ reports that Garda Commissioner Noírín O'Sullivan said she was not aware of the details of any such case but that anyone with information could report it to her or to the Garda Ombudsman.
Ms Fitzgerald said An Garda Síochána was the appropriate body to investigate the claim.
Ms O'Sullivan said she was aware of the allegation but not the specifics and said there was no police investigation under way.
She said police would need more details before concluding that this was an allegation of murder.
Ms Fitzgerald said all information in relation to the statements made in the Dáil were now being examined and would be followed up.
She said she had asked for a full report on the matter.
PC Adam Koch, who was stabbed twice through his armoured vest, and PC Jean Stevens disarmed and arrested Mohamoud Elmi in June 2013.
Metropolitan Police PC Winston Mugarura was also honoured for breaking up a street attack in December 2013.
The officers were recognised at the Police Bravery Awards, the first joint winners of the overall award.
The awards ceremony took place in central London on Tuesday night.
PC Koch had fired his Taser at Elmi to no effect, and the attacker stabbed the officer in his shoulder and abdomen.
But, with the help of worshippers at the Madrassa Qasim Ul Uloom centre, he managed to hold Elmi down while PC Stevens arrested him.
Elmi, who was declared insane at his trial, stabbed three other people at the mosque.
PC Koch said: "If it hadn't have been for a combined effort from everybody involved, I've got no doubt that either I or the both of us wouldn't be here to tell the tale."
PC Stevens said she thought her colleague was dead following the struggle to disarm Elmi, and praised his bravery during the "horrendous" scene.
"You expect to come across all kinds of situations in our job, but you don't expect to watch a colleague get so seriously injured."
PC Winston Mugarura received his bravery award for coming to the aid of a man in December 2013.
While off duty he intervened to help the victim, who was being attacked by a group of up to 10 people.
He shielded the man before getting him to safety and then chasing the suspects.
John Tully, chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation, said: "Winston Mugarura was off duty, yet he put himself into a dangerous situation to protect others." | The Irish justice minister Frances Fitzgerald has asked for a report into an allegation police in the Republic of Ireland covered up the murder of a civilian by a member of the force.
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Two police officers who tackled a knife-wielding attacker at a Birmingham mosque have won bravery awards. |
Please provide a short summary of this passage. | Schmidt hailed Leinster's utility back Fitzgerald for slotting seamlessly into Ireland's number 12 shirt for the 50-7 rout of Canada in Cardiff on Saturday.
Henshaw missed the World Cup opener with a hamstring injury but should be fit to face Romania on 27 September.
However, Schmidt is tipping Fitzgerald to compete for a regular midfield role.
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"Darren Cave plays 12 or 13 and that's a real advantage for us," said the Ireland boss.
"But we always intended giving Luke a chance at 12, because he has played 13 and 11 in the build-up, and we wanted to build our versatility.
"Darren's pretty likely to have an involvement next week, and that will allow us to mix and match a little bit as we have done through the build-up period.
"But at the same time we know we have got to get results and we have got to go after them right from the start."
The decision to select Fitzgerald out of position at 12 ahead of a natural inside centre raised eyebrows, but Schmidt insisted he needed to use all his resources during the pool stages.
"I thought Luke did really well at 12, his distribution to give Dave Kearney space for his try was great," added the winning coach.
"Defensively he was sound and his ball-carrying is a strength."
On the game overall, Schmidt said: "I felt we built our way into the game pretty well. I think we showed a fair bit of respect for Canada.
"Canada showed why they deserved that respect. They are a very combative side.
"For us to build our way into the game and successfully put a few phases together effectively to build that scoreboard pressure on them as well was satisfying." | Ireland coach Joe Schmidt says Luke Fitzgerald can challenge Robbie Henshaw for the inside centre starting position as the World Cup progresses. |
Please provide a concise summary of the following section. | 21 May 2016 Last updated at 23:52 BST
Binali Yildirim, previously Turkey's transport minister and a long-term ally of Mr Erdogan, is the sole candidate.
But his appointment belies the profound political divisions in Turkey over issues such as the Kurdish minority, freedom of speech and Mr Erdogan himself.
The BBC spoke to supporters of three different parties, whose views show how divided the country has become.
Video produced by Marcus Thompson
Additional footage: Lolvito, Yasin Ilcebay, Aerovisual.de | Turkey's ruling AK Party is meeting to anoint a new party leader who will also become prime minister - after Ahmet Davutoglu stepped down following long-rumoured tensions with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. |
What is the summary of the document provided? | Taha Hussain, 21, from Slough, used a phone emblazoned with so-called Islamic State's black flag to post videos and audio to social media.
The Old Bailey heard he sent "extremist" material on WhatsApp and had a YouTube channel which showed Islamist militants in battle.
He was convicted of seven counts of disseminating terrorist publications.
Hussain was remanded in custody and will be sentenced on 11 September.
Counter Terrorism Policing South East said Hussain encouraged others to "prepare or commit acts of terror" over a two-year period before his arrest in August 2016.
Officers found he had shared videos of himself driving outside army barracks listening to jihadi chants following terrorist attacks in Paris and Orlando, the court heard.
Police said he also promoted that "no-one should feel sorry for the deaths of non-Muslims and the wrong kind of Muslims".
Det Ch Supt Kath Barnes, head of CTP South East, said: "Extremist posts like the ones Hussain posted and shared have the power to influence other people and particularly those who may be young and impressionable or vulnerable for a variety of reasons.
"This could lead to those influenced individuals committing acts of terror."
The court said a "stability clause" was problematic as future governments would not be able to alter the agreement.
Critics had argued the deal on Mediterranean gas reserves was too generous to the companies involved.
Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz called the court's ruling an "unfortunate decision".
He said it would hurt Israel's economy, energy security and tax revenues.
The Supreme Court suspended its ruling for a year, however, giving parliament a chance to amend the agreement before it is cancelled.
Israel's discovery of major natural gas fields has in recent years raised hopes that it could become not only energy independent, but also a significant regional gas exporter.
Prime Minister and Economy Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared personally in court last month to defend the long-delayed deal with US firm Noble Energy, Israel's Delek Group and other firms.
The consortium had reportedly agreed to spend $1.5bn (£1bn) over the next two years on the development of the Leviathan gas field, discovered in 2010 and one of largest in the eastern Mediterranean.
A government commitment not to change gas industry regulations until 2025 was conditional on that investment, Reuters reports.
Opposition leader Isaac Herzog praised the court's decision as "correct and courageous". | A man has been found guilty of sharing terrorist propaganda via WhatsApp and YouTube.
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Israel's top court has struck down a major offshore gas deal between the government and a US-Israeli consortium. |
Please summarize the following text. | The souped-up 1992 Ford Cardinal - named Dead Quick - is capable of reaching speeds of 200mph (322kmh), its creator claims.
Matt Mckeown is aiming to smash the current record of 115mph (185kmh).
Mr Mckeown, who already holds the Guinness World Record for riding a jet-propelled shopping trolley, is taking the hearse for its maiden spin later.
He said he has "never driven it before" but will be testing it out at Cheltenham's Prescott Hill Climb.
Mr McKeown bought Dead Quick after it was retired from active service last year.
Since then, he said, the vehicle has been given a "new lease of life", with an ex-RAF jet powered provost engine, racing seat and roll cage.
"A hearse makes a perfect shape for a land speed vehicle it's aerodynamic, long, thin, steady with a wedge back end," said Mr McKeown.
"Dead Quick's good for 200mph but this is a work in progress. We've got another more powerful engine we can put in but we're going to engineer all the suspension and brakes first and then we'll go for more power."
The current Guinness World Record for the fastest speed in a hearse is 186.04 km/h (115.60 mph) and was achieved by Australian Shane Hammond in Tasmania in 2010.
Ahead of Mr McKeown's record bid this summer, Dead Quick is being put through its paces in "low speed tests" at Prescott Bike Festival.
"I've never driven it before, the furthest I've ever driven it was getting it off a trailer and putting it on a starting grid," he said.
"I've never actually turned the wheel with the jet engine running, that's going to happen for the first time on Sunday."
Laura Martin, from Kingussie in the Highlands, was chosen from more than 2,400 people for the job previously undertaken by Amy Kincaid, from Oban.
Ms Martin did not tell her former room-mate at University of St Andrews that she had applied for the post.
The 25-year-old will start her stint in the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust post office in November.
The office in Port Lockroy, which is part of the British Antarctica Territory, handles mail for scientists and others working in Antarctica.
Another St Andrews University graduate, Florence Barrow, landed the same job in 2012.
Like Ms Kincaid and Ms Barrow, Ms Martin will do other duties while in Antarctica. | An extreme engineer hopes his jet-powered hearse will lay the existing world record to rest.
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A woman is to take over from her former university room-mate as the operator of the world's most southerly post office. |
Give a brief summary of the content. | Price growth in food, alcohol and tobacco slowed slightly compared with November, while the drop in energy prices was also smaller, according to Eurostat estimates.
The rate was lower than the 0.3% rise expected by economists.
The data will put pressure on the European Central Bank to act further to boost the struggling European economy.
The central bank disappointed market hopes last month with its attempts to revive the economy, which were less dramatic than analysts had expected.
The inflation figures are an early, flash estimate from Eurostat and so are not broken down by member states.
It does give broad indications of which groups of products have gone up or down.
Food, alcohol and tobacco prices were estimated to be rising 1.2% year-on-year in December, compared with 1.5% in November.
Energy prices were falling an annual 5.9%, compared with 7.3% a month earlier.
And the price of services was up 1.1%, compared with 1.2% the month before. | Inflation in the eurozone remained at 0.2% in December, unchanged from November, official statistics show. |
Summarize the provided information. | The alleged victim said Mr Harris, 87, put his hand up her skirt at a 1971 music event for children in London.
She first went to the authorities about her allegation days after Harris was convicted in 2014 at a separate trial, jurors heard.
Mr Harris denies four charges of indecent assault against three girls.
Southwark Crown Court heard the woman made two calls to the NSPCC on 3 July, 2014.
In the first call she said she had been touched inappropriately by Harris at the 1971 youth event at the Lyceum Theatre, saying: "There was a guest appearance by Rolf Harris, I don't need to say any more."
Cross-examining the woman, defence lawyer Stephen Vullo asked why she had chosen to phone the NSPCC then, the day before Mr Harris was due to be sentenced.
She said she had not been able to remember the date.
Later, he asked if in the days before her call to the NSPCC she had read that people "were in line to take part of his £11m fortune" - she denied this.
The court previously heard that the woman's brother, who had been at the Lyceum Theatre at the time of the alleged indecent assault, did not back her allegation.
She told Mr Vullo her brother had spoken to a private investigator hired by the defendant.
Mr Vullo said the woman had left her brother out of her allegation until January 2017.
"You know that if you asked him for an account he would prove your account to be false, wouldn't he?"
She replied: "No."
Mr Harris is also alleged to have indecently touched a 13-year-old girl's breast in 1983 and twice groped a third teenage girl in 1978.
The trial is due to last three weeks. | A woman who claims Rolf Harris groped her when she was 14 has been accused of making up the allegation as part of a "compensation bandwagon". |
Write a brief summary of the provided content. | It said the observers were monitoring a ceasefire between Syria and Israel.
A video posted earlier on the internet showed men claiming to be Syrian rebels standing next to vehicles with the letters "UN" written on them.
The Martyrs of Yarmouk group told the BBC they had taken the observers to stop Syrian troops from shelling them.
The UN mission in the Golan Heights is sending a team to assess the situation and negotiate the observers' release.
UN deputy spokesman Eduardo del Buey said the peacekeepers from the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (Undof) were on "a regular supply mission" when they were stopped near an observation post by the armed men.
He said the post had sustained damage and was evacuated over the past weekend following "heavy combat in close proximity".
The spokesman did not provide any further details.
Some reports suggest the UN observers were from the Philippines.
In the video published on the internet, the gunmen identified themselves as the "Martyrs of Yarmouk".
Syria's millionth refugee
They are heard saying that the UN personnel would not be released until forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad withdrew from the village of Jamla in the area.
The rebels later admitted taking the monitors to try to stop the Syrian army from firing on them and civilians in the areas.
The rebels added that the UN team were their guests.
The video was circulated by the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).
The SOHR is one of the most prominent organisations documenting and reporting incidents and casualties in the Syrian conflict. The group says its reports are impartial, though its information cannot be independently verified.
Meanwhile, the Free Syrian Army (FSA) - the main rebel fighting force - condemned the seizure of the UN observers.
FSA leader Gen Salim Idriss told the BBC's Newshour programme he would "do everything what I can to liberate them".
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the UN Security Council also condemned the detention of the observers and demanded their immediate release.
In a separate development, the New York-based pressure group Human Rights Watch said it was investigating whether the same rebels were involved in the executions of seized Syrian government soldiers earlier this month.
The UN has had its monitors in the area since the 1974 ceasefire between Israel and Syria.
Israel has occupied the Golan Heights since 1967 and later annexed the territory - in a move that is not internationally recognised.
Recently there has been fighting in the eastern foothills of the Golan Heights between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces and rebels.
Israel has said its policy is not to get involved in the Syrian conflict. However, in recent months it has retaliated when there has been Syrian fire into Israeli-controlled areas.
Israel has also reinforced a fence that runs along the armistice line, and officials say Syrian refugees will not be allowed into Israel en masse.
Earlier on Wednesday, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said the number of Syrian refugees who had fled the conflict reached a million.
It said half of the refugees were children - most of them under 11 and often traumatised by their experiences.
The largest numbers of refugees were seeking shelter in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt.
And in a separate development, Britain said it would provide armoured vehicles and body armour to opposition forces in Syria "to help save lives".
Foreign Secretary William Hague said London would offer millions of pounds in "non-lethal" equipment, including search and rescue, communications, and disease-prevention materials.
Up to 70,000 people have been killed and a million refugees have fled since the crisis in Syria began two years ago. | About 20 UN observers have been detained by about 30 Syrian armed fighters near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, the UN has confirmed. |
Please summarize the following text. | On a Facebook post with the hashtag #WhatDiabetesReallyLooksLike, Madeline Milzark, 18, wrote about living with type 1 diabetes.
"Diabetes isn't your piece of cake, or that super-sized McDonald's meal with extra fries or anything you see coated with sugar.
"Diabetes is an 18-year-old girl sitting on her bathroom floor shaking and not able to breathe because her blood sugar dropped and praying her grandma's phone is near her and she got the text message to bring some sugar since she's too weak to yell and the whole room is spinning."
Her post has been shared thousands of times around the world.
Madeline told the BBC: "I originally posted the piece because I had low blood sugar, and I finally had enough. So many people post jokes about my disease, even people on my 'friends' list, yet they don't see me when I'm unconscious or when sugar actually saves my life.
"I'm so extremely happy about the response I've gotten.
"I've had so many people telling me I'm making a difference, sharing their stories with me and thanking me. It's so heart-warming."
Like Madeline, Amy Black - from Belfast - has type 1 diabetes and she supports her campaign: "I agree with it in terms of how she's retaliated. It's something which I've experienced personally and frustrates me a lot. A lot of people trivialise diabetes and don't realise how serious it is.
"People don't seem to see it as a chronic illness - people poke fun at it.
"There's a lot of misinformation and confusion between type 1 and type 2.
"There have been times where I've been near people buying ice cream or sweets and people have said that they're 'getting diabetes'.
"I never say anything but it makes me feel irritated. It's so frustrating.
"Sometimes people seem to think I was using it as an excuse, because I don't 'look diabetic'. People think you have to be overweight and over 50 but that's simply not the case. There needs to be more public education."
Amy was 11 when she was diagnosed. A boy at school had recently found out he had the condition and described his symptoms to the class - increased thirst, going to the toilet more, feeling more tired and growing thinner. These are known as the four Ts of type 1 diabetes.
When she started experiencing her symptoms a few months later her mother, who was a nurse, tested her blood.
Now she says stress makes her condition worse, and she has had seizures in her sleep. She constantly has to keep an eye on her blood sugar levels.
Sophie Lane has recently started a blog describing her life with type 1 diabetes .
The 24-year-old says people are not aware of what having the condition involves.
"I find it hard when I'm doing an injection. I don't want to move away to do it but people keep asking questions about why I have to do it."
Sophie was 12 when she was diagnosed and says: "I was lucky. I had very mild symptoms. My GP was diabetic and she spotted the symptoms."
Despite her symptoms being relatively mild, she was sent to hospital.
Sophie, from Hertfordshire, is now using social media to connect with other people with the condition and find support through her blog and an Instagram account.
"On your own, it's harder but when people have the same issues as you have, it helps," she says.
"It helped me so much. The blog is more for people to read, to understand it more and, for people who have it, to have something to relate to.
"Because it isn't visible, if you don't tell anyone, they won't know. And people don't realise how much it affects you."
Dan Howarth, head of care at Diabetes UK, said: "Every day we hear from people with type 1 diabetes who say that often, people don't understand their condition and think that they brought it on themselves.
"Captioning a plate of food with #diabetes is not helpful.
"What we need is for people to understand the differences between type 1 and type 2 diabetes which may help to avoid this kind of insensitivity and recognise that all types of diabetes are very serious." | A young American woman, infuriated by a social media trend where pictures of cakes and sweets are accompanied by #diabetes, has spelled out what it is really like to have the condition. |
Please give a summary of the document below. | The news follows a BBC and BuzzFeed News investigation that uncovered suspected illegal betting in tennis.
Tennis Integrity Board boss Phillip Brook said: "It is vital we repair the damage and do so quickly."
Former Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic said players were being hounded like "serial killers".
The joint investigation by the BBC and BuzzFeed News uncovered files showing that, over the past 10 years, 16 players who were ranked in the top 50 have been repeatedly flagged to the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) over suspicions their matches were targeted.
All of the players, including winners of Grand Slam titles, were allowed to continue competing.
Brook said he remained "totally confident" in the work of the TIU but said it was important that "everyone who loves our sport and watches our sport" is confident we are "doing all we can".
Chris Kermode, chairman of the Association of Tennis Professionals, added: "We are in a toxic environment for sport at the moment.
"We want to be as open and transparent as possible to demonstrate that we will look at this thoroughly. There is a zero, zero tolerance for this."
But he added: "Having lists of suspicious betting patterns do not mean corruption. They are a red flag and that is not evidence."
Ivanisevic agreed with Kermode and said he felt the allegations that tennis has failed to properly police the game were wrong.
"There is no evidence," said the 44-year-old Croat, who was Wimbledon champion in 2001.
"We are talking about algorithms and mathematics and some computer spits your name out like a serial killer and everyone is chasing you.
"Show me that somebody did something wrong - then I will believe you."
According to BBC Radio 5 live tennis correspondent Russell Fuller, the independent panel will "report on the effectiveness" of the anti-corruption programme and "make recommendations for change".
He added: "The panel has been asked to look into how the TIU can become more transparent without compromising the need for confidentiality.
"It will also consider additional resources for the TIU and structural changes that may enhance its independence.
"It will also examine whether the scope and reach of the tennis integrity education programme should be extended.
"The sport's governing bodies have committed to making the recommendations of the review panel publicly available and to implement them all in full."
Documents showed that a 2007 ATP investigation into suspicious betting activity around one particular match cleared both payers but developed into a wider inquiry.
It found betting syndicates in Russia, northern Italy and Sicily making hundreds of thousands of pounds betting on matches that investigators thought to be fixed. Three of these matches were at Wimbledon.
In a confidential report for the tennis authorities in 2008, the inquiry team said 28 players involved in these matches should be investigated, but the findings were never followed up.
Tennis introduced a new anti-corruption code in 2009 but after taking legal advice were told previous corruption offences could not be pursued.
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According to an anonymous ex-tennis player from South America, "three big groups" control betting in tennis and any payments to players are made using cash, with no bank-to-bank transfers allowed.
He said each group has "many guys inside the circuit" and between 50 and 60 accounts, from which dozens of small bets are placed in order to make "really big" money.
"This is like a secret on the tour that everybody knows, but we don't talk about it," said the player, whose identity is known by the BBC.
Massaro, who claimed the British Open title last month, beat the New Zealander 3-1 (11-7 11-8 5-11 13-11).
"I was in a little bit of a battle really," said the 33-year-old.
England duo Alison Waters and Emily Whitlock both failed to join Massaro in progressing to the last eight.
Eighth seed Waters was beaten 3-2 (11-5 7-11 9-11 11-8 11-9) by Indian number one Joshna Chinappa, while Whitlock, the 13th seed, lost 3-0 (11-4 11-6 11-5) to Camille Serme of France.
Massaro will next face either Egypt's Raneem El Welily for a place in the semi-final.
"It's quite hot on there and it's quite bouncy being on a plaster court." Massaro, who is bidding for a second World Championships title, added.
"Joelle is such a good player, she's so physical and I'm just pleased to get through that in the end." | Tennis officials will carry out an independent review into their anti-corruption practices after the sport was hit with claims of match-fixing.
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England's world number two Laura Massaro is through to a sixth successive women's World Championship quarter-finals after defeating Joelle King in Egypt. |
Summarize the content given in the passage. | Almost 40,000 vehicles a day cross the junction of the A182 and A1231 in Washington.
The junction could be without signals for up to eight weeks, Sunderland City Council said.
Council asset and network manager Graham Carr said the "significant damage" meant that "there's a potential for more serious accidents".
Sourcing the necessary parts took time and was "not a case of just getting something off the shelf", he said. | A set of traffic lights broken by vandals at a busy road junction will cost £20,000 to repair. |
Give a concise summary of the following information. | PC Fletcher, 25, died after being shot while policing a demonstration outside the Libyan Embassy in London in 1984.
Scotland Yard described the arrest of the man, in his 50s, as a "significant development".
He was detained on Thursday morning in south-east England and is in custody. He was also held on suspicion of money laundering.
Two other Libyan nationals - a woman in her 40s and a man in his 30s - were also arrested on suspicion of money laundering at separate addresses in London and south-east England.
They were later released on bail pending further enquiries, Scotland Yard said.
PC Fletcher's family said in a statement that her father Tim had recently died, with his "one regret in life" being that he had "never witnessed any justice".
The Met is offering a reward of up to £50,000 for information.
PC Fletcher was one of 50 officers policing a protest against Col Muammar Gaddafi's regime outside the embassy when she was hit by a burst of gunfire from a first-floor window.
The death of Gaddafi in 2011 and the subsequent regime change provided new lines of enquiry, with police visits to Libya since then unearthing "new and fresh evidence".
The force has released images of 14 people they want to trace from a pro-Gaddafi group, which was holding a counter-demonstration nearby.
Video footage of the demonstration and shooting has also been released.
The 54-second clip shows the chaotic moments after shots were fired, with dozens of demonstrators falling to the ground after a loud bang is heard.
Commander Richard Walton, head of counter-terrorism at Scotland Yard, said: "The day Yvonne was shot remains one of the saddest and darkest days in the history of British policing.
"We have never lost our resolve to solve this case and to bring to justice those who conspired to commit this act of murder."
He said a number of shots were fired at 10:17 on the morning of 17 April, 1984, hitting PC Fletcher in the back. Ten anti-Gaddafi campaigners were also injured in the shooting.
Mr Walton said a pistol and an automatic weapon are thought to have been used. Police believe the shooting was part of the "stray dogs campaign" arranged from Libya to attack overseas dissidents.
PC Fletcher's family said: "Recently we have had to come to terms with another loss through the death of Yvonne's father, Tim.
"His one regret in life was that no one had been arrested... [he] never witnessed any justice.
"Resolving this crime is still important to all the family.
"Any information, however small, can help bring closure for the family and we therefore continue to support the Metropolitan Police in their ongoing investigation."
Mr Walton appealed for anyone in the area of the embassy, in St James's Square, on the day of the shooting to contact police - even if they had already done so in the past.
He said: "In particular, we want to speak to those who attended the Libyan People's Bureau on the day... to protest, either against or in favour of Gaddafi.
"There were a number of witnesses who were part of the pro-Gaddafi counter-demonstration, orchestrated from within the Libyan People's Bureau, whom we have never spoken to.
"We appeal particularly to these people to come forward and speak to us now, even after 31 years."
The shooting of PC Fletcher sparked an 11-day siege of the Libyan embassy.
Because of diplomatic immunity, the Met could not search the bags of the diplomats and staff who were subsequently deported.
Diplomatic ties between Libya and the UK were severed following the killing. | A Libyan man has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder PC Yvonne Fletcher three decades ago. |
Can you summarize the following paragraph? | Controllers confirm the spacecraft conducted a major orbit manoeuvre on Wednesday without incident.
The near-eight-hour thruster burn was designed to slow the satellite's speed relative to Comet 67P/C-G.
More adjustments are required, but the operation was a significant event in ensuring Rosetta meets its target.
The pair are roughly 500 million km from Earth and separated by about a million km, and closing.
Wednesday's big burn was initiated at 15:23 GMT (16:23 BST; 17:23 CEST). It was intended to take out a big chunk (almost 300m/s) of the velocity Rosetta had (755m/s) with respect to 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
Engineers at the European Space Agency's (Esa) "mission control" in Darmstadt, Germany, will have to examine in detail the telemetry they received from the satellite but confirmed on Thursday that the manoeuvre was "completed nominally".
"The thrusters and propulsion system overall performed very well, and we had a nominal completion of the burn at 22:39 UTC (00:39 CEST Thursday)," said Rosetta Spacecraft Operations Manager Sylvain Lodiot.
"It will take a few days for the flight dynamics team to analyse data and determine the final actual change in speed, but it won't be too far from what we planned," he told the mission blog.
There had been some concern prior to the burn that a leak in the system used to pressurise the propellant tanks might result in uneven combustion, but Paolo Ferri, who heads up the European Spacecraft Operations Centre (Esoc), described Rosetta as having "very stable performance".
Comet 67P/C-G is travelling around the Sun on a big loop that takes it out beyond the orbit of Jupiter and then back in to just inside the orbit of Mars.
Rosetta is attempting to target its rendezvous at the start of the inward curve, before our star can warm the icy object to trigger large jets of gas and dust from its surface.
The mission goal is to orbit the comet, starting on 6 August, and then follow the body in its orbit.
In November, an attempt will be made to put a small lander, called Philae, on 67P's surface.
If all goes well, the mission should return some remarkable insights on the behaviour and chemical make-up of its icy quarry.
Eight further burns are required to get Rosetta into position. The next two, on 4 June and 18 June, are somewhat smaller than Wednesday's manoeuvre.
[email protected] and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos | Europe's comet-chaser Rosetta has taken a big step towards making its historic rendezvous with a 4km-wide ball of ice and rock in early August. |
Please summarize the passage below. | Kieran Read captains a XV showing six changes from the team that beat Australia in October's World Cup final.
Lock Luke Romano replaces the injured Sam Whitelock for the first match of a three-Test series.
The All Blacks team features players with 720 caps, despite the retirement of several high-profile stars.
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Flanker Sam Cane replaces former skipper Richie McCaw while Aaron Cruden starts at fly-half in place of Dan Carter.
Uncapped pair Ardie Savea and Seta Tamanivalu are among the replacements.
"We're well aware that this is a good Welsh team and not one that we'll underestimate," Hansen said.
"Whilst the opposition might believe that we're vulnerable because it's our first Test and we have lost some experienced players, we don't have that mindset."
New Zealand team to face Wales: Ben Smith, Waisake Naholo, Malakai Fekitoa, Ryan Crotty, Julian Savea, Aaron Cruden, Aaron Smith; Kieran Read (captain), Sam Cane, Jerome Kaino, Brodie Retallick, Luke Romano; Owen Franks, Dane Coles, Joe Moody.
Replacements: Nathan Harris, Wyatt Crockett, Charlie Faumuina, Patrick Tuipulotu, Ardie Savea, TJ Perenara, Beauden Barrett, Seta Tamanivalu.
James Holmes, 27, was charged with multiple counts of murder and attempted murder for the shooting at a midnight premiere of a Batman film near Denver.
He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity but prosecutors say he was sane at the time of the incident.
Mr Holmes could face the death penalty if he is convicted.
Defence lawyers accept that he was the man who opened fire, but claim schizophrenia distorted his ability to tell right from wrong.
Two state-appointed psychiatrists deemed Mr Holmes legally sane but mentally ill at the time of the shooting at the suburban movie theatre.
The jury, made up of nine women and three men, heard closing arguments from both sides on Wednesday in a case that has lasted nearly three months.
If they agree that Mr Holmes was mentally ill, he would avoid execution and probably spend the rest of his life in the state's mental hospital in Pueblo, 100 miles (160 km) south of Denver.
The former neuroscience graduate student from California did not testify in his own defence but jurors watched about 23 hours of video of interviews conducted with him by psychiatrists.
About 150 of the young crayfish, reared from eggs, are to be placed in Fernhill Farm Lake in Compton Martin to boost the wild population.
The white-clawed crayfish is the only species of crayfish native to the UK.
Its numbers declined after the introduction of American signal crayfish that carry a fungal-like disease, known as crayfish plague.
The year-long project involved collecting nine egg laden females from a Bristol and north east Somerset river and rearing the youngsters in captivity.
Another 40 captive born white-clawed crayfish will go into two tanks at Ubley hatchery, which is owned by Bristol Water.
Jen Nightingale, UK conservation manager at Bristol Zoo, said the release will be "very significant" for white-clawed crayfish conservation.
Fernhill Farm Lake will be the first fully captive born, white-clawed crayfish ark site, established by Bristol Zoological Society.
Previously the conservation programme has released white-clawed crayfish into rivers in North Somerset.
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It says between 800 and 1,000 doses of the vaccine, which has only been tested on animals, will be donated to the World Health Organization (WHO) for use in West Africa.
Canada's offer comes after the WHO said it was ethical to use untested drugs on Ebola patients.
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A tournament was held in glitzy Las Vegas and broadcast on television, with a million dollars up for grabs as prize money.
The game has become a big box office sport event - competitors even arrive in posh cars called limousines. | New Zealand head coach Steve Hansen has named an experienced side for Saturday's first Test against Wales at Eden Park in Auckland.
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Jurors have begun deliberating in the US trial of a man accused of killing 12 people and wounding 70 others at a Colorado cinema in July 2012.
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White-clawed crayfish will be released into the wild as part of ongoing conservation work led by Bristol Zoo.
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Reports and reaction from Wednesday's five Premier League games as Tottenham, Arsenal and Man City all slip up in the title race while Newcastle remain in the bottom three after losing to Stoke.
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Canada is set to donate an experimental vaccine to help fight the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
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The board game chess has been given a glamorous makeover in the United States. |
Give a concise summary of the following information. | The team surveyed more than 26 million galaxies in the largest study of its kind.
The map will help scientists understand what dark matter is made from and learn more about another mysterious phenomenon called dark energy.
The results have been released by the international Dark Energy Consortium (DES).
According to Professor Ofer Lahav of University College London (UCL), and chair of the DES Advisory Board, the map would provide new insights into how the Universe operates.
"Dark energy and dark matter represent probably one of the biggest mysteries in the world of science. And this has generated a lot of interest across the whole of science because it is a major shakeup. And actually we still don't know what it is," he said.
Scientists have suspected that there is more material in the Universe than we can observe for more than 80 years.
The movement of stars and galaxies indicate that the Universe is also made up of invisible particles called dark matter.
In 1998, two teams of astronomers discovered the expansion of the Universe was accelerating, rather than slowing down, as the theory at the time suggested. Physicists speculated that the acceleration was caused by something they named dark energy.
Since then, observations have indicated that dark energy and dark matter together account for 96% of the Universe. The challenge has been to find ways of studying these invisible phenomena in detail.
"We cannot just say we don't know what it is, we have to make an effort to see what it is," according to Prof Lahav.
The Dark Energy Survey is the most ambitious effort to date. It began in 2004 and involves 400 scientists from 26 institutions in seven countries.
The survey involves taking pictures of 26 million galaxies across a large expanse of the sky using the Blanco telescope in Chile. To do this, the research team had to build one of the most sensitive cameras ever built. The 570-megapixel camera is capable of detecting light from galaxies that are eight billion light-years away.
By studying the way in which the light was distorted by the intervening dark matter, researchers were able to calculate its distribution. And by studying the way in which the distribution changes over time they can calculate the way in which dark energy acts on it.
The team was also able to infer the amounts of dark energy and dark matter from the density and locations of galaxies.
The results show support for previous studies that indicate the Universe is made up of 4% ordinary matter, 26% dark matter and 70% dark energy.
The hope is that a detailed study of the map will give clues about what dark matter and dark energy might be and so lead to a more complete theory of physics.
The data released today draws from just one year of observations. The researchers plan to collect data for four more years over an even larger area of the sky. Prof Lahav says that there is much more to come.
He explained: "Once we have the full survey, 300 million galaxies and a thousand supernovae, we may be providing input for a new Einstein to tell us what does it all mean - why is the Universe made the way it is?"
Follow Pallab on Twitter | Researchers have released the most accurate map ever produced of the dark matter in our Universe. |
Summarize the provided section. | The village of Imber was abandoned in 1943 and has been closed to civilians ever since as it is sited on the MoD's training zone on Salisbury Plain.
St Giles Church, the only building left intact in Imber, is normally open to the public for two weeks each August.
This year the MoD has reduced it to three days due to visitors "attempting to access restricted areas".
It was just before Christmas 1943 that Imber villagers were ordered to pack up and leave to provide a training area for American troops preparing for the invasion of Europe during World War Two.
They were never allowed to return and the village vanished off the map.
Since then, up to 50 days of public access is granted each year by the MoD.
But this year it has been "significantly reduced", according to Neil Skelton, custodian of the church, because visitors have been "trespassing in the restricted areas" of the deserted village.
"Last August, we had probably around 4,000 to 5,000 people over the two weeks and at Easter it was manic," he said.
"It's the sheer numbers, we're attracting so many people but if you reduce the number of days, you'll be squeezing more people in to fewer days."
It is feared people are putting their lives at risk by trespassing in to areas where there could be "unexploded ordnance".
A Ministry of Defence spokesman said keeping visitors to Imber village safe was a "top priority".
He said: "Unfortunately we have received numerous reports of members of the public placing themselves and others in danger during previous open days by attempting to access restricted areas.
"Following these reports a risk assessment was carried out which resulted in the decision to reduce public access periods to the village." | Access to a "ghost village" church which was taken over by the military in World War Two is to be restricted. |
Please provide a summary for the content below. | A spokesman for the so-called Donetsk People's Republic said 15 people were also wounded, as they crossed between rebel- and government-held territory.
Ukraine's army denied it carried out any shelling in the area at the time.
The region has seen a spike in violence in recent weeks, threatening a fragile ceasefire between the army and rebels.
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) said it had been recording "a high number of ceasefire violations" in the Donetsk region alone, listing hundreds of explosions and gunfire heard in both rebel- and government-held areas in recent days.
Wednesday's attack happened in the rebel-controlled village of Olenivka, just metres from a demarcation line separating the two sides.
An AFP correspondent at the scene said the body of the pregnant woman could be seen in the back of a badly damaged car, her mobile phone ringing constantly.
Another body could be seen in the front seat of another car, and two other bodies lay in the road.
The rebel group said at least six homes and a hospital were also damaged in the village as a result of army strikes overnight.
However, a spokesman for Ukraine's military said its army positions had been fired upon by light weapons, but there was no shelling in the area at the time.
Almost 9,200 people have died since conflict broke out in April 2014.
Pro-Russian rebels control large swathes of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
Western leaders and Nato accuse Russia of helping the rebels with heavy weapons and regular troops - something Moscow has repeatedly denied. | At least four civilians - including a pregnant woman - have been killed in shelling at a checkpoint crossing in east Ukraine, pro-Russian rebels say. |
Write a concise summary for the following article. | The blue-chip CSI 300 Index dropped 7% while the benchmark Shanghai Composite index fell 6.9%.
The technology-heavy Shenzhen Composite was the worst performer and fell by more than 8%.
Trading had been halted earlier in the day for 15 minutes after the stock market fell by 5%.
But shares continued to fall, leading regulators to end trading early.
Under China's new circuit-breaker mechanism, moves of 7% from the previous session's close trigger a trading suspension for the day.
The measures were introduced in early December after the stock market's turbulent sell-off over the summer. They came into effect for the first time on Monday.
One factor behind the stock market falls was a manufacturing survey that pointed to more bad news for the Chinese economy.
The Caixin/Markit purchasing managers' index (PMI) slipped to 48.2 in December, marking the 10th consecutive month of shrinking factory activity in the sector.
A reading below 50 suggests a contraction in the sector, while anything above 50 suggests growth.
The private PMI survey, which focuses more on small and medium-sized businesses, came after an official survey on Friday, which looked at larger companies, suggested a fifth month of shrinking factory activity.
In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index closed down 2.7% at 21,327.12.
China's stock market falls on Monday point to "volatile trading for the rest of the year" according to the BBC's Karishma Vaswani.
"Retail investors in the Chinese stock market are often driven by sentiment and tend to follow the crowd. When they hear of some bad news from brokers or their friends, and other people start selling - they start selling too."
Shares in the rest of Asia followed China lower. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index closed 3.1% lower at 18,450.98 as a stronger yen weighed on shares of major exporters.
The market was also catching up with last week's declines in the US, after being closed for the past two sessions.
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index closed down 0.5% at 5,270.50, while South Korea's Kospi index finished down 2.2% at 1,918.76.
A jump in oil prices boosted Australia's energy sector with shares of Woodside Petroleum up 3%.
Brent crude gained 3%, rising as high as $38.40 a barrel, after Saudi Arabia's execution of a prominent Shia Muslim cleric ignited tensions in the region, raising concerns among investors about oil supplies. | Trading on China's stock markets has been suspended after the market dramatically plunged and triggered a new system meant to limit volatility. |
Provide a brief summary for the information below. | Mr Clegg set out government plans for a smaller and mostly elected second chamber of Parliament on the first of two days of debate on the issue.
Many Tory and Labour backbenchers spoke out against the planned changes.
But the coalition says it is confident Lords reform, championed by the Liberal Democrats, will go ahead.
There has been criticism of the government's "programme motion" - due to be put to the vote on Tuesday - which would limit the amount of time MPs can spend discussing the issue to 10 days.
A letter opposing the current plans, signed by 70 Conservative MPs, has called for "full and unrestricted scrutiny" of the proposed legislation which will "pile a constitutional crisis on top of the economic crisis".
Signatories to the letter include a number of MPs elected in 2010, plus former Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind and select committee chairs Bernard Jenkin, James Arbuthnot and Bill Cash.
During Monday's debate, Mr Rifkind told MPs that the government's proposals would create a "a sham democratic chamber which will consist overwhelmingly of members who would rather be in this chamber".
"I believe this bill has to be opposed because essentially what it is seeking to do will damage the fabric of our government," he said.
Labour says it will oppose the programme motion while Conservative MPs could be forced to resign from any front bench jobs if they rebel.
Conor Burns, aide to Northern Ireland Secretary Owen Paterson, told the BBC he expected to lose his job for opposing the bill.
Angie Bray, an aide to Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude, told MPs she had enjoyed working in his team but could not support what she described as "back of a fag packet legislation".
In another development, Lord Pannick, a senior lawyer and independent crossbencher, accused the government of failing to recognise the constitutional difficulties raised by its bill, saying it "does not adequately address" fears about the primacy of the Commons.
But amid raucous exchanges in the Commons, Mr Clegg urged MPs to support democratic reform of the House of Lords, which he said was needed to "get a grip" on the rising numbers of peers and make the chamber legitimate.
He said: "There are three reasons to vote in favour of the bill and its orderly passage. Because we believe in democracy; for the sake of better laws and because reform cannot be ducked.
"There will be those who are not interested in rational discussion. Those who will oppose Lords reform in whatever form, at whatever time, in whatever century, no matter what commitments their parties have made.
"This project has always been dogged by those who fear change."
Mr Clegg rejected the criticism of the amount of time set aside to debate the bill, saying there should be no more "foot dragging" on a project that had already lasted 100 years.
But BBC political editor Nick Robinson said Mr Clegg struggled to sell the proposals to Conservative backbenchers sitting behind him the chamber - who frequently intervened to raise objections.
By Ben WrightPolitical correspondent, BBC News
It should be straightforward. All the main parties promised Lords reform in their last manifestos. Their leaders and the Cabinet back these plans. And yet, the century-long slog to complete the process could again be stymied.
At the end of this two-day debate, MPs will vote on the government's timetable for getting the bill through parliament.
Labour will oppose it, arguing the debate needs more time. Dozens of Conservative MPs think Lords reform is a waste of time, plan to rebel against their party whip and vote with Labour, perhaps in large enough numbers to defeat the government.
If that happens, the bill's path through parliament would start to crumble and it might be fatally wounded.
Many Conservatives MPs would be delighted but Liberal Democrats, who call the vote a test of leadership for David Cameron, would be livid.
For them, Lords reform is vital unfinished business and it could put the biggest strain on the coalition so far.
Labour and the Liberal Democrats promised to reform the Lords in their 2010 general election manifestos, while the Conservatives pledged to "work to build a consensus" on reform.
The Conservative rebels say their party's manifesto pledge - and the coalition agreement's promise to "bring forward proposals" for an elected House of Lords - have already been fulfilled so they are not breaking any commitments by voting against the bill.
A cross-party group of parliamentarians in favour of an elected Lords has sent a pamphlet to every MP, calling on them to support the government's plans.
Labour's Peter Hain, who served in Gordon Brown's cabinet, said it was "now or maybe never for Lords reform" and it was time to "bring down the curtain on the longest political gridlock in the history of parliamentary democracy".
And former Conservative health secretary Stephen Dorrell said "the instinctive response which says that Conservatives are against House of Lords reform, and that current interest in the subject is the result of the coalition, is - in my view - wrong".
Speaking to the BBC, Labour leader Ed Miliband defended his party's position amid Lib Dem accusations of opportunism for planning to oppose the timetabling motion.
"I have said we want proper scrutiny of these proposals and will ensure they get into the House of Lords to be debated. I am not saying this bill will die in the House of Commons. I don't want that to happen." | The House of Lords is a "flawed institution" which exercises power without legitimacy, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said. |
Write a summary of this document. | The FutureVolc project is funded by the European Union and involves more sensors as well as better real-time data analysis.
It is a response to the 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajokull, which closed down much of European airspace.
It is hoped the work will enable better detection of imminent eruptions and map their evolution.
"Volcanoes actually scream 'I'm about to erupt'," Dr Matthew Roberts of the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) told the BBC.
"Before they erupt they show many measurable signs, and it's the challenge for today's volcanologists to actually gather all that information and make use of it in real time and that's exactly what FutureVolc is about."
The programme is being led by the IMO and University of Iceland, but involves 26 different groups including the UK Met Office, British Geological Survey and the universities of Cambridge and Bristol.
As part of the project, new monitors will be fitted across the most active regions of the country, including around the Eyjafjallajokull site and Katla, one of Iceland's largest volcanoes.
The monitors can detect minute movements or tremors within the ground and detect any curving of the Earth's surface around volcanic sites (known as "inflation") which could be indicative of magma build-up.
Seismometers look for ground motions indicative of seismic waves from a quake or eruption.
GPS sensors use satellite technology to detect movement in the earth's crust which could result from magma build-up below.
Multi-gas meters look for changes in gas composition emanating from the ground characteristic of intruding magma.
Volumetric strain metres are large canisters of liquid placed within a borehole. The instrument detects displacement in the liquid caused by pressing rocks deforming the canister.
Infrasound arrays are groups of microphones which can detect shock waves in the atmosphere generated by eruptions or quakes.
Other experimental sensors will look for changes in gas emissions from active sites, which could suggest the movement of magma up through the Earth's surface.
Data is being fed in real time back to the IMO in Reykjavik where scientists scour the information for any tell-tale signs of an imminent eruption.
Dr Kristin Vogfjord, director of research at the IMO and co-leader of the FutureVolc project, says the Eyjafjallajokull eruption has brought new resources and scientists to Iceland.
She says the expansion of the network will allow the country to issue warnings much earlier than before.
"For some volcanoes, it can buy maybe hours, days or weeks even. For instance, for the Hekla volcano - our network has not been very sensitive there in the past; we only had 1-2 hours' warning.
"But now we have two seismometers very close and there'll be more this summer. There's a GPS network nearby too, so we'll be able to know something's going on sooner."
The project also includes further research of ash types and ash dispersal, with scientists looking to better model the threat to European airspace from Icelandic eruptions.
"We need to understand how magma is flowing inside the volcano prior to an eruption so we have equipment to detect that," said Dr Freysteinn Sigmundsson, a geophysicist at the University of Iceland.
"We need to know how it will evolve, how much magma will come out. We want to better quantify it so we can have better advice on where to fly safely in the future."
A report commissioned by Airbus put the cost to global business of the Eyjafjallajokull eruption at as high as $5bn, but estimates vary widely. The airspace restrictions imposed during the eruption were bitterly opposed by many airlines.
Some are already looking to the next eruption. Easyjet, together with Airbus, is currently testing systems that it says will enable planes to detect and circumnavigate ash clouds. Further tests, using ash from Eyjafjallajokull, will be conducted this summer. | Work is under way to improve monitoring of Iceland's volcanoes and give earlier warning of possible eruptions. |
Summarize this article briefly. | Universities Scotland said its members were checking to ensure that cladding used on the buildings met the "highest standards of fire safety".
It follows the discovery that a student halls of residence in Edinburgh had the same cladding as the London high rise.
A total of 80 people are feared to have died in the blaze in Kensington on 14 June.
In a survey of universities and colleges north of the border by BBC Scotland, several confirmed that checks were being undertaken.
A spokesperson for Universities Scotland added: "Universities across Scotland are working to reassess the over-cladding of their building facades to ensure they meet the highest standards of fire safety.
"Universities will be in close contact with the Scottish government, the relevant authorities and the network of university estates directors across the country to share best practice throughout this process."
Shona Struthers, the chief executive of Colleges Scotland said: "In light of the Grenfell tragedy, colleges are urgently carrying out a review of all buildings, including materials used and construction, as well as undertaking relevant safety checks and reviewing their general fire safety procedures.
"The sector is working closely with the Scottish Funding Council, who are taking this forward on behalf of the Scottish government, to assess all college estates and ensure a co-ordinated approach. Any action that is required will be taken."
Hospital buildings in Glasgow have also been subject to safety checks in the wake of the Grenfell blaze.
A spokesman for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said it began reviewing its facilities "immediately" after the tragedy.
But he added: "No cladding has been sent for sampling as buildings are designed and constructed in line with Scottish Building Regulations."
On Tuesday it emerged that cladding similar to that used on the Grenfell tower block was found on Edinburgh Napier University's Bainfield Halls.
The Universities Scotland spokesperson said the university was taking "swift action" to ensure the safety of its residents.
The spokesman added: "Importantly, a number of additional fire safety features are in place at Bainfield. The university is taking a number of steps to reassure residents and the community of their safety."
A number of other higher and further education institutions are also carrying out checks on their estate.
The shortlist, which features 15 albums, was announced on Saturday.
Now in its fifth year, the competition, created by BBC Radio 1 DJ Huw Stephens and music promoter John Rostron, aims to promote the best original music from Wales.
This year features more Welsh-language releases than ever before.
The Welsh Music Prize ceremony will be held on 26 November at Sherman Cymru in Cardiff.
Stephens said: "It's been another great year for Welsh music, with a diverse and strong list of albums making the shortlist.
"There's great songwriting, Welsh-language records, folk, electronica and world-conquering rock on the list." | Safety checks are being carried out on university buildings across Scotland following the Grenfell Tower tragedy.
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Catfish and the Bottlemen, Paper Aeroplanes and Joanna Gruesome are among the nominees for the Welsh Music Prize 2014-15. |
Summarize the information in the following section. | John Nuttall and Amanda Korody were found guilty of planting pressure cooker bombs at the British Columbia legislature on Canada Day in 2013.
A judge said police manipulated the couple into carrying out the attack.
The pair did not have the mental capacity plan the attack on their own, the judge added.
"The world has enough terrorists. We do not need the police to create more out of marginalized people," British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Catherine Bruce wrote in her ruling.
Nuttall and Korody, two Canadian-born citizens, were convicted in 2015 on three terrorism-related charges, including conspiracy to commit murder and possessing explosive devices for a terrorist group.
The couple faced life in prison.
However, their convictions were not registered after defence lawyers argued that police had entrapped the couple.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the country's national police, undertook a months-long, undercover sting operation that ended in the couple's arrest.
But Judge Bruce said the police made an "enormous effort" to assist the couple in carrying out the attack.
"The defendants were the foot soldiers but the undercover officer was the leader of the group," the judge said. | A Canadian couple convicted of a terrorism plot will be set free after a judge ruled they had been entrapped in a police sting operation. |
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